My Best Friend Brother

Episode 23

Adam’s POV….
I sneakily open the window to Ariel’s bedroom since it was left unlocked. I take a mental note that I have to start reminding her about that.
She lies on her bed with the cover grazing her chin as she tightly holds onto it.

Her frame is wrapped into a small ball that doesn’t even consume half of the queen’s size bed and her eyes are loosely closed with her kissable lips slightly parted.

I admire her from afar for a few seconds but then decide to slowly approach her.

I slowly lie on to the bed, wrapping my arms softly around her, seeking her warmth.
Immediately, she jumps up in one swift move and already has a baseball bat that I’m almost certain wasn’t next to her bed a minute ago, in her hand as she frantically looks around her bedroom until her eyes land on me and she visibly relaxes.

The bedroom is still fairly dark, making it barely possible to see her now relaxed form.
“Adam!” She whisper-shouts. “What are you doing here?” She asks as she lowers her hand with the bat in it.

She doesn’t give me time to answer as she already begins walking in the direction of the light switch.

She flicks it on as she runs a hand through her hair exhaustedly. She then looks at me expectantly as she waits for an answer.

My eyes roam over her shirtless form as it’s now clear for me to see. Her blue shorts barely reach below her a-s and her lace bra fits perfectly with her C cup b—–s. Her toned stomach and long legs have me a mess as I’m unconsciously licking my lips. Ariel looks at me confusedly until she follows my gaze and her eyes widen.

She lets her a small yelp and scurried across the room quickly to grab the comforter from her bed and swiftly wraps it around her figure.

My eyes quickly snap to hers as I realize that probably makes her feel uncomfortable.
“Do you always sleep like that?” I blurt out before I can stop myself.

“No…” She barely murmurs while looking away. “It was hot so… ” She partially concludes.

I slowly rise from the bed as her eyes watch my every move. I make my way over to her drawer and pull out a T-shirt and sweatpants and hand it to her as she mumbles a small thanks of appreciation.

After I finished turned away so that she can dress, I faced her and embraced her into a hug while burying my head into her neck and groaning. “What are you doing here?” She repeats while awkwardly rubbing my back.
“I can’t sleep…” I mumble against the crook of her neck.

“So you came over here at two in the morning?” She retorts while giggling.
“Hmm.” I hum and then begin to place soft open mouthed kisses onto her delicate skin. “You smell so good,” I mumble and then continue my unfinished task on her skin.

“Hmm.” She m0ans softly as her fingers tangle in my hair.

Just then, we both hear footsteps getting gradually closer to her bedroom door and she quickly pulls away from me.

“Quick, closet!” She whisper-shouts and she tries to push my body into the direction of her closet but fails miserably since I’m twice as big as her. “Go!” She tells me once she realized that she isn’t making progress.

I quickly scurry over to the two closed doors and force myself inside of it.

Through the shutters, I see a small light from the direction of the door and hear muffled talking….. I take in my dark surroundings and then take out my phone and click on the flashlight and dim it very low, just enough to see.

I look around the closet full of clothes and shoes which belonged to Ariel.

I let my eyes roam through a few articles of clothing and my eyes land one particular very, very short dress.

I lift it from among the sea of clothing and examine it closer. It’s a red glittery dress that maybe doesn’t even reach her mid-thigh. It’s low cut and sleeveless with the back exposed.
It’s actually sexy and something that I would love to see Ariel in. Just not in front of anyone else.

I crumple the small cloth that isn’t large enough the be called a dress into my pocket to ensure that she isn’t wearing that out anytime soon.

As I poke around a little more around the closet, I find myself in the far back of the closet.

My eyes widen when I see all of Ariel’s old clothes stuffed behind there in a little corner. Everything from her old long baggy pants and oversized T-shirts to her white sneakers and flip-flops.

Just as I’m about to reach out to pull one of the pieces out, the door flies open to reveal Ariel with a smile on her face.

“Hey, everything good in-” She begins to ask me but her smile disappears when she sees me. “What are you doing all back there?” She asks confusedly.

i quickly off my flashlight so that she’s unable to see the content that I’m currently looking at.
“I just… wanted to look for a better hiding space in case your parents came in here.” I make up a quick lie while I smile at her.
She hesitates for a while but I think she believes me.

“Okay, well come on.” She motions for me to exit with her hand.

I let out a sigh of relief and exit but not before giving one last glance at the back of that mysterious corner and then shutting the door.
“Everything okay?” I ask her to make sure that there aren’t any problems.
“Yeah, everything’s cool.” She states. “You staying here tonight?” She asks as she fluffs her pillow and dusts off her bed.

“Yeah.” I smile at her. She gives me a small nod and lies down on the far left side of her bed, leaving more than enough space for me. “I’ll be back,” I state as I head into the bathroom to the far right of the room. She gives me a hum in response with her eyes closed and I chuckle softly to myself.

I step inside of the lightly aluminated room and rid myself of my shirt and jeans, leaving them neatly folded on top of the sink. I splash water on my face and take a look at myself in the mirror in only my briefs.

‘D–n, I look good,’ I think to myself before laughing lightly and heading back into Ariel’s bedroom.

I step slowly onto the bed, careful not to create too much movement. I rest my head onto the pillow next to her head and pull her swiftly against my chest, not really liking the distance that we previously had. She moves around a little, trying to get comfortable before using my hand as her pillow and snuggling closely to it.
“Goodnight, baby,” I whispered as I kiss her head.

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I keep my hand tightly situated around Ariel’s waist as we walk through the school halls, much to her dismay. The immature and noisy students begin whispering rumors about us without even trying to hide it.

I ignore their burning gaze and focus my attention on Ariel as we reach her locker. She presses her back against the cold metal and grips her books tightly against her chest as I prop my hand above her head. “Okay, remember that-” I begin as I point a finger at her but she cuts me off. “Yes, Adam. To call you if anyone troubles me.” She rolls her eyes playfully.
“And to-” I start off again. “Stay in front of my classroom at the beginning of lunch.” She continues. I smile victoriously as she remembers what I told her this morning before she left. I mean, how could she forget? I drilled it into her memory every 2 minutes.

She shakes her head at me and begins to shoo me off to the direction of class. I ignore her while leaning in give her a kiss, not giving two shits about the murmurs that are heard around us. However, that one annoying voice catches my attention which makes me reluctantly pull away from Ariel and step back.

“Well, aren’t you two the cutest.” Elle screeches in an annoyingly high pitched voice as she, along with her friends, smile sarcastically.
“Why must the Lord torture me this way?” I mumbled loud enough for everyone to hear as I run my hands down my face just around the time that Nick, Bryce and Josh round the corner.
Ariel leans boringly against the locker as if she has absolutely no problem with the presence of Elle as if she isn’t the most annoying creature on earth.

“Awe, you miss me already?” Elle asks as she tilts her head to the side to probably create an innocent effect.

Nick goes up to Ariel, wrapping his arms around her shoulders while glaring at Elle and her puppets and Bryce and Josh stand on either side of me.

“What do you want, Elle?” Ariel asks tiredly as she opens her locker with Nick’s arm still around her.

“I want you to get your ugly a-s from around my man!” She blurts out loudly and we all, except for Ariel, cover our ears from the screeching noise, even her friends.

Ariel closes her locker unfazed, “I’m not in the mood right now, can you insult me later? Tomorrow maybe?” She asks as she runs a hand through her hair.

Elle gasps and we all look at Ariel crazily. She seems so calm about the situation that it’s almost scary. “Look, I gotta go.” She states as she kisses Nick on the cheek and slides out of his arms. She gives Bryce and Josh both hugs and then saunters over to me and pecks me on the lips, ignoring Elle’s presence and demanding words at her to come back but she justs sashays her way to class.