Turned out, I was right about the shitty trip, it was fucking boring. I had to share a room with people that I never thought I would ever share anything with, not even a cigarette.

I decided to go to New York because I remembered that my cousin Kim lived in Manhattan, she was a twenty year old model who lived on her own. She was my uncle Jake's daughter, uncle Jake was my Dad's brother but he became distant when Dad died and so did I. Nevertheless, Kim and I kept in touch and I found that shitty trip as an opportunity to visit her.

Rumor had it that Emily and Charlie were spotted talking, heard she went to see him and kinda made it clear that she didn't want him? I didn't know, I just heard his friends talking and if that were true then I'd seriously be proud of her.

The following morning, we all went on a tour to NYU, I'll admit, college life looked so much more cooler than highschool, Even though a couple of college girls who were friendly enough to talk to me totally didn't think so. They said they loved the City but not the school part, I thought they were flirting with me but it might have been my inner voice making me feel better about myself. Emily didn't talk to me or look at me during that entire tour, I felt like I had done something wrong to her.

And I really just wanted to know what she and Charlie talked about because there was a bet pending. I decided that I was going to take her with me to meet my cousin.

Mr Gamble and Miss kindle were dating so it was quite obvious as to what they were doing on their Saturday night, that trip was like their own vacation and that was the only advantage that we all had to do stupid shit.

I texted Emily to meet me in the lobby, I thought she wouldn't show up at first but she did. She showed up wearing a yellow sun dress, black leather jacket, black ankle boots and her hair was in a high ponytail. She looked nice.

"Hey you." I showcased my best smile. She wasn't smiling back.

"What am I doing here?" She crossed her arms over her chest and maintained the straight line on her lips.

Wow, whatever I did to her must have been really serious.

"We're gonna make a run for it in 5, 4 3, 2-"

"Wait wait, what are you talking about?" She raised her hands in the air and dropped them on her sides.

"You and I are going out tonight." I held her hand, entwining our fingers even. Her eyes looked down at our hands then she looked back up at my face.

I loved that glow in her eyes whenever she looked at me.

"What are you doing?" Suspicious was written all over her face.

"Trust me?" It was a question. She didn't respond so I just took it as a yes.

We started walking towards the exit of the building, Emily looked around us but I already knew there wasn't anyone in sight. We successfully passed through the glass doors, I took my time to admire the busy city. Yellow cabs, tall buildings, people walking on the sidewalk trying to get home on time.

The city that never sleeps indeed.

Emily and I started walking on the sidewalk hand in hand.

"Where are we going?" She asked curiously.

"I have a cousin here." I responded.

"You? have a cousin?" She snorted.

"Yes, Emily I do." I shoved my hand in my jacket pocket.

"Well shit, who is he?" I felt her eyes on the side of my face.

"She." I corrected her.

"Double shocker, how did I not know?" She questioned me.

"You never asked." I shrugged.

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We met Kim at a night club, and of course she was the one who got us in since we were teenagers and everything.

A lot of guys seemed to have noticed who she was because a lot free drinks started coming in from different kind of guys as soon as we sat down, She said she was used to it. Emily and Kim started drinking while I just watched, I introduced Emily as my 'girlfriend' for some reason that shocked Emily twice as much as it shocked Kim.

Kim was happy for me but I was disappointed in myself for lying to her.

"How's your Mom?" Kim shouted in my ear due to the loud music, I gave her a thumbs up and nodded my head, I didn't like talking about my Mom that much.

"She called me once." She informed, I furrowed my brows at her in questioning.

Why the hell would my mom call Kim when she didn't even call me whenever I fucking disappeared for half a week.

"Calm down, she just wanted to say hi." She took a sip of her martini, sliding off her chair and walking to Emily's seat which was beside me and letting her hand out infront of Emily.

Emily hesitated before taking Kim's hand, Kim sent me a smile and literally dragged Emily to the dance floor.

Turning on my seat, I braced myself for what was about to happen next, Kim started dancing while Emily just watched and nervously looked around the dancing crowd, My mouth curved into a smile at the sight of Emily Bennett actually feeling shy.

She managed to escape Kim after a guy started dancing with her, Emily rushed back to the counter and had a long shot of tequila, The bartender poured her another one and she took it out too.

Wow.

"You're a shitty dancer." I leaned over to whisper in her ear, she turned almost immediately and our cheeks brushed. She hitched a breath as our eyes met.

"And you're a shitty fake boyfriend." Her hot breath fanned my face, She still seemed mad at me.

"Okay but seriously, what'd I do to you?" I asked.

"I gotta go to the bathroom." She didn't even bother to glance at me as she stormed off like a ten year old child.

I decided to go after her because not knowing what I did really bothered the shit out of me, I spotted her opening a door on a corner that had the word private written on it, I also opened the door and locked us inside. It wasn't a bathroom, it was a room that had a lot of red furniture in it.

I archored my attention on Emily, she looked gripped with a sense of suffocation and Panic. She moved to stand by a desk which had nothing on it.

Like why would they need a desk in a place like this right?

"Just tell me what I did wrong and I'll be out of your hair." I shoved my hands in my pockets, She just stood there, eyeing me with those frosty eyes.

The more I ambled towards her, the more she looked nervous. My height hovered over her and our eyes met. She looked exquisitely simple in that dress, I fucking loved it.

"We're gonna get in trouble if anyone finds out we're gone." She spoke with sweet serenity. I lifted my hands to her cheeks and brushed them with my thumbs, she released a shaky breath. if I didn't know better I'd say she reacted to my touch.

"Is that why you're mad at me?" I whispered, searching her eyes. She mutely nodded no. "No?" I Asked.

"No." Her tone was barely audible and she didn't meet my eyes.

"So what is it then?" I took off her scrunchie to let her hair down, It looked better that way.

"I just can't seem to not be mad at you." She tucked her hair behind her ear and looked at the wall behind me.

"That doesn't make sense." I shook my head and laughed a little, she looked up at me again.

Damn it, I wanted to kiss her so bad.

"No?" Her eyes bore into mine.

"No." I whispered back, staring at her lips.

I started leaning into her face but she didn't stop me, she just looked back at me with those eyes. I placed my hand on the side of her face, leaning my forehead against hers. I was breathing hard and so was she. At that moment I knew that whatever it was that I felt for that girl, she felt it too.

I didn't know if I wanted to kiss her anymore. Of course I wanted to kiss her but what if it got worse, what if I ended up falling for her.

"Adrian." She whispered my name in that soft tone, I could taste her breath and goddamn it she drove me nuts, I groaned irritatedly as I gripped her hair and smashed my lips on hers, she placed her hand on the back of my neck and kissed me back with the same desire, she tasted like alcohol but it was still worth it. Unlike the other two times I kissed her, this kiss was so full of hunger and so much more heated, we both explored each other's mouths so passionately and it almost seemed like her lips belonged on mine, I grazed my teeth on her lower lip and she moaned softly.

Fucking hell.

Things were starting to get a little heated and I was all in for it, I lifted her by her small waist and sat her down on the desk, placing my hand on her thigh, slowly moving it upwards, her hands reached the hem of my t-shirt and pulled it over my head, even after breaking our kiss and looking into each other's eyes for a whole two seconds, there was no doubt that we both wanted it to happen. With that, we reconnected our lips and I kissed her with a lot more hunger, wrapping my arm around her waist and pulling her closer to my chest, she gasped and I started kissing her neck, marking my trails. She moaned again right beside my ear. I tightened my grip on her thigh and groaned at the sound that made all the blood in my veins rush to my groin in a fucking second. My breathing became heavier as my hand sneaked underneath her dress and I tugged on her underwear and felt her soft skin.

"Wait wait wait wait wait wait." She placed her hand on my bare chest while shutting her eyes in the process.

"What?" I almost sounded annoyed, she pushed her hair back and met my eyes.

"I... I mean we can't do this." She pointed back and forth between us. I retrieved my hand and ran it through my messy hair.

Well, shit.

It looked like a well planed out plan, get Adrian all horny and then chicken out last minute.

I just nodded in understanding as I picked my t-shirt from the floor.

"I'm sorry." She said.

She was sorry.

"For what? Getting me hot?" I smirked at her and tried to act all cool about it. She closed her eyes more like in embarrassment.

"I'm really tipsy and maybe you're just confused. That's why it happened, right?" She bit the corner of her bottom lip, I looked away.

It was a tricky question because I didn't know if it was really a question or a test.

But fuck that cause it didn't even happen and I kissed her because I fucking wanted to, not because I was confused.

The only confusing part about it was that I felt something when I kissed her and she got me hard pretty quickly.

"Right." I responded to her previous question.