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By: Lynne102

Romance

A Jalex Story.

Summery: Jalex. Alex can't remember her father & brothers. While her mother and fiancé go on a long vacation, Alex goes to live with her father and brothers. She ends up having a passionate connection with a guy who is her brother! They try to fight it but the sexual chemistry draws them in something they never dreamed of. Can Alex find out why the parents split or fall in a forbidden love?

Chapter 2

I expected the guilt to come and consume my body and mind... But it never came. Whenever I saw Justin, my body just filled with heat and I just wanted him. But it must not have been the same for him.

The guilt must have gotten to him because he doesn't even look at me anymore. When our father tells him to say hello to me; he says it to the wall, the floor, the ceiling. He makes sure he avoids looking at me. He acts like I'm a disease. I would be lying if I said it didn't hurt me and sadly it does.

I just wish I didn't act the complete opposite. Whenever I saw him, my heart beat would go faster than anything I've ever felt, my face gets all hot, and my body gets all clammy. And all I can feel is the feeling of his lips on mine...

"Sweat heart, maybe today you can go out into the town with your brothers. They can introduce you to their friends and hopefully they can become your friends as well." Jerry tells me enthusiastically. Whenever I see him, he is always cooking. He never leaves the kitchen. It's kind of odd really.

"Yeah! Let's go Alex!" Max says loudly as he darts up from his seat. I smile at him but all I really see is Justin behind him, looking rather annoyed.

"If I wanted her to meet my friends, I would have introduced them already." Justin snapped at Jerry. But all it took was one look by Jerry to make him shut his mouth.

I feel a pang on my heart and I look away from him. Sometimes I wish what happened between us never happened... It seems to have caused him a lot of pain while doing the opposite for myself. I must really be sick.

"Dad, it's alright. I don't need to meet their friends." I say but Max begins to whine and Justin just heaves a heavy sigh.

Within minutes, the three of us were in the car driving into town. Justin is driving, Max is thankfully in the middle, and I'm at the end (slightly regretting going).

"Your going to love meeting our friends! They are going to love you at first sight!" Max says enthusiastically. He seems to be jumping up and down in the seat. He always seems so happy during the day. I wonder why he wakes up with those nightmares...

After a half an hour of driving, we arrive at our destination. The beach. The wind blows my hair and I feel weird as I get a shiver. I glance over at Justin but he continues to walk ahead of me, ignoring me.

Max is telling me to hurry up but something is telling me to go running back to the car. I ignore the feeling as I walk forward.

"Oh my gosh! You must be Alexandra!" A loud girl screams as she runs toward me. She has a big smile on her face. She has beautiful red hair that cascades down her back and is dressed in a simple dress. She has a pretty face and a smile that could be considered sweet.

She takes a hold of my hands. "My name is Harper Finkle. It's so nice to meet you! You're gorgeous!" I smile embarrassingly at her.

"Stop hogging her. Other people want to meet her." A guy walks over to us. I have to say he is very good looking. He has a soft smile and bright eyes. His hair is done so carefully but the wind is making it dance. And he has a strong physique. Also his voice has an accent. Something I would definitely fall for back home.

I can't help feeling guilty for finding him attractive. Wait, why am I feeling guilty?! It's not like anything is even going on with Justin. He has made it clear for the past week that he doesn't want anything to do with me.

Even though I think that, I subconsciously look over at him. He is staring at us with that infamous blank expression. Anger sweeps throughout me. Why can't he even show some type of emotion?! With the anger propelling me forward, I quickly look back at the guy and smile.

"Hi, I'm Alex. And you are?" I say and laugh a little in my head by trying to sound flirtatious. He immediately smiles wider and walks closer to me.

"Hey, my name is Mason. Mason Greyback." He pulls one of my hands out of Harper's grip and slowly lifts it to his lips, while never moving his dark brown eyes from mine. His lips are soft as he gently kisses my hand.

A slight brush creeps up on my cheeks and I advert my eyes from his. "Nice to meet you Mr. Greyback."

"Let's go to eat." Justin says to us. He starts off, walking to the restaurant in the distance. I don't know if it's just me, but he definitely seems tense. A feeling of contentment swarms through me.

Imagine if I keep this flirting up with this guy, who know how he will be after some of that?

"Come on, that restaurant over there is the best one on this beach, promise!" Harper tells me as she grabs onto my arm. She definitely seems like the touchy feely kind. Honestly, things like that would drive me crazy but I feel comfortable with her. Must be because she is the only other girl here.

Mason walks beside me. I try not to notice the looks he keeps giving me. Max is talking enthusiastically to Harper about something.

"How was the meeting the friends fiasco? Did you guys all get along?" Jerry asked us as we all sat in the living room. Max and I are sitting in the recliner so he is cuddled up on my side. Sometimes he reminds me of a puppy. Always jumping and talking and cuddling. It's honestly so adorable. It's the complete opposite of my other brother.

"They all loved Alex! She was the life of the party!" Max exclaims. I chuckle as I pat his head.

"She definitely was the center of attention." Justin says quietly. He is reading his book while sitting on the couch with Jerry. I can't help but look at him. What does he mean by that?!

"Good! You can tell that my little princess should be a movie star or a famous singer!" Jerry beams as he looks at me. Honestly him and mom can be similar. I see why they were compatible with each other. It makes me wonder what was the real reason they broke up.

RING! RING!

My phone starts ringing loudly and I snap up, grabbing my phone that is on the coffee table. I press the talk button and my moms comforting voice fills my ear.

"Mi hija! It's been too long since we've last talked! I've missed you so much!" I can hear the excitement in her voice and it makes me so happy.

"Of course you've missed me, your on a two month vacation to Europe doing all the things we were going to do together!" I tease her and I can hear her laughing.

"You know you could have come. It's not too late to come join us! Robert can book a flight for you to be here by tomorrow morning." I'm surprised that she actually suggests that to me after all of the hassle we've gone through just to make all this happen.

"Hahaha! You want me to go to Europe with you and Robert on your romantic vacation?" I laugh it off but she interrupts me. "Yes, we both want you to! We miss you so much!"

She actually means it. For me to go to Europe...

In my mind, I can hear all the excited things that I would do with them. It would also give me a chance to become closer to Robert. But my heart... My heart seems to hurt thinking I would be leaving the family I'm just beginning to know. And that other person who I don't know why I always have on my mind...

"Mom, thanks for the offer but I'm happy here." I say quietly. I know she's going to start crying. I can already feel the deafening silence on her end.

"...Alright mija. If you ever change your mind, the offer will still stand."

"Ok. I love you momma. Have fun with Robert!" I try to sound extra happy for her. I guess it works as she tells me goodbye and I hang up.

I breathe a sigh of relief. Suddenly I get a strange feeling that someone is watching me. I look around and the guys are all watching me. All of them, even Justin, has a pained expression on their face. And as I look at all their faces, it finally dawns on me.

They never receive calls from mom. They have never heard her call them mijo or heard her say I love you forever or even feel her hug them when they are having a bad day.

I never had that either with my father but I'm able to get that opportunity now. The guilt and the sadness wash over me like a massage tsunami.

"I'm sorry..." I say quietly. My voice sounds strange, like it's being strangled.

"All that matters is we have you." Jerry says with a smile. He reaches out and pats my back affectionately.

"Yeah." Max agrees and takes my hand. I squeeze his back with a smile. I subconsciously look over at my older brother.

His face is now expressionless. He gets up and walks away from us, slamming the back door behind him.

"Just give him some time sweetheart." Jerry says. Guilt swarms me even more and I stare intently at the couch where he just was for a long time.

I can't sleep. That seems to be the pattern every night. No matter how relaxed I think I'm going to feel, my body just won't stay still. And if it's not my body, it's my mind. It won't stop turning its stupid gadgets. Or if I finally fall asleep, Max wakes me up with his screaming. I've stopped asking what's wrong. He never answers me and I know no one else will tell me what's wrong with him.

But this night, Max didn't even come sleep with me. So I have been awake in the dark thinking something was going to attack me. Every creepy noise the house makes, makes me jump up and I shove my face under the covers.

It's already 12:45 A.M. and I haven't been able to sleep a thing. I feel a headache starting to form.

I toss to the other side of the bed and I just feel so annoyed. I'm so tired of not being able to sleep. It's not fair that every day I have bags under my eyes and I have to put a ton of makeup to hide them. I just want to sleep! I angrily push the blankets off of me and stomp over to where Max normally sleeps. I pull the covers down and I slip myself in. The cold cools my anxious body. I close my eyes and I feel myself drifting off into sweet abyss...

CREEK..

My eyes snap wide open and I curl myself into the side of the wall. It's times like this that I wish I was in Europe with my mom.

Suddenly, I feel the covers being pulled from my body. A loud yelp comes out of my mouth and I try to push whatever is there.

"Hey, what are you doing in this bed?!" A familiar, husky voice fills my ears and I can slightly see Justin standing by the bed. My heart was already beating so fast but now that I see him, it beats even faster.

"You almost gave me a heart attack!" I snap at him, holding onto my chest for dramatic effect.

He glares at me. "You didn't answer my question. Why are you in this bed and not in your own?"

"Because I was..." I stop myself from saying scared. He doesn't have the privilege to know that information. So I decide to come up with something on the fly.

"Because it's cooler over here." I hope he can't see through my lie. He stars at me for a moment before nodding his head.

"I can see what you mean." I swear I can almost hear a chuckle but it probably was my imagination.

"What are you doing here anyways?" I ask as I suddenly feel self conscious of my pajamas. All I have is one of my tshirts on. It barely covers my thighs. I try to pull the blanket over myself but it seems he is still holding onto it.

"I'm going to sleep. Move over." He begins to put his leg under the blanket.

"Wait what?! You can't-" I stop abruptly as he is entirely on the bed with me, our bodies touching.

"You don't expect me to sleep on the hotter side of the room, do you?" I can feel the temperature in my body suddenly go up. I really hope he can't hear my heart beat which is going beyond the normal beat it should.

"B-but this is a t-twin size bed..." I stammer as I suddenly feel him move closer to me.

"We will manage." He answers me simply.

"Maybe I should go back to my own b-"

Suddenly I feel his hand on my arm and I'm pulled down so I am laying down on the bed. My skin starts to burn where his hand is on my arm. I try to ignore the butterflies swirling around in my stomach as I turn to my side, trying to get away from his grasp.

Apparently I did that in vain because I suddenly feel his entire body pressed against mine. He places his arm around my waist and I try not to jump in surprise.

"You're right, it is cooler right here." Chills run up and down my spine as I feel his warm breath on the back of my neck.

"You know something, your hair smells really nice..." Justin's voice drifts off and I am left wide awake for the rest of the night, secretly enjoying (a little too much) the feeling of his body against mine. If only we could do this every night.

Hello! I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter! Sorry for the long hiatus! I promise to update more frequently! Please read and review! I would love to hear from you guys! :)