Crossing the lines (Sleeping with my Best friends)
Chapter 12
That was the moment I knew I was in love, and not with just one person but two. I had stupidly fallen in love with my best friend. Every year for my birthday, they would show up at 6 AM with a cake. They did show up; the only difference was they had brought Lexi and Tina too. I blew out the candle as they asked what I wanted to do. I told them that I was leaving for my aunt’s house in an hour.
I didn’t plan on that. They were both angry, but they didn’t stop me. They took me to her place; it was the next city over. They drove me there only. It wasn’t the three of us, but their girlfriends also. When we got there, I just said thanks and got out and walked in. I guess they knew something was up because they followed me and started asking me. I just lied, saying I wasn’t feeling too well, that I just needed some time. They didn’t push but accepted my answer. They always accepted whatever 1 said.
I cried that day. I stayed locked in my aunt’s guest room and cried. When school started, they came to get me, stating the girls were crazy, so they broke up with them. I didn’t say anything because I knew they would end up in a relationship with someone else. As the years went by, they had multiple relationships, and the love I had for them never stopped; it became worse and worse. It got to a point when I started dating. I dated one of the guys on the basketball team. Nate, he was a great pay, but I couldn’t keep lying to him.
When they found out I was dating, they just smiled and said they were happy for me, and it pissed me off. Eventually, I broke up with Nate. My feelings weren’t going away, and 1 knew it was wrong of me to feel that way. Dean and Aleck didn’t feel that way for me, so in our senior year, I started pulling away from them. Sometimes they would come after me, taking me as a prisoner to some game, movie, or party. Then the threats started.
I had no choice but to give them up. After graduation day, I saw them one last time, and that was at the sleepover, when I got another threat. So I did the Jonly thing I could do to protect my heart, my mind, and my sanity, and that was to leave. I deleted all social media accounts and stayed low.
I stayed there for what felt like hours, until I couldn’t anymore. The only thing left to do was swallow my pride and shame and go back and get my suitcase, Then go to a hotel. I willed myself to go back there. I stood in front of the building, 1 braced for it and walked in. I got into the elevator and punched in the code Dean had earlier sed..
When I stepped out into the apartment, they were both there. They were drinking. I didn’t say anything. I saw my suitcase and walked over and grabbed it. I heard them, but I couldn’t look at them; I felt ashamed.
“When we went back home for vacation, when we met Tina and Lexi at the game, we broke up with them a week later. Do you know why? Aleck asked me. I
why? – Aleck stopped
“Yes, you said they were crazy.”
“That was a lie. We broke up with them because they started complaining about us spending time with you. They wanted us to ditch you, so we broke up
with them,” Aleck said.
“You were eighteen, and we were
e nineteen. We knew at eighteen. Aleck and I knew we had fallen in love with you when we were eighteen, Dean said. I froze
in that second.
“Aleck and I decided that you saw as as brothers, so we’d try and forget it. So we dated, and every time we met someone new, we were always comparing them to you. When you started dating, it pissed us off so badly that we started drinking. We already knew what we wanted from life, so when you started pulling away, we thought you found out about how we felt, and that was your reaction.
was hard. I’ll admit that it was hard because suddenly you weren’t there anymore. Suddenly we couldn’t see you or touch you, and it almost destroyed us We figured one day there would be a day when we would see you again, so we worked hard. We made a name for ourselves; yes, we became billionaires. But it wasn’t the same; it felt empty because we couldn’t share our happlest moments with you.”
“We have loved you, Layla, since we were eighteen, and we never stopped,” Dean said,
I turned around and looked at them.
*When Mallery texted and i jair you reply, I was happy. When you said you’d go, I told Dean it would be better for us and you to go to the island. Dean and 1 agreed that we would try and see if you felt even a litle bit of what we felt for you. We came to the understanding a long time ago that we were both in love with you, and there was a possibility that you loved one of us, and we agreed to accept whatever decision you made. That day when we saw you, I saw you
“The alcohol got the best of Dean, and he confronted you that night. That night when you saw me, I understood because you didn’t look scared; you didn’t. Took belpless or uncomfortable with hini standing in fivat of you. That night after Mary left and I come to your room, there was no hesitation from you. I told Dean what I suspected you were fighting your feelings, you were in love with both of us, and you didn’t know what to do. But we needed proof of it.”
The remaining days, you didn’t go anywhere alone, so we couldn’t prove it. On that last night, though, we said, “Fuck it. You had already distanced yourself
and we had nothing left to lose, so we decided to risk it all. We made everyone too drunk without them noticing it. When you said Hide and seek, we took the idea and ran with it. We had in know. When you didn’t push either of us away and you accepted us, and then what you said, we knew you loved is both. We were willing to wait for you to admit it to us, however long it took, because we love you, and we didn t want you to leave us again,” Aleck said.
“Whatever decision yuu muke, we’ll accept it. We always accept whatever decisiun you make. Whether you want to be with us both or not, it’s okay, we’ll accept it; just don’t leave again, okay?” Dean said.
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I couldn’t help but cry. “Im sorry, I thought you would both hate me if you knew,” I said, hiccuping. Dean’s phone began ringing. He looked at it and answered
“Yes, Mac? Now? Okay, I’m coming.” He ended the call and walked over to me and kissed me on my forebend. “We could and will take care of something. We’ll talk tomorrow. Aleck, take care of her,” he said, kissing me again, and left.
ever hate you. I need to go
Aleck came to me and held me. “Don’t cry anymore, please. We don’t like seeing you sad. Come here.” He led me over to the couch, and we sat down. He just held me while rubbing my back. For the first time ever, his touch wasn’t what it used to be. It wasn’t a friend comforting a friend. It was more
I just lay there with him holding me. I don’t know when, but I fell asleep. When my eyes opened, I was in bed. I sat up instantly; I was still in my shirt and jeans. My suitcase was also in the room. I got up and opened the door. Suddenly, I heard raised voices, then something broke. Were they fighting? I walked out towards the round and saw them both in the living room
Dean saw me first. “What happened?” I asked hesitantly. Aleck had under in his eyes, and that wasn’t something I was used to seeing. “It’s nothing, just work–related.” Dean said. 1 looked at them both.
“It’s work, nothing more,” Aleck said
“We’ll talk about it tomorrow. It’s late. Why don’t you head back to bed? He said, walking to me. He walked me back to my room. “Dean?”
“Yes, princess?” I looked at him immediately. “We’ve always treated you like a princess. If you think about it, you’ll remember,” he said, pulling me into him.
“There isn’t any Jealousy between you and Aleck because of me, is there?”
no rules or limits that
“No princess. We understood what it meant early on, and we made our choices, and we accepted each other’s decisions. There are no apply to our relationship. You belong to us both, and we belong to you,” he said, licking my neck-
“Dean,” I couldn’t help but main.
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