It's almost eleven in the night. I came to my room and had a quick bath. I took out black sweats and a grey oversized t-shirt then I slide into my converse and walked out of my room with the polaroid in hand. I know I shouldn't be out this late but it's not that my mother cares. 

I don't know where I'm going. I take the phone and open my Snapchat, Jason always has his location on. so I take the directions and walk towards his house.

 Seeing this polaroid picture made me somewhat happy and I want to share it with someone so there's only one person I could do that with. I know I told him to stay away but here I am walking towards his house. make up your goddamn mind rhea. 

He will be more than happy as I am to see this. I know he will. 

I put my phone back inside the pocket and looked up at a big beautiful house. Jason's father is rich. He owns multiple clubs and I know he does some illegal activities which makes them filthy rich. I walk up to the front door contemplating whether I should knock or just simply walk away. I knock. once, twice no one opens the door. What were you thinking Rhea it's eleven in the night, of course, they would be sleeping.

when I turn around to walk away I heard the door unlocking. 

"Rhea?" I heard a female voice call out my name and then I turned around. I was shocked.

"Rhea darling. oh my god, I can not believe this" lily said walking towards me equally shocked as I am. 

"Lily I-" she didn't let me finish and pulled me into a tight hug. How is this even possible. This is not Jason's house. I melt into her hug. The most comforting hug I've received in ages. 

"Oh, dear! come in. It's way too cold outside" she pulled me in with her to the house. I'm way too confused to even form a sentence. 

When we're inside lily took me to the living room. This place looks so damn expensive. 

"Umm, Lily wha-" I was cut off by a voice coming behind me. 

"Rhea. What the fuck are you doing here?" it was Jason. He doesn't look much shocked as I am. Oh dear God, what's happening.

"I um ca-" I stopped talking when I heard that deep but delicate voice ring through my ears. 

"Lia?" 

Damien?

I look towards him as he walks into the living room even more shocked than I am. This gotta be some sort of dream or something.

Three people from my past who I loved so much are in one room. in front of me. How more fucked up can things get?!! 

"who the fuck is Lia?" Jason says loud as ever. 

And then it clicked.

No this is horrible.

"This is the Lily your father is married to?" I asked Jason. He smiles and walked towards me. 

"oh, I'm sorry. Lily? this is Rhea my girlfriend and Rhe this is my mother lily" He smiles even wider and looked at me. 

"Girlfriend?" oh god, Damien. He walks towards us looking so mad and shocked. 

"I'll go to the kitchen and make some hot chocolate. You kids can catch up" Lily says and walks out of the living room. Jason's hand still hung over my shoulder. 

"Oh and Rhea this is Damien my STEP brother and Damien this is my girlfriend Rhea," he says making emphasis on the word 'step'

"Stop calling me your girlfriend. remember we stopped been friends?" I tell him and removes his hand from my shoulder. 

"You are still mad at me?" Jason says pouting. 

"nothing changed Jason." no I'm not mad at him. 

"Since you came to my house I thought you've realized that what you did was wrong"

I turn around when someone clears his throat. Oh, Damien. 

He looks mad and he looks a bit sad too. 

"you two are brothers?" I say pointing my fingers at both of them. 

"Step." they both say in unison. 

"Can any of you explain what the fuck is going on here?" Damien asks. If I wasn't so confused or feel like I'm losing my mind I would've taken a moment to notice how hot he sounds when he's angry.

Jason sighs, and said, "Me and Rhea we were friends and then we were strangers after that we became fuck buddies to drinking buddies to friends again and then to ex-friends. I don't know what she's doing here either"

"You've had sex with him?" of course that'll be the first thing he asks. 

"Yes. But it was a long time ago. after you left town" I say looking at him.

"How on earth do yall know each other?" Jason asks taking a seat on the sofa. 

Me and Damien we both look at each other not knowing what to say. 

"I've known her since she was thirteen" Damien answers sitting on the opposite chair and resting his legs on the coffee table. A white coffee table. 

"I've known her since she was twelve. How come I never saw you?" Jason says and I noticed that I'm the only one standing. I don't want to sit. I'm still trying to process what's happening so I walk back and forth in the living area. 

"I was homeschooled didn't go out of the house" 

"How did Rhea know you?" Jason questions right after. 

"Our parents were friends," Damien says and I noticed he was looking at me all the time while I was pacing back and forth. 

"So lily Jones is married to your father," I say to Jason as I sit on the coffee table. 

"Well, it's Lily Kai now" Lily walks in with two hot chocolates and one black coffee. 

somethings never change, don't they?

I take mine from the tray and Damien takes his coffee. 

"Thanks, mama," he says and she plants a kiss on his head. 

"Rhea, you are coming to see me after school tomorrow 'cause my hot water bath is probably getting cold now and I want one of you boys to drop Rhea home okay?" she says and plants a kiss on Jason's head too. 

"It was so great to see you again, honey." Lily pats my cheeks and gives me a tight hug. 

Yes, Lily is the most affectionate person you'd ever meet.

I drink my hot chocolate and Jason speaks up again. 

"so yall were friends?" 

"We were more than friends," Damien says leaning forward from his seated position. 

"We were never more than friends Damien," I say finishing up the hot chocolate. 

"Oh you know what I meant," he says staring right into my eyes. 

"I'm gonna go," I tell them and walk towards the door. 

"Can I drop you home?" Jason asks walking behind me. 

"No. thank you"

"I'm dropping you home," Damien says walking outside. 

"No," I say again. 

"I wasn't asking and we are walking," he says and I don't argue because he's the only person that I could never win with words.

"Wait! Rhea, you never told me why you came?" of course I forgot the whole purpose of my visit.

"Nothing important, I'll tell you later. Good night Jason" I give him a small smile and see Damien already walking ahead of me. 

 ***

None of us spoke a word but I knew something was worrying him. 

"Say it" I finally spoke breaking the silence. 

"ah?" he stops walking and looks at me. 

"say what's on your mind Jones" 

He looks at his feet and says, "were you ever in love with him? I mean Jason" 

I knew it. 

"I love him but no. I was never in love with him" I say and he lifts his head and looks at me with relief in his eyes. 

"Never have I ever and why?" he says and I smile. A real genuine smile. a smile that had not been on my face for a long time. and of course, It's Damien who'll make me smile like that again. I remember the first time we ever made conversation was asking 'never have I ever and why?' and we promised each other that we would never lie at that point. 

"go ahead," I say as we slowly started walking again. 

"Never have I ever hates Damien and why?". that was totally unexpected. But do I hate him? Yes, because he has given me reasons to. He broke my heart even more than anyone did but If he never left I would've never been able to let him go and move on from my past. Do I love him? I love him as much as I hate him. Am I in love with him? I used to. I had the biggest crush on him when we were thirteen. I was in love with him even after he left. I was in love with him for four years. Yes, for four horrible years I was in love with him. But you see it was all in the past and when I said I let go of everything from the past, I did. I let go of my first love and the love of my life. scratch that The love of the old Rhea's life. 

"You hate me don't you?" he speaks when I didn't give him an answer.

"I do," I say looking at him. 

"Why?"

"You broke my promise" I lie. I don't think I hate him because he broke my promise. I was glad that he did.

"Rhea I had a reason to" he comes closer to me and holds both of my hands in his. 

"I don't want to hear it," I say moving away from his hold and I see that we have reached my house.

"What happened to your wrist?" Oh shit. 

"uh... I fell... while skating" that's a believable lie since he knows that I was there at the skating rink. right?

He squints his eyes suspiciously and makes a worried face. He knows I'm lying, doesn't he? fuck.

"See you around Lia" Damien turns around and walks away. I let out a breath that I didn't know I was holding. I sigh and walk inside. 

Why didn't he question it? 

did he not know I was lying? 

that's odd.

A/N - MHMMM YEAH THE TWO HOTTIES ARE BROTHERS. 

OOPS! NO, "STEP" BROTHERS 🙄

THANK YOU FOR READING 

-PEACE <3