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Chapter Seven: Everyone was to be Civil
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2026-09-05 17:41:02
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Caught Kissing My Stepbrother. Chapter Seven: Everyone was to be Civil
Here is a list of things I thought I'd never say out loud in my one wild and precious life. Number One… "I guess I'll just sleep on my stepbrother's couch."And yet. There I was. Standing in the doorway of Jace's room with a duffel bag, a pillow shaped like a taco, and the specific facial expression of someone watching their own life turn into a sitcom pilot."Absolutely not," Jace said, the second he saw me."Cosign," I said. "I’m in full agreement. Do you want to tell your dad or should I?"Neither of us told Richard, obviously, because Richard was currently three glasses of wine deep into telling my mom about contractor invoices, and by the time we worked up the nerve, they'd already started macking on each other.“God! That’s such a gross mom.” I didn’t even know I’d said it out loud, until they broke apart, my mother's face flushing when she saw Jace and I."I’m excited that you two are bunking up," Mom said changing the topic. She seemed delighted, like we were golden retriever
Caught Kissing My Stepbrother. Chapter Six: Here lies Izel Brooks, killed by foam and shame.
The door didn't creak open like in the movies. It slammed withfull force. I jumped back from Jace so fast I nearly took out a shelf of pool noodles, which, honestly, would've been a fitting way to die. Here lies Izel Brooks, killed by foam and shame."—and that's why you NEVER leave your goggles fogged before a start," Jace said, loud, way too loud, already pushing me away. I blinked. My brain, still fully marinating in the just had his hand in my hair two seconds ago, took an embarrassingly long beat to catch up.I nodded right back, acting the part. “Yeah, that’s right, because fogged goggles are, um. Bad," I said. What am I even saying? I wondered, trying to not instantly burst into flames.And then it was just bodies. So many bodies. Coach Alvarez shoving through first, phone already up and filming, then two guys from the swim team, then a woman with a lanyard and a cameraman jogging backward in front of her, then what I could only assume was the entire athletics department, all
Caught Kissing My Stepbrother. Chapter Five
At the mansion, the morning after the pool situation, I came downstairs to find breakfast had somehow become a hostage negotiation.My mom kept sliding looks at Richard. Richard kept sliding looks at his coffee and Jace sat across from me shoveling cereal into his mouth like a man trying to physically outrun a conversation. Okay weird!Maybe I was just overthinking things. Maybe I was the one being weird but for some reason,I could not bring myself to look at Jace. Throughout breakfast, my head was buried in between the orange juice and toast.I tried to paint in my room after. I actually sat down at my easel, brush loaded, blank canvas staring back at me. Twenty minutes later the only thing on it was one aggressive blue line that looked like an EKG line.I gave up and went to campus early, mostly to escape the house, and ran straight into Noah at the quad."Hey — I owe you an apology," he said, hands in his pockets, doing his best wounded-puppy face. "For the whole Bree thing. I shou
Caught Kissing My Stepbrother. Chapter Four
I want to tell you I turned around and walked away with some shred of dignity intact, but that would be lying and aura farming.I just stood there, with my coffee in hand watching Noah kiss the girl with the huge tits. By the time he pulled back and spotted me, I'd slapped a smile on so fast I would later think back on this moment and shudder."Izel! Hey!" He waved me over like nothing had happened, because to him, nothing had. I mean it’s not like we were together. "Perfect timing. This is Bree." He said it so easily, kinda like he was introducing me to his favorite food. "My girlfriend."Girlfriend. I was doing all I could not to scream right there and then."Oh! hi," I said, and my voice came out completely normal, which honestly should win me an Oscar. "Nice to meet you." I said to Bree and she smiled at me."Actually," Noah continued, "good you're here. I wanted your opinion and I was thinking of doing something for her birthday, you're the artist, you'd know what's cute, right?"
Caught Kissing My Stepbrother. Chapter Three
Turns out arrogant swim gods have secrets too.I knelt there on the concrete staring at him, trying to find the right words to say. What does one really say in a situation like this?“I don’t need that pitying look on your face, Izel.” He shot me a withering look, then inhaled deeply. “I have a heart condition. Wolf Parkinson White Syndrome and I found out about it two months ago.” When I didn’t reply, he continued. It’s this electrical thing that flares up under extreme physical stress.”“Look, you need to tell someone. Have you told your dad? How long do you think you can hide this?” He laughed, but it wasn't a real laugh, "Swimming is the only thing I've ever been good at, Izel. Without it I'm just... a guy." His eyes suddenly watered and he turned away from me. My heart sank for him.I didn't say anything for a second. Because okay, fine, annoyingly, I got it. I got it more than I wanted to. For me, painting is the only place I've ever felt like myself, the one thing that's just
Caught Kissing My Stepbrother. Chapter Two
Okay so….Update. My mother is married. Apparently she and Richard Carter have been dating for over a year and got married a few hours ago and somehow managed to keep it a secret from me, her only child, the person who lives in her house and eats her cereal.And Jace Carter, swim god and professional jerk, is his son. Which means, and I need you to sit with this the way I had to sit with this, standing in my kitchen at midnight in my ugliest t-shirt and finding out Jace Carter is my stepbrother."Absolutely not," I said, the second it clicked."Believe me," Jace said, arms crossed, looking at me with barely contained irritation. "I'm thrilled too."We stood there just glaring at each other while upstairs our parents were probably digging each other's guts without knowing that their children were having a nervous breakdown in real time.Jace recovered first and he shook his head. "Fine," he said. "We need to have a rule. Rule number one, and honestly the only rule that matters. You hav
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