"There's a hell of a lot of horny people out there who are not being gratified in the way they should be."

Instead of waiting for Lucas, I got a ride home with Jake and Peyton. When I got back to the house, Nathan was sitting in the kitchen with no shirt on.

"Hey you," I said shyly walking in. I had to ask him what was wrong with him earlier.

"What's up? Where's your lover boy, Lucas?"

"Please, Lucas and me do not belong in a sentence together." I laughed. What a joke. I couldn't even believe I had let Lucas talk me into that. "What was wrong with you tonight?"

"Nothing. Hey, listen, you wanna come with me to a drive thru or something? I'm starving."

I looked at my watch. It was only 1:15. "Sure, but only if it's Taco Bell."

"Deal. That's my favorite anyway," he smiled at me.

"Mine too! I thought I was the only one who liked that shit." We walked toward the door. As Nathan reached for it, Lucas slammed it opened.

"You're young, you're drunk, you're in bed; shit happens."

"We're going for food, wanna come?" Nathan offered. Lucas was clearly drunk, but I guess Nathan felt it was worth a shot.

"Nope, California here is too good for me, right gorgeous? And besides, I brought someone home with me," he slurred. Just then, Nathan and I saw a auburn haired girl appear behind him.

"Hey, I'm Rachel," she said walking past us. She grabbed Lucas's hand and pulled him upstairs. Halfway up, he pushed her against the wall and began to kiss her. I laughed to myself, but jealousy stung me.

"Let's go," Nathan said. We walked out to the BMW. "I like this car better," he said. "Me and Lucas share, but this one is my baby."

I giggled. I still had a nice buzz from the beer I had drank at the party, but I was fine. We got into the car and drove in silence for a few minutes.

"So, what's the deal with you and Lucas? You're not twins, but your'e the same age?"

"Karen and Dan are Lucas's parents. My mom is Deb, but she left when I was two or something, so Karen and Dan adopted me as their own. What's the deal with you and Lucas, missy?"

"There is no deal, I'm just having fun," I said letting my hair blow in my face from the wind. We stopped at a red light and Nathan looked over at me with seriousness in his eyes.

"Well, just be careful. Lucas is a player. He may be my brother, but I know how he operates. Don't fall for him, I'm telling you," he warned me, putting his hand on my knee.

"Ah, I sense jealousy Mr. Scott." I said in a fake British-accent to break the tension of the question.

"Just be careful, Brooke..."

"I will be. I'm smarter than you think," I smiled at him. It was nice to have someone looking out for me.

We drove through Taco Bell and ordered basically everything on the menu. We ate and laughed as we drove home.

"I'm taking the long way home," he said suddenly. "My parents are gone, we don't have a bedtime or curfew. I mean, not that we normally do, but now there's no one asking questions when we get home."

"Do you like your parents?" I asked.

"They're rarely home, so you've come to see already. But it's not like Luke or I care, we have parties all the time and shit..."

"I had parents who were never home. But, they thought that California was corrupting me because they caught me with my first and only joint. Meanwhile, my entire grade was a bunch of cokeheads who popped ecstasy like Advil. But me, the one night my parents were home, I was caught with a joint so I was sent here."

"That's so dumb... Our parents like, encourage me and Lucas to come home drunk," Nathan laughed.

He pulled over. "I cannot eat and drive at the same time..." he said as he turned the car onto the side of the road.

"Good call," I said opening my second taco.

We were talking and laughing when we both went silent suddenly. We both were looking into each other's eyes.

"You have something on your lip," I said, breaking the silence by laughing. I leaned over to wipe his lip for him. I knocked off the piece of taco, or something, and froze where I was. He moved toward me, our lips almost touching. I pulled back realizing what was about to happen.

"Okay, ready to go?" I said nervously.

"Why?" he said putting his hand on my leg and moving up my thigh. I lifted it off.

I faked a yawn. "I'm just tired. Can we go home please?"

"Okay..." he restarted the car and began to drive. I looked out my window and stayed silent. I thought about Lucas.

What was he doing with that girl right now? Probably having sex. I should've been in that bed with him. Was I really thinking about that? Wasting my first time on a guy like that who had no feelings? Something drew me to him. I had known a million guys like him, but none who were that good of a kisser and so persuasive. I gulped.

"People are lonely because they build walls instead of bridges."
"You okay?" Nathan said.

"Absolutely fine... So has your brother ever had a relationship?" I asked curiously.

"He started acting like this the end of freshman year. He was always a little girl crazy, but freshman year, he was crazy about this girl, Brittany. They were together for awhile, but then she dumped him. Ever since then, he's been a player so that he can't get his hear broken again."

"Hm, so he does have a sensitive side..." We continued to drive in silence for the rest of the ride home.

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I don't know why, but I really like this story. It's really fictional, but I love the characters. And thanks for all the reviews! Sorry for updating so fast, but I have an itch to write!