Max was busy talking about what he'd been up to over the past few days. But no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't listen. I was constantly thinking about Nate. "Earth to Liam." Max said, which brought me back to reality. "I'm so sorry, Max. I'm really trying to listen to your interesting stuff, but the last few days have been really hard for me and I've been distracted a lot." "It's okay, you know that, right? I'm your best friend, I know how you are and what you go through every day. If I had a situation like you, I would feel the same way. " I smiled, sometimes I'm so happy to have him because he's always there for me and always understands me. But he can't yet know what happened between me and Nate.

Max sat down next to me on the couch and gave me a hug. "I'm so glad I have you." I muttered. "me too" he said. When I went back home, I also got a good hug from Max's mother, she really is an angel. If I could, I would also wish for a family like Max, but I know that such a thing is not possible, unfortunately.

When I got home, my mother was sitting at the table with Nate and Benjamin. "Where were you?" she asked. "At Max's house." I saw that she was angry, but I thought it was unfair. She is also sometimes gone without me knowing where she is and when she will come back, and then she expects me to tell her everything? I'm almost 16, she can give me a little more freedom. "Go to your room. You really worried us." "Whatever." I muttered and walked down the hall to my room.

She care about me? That's just too good to be true. And as for Nate, he only cares about me because he has dirty thoughts about us. I'm sure he dreams at night about how he fucks me. Sometimes I wonder what he's thinking about when he's looking at me. And Benjamin, he probably doesn't even know how old I am yet, so he cares about me? Hell nah.

It was warm in my room even though we are almost October. The sun shone through my room and I did enjoy the warmth for a while. Someone knocked on my door. Should I respond or not? Should I open my door or not? I didn't really know what to do so I said nothing. "Liam?" I heard a voice behind the door. Oh no, it's Nate. Why does he follow me everywhere? It's like he has a whole obsession with me. Ew, who knows if it really is, imagine if he has an obsession with me, then my life is completely over, can't go anywhere without a stepbrother chasing you.

I got shivers when I thought about this. But Nate kept knocking and saying my name so I finally decided to open the door. "What do you want?" I said irritated. "You." he grinned. I wanted to slam the door right in his face but he stopped me. "It was just a joke." I raised my eyebrows and rolled my eyes. "Whatever." And I let him in.

"I'm sorry you have to stay in your room. But when your mother asked where you were I didn't know and she went crazy." He looked worried, which was the first time. I shrugged and pretended I didn't care. But I could tell from Nate that he knew it meant a lot to me. He came closer. He stood so close I could feel his breath on my face. I stared at him into his beautiful light gray eyes. "I care about you, you know that, right?" he said in a whisper. I nodded. "Good." And he pulled me to him and gave me a firm, but soft hug.

"I love you" he muttered. For a moment we looked at each other and then he kissed me, his lips were so soft and warm. He drove me so crazy. "You're like a drug to me. I take you and I instantly become addicted to you." he laughed. I have to laugh too. My feelings for Nate started to grow, I could feel them, the butterflies flying in my stomach.

Ah, who cares that he's so much older than me, who cares that he's my stepbrother, we're not related anyway.

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