Sorry about the long waits for updates. Trying to get some things in order. Keep holding on people! I'm trying!

Chapter 17

I slept horribly that night. I was constantly in and out of sleep. Guilt kept winding thru my chest like a snake.

I didn't do anything wrong… I didn't do anything wrong…

I kept repeating the words, but the feeling never went away.

I fell asleep crying.

…..

The next evening, I woke with a jolt. I quickly ran out the room, and headed for the front door, hoping to catch Andrew before he tried to sneak away.

I reached the door with no sign of anyone.

Did I miss him?

I turned to leave when I jumped. Andrew was in the hallway. He looked startled for a moment, and then turned away, looking frustrated.

"Andrew, Wait!"

I ran after him. He was halfway down the hallway when I caught up to him.

"Andrew, stop!"

He stopped, causing me to almost run into him. He turned to look at me and I winced. I saw pain and weariness in his eyes.

"Andrew… what did I do wrong? I thought we were friends."

He stared at me for a moment. The silence could be cut with a knife.

"Friends, huh? That's not what you said after I asked you out in the garden that night."

I opened my mouth to say something, but froze.

He was right. I had asked him to wait until this was all over before we did anything. And he saw me all over Jaiden like my words meant nothing.

Tears formed in my eyes.

"Andrew, I'm so sorry. I didn't mean for anything to happen. It… it just did."

He stared at me for a moment, making me feel smaller.

"It just happened…"

"Yeah. I mean, I didn't mean for it to happen. I really like you Andrew, but I really want to be your friend."

His eyes seemed to get darker as I spoke. I took a step back, suddenly getting a weird feeling.

"Friends… that's all we can be is friends?"

"I… I would really like that, Andrew."

"Maybe I don't want to be friends."

I tried to take another step back, but suddenly, I found myself against the wall between his arms. He didn't hurt me, but fear spread thru my body.

"Andrew, please stop!"

"I really like you, Brie."

I opened my mouth to say something, but before I could blink his mouth covered mine.

His kiss was far off from Jaiden's kiss. His kiss, although demanding, was also stiffer. As if he hadn't been kissing as long as Jaiden had.

It took a moment, but I regained my composure and tried to push him away. I managed to break away from him, but couldn't get out of his arms.

"Andrew, stop it!"

In a flash, I was suddenly pushed tot the floor and heard a great commotion. I looked up and gasped.

Jaiden was on top Andrew, fist raised, looking furious.

"YOU SON OF A BITCH!"

I quickly jumped up and ran right at Jaiden, grabbing his raised fist.

"JAIDEN, STOP!"

Jaiden froze for a second, and then seemed to snap out of his trance.

I pulled him off Andrew and everyone stood. Jaiden kept my behind him as he glared at Andrew. Andrew didn't seem to have any expression on his face.

"I finally find someone, and you try to take her from me!" Jaiden snapped.

Andrew was silent.

"ANSWER ME! HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT ABOUT SOMEONE OTHER THAN YOURSELF?"

Andrew finally snorted, now looking annoyed.

"When have I ever been selfish before today? All these years I have followed YOU! I listened to your every command! And now I finally show interest in a girl after my fiancée, and you take her from me!"

"I didn't take anything from you! She wanted me, not you!"

Ok… this is going too far…

"Guys, stop…"

"That's a lie! You only came onto her when she showed interest in me!"

"Hey, listen-"

"I never came onto her! She loves me fair and square!"

"Hey now, I haven't said-"

"You have a funny way of showing YOUR feelings to women! Shoving them around and ordering them like you're a God!"

"Stop it both of-"

"I DO IT FOR HER SAFETY!"

"YOU DO IT BECAUSE YOU'RE A SELFISH OLD FUCK!"

I had enough.

"THAT'S ENOUGH! BOTH OF YOU SHUT THE HELL UP!"

They both turned to look at me, both shocked at my outburst. But I didn't care. I was too angry.

"I've had enough of both of you! Neither of you seem to care about how I feel in all of this, so you can both go to hell!"

I turned and went down the hall, slamming my bedroom door closed.

I ignored their shouts in the hall and played music to drown them out.

…

Later that day, I finally emerged from my room. I had to feed and felt as if I could eat a horse.

I swear, if they are still fighting, I'm throwing BOTH of them into a lake!

I entered the kitchen and was relieved to see Kristin eating a sandwich.

He smiled when she saw me.

"Well, someone knows how to cause some drama around here"

I gave her a small smile and went to the fridge, quickly feeding on a bag of blood. I felt better instantly. After I was done, I got the stuff to make my own sandwich.

I joined Kristin at the table.

"Kristin, things are such a mess…"

"Yeah, I kinda heard last night."

"Any idea on what I should do?"

"Well that depends, who do you really care about? Andrew or Jaiden?"

"Honestly, I don't really know. Both of them made me so mad last night, I just want to stay away from both of them. At least until everything is over."

"Good choice, but that might be hard to do. Especially since Jaiden is still leading this team and you need to be there for meeting, where BOTH of them will be at."

I opened my mouth to say something, but the kitchen door suddenly slammed open. We both turned to see Jaiden and Andrew standing in front of me. Both of them looked intimidating today. Both of them had their arms crossed, looking intently at me.

"What do you two want?" I snapped. Kristin watched, looking interested.

"Brianna, you have to choose. Me or him." Jaiden said.

I raised an eyebrow, looking from him to Andrew.

"You two are serious?"

"Very." They both said at the same time.

"Fine then… I choose…"

They both seemed to lean in a little.

"Neither of you."

….

Sorry about the late update! Been very busy lately. More so than I thought I would be. But I'm still writing so hang in there! More to come soon!