"Thanks for letting me borrow your clothes Dylan." I said gratefully stepping out of the bathroom in the dry clothes she gave me.

"No problem! my brother can be a real ass sometimes. We all learn that at some point in our lives." she chuckled, sitting on the bed next to Myah.

"Dylan can I braid you hair?" Myah ask.

Dylan motioned with her hand, allowing Myah to do whatever. Myah sat behind Dylan and played with her red hair. I started brushing through my hair and put it into a nice braid that laid of my shoulder.

"You do realize what your getting into right?" Dylan suddenly asked.

I looked at her confusingly. "What?"

she sighed. "Dating my brother isn't really going to be easy. You know why right?" she gave me a hopeful look, like she was actually warning me about something important.

"What? Oh God no! I am not dating Ryan! and I never will!" I exclaimed. although that thought isn't that revolting to me as it had been before. When I first met him I will admit I thought he was handsome but I never really thought of liking him in that way. oh my god listen to me. I sound like some emotional high school student. Its freshman year all over again..

"Are you sure?" Dylan raised an eyebrow at me. "He obviously likes you and you act as if you like him back. And plus, I know my brother. He can get any girl to like him."

"Okay so what your saying is that he's a man-whore?" I ask optimistically.

she laughed. "No trust me. My brother is a lot of things but he's definitely not a man-whore."

we sat there in silence for a bit. except I liked the silence. talking about these kind of things isn't what I do often. I mostly just talk about Rachel's funny sex experiences, and talk about annoying people we meet at places like shops or diners. ive maybe talk about tis stuff once since I moved to South Carolina.

"If you don't mind me asking, why would it be trouble if I did start dating him?" I said suddenly.

Myah and Dylan got really quiet and still. finally Myah answered me. "Why don't you just go ask Ryan what he does for a living." Dylan elbowed her friend in the ribs, signaling for her to stop talking.

I stared at the two. "I might do just that." I concluded.

~*~

I knocked on the door to Ryan's bedroom. the door was cracked open but I still didn't want to just walk in. "Come in!" Ryan called.

I walked in and saw Tyler, Logan, and Ryan sitting on the bed. all of their faces lit up when they saw me. "What do you need, ill do anything!" Tyler practically yelled.

I winced at his loud voice. "Actually I was here for Ryan." I said sort of shyly. Tyler frowned but the other boys laughed.

"And he's out!" Logan said in a fake sports announcer's voice. Tyler stomped out of the room and pushed past me on the way out.

Ryan, who was still laughing for some reason came up and wrapped an arm around my waist. "And this, is why your the best girl in the world."

I shook my head to clear all thoughts. "Wait, what just happened here?"

both boy shut up and looked at each other. "Nothing!" After a slight pause Ryan spoke. "So, uh, what do you need?"

I thought for a second. "Oh uh, nothing it can wait for later. Have you seen my phone anywhere?"

Ryan and Logan shuffled through the bed the bed till they found my phone. Logan handed it to me and I thanked him.

"I'm gonna head home. Rachel's probably worried about me." 'And I gotta kick Alec's ass'

"Okay I'll drive you!" Ryan smiled pulling his keys out of his pocket.

"No I can drive you! Come on Autie lets go!" Logan said standing up.

I raised and eyebrow at them. What were they doing? Jesus, boy will forever remain a mystery to the world.

Ryan ran up to Logan and pushed him to the ground, then sprinted over and picked me up bridle style and carried me out to the drive way. I laughed. "Hang on just let me call Rachel real quick." I said.

He gave me a thumbs up. "Okay. I'm gonna get the motorcycle out of the garage."

The phone rang for only two second before Rachel answered. "Oh thank god your okay! Where are you?! Where did you go?! Alec came by this morning and stayed here all day waiting for you! I couldn't get him to leave! I've called you four times and text you twenty times, why didn't you answer?!" It sounded like she was crying.

"I'm so sorry Rachel. I promise, I'll explain everything when I get home. As for Alec, tell him I'm on my way." I responded through the phone.

There was a slight pause on the other end. "Your not going to forgive him, are you Autie?"

Before I could answer Ryan came out of the garage with his motorcycle. "Look we can talk about this later okay? I'm heading home right now."

"Okay I'll see you soon bye." She said.

"Bye." I hung up the phone.

Ryan pulled up beside me and I got on. "What no helmets?" I asked.

"Nope." He smirked.

I smiled. "That is highly unsafe." I joked.

He chuckled. "My mistake. But you should probably hold on to me. We're gonna go pretty fast."

"Nah I'll be fine." I insisted.

Of course I was wrong. I always try and be cool but then something always happens to ruin my moment. For example:

"Nah I'll be fine" I insisted.

He started to ride and did a wheely. I would have fallen off if I hadn't wrapped my arms around him tightly.

"Told you." He said smugly.

I snorted. "Shut up."

I started giving him directions to Rachel and I's apartment. When we stopped at a red light Ryan looked back at me. "Can I ask you a question?"

"Sure." I replied.

"Why did you go to the bar last night? I mean, you don't strike me as the person who likes to get drunk." He commented.

"Well... Rachel and I had just came back from shopping, and when we went into my apartment we heard a girl giggling from my bedroom. So when we went into my room I found my boyfriend in bed with another woman." I expected myself to have a hard time saying this but I guess being around the boys, Dylan, and Myah kind of calmed me down and gave me time to accept the situation.

He just stared at me for a few seconds. I tried to tell what he was feeling but he was like stone. If I had to, I would say I could see anger but that wouldn't make any sense. "I'm so sorry Autumn. I really shouldn't have asked."

The light turned green again and he continued along the road again. His hands clutched the handles so tight his knuckles turned white. Why was he acting like this? He has no reason to be angry?

We finally pulled up in front of my apartment. We just sat there for a few minutes ago. I didn't really want to go inside. I don't do well around assholes.

"So uh, we should hang out soon." Ryan said, breaking the silence.

"Yeah! I'll call you sometime or whatever." I said.. Smooth Autie.. Wait? Why would I even want to be smooth with Ryan?

He smiled and hugged me. "Cool. I'll see you around?"

I nodded and walked towards my apartment. Before I entered I looked back and saw Ryan still sitting there looking at me. Smiling, I yelled, "You can leave now you know?"

"Not until I know your safely inside!" He yelled back. Damn. That boy is the real MVP.

~*~

I took a deep breath as I unlocked the door to my apartment. As soon as I entered I was engulfed in a hug from Rachel. "Oh thanks god your here! Alec refused to leave till he saw you and he even started hitting on me!" She sounded disgusted.

I did a sad laugh. "It's okay. I'll get rid of him." I stomped into the living room where I found Alec sitting. When he saw me he stood up. "Get out."

"Autie let me explain-"

"No. Let me explain. First you cheat on me, then you sit in my home all day waiting for me, while flirting with my best friend, and now you asking me to listen to your explanation? Your lucky I don't kick your ass right now." I spat.

He looked sad. "Just listen okay?" He came closer and grabbed my waist. I looked away not wanting to see his face. "I was drunk okay? I would never have done any of that if I was sober. I mean, come on, it's not like you've never done anything stupid while you were drunk!"

Yeah, calling Ryan for help and then spending the night in his bed. "Well I don't want to deal with you cheating on me every time you get drunk. You know, there are guys out there who aren't douchebags and who would actually treat me right!" I yelled. I was aware of Rachel standing a little bit behind me.

Alec rolled his eyes. "Oh yeah? Like who?"

Like Ryan. WOAH NO! Don't think like that Autie! Ryan is your friend! Unfortunately, I just HAD to tell Rachel about Ryan. And unfortunately, she just HAD to chime in right at this moment. "Ryan would treat her fifty times better than you ever could!"

I winced when he gave me a hard look. Actually, it was more of a, if you don't explain who Ryan is right now I'm going to kill you look. "Who's Ryan?" He said scarily.

"Oh so you can cheat on me but I can't have a friend thats a guy?" I questioned.

He put his hands in the air and slowly backed up towards the door. "You know what, I don't need to take this." And with that he walked out the door with a slam.

I sighed in relief that it was over. "Are you okay?" Rachel said, putting a hand on my shoulder.

I smiled through the pain in my heart. "Yes. But can we switch beds?"

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