Devon's POV-

I had completely forgotten that we were being watched and apparently, photographed. When I heard Sidney, I was abruptly brought back to reality. I sat up and rolled off of Shane and turned my back to everyone, looking into the trees. I can't believe I had done that. It was so hard to breath all of a sudden. I didn't know what to say or what to do. I hear Sidney walk by me and tell me something about not denying there isn't anything there and I found myself looking her way as she and Tony left. I guess that's a wrap. But Shane never got the shots he wanted. I looked down, disappointed with myself for failing him and then I saw two feet come to a stop in front of me.

“I'm sorry.” I mumbled and looked off to the side. I felt the ground thud and looked back to find him on his knees in front of me, his chest still moving up and down quickly.

“I wouldn't be.” And when I looked up, he was smiling. “That was amazing.” Confusion crossed my mind.

“But we didn't get what we came here to do.” I tell him. He smirked like he had a secret he wasn't telling me.

“But I did.” He tells me as he sets his camera down on the ground and crawled onto his hands towards me so his face hung playfully inches from mine. He licked his lips. As he closed the gap, I turned my face so his lips landed on my cheek instead. He pulled away, his gaze full of concern.

“I think we need to cool off a bit.” I tell him. He nodded. I noted his disappointment but I wasn't quite ready to let it go further. Not that I didn't want to but I just wasn't ready. He got up, grabbed his camera and extended his hand to me. I took it as he helped me up.

Shane's POV-

After packing my stuff back into my car, we climbed in. We drove mostly in silence until Devon broke it.

“Can I ask you a question?” She says as we drive up my parents' driveway. I looked over at her and found myself worrying. I nodded when she looked over at me. “So what is this we're doing? I mean...” She paused. I knew she was calculating every word before she said anything. I kissed her gently on the nose and laughed at her predicament.

“We like each other and we're having fun.” I tell her. “It's quite simple really.” And then she flared red with anger, opened the car door, slammed it and stopped the ground she walked on. “What's wrong?” I say trying to follow her after I got out of the driver’s seat. She stopped, turned around and pointed a well manicured finger at me in an accusatory tone.

“You!” She began. “All you men want is fun. I'm not in it for fun, Shane.” And she calmed down and looked like she was about to cry. “I thought this, you and I... I thought we'd be more than just fun.” And that's when I realized that I should have thought better with my choice of words. I had no clue that she would have been ready for serious so soon after the ordeal with her father. I didn't know what to say so I settle with saying nothing. I watched as she sighed, turned and left me there in the proverbial cold and slammed the front door to the house. I had obviously hurt her.

Later, I found myself in my room, scanning through the photos Sidney took at the park a few hours earlier when I heard a soft knock on my bedroom door.

“Come in.” I said looking at the door. I knew it wasn't Devon. Man I wish I would have said something different. Sidney came in and sat on my bed.

“How are they?” She asked me about the shots.

“They're actually really good.” I say and as I'm scanning quickly through the photos, I catch on a close-up of Devon and I, our lips parted and mere centimetres from eachother and our eyes filled with want and need for one another. A surge of sadness overtook me. “Here, take my seat and look at them.” I get up and go lay on my bed with my arms crossed behind my head.

“You know, she really likes you big brother.” Sidney looked over her shoulder in my direction.

“Yeah.” I tell her.

“Can I ask you something?” She turns so she's facing me completely. I nodded. “I know there's something going on between you two. You can try and deny it, you can try and fight me on it but you can't fake that.” She finishes with pointing out the same shot that made me leave my desk earlier.

“But we can't. What if?” I started.

“Like you've told me before; if you live with what ifs you'll never get anywhere. It's obvious that even if I were to have a tantrum in front of you two because I was jealous you guys got along and I missed hanging out with my best friend, that you guys would find a way to be alone together.” I looked at her slightly shocked. She knew everything. “Devon told me just now. She's really upset. She thought you were different. You do know that you're the only one she thinks of in that way, right?” I felt a blush coming on. She got up and gave me a quick squeeze to the shoulder with her hand before heading for the hallway. “You need to show her she can trust you like she thought she could. She'll take you back. You fuck this up and I'll kill you in your sleep.” And with that, my beautiful imaginative little sister left my room as I smiled at her dark humour.

Devon's POV-

I can't believe that I told Sidney everything. She agreed to leave me alone for a bit with my thoughts. I knew she was most likely going to check up on her brother. I couldn't blame her honestly. I got up, grabbed a towel and my swimsuit and headed for the pool. Perhaps a swim would help me cool my jets a little. Water always calmed me. I headed for the cabana to change.

I was swimming laps when I noticed Shane come out. I chose to ignore him until I was done my fifteen laps. I climbed out of the pool and headed to the chair next to Shane to grab my towel and dry myself up. I had subconsciously decided to hear him out. I found myself hoping that Sidney hadn't torn him a new one while I was out here.

“I'm sorry.” He said. I huffed in response. “I didn't mean it that way. I only said it because it's what I thought you wanted to hear.” I looked him in the eye. He was being sincere, that, I could tell.

“Then why did you say it if you didn't mean it?” I paused. “I get that's what you thought I wanted to hear but you should know by now that whether it’s something I want to hear or not, I want the truth.” I held his gaze. “So what is the truth Shane?” I asked him.

“Dev...” He began. “I...” He pauses and takes a deep breath and decides to try again. “I want to be with you but...”

“But?” And my temper gets the better of me again and I throw my towel down onto my chair and turn around to head back for the cabana. “There's always a ‘but’ isn't there?” I mumble out loud but to myself and then I hear a snapping and feel a massive pinching pain on my butt. Oh no you didn't! I turned and found myself staring into blazing eyes and a red face as my butt stung from him whipping my towel at it.

“Would you get off your damn high horse and let me finish woman!” I heard his voice thundering. He walked up to me and kissed me hard. When my weight began to shift and I thought my knees would buckle, he let me down onto a lounging chair. “If you would have let me speak, you would have heard that I want to be with you but I was worried that it would be too soon after, you know. Maybe I'm right.” And he turned on his heels and walked back in to the house.

I had chosen to stay by the pool and ponder after that assault on my senses by Shane. I wasn't quite sure if I wanted to see him face-to-face yet without knowing what I wanted to tell him. The sane person in me wanted to rush to him and curl up in his arms, the damaged person wanted to cower, forget anything ever happened and never trust anyone again; so I settled for the middle. I stayed away despite it broke my heart not to let him know that I had forgiven him. After all, he did act with my best interest at heart even though he neglected to tell me about his true feelings.

That night, I lay in bed awake. I couldn't sleep; it bugged me that I hadn't resolved my feelings with Shane. Now, it was too late for today. If I kept tossing and turning, I'd wake up Sidney and then there would be another cranky person to deal with in the morning. I decided to get up and fetch a glass of water from the bathroom. I sat there, looking at myself in the mirror. I heard a rustling coming from Shane's bedroom. He must be having a hard time sleeping. I set my glass down on the counter and quietly walked to the door adjoining his room and listened. I heard more moving. For a moment, I stood there, with my forehead pressed against his door, listening but mostly, debating if I should sneak in and crawl into his bed so I could feel his arms around me. As I began convincing myself that it was a bad idea, the door opened and I found myself staring into Shane's sad face. Oh God was I ever stupid.

“I need you.” He tells me, pulling me into his room and closing the door to the bathroom. He backs me up to the door slowly, holding onto my hips and presses his forehead against mine. He let a sigh, filled with the same desperation I was filled with. I put my hands on his bare chest and arched my head up so I could reassure him with a quick kiss. I pulled myself away from between him and the door and grabbed his hand as I pulled him to his bed. I turn to face him again.

“I need you too.” I tell him as I get under his bed covers and hold them up for him. He stood there for a few seconds longer than I liked him to but he eventually crawled on in, overtop of me so he could have his back to the wall. But I stopped him as he hovered above me with my hands on his hips and I pulled him onto me by using his pyjama pants' waist band as leverage. He looked at me with a look of danger flashing through his eyes. He let himself be lowered as I made room for him between my legs. He hovered above my face, trying to read me.

“I'm scared.” He whispered. I ran a hand up his side gingerly teasing his skin with my fingertips and I saw his eyes glaze over with desire.

“Of what?” I ask him maintaining his gaze.

“Of moving to fast for you. Of hurting you. Shit Dev... You've been through so much.” He tells me.

“Shut up.” I tell him and kiss him hard. His lips followed mine back down to my pillow. “Just kiss me like you did earlier in the park.” And I kissed him again. “Just hold me.” Another kiss… “I need you like this.” I whispered against his lips before he broke the distance between us this time. My body shivered under his as his lips begged mine to allow his tongue entrance. I moaned as I tasted his warmth caressing my tongue. My back arched as I tried to push my body further into his. His hands sent waves of searing heat up my spine. My head was in a fog and I found myself wishing I could stay here forever. As soon as I thought this, I felt his manly bulge grow hard against me, begging to be unleashed. I caught myself moaning in delight as he pulled his wonderfully generous lips away and buried his head in my hair. I felt his warm breath sneak up and out of the bed linens by my collarbone. It raised my sense of desire even higher. I wrapped my arms around his shoulders and nipped his collarbone. I giggled into his shoulder as he groaned.

“You have to stop.” He says as I nip him in the same spot again. “We have to stop or...” He hissed this time as I nipped him slightly harder and smiled against his flushed and heated skin. I gave in and rested my head back into my pillow, drawing circles in the nipped spot with my fingers.

“Or?” I whispered seductively.

“Or I might get lost in you.” He pulls away and looks at me. “Believe me, it's what I want but I can't. It's not fair to you, to me or to us.” And he kisses me tenderly again and pulls away again as he rolls onto his side beside me, pulling me into him. “I don't want us to rush.” I put my fingers on his lips to hush him up.

“It's not like it's my first...” I looked at him and he seemed sad for me. “I understand. I'm not saying I'm ready but I guess, what I'm saying is that I don't want you to be afraid.” I kissed his lips quickly and looked at his reaction. “I have more control over you than you think.” And he laughed huskily.

“Oh you do, do you?” He says and I poke his chest. He rolled back on top of me and kissed my neck this time. I hadn't felt those kisses before. Those sent shivers down to my toes. He nipped my chin and I moaned loudly with my toes curling. He pulled away, knowing what effect he had on me and I swallowed hard. My core was starting to scream for him. “I thought so.” He says as he climbs off of me a second time. He kissed the soft spot under my ear. “Trust me, when I do make love to you, we won't be able to control the outcome, sweetheart.” He tells me seductively, then nips that sensitive skin below my ear and gives me a quick kiss on the lips. “Now, little Miss I've-Got-It-Under-Control, it's time for you and I to sleep.” He tells me as I turn on my side, my face to his chest, I cuddle into him as close as I can get, we entangle our legs and his arms wrap themselves around my body. I kissed his chest as I hugged him. I fell asleep listening to the beating of his heart.

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