"Eat," I say to Natalie as her head rests on the table of the only fast food place open at 1 a.m. She lifts her head and shakes it as her hands lay below her face keeping her head up.

"I am so fucked up." She groans. A cheeseburger and fries remain right in front of her on the table and I have a feeling she's not even going to take a bit of it, so I snatch a couple of her fries and plop them into my mouth.

"Yea, how'd that happen?" I ask. Usually Jessica is the one getting fucked up and we are the ones taking care of her. Somehow the roles were reversed and I can't lie, it's slightly entertaining. I've seen Natalie drunk a few times but she usually has the munchies during. I've never seen her drunk enough to not eat.

"Well, after you left Natalie and I waited in the car hoping you'd find your way back. I realized I still had the bottle on me so we drank some. Her more than me." Jessica explained, looking over at Natalie.

"I didn't leave." I say.

"We thought you left us. I'm so happy you're back." Natalie says as she rests her head on my shoulder. Natalie' phone buzzes on the table right in front of us.

"Fuck, Tristan is here. Help me up." She says and I stand up from the booth and grab her arm, pulling her up from her seat. As she stands up her legs wobble a bit but she manages to stay upright. She brushes her hair out of her face and smiles at me.

"I love you," she slurs as she pinches my cheeks.

"I love you too, now get home safe." I say as she walks off to Tristan's car. I'm happy her boyfriend was able to get her at this hour and that she just decided to leave her car with us. She's given us the keys a few times because she knows we'd never let anything happen to her car. Her trust in us comes in handy in situations like this.

I sit back in the booth and take another sip of my vanilla milkshake.

"I thought you left because you were mad at me for not telling you Mason's home." Jessica admits, staring down at her half-eaten fries.

"I was mad," I say. "How could you not tell me he's back?"

"I'm sorry, I was going to tell you after tonight." She says and I sigh at her response. It would have been better if she told me before than but I'm too tired to argue so I decide to drop it.

"Did him and his mom move back?" I ask.

"No, she's still in Seattle."

"So where is he staying then?" I question.

"He's actually staying with us." Jessica answers and my stomach drops.

"What?" Mason is staying with Jessica's family? Why? Where's his mom and why isn't she back? A million questions popped in my head all at once but I don't want to make it seem like I really care. So what if he's back? My eyes travel all around the room as my mind tries to make sense of it all.

"Now since I've been honest, are you going to be honest with me?" Jessica asks and my eyes dart back to hers. I watch as she takes a sip of her milkshake before I answer her question. Does she know?

"What do you mean?" I ask, trying to keep my eyes anywhere but at her.

"I'm not an idiot, I know you weren't the only one in that garage." Jessica says.

While I was driving over here I filled Jessica in on the last hour and a half while Natalie was passed out in the backseat. But I only told her that I was the only one in the garage and that I drank and played a little music until a random stranger let me out. So technically I told her a bullshit story and skipped through all the sex activities I engaged in with her cousin.

"I don't know what you're talking about." I lie and cross my arms in front of my chest. I look down at Natalie's fries and scoot them over to me.

"I know you had sex," I look up at Jessica, "your hair is a fucking mess." She finishes and I can't help but laugh. I brought my hands up to my hair and try to flatten it down. So maybe having sex on the couch wasn't the best idea.

Why is everybody so aware of things like that? First with Mason saying I look freshly fucked and now Jessica saying my hair shows that he's right? I remind myself that they are related and smile at the thought. They do have some similarities now that I think about it.

"So tell me, who was it?" She asks, eyes eager to know the gossip. I know that Jessica wouldn't care if I told her the truth, if anything Natalie is the one I'm nervous to tell. She's never liked Mason after what he did to me and that's totally understandable. I just don't want her to judge me for what I did.

"Promise you won't make it a big deal?" I ask and she raises her eyebrow in confusion. "When Sofia locked me in the garage... Mason was there too." I finish and Jessica drops her jaw in surprise.

"You and Mason!?" She squeals in shock.

"Shh!" I say and look around to see if anybody has heard. I forgot we were the only ones in here.

"No shit!" She says. "How the fuck did that happen?" She asks and I shake my head.

"Doesn't matter, it's not happening again. We were both drunk and horny. And if you must know, I've been regretting it ever since." I say.

"What? Why? Good for you, I'm glad you got dicked down. It should have happened sooner." She says and I roll my eyes.

"Wow, thanks."

"No, I just mean you shouldn't make it a big deal. I know you regret it because of your guys' history but it's normal to feel that way. It doesn't mean it'll change anything." She reassures and I smile at her words. I'm happy I'm able to talk to her about this, she's right. It was just a hookup, tomorrow it won't even matter.

"Trust me, I'm the last person who would judge you about having a random hookup."

This was true, Jessica has had her fair share of random hookups over the past couple of years, and I've been nothing but supportive. I'm not going to judge my best friend or make her feel like what she did was wrong, we were in high school and in high school people have sex. I just wasn't expecting to tonight.

"I'm just surprised is all." Jessica finishes. I take Natalie's burger into my hands and take a bite from it. I drank on an empty stomach and it's starting to make me feel a little nauseous.

"Surprised?" I asked, mouth half full.

"Well yeah, I thought with Aiden coming back-" I swallow the bite I took from the burger way too soon than intended and immediately start choking. I cough and Jessica hands me a glass of water on the table and I take a couple sips. 

 I totally forgot that Aiden was coming back.

"You okay?" Jessica asks, handing me a napkin and I nod my head and wipe the corners of my mouth down.

How could I be so stupid? I put my face in my hands and groan at the thought. I used to countdown the days for his return and now here I am 6 months later caught off guard about it.

"I forgot, I-"

"You didn't do anything wrong." Jessica says, but she's wrong. "You guys are broken up, it's not like you cheated on him."

I continue to cover my face with my hands and sigh at my stupidity. If Aiden finds out about Mason he's going to be crushed. I know we are broken up but still. How could I be so careless?

"I have to talk to him." I say. His flight should be landing tonight so maybe I'll meet with him tomorrow.

"You don't need to tell him anything."

"So what, I should just lie?" I ask, finally taking my hands off my face. My vision is blurry for a second and I blink rapidly to try and clear it up.

"You're not lying, you're just... not telling him about what happened. You guys broke up six months ago Elle, and you haven't talked to him in like three weeks. You didn't do anything wrong."

"Well that's because he was busy with finals." I defend and she gives me a glaring look. Maybe she's right, I didn't do anything wrong but then why does it feel like I did? When Aiden left to study abroad for a semester and live with his Mom in Spain we both decided that we should end the relationship because long distance isn't realistic. We thought it'd be best to stay in close contact but not put any labels on anything. Having us be broken up made the situation easier for the both of us. We both remained friends and stayed in touch throughout the months apart but now it's summer and school's over.

"Don't you think that's weird?" Jessica asks.

"What?"

"The fact that six moths ago you had this date already marked on the calendar. And now, the date has come and it went right over your head."

"It's the distance... it's changed things." I said, which is true. Having Aiden and I be apart has allowed us to take time to work on ourselves, we have both changed in the six months he's been gone but it doesn't mean I care about him any less.

"I just need to talk to him." I say, as I stack the trays and food wrappers on top of each other, cleaning up the mess from the table.

"Tomorrow," Jessica says as she stands up from the booth. "I'm beat, ready to go?" I nod my head and finish cleaning up the table before we make our way out the doors. Tonight has definitely been a night to remember, for better or worse, I don't know.

Little did I know that it's the first week of summer and this was only the beginning.