Waking up

I woke up with my fingers tracing my lips. Every bit of my body tingled in a way I wish it wouldn't.

The same question kept haunting my mind and pounding through like an annoying alarm.

Did that just really happen?

I was plunged out of my reverie when I heard a groan beside me. I turned and saw Rose let out a yawn as she got up from where she was laying beside me in my bed.

I saw her blink the sleep out of her pretty green eyes before reaching over to grab her glasses. "What time is it?"

"Late." Is all I respond huffing in frustration when I see it's already 10.am.

Rose and I had planned to utilise our Saturday and study like our lives depended on it.

But our flashcards sat under utilised on my desk in a sad pile.

"Sorry about last night, Rose." I told her.

After Nolan kissed me, still can't believe that happened... Raymond showed up drunk out of his mind with his jersey number painted on his chest barely able to walk.

Luckily Nolan had been sober enough to help me find his keys, in awkward silence of course while Rose had been stuck with the chore of babysitting Raymond so that he didn't do anything more stupid.

"It's ok." Rose spoke as she stretched her arms. "It wasn't too bad."

I scoffed. "Please, you don't have to pretend my brother and Nolan aren't the most annoying people in the world."

Rose shrugged. "They're not so bad. Hey, I'm gonna go take a shower and get ready for class." She spoke.

I couldn't blame Rose for having nothing to say about those two devils. She had always been too sweet for her own good.

My growling stomach made me get out of bed and walk to the kitchen of our apartment.

It had been a graduation gift from my mum to Raymond when we graduated and she happened to realise she has another child who she graciously let live here with him. Note the sarcasm.

I opened the fridge and grabbed a carton of milk hoping to make some cereal. Surprise, surprise, empty. Gosh I hated living with these boys.

"Hey Sav."

I jumped and turned around facing Nolan.

Oh my goodness, I could practically feel my face turning red just at the sight of him.

"Uhm, hey. How uh... how are you tjis fine... uh... morning?" I couldn't believe how stupid and awkward I sounded. For goodness sake, get it together Savannah.

Nolah was holding a water bottle and was in his workout gear. A clear indication that he had just returned from the gym. That and the swear dripping down his hot, muscular body.

Stop it Savannah! I chastisised myself.

"Why are you acting weird? Is it that time of the month?" Nolan teased laughing at his own joke as he walked up tp the fruit basket to grab an apple.

Was he serious right now?

I turned, my eyes following him as he bit into the grannysmith and settled down at the island.

Oh my goodness, he totally planned on acting like last night never happened.

Well, I wasn't going to let him. I folded my arms across my chest and marched up to stand across from him.

Nolan paused from taking another bite and raised his full sexy brows. I mean... just his eyebrows. Totally normal not attractive eyebrows.

"What?" Nolan asked.

I slapped my palm on the counter. "You kissed me last night jerk!"

Nolan's eyes suddenly shot open. He dropped the apple and quickly rose holding his hands up.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, would you keep it down?" He glanced nervously up the stairs where Raymond's room was.

So he did remember.

Nolan ran a hand down his face.

"First of all, you kissed me back." He pointed at me im accusation.

I gasped. "I did not!"

He let out a scoff and that charming grin of his took over his face. "Oh yeah, so that wasn't your tongue I felt in my..."

"Shut up!" I quickly interrupted him feeling my face burn up.

Nolan leaned back looking amused. "I already explained why I did it. Why are you bringing it up baby Ray?" He suddenly took a step closer. "Don't tell me, perfect and polished Savannah Jones actually enjoyed kissing little old me?"

I wished the ground would just open up and swallow me whole at this point with how flustered I was getting.

Never mind that I had harboured a secret crush on Nolan almost all my life. A crush that didn't mean anything of course because he was my brother's best friend and not to mentiom the superstar quarterback who literally every girl wanted in her bed. Why would he want me someone like me?

"Of course not!" I snapped. I stuck my chin up. "I would never enjoy kissing you. I don't know what diseases you might have from all those girls you screw every week."

Nolan actually looked slightly offended but he covered it up by letting out a scoff.

"Trust me, baby Jones, I only kissed you because you were the closest person to me. Quite frankly, you're not my type. I actually like a girl who can loosen up once in a while and not always be a stick in the mad."

My mouth dropped but I quickly recovered trying to mask my embarassment. Did he just call me uptight?

I dropped my hands to my sides.

"Whatever Charlestone. Just make sure it never happens again." I snapped.

"Consider it erased from my mind." He spoke smoothly.

Nolan paused for a second.

"And obviously Raymond can never find out about this."

I stilled. Of course he couldn't. My brother might have been a jerk but he had always been an overprotective jerk. If he knew his trusted best friend had kissed his little sister, we would both be dead.

"Find out about what?"

Both Nolan and I jumped as we spun around and saw none other than Raymond by the stairs.