chapter 5

Evan's POV

"Evan, please open the door," Samantha whined as Waeland laughed behind the locked door.

"No. I'm not letting you in so you can play dress up with me," I said, crossing my arms.

Jeez, these people are so irritable. Honestly, Samantha is probably more annoying than Waeland at this point. At least he isn't trying to dress me up like some Ken doll.

"Evan, it's not that bad, the rest of us guys had to do it, too. I swear it's not as bad as you're acting like." Waeland said through the door.

Oh, never mind. If he wants to dress me up, too, then he's just as bad as Samantha.

I sighed and shook my head. "If you think I'm going to just let you guys dress me up without a fight, then you don't know me," I swear, if they don't drop this, I'll just stay locked up in here the whole week. I don't mind, I brought snacks and water, I'll be fine.

"Well, we could get to know better if you came out of there," Samantha said in a sing-song voice and I sighed.

"C'mon Evan, I promise I'll protect you if you come out," Waeland told me and I blushed a bit. Luckily no one is in the room right now.

"I don't need your slow ass to protect me," I said, trying to insult him and hide my blush. Yeah, that's right, I'm faster than him. Unless he was holding out on me on our date... Nope. I'm faster.

I heard Waeland chuckle and I pouted. Is this guy fazed by anything? Probably not. He's a weirdo.

Oh, wait, he becomes silent when I told him we weren't going out...

"Well, I'll protect my little Evan anyways. So come out, I promise I won't let them dress you up. Deal?" Waeland said and I thought about it. Wait, did he just call me little?

"Promise?" I asked, still skeptical of him and the she-wolf behind the closed door.

"Promise," Waeland assured me and I got up and walked over to the door before opening it.

"Deal," I said, now looking at Waeland face-to-face.

"You're so boring Evan," Samantha said with a sigh as she trotted away with her head hanging down.

I think she meant to make me feel bad... But I don't. Does that make me heartless?

"Hey, I don't think you're boring," Waeland said as he wrapped an arm around my waist and I looked at him with a raised brow.

"What do you think you're doing?" I asked and he just inched closer, but I couldn't find the will to pull away.

"I don't know, what do you think I'm doing..." He mumbled as his lips barely brushed against mine, making my cheeks heat up a bit from his closeness.

Honestly, right now, I'm kind of tempted to kiss those perfect lips of his... But I can't give in to him. Not this easily, at least not again. No matter how much I want to...

"I think you're getting way too close to me for just being my friend," I say, pulling away from Waeland before I wasn't able to.

"Then let's be more than just friends." Waeland teased and I rolled my eyes and shook my head in response.

"Hey guys, let's go on a hike or something, it's so boring to just stay in here! We did come here for a reason, right?" Some girl said as she came around the corner, crossing her arms at Waeland. Oh, I'm pretty sure I know her. If my memory is correct her name's Kylee. I'm glad I pulled away from Waeland now, she's the one that was jealous when Waeland forced me to sit at their lunch table.

I don't feel like dealing with a whiny chick right now. I just dealt with Samantha a few minutes ago.

"Yeah, sure, you go ahead and get everyone and we'll meet you guys outside," Waeland said with a smile, and Kylee smiled back a bit too brightly and nodded before going to get everyone else.

"Why don't we just go now?" I ask, crossing my arms.

"Because, I want to do this first," Waeland said and before I could ask, I felt Waeland press his lips against mine in a gentle kiss.

I was surprised at first and I knew I should have pulled away like I did earlier, but I just couldn't. Instead, I found myself kissing him back.

After a short moment, Waeland pulled away. "How about now?" He mumbled with a small smirk on his face.

Manipulating me with my body... The asshole.

"I'll think about it... Let's go." I said, walking away from him, trying to hide the blush that started to creep back onto my cheeks.

I hate Waeland sometimes, he has too much control over me now. I think about him most of the time, and a simple kiss from him can make me think about changing my mind. But at the same time, I like it. I like the way he makes me feel. Even though I probably shouldn't.

I sighed and shook my head. I'm so confused. Maybe I should talk to my dad about it... No, I shouldn't, he may not understand and I don't want to accidentally slip up and say that Waeland may potentially become my stepbrother. As long as the wedding goes through anyways. But knowing my mother, it might not, but then again, the man is rich and that's the whole reason she left my dad. Because he didn't make enough money for her. She wanted the best of everything, and my dad couldn't afford that.

Great, I'm getting off track again...

"Evan, pick up the pace, I thought I was the slow one, right?" Waeland chuckled, bringing me out of my thoughts.

I shook my head and started walking faster towards the small group of people outside. Which most of them I didn't like very much.

Samantha is okay, annoying at times, but okay. Garret, I don't like very much and I have a very good reason for that. Jonah doesn't seem too bad, but I'm not taking any chances. Jenna is more like Garret so I'd rather not hang around her. Kylee is always jealous when I'm around Waeland, so that gets kind of irritating. And then there's Waeland... Waeland is just, Waeland.

"You two are both slow." Garret said, "we almost left without you."

"You'd be doing me a favor..." I mumbled and that made Samantha giggle.

"You don't mean that Evan, C'mon, let's go," Samantha said, grabbing my arm as she leads me away into the patch of woods that surrounded the house. I sighed, this is the start of a long day, no, a long week.

Maybe if it was just Waeland and it would be a lot more fun. Then at least I'd be around someone I like. Even if he's here now, it just feels weird with all these other people that I don't know.

Yes, I've known Samantha for about week now, and she's not that bad. But I still prefer to not be around that many people and if I had to choose between Waeland and Samantha, I think I'd choose Waeland. Just as long as he promised to not jump me. Which I don't think he'll promise.

Finally, Samantha let go of me as soon as she saw a bunny.

"Guys! Help me catch it!" She gasped, chasing after the bunny and Kylee and Garret followed her.

So that just leaves Waeland, Jenna, and Jonah. Those two are fairly quiet, I can deal with them.

"Samantha and Kylee have too much energy," Jenna said, shaking her head and Jonah nodded in agreement.

"Well, they are cheerleaders, so it makes sense to me," Waeland said with a small laugh. I really like his laugh, something about it just makes me almost want to smile. Almost.

"Cheerleaders or not, they're hyper," Jonah said and I just listened, and kept walking through the trees that started to seem to get closer to together.

"Do you think they'll come back to us or just meet us back at the house?" Jenna asked and Waeland answered.

"Probably the house, cause I'm sure once they don't find that rabbit, Samantha or Kylee will see a bird or butterfly." Waeland shook his head with a smile and Jenna and Jonah laughed.

Somehow I don't get their sense of humor. And I don't think I ever will.

"Evan, you still don't say much, do you?" Jonah asked and I shook my head.

"No, not really. I don't have that much to say." I said with a small shrug.

"But you have a lot to say to Waeland apparently. I've seen you guys talking a lot. Do you not like us?" Jenna asked, giving a small, fake pout. Somehow Waeland's pouts are more effective.

"Not really," I said bluntly and Jenna gasped in offense and Waeland and Jonah just laughed.

"Damn, you're brutally honest aren't you?" Jonah asked, still laughing.

"I guess," I shrugged and Waeland patted my shoulder.

"Don't worry guys, he just doesn't like anyone at first, but he likes me now, isn't that right, Evan?" He asked, giving me a big bright smile.

"Shut up.," I mumbled and looked away from his attractive, yet annoying face.

"Aww, he's just shy," Waeland told his friends with a nod and I just rolled my eyes.

I hope I'm still sane by the end of this week.

A/N: Hello everyone! I hope you like this chapter, and that you all are having a great day! Thank you all for all the comments and votes 😊 they really make me happy and have the urge to write more. Also, thank you to everyone who's been correcting my mistakes, it makes editing a lot easier, so I want to let you all know I appreciate that. Also, I'm changing my update day back to Tuesday. I like Tuesday. Alrighty, see you guys later and thank you all for reading ❤