Wednesday afternoon(The same day)

Adriana's pov

"YOU DID WHAT?!" Kayla yells at me in disbelief.

"I-" She cuts me off "He has been a complete jerk to you since you guys were kids and now you forgive him?!" She adds.

"I didn't-" She cuts me off again "Did you forget how heartbroken you were?! You are my bestie I have to look after you Adri!" She continues.

"Kay-" AGAIN "I'm just worried that you'll get way too attached to him only to go through the same thing again!" She finishes.

"Kayla shut up and let me speak!" I yell frustrated.

"Fine" She huffs crossing her arms on her chest.

"I just want you and Sophia to know that I did not forgive him, I did say that I gave him another chance but forgiving him completely is going to take me some time, I know that you guys care for me and you don't want me to be heartbroken again, but I'm tired of hating him, this hatred won't get me anywhere since he's always here, and I got over my feelings for him a long time ago, we are just friends, nothing more nothing less." I explain.

"Adriana" Sophia sighs "Look you know that we care for you, and that's why we're telling you that's a bad idea, when you're friends with someone it's normal to get attached to them, otherwise you'd be a fake friend, but that's not the point, the point is that whether you like or not being friends with jerk face is going to make you attached to him, we know that you got over your feelings at long time ago, but who said that they won't come back?" Sophia says.

"Yes Adriana, what Sophia said is true, we just don't want to see you hurt again, you've been through a lot this year, you don't need another layer of them, just think about it carefully, jerk face is not the best guy we know." Kayla replies.

"Guys I cannot tell him 'you know what I just thought of it, and I don't want to be your friend' this is just mean, even for jerk face, look I'll be careful okay? But we are just friends" I clarify.

"As you want Adriana, but be careful and don't let him in too much" Sophia says and Kayla nods.

"You won't be just 'friends', boy and girl friendship isn't real, one of you will fall for each other, oh no I forgot, jerk face already likes you" Kayla teases wiggling her eyebrows.

"He doesn't like me that way, I'm like a sister to him, and besides I won't be able to forget any of the things he has done to me in the past, all the rude talking and bullying, you may say that he did it for a reason, but whatever reason he may have had, it won't change my point of view on how bad he treated me" I say.

"Yet you're giving him another chance" Sophia says.

"I am, but only as a friend, hating him won't lead me anywhere." I tell them.

"Well if he hurts you, I'll deal with him" Kayla says cracking her knuckles making Sophia and I chuckle.

Whatever reason you had jerk face, I will not be like 'oh it makes sense that you treated me like that because....', I will give you another chance, but I will not be as cheerful as I was in the past.

"What do you think Adri?" Kayla asks bringing me back to reality.

"What?" I ask confused.

Kayla sighs "We were wondering if you wanted to have a girls night, tonight"

"Oh yeah sure, when, where and what should I wear?" I ask them.

"So we thought why not go to the movies tonight, you, me, Sophia, Ashton and jerk face." Kayla adds.

"You know that girls night consists on spending the night with your girl-friends, right?" I ask raising an eyebrow.

"I know that, it is girls night plus Ashton and jerk face" She adds and Sophia and I laugh.

"Yeah sure, what time?" I ask again.

"Sophia and I will be at your house around 6, we'll get ready together, knowing jerk face, he'll probably be here without asking, but yeah 6 it is" Kayla says.

"Okay see you at 6 then" I tell the girls as they stand up to leave, we walk downstairs and head to the front door "See ya later guys" I wave at them.

"See ya" They both yell at the same time.

I close the front door and go to the kitchen "Oh hey jerk face" I say shocked to see him here.

"Why are you so shocked?" He asks jumping of the counter.

"I just didn't know that you're here" I answer as I pour some water into a cup.

"I'm always here" He shrugs making me laugh.

"That's true" I say as I turn to face him.

"Anyways, the girls and I are going to the movies tonight, and they want you and Ashton to come" I tell him.

"Do you want me to come?" He questions me raising his eyebrow.

"Well yes of course" I answer honestly, since we're friends again why not hang out?

"Okay then, I'll make sure to tell Ashton" He says as he starts to walk out of the kitchen but then, he stops and turns around "Where and when are we supposed to meet?"

"Here at 6, don't be late" I warn him.

"I won't" He chuckles shaking his head.

"Oh yes I forgot you're always here" I joke and he laughs again "You should laugh more often, you've got a pretty smile" I tell him.

He stops laughing and looks straight in my eyes "Really?" His voice comes out more like a whisper.

If he wasn't on the other side of the kitchen, he'd be able to hear my heart running a marathon in my chest, why is he making me feel that way?!

"Yeah" I say "Anyways, I'll see you guys later" I finish as I speed-walk out of the kitchen, trying not to act suspiciously even though I don't think it's possible.

I run up the stairs to my room and slam the door shut as I lean against it releasing the breath I didn't know I was holding.

I start looking around my bedroom for my phone, but when I couldn't find it, I tried to remember where I could've possibly left it, the kitchen.

I walk out my room, tiptoeing down the stairs to the kitchen "We have to tell her Ash, she will find out one day, and won't be happy about it" I hear jerk face's voice say.

Are they talking about me?

"You don't get to say anything here Jace, I'm her brother, I'm the one who has to make the decision, Adriana will understand why we're hiding this from her, I know that she won't be happy about it, but it's for her safety, end of discussion" Ashton defends ending the conversation.

"But-" I cut jerk face off "Tell me what?" I ask raising an eyebrow.

Ashton's pov

Knock knock

"Come in" I yell as the person enters my room.

"We need to talk" Jace says as he sits on my bed with a wide smile across his face.

Adriana.

"I know that being friend with Adriana made you happy, but I've never seen you smile that much" I joke as he throws a pillow at me "Anyways what did you want to talk about?"

"Well Adriana and her friends are going out today, and they wanted us to come" Jace tells me as he stands up and I do so too.

We walk to the kitchen and I say "Yeah sure, is that all?" I ask raising an eyebrow, I know Jace there is definitely something he wants to tell me.

He sighs and starts "We have to tell her Ash, she will find out one day, and won't be happy about it"

"You don't get to say anything here Jace, I'm her brother, I'm the one who has to make the decision, Adriana will understand why we're hiding this from her, I know that she won't be happy about it, but it's for her safety, end of discussion" My decision won't change, it's not safe for Adriana, and now that she's friends with Jace again, she can be seen by any mafia leader spies, and be in serious danger, I feel like Jace is not taking it as seriously as I am.

"But-" Jace is cut off by Adriana "Tell me what?" She asks raising an eyebrow.

See that's what I'm talking about!

I turn to look at Jace who's already looking at me trying to find an excuse "It's about your secret isn't it?" She adds.

We stay silent looking at her "Okay, I won't be asking anything, you said that once you're ready you'll tell me" She says as she takes her phone from the counter and leaves the kitchen.

"Wow, she's very understanding" Jerk face says in disbelief.

"Jace I'm not changing my mind, you're clearly not taking this seriously, now that you're friends with Adriana again, she will be a bigger target if someone finds out about her, any clueless person can see that she makes you happy, even at work you're smiling Jace! Any mafia leader will try to hurt her to get to you, please Jace stop pushing it, if you care about Adriana you will want to put her safety first." I say as I walk out of the kitchen.

I don't care about what he says! He may be my boss at work but not at home, and he is definitely NOT Adriana's boss, since Adriana doesn't know anything, I'M the one who gets to make the decision, I'm doing this to keep her safe! She's my whole life, and Jace is definitely not helping!

Adriana's pov

"It's about your secret isn't it?" I ask them.

They stay silent looking at me "Okay, I won't be asking anything, you said that once you're ready you'll tell me" I says as I take my phone from the counter and leave the kitchen.

From my bedroom I could still hear them argue, as much as I want to know what's going on, I told both of them that I'll stay out of it.

Knock knock

"Come in" I say as I sit up on my bed.

"Hum hey" Jerk face says nervously scratching the back of his neck, aww he's nervous.

"Hey, do you need anything?" I ask raising my eyebrow.

"Not really, I just wanted to apologize for what happened 2 minutes ago" He answers as he sits on my bed.

"It's okay, you don't have to, what I said was true, I'll wait, I don't want to pressure anything" I add shrugging my shoulders.

"Thank you for being so understanding" He pats my leg as he gets up to leave "See you later" He smiles as he closes my door making me smile too.

What's going on with me?!

I've spent the rest of the day in my bedroom, but Kayla and Sophia are coming in like an hour or two, let's just watch a movie, I know that today we are all going to the movies, but I have nothing better to do, alright?

Satisfied with my thought, I get up from bed, and walk downstairs to the living room, seeing nobody there I sigh in relief, I like watching movies on my own.

I scroll through my Amazon Prime account and pick the movie Culpa mia, I've watched this movie like seven times, and since I'm Spanish I understand everything.

I don't care about what you say but Nick is so handsome, ugh every girl needs a Nick.

~40 minutes later~

I was so focused on the movie that I didn't even notice jerk face sitting down next to me, I pause the movie and turn to look at him.

"¿Qué estás haciendo aquí?" I ask raising my eyebrow. (What are you doing here?)

I didn't even realize that I was speaking Spanish, Culpa mia does have an affect on everyone.

Jace's pov

"¿Qué estás haciendo aquí?" Adriana asks raising her eyebrow.

She's so hot when she speaks Spanish.

"¿No es obvio? Estoy viendo una película" I answer in Spanish. (Isn't it obvious? I'm watching a movie)

"Me gusta ver películas solo" She huffs crossing her arms on her chest, she is so cute (I like watching movies alone)

"Demasiado mala para ti" I add as I turn my attention back to the movie. (Too bad for you)

Adriana's pov

"Whatever" I mumble under my breath.

"I see you're back to speaking in English" Jerk face says playfully.

I turn off the TV and turn to him "I know that we're friends now, but I don't like getting interrupted while I'm watching a movie" I say annoyed.

"Same for me" He answers.

"Oh really? Then why couldn't you shut your mouth while I was watching?" I question him.

"You talk too much Adriana" He sighs.

"Unbelievable" I say as I get up to leave but jerk face grabs my wrist and pulls me into him so that now I straddling his lap.

What an awkward position....

I try to release myself from him, but his grip tightens on my hips and I feel something hard against my...oh.

"F**k" He mumbles to himself.

"Adriana, you're gonna have to stop moving like that" He sighs leaning his head back.

"I-I'm sorry" I say as I feel my cheeks heating up.

When he releases me, he stands up and leaves the room mumbling "Cold shower"

What just happened? He was...hard, was it because of me? Somehow it felt good, I wanted him... I needed him.

Snap out of it Adriana! It's jerk face we're talking about!

But he could be your Nick, he is very hot and handso-

Adriana! Are you listening to yourself right now!? Jerk face isn't hot, he broke your heart!

But-

Not buts! You did forgive him, but his actions will always be there, don't get yourself too attached to him, you'll get hurt even more!

Why is myself so true? I'm happy to have this smart part in me, I need to take some distance with him, without hurting him or being too obvious.

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Sorry again guys for not posting in a week!