"Woah." Jessica said, and she was right. When we arrived at the masquerade party we realized it was much bigger than we anticipated. The Plaza was filled with teenagers and their rich parents ready to win the auction of goods on our Senior class' behalf. It was nothing like what Natalie described. There wasn't any alcohol, or loud music to dance to, only parents and their children who looked the least bit interested in being here. So much for our girls night.

"I'm going to kill her," Jessica said, looking out into the sea of people just as I was. "C'mon, I bet we could still make a run for it." She finishes as she turns around towards the exit and begins to go for it.

"No," I said, cutting in front of her. As much as I would like to leave, I know that Aiden is around here somewhere and this is an opportunity for me to talk to him.

"Natalie asked us to be here, and we're already here, we can't just leave." I say. By the look in Jessica's eyes I can tell she knows I'm right.

"Well luckily for us," She reaches down into her bag and shows me a tall clear glass of Vodka. "I brought a bottle." My eyes widen and quickly block the bottle with my body so nobody sees.

"Shh, if Natalie sees that we're dead."

"If I see Natalie she's dead, she told us there would be booze." Jessica replies.

From the corner of my eye I see a familiar face- Aiden. He's smiling, surrounded by his group of friends from school. He seems happy, and a part of me feels even worse for noticing.

"Don't go there." Jess warns. She caught me. I sigh and bring my eyes back to hers.

"I have to talk to him-"

"Now? Here? Are you sure that's the best idea?" Is it? To be honest I'm not even sure myself. But I know that no matter where I talk to him it will never be at the right time or location. I know it might not end well, but it's something I have to do. I care about Aiden, and if there's even the slightest chance that I could fix things, I will.

"There's only one way to figure that out." I walk away from Jessica and make my way towards Aiden. I can feel a nervous fluttery feeling in my stomach so I take a deep breath to try and calm my nerves.

"You know, you're supposed to wear a mask." I say once I'm now in front of him as some sort of ice breaker. I take my mask off as he looks over at me, and then at his friends. There's no sense of happiness in his face, in fact there's no emotion I can make out at all.

"Can you give us a minute?" He kindly asks them and they go disperse somewhere into the crowd.

"What are you doing?" He asks. I can't get a sense of his tone, but I'll take that as a good thing. Maybe he's finally ready to talk.

"Natalie invited me-"

"You know that's not what I mean." He interrupts.

"I wanted to talk to you." I admit. I can already feel my eyes start to water, but I don't look away. Seeing him, talking to him, hearing his voice... It makes me miss him so much more.

"Why?" He asks, stepping closer to me. "So you can go on and lie to me again?"

"Aiden please, I'm sorry. I want to be with you, you know that. Please, I'll do anything." I beg. I know how stupid I must look right now, but I don't care. Aiden is more to me than just some boy I fell in love with in high school- he's my best friend. He makes me feel safe, secure, and loved. He looks at me for a few moments, his eyes start to soften with every second that passes.

If I could take everything back I would. I would rewind to two and a half years ago where everything was normal and warn my naive self about all the bad things to come. I would have never even gone to that stupid party, and I would have never slept with Mason.

I would take it all back if that would mean I would be with Aiden again.

"I don't care what you do. As long as you leave me out of it." He answers, and walks away. And then it hit me... we were done.