3. Bad Boy Wants Me?

"A.. Aaron, where are you taking me? " I asked. I was starting to panic.

"You are gonna help me clean this shit up," he said.

He dragged me inside a room, which I guessed was his room.

"Don't move," he commanded.

I looked at the door helplessly. Should I make a run for it?

He took his shirt off. I've only heard rumors about Morris brothers' hot bodies, but now I finally saw it in person. As I stared at the hard chest and abs muscles, I realized the rumors were all true. But instead of getting excited, I was terrified. What was he planning to do here?

"Take your shirt off," he grinned.

"Wha...what?" No way. Am I gonna get raped over a spilled beer? I started to panic again.

He threw a plaid shirt at me. "You spilled beer on yours. Put this one on instead.

Oh, he was just trying to help. Why did he have to act like that, though? He must be nuts.

"Um...cou...could you turn around?" I said nervously.

"Oh yeah, sorry. Go to the bathroom and change," he said and pointed at his bathroom.

I quickly went inside and shut the door. My heart was pounding. Why am I so scared right now? Since he was always two classes ahead of me, I didn't get to see him often. I just heard rumors. Both of the Morris brothers were notorious in our school. Aaron graduated last year, so maybe he is not as bad anymore.

I put on the shirt, which was way too big but at least it was dry and clean. I got out of the bathroom. Aaron was half lying on the bed and staring at the ceiling. He looked at me as he heard me coming out of the bathroom.

"Thanks for the shirt. I'll go now," I said and started to head for the door.

"Wait!"

I halted.

"Stay for a minute. The party is kinda boring," he said.

True. It was kind of lame. Spilling beer on the former high school bad boy was the most interesting thing that happened so far. I sat down on the chair in front of him.

"You are one of the Brown sisters, aren't you?" he asked.

"Yeah! I'm the ugly one!" I blurted out.

He looked startled. "You are what?"

"The ugly one. You know....because Liliana is so pretty?" I explained.

"I guess? Who said you were ugly?" he asked. His gaze was so intense I thought I'd melt to the floor.

"It doesn't matter. I was just joking anyway," I laughed nervously.

He got up and took my hand. Before I could say anything, he pulled me toward the bed and sat me down next to him.

"How come I never seen you around here?" he asked.

"I don't go to parties. Besides, you are two classes ahead of me, so..."

"Then why are you here?" he asked.

"Well, what happened was, I bumped into your brother Jake and he told me to convince my sister Liliana to go out with him or else. So now we are here," I gave him the whole spiel.

"He wants your sister? Why? She is boring as fuck," Aaron said dismissively.

Huh? Doesn't he think Liliana is the fruit of a goddess? Well, that's new.

"I don't know? Because she is like the most beautiful girl in school? I wish I can relate, but that's not the case. I just got wrapped up in this matchmaking situation by force. Can I please go now?" I said desperately.

"I guess she is kind of pretty, but you..." he stared at me intently again. His green eyes were twinkling.

"What about me? I don't look anything like her, I know. I already heard how plain I am from plenty of people, so you can just save it, okay?" I said and tried to get up, but he pulled me back down.

"You aren't plain. You look much more interesting than any girl I've ever met. How about I take you out sometimes, and we get to know each other?" he smirked.

What? Was he asking me out? Did I accidentally walk inside the twilight zone or what.

I stared at him in shock for a moment. It must be one of his cruel pranks to ask the ugly girl out then break her heart. I am not falling for that. No siree bob.

"Ah...no thanks, I gotta go," I got up and made a run for the door. I need to find Liliana quickly and get out of here.

Before I could find her and make my escape, someone grabbed my hand. Aaron?

Nope, it was Jake. Why can't I escape the Morris brothers tonight?

"You!" Jake barked. "You said you would make Liliana love me, but she just insulted me and left!" he said.

"I never said I would make her love you. You can't make people love you silly," I let out a nervous laugh.

"I'll make you pay for this. You must've sabotaged this on purpose. You are jealous of her because I'm paying attention to her instead of a plain Jane like you," Jake threatened me.

What the fuck is wrong with this guy? He must be crazy. "How arrogant are you? I'm not even slightly interested in you Jake, let go!" I screamed.

"You aren't going anywhere until we settle this," Jake sneered at me.

"Let the girl go, Jake," someone spoke, and I looked up.

Aaron was staring at us with fire in his eyes. If looks could kill, Jake would disintegrate into ashes right now. I was relieved since Aaron was being nice to me and most likely will rescue me from this ruthless boy.

"This is between plain Jane and me, bro," Jake gritted his teeth. Shoot, I knew I was plain but hearing from Jake's mouth was the confirmation I didn't need. Hurtful bastard.

"Let her go, or I'll send you to the hospital," Aaron glared at him.

He let go of me. I guess he was scared of his older brother. Thank almighty.

"We are not done, Janey!" Jake said gruffly.

Aaron took my hand and took me outside. "I'll take you home," he said. I nodded. Liliana left with the car, so I had no other choice. That bitch.

"So can I take you out, or the answer is still no?" he asked when we arrived at the house. Is he for real with this?

"Can I think about it?" I asked, suddenly feeling shy. I've never been asked out by anyone before. Even if it was a prank, it was kind of nice that he noticed me.

"Okay," he said and smiled at me for the first time. He looks ten times more friendly when he smiles. Not to mention gorgeous.

"Tha...thank you for your help," I said and impulsively hugged him. Something stirred inside me when I felt his warmth. I quickly let him go and ran back inside. I really need to be extra careful around the Morris brothers.