Lil felt like someone had smashed a bottle over her head with how bad her head was pounding when she finally opened her eyes. The ray of sunshine attacked her eyes viciously, causing her to let out a groan.

"The princess has awakened."

She tilted her head to her left toward the sound of Kimi's voice, "Shut the blinds!" She begged, covering her face with the blanket.

Kimi laughed, "This is why you don't get so hammered,"

"Rich coming from you, if I recall correctly, your boyfriend had to carry you in a few nights ago." Lil grumbled, sitting up in bed and accepting the mug of coffee that Kimi had brought in for her.

"Hey! If I recall correctly, he also had to carry your ass in last night!"

Lil felt the pang of regret recalling the events of the night before, "I'm not going to lie, I have no idea how I got in bed, don't remember you changing my clothes, and definitely wish I can forget how we left." She groaned, clutching her forehead in pain. The way she was dancing with that guy that she didn't even know, the way the crowd was cheering… ahh Lil could drown in a pool of embarrassment.

Kimi sat at the edge of her bed, "Yeah, it was a scene wasn't it. Phil was not happy."

"Shit. I promised to not make a scene. Now everyone must be talking about 'Phil's twin', Phil must hate me right now."

"Didn't help that the guy you were dancing with was Sean, he's on the football team with Phil and Tommy."

Lil slid off the head rest and melted back under her blanket, "Ahhhh…"

Kimi smiled, "Don't worry about it too much, this shit happens; it's college. It'll all blow over soon."

Lil groaned, flipping onto her stomach and digging her arms under her pillow… she needed to go back to sleep land where she didn't have an angry brother to face.

Passing out again bought her a few hours, but she couldn't avoid the inevitable. She found herself walking up to a familiar room, and knocking on it sheepishly. Of course there wasn't an answer, and of course the door was unlocked as always, so Lil made her way into the apartment. She found Phil eating a bowl of cereal at the counter, and he looked up when she entered. He raised an eyebrow, but went back to his bowl of frosted flakes.

Lil sighed, "Anything but silent treatment, please!" She slumped onto the stool across the counter where he was standing, "I messed up, I made a scene and it shouldn't have happened."

Lucky for her, Phil wasn't someone who had the will power of giving a silent treatment, because that required him to hold his tongue, "Lil I'm not here to be your father, you can do as you please. But when you transferred to this college, you were entering a world that had previously been just mine. And I love having you here, it's like a piece of home and having my other half with me when I'm away, but it really bugs me of the impression that people might be conjuring up about you right now, and unfortunately that falls back on me since you're the 'twin'. And I want to break people's jaws that are probably talking shit right now about last night… and side note… I don't think any brother can stomach having to see his sister grinding up on some guy… especially a teammate, and I know how those guys operate."

Okay, so Lil wasn't expecting such a straight up speech, she knew they'd have these sometime during the year because when she's drunk she does tend to do stupid things, but not this soon into the year –the day before school even begins!

Lil nodded, "I know, Phil. I really emphasize with this whole coming in on your territory thing, because I know I would've found it weird if you had transferred to my college and to my separate world like this, and even though I love being here with you, there are definitely downsides for you such as last night. I will try to be more considerate of that, and I am really sorry that last night, and my first introduction to the campus, ended up being such a scene. Trust me… no one's more embarrassed than I am. But that's why I came to say sorry to you today."

Phil nodded with a slight smirk, "Yeah kind of a scene wasn't it?"

"Tad bit," Lil mocked, with a slight smile.

"But apology accepted, all is well, peace has been made." He joked, as he put his bowl in the overflowing sink and grabbed his textbook, "That is, only if you wash the dishes as a peace offering," He added quickly with a smirk.

Lil laughed shaking her head, "Wow, so you resort to blackmail eh, this is what the world has come to." She made her way around the counter to the sink, giving him a nudge with her hip.

"Sick! Alright I'm heading out for my first class, I'll see you later!" he said, as he made his way toward the door.

"Okay, I will leave the door safely unlocked behind me when I leave," She called behind him, shaking her head.

She worked at the pile, and was drying the pots with a towel when Tommy entered the apartment. Dang! Lil knew his class with Kimi was supposed to be at least 3 hours, which is why she had strategically chosen that time frame to come meet Phil for the apology. But she hadn't accounted for the fact that today was the first day of college and hence all the classes would be more of an introductory and be shorter than usual. It had only been two hours, Lil had safely left an hour margin of when she'd be out of their apartment before Tommy could come back, to avoid this awkward moment right here.

"Hey." Tommy said, monotone. It was such a half ass acknowledgement, he was never like that.

Lil could feel her face redden in embarrassment, "Sorry if I startled you, I was just going to put these pots back in their cupboards and be out of here soon."

Tommy nodded, as he stepped towards her across the counter. Lil quickly turned around and busied herself with putting the dry plates away, but she couldn't reach the top shelf. She was struggling to tilt the plates onto the stack when she felt Tommy come up behind her and take the plates out of her hand, and put them easily on the top shelf for her. She mumbled a 'thanks', and tried to get around him but he stopped her with a firm hand on the counter beside her, cornering her in, "Lil,"

Shit, shit, shit!

Lil looked anywhere but at his eyes, her face eye to eye with his chest, "Listen Tommy, I'm sorry about last night, I know I shouldn't of gotten so drunk and Kimi told me you had to carry me out… but honestly last night is such a blur to me, I'm just really embarrassed that I must've made one heck of a bad first impression, and I'm sorry that I made a scene for you three as well."

Tommy was confused for a second, "You don't remember what happened last night?"

Of course she remembered, but to avoid wanting to die of shame she had to put up this front to keep some dignity and for any hopes of salvaging their friendship.

"I remember coming there, and I remember drinking… and then after that it's really fuzzy and I don't remember much of the end of the party, or how I got home. But today's pounding hangover was a nice reminder of the amount I must've drank. Whoops." She covered, trying to lighten the mood.

He took a step back and his hand left the counter so she quickly took the opportunity to get out of the corner he had her in, and grabbed a wipe to clean off the counter.

"Oh."

"Why was it worse than Kimi and Phil have already clued me in to?" She asked, faking a chuckle, "It couldn't have been."

"Why were you dancing with Sean?" Tommy asked, and she could see his muscles tense up from the side of her eyes.

Lil shrugged, "I don't know, I didn't even know his name was Sean." She admitted sheepishly, "Hopefully he was single and I don't have an angry girlfriend after me," She teased.

Tommy didn't laugh, and even though Tommy didn't seem too convinced about her lack of memory, he let it go. And Lil could almost feel the relief wash over, when she was able to make her getaway completely clear of any consequences of last night.

Maybe things will be fine after all, they could get over the events of last night as just a drunken mishap –which Lil apparently doesn't remember and hence can't be something Lil will need to be ashamed about.

….

It had been a couple of days, classes had started and thankfully college was nothing like high school and she didn't have to worry about hallway full of gossipers. It was like nothing had happened, she saw a few people whisper to each other when she walked into smaller classrooms, but overall it was fine. The only change was her interactions with Tommy, she completely avoided being alone with him so that the awkward elephant in the room type deal wouldn't happen again.

Kimi, Tommy, Phil and Lil were sitting around their family room. They had called the guys over for a movie and dinner night, knowing that they lived off fast food usually. It was a nice change to actually make dinner at home, and so Kimi and Lil had headed to the grocery store earlier that day to prepare. Lil had made Alfredo fettuccini with sautéed veggies, while Kimi had seasoned some uncooked chicken breast and put it in the oven. The only deal was that since Lil and Kimi cooked the meal, they got to choose the movie. When the romantic comedy ended, Phil and Tommy sighed in relief.

"That was the dumbest movie ever," Phil complained.

"These movies are always the same, two people meet, and you know they're going to end up together but you have to waste an hour and a half of your life to watch how it happens in the corniest way possible." Tommy agreed, standing up to stretch.

"As appose to your action movies right?" Kimi countered with a raised brow.

"You know who the main guy is, he's going to kill all the bad guys in one shot each, yet throughout the two hours you will see 100 bullets fly his way that he will somehow always escape and you know he's going to live, but you waste two hours of your life watching how he somehow escapes all the dangerous shit they do… how realistic." Lil agreed.

Phil rolled his eyes, "At least there is actual real dangerous stuff happening, in your movies the biggest drama is that two girls are fighting over one guy."

Kimi laughed as she playfully shoved Phil, "Whatever, you guys got homemade dinner for this, so you shouldn't be complaining."

Phil grinned, as he grabbed her in a joking headlock on the couch, "And we best get many more!"

They laughed as they playfully wrestled each other's arms away, and Lil inwardly felt a pang of pain for her brother. Even though Phil is doing his fair share of dating throughout college, she knows his heart will always belong to his childhood crush. And it must suck to have to have one of your closest friends dating her.

Tommy nudged her out of her thoughts, "What are you thinking about?" He teased.

Lil smiled, "Nothing at all," as she grabbed the plates off the coffee table and headed toward the sink. He followed her with the empty cups.

"How's your first week coming along?"

"It's been good, I think I'm getting the hang of this place finally," She said making small talk, but avoiding his eyes.

"Lil, I really think we need to eventually talk about what happened that night," He finally said, "You've been avoiding me since."

Lil felt her heart freeze up on her.

"Why so serious?" Phil teased as he and Kimi turned toward them from their spot on the couch.

Lil cracked a smile toward them, "Important decisions on who has dishwashing duty!" She could feel Tommy's eyes on her, but refused to acknowledge him, "And I think, since me and Kim cooked the meal, you two get to wash up after us!"

"I agree!" Kimi grinned.

Phil groaned, "That was not a part of the deal."

"It is now!" Kimi teased, as she walked over to Lil, "C'mon Lil, let's get some sleep and let the guys deal with the mess."

Lil was very grateful for the escape, but a part of her knew she was just delaying the inevitable conversation.

….

Lil was pulling on her heels as she heard her phone ring for the third time; she huffed in annoyance before grabbing it "we're coming!" She exclaimed.

"Was that Phil again?" Kimi asked, as she fixed her hair in the mirror.

Lil nodded before standing beside her as they checked themselves out for the last time, Kimi was wearing a white tank top with a black high skirt that reached to her mid thigh, and Lil was wearing a tight little black dress. The shortness of the dress and her high heels definitely made her legs look endless. Her hair was half up, and her wrist carried a simple charm bracelet.

They finally grabbed their phones and headed downstairs to the car, where Phil and Tommy were impatiently awaiting, "Took you girls long enough!" Phil glared, but Lil noticed his eyes graze over Kimi in hidden appreciation.

"Beauty takes time," Kimi teased, as they slid into the back seat and Kimi leaned over to peck Tommy on the lips.

Lil felt herself redden as she remembered herself lean forward to kiss him at the last day of summer party. And remembering how that night ended made her want to sink further in her seat.

When they got into the club, they all headed toward the bar and after taking a shot together they separated. Phil headed toward a group of hot girls he saw, and Kimi had pulled Tommy and Lil to join her on the dance floor but Lil was able to pull away and let the couple dance together as she headed back toward the bar. She took a seat and was about to ask for a drink when she heard a voice speak before her, "Can I get you a drink?"

She turned to find Sean taking a seat at the stool beside her, and she could feel the embarrassment rise up again inside her. She was about to reject but he quickly threw his arms up in the air, "I'm not trying any funny business, I know I got kind of carried away at the party that day but we were both drunk, and you're hot," Lil laughed at his defense, "Let me buy you a drink as my apology,"

Lil wasn't sure what he had to apologize for since she was the one to use him to get over the feeling of rejection, but she felt bad since she did use him and then he got shoved by her brother at the end of the night. She agreed to let him buy her a drink, and he grinned, "Two shots of tequila please," he ordered.

They took a shot together, and Lil tried to deflect his flirtatious attempts, but when she realized this guy wasn't going to quit she excused herself and got up to leave when she felt his hand encircle her arm, "Where you going? Let's dance?"

Oh god. "No thanks," Lil shook her head politely, and tried to pull her arm away but his hold tightened around her as he stood up as well,

"Why not?" He questioned, "It's not like I'm asking you to sleep with me, it's just dancing…"

Lil's face squinted in disgust, "Let go of me,"

When he tried to protest she noticed Tommy approach them from out of nowhere, and step in front of her, "Sean, I think it's clear she doesn't want to dance with you." He said, as he grabbed Sean's arm and took it off of Lil's.

"Tommy man, this is the second time you're trying to cock-block me here dude," He said with a half smirk.

Tommy's eyes narrowed, "Take the hint bro, she's not interested."

"Maybe she can tell me that herself," Sean said, as he tried to walk around him, but Tommy stopped him with a hand against his chest, holding him back.

"Back off Sean,"

"Yo what the fuck, why don't you go take care of your own girlfriend. Move out of my way." Sean said annoyed, pushing his arm off him.

Tommy shoved him, "I said, back off."

A few people had turned to stare, and security approached them, "What's the problem here, guys?"

"No problem," Tommy answered his eyes still on Sean.

"Well, regardless I'm going to have to ask you guys to leave."

Great, kicked out. Lil turned to find Phil and Kimi while they were being lead out of the club but all she saw was a mash of different bodies on the dance floor. Fuck

"I'll just text them that we got kicked out and heading back to our building," Tommy said as they stepped out.

Lil sighed, "Tommy, I can handle myself, there was no need for you to get involved."

She could feel Tommy's glare harden, "So next time some guy is trying to force himself on you, I should just look the other way then?" He questioned.

Lil was taken aback by his harsh tone of voice, and decided not to argue for the taxi ride home. The whole ride went by in uncomfortable silence and she could tell that Tommy was still angry. When they got to their building, she mumbled a goodbye as they went their separate ways to their own floors. Lil took out the clip, letting her hair fall open and threw her phone on the couch in agitation. She paced back and forth for a bit trying to calm the feeling of anxiety, but soon found herself storming back out and down to Tommy's floor. She let herself in without second thought, "Tommy!" She called out.

He stepped out of his room as she barged in, and she froze momentarily when she realized he was shirtless. Oh jeez, look at that body. He was tall, slender and muscled. He caught her off track momentarily, but she soon remembered why she was there in the first place, focus Lil!

"I remember what happened that night." She finally admitted, feeling a huge burden off her chest finally.

He raised a brow at her, as he approached her and sat on the armrest of the couch beside her. She really wished he would've put a shirt on for this conversation, it was hard enough avoiding his eyes, but now it was hard to look at his chest as well… definitely making this conversation harder then it needed to be.

"I lied because I was embarrassed and I didn't want it to affect our friendship, which I clearly failed to do." She huffed, her hand motion sweeping between them, "We can barely talk to each other now, and before I felt like I could talk to you the most."

"From what I know of you Lil, you aren't the type of girl to drunkenly make a pass at your friend's boyfriend, so what was that?"

This was the hard part. How can she be honest without throwing Kimi under the bus?

"It was a test." She blurted out, "I wanted to test you loyalty to Kimi by seeing how you would react when I would throw myself at you whilst we were both drunk." she was even a little bit tipsy now having this conversation.

"What?" Tommy said incredulously, "A fucking test? What the hell is that supposed to mean."

"It means… you passed. I trust you to take care of my friend now, because you aren't the type to make drunken mistakes." She said with a shrug. Maybe she should've been completely sober to have this conversation properly and not make it come across so cold.

"Oh wow, thank you for your approval," He spat, "Wait… did Kimi know about this?"

"No," Lil covered quickly, but it seemed like he knew otherwise. Was her facial expression too revealing?

"Wow. That's fucked up."

"This doesn't change anything," Lil insisted, "I tested you, you passed. That's it. It's done. I just want to go back to how things were last week, before all this craziness that came after the party. I miss our friendship."

"What friendship? It was all based on a lie… you were testing me." He said spitefully, and she could see his muscles tense in his upper body.

Lil's eyes widened in surprise, "But Tommy, our friendship was not fake; that was not an-…"

"Why should I believe anything you say? I don't trust anything you say from now on. Clearly I'm just an idiot who has been thinking about what the hell happened that night and why it happened and trying to talk to you… but it was all an act. And then you had the audacity to pretend like you didn't remember shit."

This was getting out of hand. And as of recent, confrontation made Lil very uneasy.

"Listen Tommy, neither of us is sober right now and saying things in the heat of the moment. It was my mistake coming down here like this, and I was an idiot for thinking this would fix the awkwardness but I'm clearly just making it worse. We'll talk about this some other time…" She rambled.

"Oh so you want to run away and avoid me again eh?"

Lil shook her hand, as she began to walk past him toward the front door, "No Tommy, I just-…"

But before she could she could get to the door, she felt his hand encircle her arm and he pulled her toward him so she was standing between his knees where he sat on the arm rest.

"Tommy," she started, with her hands against his bare chest, she could feel the hard muscle underneath her touch.

She felt his arm wrap around her waist, and the other hand grabbed the back of her head as he leaned up to hover close to her lips with his… she felt her breath get caught in her throat and her heart thump wildly against her chest. Shivers ran down her spine as his lips pressed against hers roughly and he crushed her against him. Her hands were against his chest, trying to push him off her, but he tightened his hold on her and his hand tangled into her hair and the other was placed firmly at the back of her naked thigh, her dress rising up.

She felt knees weaken and her hands slowly stopped trying to push him away and with a life of their own traveled up his muscled body and wrapped around his neck. Her head was telling her to pull away and slap him for forcing himself on her like this, but her body was betraying her and she found herself responding to his lips eagerly with her own.

His hold loosened around her and she pulled back to catch her breath and looked at him in shock, taking a step back, "Tommy… what the hell was that?" she asked, his chest still heaving up and down breathless.

He stood up from his spot, his lips against her ears and she felt a shiver again, "That was a test." He whispered, before walking toward his room and turning back to look at her from his doorway, "…And you failed."

With that, he closed his door behind, leaving her standing in her spot in the middle of the apartment…