:D I am cheating. I'm at my grandmother's...with no jump drive. :) But, oh well. I have two new chapters, and I did tell you to update as often as possible. So, yes.

The song from chapter 9 was Are You Ready by Three Days Grace.

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Just don't stop let's keep the beat pumpin'
Keep the beat up, lets drop the beat down
It's my party dance if I want to
We can get crazy let it all out

It's you and me and were runnin' this town
And it's me and you and were shakin' the ground
And ain't nobody gonna tell us to go cause this is our show

Everybody
Whoa-oh-oh
Come on
Oh-oh-oh
All you animals
Whoa-oh-oh
Let me hear you now
Oh-oh-oh

Tonight, tonight
There's a party on the rooftop top of the world
Tonight, tonight
And were dancing on the edge of the Hollywood sign
I don't know if I'll make it but watch how good I'll fake it
It's all right, all right, tonight, tonight
It's all right, all right, tonight, tonight
Yeah, it's all right, all right, tonight, tonight

Did I forget to tell you about our indoor pool?

Yeah... it's a part of the basement... as is the hot tub down there in the far left corner. It's massive, and it's so beautiful. It's not like anything else I've ever seen, to be honest.

Well, we decided for the party, why not go swimming? Sure, it's January in Montana, but the water is so warm, and the hot tub is big enough for twenty people. Literally. It's incredible.

Elizabeth and James had gotten a good deal on this house, despite the fact that there was this huge underground pool and hot tub. Why? Because it was so morbid, so strange. It wasn't like any other house. And, it was located in a terrible place.

In the middle of the woods. Which only makes it that much better for us.

I was so excited!

"You did tell everyone to bring bathing suits, right?" I asked curiously.

He nodded. "Yeah. Told 'em about the pool, and they all got super excited. So, this is gonna be insane. When are Alex and Sam coming?"

"Should be here any minute," I said honestly before walking over to the vanity near the bed and looking at my reflection.

My hair was put in a ponytail on the side, and it was nice and curly. Makeup would've been stupid, because, I mean, we're about to go swimming.

So, instead of risking the breaking of my amazing stereo and speaker system as we moved it downstairs into the basement, I just snapped it into the pool room, putting speakers in all four corners of the room.

The location was perfect for this party, because we could play the music and no one was around for miles, so it didn't matter how loud it was.

Seth was just in a pair of regular black swimming trunks. Simple as that. Me, on the other hand...

You can probably guess the colors...

Well, my bathing suit is mostly a black bikini. Surprise, right? Well, there's lavender lace surrounding the edges of the top and bottom, any edge there is—except for the strings that tie in the back.

I smiled as Seth came up behind me and began kissing my shoulder, rubbing his hand down my arms in a loving, almost enticing way.

"If we had at least two more hours..." I murmured quietly, letting my voice trail off at the end just to torment the poor boy, make him hear more.

Desire was burning in his eyes as he deviously grinned up at me. "What would we do in those two hours?"

I let out my own tempting laugh as I turned in his arms, getting my lips just a hair away from his. It left him not only wanting to just lay me down and fuck me, but he also just wanted to kiss me. More than he probably ever has before.

I heard footsteps approaching the door, so I knew this was the perfect time to do this. "I would've made lots and lots of brownies."

And then, Sam opened the door, remembering her invitation to just come in whenever. Not to bother knocking. Of course, I rushed down the stairs, leaving him in our room to deal with his very large, very hard problem.

Maybe he would think about Lindsey naked.

You know, normally a girl would worry about her husband thinking of his ex naked...but I know it'll do nothing but disgust him...and it'll fix his problem.

I almost yelled it up at him, but I decided not to as I hugged Sam tightly. "Hey, you."

She grinned. "This ought to be good."

And then, an hour later, everyone was there eating away, chilling in the living room, amazing over the house... you know, the works.

While we were eating and stuff, I had pulled on one of Seth's t-shirts. He put one on too, but not the same one as me.

Obviously.

I was a little surprised Lindsey was actually here. I mean, I had told them to invite anyone, but I would've thought that she wouldn't dare step foot in my house. Or, sorry. Mine and Seth's house.

Then again, things had been different between us since that hug...not scary different, like we were all buddy-buddy or anything. No. Not that. It's not happening. What I'm talking about is she hasn't really been mean; probably too scared I'll hug her again.

And, hey, if it works, it w—

"Dude, I knew it!" Zack exclaimed suddenly, bringing me out of my thoughts and back into the present party, which was now a bunch of people laughing happily and having an awesome time—without alcohol. "You can't go ten minutes without thinking of Ari naked!"

"I can too!" Seth defended firmly, scowling up at him as I turned—from across the room—to look at the group of guys practically encircling him.

Jake gestured to his crotch, which was bulging quite obviously. "Really? We've been timing you. You can't do it!"

"I can too!" Seth insisted. "Maybe not right now... because look at her! Or no! Don't! Because then you'll— fuck!"

I rolled my eyes as I walked quickly over to the scene, which was attracting more and more attention as their conversation went on. I was definitely not the only girl dressed this way. Actually, on the contrary, I had more clothes on at the moment than most all the other girls, simply because, for one, there weren't hardly any at all…and, for another, they were just in their bathing suits at this point—besides Sam.

Yeah…there were, like, eighty guys compared to four girls. Literally. Why? The guys didn't want their girlfriends complaining about things getting too inappropriate, things being too nasty—none of that shit.

Well, Sam, Kelsi, and I don't. Lindsey doesn't really seem to, because she's the nasty type herself. Which reminds me...I forgot to mention...over Christmas break, she decided to get a boob job. Why? To make herself seem more attractive.

Anyways, back to more exciting things, like this awesome party...

This wasn't a party to get wasted, have sex, and do all that kind of stuff. This was a party to live, make memories, and almost say goodbye to the people they played football with.

I leaned over and got really close to his ear, making sure I looked really devious. "Am I turning you on?"

He practically drooled. Just because of the seducing tone of my voice. Instead of answering with words, he just turned to look at me and nodded, eyes moving down into the gap in his t-shirt.

Now, I knew I had him. Right where I wanted him. What I was...aw. I'm a cruel person sometimes. I'll admit that.

But it's so damn fun.

"I might just have to fix that," I murmured, stepping away from him and turning to head towards the basement. After taking two steps away from Seth, I took off his t-shirt. I knew exactly what it was doing not only to Seth, but his teammates. Then, when I ran over to Sam, who did the exact same thing... just to get my brother like I was getting Seth... they all about died, because hello? Tiny stomachs, but muscular. Muscular, small arms. Toned, small, muscular legs. Big boobs—32 DD. Big ass.

What more does a high school guy want?

Sam was sporting a black bathing suit also, but hers had hot pink polka dots on it. It was a tie string halter top with the center twisted around a little.

We both were covered everywhere, because we wouldn't do that to Seth and Alex in public. But, we were only covered where it was necessary. Everything else...smooth, soft, hairless—thanks to a laser hair removal thing we got put through—was shining in the light.

Now, we weren't tan, but we weren't white either.

"What do you say we take this party downstairs and go for a swim?" I asked loudly, loud enough that everyone heard me. Everyone who wasn't in the previous conversation, in the tormenting tease we were pulling off, cheered excitedly and began getting ready to go for a swim.

The others... people like Seth, Alex, Zack, Garrett—he was the only one I felt bad about, due to Kelsi—Jake, Ryan, John, Liam, and Trevor... they just continued to stare, eyes burning.

Sam and I locked arms as we began leading everyone down the stairs. People were surprised by the man cave, but we didn't hesitate there long, because instead, we went into the next room, the dark, but neon blue lit pool room.

And we were quick to jump in, before the horny group of guys could make their way in here. Just as quickly as we got in, we also got out, and we made sure to be nice and wet.

Why? Well...

"Holy hell," Zack gasped, eyeing my chest with wide eyes. I wasn't really finding much amusement in tormenting them. Actually, it was a little eerie, so I mostly focused on Seth.

Who had his eyes glued on me and a shaking body. This was mean, beyond mean. Momma said the desire for each other would only increase after we had each other, and I knew that. When you want someone bad enough, you began shaking with desire until you can have them.

And he was that point. I actually felt bad.

Sam grinned before rushing up to Alex and throwing her arms around him. "Throw me in?"

Seth didn't have to be asked. He wanted payback, and I wasn't gonna stop him. I would act like I was going to, but really, I just wanted to be in the deep end.

What surprised me was when instead of simply throwing me in, he pulled me in his arms and jumped in with me. That sparked something in the party, so everyone began jumping in.

The cutest thing happened then. While we were underwater, he kissed me. And when he kissed me, I remembered to start the music, which started with Painting Flowers by All Time Low.

"You owe me big time," he whispered huskily, panting as the two of us finally came up for air. "Tonight. You. Me. Gara—"

"I don't wanna know!" Alex exclaimed quickly, cutting him off. "I'm already never going in your room. If I find out any other rooms you've done it in, or plan to, I'm not going there either! Just don't tell me, and I'll be good."

I laughed as I wrapped my arms around Seth. "Deal."

And that's what we did all night. Tease the guys, dance when we felt like it, had a massive Marco Polo game, and partied like it was our last night together.

A part of me feared that it was, but the other knew better. Of course it wasn't. We had this entire semester to look forward to. And, we would keep in touch, right?

Of course.