-Laura's POV-

The next morning, I woke up exhausted. I didn't want to get up but I knew I had to. Everyone was going to the park to let off some wedding stress steam. It was already one in the afternoon and as tempting as lying in bed for the rest of my life sounded I knew I couldn't. I quickly changed and headed over to Demi's since my brother Garret had obviously left without me.

Demi was in her room throwing clothes up in the air. "Hey Laura."

"Hey," I jumped on her cluttered bed.

"Soooo," she asked curiously while getting closer to me. "Did you enjoy the wedding?"

"Yeah, up until Ben came over to talk to me."

"What!" She hopped on the bed beside me. "No. What happened?"

I trusted Demi. She was the only person that knew about me and Chris so why not continue the story. I told her every last detail from the moment Ben walked back into my life to last night fighting with Chris.

She was anxiously soaking up every word I was telling her. "Oh wow Laura."

"I think I need a vacation."

Demi leaned back until her head restlessly hit the pillow, dramatically. "I can't believe everything you've been through."

Yeah, me either.

"So what are you going to do about Ben? Do you still have any feelings for him? Is there any chance you'll forgive him and take him back?"

My head began pounding again with the bombarding of questions. I had asked those very questions myself last night before I fell asleep.

"If he had just kissed her it would have been different for me. Ben actually slept with her. He cheated and he didn't tell me about it. I don't even think he felt guilty about it."

"He does now and I'm sure he did then. I remember you two back then. He loved you."

Demi was not a fan of Ben's so I was surprised she was sticking up for him.

"We're human we make mistakes but that doesn't mean you need to live with his. You have a choice."

She was so wise sometimes. "Ok philosopher, even if I did want to go back to him how could I after what I and Chris have done?"

"It would definitely be weird. How do you really feel about Chris?"

Not even I could explain that to her. I wasn't sure how I felt about Chris.

"I personally think there's something wild but very good happening between the two of you."

I rolled my eyes. "Nothing good can come from the two of us."

"Laura he cares about you."

I pushed myself off the bed. Standing always made me feel like I had better handle on things. "I think you need to get your eyes checked."

She titled her head and scrunched her face. "You are in total denial Laura Gale Brown. Chris went after you...after you confessed. He followed you home to see if you were okay. Then, then," she stumbled to get the right words. "Then he rescued you from Ben. Sadly, Chris is in just as much denial as you are. Laura, come on. You have got to see that maybe Chris isn't as bad as he tries to make himself seem."

She did have some good points. It was true we were both extremely stubborn.

"Maybe you're right."

Demi clapped her hands together. "This is more exciting than soap opera. When you two have babies you must name one after me?"

I took the closest item of clothing and threw it at her. She blocked it easily and laughed.

-Chris' POV-

I was debating on whether to go or not. The park did not sound appealing in the least especially after the long wedding night. This little get together was supposed to be a stress reliever from the drama packed wedding planning we've been through the last few days. I wasn't exactly sure who all was coming but for some reason I was finding myself hoping Laura would show up. I rode over with Clark since I crashed in his room. He seemed pretty excited about hanging out with everyone. I guess that was just the way he had always been; a social butterfly.

I wasn't sure if Ben was going to show up. Ever since I found out why he and Laura broke up I just haven't been able to look at him the same. Why didn't he just tell me? Yes, I was sure he was ashamed to admit he cheated on her but at least it would have been the truth. I wouldn't have judged him. We were like brothers. I had told him plenty of my not so proud moments.

The park was already filled with many familiar faces. It seemed like everyone came regardless of how tired they were. From the corner of my eyes I also saw Ben talking to Aaron.

When we felt like everyone was accounted for we decided to start the games. First game; football. Garret and Aaron were captains; picking off people one by one. I happened to be Aaron's first pick. I was a natural athlete and played soccer and some football in high school. When Garret called off his sister's name I felt compelled to look at her. Laura stood next to her brother and I wondered if she was any good at sports.

Yes, this was good. Since she was on the opposite team that meant I could tackle her all I want. This was going to be a very fun game. It started off slow at first but eventually everyone got really competitive. The guys were all over the place trying to score a goal while most of the girls fooled around.

I kept a close eye on Laura. She was surprisingly trying to play. She actually knew how to play and was a decent player. So when I had the opportunity to take her down I took it. I raced towards her from behind and tackled her to the ground. It was a rough landing but I did my best not to hurt her...much. She grunted underneath me.

I had the widest grin on my face when she opened her eyes to see the culprit who brought her to the ground. She narrowed her eyes at me and I chuckled.

"Sorry pumpkin. I couldn't exactly let you score a goal, now could I?"

Laura forced her head up so her lips were at my ear. "But you've let me score before...with you."

My grin turned into a devilish smirk. "Oh baby, that's because you let me return the favor."

That seemed to set her off. Laura shoved me off and got up. "We'll see about that."

The game lasted another hour and by the end we were all limp as wet noodles. I was talking to Aaron when I saw Laura heading back towards the playing field. She was looking around like she had lost something. As soon as she walked into the patch of wood trees towards the edge of the field I knew I had to follow. I went the direction I saw her go through and very quickly found her. She didn't hear me which was the best advantage ever.

I grabbed her from behind and felt her jump in panic.

"You shouldn't wander off alone," I whispered into her ear and I felt her relax in my arms a few seconds later. "You never know what's out here."

"Thanks for the concern but I can take care of myself. Want me to show you how?"

Laura got up on her tippy toes and gently but teasingly gave me a soft lingering kiss. It was only a distraction and I was stupid enough to fall for it. Laura kneed me in the balls and I fell to my knees like a dumbass.

She started walking away with no remorse. I guess I kind of deserved that. I grabbed her left ankle last minute and yanked her to the ground with me. Her body smacked against the cool earth but her arms controlled most of the fall like she might have anticipated I'd take her down with me.

I crawled on top of her, placing all my weight on her so that I could keep her prisoner.

"If killing wasn't a sin you'd be the first on my list." She promised.

I believed her vicious tone. My mission was to change her mind. "And here I thought you were growing a fondness for me."

"That quickly demolished last night."

Ah yes last night. I had mixed emotions. There was something growing between us in our strange hatred for each other. I wasn't ready to admit anything because I wasn't sure what to admit. I hated her for reasons I couldn't reveal but I was noticing there was a distinctness developing. I couldn't just hate her anymore.

"But we were doing so well hating each other sweetly. Why try and change it?"

Her dark brown eyes concerted to hurt me. "Do I have idiot written across my forehead?"

I wanted to tame her mouth in that very instant but she needed to say her part first.

"Were you expecting me to get back with Ben and still continue releasing our sexual frustrations on each other? You really do think I'm a whore, don't you?"

I wanted to lite her fire. "If the shoe fits."

And that did it. She might have had Ben fooled about her purity but there was no way this promiscuous girl was a virgin.

Laura struggled violently to shove me off but I had her completely under my mercy. She wasn't going anywhere.

"Ahhh," she screamed. "You disgusting prick-"

I devoured her sultry lips to end the insults that I had technically started. She tasted sweeter than the poison drawing her to me.

"Fuc-" she whispered onto my lips but again I wouldn't let her finish.

"I'd like that too. Should we try my bed this time?" I went down to her neck and sucked her skin, knowing very well it would drive her crazy. Laura's hands went up my spine and her fingers tangled themselves into my hair.

She pulled on my hair forcing my head back. I'd be lying if I said I didn't like the gripping pain.

"I'm not getting back with Ben and I'm not going to continue indulging this messed up fantasy of yours."

She gradually loosed her grip. I smirked kissing the soft skin at the crook of her neck. "We both know it's your fantasy too."

"Is that what you think?" Her nails clawed heavenly deep across my back.

"You're not a very good liar cupcake." I snuck my hand down and in between our bodies. I rubbed my fingers in circular motions over the jeans of her vaginal area. "I bet you scream my name out in your dreams."

She wiggled a bit to no avail. "Actually you got it the other way around."

"Unlikely." I spoke confidently which intrigued the challenge in her eyes.

"Shall we make a bet?"

I liked where this was going. I also liked where her hand was going, straight to my ass. She pulled my hips into her to the point my dick was fully covered by her crotch.

I didn't think she had this kind of forwardness in her. I thought she was a good girl but I liked this surprise. Laura thrust against my groin slowly and sensually. She was building me up and unfortunately I was growing impatient.

I sat up pulling her up with me and attacked her lips. "What do I get if I win?"

"What do you want?"

We were both panting as our bodies were heating up to reach a climax.

"You," but I needed to clarify. "I want your body. I want to finish what we always start."

She paused for a moment, her fingertips played with my jaw. She wasn't going to go for it.

"Fine, but if I win it ends with that."

I couldn't believe what she was agreeing to. She hardly gave me time to wrap my head around it either. Laura straddled me and resumed grinding on top of me. The slow movements were doing more to my dick then I expected it to. She bit my bottom lip. I winced before I tasted the blood. She knew how I liked it.

"Say my name." Her voice commanded.

"You're going to have to do better than that."

Laura shoved my chest back against the ground as she took full control of the situation. She started to speed up her rhythmic thrusting. I wasn't opposed to this very amusing dry humping but I was ready for the real thing and so was my throbbing dick. I was ready to have her naked body beneath me, yelling out my name in ecstasy.

Her hands slithered under my shirt and she carved the ripples of my abs. She pulled my shirt up higher and leaned over to trail kisses over my stomach and chest.

"Come on baby, say it."

I chuckled. "Nah, I'm good."

I gripped her hips and encouraged her riding. I rubbed her deeper and faster against my groin. I slid by hands over her ass and squeezed her voluptuous cheeks. When she arched her back I knew I was winning.

"Are you wet yet?"

She bit her lip. "There's only one way for you to find out."

Was that an invitation? I was thoroughly enjoying this new Laura. I got to her zipper but before I could pull it down she stopped me.

"I hear someone coming." She was genuinely panicked.

"Are you forfeiting?"

She was pushing herself off me. "I'm serious."

I wanted to pull her back down but now I was hearing the sound of footsteps too.

"I was winning." I had her so close.

She raised a brow before grazing her hand over my erection. "Doesn't look like it."

The shuffling of leaves came close then out of nowhere Ben walked into our view.

His stern expression fell from me to her then back to me. "We've been looking for you guys."

"I was trying to make a phone call." Laura crossed her arms over her chest, knowing she didn't owe him an explanation.

"And you needed assistance?"

Ben dropped his gaze to my slight bulge. Damn it. I had no time to conceal it.

She shook her head laughing while closing in on him. "Oh yeah. He assisted my vagina while my mouth was occupied on the phone."

My mouth literally dropped. Neither Ben nor I would have ever expected her to say something so vulgar like that.

Ben looked sickened with outrage. His eyes even began to twitch. "He's the reason why you can't give me another chance."

"Go ahead. Call it like it is. You said it before. What am I?" Laura had these infectious and unhealthy feelings bottled up inside. She wanted to be free of them. "Go ahead accuse me of being a whore. You're good at that. You're good a playing the victim. Make me out as the bad guy to make your actions justified."

"I'm not accusing you of anything." He bit his tongue. He didn't believe her or he didn't want to believe her.

He would never think I could betray him or that she would go for me.

"Coward." She brushed past him and he followed like a wounded puppy. "You told Chris I was a slut."

He desperately wanted her back.

"What can I do to fix this? What can I say? I'm sorry Laura. I miss you. I miss us."

When she didn't answer him he pulled her arm and forced her to turn around. I would have interfered but Laura seemed capable to handle him. I might have already started her fire. Ben was caught in the crossfire and she was ready to hit something.

"It's never going to happen. I can't trust you."

That wasn't all. I knew it was also about me.

Ben's hand went up to her cheek but she pulled away. "Don't touch me."

"I love you Laura. I never stopped loving you." His declaration drew confused lines across her forehead. "I've been through hell without you because you were like my sun."

Laura shut her eyes and a part of me wondered if she was really falling for his crap story.

His hand again reached for her cheek and she didn't pull back this time. Why did I feel a small twinge of anger?

Ben leaned in placing a kiss on Laura's cheek. Her eyes were still shut so I couldn't make out what was going on through her head.

"Tell me Laura," Ben taunted. "Is Chris a better kisser than me?"

Laura's eyes darkened before she shoved him back. "NO! No. You don't get to do this." She beat against his chest.

Ben didn't even try to stop her.

"You hurt me remember. YOU! You chose her, over ME. You made your decision and that didn't involve me in your future. So you don't have a say in any of this or my life." She was fully loaded and surprisingly Ben stayed as calm as possible.

"Laura I made one of the biggest mistakes of my life cheating on you. I've regretted it ever since. I was so stupid but doing that made me realize how much I love you. I love you so damn much that it hurts."

Her cold expression was slowly melting to a more compassionate one. Was she falling for it? Was she actually going to take him back? That was his plan wasn't it, to get her back. Was I supposed to be happy for him, for my cousin?

Laura looked torn. "If you would have said those words to me a few months ago I would have melted into your arms...but things have changed."

Ben looked confused but determined to figure out what she was talking about. "Laura we were perfect for each other. Don't do this. We can still be together. I promise I will never keep anything from you."

I even believed that last part. I don't think Ben had ever loved anyone before. So saying it now made it more real.

Laura shook her head almost like she wanted to cry. "No we can't. I can't."

Ben wanted to ask what she meant but then he figured it out and turned to look at me. I had changed things.

Ben's dangerous eyes questioned the unethical reason for my presence. "So you choose him over me."

"Don't be ridiculous Chris and I are nothing. That would be more doomed than we are." Laura walked out of sight.

But did she mean that?

"What happened between you two?" Ben shouted in my direction.

"What do you think?" I wasn't going to confirm or deny.

He started laughing again. It was that twisted laugh that made no sense what's so ever and all it did was make that person look more crazy and unstable.

"All I know is that the girl I love won't take me back and everything seems to be pointing to you."

I might have agreed with him if it wasn't for that slight problem. "Me? Man she was right. You do enjoy playing the victim. YOU wouldn't be in this situation if YOU hadn't of messed up in the first place."

Ben clinched his jaw and zoned his way towards me. "Maybe if you hadn't put the moves on my Ex I wouldn't feel the need to kick your ass."

"Don't even try blaming me. All you had to do was apologize. It's your fault you lost her not mine."

Ben flared up and tugged on my shirt to shake me around. "You're my cousin, my brother for a lack of better words, how could you do this to me? She was mine!"

I grabbed his hands and shoved him back. "But you're mistaken COUSIN she wasn't yours anymore. You told me you hated her and wanted nothing to do with her."

Ben raised his fist and aimed for my face. I didn't see it in time so I got knocked over by the blow. Damn that was hard.

"That doesn't give you the right to move in on her."

Now I was pissed. I got up quickly and rammed my knuckled fist to his strained jaw. A cheek for a cheek. "You don't even know if I have. You're just assuming shit."

Ben groaned, straightening up. "Then tell me you haven't touched her."

"The fact that you have to ask means something."

I walked away. I couldn't tell him. He doubted my loyalty anyway. What more could I do? I felt like shit either way. I felt shitty treating Laura the way I did and I felt shitty for making Ben doubt me.

I took out my keys and headed for my car. I saw Clark and shouted, "Where's Laura?"

He shrugged his shoulders and pointed in a random direction. Some help he was. I got into my car and slowly drove around till I saw her walking towards her car with Demi.

"Laura, get in."

She hated when I told her what to do.

"No."

"Get in." I roared. I was not in the mood.

She glanced at me and I was hoping she'd understand where I was coming from. Then she tossed her keys to Demi before getting in.

The car ride was quiet. I didn't even have the courage to open my mouth. What exactly did she admit to back there? So I changed things. How? For what? The better or worse? I drove up to her empty driveway. I was guessing no one was home.

"That was why you drove me home, so we can ride in silence?"

Oh that smartass mouth; the things I wanted to do to that smartass mouth.

"Not exactly." I wasn't sure what I intended.

"What did you tell Ben?" She didn't even look at me as she asked.

"Nothing much. He's just assuming." Which he had a right to.

"He'll get over it. You'll go back home and this never happened."

So that was going to be her story? Was she really okay with that? I couldn't read her. Was she mad?

"Goodbye Chris, have a nice life." She wasn't showing any emotion.

It was kind of strange. Usually she would be pissed or sad or I don't know...something. Was she deliberately hiding her feelings from me? Was this how she wanted to end things?

I wasn't sure how to approach her. Because what I really wanted to do was throw her onto a bed and finally get her to scream out my name.

Laura slammed by car door shut. That sounded like a force of aggression. No. I wasn't going to let her get off that easily. I quickly jumped out of the car and sprinted towards the house. She was already inside, ready to close the front door. I stopped her with my shoe and she backed away to let me come in. Her jaw clinched from annoyance.

"What?" Her attitude was turning me on.

"Do you still love him?"

I wasn't sure why I blurted that out. Why did I care?

"Does it matter? Would that even stop you?"

I shook my head. It wouldn't because in that very moment I wanted her so bad...at least physically. I pulled her into my arms and pressed her back into the wall. I felt a faint struggle but eventually she matched my own urgency with a kiss.

I bent over to grip her thick thighs and lifted her ass off the ground. Her cheeks fit so perfectly into my hands. I truly enjoyed and appreciated full figured women. Laura twisted her legs around me like a pretzel just as I intended her to.

Could I make it to her bed? I was fine with the floor. I set her ass on a small table which happened to be in the hall. Our lips never parted it was like neither one of us wanted to break free for air.

I couldn't last any longer so I pulled away to take a deep breath. Laura then did the unthinkable. She tapped the back of my knees with her heels so hard that I fell backwards. She remained steady leaning against the table.

"Get out." She said in full resting bitch face.

"What do you mean? What happened?" I thought she wanted this just as much as I did.

"Do you really think I'd give up my virginity to you when I wouldn't even give it to Ben? Sorry, I have more self-respect then to have you use me for sex."

I dropped my head back. Man, she had me good. "Didn't seem like it."

"You're exactly who I thought you were." Her voice placed judgement on me.

I got up and patronized her with my accusing eyes. "And what are you; holy roller by day, closet sex freak by night?"

"Oh you're mad. Am I the first girl to reject your asshole charm?" In fact, she would be.

"Well now I know why Ben cheated on you. You teased the shit out of his dick but wouldn't let him ride the roller-coaster. Tell me did you at least give him some good head?"

Maybe I did cross a line but I couldn't take it back now. Laura licked her lips but again hid her real emotions. She was surprisingly too calm. Which was starting to make me feel like a dick.

"It was my fault he cheated on me? If you really think that I don't ever want to see you again."

This isn't how I intended things to go. For some reason I couldn't move. I didn't want to. I was such an asshole to her. Yet I couldn't even frame the words to apologize.

"Got out." She said again walking towards the door and opening it for me.

This wasn't supposed to end like this.

I think my pride was too shot down to actually care enough. She really was a tease. It wasn't like I was coming up with lies. I shook my head in disbelief and marched out of her house. I heard the door smack and raddle its hinges. I was surprised she didn't slam it against me.

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Intense? Any thoughts?