WILL

The ocean just continued making its noise, not concerned about Will sitting near it, not concerned that his tears were mixing with its water, not concerned that one of his bottles of beer was floating on one of its never-ending waves, going deeper, and deeper till it would finally sink under the surface after it filled up with water, or washed up on some other shore, considered a piece of junk, and not a bottle which contained the amber liquid that relieved a part of his pain.

There was a storm rising in his mind, his wrist throbbing with pain, after he punched a wall before getting into his car and driving to this beach, where he knew no one would disturb him. Matt had told him that the sound of the waves had a soothing effect. But he lied. There was nothing that could stop the voices screaming in Will's head, asking him what he had done to deserve all this. He had never mistreated anyone, never done something illegal, always respected others, well, usually respected others. Why couldn't he be left alone?

Cheating on him was one thing, but staging a relationship, just to break his heart was a totally different thing. And Liv, sweet, innocent Liv, how could she do such a thing? Was everything fake? Were all those kisses, all those 'I love you's a show? How could she? Will thought that they had something real, something meaningful, but this one was the worst relationship he had ever had, which was saying a lot. He had felt he had been the happiest when he had been dating Liv, but maybe all that happiness was fake. She took advantage of him. And he too was also stupid to not realise. He should have noticed all the times she hesitated before kissing him, all those days she would say 'I have to tell you something' then pretend that she had forgotten what she was gonna say.

But even then all those memories kept popping into his mind. Like little glass bottles carrying messages which would come to the surface in murky ocean waters. Her small smile, her baby brown eyes looking into his, the way her lips felt on his... Will took another sip of the vodka. Ugh, he couldn't get her out of his head for even one moment. All of those just felt so real. It was so hard to believe that she was faking it. Must be an amazing actress.

He felt another hot tear roll down his cheek from his tear-dried eyes which began to ache again. Will just wanted to lie down, close his eyes, and wake up days later, and just wish all this was just a nightmare. No, he had to face it.

Just then he heard shuffling behind him and saw Emma sit on one side and Matt sit on his other side. Matt snatched the bottle from him and took a swig, then shook his head.

"That's some strong vodka", he said.

Will could see Emma scowling at Matt from beside him, "Can you stop being an asshole for just one second", she scolded, then Will felt Emma turn to him, "Will, do you want to talk?"

And Will poured his heart out to Emma, while he could sense Matt sitting there uncomfortably rubbing his shoulders.

"Why did you go through those terrible relationships?", Emma asked.

Will shook his head, "I don't know. I guess I just don't like being alone."

"Hey, you're never alone, bud. You always have us", Matt said, patting him on the back.

Emma was giving Will the stern look again, which had begun to truly scare him, "I told you one thing. Learn to love yourself. Which you clearly don't. When you're alone, think of it as solitude. Not loneliness. Instead of pitying yourself, man up and learn to look at things in a different light, learn to enjoy the little things instead of moaning about the bigger ones. Man up, you pussy!", she said, and even though Will had understood what she meant, he was still scared.

"Um, okay", was his only reply. He was afraid that if he said something else, she would scold him again.

"Now get your ass into your car", Emma ordered, "drive to Liv's and demand a bloody explanation."

Will nodded and got up, dusting the grains of sand off his tux. Dad was gonna have a field day, when he would see what Will had done to the tux.

He could faintly hear Matt whisper to Emma, "I'm not gonna lie, your scolding turned me on a bit", and Will smirked. Classic Matt. He even turned around and saw Emma swat him jokingly on the arm.

Matt caught up with him, while Emma walked behind.

"I'm scared of your girlfriend right now", Will said, sending a small smile in her direction.

"I'm turned on", Matt admitted, "You're a sissy", Matt said, slinging an arm around Will's shoulder.

"And you're a pervert", Will said to Matt.

"Touché", Matt said, as they reached Will's car, but then they found a very similar car parked next to it, and Kevin came out of one side, while...Liv came out from the other. And Will's heart stopped. She looked terrible. More than he felt. Her hair was all over the place, there were dark bags under her eyes, and she was wearing a big loose hoodie over her wrinkled dress, which was presumably Kevin's. And her smell hit him, even though there were not at all close. How many bottles had she downed? And wasn't she high?

"Guess who I found at ME at 2 o'clock in the morning", Kevin said.

Will checked his watch, it was 4 am now. Holy shit, how long had he been sitting on that beach?

"Okay, we are going that way", said Emma pointing to the right side of the beach, "And you guys are going that way", she finished, pointing to the left.

PENNY

Penny woke up groggily, and looked around, her surroundings completely blurry. Ugh, her head hurt so bad. Like someone had put a boulder in her skull, next to her brain. She felt around herself, and yelped when she felt something warm.

Her vision cleared, and she saw Kyle, lying next to her, not asleep anymore. Prom, it was the night after prom, and Penny was in loose clothes, not her dress. She stared at Kyle. Did they....?

Kyle must have understood the stare, and so he shook his head, "Nothing like that happened",he said in a heavy voice. She felt so embarrassed now. Kyle would never do that. And how the heck did he not have bed hair? Or morning breath. Penny was pretty sure her breath stank.

But she rubbed her head. She couldn't remember anything at all. She just remembered till clicking pictures using the disposable camera. Nothing else after that. Nothing at all. Ugh, she hated this feeling. Like someone had yanked their hand in her brain pulled a chunk of memories out, leaving a void there which could not be filled. Prom was gone. Something she had waited for, for forever, which came only once in life, had passed, and she hardly remembered anything. Why had she drunk so much?

Kyle sat up groggily, then rubbed his forehead, "How you feeling?", he asked, sleepily.

"Terrible", Penny said with a groan. Her mouth was so dry. She grabbed a water bottle by the bed and took a long sip. Then she looked around. This was not Kyle's or Penny's bedroom. It was Shane's.

"I didn't take you to your place, 'cause I'm very scared of your mom. My parents would ask too many questions if I took you there. So Shane and I got you here. His mom is very open-minded. She helped...with the clothes", Kyle said, and Penny's eyes widened, "I didn't watch", Kyle said, "Okay, maybe a little", he admitted.

Penny hit him on the arm, "Kyle!"

"I didn't let Shane enter the room", Kyle said, as if trying to defend his actions.

Penny shook her head, trying to forget the last few lines, "What happened yesterday?"

"Its literally 4am. Can we talk after sleeping a little?", Kyle whined, as Penny took his arm and shook him hard. She wanted to know. She couldn't sleep without knowing.

"Okay, okay, fine", Kyle grumbled, "Chloe spiked your punch with ecstasy, you went berserk, asked Matt if he buys his abs online, told me tuxedoes don't suit me, stole a blonde wig and a pompom from God knows where, called Smelly Pete a troll, got crowned Prom Queen", he said, then Penny placed her hand on his mouth.

"Wait, I was drugged?!", Penny asked, incredulously. Great. Now she could add ecstasy to the list of things she had unknowingly consumed.

"Apparently it was meant for Emma", Kyle said. That made sense, Chloe's hatred for Emma and Will was kinda extreme.

"Then why drug me?

"I have non clue babe", Kyle said, placing a hand on her knee.

"And I was Prom Queen?", Penny asked.

Kyle reached to a bag lying near the bed and pulled a tiara out, then placed it on her messed up hair.

Penny sighed, "And I wont even remember it."

Her phone pinged. She reached out to the nightstand with a groan and picked it up. There were twenty three texts and seven missed calls from her parents. Crap.

And there were so many notifications on Instagram. She opened it, eager to see what she had missed out on. The first post she saw was of her standing in the stage, facing the mic with a tiara on her hair.

She looked away, she must have done something embarrassing. But then she heard oohs and ahs and looked back to see Kyle kissing her on stage.

Her eyes went wide and she looked up at Kyle, "I thought you were PDA shy."

Kyle blushed, "I still am. I just...couldn't let you embarrass yourself."

Penny looked back at the video where Kyle had begun singing Thinking Out Loud. Her heart warmed. He did that all for her, even though he was nervous and scared. She loved him so much for that. She put her hand on his cheek and lightly brushed her lips on his.

"Thanks", she said with a smile.

WILL

"And I fell for you for real, and I had the job because of you, so I didn't need the money. I told her I wouldn't do it anymore, but she threatened to release this tape...", Liv trailed off, and Will knew what she meant.

He did not know what to feel. A part of him wanted to turn around and go back to the others who were no doubt getting ready to see the sunrise. Another part of him was curious to listen to her explanation, and a very small, teeny-tiny part of him wanted to forget everything, grab her face and kiss her. Was he crazy?

Liv grabbed his hand but he yanked it away from her grasp. He could see an intense amount of hurt flash on her face. But he couldn't help it, he was extremely confused.

"Liv, I still can't understand why you would do such a thing", Will said, shaking his head.

"Will, I had no choice. I needed the money Chloe was offering for college, because my foster parents had made it clear that they won't assist for college whatsoever. Secondly they were blackmailing me. I thought you were some snobby, spoilt brat. I didn't know you would be so...", Liv paused, "so likeable, so lovable. That's why I refused. I anyways did not find any dirt on you which Chloe wanted so she asked me to break your heart. And I never planned to do that Will!", she said, pulling her skirt up.

Will was actually kind of convinced, or maybe it was his feelings for her which were blinding him. Liv had done something so unforgivable but he still wanted to forgive her. She would have broken his heart later, but he still wanted to kiss her till she did. No he needed some time to figure stuff out.

"I need time Liv", he said, "to put my shit together. Can you give me that time?"

Liv smiled at him, which made his stomach turn like always, "I'm so happy you're asking me that. I don't deserve this."

Will turned towards the horizon, where he could see the colours of day taking their place while the colours of night faded away. He could see the sun, the brightest yellow orb, peeking at them behind the blue sea. And then he turned to Liv.

"We're still friends, right?", she asked.

"Always", he said, wishing he could hold her hand.