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After leaving school, Tyler drove straight to his house quietly with Rissa sitting beside him. Normally he would talk, laugh and maybe even flirt with her a little but at the moment he was to busy thinking about her instead of talking to her. Which was not something he usually did, but for some reason lately he couldn't keep Rissa off of his mind, although he still wasn't sure why.

Finally he pulled up beside his house and turned his car off before exiting the car and walking toward the front door with Rissa folloing along behind him. He unlocked the door, then pushed the door open for her to walk in first. He quickly shut off the house alarm then shut the front door. "Yo, Becks, are you here?" Tyler called out to the empty house.

"Guess they aren't here." Rissa said to him.

"Yeah I guess so." Tyler agreed.

"Where's your mom?" Rissa asked.

"Still out of town." Tyler answered then asked,"you want to hang out here for a bit to see if your sister and mine show up?"

"Sure." Rissa said, as she tried not to smile at the thought of spending more alone time with Tyler.

"I guess we could go watch some tv or something." Tyler suggested.

"Ok, but no horror movies." Rissa said laughing.

"And no Smurfs." Tyler added laughing back.

"You've got a deal." Rissa said smiling, as she thought back to the last time they hung out.

"You want something to drink?" Tyler asked her.

"Yeah, just whatever you have is good." Rissa answered.

"Ok I'll go grab some drinks and you can go ahead into the living room and find something for us to watch." Tyler suggested. "Ok." Rissa said, as she turned to walk into the living room.

As Tyler walked into the kitchen, he couldn't help but start thinking of her again. He was finding it harder to deny to himself that he might could be feeling something for her, but he knew it was wrong. She was his ex girlfriends little sister, she was Baby Forbes, the girl he watched grow up right in front of his eyes, although he couldn't help but notice how nicely she grew up. He didn't miss how long and toned her legs looked in the blue jean skirt she was wearing or how the t-shirt she had on, hugged her in all the right places. 'Get a grip Lockwood, just stop thinking about her' He told himself, as he reached inside the refrigerator and grabbed two cans of coke.

He quickly made his way back into the living room and saw Rissa standing near the tv, with her back toward him, looking at all the dvds on the shelf. He took a moment to check her out again, before shaking his head and walking further into the room. "Find anything to watch yet?" Tyler asked her, as he sat the two cans down on the coffee table.

"Yep, I found something great." Rissa said, as she turned around and held up a dvd in a clear case with his name and year of birth wrote on it. He knew right away it was a homemade movie of when he was a baby.

"We have to watch baby Tyler." Rissa said laughing.

"No, we do not." Tyler said, as he tried to grab the case from her hand.

Rissa quickly placed she case behind her back so he couldn't reach then said,"aw come on, I bet it's cute."

"It's not, trust me." Tyler said, as he reached around her to try and grab the case, but she quickly changed hands.

"But I wanna watch it." Rissa said, as she pouted.

"No, that thing needs to be burned." Tyler said, as he wrapped both arms around her to try and grab it. Rissa slipped the case into her back pocket, then held up her hands to show him she wasn't holding it anymore. "Where is it?" Tyler asked her.

"Sorry can't tell ya." Rissa said, innocently.

"Oh you're going to tell me." Tyler warned playfully.

"Or what?" Rissa asked, challenging him. Tyler didn't say anything as he begin to tickle her sides, causing her to scream out laughter and try to get away from him. She grabbed a small pillow off of the couch and hit him in the shoulder with it. He let go of her and grabbed the pillow out of her hand then hit her back in the shoulder with it.

"Not fair, that was my pillow." Rissa called out with a laugh, as he playfully hit her again with it.

"Ok here, you can have it back." Tyler said, as he held the pillow out to her.

Rissa grabbed the pillow and pulled, but Tyler didn't let go of it. She pulled a few more times, but still couldn't get it from his hands. He pulled back on the pillow, causing her to slam into his chest. He wrapped a arm around her waist as he looked down at her lips then looked into her eyes. When she saw the look on his face, she stopped laughing and watched him as he slowly begin to lower his head toward hers. His lips were only inches from hers, when they heard the front door shut and Becca called out that she was home. He lowered his arm and took a step back, as Becca and Emma walked into the room. "There you are." Becca called out, when she saw Rissa. She and Emma took in the scene before them and noticed Rissa and Tyler both were out of breath and avoiding looking at each other. "Did we interrupt something?" Emma asked with a knowing smile on hers and Becca's faces.

"Nah, we were just kidding around until you two got here." Tyler said, trying to play it off. Rissa glanced over at Tyler and tried not to feel hurt, she thought they were having a moment and it hurt to know he only saw it as 'kidding around'. "I'm going to go grab some more drinks." Tyler suggested, needing to leave the room. "Let me know when Matt gets here." Tyler added to his sister before leaving the room.

"Ok." Becca called out, as Tyler left the room. "Ok what was that?" Becca asked Rissa, once the girls were alone.

"Seriously, is it hot in here or just you and Tyler?" Emma joked.

"It was nothing, you heard him, we were just kidding around." Rissa said with a fake smile on her face.

x

The room had gone silent after that. Everyone was in their separate corners. Rissa sat on the couch with Tyler, both sitting on opposite sides of the piece with all the space in the world between them. Jeremy sat in between them, twiddling his thumbs as he looked down at his lap. Emma and Becca were sitting on the chairs on either side of the couch, looking around the room boredly. No one had talked for at least ten minutes, and it was starting to get to some of them, Emma in particularly.

She was trying to sit there quietly but it just wasn't working out for her that well. When she was bored, her mind went into dangerous places, and she wasn't talking about hurting or pranking Klaus. She was talking about that part of her mind that was complete and utterly girl. Boys, shirtless boys to be more clear, and the boy on her mind, for some horrifying reason, was Kol. She had always known that he was good looking, there was no lying there that would be believable.

But this was Kol, KOL, she was talking about here. He annoyed her to no end and he was just as bad as Klaus in trying to charm the Forbes sisters. Seriously, if Elijah starts in on Rissa, she's officially declaring that the originals have some sort of obsession with her family. Even if Klaus seemed to have turned his attention to her best friend, which she was still not happy about, and the fact that Kol was beyond words amazing to look at, that didn't change the fact that she hated them.

Even if she couldn't stop picturing how perfectly shaped Kol's abs were, or how tall he was, or how even though she says it annoys her, she loves that he pays attention to her and only her . . . cough. "Okay, well, not that this silent thing isn't fun and all, but I am in serious need of a drink. Tyler, where do you keep your stash?" She asked him as she quickly got up from her seat.

She couldn't think about all of that. The attention thing was always a problem with her. Caroline thought she had it bad with Elena, but it was even worse being a twins. Always being compared to Rissa. Not that she even told anyone about this, but she hated it. She hated boys coming up to her and flirting with her, only for them to realize it's her and back off. Rissa was the smart one, the mature one, the one boys loved. She was smart, she had to be with sisters like Caroline and Rissa, but she was the partier. She was the crazy one. She was the one boys hooked up with and then less with broken promises of calling her later.

As she followed Tyler upstairs, she couldn't help but continue to think about this, even though she'd rather be thinking of anything but this. It wasn't the same with Kol, even though she hated admitting that, it wasn't. He loved the fact that she was just as insane as he was, though she was sure he was more unstable then her. He loved the fact that she knew how to have a good time and not ruin the fun. He only paid attention to her, even though Rissa and Becca are in the room. He only annoys her, and he only pays enough attention to her to know that she's flustered and faking her hate for him.

She was so caught up in her thoughts about Kol, that she missed the fact that Tyler was holding out some bottles for her to take. She cleared her throat and nodded and she took them from him. He grabbed some more and led the way back down stairs. When they got there, she noticed that Matt had joined their pity party and was chatting up her twin. She glanced over at Tyler when she heard a small growl. She noticed that his grip was tighter on the bottle in his hands then it should have been. "Easy there, wolfie. Matt's the best friend guy, not boyfriend material, for Rissa anyway." She whispered to him before turning to the room with a bright fake smile. "And we have drinks!" She announced to them all as she entered the room.

x

An hour and many drinks later, the party was in full swing. Becca had plugged her I pod to the surround sound in the living room and now music was blaring in the room as all the teens continued to drink and joke around. Becca, having a slight buzz, grabbed Jeremy's arm and pulled him off of the couch and begin to dance around with him in the middle of the room to the loud pop music that was playing. Rissa and Matt, who were standing off to the side of the room, glanced over at the couple and laughed as Jeremy dipped Becca down toward the floor then pulled her back up before kissing her.

As Becca and Jeremy continued to kiss, Matt looked over at Rissa and asked,"you want to join them?"

"I hope you mean the dancing part, and not the kissing part." Rissa joked as she laughed out loud, she had had one to many drinks and was feeling very drunk and outspoken at the moment.

"Definitely the dancing part." Matt said, laughing back.

"What? You don't want to kiss me Matt?" Rissa teased, as she acted like she was offended.

"Wait, no, that's not what I mean. I mean, you're very beautiful Rissa and I-I just... I..." Matt begin to stutter.

Rissa threw her head back and laughed, catching the attention of Tyler, who had just walked back into the living room after visiting the bathroom. Tyler clenched his jaw and tried to control his anger as he saw Rissa place her hand on Matt's chest and laugh again. Tyler used his vampire hearing to listen in as Rissa said,"I was only kidding, Matt. I would love to dance with you."

Tyler's hand tightened around the bottle of liquor he was holding, he took a big swallow from the bottle as Rissa grabbed Matt's hand and pulled him toward the middle of the room beside a still kissing Becca and Jeremy, then begin to dance around. Tyler leaned against the door frame in anger and continued to watch them.

While Becca, Jeremy, Rissa and Matt danced around, and Tyler was sulking, Emma sat on the couch and bobbed her head to the music as she watched her twin and friends dance around and have a great time. She too wanted to have a good time, but the more she drank, the more she couldn't get Kol off of her mind, she had hoped after getting a few drinks in her, he would disappear from her mind, but the drinks only made he think about him and she was being to wish he was there at the moment so she'll have someone to talk to, someone to pay attention to her.

Without a second thought, Emma pulled out her cell phone from her front pants pocket and sent him a quick text message. 'Hey cutie.' Emma typed out, then hit sent.

A few seconds later, her phone went off, she chuckled as she read his text.

'Cutie? I thought I was bucko? When did I become cutie?'

'When I became drunk lol' Emma wrote back.

'Great, I love drunk Emma. Where are U?' Kol asked.

'Becca's, why don't u come over?' Emma texted.

'Hold on, I'll be right there.' Kol said.

'See you soon ;)' Emma said, ending the conversation.

While Emma was texting, back on the 'dance floor', Matt spun a drunk Rissa around, causing her to slam into Jeremy. Rissa laughed out loud as Jeremy wrapped his arms around her waist to keep her from falling. "Hey, it's my buddy." Rissa called out, as she threw her arms around Jeremy and hugged him.

Jeremy laughed as he hugged her back, even though he had grew up with the twins and Becca and was friends with all of them, he and Rissa had always had a special bond between them. Even though he loved Becca, he couldn't deny that he cared a lot for Rissa and probably always would.

Becca laughed at her two friends, then grabbed Matt's arm and begin to dance around with him, while Rissa and Jeremy begin to dance together. Becca had never been jealous of her boyfriend and Rissa's friendship, she knew they had always been close friends but it never bothered her cause she knew they were only friends and nothing had ever happened between them. She knew neither one had romantic feelings for the other.

As Rissa and Jeremy danced around, Rissa looked at him then laughed as she threw her arms around his neck again. "What are you laughing at?" Jeremy asked her with a laugh of his own.

"I love ya, Jere. Did you know that? You're my bestest buddy in the world." Rissa slurred as she laughed again.

"Yeah I know, I love ya too Ris." Jeremy said back laughing.

As the fast song ended and a slow song begin to play, Matt pushed Becca back toward Jeremy and said,"here man, take your girlfriend back, she's trying to make me do some crazy dance moves."

"I was not. You just can't dance right Matt." Becca joked.

"Yeah, yeah, whatever." Matt joked back.

Jeremy laughed at them as he wrapped his arms around Becca's waist and begin to sway slowly to the song playing. Becca wrapped her arms around his neck and rested her head on his chest, enjoying the sweet moment with her boyfriend. "Aw I love this song." Rissa called out, then she grabbed Matt's hand and said,"dance with me."

Matt laid one hand flat on her back as she rested a arm on his shoulder, they locked hands and begin to sway. As they slowly danced, Tyler looked away, he couldn't stand to see Matt touching her like that and as much as he wanted to storm across the room and punch him for it, he knew he couldn't. It wasn't like Rissa was his, she was free to do what she wanted but that didn't mean he liked it.

"I'm surprised you asked me to dance a slow song with you." Matt said to Rissa, as they continued to dance.

"Why?" Rissa asked.

"I figured you would ask your secret crush to dance." Matt said with a knowing smile.

"You know about that?" Rissa asked surprised.

"Yeah, Tyler was ranting about it the other day. He asked me if I knew who you liked." Matt answered.

"Really?" Rissa asked smiling.

"Really." Matt said, then asked,"so why haven't you told him you liked him?"

"Told who?" Rissa asked innocently.

"Oh don't play dumb Rissa, you know who I'm talking about." Matt said laughing.

"So you figured it out huh?" Rissa said.

"Hey I might be a jock, but I'm not dumb." Matt joked.

"Has he said anything about me?" Rissa asked.

"No, but that's just how he is. He keeps his feelings to himself, but I can definitely tell he likes you."

"Really how?" Rissa asked.

"Well for one, he checks you out constantly when he thinks noone is looking, and two..." Matt said, as he whispered in her ear,"he is looking at us now looking pretty jealous."

As Matt was whispering in her ear, Tyler turned his head to look at them, he didn't know what Matt was telling her, but he didn't like the smile that appeared on her face afterwards. It suddenly hit him who Rissa's crush was, it was Matt, it had to be and Tyler couldn't help but feel disappointed.

Tyler glanced around the room and saw Emma sitting on the couch texting on her phone. He decided to walk over to her and sit down beside her. "Who you talking to?" Tyler asked her.

"None of your business." Emma said, as she took a sip of her drink.

"So you wanna dance?" Tyler asked her.

Emma laughed at his question then said,"no thanks, I'm not going to be Rissa's

stand in."

"What?" Tyler asked confused.

"You're only asking me to dance, cause Rissa is dancing with Matt and you're jealous but I'm not going to be your Rissa replacement." Emma explained. Tyler scoffed then said, "I'm not jealous."

"Oh please get over yourself, you two are clearly crazy about each other so

get off of your ass and do something." Emma said to him.

"You're wrong, she clearly likes Matt." Tyler said, as he nodded his head toward them dancing.

"Oh God, why do guys have to be so stupid." Emma mumbled, then said to Tyler, "trust me, she doesn't like Matt. If you don't believe me, ask her."

"Ask her?" Tyler repeated.

"Yeah, ya know when you walk up to someone and ask them a question then they answer said question." Emma said sarcastically, as they watched Rissa walk by them and leave the living room. Emma look at Tyler then said,"no "Yeah, ya know when you walk up to someone and ask them a question then they answer said question." Emma said sarcastically, as they watched Rissa walk by them and leave the living room. Emma look at Tyler then said, "now's your chance."

Tyler handed Emma the bottle he was holding, then stood up from the couch and followed Rissa out of the room. Emma rolled her eyes as she sat the bottle down on the coffee table, she couldn't understand why it was taking those two so long to just admit their feelings and hook up. She for one was getting tired of watching them pining for each other.

Suddenly the door bell rang throughout the house. Becca turned off the music

then asked,"who could that be?"

"I dunno." Emma said with a shrug as she took a sip of her drink, forgetting

that she had invited Kol over to the house.

"Will you go answer it for me?" Becca asked Emma.

"Sure." Emma said, as she stood up from the couch and walked over to the front

door. She was surprised to see Kol and Klaus standing in front of her.

"What the hell are you two doing here?" Emma asked angrily, as she looked at

the two originals standing before her.