I woke up and didn't recognize where I was. The ceiling had those plastic, glow-in-the-dark stars stuck all over, and the bed I was on was a queen size bed, which was much nicer than my twin bed at home.

My eyes scanned the teal and black sheets on the bed and the curtains lining the windows. Little lights lined the edges of the ceiling and walls, illuminating the room with a soft glow. I was definitely in a girl's room.

I turned my head over to see the back of Zoey's head beside me.

What the hell?  I'm in her room!!

She then, abruptly, turned her head so her face was right in front of mine. Her warm breath was hitting my cheek, and I immediately sat up, startled at how close our faces were.

We didn't do it...did we?? No... I'd remember that for sure.

I tried remembering the last thing that happened last night; Zoey telling me I wasn't average as we finished cleaning up the house. I smiled at the memory.

I, then, looked back at her tall and thin body that was emerged slightly out of the blankets. She had on checkered pajama bottoms and a loose, black T-shirt. She looked so peaceful and ... breathtaking. Just then, she opened her eyes and smiled at me.

"Oh hey..." her voice was raspy from just waking up. It was actually quite sexy. She sat up more on the bed with her back leaning up against the headboard.

"Uh hey... um how did... uh... this happen?" I motioned to us, now, sitting on the bed. She shrugged and then gasped.

"Oh my god... where are your pants?!" She squealed and got out of the bed. Her eyes locked in on my grey boxer shorts. Shit.

"I have no clue. How did we even end up in here? We didn't..." I trailed off and looked at her now crimson face. She tried covering her cheeks with her hands so I wouldn't see her blushing.

"No.. no I think Charlie fell asleep with Jordan in my brother's bed, and you came in here and just plopped on the bed and fell asleep. But I strictly remember you having pants on..." she quietly responded, her eyes still locked in on my boxers for a brief second, then back up to my eyes.

"Oh, I usually strip my pants off during the night. I have no recollection of it..." I really must have drank a lot to not remember coming in here and sleeping on her bed.

"Well, okay... that makes sense. We should probably wake up the others ... " She smiled lightly. I got up and began following her out of her room until she spun around and nearly collided with me. Her eyes trailed down my body from my face to my bare legs. She blushed again, before bringing her gaze back to mine. "Um, do you think you could put pants on ... I don't want them thinking anything."

I nodded. Yeah, wouldn't want them thinking we slept together or anything... even though we did. Unfortunately, that's all it was... sleeping.

I scanned her room and found my jeans near her dresser on the other side of the room. I must have chucked them off in my sleep.

I quick slipped them on as her back was turned to me, and we proceeded out towards her brother's room down the hall. We peeked in through the door and noticed Jordan cuddling Charlie. Jordan, being the bigger of the two, was spooning Charlie, as they snored.

"Oh god, I wish I had my phone right now..." Zoey chuckled. I had to clasp a hand over my mouth to quiet my laughter. The two of them would get made fun of so much if everyone at school found out about this.

Zoey crept over to Jordan and tickled his neck. He, in response, squeezed Charlie harder which woke up Charlie from his slumber. He, at first, looked very confused, then he saw Zoey and I and his face went from confused to very embarrassed.

"Mommy please stop, that tickles!" Jordan yelled laughing. He started waking up and noticed how his arms were still tightly around Charlie's chest. His eyes grew wide and before he could move, Charlie elbowed him in the stomach.

"What the hell, dude!" Jordan groaned while clutching his gut. "My god! That freaking hurt!"

"Why the hell were you cuddling me?" Charlie shrieked and stumbled out of the bed. "I told you not to touch me while we were sleeping! The hell dude?!"

"I must admit it was quite adorable..." I snickered and Charlie glared at me. Jordan just rolled his eyes and got out of the bed. They both still had on their clothes from the night prior.

"At least I didn't kiss a dude. Are you sure you're straight, man?" Charlie retorted back, crossing his arms.

I just shrugged. "Dude, it was either that or kiss that gross bitch who probably had Ryan's saliva still in her mouth... I took the safe route."

They all laughed, with Zoey laughing the hardest of the three.

"So you didn't enjoy that kiss with him?" Jordan gave me a smirk while wiggling his eyebrows at me.

"Ha ha... no. But it looked like you enjoyed that cuddle sesh with Charlie." I replied coyly back, and Jordan just shot me a glare.

"Oh, you sure about that Joshy? I felt the electricity when your lips touched mine." I turned around to see Skylar leaning against the door frame with a cocky smirk. His hair was a mess, and he wore only his pants. His eyes were also red with dark circles underneath. Let's just say he looked like complete shit.

"Shut up, Skylar. I barely even touched your lips." I rolled my eyes. Like, could they stop bringing up that stupid kiss.

"Oh, regardless of how long it was... we all know you'd go gay for me." His smirk grew, and I clenched my jaw. "Then again, we all know you like someone else..." He glanced over at Zoey, but she, thankfully, was looking out the window.

"Hey, Zo... wanna head out for some breakfast at Monroe's?" Charlie asked while scrolling through his phone, oblivious to the increasing awkwardness in the room.

"Sure. You boys wanna come too?" She looked right at me as she asked. I smiled and nodded.

"I would, but I better get home. I feel like absolute crap," Skylar responded while running his fingers through his messy hair.

"Yeah you look like it too," Jordan smirked at him causing a cold look from Skylar to arise.

Finally, after an awkward couple seconds, Zoey pushed us to get going. I realized I needed to go home and change into some new clothes as I smelled like a walking liquor shop.

"Hey guys, I'll meet ya there. I gotta go home and shower." They all nodded and got into Zoey's car while Skylar and I walked out towards our cars parked on the side of the road.

I noticed he still seemed slightly upset, and I think I know why.

"Sky, so um you doing better today?" I asked lowly. His eyes meet mine for a brief second, but that's all I needed to see in order to know that he wasn't.

"I'm fine. Just pissed off because I'm a wuss." I know seeing Margo and Bryan walking out of that closet really hurt him. He probably was going to make a move on Margo for once, but then I had to listen to Zoey and throw out that stupid dare. I kinda felt like I unintentionally punched Skylar in the gut for doing that. I knew he liked her, but I guess Zoey is very convincing.

"You're not a wuss... anything but that. And I'm sorry for daring them to do that... I kinda just listened to Zoey, not really thinking about how you'd be affected..." Skylar's clenched his jaw as he approached his car.

"It's not your fault. It's mine for not doing something. I even got super drunk hoping to get the courage to make a move on her, but I couldn't. She's too sweet to do that to." He took a deep breath before continuing. "Well, anyways, I'll see you Monday at school."

He hopped in his car, still looking extremely upset. I felt bad for the guy. He really liked this Margo. I just hope he's able to move forward with it and either get the courage to ask her out or move on. Hanging on in the middle isn't a good thing. Not at all.

*****

Once I had changed into a fresh pair of jeans and a blue T-shirt, I went out back to my car and drove towards the only small cafe in town, known as Monroe's.

Apparently, they had an amazing breakfast buffet with different flavors of pancakes to choose from, as well as mountains of bacon and sausage. I felt my mouth watering once I parked and stepped out of the car in front of the place. It had a fifties diner feel to it, so of course once I walked in, mainly older couples sat around at the stools by the bar and booths. I looked around until I spotted Zoey, Charlie, and Jordan in a booth in the farthest corner of the cafe.

"Hey," I said to them as I slipped in right next to Zoey. I knew the guys purposely left a spot beside Zoey open for me, and so I gave them a look of both annoyance and thanks.

"I'm so looking forward to this. I still feel kinda hungover..." Charlie piped up while taking a sip from his coffee.

"Yeah, speaking of being hungover... Skylar looked horrible. I mean, after the whole Bryan and Margo thing in the closet, he ran off, and I had to drag his ass back before he went ballistic!" Jordan fumed while playing with his silverware. I swear the guy was secretly still five. I mean, he even said "mommy" when Zoey tickled his neck.

"I was hoping that'd light the fuse on his balls to awaken them! He honestly needs to stop being a coward and ask her out. She likes him for crying out loud!" Zoey piped up. I scratched my head at her comment. So, the dare was meant to get Skylar to finally man up. Hmm, and this whole time I thought she was "Team Bryan".

"Wait. So, you're 'Team Skylar' and not 'Team Bryan' ?" I questioned with pure honesty. Just then, everyone at the table laughed at me.

"This isn't some Twilight shit, Josh!" Charlie playfully scorned me, and I rolled my eyes in response.

"To answer your question, I've known Skylar like way longer than Bryan, and I know he is a genuinely nice guy. Bryan, on the other hand, is a good friend, but I don't fully trust him for some reason. But, you know, Margo is just too sweet to find anything negative in anyone... except for a-hole." Zoey's voice faltered as she lightly mentioned Ryan without saying his name. He really hurt her, and the sad thing is, I don't think she's fully over him.

I nodded at her response after a couple seconds of deep thought. "Yeah, that makes sense. But, why is Margo so attached with Bryan if she likes Skylar?"

"Do you not know anything about girls?" Zoey blurted out and immediately placed her hands on her mouth.

"I think you know the answer to that," I said flatly, but added a wink afterwards to let her know she didn't actually hurt my feelings.

Although, it did slightly hurt... it wasn't like she meant it. She speaks her mind, and it's something I'd have to get used to.

"Um, yeah sorry... well, Mar is just someone who thinks if a guy does like her, he'll really show it and ask her out. She doesn't fully believe Skylar has a hugely insane crush on her because he hasn't asked her out yet."

Makes sense.

"Plus, Bryan is like always by her... he doesn't give poor Sky a chance!" Jordan added in as he stands up. "Well, while you guys keep gossiping like some of the old women that come here, imma get some food. I'm starved!"

With that, we all simultaneously got up and rushed over to the buffet line. The food looked amazing, and it tasted even better.

"I didn't think bacon and chocolate chip pancakes would be good, but holy hell they're like ... like..." I couldn't think of the right word so I just shoved more of the pancakes in my mouth.

"Like when you see Kim Kardashian's ass?" Jordan added, and I nearly choked on my food.

"What?! No god no! Her ass is so gross and fake," I replied back with disgust. Don't get me wrong, Jordan is one of my buddies, but he can be a pig sometimes.

"Aw, come on! Don't tell me you wouldn't tap that?!" I narrowed my eyes at him as he winked and shoveled five pieces of sausage in his mouth. When I said he was a pig sometimes, I meant most of the time.

"Jordan!" Zoey yelled at him, and he gave her an innocent smile back.

"What my dear, Zo? You know I'd hit you up too if it weren't for your ex." What does her ex have anything to do with it?

"Jordan! Shut up!" Charlie snapped at him. I expected smoke to come out of his ears since it literally looked like he'd punch him.

"What do you mean, Jor? What about Ryan?" Zoey asked, furrowing her eyebrows. I could see her tightening her jaw.

"Nothing. It's nothing." Jordan worriedly looked at her and began shoving more food down his throat.

"No! Tell me right now!" Zoey demanded. She literally sounded like my mother, and I shivered at the thought. Ew, I did not just compare my mom to the girl I sorta had a thing for.

"Um ... well... you see, Ryan said that if anyone tried to date or get with you, he'd make their life a living hell, as well as yours. I don't know why he's such an ass like that, but I don't want to take the chance." Charlie shot Jordan a glare, and Zoey just looked confused. No wonder why the guy was so against me... I was close or getting closer to Zoey, and he didn't want that. But why?

"Well, screw him. He already makes my life hell, so what would be the difference." I could hear the sadness in her voice as she spoke.

"Don't worry, Zo. I'm not gonna let him hurt you again," Charlie reassured her, but she just shrugged.

"Charlie, it's fine. Let's not bring him up again, alright?" She looked up at him while taking a sip of her orange juice. "Let's focus on something else..like the fact that Joshy has never had a girlfriend."

I dropped my fork and gave her a bitter look. She did not just say that to them. I only admitted that to her to make her feel better, not so she could make fun of me. Or worse, let the whole football team know. Well, yeah only Jordan and Charlie were here, but Jordan had the tendency to, what's it called, never keep his mouth shut!

"You've never had a girlfriend? Like ever?" Charlie asked me in disbelief.

Quick, what do I say?

"Um, of course I've had a girlfriend." Now, it's Zoey's turn to look over at me in disbelief.

"But... you told me last night that you never had a girlfriend and that you're a virgin." Damn! Did she want me to become a reject at this school? I literally have only been here a week!

"I lied. I'm not a virgin either," I replied with no hesitation. I looked over at her, and she was upset. Very upset.

What I told her was all the truth. I was, in fact, a virgin, and I've never had a girlfriend. I just don't want my teammates to know about that, and I know Ryan would give me a lot of shit if he knew too.

"Oh. I see." She, then took a sip from her orange juice. I could see a cloud of anger forming around her head.

As the table grew tense, Jordan and Charlie got up.

"Well, um I'm done! Time to go pay!" Charlie announced as he pushed Jordan along with him. I got up to follow them, but Zoey's delicate hand grabbed my arm. Her nails dug into my skin.

"Why did you say that just now? I know you were telling me the truth last night." I just stared at her. She gave me a demanding look, while her hand still grasped onto my forearm. It hurt. Like a bitch.

"Uh well ..." I trailed off looking at her hand on my arm. I didn't know whether the heat I was feeling was from the burning pain of her sharp fingernails digging into my flesh, or the fact that she was simply touching me.

"Just as I thought." Her words are sharp, and I could feel her hurt. She, then, released her grip on me and scooted past me towards the front to pay.

I'm left standing there, and feeling like an idiot. I think I may have possibly ruined my already slim chances of having something special with her.

I'm such an idiot.

*****A/N*****

Hey everyone!

So, just wanted to say thank you to everyone for giving my book a chance! I feel like it kinda sucks haha

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