November, Thursday 5th
Addison leaned against the doorway of her best friend's office and watched her friend before she pushed herself off and walked into the office.
Naomi was busy doing some paperwork and glanced up at her briefly. "Hey." She gave a smile.
"Hey." Addison smiled back and sat down on the couch in the office.
"Do you need anything?" Naomi continued to write in some files.
"I slept with Pete last night," she suddenly blurted then blushed at her announcement.
"You what?" Naomi's eyes widened as she looked up at her friend.
"We had sex," Addison repeated.
"Yeah, I heard that." She nodded slowly.
"He wants to make Anna jealous to get her back and I want Brandon back so we decided to start a relationship." Addison shrugged.
"A relationship to make Anna and Brandon jealous? Seriously?"
"What?" She looked at her friend.
"That's just...ridiculous."
"Why is it?" Addison frowned. "Pete is still in love with Anna and she'll realise that soon and get back with him."
"Why did you have sex then?"
"I don't know. We were on his bed and he said that I should moan so Anna could hear and then we just slept together." She shrugged.
"Are you...going to keep doing it?" Naomi asked carefully.
"Sleeping together?" Addison looked at her friend. "I don't know."
"You're doing this because you want Brandon, right?"
"I am." She nodded. "We've been together for a year and a half and suddenly he decides he just wants to leave."
"Yeah." Naomi sighed.
"It'll work." Addison nodded.
"I hope so." Naomi nodded as well.
"It will," Addison repeated.. "I'm not going to get hurt by this," Addison commented.
"I hope it works out the way you want it to."
"It will, have some faith, Nae."
"I do, I just don't want you to get hurt."
"I won't." Addison looked at Naomi seriously. "I won't get hurt. Pete won't hurt me."
"What if Brandon doesn't care?"
"He has to care. We were together for a year and a half. How can someone just not care after being together that long?"
"I don't know."
"Exactly, he has to care." Addison nodded and leaned back against the soft cushions of the couch.
"Do you really think this is the most mature solution for this?"
"Well, what would you suggest?"
"I don't know. Talk with him?"
"I've tried." Addison sighed.
"Okay, then try it this way but don't let yourself get hurt again." Naomi looked at her seriously.
"I won't." She shook her head determinedly. "I won't let myself get hurt again."
"Okay." Naomi nodded. Addison nodded as well as she looked at her friend.
Pete closed the front door behind him and walked towards his car as he dialled Addison's number.
"Hello?" she answered after a few rings.
"Hey, it's me." Pete unlocked his car before getting in.
"Hey." She smiled softly at the sound o his voice.
"I told Anna I'd meet you tonight," he explained. "And now I was wondering if you want to do something, or I could just go to Sam's."
"Oh no. Come over. I know where Brandon has gone tonight. I'll get ready and we can go there. Sounds perfect." She smiled again. "I'll leave the door so you can get in and I'll go take a shower."
"Okay, good." Pete nodded. "I'll be right there."
"Good, I'll see you soon. Bye, Pete." Addison found herself grinning as she hung up the phone and jumped into the shower.
Twenty minutes later Pete pulled into Addison's drive way and made his way up the steps to the front door before pulling it open and walking in.
"I'm upstairs," Addison called down as she heard him reach the bottom of the stairs. "I need your opinion on what to wear. Want to come up?"
"Okay," Pete called back before walking upstairs and into her bedroom. Addison was stood with her back to him as he entered. She had curled her hair and applied her make-up. She had a short, fluffy towel wrapped tightly around her body and she smiled as she caught sight of him. Pete smiled back and glanced down on her slightly as he walked further in.
"Okay, pick a dress." She reached forward and took hold of the two dresses hanging in front of her closet. One was an electric blue and would fall about mid thigh while the other was gold and reached just below her knees.
"Well, do you want to look hot or fancy?" Pete looked at her before back at the dresses. "Although you would probably look hot and fancy in anything," he mumbled slightly as he thought about it.
"Blue?" Addison held the dress against her body with one hand and looked up at his expression.
"Yeah, I like that one." He nodded.
"Okay then." She smiled and hung the gold dress back up in her closet.
"I'll wait downstairs." He pointed to the door slightly.
"Okay, sure." Addison nodded and smiled again as she lay the dress on her bed and made her way over to her chest of drawers to get some underwear. Pete gave a smile and turned before he left the room again.
Ten minutes later, Addison made her way down the stairs wearing her electric blue dress and a matching pair of heels.
"You look good." Pete smiled softly as he got up from the couch.
Addison did a small twirl for him and grinned. "I'm glad you think so."
He smirked as he watched her. "Let's go then." She took hold of the arm he offered before they left her house. They took Pete's car to drive to the bar Addison knew Brandon would be at and parked in front of it. They made their way inside, Addison holding onto Pete's arm, before they walked over to the bar to get some drinks.
"You see him?" Pete glanced at her after he had ordered them their drinks.
"Not yet." She shook her head and slyly glanced around for her ex.
"Okay." Pete nodded and did the same. They accepted their drinks before they made their way to a free table and sat down. Pete looked down at his drink and swirled it slightly before taking a sip.
"What did Anna say when you told her?" Addison glanced at him sat next to her.
"About tonight?" He looked back at her. "She told me I better not bring you home again and if I drink too much I better not come home at all."
"She really doesn't like me, does she?"
"No." He shook his head and gave a smile.
"I wonder why that is," Addison mused and titled her head to the side slightly.
"I've no idea." Pete gave a sigh and sipped on his drink.
"Oh, there's Brandon." She sat up straighter as she caught sight of her ex-boyfriend at the bar. Pete looked at her before he followed her gaze and spotted Brandon. "He's with a girl," she whispered as she watched him wrap an arm around another woman's waist.
"Yeah..." Pete glanced at Addison to see her expression. She sat frozen as she watched the two of them together. "She's definitely a downgrade though."
"It hasn't even been a week," she whispered.
"Well, you're here with me," Pete tried.
Addison turned her head and looked into Pete's face. "But only as pretend. He's moved on. He's with someone else."
"He's probably only just met her."
"It doesn't look like it."
Pete sighed and glanced at Brandon stood at the bar.
"Well," Addison took a deep breath. "I'll show him I've moved on too."
"Exactly." Pete nodded.
"Asshole," she mumbled and downed her drink.
"I'll make him realise what he's missing." He looked at her.
"You will." She nodded.
"Want another drink?" Pete gave a smile.
"Definitely."
"Come on then." Pete downed his drink before he stood up. Addison stood up as well before she slid her hand into his to walk to the bar. Pete led them to a spot at the bar where they could be seen by Brandon before he ordered their drinks. She leaned into his side and subtly glanced over at Brandon. He was busy drinking and talking with a few friends and he didn't seem to have noticed her yet. She noticed one of the guys point at her before they all turned to look.
Brandon looked surprised as he saw her; he hadn't expected her to be there. He certainly hadn't expected her to be in the arms of another man.
"Has he seen us?" Pete whispered, not looking at Brandon. Addison nodded before she picked up her drink and took a sip. Pete did the same and wrapped an arm around her, his hand low on her hip. She turned her head and pressed her lips to his so she could taste his drink. They let themselves get lost in the kiss so nothing else mattered. Their bodies were leaning close to one another, their lips fused together. Addison smiled softly as she slowly pulled back from the kiss.
Pete smiled back and looked into her eyes. "I like your drink."
"Me too." She grinned and giggled. He smiled softly and leaned down to peck her lips again before he turned to the bar and took another sip of his drink. Addison glanced up and caught sight of Brandon still watching them.
"Definitely jealous," Pete commented.
"You think?" Addison looked up at him.
"He keeps looking over at us."
"Then I say we give him something to look at." She grinned and slid her hand under Pete's top and over his chest. Pete smirked and moved both his hands to her back before sliding them down over her butt, resting them just underneath. Addison gave a small girlish giggle and jumped as she felt him squeeze her ass.
"Hmm." He grinned as he watched her reactions.
"I have never seen this horny side of you before," she giggled again.
"I've never seen yours either." Pete smiled as he traced his fingers over her firm ass.
"You gave me no reason to show it." Addison leaned in closer to his chest as she lightly ran her fingertips over his skin.
"Now I am." He looked down at her.
"That you are." She leaned up to kiss him softly. Pete closed his eyes and kissed her back, his hands holding her close to him. The two of them stood kissing tenderly while Brandon looked away from them and back to his friends. They were lost into one another until they pulled away slightly and looked into each other's eyes. Addison smiled softly before she reached up and wiped some lipstick from his face.
"Do you want to go say hi to him?" Pete whispered.
"No." She shook her head. "I want to enjoy myself tonight. Let him see that I'm happy."
"Okay." Pete smiled and nodded. Addison smiled back before she picked her drink up again and began to sip on it.
Addison rolled over so she was laying half on top of Pete's naked body. His chest was still slightly sweaty from their second round of sex but it just made him even more attractive. He smiled up at her as his breathing returned to normal and he placed his hands on her bare thighs.
"Who knew you could do that." She smiled and placed her head on his chest so she could hear his heartbeat.
"Oh, I can do a lot of things you don't know of yet," he whispered.
"Hmm, do I get to experience all these things or will you leave me to wonder them?"
"Well, that depends." He lightly traced his finger up and down her spine.
"On what?" She felt the tingles run through her body at his touch and she couldn't help but give a small shiver.
"On how flexible you are," he joked and a smirk spread across his lips. She rolled her eyes and lightly smacked him on the chest. "Just kidding." Pete smiled. "You just proved your flexibility."
"I know." She grinned. "All those years of dancing."
"In bed with me you can finally make use of it."
"I can," Addison agreed before she stretched her body out. Pete smiled softly and placed a kiss on top of her head. She gave a small yawn, tired out from their activities, before she propped her chin up on his chest so she could look at him.
"Are you tired?" He wiped some mascara from her cheek.
"You wore me out." She smiled tiredly and gave another yawn, the alcohol she had consumed also taking its effects on her.
"We should sleep then."
"Definitely." Addison nodded and lay her head back down on his chest.
"I had a good time tonight," Pete said quietly as he drew small circles on her lower back.
"Me too." Her lips curved into a smile as she closed her eyes. "A really good time."
"Yeah." He smiled softly and closed his eyes tiredly.
"Night, Pete," she whispered softly.
"Hmm, night, Addi." He gave a tired smile before sleep overtook their bodies as they lay in each other's arms.
