I groaned as I felt the side of my bed dip and I slowly opened one eye as my tummy decided to loudly let the world know how starved I was. Damon chuckles as he places a plate of delicious smelling food near me and I sit up as I started digging in.

"What's up with you and Chris?" I asked, mouth full of bacon rolls; a pastry treat my brother had mastered making that consisted of sliced sausages wrapped in bacon and baked into a pastry dough.

"Its complicated." Came his short reply but he stopped trying to leave and chose instead to brace my vanity, crossing his legs as he got comfortable.

"Complicated how? Do you not like him?"

"I do, I just... I don't know if I wanna be labelled."

"Who's labelling you?"

"He is!"

"Yo, okay. Calm down, we're just talking here."

Damon sighs as he runs a hand through his hair. "Its just... I think things are moving way too fast."

"You guys have been dating for a few months now."

"Yea and we're already living together."

"You had no problem with it before."

"I know but I just want some freedom. I wanna go hang out with friends without him getting all naggy, I wanna be able to just up and leave without him ringing my phone down to see where I am or who I'm with."

"I mean, he is acting like that because every time you leave him you end up in the bed of some random chick."

"It's better than ending up in some dude's bed. He should be grateful that I'm not shacking up with dudes."

"Look, I'm not one for relationship drama. I don't make things personal, I get what I want and move on. All I can say is... if you want out, leave. If you don't, talk to him and try work things out. Open relationships are a thing these days."

"He wouldn't go for that but that's basically what I want."

"Would you be okay if he started seeing other people too?"

"Mom! What the actual fuck?!" I snapped as she suddenly appeared by my door making both myself and Damon jump out of our skins.

"Language young man, language!" She scolded.

"Why are you eavesdropping?"

"I wasn't eavesdropping, I just happened to pass and hear the ending of the conversation and it doesn't take a kid to put two and two together."

She props her basket on her hip and settles at the door as she waited on Damon's response.

"I... it's... no?"

"So why should he be okay with you doing it?"

"Because he knows what he wants-"

"And you don't?"

"I don't know if it's the right..."

"You're still bothered about the gay thing."

"I'm not gay!" Damon snapped, then stopped as my mom raised her eyebrows and opted instead to once again run a hand through his hair. "I just really like him but that doesn't make me gay, it just makes me confused."

"Why does liking a guy makes you confused?" I cut in but honestly wished I didn't and still, I couldn't stop my mouth from blabbering like a high school girl. "I like dudes and I'm not confused.

"I know, I just meant me-"

"But why should liking someone of the same sex and of the opposite sex make someone confused?"

"It doesn't!" Damon defended. "I'm just saying that Chris confuses me."

"How does he confuse you?" My mom pitched in and poor Damon was being backed further into a corner.

"Look, this conversation is obviously not getting us anywhere so I'm going for a walk."

He pushes off the vanity and quickly escapes us, leaving my mom to turn and raise her eyebrows at me.

"Was it something I said?"

Shrugging, I grabbed my empty plate as I left my mom to do her chores and headed downstairs in search of my twin.

"Hey bro." He greets as I found him lazing around in the backyard.

"Hey."

"So I got some good news too."

"Oh really? What?"

"My boss believed my sob story and I got an extra two days before I have to head back into the city."

"Well I obviously have squat to do so I'd be heading back with you. Doesn't make a whole lotta sense to stay here-"

"Mom's here."

"I know but I'm just saying, she has work and a life and wouldn't want me all up in her business."

"You're just making excuses as to why you don't want to be alone with mom."

"They're not excuses, I-"

"Yeah, whatever."

"Dude, you're such an ass."

Derek chuckles as I playfully shoved him and we both sighed as I sat on the concrete bench in our mom's flower garden.

"I'm bored." Derek says after a while and I looked down at my watch as it showed me it was a few minutes passed 6pm.

"Same." I respond. "Same."

"Jewel has a party about a half hour drive from here, wanna go?"

"I'll go shower and change, go find Damon and convince him to come. I think he went walking down the street."

"He okay?"

"Boyfriend drama."

"He and Chris should just break up already."

"I doubt that's what he'll do but yea, that's exactly what they need."

~

An hour later and we were racing down the semi crowded street towards our old college friend's party before the overcast night sky decided to burst.

Pulling into an empty corner on the road, we all got out and headed into the already too loud, semi packed house filled with half drunk people smoking, dancing and making out with each other.

Ditching my brother and best friend, I headed to the kitchen and grabbed an unopened bottle of Black Label before heading back outside and sitting on the arm of one of the only chairs in the too big house.

I chuckled as I saw Damon already in the face of a black chick, his hands comfortably resting on her ass as she drunkenly laughed at his words.

My twin was yet to be located and as my eyes traversed the fast increasing crowd, they became distracted as a brown eyed, dimpled cheek teenager came into view.

Pushing off the chair's arm and discarding of the barely touched alcohol, I headed over to him and couldn't help the smirk I sported as he shyly smiled at my approach.

"Hey." I shouted.

"Hi, Danny right?" He shouted in response.

"Should I be scared or impressed that you know my name?"

"We met the other night... You slept with my friend, Rosa."

"Oh, she's your friend?"

"Yeah, she's a bit offended that you didn't call her back."

I smirked as someone bumped into him causing him to fall into me, giving me the perfect excuse to slip my hands around his waist.

"I spent the weekend in the lockups and only got out this morning." I said into his ears.

I had no idea what this dude's name was but the shiver that travelled through him was enough to get me standing at attention and even though I knew he did it unintentionally, we both couldn't deny the obvious dent that he was being pressed up against.

"I'll be sure to tell her." He shouted but I cut off the rest of his statement by taking his hand and leading him towards the stair. Damon nods as we make eye contact and I roll my eyes as he too started to move with his prey.

As soon as we were on the second floor and no longer needed to shout, the guy fell in step with me as I released his hand.

"What are you doing?"

Stopping in front of an empty bedroom, I cocked one eyebrow as I stared at him. "I'm about to fuck you senseless. Was that not clear?"

"You had sex with my friend."

"And now its your turn. Let's see who deserves a call back."