Maya pov:

"Brian!" I snapped. He was not at all paying attention. From past 1 hour we had been solving sums and he was always lost in thought. Not that I wasn't distracted by him but it seemed as if something was really bothering him.

"Yeah?"  He snapped back to reality.

"Just tell me if you don't wanna continue" I frowned. He widened his eyes and shook his head.

"Hey! no!....It's just something is on my mind and I am kinda distracted." He responded.

"I didn't even realize." My voice filled with sarcasm.

"Okay then let's stop it and we can continue whenever you want?" I started closing the books and he grabbed my hands.

"What are you doing?" He stared into my orbs.

"Uh.....packing up?" I stared back with a tint of blush on my cheeks.

"I'm sorry" He sighed.

"It's alright " I gave him a tight lipped smile.

"Can we do something else?" He asked and I nodded.

"Sure, why not." 

"Yeah......." He told

"You know Brian, if something is bothering you, you should talk about it. It may help." I placed a hand on his.

Why are  you being so touchy?

I immediately pulled away and mumbled a sorry. He stared at  my face .

"You don't have to talk to me-" 

"There is a girl." He interrupted. 

I don't know why but I felt like I had been stabbed on the heart by a dagger. My face went emotionless. 

"What about her?" I asked with a blank face.

Brian ran a hand through his hair and sighed.

"I think I have feelings for her." The dagger just got deeper.

"You think?" I raised an eyebrow to mask my emotions.

"I don't know. I have never felt this with anyone." He replied.

"Do you forget everything when you look at her?" I asked and he nodded.

"Do you hate it if any other male species is near her?"

  "Fuck yeah. I'm like a moth drawn to her flame. She is so fucking stubborn and always listens to her heart. " He grinned to himself and stared at me.

"Well... You do have feelings for her. Are you gonna tell her?" I asked.

"I'm scared." He admitted.

"Why?" I asked.

"Rejection" He told and I shook my head.

"I think you should, although there is always a small part of you which is scared of rejection but unless you show your affection, she won't be able to understand and give you a chance. Show your sincerity." I gave a smile which was not reaching my eye.

Cause a part of you wants to be that girl.

He smiled and looked at me. He stood and came over and leaned in. I leaned back but his arms wrapped around me and pulled me in for a hug. He nuzzled his face in the crook of my neck which caused a cold shiver to run down my spine and goosebumps to erupt all over my body.

"Thank you." He mumbled and I relaxed and wrapped my arms around him.

"Well...... I better get going." I pulled away. I looked at him to see his face in a pout.

"Don't go" He told.

"Why?" 

"Because I said so" He told in a duh tone. I gave him an unimpressed look.

"Come one just stay, we could watch something or wait.... I'll show you around the house?" He whined and pouted.

"Okay fine" I sighed. He snatched my bag and plopped it on his bed. He took my hand and walked me out of the room.

First, he takes me to the pool.

"Well... as you can see this is the pool." He pointed out.

"It's gigantic" I gape at him and he shrugged.

"I heard you are moving" He asked and I nodded.

"Yeah, since mom, dad and Melanie are moving back here, Maria thought it would be best if we had a bigger place or something like that." I explained.

"So when are you moving in?"  He asked.

"I guess in 3 days." I replied and he gave a small smile.

"You are coming for the charity ball right?" I asked.

"If I didn't mom would have my head." Brian replied and I laughed. My mind suddenly went towards Jason and Brian. Why do they hate each other so much? In fact they were family right?

"Brian?" he hummed in response.

"Can I ask you something?" I bit my lip in nervousness.

"Sure" He grinned ,looking forward.

"Why do hate Jason so much?" I asked. His body stiffened, his expression changed from a calm on to a cold one.

"He is a dick" He spat with venom. I kept quiet. 

"He likes to piss me off."

"But isn't that what families do?" 

"He is no family" Brian snapped. I flinched slightly.

"Don't say that." I frowned.

"No he isn't. He is my step cousin." Brian seethed.

"That explains the surname." I mumbled.

"The only thing I pity about him is that his biological dad died and nothing else." Brian scowled.

I grabbed his hand and started drawing circles at the back of it. He visibly relaxed.

"I knew Jason since we were kids. We were good friends but he just started ignoring me. We used to go to the same football coaching. Once the coach put us on opposite teams and I won. I got a lot of attention. He took it as a challenge to beat me and started acting so rude and started giving on rumors about me and shit. He went so low that he fractured my leg. I couldn't play for few months! That's when I realized he hated me and I wasn't going to  back down. Since then we are just like this and living in the same house is worse than you can think" He admitted and I pulled him for a hug. He wrapped his arms around my waist and pulled me closer if possible.

"Maybe you should have explained it to him that you didn't mean to show him down." I muttered.

"I did May, so many times. he never listened" he told in a soft voice. 

"Then just leave it. Don't react to what he does. He gets peace when he sees you in trouble."  I explained and he shrugged.

I looked at my watch and my eyes popped out looking at the time. It was 9.

"Shit, I have to go" I cursed as I start rummaging through my back pack.

"Where are you going?" Brian frowned.

"Home" I answered.

"You're not going home today Dimple. It is too late." He stated.

"Sadly Brian, you can't tell me what to do and besides don't you have a girl to think about." I Told, jealousy laced in my voice.

"Well....someone is jealous." He smirked.

"Well... someone is gonna get a kick in the balls" I retorted.

"Just stay. Drake already informed Maria" Brian shrugged and I stare at him.

"When did that happen?"

"Sometime ago and come on I'm pretty sure you are hungry." Brian rolled his eyes.

"But I do-"

"Stop over reacting Dimple" He rolled his eyes before grabbing my hand and taking me to the kitchen.

Rose and Samantha looked like they were having a gossip session.

"Mom?" Brian called out. Both heads snapped towards us. Their expression soon turned into a mischievous grin.

"Maya!" Samantha wrapped her arms around me.

"It's been so long." She gushed.

"You just met her yesterday" Brian scoffed.

"Oh hush child." Samantha waved him off.

"Sweetie? are you staying back tonight?"  Rose grinned at me. I opened my mouth to object but Brian beat me to it.

"Yes, Yes she is" I scowled at him and he rolled his eyes.

"Anyways Mom, is dinner ready? Dimple is hungry." I looked away in embarrassment as he used the nickname. Rose looked at me with a raised eyebrow and Samantha just smirked.

"yeah pumpkin, dinner is ready. your dad and uncle will be late so we could have dinner without them." Rose pinched Brian's cheeks. I stifle a laugh as Rose called him pumpkin.

"Ma! I told you not to call me that." Brian whined like a child.

"Well pumpkin, I can't help it." Rose shrugged as she was taking of her apron.

"It's alright pumpkin, calm down." I teased and he gave me a glare.

"Maya, you don't know the story of how he was named pumpkin right." Samantha pulled us to the dining room and I shook my head.

"But I would love to know" I gave a cheeky grin.

"Aunty Sam! Mom! No!" Brian pouted and shook his head vigorously.

"She deserves to know." Rose smirked and looked at me. Brian groaned and placed his head on his hands before plopping on the dining chair.

"Okay well.... When Brian was once a baby, I was making pumpkin pie. Once I made , I had kept it on the dining table and went to call everyone else, This little boy sneaked in, climbed the dining table and smashed my pie and ate almost half of it.By the time I came back , he was playing with the pie like it were sand.  When I asked about it to him, you know what he said?" Rose gushed and I leaned on the table out of curiosity.

"He told, 'Bwian loves pumpwin and mommy call bwian pumpwin' " She laughed after she told the statement in a baby voice.

Brian groaned and as if on cue, Jacob and Drake entered the dining room. They greeted their mothers and looked at me.

"Ah! I see you are still here." Jacob smirked.

"Yeah" I nodded.

"Well... enjoy the dinner"  He grinned and sat  on a chair.

The rest of the dinner went peacefully along with the constant bickering of the mothers and their sons, although Jason was no where to be seen, I decided not to ask about it.

After dinner, Brian led me back to his room. He went over to his closet and came back with a T shirt and a pair of boxers.

"Here, wear these" He handed me  the clothes and I bit my lip to hide my nervousness.

"You can change in the bathroom"He told and I nodded.

I went to the bathroom and changed.The T shirt definitely had the smell of Brian's cologne on it and somehow it gave a satisfied feeling. I headed out and saw Brian sitting comfortably on the bed. He looked up and saw me. His eyes changed into a darker shade and I heard him mutter something under his breath.

"Is there something wrong?" I asked and he immediately shook his head.

"Not at  all dimple" he assured and patted on the spot next to him gesturing me to sit there.

I sighed and crawled up and sat next to him.

"So, pumpkin...." I smirked. He snapped his head to my direction.

"Don't you dare" He warned and I chuckled.

"Pumpkin!" I yelled and he groaned.

"Geez Dimple!" He sighed and I laughed.

"I'm gonna call you that."  I stated and he shook is head.

"No way" He disagreed.

"I wasn't asking Pumpkin."  I gave an innocent smile.

"Maya..." He told in a low tone.

"My name." I gave a cheeky grin.

"Your sass is too much." He stared at me with those beautiful blue eyes.

"hmm? I never noticed." sarcasm dripping in my voice.

"Better get rid of that sass and sarcasm when I'm around." He muttered.

"What are you gonna do? Eat pumpkin pie and complain to mommy." I teased and he turned his whole body to hold me. I quickly escaped his clutches and jumped off the bed.

"You did not just say that." He gave me a playful glare.

"I'm sure I did" I smirked.

He ran across the bed and I jumped on it. Moving away from him and laughing like anything. I jumped off on the other side which was near the door and ran out of the room. I looked around and found a pillar to hide behind. I strode towards it and stood, holding my breath. I heard the room door open and close. After waiting for a few moments I peeped out and looked at the door and it was closed.

"Looking for someone?" A voice told from behind me and I yelped before turning around.

Immediately, my back hit the pillar and my body was pressed against Brian's. He leaned in and searched for something on my face.

"From when were you standing there?" I whispered.

"Oh not that long, since I came out." He smirked.

"Well Dimple what were you calling me again?"

"Pumpkin" I told, confidently. He raised an eyebrow and smirked.

"Repeat." He told and leaned in more. My head hit the pillar. Our faces were just inches away from each other.

"Pumpkin" I told in a low tone

"Repeat." He told again.

"Pumpkin" I whispered

Every time he asked me to repeat, my voice was getting lower and lower and I knew he was loving it.

"Repeat"

"Don't you think we are a bit too clo-" 

"I said repeat Dimple" He gazed into my eyes and I gulped in fear and nervousness.

"Pum-" I was interrupted with another voice.

"Hey Brian, what are you-- Oh...." Our both heads snapped in the direction of voice. Jacob stood there with a satisfied smirk on his face.

"Guys I appreciate you going at it but it would be better if you would continue this in a room which is not really soundproof but will work and has a locked door." Jacob dramatically sighed.

My eyes widened at the scene displayed in front of Jacob.

"No- it's not that. We were-"

"That's a better suggestion, thanks bro" Brian smirked and grabbed my waist before pulling me into his room.

"He thought something else was going to happen." I mumbled.

"What something else?" Brian gave a fake look of confusion.

"Quit acting" I huffed.

"I have no clue what you're talking about." He gave an innocent look and I glared at him.

"You know that he thought that we were....." I trailed off.

"We were what?" He tilted his head as he comfortably sat on the bed.

"Nothing never mind." I shrugged and walked towards the door.

"Where are you going?"He asked.

"To the guest bedroom." I replied and he shook his head.

"Who told you that you would be sleeping there?" I shrugged.

"Come on," He gestured towards his bed and I stared at him whether contemplating to go or not.

"Where are you going to sleep?" I bit my lip.

"Next to you" I stared at him when he answered with such bluntness.

"I don't bite dimple." He rolled his eyes and pulled my waist to him. I gave out a yelp as I bounced on the bed next to him.

"You were saying something that time about Jacob thinking something. What was that?" He smirked and I blushed.

"N-nothing" I muttered and lied down before turning against him.

He pulled the blanket over us. I snuggled to the blankets and after a few moments, I felt a hand wrap around my waist. I gasped as I was pulled against his chest. He nuzzled his face in the crook of my neck and pulled me closer.

"Don't go that far." He mumbled.

"What about the girl? the one who you like?" I whispered as my brain bought back memories of today evening. He didn't reply and just snuggled closer to me.

I sighed and scooted closer if that was possible before drifting into darkness.