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CRAVING MY BULLY STEPBROTHER 022
ISABELLEFriday came with great anticipation, I mean I had been thinking about it too much.I got dressed without overthinking it. Dark dress, hair down, the small gold earrings that had been my mother's and lived in the corner of my jewelry box where I could see them without having to decide anything about them.I looked at myself in the mirror for exactly long enough to confirm I was ready and then picked up my bag.This was kind of Tyler and I’s first date and it was to a popular place, Corner of Birch and Maine.Lucas was in the hallway, he was just coming out of his room at the same moment I came out of mine, with his hair pushed back like he had gotten ready for something.We both stopped walking when our eyes met."You look…beautiful, I—" he started.I walked past him toward the stairs, he didn't finish the sentence.Tyler was at the corner of Birch and Maine a few minutes early, dressed properly in a dark jacket with his hands in his pockets. He saw me coming and smiled back
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ISABELLETyler's text came at eight fifteen.*Seven fifteen Friday, at Corner of Birch and Maine, I found a good place for after if you're up for it.*I typed back yes and put my phone face down.Then I picked it up again and stared at the yes for a moment like it was a word I needed to verify I had actually sent.This time when I woke up, Lucas was already in front of my door. Which had become a pattern I had stopped pretending to be surprised by.I ignored him and went to the kitchen to grab a cereal. He waited at the counter with a different posture.I went to the refrigerator to grab some milk when he cleared his throat."Tyler texted me," he said.I stopped with my hand on the refrigerator door."Last night from your contact I assume since I don't have his number."I turned around slowly to face Lucas."He said she deserves someone who shows up." Lucas looked at his coffee. "He meant it as a dig, I told him to stay away from you."*What the hell, Lucas?*"I know how that sounds.
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LUCASI couldn't stop hearing her voice. I lay on my back in the ceiling of my room at the lake house and stared at the ceiling and told myself I was not the kind of person this happened to.It wasn't working because I knew I wouldn't be able to hide it.The next morning I was downstairs before anyone else.I sat at the counter with coffee I wasn't drinking and listened to the house wake up around me and thought about the fact that in approximately twenty minutes Isabelle would come down those stairs and I would have to be a normal person about it.She came down at soon after, she saw me, paused for half a second, then went to the refrigerator."Morning, Isabelle, I'm not going to make it weird," I said.She turned around and held up her notepad.*You already made it weird by announcing you won't make it weird.*I looked at that for a second. "That's fair."She poured her juice and we stood in the kitchen in silence. My mom came in and the moment closed.The library at lunch was my id
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ISABELLE The game night table was set like Lily had been planning it for days. Which she had, there was a candle in the center, actual cards with questions printed on them stacked beside it, and a look on her face that said this was happening whether anyone in the room wanted it to or not. My father sat at the head of the table, which made me very certain he had been briefed in advance and was prepared to be enthusiastic. Lucas sat across from me, chair pushed back slightly like he was maintaining the option to leave. I sat with my notepad in my lap and looked at the candle. "Alright then," Lily said, settling into her chair with a brightness that filled the room. "The rules are simple, I pull a card, I read the question, everyone answers. No phones, no deflecting, no one word answers." Lucas looked at the card stack. "Who made these?" "I did," Lily said pleasantly. "Of course you did." "Lucas, you better behave." "I'm just asking." She picked up the first card. "We'll go
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ISABELLE I stared at the message for a long time. There was no follow up, only the message sitting on my screen at nine forty three like the person had typed it and put his phone down before the person would take it back. I typed back.*Give me one reason.* Three minutes of nothing. Then, *I'll tell you at the lake house.* I put my phone face down and went to sleep. Dinner that night had the tension of a room where two people were performing normalcy for the benefit of two others who hadn't noticed it had become a performance. My father asked Lily about her day and Lily told him in the detailed and enthusiastic way she reserved for his full attention. I didn't bother to pay attention to whatever they were saying. "Spring Formal is coming up," Lily said, at some point between the main and clearing the plates. She looked at me with bright eyes. "Are you going, Isabelle?" I reached for my notepad. *Yes, I will be going with a friend.* "That new kid?" my father asked. I nodded
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ISABELLEI pushed the previous day’s conversation at the back of my head, I felt if I didn't give any time of day, it wouldn't be stuck in my brain."She's going to do something."Tyler said it the next morning before I had even put my bag down, I looked at him."Sienna, cornered me yesterday after you left because she waited by the parking lot."I pulled out my notepad immediately.*What does she want from me for goodness sake?*"She told me you were using me." He said it without any heat on it, just laid it flat. "That the whole thing, the studying, the formal, the sign language, that it was all to get Lucas's attention. That you've been running this since the video" he gestured between us.I stared at him, not knowing how to answer that."Don't worry, I said thanks for the concern, then I left." He picked up his coffee. *Is that it? Do you believe what she said?*"That's it, I didn't believe her. I don't need to perform not believing her." He looked at me directly. "I just though
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