The Stepbrother

chapter 3

"And the worst part is that I'm going to have to move to New Jersey for the summer," I mumbled.

She gasped and I could already picture her putting her hand over her chest dramatically,"What! But we always go to either Tahiti, St.Bart's, or The Hampton's every summer!! This year we had to spend the summer at your beach house in Tahiti!!"

l sighed,"I know,but my mom wants me to spend the summer there in hopes that if l really like it l will want to spend the whole year there."

"You can't!"she yelled in her high pitch voice,"I neeeeeed you Serena!!We have never been apart!!"

"i know. I'm just staying for the summer though.That means that Adam will have to start school here."

"He's hot,not gonna lie."she said

l said nothing.Sure I was starting to dislike Adam,but I wanted a hands-off policy for him when he moved here.

Alexis burst out laughing"Kidding Serena!! l know you hate him...right?"

"Yess!!"I said a little too loudly,as Vienna,our maid knocked on our door and said in her thick Russian accent,"Ms.Serena, Mr.Peter and his son are here."

l groaned "Gotta go lexi.The future Mr.LaDolce is here."

"Byeeee Serena!!"she sang"Gooood luck and don't let Adam get to ya!Text me!!"

I chuckled"OK,bye"

l hung up and headed out,and from the top of the staircase I saw Peter kissing my mom and Adam standing there awkwardly,wearing dark jeans and a with button shirt with thin blue vertical lines,with the sleeves rolled up, and sneakers.

Boy,did the guy know how to look good.

"Come on, Serena!"my mom said,pulling me away from my hot future step brother,who I hope didn't catch me drooling over him,"We have to start planning for the wedding!"

Oh yay.

''So I was thinking of the color Emerald,since we're in May,''my mom was saying,''what do you two think,Adam and Serena?"

"Huh?",we both said,looking up from our cell phones.

We had done our very best to avoid each other,but it was very hard when we had to sit on the same tiny sofa in our living room. Our hips should've been touching,but we were both tilting away from each other.

"What do you think of Emerald?"she asked again.

"lt's nice"I mumbled,while Adam mumbled,"very nice".

"OK then,it's settled!",my mom said excitedly,"now we have to go buy a dress for you at Louis Vuitton or Bergdorf Goodman,Serena."

"We're buying off the rack?"I asked confused,"We never do that?"

"This is going to be a small ceremony,"Peter said,"simple in the plaza hotel."

''Nothing is simple about the Plaza hotel," Adam murmured

"Adam,Please",Peter scolded lightly.

"sorry",Adam said,not looking up from his phone.

Woah, a simple wedding for Lorena LaDolce?Usually my mom's weddings consisted of renting out extravagant places and with the paparazzi dying to get a picture of the wedding.And my mom's ex's loved the attention.But Peter seemed to want something simple with none of the drama and attention my mom's wedding's usually brought.Hmm maybe Peter wouldn't be so bad after all.

"Lets go then,"my mom said,jumping off the sofa.to me she said,"i told Vienna to start packing up your things already."

l sighed,annoyed and Adam caught that,since he gave me an unhappy look.What the hell was his problem.Jeez.

I had to sit in the back of my mom's Mercedes with Adam.

I looked out the window,feeling Adam's eyes on me every once in a while.

When we got out of the car, I regretted wearing jeans and my ratty sneakers on such a nice day.My mother,as always,was wearing a beautiful black pencil skirt with a red v neck shirt tucked in and her Manolo Blahnik heels.Before going out she tried to convince me to change into a nice dress since we were going shopping at 5th avenue,but nice try mom! It was a miracle she could get me into a dress for those boring socialite parties.

We went into Bergdorf Goodman and I immediatly walked over to a table with a stack of jeans,but my mom grabbed my arm and dragged me to the dress section.

My mom disappeared for 10 seconds,then came back with silky,strapless emerald dress that would be nice,formfitting and reach about 2 inches above my knee.It had a little bow in the front and i had to admit, I was anti dresses and all,but I really liked the dress.

"This is perfect,go try it on,"my mom said to me,handing me the beautiful dress and pushing me towards the dressing room,but my foot ended up getting caught on the rack and I tripped and fell face flat on the floor,causing my mom,and those around us,to gasp.Adam laughed and I heard Peter hit his head.

"Oh my goodness!"my mom exclaimed

Someone pulled me up and I came face to face with Adam,who had a big,pleased smirk on his face.

Once again,why did I make a fool of myself in front of hot guys?!

"Oh honey you have to watch yourself,"my mom said concerned as I straightened out my shirt.

"Are you OK?"Peter asked.

I nodded although I could feel my face burning up as Adam's smirk grew bigger and I limped my way to the dressing room.

I tried on the dress and it fit perfectly.l walked out to show them how the dressed looked,and for once,Adam didn't have a bored expression on his face.

"Oh,you look beautiful,''my mother admired

"Yes you do,''Peter agreed.

Adam just stared at me.

"Well,go take it off and I'll pay for it so then we can go get Adam his suit,"Peter said

"Sweetie,I can pay for the dress,"my mom said quietly as I looked confused.Usually all of mom"s ex's had money and paid for these things,so why was she interjecting?

He gave her a sweet,loving smile that i had never seen any of mom's ex's give her,"No sweetheart,I'll pay"

She smiled back and nodded as I went back to the dressing room to change,Adam's serious,yet thoughtful face in my mind.

Since it was going to be a "simple"wedding,they decided to get Adam a suit instead of a tuxedo.

So there we were,in Louis Vuitton,when Adam came strutting out with that natural confidence I so dearly lacked,wearing a black suit with the inside button shirt being the same emerald shade as my dress.

He had a look on his face that made it seem that he knewww how so damn sexy he looked,yet he didn't over think it.

l tried my best,once again not to drool,but too late,the smirk on Adam's face showed he had caught me.

Embarrassed,I turned away,silently yelling at myself for being so obvious.Adam had obviously moved on past last night. And so should I.