All Chapters of My Brother’s Best Friend: Chapter 1 - Chapter 9

The party is so much worse than I imagined. There are frat guys doing keg stands then screaming “KAPPA RULES” at the top of their lungs. Drinks are being thrown, I’m pretty sure the air is exclusively weed smoke at this point, and I’ve been offered “skittles” no less than ten times which is a bag of different pills mixed together. I’ve been groped multiple times, and the music is so loud I can’t even hear myself think. I should have known the end-of-year party would be insane. I’m not even sure where Lydia is, in true Lydia fashion she has disappeared and left me to fend for myself. I feel a tap on my shoulder and I turn to see Jordan, my freshman buddy. Jordan is super cute and I would’ve totally hit on him if he didn’t have a girlfriend. “Jordan, hey!” I smile brightly at him “Hey!” He yells back “You having fun?” He gestures around at the party and I shake my head no. “No, I was actually about to leave” I yell. Running into him is nice but I definitely don’t want to have a con

I start noticing little things. Like how Kane automatically gets in the front seat of my car, even though it should be Landon or Lydia who sit up front. Or how he puts his arms around the back of my seat while I'm driving. And how he stood beside the booth and waited for me to slide in because we always sit beside each other. He takes up majority of the booth so his leg is always pressed up against mine, but today it feels like it's burning a hole through my sweats. What the hell is going on?? These are normal things between me and Kane. Things we do all the time. Things that I have never thought twice about. When the waiter comes Kane orders my food like he always does because we each always get the same thing and I look up to see Lydia smirking at me. Has years of being told I'm in love with Kane finally brainwashed me into believing it? I jump when I feel his arm go to rest on the booth behind me and he gives me a weird look. My whole body feels hot. Too hot. I can see tha

It's been two days since I told Kane I want him to back off when it comes to my love life. I kind of thought he would give it a few hours, maybe a day, and then act like nothing happened like he always does when we fight. This time feels different though. He hasn't texted me or called me. He hasn't randomly showed up at my dorm or outside one of my classes. I immediately noticed him absence. Kane has been a constant in my life for so long now that it feels odd not seeing or hearing from him daily, but I would be lying if I said it wasn't a little bit of a relief. He's been a constant in my life but he's also been a fucking tornado. With Kane comes chaos and destruction. He's fun and adventurous but he's also impulsive and quick tempered. I saw Jordan while I was walking to my psych class. I wanted to apologize to him but he gave me a awkward smile and a head nod and kept walking; so, I took that as my cue no leave him alone. Kane is lucky he has a girlfriend because if he didn't I

My clothes are strewn across the floor. I have nothing to wear. Nothing! And Jordan is going to be here in 30 minutes.I’ve never been on a date so I don’t have any date clothes. I only have two kinds of shirts, crop tops and oversized. Neither of them seems first-date appropriate.How do I not have a single dress??I’m going to have to tell Jordan we have to cancel until I can go get clothes that look like I actually care about my appearance. I should have listened all those times Lydia told me that I needed a new wardrobe.Lydia walks in and her eyes go wide at the state of our room.“Umm… what’s going on here?”“I’m hopeless that’s what’s going on!” I yell “I have nothing to wear” I gesture helplessly to the mountain of clothes on the floor“Ok, let’s just take a breath” Lydia opens her closet and I hear hangers shuffling. “Aha! What about this?” She’s holding a short black spaghetti strap dress. It’s cute and my style. “That’s perfect!” It feels like a weight is lifted off my ch