The story is a little cringy at the start but it gets better when you are about chapter four.
Sophia Raven is a sassy, but nice girl who happens to have an older brother. She's also friends with his best friend, Ryder Gray. They have deeper feeling...
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I wake up with a horrible neck pain. I sit up and see Ryder is behind me on the couch. I slip away from him and get up.
In the kitchen uncle Ricky is making breakfast. "Good morning kiddo. What would you like to eat?"
"I'm not really a breakfast person. May I use the bathroom to freshen up?" I ask him.
"Sure. In Ryder's room you can find new toothbrushes." I turn around and go upstairs. I brush my teeth and wash my face a little and go back down.
I sit on a chair at the counter and just play with the hem of my hoodie. "So how do you know him?" Ricky breaks the silence.
"Um, he's my brother's friend." He raises an eyebrow at me. "Sure. That's why he has a soft spot for you, eh?"
"He doesn't."
"Alright. Then if you are really just his friend's sister and he doesn't have a soft spot for you, I'm sure it's normal to call you baby." He smirks.
"He was drunk, we are not going into that Mr Gray." I warn him.
"Ugh, nonsense. Call me Rick or uncle Ricky. After all I will be your uncle in law."
I don't have time to answer because strong arms are wrapped around my waist from behind.
"Hi Angel." His morning voice cracks a little.
"Hi."
"Want to tell me what happened yesterday?" I ask while playing with the hair at the back of his head.
He looks at Ricky. "Oh, it's private talk. Got it." He leaves us alone.
"Remember how I told you I had a meeting yesterday?" He asks. I hum in respond. "It was my father." I freeze.
"What happened?"
"Well when I saw him I froze, but after a few seconds I asked the security to take the fucker out of the building."
"Can I beat him up?" I ask.
He chuckles. "No, love. Your hands are too precious for him." He takes my hands and kisses them.
"Thank you for picking me up at one in the fudging morning, and staying." He tells.
"Well you better be. I was in such a hurry that I don't remember if I locked my bedroom door or not. If my family decides to barge in and I'm not there, I'm in deep shit." I say.
"I'll tell them I kidnapped you." He responds.
"Let's eat, I'm starving." He shouts for his uncle and he comes in after a minute.
"So Sophia, tell me how the hell do you keep him calm. Like he's a big asshole." I laugh.
"Sometimes he is, but I guess I'm good at it since I have a brother." I shrug.
"Or you two secretly date." He mumbles.
"We do not." We say at the same time.
"Sure, I mean I call friends baby too and has them saved with cute little names in my phone."
When I think he's done he adds one more part that make my jaw drop.
"Also sleeps over at the girl's place every single night."
"What the fuc- fudge?!" Ryder asks with wide eye.
"Oh come on! Once I went in to your room to check up on you and you weren't there. As I was about to leave I saw that the curtains weren't closed at the house across, and guess what I saw? You laying on that poor girl, probably crushing her with your body."
"Why didn't you say anything?" I ask.
"Why would I say anything when he was passed out like he hasn't slept for ages. Plus I don't think that would have stopped him from sleeping there." He shrugs.
Ryder and I look at each other than back at his uncle. "By the look on your face I can tell not many people know." He smiles at us.
"Nobody, in fact." I mumble.
"Don't worry, I won't tell anyone." He says.
Ricky puts food in front of us. Ryder starts to eat and puts food on his fork holding it up for me. I shake my head, but he glares. I take the fork and put it into my mouth.
"And why won't you tell anyone?" Ry asks.
"Because it looks like she's the only one who can stop you from smashing my head if I piss you off, so I like her."
Ryder continues to feed me and when the plate is empty he puts in the sink. His phone buzzes, but his hand is covered in water and soap.
"Angel, can you please check it?"
"Oh em gee! He even lets you look through his phone. He's whipped as fuck." Ricky squeals like a little girl.
I wonder if he's really an adult.
I unlock his phone with the password, which is my birthday, and read the message.
Angel's annoying brother: Hey Ryder! So we have this family party in two days, want to join?
"Johnny asks if you want to come to our family party." I read it for him.
"Send him a simple ok, please." He dries his hand and walks over where I am sitting.
I do as he asked and look up at him. "I was thinking." I start.
"Hm."
"I decided to stop doing ballet." I tell him. I don't enjoy it. I never did. I tried to make everyone happy in my family, but didn't work.
"Whatever you want." He tucks a loosen curl behind my ear. "Will you do something else?"
"I was thinking about freestyle or just normal dance."
"Mhm. Does your feet still hurt?"
"A little." He picks me up and carries me to his room. Putting me down on the bed he goes and takes out a few stuff.
He starts to massage my feet with some lotion and it feels good. Then he puts a bandage on my bruises. "Ry I need to go before my parents see that I'm gone."
"Can't you just stay here forever?" He asks.
I laugh and get up. We go downstairs and I put on my shoes. As I'm about to head out a hand sneaks around my waist. "As much as I love seeing you in my clothes, in your place I would change when you get home." He gives me a kiss on my cheek.
