"Oh god", I sigh heavily. Summer and Ethan stand by either side of me, in the crowded lounge room, where more than a hundred people are in. Dancing, drinking, smoking and making out.

The loud music booms between the walls, making my whole body vibrate and my heart thump faster.

"Let's drink!" Summer, my overly  excited bestfriend shouts over the loud music.

Abruptly grabbing my hand, I grab Ethan's, instinctively letting us both be dragged and pushed through the sweaty people until we get to the kitchen.

My eyes roam over the alcohol on the countertops. A few people stand here and there, making the space seem crowded, even if it's not as bad as the lounge room.

"You guys need to taste this!" Summer shouts over the music, holding out two red solo cups to me and Ethan. Before we can do anything else, Ethan let's put a squeal at something he sees behind Summer.

We both look at him as he runs to a intimidating looking guy, with many tattoos and jet black hair. A black leather jacket on his upper body, along with an all black shirt and jeans.

"So! Introductions!" Ethan smiles brightly, this might be the happiest I've seen him, honestly. "Dean, this is Summer and Avery! My two bestfriends! Girls, this is my boyfriend, Dean!" He shouts.

Even tho his intimidating demeanor , Dean shots both of us a sweet smile and waves shyly.

We all greet each other and Summer is back on trying to get us to drink.

Finally giving in, I grab the filled up solo cup and bring it to my nose. It reeks of alcohol and something sweet, maybe candy?

"What is this?" I shout loudly. Dean and Ethan both look at Summer expectidly.

"Vodka and Red Bull! Now drink!"

I gulp some of the liquid, and scowl at the taste. The bitter alcohol is much stronger than the beer, I'm used to drink and it leaves a burning taste behind.

All of a sudden, my eyes lit up at the sweet taste left on my tongue.

I gulp down some more.

"Aves, take it easy on the drinks, don't want you getting drunk now do we?" Summer laughs. I shake my head with a grin. "I'll just drink this!"

.....

An hour, much talking and getting to know Dean, one and a half vodka-red bull cocktail, and four-maybe more shots-later, I find myself in a bathroom looking at myself in the mirror, a little dizzy, but good in general.

I laugh at my reflection. Never did I think that I would look this much of a badass.

My black low-cut, crop top, shows off little too much of the top of my breasts, that I know I'm comfortable with, but it'll do. I'm feeling confident tonight. I notice my black bra strap is thicker than my top strap, which makes me kind of regret my decision of not wearing the bikini.

A ping sounds from my phone. I look away from my reflection and find a message from Aiden. I don't have the energy to read the words so I don't bother replying and get out of the bathroom.

Ethan and Dean, who were supposed to wait for me, stand against a wall making out. I let out a girly squeal happy for my new bestfriend. Deciding to not disturb their moment I walk back to the lounge room.

Summer dissapeard minutes ago with Alison, a friend of ours. I'm surprised to see Asher standing outside with his friends.

The music is much more heard here, I stand somewhere alone, and dance. I sawy my hips from side to side, to the deafening beat.

A pair of arms wrap around my waist, making me uncomfortable. I know this dude isn't Aiden and even tho we haven't made anything official yet, I don't think he would appreciate me being this close to a guy, same with me, I don't want any girl near him.

"What's your name beautiful?" A husky voice whispers from behind. Uncomfortable goosebumps cover my body at the sound of another voice so intimattingly close to me other than Aiden's.

Before I can react, I'm yanked out of the strangers hold. I look in confusion as I see a crowd gathering around Tristan. He lands punch after punch on the poor creep.

"Avery", I hear Zach's voice from behind me. He places his hand on my shoulder and luckily, after a few more punches, Tristan decides its enough.

The crowd clears up.

Grabbing hold of my hand, we follow behind Zach and Summer to Tristan's car.

"Guys, can you stand and poop, or do you have to sit down like us?" I tilt my head to the side in confusion. It's a question that I didn't know I had, actually.

"Avery, shut up you're in so much trouble right now." Tristan almost shouts. I sink back in my seat and cross my arms over my chest and look over at Summer who's asleep beside me.

"Zach, would you like to be a werewolf, imagine having fur all over your body you could be like, rawr!" I show my teeth, like a wolf would...or is it a dog?

"Avery! Shut up!"

.....

Sun light beams through the window, blinding me and making my pounding headache worse. Looking around, I notice I'm in my room. My heart starts racing, along with my thoughts. If I'm here, it means my brothers know I'm here, which means Aiden does to and that puts me in huge trouble. Me and Summer, it puts me Summer and Zach in big trouble.

After gulping down my pills I grab my phone to text Summer, who I assume is in the guest room. I have twenty notifications of unread messages, all of them from Aiden.

He texted me he missed me and to have fun, the last ones is him telling me to answer the phone and that he's woreied. My heart sinks. I ignored all of them, now I feel guilty.

I have no idea of what I did last night, and I really hope I haven't embarrassed myself. I need to face my brothers and I guess the sooner the better.

Not bothering to change from my clothes from the party yesterday, I take a deep breath and walk out of my room. I don't know if Summer's awake, and I dont want to wake her up in case she has a hangover, worse than mine.

Hunter and Tristan are sitting by the kitchen island next to Parker and Ashton. I assume Zach is in his room and so is probably Summer.

"Hey, guys", I say awkwardly. Tristan sends me a death glare and Hunter looks emotionless. He's angry. Parker and Ashton are trying to contain their grins, knowing I've got in trouble.

"Don't 'hey guys' us! Xavier is pissed the fuck off and so is Aiden, you know you'll get in big trouble with them so you better start thinking of a good excuse." Tristan snaps.

Xavier and Aiden. When I was younger the two were the ones to decide my punishment. When I went to that party, in freshman year they both came with the idea of taking my phone, tho it was Xavier who got it since he was my brother. Aiden was more of an assistant then and now. I guess.

"The same goes for you!" He snaps again. I turn around and see Summer and Zach, looking down on the floor as if regretting what they did. I know for a fact that Summer doesn't regret a second of it.

The door opens violently and slams shut, the loud noises echoing through the first floor of the house. My headache gets back for a few seconds before disappearing again. The pills start taking their action.

Aiden and Xavier both stalk into the kitchen. My eyes are trained on Aiden. He's wearing a suit which makes him look extremely hot but nows not the time. He doesn't spare me a glance, his eyebrows are scrunched up together and I can just see how angry he is. Same with my brother, his eyebrows are furrowed, nothing like the emotionless face he usually has.

"You are punished, no going out with friends for a week." Xavier points a finger to Zach, without looking at him. He then turns to me and Summer, looking dissapointed. "What!? Why aren't they getting punished!?" Zach shouts. "They're eighteen, we can't punish them." Aiden says emotionless and walks out of the kitchen, Xavier following closely after.

"Well, then um we're gonna go." I scratch the back of my neck and grab Summer's hand, leading her upstairs to my room.

We both change out of our clothes and into some pyjama buttons and sports bras before sitting on my bed.

"What did I do last night?" I ask hesitantly and she shrugs. "No idea I don't even know what I did myself." There's silence for a moment, before I grab the remote and turn the TV on. I scroll through Netflix and look at Summer.

"Teen wolf?" I raise an eyebrow, she hskaes her head. "I need to tell you something first."

Her tone is serious. She's never this serious which actually scares me.

"What's going on, Summer?"

"I'll break up with Asher."

My eyes widen at her words. The two were inseparable. I thought they were endgame, but then again I thought the same about me and Jason. Anyway, I enver thought it would end this soon.

"Why?"

"I don't have feelings for him anymore, Aves, I can't be in a relationship with someone I don't have feelings for."

"Summer?" Excitement builds up inside me."There's someone else is it?"

Her eyes widen but she shakes her head. "No, let's watch teen wolf."She mumbles. I decide not to ask anymore, I know for a fact that there's is someone else, by the way she reacted but she'll tell me when she's ready.

"Just know that I'm always here", I whisper reassuringly. She smiles, a real smile and nods. I jump on top of her and pin her hands to her side. "But, I'll better be the first one to know." I tease in a low voice, tho she knows there's a seriousness in my words. She nods her head rapidly and I decide to tease her by snuggling her like a teddy bear, something I know she hates.

The rest of the day was uneventful. Mostly.

We both stayed in my room for hours, only going out to bring snacks.

Aiden ignored me the whole day which made me frustrated. During dinner, everyone were back to their normal selves, the tension evident between everyone in the morning was now gone which felt good.

The tension between me and Aiden on the other hand was thick and trust me when I say that it was not sexual. Luckily, no one noticed. Except Summer.

He didn't look at me once. Again. He was back to his normal jerk self and I didn't get a chance to confront him about it, because when everyone were done eating he and Xavier left, probably to take care of some mafia business.

He left me confused, he's been acting off ever since this morning and I  have no idea why.

Summer ended up sleeping over, and this time in my room like old times.

It's currently 1 a.m and the light snores coming from Summer, along with the voices from the TV fill the room. I feel my eyes getting heavy myself, so I turn the TV off and grab my phone to check for a message from him one last time, before I decide to let dark consume me.

.....

I have my head on my mom's lap as she runs her hands softly through my hair. I enjoy this mother daughter night we're having.

"This is my favourite scene Avery," She mumbles I turn to the TV but its black.

Both our heads snap at the direction. We're both met by five men, two I recognize all to easily.

Jason and Vanni...but wasn't he dead?

The short, bold man points the silver gun at my mom and pulls the trigger, it happens in seconds.

My face is covered in red drops, as my mom's head collapses back on the seat.

Jason comes closer to me and yanks me towards his body. I can't react, the shock of my mother being shot in front of my eyes makes me feel numb.

He starts touching me everywhere but I can't feel a thing, that is until pain shots through my lower body, and I realise what's going on.

The four men around us stare holes at me. Vanni bends down next to me as Jason continues his assault on my laying body.

I feel disgusted.

Gathering up the last of strength in my body, I push both men away from me and sit up.

My eyes fly open as I look around the dark room. Tears stream down my face as I realise it was a nightmare. It's gotten worse.

I wipe the sweat off my forehead and breath in slowly, trying to calm my racing heart. It seriously feels like I'm going to have a heart attack if I don't calm down.

I turn my head to the side, still breathing heavily. The side were Summer was sleeping on is empty, she probably went to the guest room.

Grabbing my phone, I sigh when I look at the time. 3.45 a.m.

I need water.

Everything is dark and silent, Aiden's door is closed, which probably means they're back. Keeping my mind on the water, I desperately need in my body, I walk down the stairs and into the kitchen.

My heart stops for a second, when I see Aiden sitting by the kitchen island. His head in his hands. He's shirtless, even in the dark room, his muscles flex.

Ignoring him, I walk to the fridge and grab a bottle of water, my back facing him.

Should I talk to him? I think to myself as the cold liquid slide down my throat.

"What are you doing?" I jump at the sound of his harsh whispering voice, a few feet behind me.

Sighing in annoyance I remove the bottle from my lips and hold it in my hands, still facing the fridge.

He's been ignoring me all day and now he's talking to me? Maybe if he used another tone with me, I wouldn't feel like this. The frustration and anger is back.

"Isn't it obvious?" I turn around, a hard look in my face and my voice dripping with sarcasm. I close the fridge and lean against it as I show him the water bottle.

"Change the attitude", he says sternly before continuing. "Look, I don't have time for a long ass story and for me to let you guess what you did wrong, I'll just be straight forward. Why were you dancing with a guy last night?" He whispers calmly, even tho he isn't. The clenched jaw and balled fists tells me that.

My eyebrows scrunch up in confusion as everything from last night comes back. Me in the bathroom, Ethan and Dean making out, me dancing alone, the creep grabbing my hips forcefully, Tristan, the fight.

"Aiden!" I whisper yell, poking his chest with the buttom of the water bottle. He takes a few steps back, his expression showing surprise before it goes back to his stone cold face. "I was drunk! Some dude came up and started grinding on me, Tristan punched him before I could push him away!"

He grabs my hips pushing me up against the counter hard. His fingers pressing tightly agasint my flesh, nit to the point where it hurts, but to the point where my breath hitches and a wave of pleasure comes running down my core.

"Really?" His face softens.

"Yes!" I whisper yell. I can't believe he's really asking me that.

"Good, because your mine and no one touches what's mine, besides me." He whispers huskily, his face now hard and possessive.

I gulp at how intimidating he looks and how hot too.

"Do you understand me? You're mine." His lips touch mine lightly but not completely. A few inches are apart from us touching, he brushes his lips agisnt one more time before speaking again. His hands now on either side of my neck, keeping my face securely so I can look at him.

"Say you're mine." He demands.

"As long as you're mine." I whisper.

"I'm yours."

"Then I guess I'm yours too."

He hungrily attacks my lips. The kiss is hungry, passionate, rough and possessive.

I love it.

He pulls away with a frown, his warm hands cupping my face.

"Princess, why did you come down here?" He whispers concerned, his eyes filled with worry as he realises why we're here in the first place.

"I just had a nightmare." I mumble looking down and shrug my shoulders.

"About what?"

I shake my head, my gaze fixed on the floor. "Nothing."

He lifts my head, looking deep into my eyes.

"Tell me. Now."

"Just, the usual, only a little different this time." My voice is a low whisper, I'm surprised he hears me.

"What do you mean?"

I shake my head again.

"Avery", he warns and I sigh.

"Jason was there an-and Va-Vanni."

He looks at me for a second, his expression filled with anger. I'm glad he doesn't show pitty, I would've felt worse if he did.

He pulls me into a hug, I breath in his scent as I bury my face into his bare chest.

I know what he'll tell me to do.

"Princess, it would be good if...", he trails off. I nod, knowing exactly what he thinks would be good. My heart still flutters at the nickname, even tho the topic were talking about isn't the best.

"I know."

He lifts my chin placing a soft kiss on my lips.

"I'm here, always." He pecks my lips again and pulls away.

"Now tel-"

Footsteps are heard. Footsteps coming close to the kitchen as each second passes.

I look towards the entrance with wide eyes.

Someone is coming down!

Aiden quickly grabs my hand and pulls me around the island before crouching down with me on his side.

My heart beats fast at the thought of getting cought.

'Do you wanna build a snowman

C'mon let's go and play!

I never see you anymore, come out the door, it's like you've gone away!

We used to be best buddies...'

I slap a hand over my mouth to contain myself from laughing at Tristan's high-pitched voice.

I look at Aiden and he's like me, ready to explode from laughter. A pretty sight.

I hear the fridge open.

"Go away Anna!" He whisper shouts and my eyes widen, I don't think I'll be able to hold myself any longer.

Aiden places his hand over mine and the fridge finally closes before my brother's footsteps faint away.

We both get up and I start laughing hard, no sound comes from my lips, I just have my moyth wide open as I bend down holding my stomach.

Aiden laughs too and after a while we finally calm down.

I look at him to find him already looking at me, with amusement and...adoration?

I take a few steps closer to him and when I'm close enough he wraps my arms around my waist pulling me flat against his chest.

"Now tell me about the dream."

"I thought you forgot about that." I murmur.

"I would never forget something that has to do with you princess."

I peck his lips and smile a little.

"Can I please tell you tomorrow, I'm tired?" I lie. I just don't want to worry him right now. I don't have a problem telling him, but considering he went all possessive a few minutes ago, I can't even imagine what he'll do when I tell him about what Jason did in my dream, even if he heard of it before. He'll probably make sure he ends up like Vanni.

"Okay", he replies softly before pulling away and intertwining our fingers.

We walk upstairs and to my surprise he follows me to my room and onto my bed.

"What if they see us?" I whisper looking at him.

Aiden grabs my hips and pulls me to him, I lay my head on his hard chest, the warmth of his body and the feeling of his arms wrapped around me making me feel things.

"I'll leave in a few hours before they wake up."

I nod.

He places a soft kiss on my head and