Tatum's POV:

I was sitting on my bed studying math for the final exams when I heard my mom Alina Cornelius call from downstairs.

"Toby can you and your sister come down stairs please!"Mom called out.

I put my books and pen down beside me on my bed and head downstairs.I feel something bump against my head as I run through the hallway.I turn around to see Toby laughing.

"Haha,I told you I'd get you this time "He laughs mischievously.I chase after him down the stairs and he hides behind mom.Pretending to be scared.He's so childish for his age.

"Mom, Tats is trying to kill me!"He exclaims almost as if his life depended on it. He knew I hated it when he call me that, he always did it to annoy me.

"Tatum stop trying to kill your brother."She says and rolls her eyes playfully. Yep he is not his age,to think that he's a senior in high school.

"Ooh, mommy's boy."I tease him.
He rolls his eyes and sits down next to my mother.

"So why did you call us down?"Toby asks facing mom.

"Wait for your dad...Malcolm come on, let's tell them."She calls out.

"Coming honey."He replies from his home office. My father's an architect so his always busy, but he makes time for us when he can.

"Oh no, don't tell me you're having another baby." Toby says with eyes wide open. His face expression devastated. Such a drama King.

"No, I already have enough to handle here."She says pinching his cheek.

"Oh, thank God."Toby says relieved.

"It would've been nice tho, to have another girl around."I mumble to myself.Toby looks at me like I've just said the dumbest thing ever and I roll my eyes at him.

"Then what is it, did dad get another promotion?"He continues.

"No...well yes, but just listen."My mom says slightly irritated by his assumptions. My dad is really good at his job, he works hard for a reason.

My dad comes into the living room and sits next to me.He's still in his work suit, so I assume that he came home and began working immediately after. He missed dinner so this is the first time I'm seeing him today.He works really hard, but he still manages to be an awesome dad.

"Hello sweetheart, my one and only, my most beautiful daughter." He hugs me from the side.

"Dad,you only have one daughter remember."I say.

"But still you are my most beautiful and smart girl."He says kissing my forehead. I give him a sweet smile and look at my mom.

"So, mom can you tell us now?"I ask.

"Well you know since it's my and your father's anniversary tomorrow..." She trails off.

Before even getting a chance to continue she is interrupted by Toby once more.

"So where are we going this year?"Toby asks excitedly. We don't have school tomorrow since it's the weekend.

"That's what we want to talk about." My dad says.

"There's going to be a change from now on,we want to spend the whole day together so we're going to spend it alone this year without you and Tatum."My mom says.

"What?" Toby asks confused.

"You're getting older and we need to trust you to be alone without us. Your mother and I need our..."He stops mid sentence and covers my ears so that I can't hear him. "...alone time."He says and I roll my eyes at him.

"Dad you're forgetting I'm not a little girl anymore.I'm getting older.I'm gonna be 17 in 2 weeks."I say removing his giant hands from my ears.

"Oh I know my little girl is growing up,the time has passed so fast."He sighs."Soon you're going to graduate and go to University and move to your own apartment.I just want to keep your innocen... I mean I want to have you here as long as I can before you go off with boyfriends and things."My Dad says a little sadly.I know what his trying to say,before I loose my virginity and go out partying and all that,but the thing is that I'm not like other girls my age. I think I'm much more on the calmer side.

"Dad I know what you mean and you don't have to worry I will take care of myself.I take after my dad after all."I say playfully nudging his arm with my elbow. He laughs and hugs me.

"That's my girl.So yes me and your mother needs our privacy now, so you kids have a good night and go up to your rooms."My dad instructs and kisses my forehead again.I stand up and just before I can say goodnight my brother speaks.

"Eww, aren't you guys to old for that."My brother says in disgust.

"I wonder how we made you."My dad says pointedly."I laugh and head upstairs."I'm pretty tired so, you guys chat on, I'm going to bed goodnight."I hug my mom and dad.It would just be awkward if I stayed there listening to them talking about sex. No thank you.

As I walk down the hall,I almost trip over something round. It's the volleyball that Toby threw me with.I pick up the ball and stand against the wall making sure no one can see me, I hear Toby coming upstairs and I prepair myself. A mischievous idea plastered in my mind.

"Oww, what the?!"He groans.

I burst out laughing,the ball hit him flat in the face.

"Ugh!"He groans rubbing his face.

"Payback feels goooooooood" I say dragging out the 'good' like Jace Norman does in Henry danger when he says his famous line "feels good".

"You're lucky I'm tired."He says and yawns.

I scoff and turn around to go to my room and he does the same. I wanted my bedroom as far away from his, so he can't bother me.We have a typical brother-sister relationship, but we are pretty close too since we only have each other as siblings.

Once I'm back in my room,I pack my books away and get into bed. Sleep pulling me in quickly.

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*Next morning.Friday 16 November 2018*My parents 25th anniversary.

I probably won't be going anywhere since my parents are going to be out and they're leaving Toby in charge since his older.I head to my closet and pick out a pair of plush, pink sweatpants,a crop top sweatshirt and my underwear then make my way the bathroom to get ready.

When I finished up I decided to practice for our next dance. I'm in this dancing group named Light up and I'll be the lead in out next performance.So since I won't be doing anything else today, I might as well practice our next choreography. After dancing for like 1 and a half hours,I hear my door open. I turn around and see my brother. I turn off my pop music and wipe my sweaty forehead with a towel.

"Knock much?" I ask trying to stabilize my breathing.He just shrugs and sits on my bed.

"Before mom asked if I could 'babysit', I had plans you know and I'm not about to let it slip, so you have to come with me."He says.

"Where?"I ask curiously.

"To a friend's house"He said.

"Oh you and Jacob gonna pretend you're the best Rockstars in the world."I say making Jazz hands and laughing. He hits me with a pillow.

"Well its even." I just shake it off, not feeling like having a pillow fight.

"No not Jacob a new friend."

"A new friend?"I ask in disbelief." you don't even like meeting new people"I say stupefied.

"I know, but he plays really good guitar and he can help me improve."
I look at him with wide eyes, not believing what I just heard.

"Did I just hear right?Who are you and what have you done to my brother? YOU actually just said that YOU need to improve."I say.When it comes to music he's always full of himself.

"Yeah yeah whatever.Just get ready please."He orders and leaves before I can even say anything.

He didn't even ask me if I wanted to go, but then again I have no choice.I went into my bathroom so that I could freshen up.I put my blue jeans and purple crop top on, finished of with my white converse.

I get in my brothers car.Halfway opening my pack of skittles,Toby grabs it out of my hands.

"Hey, what are doing?!"I whine.

"You're not eating in my car."He says.

"But it's skittles!"I pout.

"No!"he says firmly and shoves it into his backpack. I pretend to cry, pull my knees up against my chest and bury my head in my arms.

"Aww man.Now you're crying on me, it's just skittles.You can eat it when we get there."

"But I want it now."I pretend to snivel softly,but loud enough for him to hear.His definitely going to give in now.

"Ugh fine, but if you make a mess, you're never driving with me again."He takes the skittles out and hands it to me. Men are so weak. I inwardly grin.

"Thank you."I say and wipe my fake tears away.Maybe I should be doing acting instead of dancing.

We finally arrive at his new friend's house.I was starting to get bored.It's actually a really huge house.A bit larger than ours. There's lovely plants, flowers and trees all around the house.It's blue and white on the outside.It has 2 floors and looks really neat. It looks brand new if you asked me.

"Don't embarrass me."Toby says before he knocks and I roll my eyes at him. As if,he'll be the one to embarrass himself.

The door flies open immediately. A tall guy stands in the doorway, probably the same age as Toby.He's dark green-brown eyes capturing me completely.He has long black hair, well long for boys, short for girls.Various tattoos sprawl out across both of his arms. On his left arm is a tattoo where a man is kissing a woman's neck. I can't lie, it had my thoughts wandering a bit.He's wearing a thick chain with a lock on. He also has a nose piercing. He seems so mysterious. Obscure in a way, but hey don't go and judge a book by it's cover.Especially this one because he's so...

"Hey stop staring."Toby nudges me,snatching me away from my thoughts.

"Huh?"I look at him and then back to hottest thing I've ever seen. Damn.

"This is Samuel, Samuel this is my sister Tatum."Toby introduces us.

I smile at him and he gives me a smile back.

"Hi, call me Sam."He says.Just when I was about to reach out my hand to shake his,he pulls me into a hug instead.His touch sends chills down my spine, and I take in his lovely scent. I hug him back and then soon let go before it gets awkward. Man that was the best hug ever. I can feel the heat crawling up my neck.

He stares at me and I feel a little uncomfortable not knowing what to do.

"Let's go inside."Toby says.

"OH,Yes.Come on in."Sam says coming out of his daze.

Sam leads us into the living room. The furniture looks brand new, all in cream and white. I really love the interior design of this house.

"Okay,so we're just gonna sit here and you can sit that side where the camera is and help us if the angles aren't right,if you know how to use a camera."He says.

Toby scoffs."Tatum,my sister Tatum, not knowing how to handle a camera?How can she not?She always did those 'belly dancing videos'"He says making weird moves and embarrassing me. Belly dancing is how I started with this whole dancing thing.Members of Light up saw a few of my dancing videos and recommended me to their manager.

"Oh, yeah?" Sam asks, a corner of his lip tugging up.

"Yeah, just look here." Toby takes his phone out. I'm hoping he doesn't do what I think he is about to do. By hearing the music I know that he's definitely showing Sam a video of me belly dancing. I'm dead. How can he embarrass me like this?I'm gonna get him back when we go home.

I walk towards him and grab his phone out of his hand.

"Heyyy!"He nags.

"Stop embarrassing me."I say through clenched teeth.

"I don't see why so many people even liked those videos."He says rolling his eyes.

"I do, she's really good."Sam says and I blush a little at his compliment.

"Come on, you really like that shit?"
Toby says in disbelief.

"Nah really, I like it.Girl's got skills."He says and I bite my lip trying to keep in my smile. Toby glaring at him.

"OK, so let's get started."I changed the subject and throw Toby's phone at him.

"Hey,you almost let it fall!"He exclaims.

"I would've, if I wanted to."I say.

I sit down on the couch and they take out their guitars from its respective cases.

I set the camera timer on 3 and show them when to start.Just before they started, Sam gave me a look that sent a spark through my body.What's wrong with me?

Both of them really played great. I was impressed, but I couldn't keep my eyes off Samuel.The way he played the Guitar was so passionately, like his meant to be playing his guitar.I could see that he was enjoying it a lot.They ended it so calmly and I couldn't help but to stand up and clap. They were brilliant. But I couldn't tell them,Toby would get a big head.

"Sam, you're really good, actually great."I say and he smiles at me.

"But Toby, you could do with a little more practice."I joke.

"What do you know about guitars? "He scoffs.

"I might not be able to play guitar,but I'm not deaf."I say earning a laugh from Sam and a glare from Toby.

"Hey, who's side are you on?"He asks Sam and he shrugs.

They put the camera equipment and guitars away.

"If you guys aren't doing anything else you can stick around."Sam says.

"Sure why not.I'll just go put my guitar in the car."Toby says.

"Sure."

"Do you want something to drink?Let's go into the kitchen and you can see what you like."Sam says.
I nod and follow him.

He's stride was really fast to the point where I didn't know where he went.Great I've lost him in this mansion.I stumble upon the kitchen,but I don't see Sam.As I walk into the kitchen I feel someone grab my arm and pull me from the side, against the wall. I look up and I see those green eyes darken as he stares back deeper into my blueish greenish one's.It feels like he's gazing into my soul.His one hand is keeping my wrist and his other is around my waist.The proximity sends electric waves through my body. He looks into my eyes and to my lips,then to my eyes and to my lips again.I bite my lip,wanting to taste his.He moves closer pushing his body against mine, our faces only inches apart.

Before I knew it, his lips were on mine. His kiss is so soft and gentle.He bites my lip, begging for entrance. I oblige and let him in,his tongue explores and I kiss him back.He pulls away and rests his forehead on mine. I don't think I've ever felt this way before. My heart screaming for more.

"Why did you stop?"I ask him hungry to taste his lips again.

"Let's go upstairs.We won't get into anything deep, just so that when your brother gets back it takes longer for him to find us.The longer he takes, the more time we have."He says.

I nod and he takes my hand.He has an effect on me that I can't explain.
He leads me upstairs and into a room then locks the door.I'm guessing this is his room by all the Posters of Rock bands and Guitars.

He spins me around so I can face him and he looks deeply into my eyes.

He puts his lips to mine and I open my mouth immediately and kiss him.He picks me up by my thighs and wraps my legs around his waist,still keeping our lips locked
He lays me down onto the bed and kisses the corner of my lips, moving to my jawline and then to my neck, he finds a soft spot behind my ear lays soft kisses.He moves back to my neck and sucks on a soft spot making me moan softly. I can feel him smile against my skin. He brings his lips back to mine.We abruptly stop, hearing my brother call out for us.My lips are swollen from the make out session we had.I pull myself together and Sam does the same.I've never kissed anyone like that, no one ever kissed me like that. I could feel that the kiss was passionate.

"What are we gonna tell him?"I ask.

"We'll tell him that you needed to use the bathroom so I waited for you, so you wouldn't get lost in this house." Sam says.

"Okay." He unlocks the door and slowly open it. He takes my hand and leads me downstairs.Toby sees us and I immediately let go of Sam's hand. I've never done this before,being sneaky. It thrills me a bit actually.

"Where were you two?"Toby asks arms folded over one another against his chest.

"I had to use the bathroom so Sam showed me and waited for me in case I got lost in this house."I say putting on my best poker face, hoping that he'll believe me. I've never lied to Toby before.

"Oh." Is all he says.

"Let's get drinks and snacks."Sam says.We all head to the kitchen and Sam sends Toby to the local store to get crisps and licorice.As I'm pouring the drinks I feel warm arms wrapping around my waist. Sam presses my back against his chest, pulling me closer. He kisses my neck gaining him a smile.

"Mmm, Sam.. wha...what are you doing?"I stutter.

"Finishing what I started."He breaths into my neck and laying more kisses down my neck.He turns me around and puts me on the countertop.He stands between my legs.He places his hand on my lower back and pulls me against him, so there's no space between us. I kiss him and he kisses back. I move my hands from his chest to his hair.

"What the fuck!"I hear and we pull away. I'm shocked when I see Toby standing there, his expression angry as hell. He comes closer frustratedly and pulls Sam away from me.

"Get your hands off her, she's my sister, for God's sake!"He yells. He looks like his about to punch Sam, so I jump off the counter and stand in front of Sam defending him.

"What's wrong with you, we did nothing wrong.We were just kissing."I say.

"Come on, we're going home"He grabs my wrist and I instantly pull away.

"Why are you acting like this?You didn't mind it when I dated other guys!"I say not fully processing what I said exactly.

Samuel's POV:

"Why are you acting like this? You didn't mind it when I dated other guys!"She yells at Toby.So we're dating?I actually like the idea,I do have feelings for her that I never felt for anyone else before,when we touch I feel fire burning throughout my veins.She's unlike all the other girls I've been with and I'm the type of guy that knows what he wants and I want her.

"Wow, so you're dating now?" Toby says looking at me and then Tatum. Tatum looks unsure of what to say. So I move beside her and wrap my arm around her waist.

"Yes we are, why not?"I say and she looks at me with starry eyes and it makes me feel good.

"You only met each other today and you can't date one of my friends and you can't date my sister!."He says.How selfish of him. What's his problem.

"Why not?"I ask Toby. He struggles to respond and then a look of defeat washes over his face.

"Fine, but just because you're my friend doesn't mean that I won't break your neck if you break her heart."He says to me firmly and gives me a death glare,if only looks could kill.

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