The next morning I wake up a little earlier than I planned so I decide to take a quick shower and go to Jessica's house to meet her and Natalie. I quickly throw my hair into a bun, not caring about the loose strands that my hair tie failed to catch.

 As I make my way downstairs I notice no one seemed to be home and am relieved. I don't feel like playing 21 questions with Sylvia. I make myself a quick cup of coffee, and head out the door.

The drive to Jessica's is short, considering she only lives about 10 minutes from me. But in those ten minutes I always feel like I'm in a completely separate part of town. By the time I'm near Jessica's house, I'm surrounded by big beautiful houses. Jessica's family has always had money. They are one of those families who only have one kid, but will have the biggest house on the block. I remember, when I first met her, I was so jealous of her and her families' money. But now a part of me is thankful that I don't have that. 

Her father is a CEO of some big company, so he's never really around because he travels so much for work. And her mother usually goes with him. It seems like such a waste to me to have such a big house and only have one person sleeping in it.

"Oh shit." I curse to myself as I pull into the empty gravel driveway. I suddenly remember that Jessica isn't alone, Mason is staying here too now. 

I look up into my rearview mirror to check and make sure nothing is on my face. I know Mason would be the one to point it out. I tuck a few loose strands of hair behind my ear and turn off my car. I never realized how often I'm going to have to see him until now.

  I get out of the car and make my way towards the door. It's usually unlocked, so I reach for the knob and open the door. Every time I walk into Jessica's house, it seems to look bigger and bigger. The downstairs itself was probably bigger than my whole house. The centerpiece staircase came into view as I closed the door. I looked around and couldn't help but admire the place. 

I quickly snapped out of it and picked up the pace, my feet padding against the marble floors below me. Once I reach the top of the stairs, I look around until I see a recognizable face. Sofia is walking towards what looks like Mason's bedroom door in nothing but an oversized T-shirt.

 I stop in the middle of the hallway in complete shock as Sofia turns around. Her lips slowly curve up into a smile, and I stand there as if my body was frozen in place. She snaps her head away from me and closes the door behind her.

I groan in disgust before walking towards Jessica's room down the hall. 

Jessica is sitting criss-crossed on her bed with her laptop on her lap when I walk in. Natalie is standing in front of Jessica's full body mirror, applying mascara to her lashes.

"Hey," Natalie greets me when I walk in. "What's with that face?"

"Did I just see Sofia in the other room?" I ask them as I close the door behind me.

"Oh yeah, I think they've been fucking." Jessica replies, as she closes her laptop shut and places it beside her.

"Since when?" I ask.

"I think yesterday. You know how she is." I shouldn't be so surprised, I mean in all honesty they'd be perfect for each other. 

 "Sorry, babe." Jessica says and scoots closer to me. I look up at Jessica and shoot her a look hoping Natalie doesn't catch on. 

"Why are you sorry for her?" Natalie asks as her lips are parted open, eyes focused on applying her lip gloss.

I turn my head to Jessica and she mouths the word 'sorry'. It's not like I wanted to keep it a secret from Natalie, because I don't. I'm just not in the mood for a lecture. For some reason the picture of Sofia and Mason won't leave my mind. It's grossing me out how they're just down the hall from us, doing God knows what.

"Well," I begin, and look down at my palms. "Mason and I sort of..." I trail on, hoping she'll get the hint. I see as she twists her lip gloss shut and turns around to face me.

"At the party, we sort of... you know." I said. I don't know why I feel embarrassed to say the words, but I am.

"Wait... you guys had sex?" She asked, disgust clear in her voice. I keep silent and Natalie's mouth practically falls on the floor.

"It's no big deal." I shrug it off as if I'd done this sort of thing countless times. 

"No big deal?" She retorted ad I teared my eyes away from her. "Do you not remember what it was like when he left? Because I do. He asked you out and then fucking disappeared, no calls, no texts, nothing." She painfully reminds me and the memories come flooding back into my mind.

The pain I felt, the feeling of abandonment was one I wasn't used to then.

"Of course she remembers." Jessica defends as I sit silent on the bed. 

 "I can't believe it." Natalie says as she shakes her head, "What about Aiden?" A slight pain stings in my chest at the mention of his name.

"What about Aiden?" I ask. "We were broken up." 

"She's right, she did nothing wrong now leave her alone." Jessica grabs one of the many pillows that lay upon her bed and throws one at Natalie. I can't help but chuckle to myself as Natalie quickly dodges it.

"And besides," I continued, "I talked to Aiden and everything's fine." Jessica's eyes widen at my words and she scoots in closer to me.

"You saw him?" She asks.

"Last night." I answer shortly, even though I'm sure they'll be asking for details.

"Well how'd it go?" Natalie asks and I begin to tell them everything, from Sylvia showing up, to Aiden and I eating in his parking lot to now.I watch as their facial expressions shift throughout me filling them in. 

"You whore!" Jessica exclaims when I'm done, and we both laugh at her comment. 

I'm just as surprised as she is, normally I wouldn't go sleeping around with a guy one day, and going on a date with another the next.

"Wait so what'd Aiden say when you told him about Mason?" Natalie asks and a knot forms in my stomach.

"Uhh..." I begin.

"Elle!" Natalie says. "You have to tell him, he deserves the truth." 

I know Natalie is right, Aiden does deserve to know. But a part of me is just afraid of hurting him.

"I know, I know." I say. "I will."

"Well, I for one, am happy for you." Jessica says and I smile. No matter what she's always been supportive of my choices, even if I'm still unsure of them.

"When will you tell him?" Natalie asks. 

"Im not sure because he invited me to this barbeque he's having. But I will soon, I promise." I reassure her and she nods at my answer. 

"Speaking of," I continue, "did you guys want to come with? It's my first time going out with Aiden while his family and friends there and I would love it if I wasn't alone."

 "When is it?" Jessica asks.

"Tomorrow,"

"I can't," Natalie says. "I have a date with Tristan." I see as her face lights up at the mention of his name. "It's our one year anniversary."

"Wow, has it really been a year?" I ask her and she nods at me, her eyes face beaming with happiness.

Her and Tristian have had a very bumpy relationship. I've heard a couple times that he's messaged other girls but whenever I told Natalie she would always deny it all. I know the two have their problems, and I'm sure I don't even know the half of it. But I want what's best for Natalie, and lately I've been questioning if it's him.

Jessica has he own opinions about him. She has always been one to come out with complete honesty, even if it hurts. She's tried to tell Natalie Tristian is bad news more times than I can count, but in the end it's her relationship. 

"Well I can go." Jessica tells me, and I'm relieved I won't be attending alone.

Natalie begins to ask us what she should wear for the date tomorrow and I can't help but slowly start to tune her out. It's so strange to me that the boy I slept with is just right down the hall in bed with Sofia of all people.

I wonder how long that's been going on for. My heart sinks to my chest as I think that he was sleeping with her before he slept with me. Why else would they go to a party together? All of these red flags were suddenly popping up, and yet again, I was starting to feel like a complete and total idiot.