Taylor laid there beside her best friend, anxiously playing with her fingers. Angelica, her friend was asleep with her back towards the other girl. Her rhythmic snoring was the only sound in the large room. Diana, another one of her friends, was asleep at the foot of the bed. Taylor knew that Diana was asleep because she had a little too much to drink and had passed out when her head hit the pillow. Taylor was on edge and cast nervous glances at the door.
His bedroom was just down the hall and she knew he was still awake. The small audio of his radio told her so. He was waiting for her, but he was forbidden. Going in there would mean betraying her best friend. She knew she couldn't do it, but goddamn it, she wanted him. Oh, so badly.
She turned her attention towards the clock and sighed. It was only midnight and everyone in the house was asleep. Everyone except for her and HIM! There were only three other people in the house besides herself tonight, but she knew Angelica and her other friend Diana were already asleep. That just left the two of them.
Her nipples hardened when she thought of him. His face was stunning, his touch exhilarating, and his body was a recreation of the Adonis. She managed to suppress a groan as she thought of his hard masculine body against her petite feminine frame. She felt so tempted right now. He was all hers tonight if she decided to take his offer.
Part of her had always had a small crush on him. Who was she kidding? She had the hugest crush on him. However, the feeling wasn't mutual until now. She figured he just always saw her as his sister's chubby friend.
Taylor shuddered as she thought about her previous weight of two hundred and thirty-one pounds. After a lot of dieting and exercise she had eventually become a healthy one hundred and forty-four pounds. He was sort of her inspiration for dropping off the weight. Thankfully, he noticed her transformation. Taylor smiled thinking about it.
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This would be the first time they'd seen each other in almost forever. Well, in reality it had only been about four years, but to Taylor it seemed like an eternity. She'd been friends with Angelica since kindergarten and surprisingly hadn't known Adam until middle school. She knew Angelica had an older brother, but he was never around when Taylor would come to visit. He was always busy playing with his friends or doing something important at school.
The day she first saw him was during a study session between her and Angelica. They had been studying for an algebra test when he walked through the front door. He had broken their concentration when he walked into the kitchen and opened the fridge looking for something to quench his thirst.
He was wearing light grey sweatpants that hung low on his hips and his shirt was hanging carelessly over his left shoulder. She also remembered clearly that he was sweating. Not in a gross type of way but in a sexy way that made his tight toned stomach glisten. He was tall; easily over six feet tall and he had a killer body for a guy his age. It was enough to drive any girl that was going through puberty crazy. That was the first time she ever saw Angelica's older brother and ever since then she'd been crushing on him.
She recalled Angelica sucking her teeth loudly and saying, "Adam, no one wants to see your naked torso. Put a shirt on and go somewhere. We're trying to focus on this stuff. And use a glass. No one wants the germs from your mouth on the orange juice carton."
"No one complains when you do it, Ang." Wow, he had nice voice. It was deep but not too deep.
"That's because everyone knows my mouth is clean."
Taylor didn't know why she said what she said next. Maybe it was because she'd never been so close to someone so handsome. "Well, actually studies have shown that everyone's mouth is a cesspool full of germs and bacteria." She wanted to slap herself when Adam looked at her and arched a brow.
"Yeah, what she said. I guess we're both in the wrong and this carton is already contaminated so getting a glass now is pointless," he said with a chuckle before bringing the carton back up to his lips.
"Get a glass," Angelica huffed, slamming her pencil down. She always wanted to get her way and signs of disobedience would not go unpunished.
Adam sighed and turned to look at the two girls. "I'm dehydrated. You want me to drop dead on the sidewalk because you wouldn't let me get anything to drink, little sister."
"If it will get you of the kitchen sooner then I don't give a fuck."
Taylor always thought it was weird when she came to Angelica's house and everyone cursed openly. Stuff like that would not slide at her house, but at Angelica's it was the norm.
"Yeah sure, you know you'd be crying those little baby blues out at my funeral," he retorted.
"No, I think I'd be cheering because that means I'd get your computer and your Christmas presents," she replied with a fake smile.
Adam faked a hurt look and threw his t-shirt on her. "You're so evil."
She quickly threw it off of herself and put it on the floor. "So I've been told," she replied, turning back around to face Taylor. "Taylor, please ignore my idiot brother."
Taylor laughed at them and watched as Adam walked over to Angelica, picked up his shirt and sat at the table with them. He still had the carton of juice and made a show of drinking it in front of his sister.
"Adam, put your shirt on. You're scaring Taylor," Angelica complained.
"No, I think she likes it," Adam teased.
"Yeah, please. She's not into undeveloped high school students."
"I'm pretty much not into anyone right now," Taylor spoke up, pretending to be concentrating on a math problem. She was lying and didn't want them figuring it out because of her amateurish poker face.
"Who doesn't want some of this," Adam joked, running his hands down his body and trying to be overly sexy.
"I could name quite a few," Angelica replied, rolling her eyes at him.
"Whatever, I'll see you two nerds later," Adam retorted, rising out of his chair and walking over to the fridge. He placed the orange juice carton back in its original location and walked out of the house.
"God, my brother is such an idiot," Angelica complained.
No, you're brother is freaking gorgeous, Taylor thought.
Anyways, tonight was going to be the first night they'd see each other in a while. After Adam had left for college in Boston, he was rarely home. When he had the chance to come visit his relatives back in Tampa, he always chose to do something else, whether it was co-op or study abroad. The only times Taylor really saw him was in the pictures he took in Rome and Japan. Other than that, they hadn't spoken to each other since his graduation party.
He had finally decided to visit home and Taylor was excited. Not only was Angelica throwing a huge party for their graduation, but Angelica's sexy brother would be home. She wanted to see the look on his face when he saw her new figure. He had never tormented her about her previous weight, but his friends were notorious for doing so.
Whenever they did, Adam would just sit there and let them do it. Not once, defending her, which felt just as bad as the words being said to her. Then, later on he would give her a hug and tell her how his friends could be huge pricks sometimes. He would say it was only because they had a thing for big girls, or because they had bad luck with women in general.
