I blinked wearily, and looked around, hoping that I wouldn’t see any of us hurt-or worse, dead. I don’t know what I would do if any thing happened to them.

“Sam? Sammy? Speak to me, are you okay?” I felt someone shaking. I opened my eyes and saw Adonis, looking perfectly fine, except for a cut across his cheek.

“Yeah, jeez, lay off me will ya?” I got up, and brushed myself off. Knowing that Adonis was fully okay, I felt annoyance flow through me.

Adonis laughed, “Typical Sam, ‘Just got shot at, who cares?’” He laughed at his own lame joke. Oh course, I didn’t even attempted to be nice and laugh. I was pissed and trust me, I am not about to let that go unnoticed.

“I TOLD you!” I pointed a finger and poked him in the chest.

“Told me, what?” He looked down at me.

“That dark alleys in New York are dangerous.”

“Well, the crime rates gone down. How was I supposed to know, this random guy would try to rob us.”

“And what was that about, why did you throw yourself at me?” I giggled, hehe, that sounded so perverted.

“Nothing- Sam you’re my sister. I don’t think you’ve quite realized that. I’d do anything for you.” Oh yeah, buddy, I realized the sister thing when I was all going crazy about whether I liked you or not.

“Wait a minute…..where’s Drew?” I felt sick to my stomach as I realized he wasn’t there.

“Shit. Drew?”

A shadow moved out from behind a dirty, green dumpster, located right across from us. I felt my back stiffen and Adonis stiffening next to me, also. Drew moved out from behind the dumpster, his clothes all rumpled and his hair a mess from diving behind the dumpster.

I sighed disgustedly, that coward, he hid while we were being shot at. Ugh.

I’ll give him the benefit of the doubt and say the guy pushed him back there.

“You threw yourself at her? When your about to be shot at you flee, hid, you don’t run towards the guy that holds the gun. Your worry about yourself, not anyone else. it’s human nature, survival of the fittest. Yeah, you probably hate me, but don’t tell me that you wouldn’t do that yourself.

“ I don’t know, I didn’t have the decision to jump behind a dumpster considering I was the one he was shooting at! I appreciate the fact that you’d rather let me die. It really shows me a lot about you. It shows how your selfish and only care about yourself. I can’t believe I even liked you, even if it was only fro a little while. I’m such an idiot. At least Adonis here cared about me enough to stop me from getting killed….wait a second what happened to that guy anyway…” I looked around, after all guys wielding guns don’t just disappear…

“ I think he fled…Sam’s right, Drew, she could have died. How you like that on your conscience? God I need a drink.”

Whoa.

Did Adonis seriously just say he need a drink. As in an alcoholic drink? What happened to the responsible adult Adonis who would never even thinking about underage drinking?!

He started walking away, and I ran to catch up. I had a million questions floating around in my head, but trust me, as much as I frown on this…I was just shot at, okay? I really need a pick-me-up.

He paused, when he got to the car and popped open the trunk. He pulled out a 6 pack of beer, and handed one to me, and opened one for himself. He chugged his down and reached for a second.

I personally can say I don’t this side of Adonis, in fact it kind of scared me.

I looked down at my own bottle.

What the heck.

I threw the rest back, and I already felt dizzy, and willing to do anything.

Adonis, meanwhile, was trying to get a bunch of thoughts out of his head.

I almost lost her. I don’t know what I would have done if I did…stupid Drew doesn’t see what kind of a person she is. He doesn’t deserve him. She deserves someone like me. She deserves me. What am I saying….this is Sam we’re talking about, she’s my stepsister for god’s sake. It’s just so wrong. So wrong…wrong…but yet….it feels…right….

Adonis looked straight at me, and we stared into each others eyes awkwardly for a second. God he has pretty eyes…I just wanna kiss him….

Of course being under the influence of alcohol, I thought it was a pretty good idea.

So I did it.

I leaned in a kissed Adonis right on the lips, and I could feel his body stiffen and then relax as he began to kiss me back. I opened my eyes in surprise, and smiled. I felt my nerves tingle and forgot everything bad that had happened. It was as if time had frozen, and when we broke apart I felt my stomach drop.

“Uh..um..we shouldn’t ha- it was wrong…I’m sorry.” Adonis stuttered, sheepishly.

“Don’t apologize. I’m been wanting to do that for a while now.” Shut up, Sam! No, no, no! Don’t admit that you’ve been crushing on your stepbrother and wanted to kiss him. The only reason he kissed you back is probably all that beer. No, no. This was a big mistake.

And, yes, ladies and gentlemen, the big, tough Sam, broke down in tears. Over a guy.

Adonis sat down in the backseat, and drew me near him. I scooted in next to him and laid my head on his shoulder.

“Shh. It’s okay, I’m sorry I didn’t mean to upset you.” He may not be showing it, but I can tell Adonis is a bit frightened that I broke down into tears.

We stay in that position for a while, until we were both fast asleep, Adonis’s arms around me.

Note to self: No alcohol….for a very long time.

Author's Note: Wow, it's been a while...sorry about the sucky-ness of the past few chapter, i'm thinking of rewriting them, because reading back on some of the other chapters i can see a dramatic difference...so i'll try to do better. I really want to thank you for reviewing, it really keeps me inspired. Summer is finally here, which mean i'll have a lot more time to write, when i'm not playing DDR with my friend or learning how to ride a bike. Yes, i am 13 and do not know how to ride a bike..so far i can ride straight for two minutes and then i promptly hit the curb (i'm a seriously clumsy person) So, i think that Adonis and Sam are getting closer and closer and it's getting harder for them to control their feelings, but what's gonna happen now that they kissed. And what happened to Drew...