"Taking the walk of shame, huh?"

"I wouldn't call it that."

"I would."

I stared at Alex flatly, as if that would make him disappear. For some reason I had told him what had happened with Jesse and Pete, and for some other reason I decided on bringing him along with me. And I realized that that was a mistake almost the second after I had asked him to come along.

"So, no one's asked Lexi yet, right?" Alex asked, shoving his hands in his pockets as we made our way to Pete's cabin, Cabin F.

"No one's asked her yet," I answered flatly, my stomach growling loudly. That didn't usually happen when I was nervous, but now my nervousness was mixed with guilt. I didn't want to hurt Pete, but... Jesse actually asked me to the prom!

"I'm going to ask her right after you break Pete's heart," Alex stated determinedly, and I knew he was making fun of me as well. I couldn't help but stare at him flatly, elbowing him in the side as hard as I could. But as I expected, he didn't seem hurt at all.

"I'm not going to break Pete's heart," I told him, but I didn't know if I was trying to convince him or myself. "I'm just going to break it to him nicely that--"

"That you're dumping him for the super sexy bad boy that used to be in a gang?" Alex guessed, an eyebrow raised in amusement.

I blinked at him, a blank look on my face. "I didn't know you were gay."

Alex's eyes went wide. "I'm not!" he denied, shaking his head at me.

"Could have fooled me."

Alex didn't say anything back, and I knew I had won this round. I let out a triumphant laugh, but that quickly went away when I realized where I was going and what I was doing.

I really wasn't looking forward to telling Pete that I couldn't go to the prom with him. I was sure he would have understood if I was sick or something, but I was pretty much blowing him off. No, not pretty much, I was blowing him off.

"Hey, Pete," I smiled unsurely at him after he had answered the door. It was the day after he had asked me, and t prom was the next day, so I had to tell him then. Would he be able to get another date with such short notice? I sure helped he did. I felt so bad... "Can I talk to you for a moment?"

He looked up at me in surprise before looking over at Alex, who stood behind me. He nodded at me then. "Um... sure."

"Um... it's about prom," I started, playing with my fingers as I tried to think of the right way to tell him. I didn't even think there was a right way... "Well... here's the thing..."

I looked away from him for a moment, trying to think of the best thing to say to him. He seemed kind of fragile, and I didn't want to hurt him or anything. But I really, really wanted to go to the prom with Jesse... That was all that I wanted...

"I... remembered that someone else asked me," I excused, crossing my arms over my chest to try and hide my discomfort. "And, well... I'm sorry, but--"

I then looked back over at him and my breath caught in my throat when I saw tears were in his eyes. There was no way he liked me so much that I'd make him cry! There's no way... I wasn't that special!

"It's okay," Pete told me, wiping at his eyes. "I just won't go."

"No!" I cried, shaking my head. The guilt was overtaking me now as I let out a breath, trying to think of what I was supposed to do. I didn't want him crying over me! "I'll... go with you. I'll tell the other guy that I can't. I'm sure he'll understand."

Pete smiled at me now, wiping his eyes one last time. What had I gotten myself into? "Thanks, Jordan."

I forced a smile. "... No problem."

I turned away from him, letting out a breath and starting away, Alex trailing behind me. I had to get to Cabin B and tell Jesse that I couldn't go to the prom with him. I was sure he'd understand. Why wouldn't he? And it was just a stupid dance anyway... I was sure Jesse wouldn't care.

"Nice job," Alex tsk'd, shaking his head at me. "Now you're going to either have two dates or you're going to have to tell Jesse about what happened. I don't think he'll be happy about that. And what about that Dally guy?"

I froze as Alex spoke of him. I didn't even think about Dallas! I knew that he couldn't ask me because he was a counselor and I was a student, but still! He was going to be there as a chaperone, watching while I danced with Pete! And he still thought that I had feelings for him, even though I loved Jesse...

"Oh, no," I groaned, rubbing my hands over my face. "I have no idea what I'm supposed to do about Dallas. He still thinks we're a couple. Sure, I still like him and everything, but..."

"You love Jesse," Alex teased, poking my shoulder to get me to keep moving toward Cabin B.

I didn't even speak up to deny it. I just continued to sulk in the direction of the cabin where Jesse was. Alex might have thought that he wasn't going to take it well, but I thought he would...

"Aren't you going to go ask Lexi to the prom?" I asked Alex over my shoulder as we made our way up the steps to his and Jesse's cabin. "You said you were going to go ask Lexi to the prom."

"I want to see what happens between you two first," Alex grinned, causing me to roll my eyes. He then placed a hand over his heart, still grinning. "I solemnly swear that I will ask Lexi Ann Lightle to the prom right after you break Jesse Jacobsen's heart."

With another flat look, I smacked his shoulder as hard as I could. But still, no effect.

I was going to knock on the cabin door, but Alex rolled his eyes and grabbed the doorknob, shoving the door open and grabbing onto my wrist, forcing me to follow him inside.

I felt relieved to see that Jesse was the only one in the cabin, which surprised me just a little. Why was he never outside when everyone else was? It seemed really lonely...

"Dude, stop being such a hermit for once and go outside," Alex called loudly to Jesse, who rolled his eyes as he continued to sit on his bed, flipping through channels. "I swear, people are going to start thinking there's something wrong with you."

"Says the guy that used to be in a gang," Jesse called from the bed.

"You used to be in a gang, too!"

"It's not the same," Jesse excused with a smirk, waving his hand in front of his face to dismiss it. Alex rolled his eyes at Jesse, still covering me so he couldn't see me.

"I have a surprise for you," Alex sing-songed to him, making me roll my eyes as I waited for him to get out of my way. I wouldn't exactly call this surprise, because most surprises were good. What I was going to tell Jesse definitely wasn't good...

"I'm not in the mood for surprises," Jesse informed Alex, not even looking over at him as he continued to flip through channels. "Don't you have to go ask Lexi to the prom or something? You better hurry up before some other guy does it."

"But you'll love this surprise," Alex grinned, clutching onto my arm so I couldn't move around him and spoil the surprise. "I know you'd rather have her come out of a giant cake wearing nothing but a--"

"Okay, shut up," I snapped, removing my arm from his grasp and coming out from behind him. "I don't want to hear whatever you had to say."

"But it's really funny! I was going to say edible--"

"Ah! Okay! Shut it!" I cried out, clasping my hands over my ears so I wouldn't have to hear anything he had to say. I knew it was going to be perverted...

"Anyway," Alex continued when I finally removed my hands so I could hear again. "Jordan here has something very important she wants to tell you."

I looked at him flatly. "Why don't you just tell him yourself? You seem willing enough."

Ignoring me, he then slipped out of the way, patting me on the shoulder before whispering in my ear, "Don't break his heart too badly."

I glared at him. "Go ask Lexi to the prom."

He waved me closer to Jesse. "All in good time."

I let out a sigh, turning away from him and toward my enemy, if I could even call him that anymore. I didn't even know where I stood with Jesse Jacobsen anymore. Were we still enemies, were we friends, or were we more than that? I had absolutely no idea...

"Well, Jesse," I started, letting out a deep breath. "I--"

"She's pregnant with Dallas's baby!" Alex announced from behind me, causing me to whip around and give him the most hateful look I could muster.

"Alex!"

"Alright, alright, I'm joking," Alex laughed loudly, turning me back around and toward Jesse, who looked like he had just calmed down from being majorly pissed off. "She just has this very rare disease and she's going to die in two weeks..."

"Alex!" I shouted again, not even turning around to face him. "Go ask Lexi to the prom!"

Alex didn't say anything, and I knew he was waiting for me to tell Jesse what the real problem was. For the umpteenth time, I let out a breath and focused on Jesse once again, who was now sitting up with his legs over the edge of the bed, looking so confused that it was almost cute.

Okay, not almost. It was cute.

"What's wrong, Jordan?" he asked, looking between Alex and me.

"It's about prom," I informed him, twiddling my thumbs as I stared at my feet. "I went to go tell Pete that I couldn't go with him because I was going with you, but he got really upset and almost starting crying and I felt really bad so I said that I'd go with him. I'm so sorry; I just felt so guilty and I--"

I was talking a mile a minute before Jesse finally stopped me by cutting me off. "Jordan, Jordan! It's alright, it's fine. I understand. You're just too good of a person to hurt that junior. It's fine; doesn't matter to me. There are plenty of other girls that I had my eyes on to ask."

My eyes widened, and I couldn't help but feel hurt. "What?"

"Yeah, I was thinking of asking Aimee," he shrugged, flopping back onto the bed and grabbing the remote. He started to flip through more channels as he continued. "She seems like the kind of girl that you could get into bed pretty easily..."

My eyes widened even more and I quickly spun around so he wouldn't see the tears that were forming in them.

"Yeah," I agreed, not knowing what else to say.

So was he using me this entire time? Was he just going with me so he could sleep with me later on? That wasn't like Jesse at all! But if the rumors that Aimee was talking about were true... then it was like Jesse to do something like this.

"Jordan," Alex said quietly, stepping forward when he noticed my tears. I recoiled from him, looking away from him so he couldn't see the tears that were threatening to fall either.

"Go... ask Lexi to the prom," I sniffed, blinking to stop the tears from falling.

"But, Jordan--" he started again, taking another step toward me before I shook my head and cut him off.

"Go," I insisted now. "Just go ask her."

Alex nodded, taking a few backward steps away from me before turning around and making his way out of the cabin. I let out a shaky breath, but still didn't turn toward my supposed enemy who pretty much just broke my heart when he didn't even mean to.

"I'll see you later," I gulped, biting back the tears that desperately wanted to fall. I couldn't go back to the cabin because then the girls would ask me why I was crying, and I didn't want to ruin anything for Lexi, because I knew she would be excited about Alex asking her.

"Later," was all Jesse said back, sounding way too interested in whatever he was watching to even acknowledge that I was there anymore.

I quickly made my way out of the cabin, shutting the door behind me and trying my best not to slam it. I let out a disbelieving breath before falling against the door, my back to it as a tear traveled down my cheek. I quickly wiped it away, but I knew there were a lot more where that came from.

"Jordan, are you alright?" I heard a voice ask, but I was too upset to jump or be surprised that there was someone there. I only turned my head slowly to see that it was Dallas.

Normally, I loved to see him. But now I wanted to be left alone, and Dallas was the last person that I wanted to see. Because it just reminded me how much I really loved Jesse and not him.

"I'm fine," I lied, wiping at my eyes quickly before placing a fake bright smile on my face. "Everything's great!"

"Why were you crying?" Dallas demanded, coming closer to me and placing my face in his hands. He wiped away the tears that wanted to fall with his thumbs, but that only made me want to cry even more.

"Jesse's just being an ass again," I excused, shaking my head slightly but not enough to remove it from Dallas's grasp. "Nothing out of the ordinary."

"Just ignore him," Dallas smiled slightly, still stroking my cheeks. "Everything he says doesn't matter."

He then leaned in, pressing his lips to mine softly. His kisses didn't have the same spark that they used to, but that didn't mean that I was going to stop kissing him. Maybe if I kissed him enough, I would start to love him and not Jesse...

I could hope, couldn't I?

"As hot as this is," a new voice now said, causing Dallas to break away from me, "I'm afraid that I'm going to have to break this up."

I glared at Jesse with as much hatred as I could possibly muster as he continued to stand in his doorway. I couldn't tell if he was smirking or if he was pissed, but I didn't care very much right then. I hadn't even heard the door open, so that just showed how into the kiss I was...

I just wanted to stop getting hurt for once.

"I guess I'll see you alter then, Jordan," Dallas sighed, shaking his head before leaning in a planting another quick and soft kiss on my lips. "I probably won't see you at prom."

"Won't be the first time," Jesse sneered from beside us, and I now both Dallas and I were glaring at him.

Dallas let out an impatient breath, turning away from me to go inside Jesse's cabin, probably to inspect it or something. Erica would come inside and do that randomly sometimes, just to make sure that we weren't hiding any alcohol or drugs. We were always clean, but I was sure Erica thought otherwise.

I grabbed his arm before he could go inside, turning him around and pressing my lips to his deeply. I was going to fall out of love with Jesse. I had to, no matter what it took.

Jesse cleared his throat, and I finally pulled away from Dallas. He definitely wasn't smirking now, he looked pissed. But I didn't even care. Jesse could hate me as much as I hated him at that moment.

Even though I really loved him.

I knew Dallas was surprised, because I was never the one that initiated the kiss. But I wanted to get Jesse back for the hurt he was giving me.

"I'll see you later," I nodded, forcing out a small smile. I then turned away, trying my best to happily walk down the stairs, even though I wanted to burst out crying right then and there. Just until I got to the cabin... I just had to wait until I got to the cabin...

Before I could open the door to Cabin C, someone was opening it for me on the other side. I came face-to-face with a grinning Alex, and he shut the door behind him before I could step inside.

"Let me guess," I drawled, crossing my arms over my chest. I really wasn't in the mood for anything happy right then. "She said yes?"

"Yep," Alex grinned brightly, holding two thumbs up. "Success. I don't know why I didn't do it sooner."

"Because you're a chicken," I answered for him, trying to walk past him and into my cabin. He held out an arm to stop me from moving any farther. "Let me go, Alex."

"So you can go cry and be depressed around all those happy and excited girls? No, I don't think so," Alex shook his head, turning me around and forcing me down the steps. "You're going to tell me exactly what happened between you and Jesse after I left."

"Nothing happened," I answered, biting my tongue afterwards to stop the tears from falling, as if that would work. "I left right after you did."

Alex looked like he didn't believe me, but I didn't blame him. It was obvious that I was lying. It was a good thing that I didn't go back to Cabin C, because the girls would know that I was upset about something, and I wouldn't have been able to lie about it.

"Are you going to tell me the truth, or am I going to have to throw you over my shoulder and take you to Cabin B and ask Jesse myself?" Alex asked, crossing his arms over his chest as he stared down at me. "I may be goofy and silly all the time, Jordan, but remember. I used to be in a gang."

If it was possible, my face turned even whiter. Why did I have to be involved with ex-gangsters?

Because you fell in love with one of them, I couldn't help but think to myself flatly.

"Nothing happened between Jesse and me," I answered truthfully, letting out a big breath before continuing. "But then Dallas came and we kissed. But I only kissed him because I was upset about what Jesse said. I thought that if I kissed Dallas enough, I'd stop loving Jesse and love Dallas instead..."

Alex shook his head at me, now moving his hands to his hips. "Stupid move, Jordan. Now Dallas is going to think that you still like him. First him, and then Pete... You need to just tell everyone how you really feel. Jeez, Jesse needs to tell everyone how he really feels, too..." he sighed, shaking his head. His blonde locks fell in front of his blue eyes, and it reminded me of Jesse, since that always happened whenever he shook his head.

"I love Jesse," I whispered, staring down at the ground. I then looked up at him, not caring if he saw me cry or not anymore. "I would scream it from the rooftops if I could. But my friends hate him, his friends hate me, and he even hates me for all I know! He loves Yolanda, the shy blonde girl in my cabin. And even if Jesse and I got together, we have Hunter to worry about! If anyone ever got involved, they'd be dead!"

"Well, at least you finally admitted it to me," Alex nodded. "That's the first step."

"And what's the second step?" I demanded, placing my hands on my hips.

Alex smiled slightly. "Admitting it to him."

"Not going to happen," I stated, crossing my arms over my chest now as I looked away from him. "Don't you know the guy's supposed to say it to the girl first? If not, the guy could think it's too early and feel all trapped and--"

"You think too much," Alex informed me, cutting me off. "Just find the right time and tell him. I guarantee you that he'll say it back."

"Sure," I pouted. "It's still not going to happen."

Alex rolled his eyes. "Jesse was right. You are difficult," he sighed loudly.

"What's that supposed to mean?" I demanded once again, my eyebrows furrowing as I chewed on the inside of my cheek.

"Oh, nothing," he smiled, winking at me before starting off toward his cabin. "Nothing at all..."

"And you call me the difficult one?"

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"I still can't believe he actually asked me!" Lexi giggled, almost jumping up and down in her long dress. "I've been waiting forever, and he just comes over and asks! It's like a fairytale!"

"Not really," I grumbled, but she didn't seem to hear me.

It was the night of the prom, we were getting ready, and Lexi was still all excited with the fact that Alex had asked her to go with him. It really wasn't that big of a surprise for the rest of us...

"Well I can't believe Ryan actually asked me," Emily grinned brightly as she swished her short sparkly dress around. "I've been crushing on him ever since we got here!"

I found myself smiling at this. That was good, since Ryan seemed to like her just as much as she liked him. At least it worked out for some people...

"But the biggest shock was that Adam asked AJ," Chelsea informed us sarcastically, her long green dress hitting the ground nicely. "No, wait. The shock was that she actually said yes!"

"I always used to say he was cute," AJ excused bashfully, placing more blush on her face to cover up her actual blush. "It shouldn't be that surprising..."

The rest of the girls and I stared at each other flatly, but didn't say any more on the subject. 

Everyone had a date that they were excited about, except for me. Yolanda had Troy, Chelsea had Dalton, and even Cindy and Molly had dates that they were giggling over. I wished I could have felt that way... If I was going with Jesse, I would have.

The girls of Cabin C demanded that they do my makeup and hair, so there was no way that I was getting out of it since it was seven against one. I didn't even want to go anymore. I didn't want to go with Pete, I wanted to go with Jesse. But I was sure that he was going with Aimee, and then they were going to go back to his cabin before everyone else did so they could...

I don't even want to think about it. The thought made me sick to my stomach.

"You're going to look just like you did the night you tried to seduce Jesse!" Lexi announced as she continued to do my hair. "Except this time you'll be wearing clothes!"

"I was wearing clothes that night," I snapped through clenched teeth, looking away from them as much as I could so they couldn't see my blush. But they were all around me in a circle, so I knew that that wasn't a possibility, which majorly sucked.

"Barely," Cindy smirked, only causing my blush to grow even more.

When they were finally finished, they moved out of my way so I could see what they had done to me. I wasn't surprised when I saw that I looked the exact same way I did the night I was supposed to seduce Jesse. That seemed to long ago...

I let out a breath, standing up and letting my dress fall around my thighs once again. Out of all of us, Emily and I were the only ones with a short dress. But I was sure that Aimee's dress was going to be short as well...

"This prom is going to be so much better than last year's," Molly giggled, touching up her make up in the mirror now. Last year we only had it with the Cambridge boys. Talk about yuck."

I shrugged, playing with my hair a little next to her in the mirror. "I didn't go to prom last year," I informed her, and she looked up at me like I was insane.

"You didn't?" Cindy asked, now coming up next to me. "Why wouldn't you go to the prom? Did no one ask you?"

"No, guys asked me," I answered truthfully, shaking my head as I straightened out my dress. "I just didn't feel like going, that's all."

"Lie!" I heard Chelsea sing from the other side of the cabin, making me cringe in annoyance. "It's about time you told them the truth, Jordy!"

I knew she was using Dallas's old nickname for me on purpose, and I wanted to strangle her for it. Because it didn't just remind me of the old times I had with Dallas anymore. It reminded me of Hunter now, too.

"Truth?" Emily now asked, coming up to us with Yolanda at her side. "What truth?"

I heaved a long sigh, sitting down and actually deciding on telling them the story. I told them how Dallas was my best friend up until freshman year, when he asked me to his prom to get his ex-girlfriend jealous. And how he had left me when his girlfriend said she wanted him back.

"And that's why I didn't go to the prom last year," I finished lamely, letting out a small chuckle after I realized how awkward it was now.

Before either of the girls could say anything, there was a knock on the door and Chelsea came flying out of the bathroom.

"Ready to go, girls?" she asked with a smile, Lexi and AJ on either side of her now. "I believe our dates are here."

The girls around me all squealed, but I only let a faint smile take over my lips, slowly standing up as the girls quickly made their way over to the door without looking too desperate and excited for their dates.

I looked back at my reflection for a second, not recognizing the girl that was staring back at me. The girl staring back at me looked upset, even though she was supposed to be happy because she looked beautiful and tonight was the most memorable night of her entire high school life.

But I ruined it. I ruined it by letting my guilt get the better of me and not going with who my heart really wanted to go with.

"No," I whispered, answering Chelsea's question as I turned away from the girl that stood before me in the mirror in disgust and toward the door, where Pete was standing. "I'm not ready."

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