This story is AU, obviously, and it takes place around the middle of winter break. Drew and Katie have already broken up, for reasons I might go into later (or not), leading to him and Bianca getting back together. The rest explains itself, or at least I think so.

Happy reading!

It was midway through their winter break, an uneventful one to say the least, as Adam and Drew sat on the couch with diversely colored game controllers in hand, eyes glued to a fast paced videogame. There was a large plaid cover that hung loosely over both of their legs, the cold temperature in the house finally convincing Adam to stop their game for a few moments as he got up to fetch it from the hall closet. Except for the frequent cursing, neither boy had said much of anything, their main focus being to beat the other at whatever game they were so invested in. With a final crescendo of music, Adam threw his controller onto the coffee table, Drew following suit seconds after.

"I never thought I'd actually say this, but dude, this is so boring." Adam complained, throwing aside the cover so that he could get up and go to the kitchen to get something to drink.

"You're just saying that because I won. What? COD isn't good enough for you anymore? And I thought you were my brother.." Drew teased, lifting his legs onto the couch as he took advantage of the extra space Adam left behind.

"Just a fluke in the system, I'll kick your ass next time." Adam vowed as he glared at his brother, not exactly used to losing against anyone in this particular videogame, or any for that matter.

"So then what do you wanna do instead?" Drew asked curiously.

Adam twisted off the cap of his soda and took a large sip, leaning his body against the kitchen counter before setting the drink atop it. "Hell if I know.." he said puzzled. It was winter, not exactly optimal weather for doing activities outside. Videogames were boring him, much to his surprise, there were no new comics coming out, and everything was just all around dull. Sure he could invite Eli over, as he had been doing for the past week, but they'd still have the same problem of figuring out what to do. "Hey, what if we called Bee over? She's pretty creative when it comes to figuring out stuff to do." Adam suggested, watching his brother's facial expressions carefully. He knew it would be kind of strange having his ex girlfriend around the house, but it was only a suggestion. Adam wasn't even exactly sure why he mentioned it, but it had been the first thing that popped into his head. The pair had become rather close after the rupture between her and his brother. Adam enjoyed her company 100% of the time; a friendship with Bianca was easy, not requiring any extraneous effort. They had a ton in common, and they just seemed to click quite harmoniously. But If Drew was uncomfortable with it; they'd figure something else out.

Drew sat up at the mention of Bianca's name, eyeing his brother quizzically as he contemplated his suggestion. Bianca was always fun, there was no debate there, but he hadn't exactly seen her much at all except for at school since the breakup. He didn't exactly divulge all the details to his brother as to why they broke up, something that was completely out of the ordinary for him, but if he was being truthful, it was because he was ashamed. One day it was just over. In his own opinion, he hadn't been enough of a man to keep her around. Bianca had asked to meet up with him about a month ago, only two weeks after they had gotten back together (post split with Katie), to tell him that it wasn't working out. Drew remembered how confused he was, thinking the whole time that things were great between them, and that this time they would last, only to learn that that was a fallacy. She apologized profusely, told him she loved him and would always be grateful for what he did for her, but that she wasn't feeling it anymore. Drew Torres had been broken up with, and he didn't know how to handle it. To this day, he still loved her, and was convinced that he always would. When Adam asked what happened, he just brushed it off as it being something that didn't concern him much, but Adam was no fool. He knew that his brother still loved the girl with the chocolate curls, and while he was curious as to what happened, he wasn't about to push it. Unbeknownst to Drew, Adam had coaxed out the real story from Bianca, which took some effort on his part.

Snapping out of his reverie, Drew finally responded, "Yeah uh- sounds good."

"You sure?"

"Yeah definitely, what else are we gonna do?" he retorted, getting out his cellphone and texting Bianca. He wasn't exactly sure why he was complying with Adam's idea, it probably just being easier to say no. But he wanted to see her and try to figure out how she was doing without him. A completely selfish and egotistic idea, but something he was curious about nonetheless.

Come over? Adam and I are bored. – Drew

Um, yeah sure.. I'll be there in 10. – Bianca

Drew clicked the small button that sent it to sleep, and put it back in his pocket. "See? No weirdness." Drew said extra convincingly, unsure as to whether he was trying to convince himself or his brother.

With a simple shrug of the shoulders, Adam leaned down to open the fridge, scanning it for any type of food that looked interesting. Bringing out a piece of pizza, he took a tentative bite before deciding that it was still good cold, hurrying back to the couch with it, before plopping down next to his brother.

Almost on the dot, 10 minutes later there was a knock on the sliding glass door, a confused looking Bianca standing outside in a winter jacket, Adam noticing a small flurry of snow seeming to have taken over Toronto. "C'mon you neanderthals, it's cold as hell outside!" she exclaimed with a tinge of annoyance as she shivered.

Thinking that it would be Drew letting the girl in, Adam didn't immediately move out of his seat to let her in. But once it was clear that Drew had no intention of moving, Adam sighed and nudged his brother's knee before making his way over to the glass door, and sliding it into the wall so that Bianca would walk inside.

She did a small stomp dance with her feet as soon as she stepped in, trying to get all the snow off her boots before she threw them in a corner. "So, I hear there's a boredom problem here. What? Videogames aren't good enough for you guys anymore?"

"See, that's what I said." Drew replied quickly, making eye contact with Bianca for the first time since that faithful day.

Bianca chewed her lip as she felt the tension in the air engulf her. Why had she agreed on going there in the first place? She knew it was bound to be awkward. Maybe it was because she felt like she owed the athletic boy something in return for breaking his heart. It wasn't all sunshine and daisies for her either when they broke up, something she was almost certain that Drew thought about her. It scared the life out of her when she felt her romantic love for Drew start to disappear. She couldn't explain it, even to herself, and that's when she knew it had to end. She did want to keep some sort of amicable, or close if he would let her, relationship with him. He was important to her. There would always be something there between them, that was a given after the enormous past the two of them had, but it seemed as though they weren't meant to be together anymore. She chalked it up to a simple 'feelings change'. After they broke up, Bianca kept busy with her schoolwork, jewelry-making hobby, and even Adam helped with some of the pain and confusion she felt. If she was being honest, he was her rock during that period of time, always there for her when she needed him for whatever reason. She wasn't exactly sure if he had filled Drew in on that little piece of information, but she was grateful to the younger boy, having considered him as one of her closest friends ever since prom. After the breakup, she was worried she was going to lose him too, but Adam proved her wrong. She looked between both the boys, wondering how she could've ever been so horrible to Adam, something she would never forgive herself for. Both Torres brothers had captured her with their spell, both in different ways of course, but nonetheless she owed a great deal to both of them.

Noticing the tension between the two ex-lovebirds, Adam coughed loudly before speaking, "Yeah well, excuse me for wanting something different today. We only have so many days before school starts y'know. I thought Ms. DeSousa would be up to the challenge of unboring me. But hey, if you're not, I won't hold it against you." He teased, smiling softly at Bianca.

She noticed Adam try and diffuse some of the obvious tension that surrounded them, thankful for such a good and loyal friend like him, smiling in return. "Psh, am I up to it. Who do you think you're talking to?" she retorted, "I'm thinking dirty scrabble." before dropping her bag to the floor and taking the liberty to get the board game out of the game closet.

The brothers looked at each other before both shrugging their shoulders, turning their bodies around so that they were facing where Bianca had set up the game. She distributed the letters from the bag to each of them, making herself comfortable on the floor as she looked up at them both.

"Let's make this interesting. The person who wins, gets to dare one of the two losers. Cool?" she proposed, adding a little twist of her own to a usually uninteresting game.

"You guys are so going down." Adam said, placing his letters in front of him, thinking of a mega scoring word to put down that would give him a steady lead.

I'm still on the fence about continuing this, so reviews would be very appreciated! Thanks :)