Choosing Between My Hot Stepbrother Or His Rival My Bestfriend

Taylor Anderson

I rumbled through my closet as I tried to pick an outfit for the day, it's the first day of a new session in college. I'm anxious and excited at the same time. I'm excited. After all, I hope to make new friends this session, and I am anxious because I know it's going to be another year of watching girls swim around my stepbrother without him noticing or even talking to me.

I'm the typical nerd who's always covered in glasses and baggy clothes all the time. I've lived with my stepbrother for two years and there has never been a day he spoke to me or replied when I talked to him, it's almost as if he hated me and despised the sight of me. He cut me off both at home and in school, nobody knows we are related except for a few of his friends who come around the house.

Two years ago after I lost both of my parents in a car accident, Mr Mayor used to be my father's best friend, he took me in after the accident and that was how I started living with them. The first day I set my eyes on Liam I knew instantly there was no going back, my crush on him started that very moment and my heartbreak started too.

Liam doesn't talk to me, he acts like I don't even exist in the house even when we walk past each other and I greet him, all he does is ignore me and walk away. What feels more heartbreaking is that Liam is my next-door neighbor and I had to endure the unending moans and skin slapping that comes from his room every day from the different girls he mingles with.

Liam has never had a steady girlfriend, all he does is change women like he changes clothes, not until he starts dating beauty. She's from my department and honestly, she deserves her name beauty, she's everything any guy would want in a woman, she has the perfect body and face and I understand why Liam could not let her go, they have been together for some months and I can smell the strong chemistry between them.

I have made up my mind to make friends this semester and try my best to forget about Liam, he never liked me as a sister not to talk of loving me as his lover, for the past two years all my life has revolved around Liam and I promise myself to change it this time, make new friends create new memory and stop loving someone who would never love me back.

Liam's parents are multi-millionaires who travel around the world and never stay at home. It's always Liam and I with his friends. I also want to bring my new friends home and spend time with them too.

I also decided to change my looks, I mean it's not like I don't like my old self, I do it's just that I want to try new things for a change, after rumbling through my closet for close to thirty minutes searching for the perfect outfit that's different from what I used to wear, I finally found a blue rugged jeans and white shirt. I put them on and couldn't help the smile forming on my face when I looked in my full-length mirror and saw how different I looked,

I looked nothing like the previous Taylor that's always on baggy and oversized dresses and jeans. This rugged jeans hugged my body bringing out the tiny curve I have, I could barely recognize myself,

Now it's time for me to change my ponytail, looking in the mirror I slowly loosened the band I used in packing my ponytail and watched as my hair flowed freely, I shook my hair a little bit, swinging it from left to right, I have a blonde hair which soothe my skin color,

I cannot believe how pretty I looked, I took my glasses from the table and wore it on, I can't believe who I'm seeing in the mirror, I hope that with this new look, I can make some friends and create new memories from now on,

I looked at the time and I just have twenty minutes to be in school else I'll be late for my first class, I picked my black handbag and stuffed all the things I would need inside of it before I zipped it up and hang it on my shoulder as I left my room in a hurry,

There was no sign of Liam or his friends downstairs so I assumed they have left, I left the house in a hurry and was surprised to see Liam and his friend about to hop into their cars, they halted immediately they saw me as they all focussed their attention on me staring in shock,

"Shit Taylor is that you!?" One of Liam's friends named Ethan asked with his mouth wide open,

"Damn Taylor you looked so hot and different" Eden added, he's Ethan's twin brother, I slowly looked at Liam, and all he does was stare at my outfit with a cold expression

"Let's leave," He said to his friends, He hopped into his latest BMW, while his friend entered their Ferrari, I stood watching as they drove off. What was I expecting? That he will change after I change myself? I must be a joker. Whatever the case maybe I already planned on moving on from him, so there's no point feeling bad about what he thinks of me,

Oh shit, I don't have much time left, I took off and started running to the nearest bus station, I ran with all my strength and finally I made it in time just when the last bus is about to leave, I hopped into the bus immediately and since there's no space left I have to stand up.

Ten minutes later I was standing in front of the school, I looked at the time and I had just five minutes to be in class. I checked my first class for the day and shit! It was a combined class with Liam, I walked faster as I tried not to be late, I entered the class and was surprised to see that everywhere was already filled up, there was no space. People began to murmur immediately they recognized me as Taylor the nerd.

"Isn't she the nerd?"

"Damn she looked so different"

"Hot is another word for how she looks" They kept on whispering while I eye-searched for an empty seat,

"Hi...?'' I saw someone waving at me through the crowded lecture hall, it was a guy, I've never seen his face before,

"Come sit beside me'' he said with a smiling face, I nodded immediately and walked towards him, but Liam and his girlfriend including his friends were sitting in front of the guy, it's not like I care, I sat beside the guy happily, he has a charming smile

"Thank you for the seat"

"It's nothing, you looked beautiful"

"Thank you, and you look handsome too"

"Ohh really?"

"Hmmm, you have a charming smile and you're handsome too"

"Aww....now I won't forget that till the rest of the day" He muttered dramatically holding his chest while I laughed at his drama

"Can we be friends?" He asked and I was surprised, this is the first time someone is asking to be my friend, I was suddenly happy my wishes were finally happening

"Sure why not"

"I'm Kelly" He introduced himself and extended his hand for a shake

"I'm Taylor" I smile happily shaking his hand

"Can you guys shut the fuck up and stop being noisy?" Liam lashed out in anger, glaring at us, I was surprised and taken aback at the same time, this is the first time Liam is ever talking to me,

"Oh sorry" Kelly apologized,

"What's your department?" Kelly whispered slowly

"Anatomy"

"Shit! We are in the same department" He exclaimed happily

"Are you that excited?" I asked smiling

"Of course, it's good to make a female friend"

The rest of the day passed by with Kelly and I doing everything together and it actually felt good to have a friend you could talk to and do things with, it was finally time for me to go home

"Taylor?"

"Hmmm"

"You know today is the first day of school right?"

"Yes," I replied nodding my head,

"The basketball team always plays a match at the beginning of every semester, can you come watch and cheer for me?"

"Huh? Are you in the basketball?"

"Hmm, I recently transferred to this school, and trust me, I'm a good basketball player, I can't wait to kick some ass and you're my only friend please come support me, please?" He pleaded giving me his cute puppy eyes

Oh no, Liam is the college best basketball player, that means they are going to rival against Kelly's team

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Kelly left for the locker room to change into his sportswear while I left the lecture hall and walked to the basketball court. I sat opposite the cheerleading team while I waited for the match to start. Liam's girlfriend Beauty is part of the cheerleading team, she is seated in the front row waiting for the match to start so she can cheer on her boyfriend and proudly show off to everybody that she's dating Liam.

Liam has always been the hottest and best basketball player in college, now that Kelly is also the best basketball player on the opposite team I'm nervous about which team is going to win, is it Liam or Kelly? I'm definitely going to be supporting Kelly, he's the only person who has walked up to me and asked me to be his friend in all my twenty-one years of living, after all, Liam does not act like we know each other so why would I support him? People will think I'm one of those girls throwing myself at him.

I saw Kelly and his team entering the field followed by Liam and his team too. Kelly's team wore blue sportswear while Liam's team wore white. As soon as Kelly saw me,

"Taylor.....!" He screamed out my name waving his hand as all eyes turned to us including Liam, I became nervous immediately but managed to wave back my hand, my heart skipped immediately as Kelly left the field and ran towards me,

Shit, what is he doing?

He sat beside me with a smiling face while I was nervous cause people's eyes were on us, I'm not used to attention

"Taylor please hug me so I can win," He said with open arms

"Huh....?"

"Please the match is about to start" He pleaded, I slowly looked around and people were still watching us, I pulled closer and engulfed him in a warm hug,

"I promise to win" He whispered into my ear, we pulled away as he ran back to the field, but then I felt a pair of burning gazes at me, and that's when I saw Liam glaring at me from the field, I looked away immediately, am I seeing things or is he actually glaring at me? What did I do to upset him or he didn't want me to be here?

The whistle went off, the match had already started, I must say this is one hell of a tough match as Liam and Kelly are both good players but it was more like they were at war with each other because they kept on bumping shoulders and playing back to back, they were not giving each other time to win.

Liam's girlfriend kept on screaming his name, showing the whole world that they were dating but Liam wasn't responding to her, he was busy playing the match acting like he didn't hear her, maybe he didn't want to be distracted

Kelly was winning so much that I was filled with so much happiness, I suddenly stood up and screamed...

"Go Kelly.......!" The whole audience turned to look at me,

"I love you......!" Kelly replied, blowing kisses at me from the crowd, shocking me, and the whole place erupted with a roar. I was suddenly filled with joy, this was the first time since after my parent's death that somebody is telling me they love me. The match finally ended with Kelly's team emerging as the winner, this is the first time someone beat Liam and his team.

Kelly left the field and started running to me. I was surprised at first but then he lifted me from my seat, swinging me around, while I giggled happily.

"I won Taylor, I made you proud," He said happily swinging me around while I laughed so hard, I didn't know for how long both of us were laughing and giggling at each other but by the time he put me down the whole crowd was staring at us including those that we're taking pictures, I turned and saw Liam frowning in anger,

What's wrong with him? I watched as he left the field in anger with his girlfriend chasing after him

"Did I play well?" Kelly asked smiling brightly

"Yea....I never knew you played so well"

"Thanks for supporting me"

"You're my friend of course I'll support you" I smiled

"Taylor?"

"hmmmm"

"Can I take you home?

"Huh? Home?"

"Hmm, that's a thank you for cheering at me throughout the match"

"Ohh okay, but you need to change first''

"Yes I will go change in the locker room so you wait outside the locker room okay"

"Hmm" I nodded as we both walked to the locker room, I waited outside the locker room while he went inside to go change, I sat on the long bench waiting for Kelly when I sighted Liam. coming out from the locker room with his friend, I looked away hoping they pass peacefully, but Liam stopped before me he glared at me for a few seconds and I don't dare look back, he finally left and I exhaled happily,

Kelly finally came out, I was surprised to see that he owned the same model of car as Liam, he opened the car door for me and I entered while he closed the door and entered through the driver's seat,

"Your home address?" He asked and I typed the directions into his phone as he drove off,

"So do you live with your parents?"

"Nope" I shook my head

"Ohh, aunt?"

"Actually I live with my father's best friend, I lost my parents two years ago"

"I'm sorry for your loss," He said with concern

"It's nothing it's two years ago and I've forgotten about it"

He stopped in front of the mansion and I came down from the car, but then he came down too looking around,

"Is this where you live?"

"Yes" I smile lightly

"Alright I'll pick you up for school tomorrow"

"You will?" I asked with wide eyes and he nodded,

"Thanks"

"See you tomorrow," He said and pulled me closer, hugging me lightly. He pulled away with a smile and entered his car, I stood watching him as he drove home. Finally, I made a new friend, I walked into the mansion with smile but immediately I entered the mansion, I was forcefully pushed to the wall as my back slammed hard on it,

"Ouch.." I winced in pain and looked up to see Liam's angry face staring down at me

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I struggled to catch my breath as Liam looks at me with eyes blazing with fire, he looked angry and pissed making me wonder what's wrong with him, but he was choking me so badly, I could hardly breathe,

"Liam.... what are you... doing?" I stuttered

"Shit!" He cursed and pulled away, he glared harshly at me before going upstairs, I was coughing so badly, the pains from his strong hands still lingered on my neck. I was confused, what happened? Did I offend him in any way, this is the first time Liam has ever gotten so close to me and the first thing he did was choke me in anger,

I massaged my neck to ease the pain as I went up to my room which was next to Liam's, I walked in and went straight to the bathroom a nice bath is what I needed to cool off, I came out of the bathroom, and dried my body after which I changed into something comfy,

I was drying my hair with a towel when the blaring sound of my phone interrupted me, I walked to the bed and picked up my phone, but then I saw it was an unknown number, I slid on the green icon

"Taylor...!" Kelly's Loud voice blared through the speaker, I took the phone away from my ear as my eardrum almost got damaged

"Kelly, do you want to destroy my ear?" I nagged happily, this is the first time that someone called my line apart from Liam's parents who call from time to time to check up on me, Liam didn't even have my line ID.

"No...no...I'm just excited to hear your voice, I could feel the happiness in his voice too

"Hmmm, me too, but how did you get my number?" I asked, my stomach growled showing how hungry I was, I left my room while I'm still on call with Kelly

"About that? I have my ways getting your number wasn't a big deal"

"Why do I feel like you're smirking while saying this?" I asked as I walked downstairs and entered the kitchen but was surprised to see Liam eating bread and jam, I gulped down nervously and ignored him as I walk straight to the fridge to get something to eat

"Oh my world, I can't believe we've known for just one day and you knew me this much already"

"Of course, you're easy to read"

"Just easy? Don't you think you're missing something?"

"Hmm, what could that be?" I asked and took out two eggs from the fridge

"I'm handsome too, don't you think so?"

"Oouuuuu..., someone is being so proud huh?" I teased

"Of course, your best friend is the most handsome basketball player you should be proud of me"

"Of course I'm proud of you Mr handsome"

"That's more like it," He said laughing over the phone, a loud bang landed on the kitchen table making me flinch back in fear, I turned and saw Liam glaring daggers at me

"Uhm Kelly I'll call you back"

"It's everything okay? What's that sound?"

"Don't worry I'll call you back" I said and ended the call

"If you want to talk so loud and flirt with a guy who's not even your boyfriend why didn't you go back to your dead parent's house and do your dirty thing there!" He screamed right to my face piercing my heart with his words,

Tears rolled down my eyes as I watched Liam say shit about me without even caring if his words hurt my feelings. I wipe my tears, I've promised myself not to ever cry because of Liam again.

"Why do you hate me so much Liam? I know I irritate you and you don't like me and that's why all these years I've done my best to stay away from you, I'm in your parent's house Yes! I know, but that does not give you the right to say trash about my parents, you can insult me all you want Liam but keep my dead parent's name out of your lips and if you hate me so much that you can no longer stand me then go and hit your head on the wall cause you're not your parents that keep me in this house" I glared at him before I left the kitchen, I've lost the appetite.

I got back to my room feeling so hurt but at the same time happy that I talked back to Liam without any fear, honestly I don't know what gave me the courage to talk to him in that way, I guess I was so mad when he mentioned my dead parents,

What did I ever do to him? Why does he hate me so much?

He hates it when I talk to him

He hates when am alone

He hates it when I talk to others, why does he choose to hate me so much yet smile at almost everyone in school, does my presence irritate him that much?

Why can't I be good enough to him? I've loved him all these years yet his hatred for me keeps growing stronger every single day. Even when I chose to make friends with others he still hated me, I can't help my tears as they keep pouring. Is it a crime to love Liam?

Whatd oes he really want from me?