"Jake, I'm not going to tell you again. You NEED to WAKE UP for school," Jake heard his mother yell from downstairs.

He got up and took a quick shower. When he got out, he noticed scratch mark all over his chest and back. What the hell happened last night? I don't even remember drinking that much. No more going to parties at Ryder's. Jake got dressed, grabbed his bag, and ran downstairs.

"You should eat something," Jake's mother said.

Jake grabbed an apple out of the fruit bowl and kissed his mother goodbye. On his way to school, he was trying to remember what had happened the night before. Who was that person that pushed me onto Ryder's bed? Was that even real? I hope it wasn't because that would be something scary.

He thought about all the way to school. Jake was not paying attention and bumped into Marley.

"Marley, I'm sorry. I wasn't paying attention."

"Don't worry about it," Marley said rather coldly.

"Are you okay?"

"No I'm not, Jake"

He didn't understand why Marley was upset. Did I do something wrong? I thought that after we confessed how we felt about each other, we'd be good, he thought.

"I'm sorry, Marley, but did I do something to upset you?"

Marley sighed, "Really, Jake? Do you not remember that you started to tell me something and went to get some air?"

"I remember"

"You never came. I sat there waiting but you never came. I even went looking for you, but couldn't find you. So I thought it was the alcohol that made you want to talk to me. But when I realized that you didn't even drink that much, I understood that you were and are a jerk."

Jake stared at Marley with a confused look. If I wasn't talking to Marley, then who was it? He saw Kitty walk by and remembered the blonde person who was with him. He needed to ask Kitty what happened. He knew it would upset Marley even more, but he needed to know.

"Marley, I'm so sorry for last night. I never meant to hurt you. Please believe me. I really thought I was with you. I'm sorry but I have to go," he said and ran off to find Kitty.

Marley walked to her locker. Was he really sorry? He sounded sincere. But with Jake, who knows. But what stuck with her was when he said he thought that he was with her. How does he not know where he was after he left me? Something did not sit right with Marley. She needed to know what was going on. So she decided to needed to talk to him. Lunch seemed to be the perfect time to do so. It was funny to her that even though she was supposed to be mad at Jake, she couldn't stay that way for long. She knew she needed to tell him how she felt before it was too late.

"Kitty, wait up," Jake said running passed students in the hall. "I need to talk to you"

"About?"

"What happened at Ryder's"

Kitty rolled her eyes. "You mean when you chickened out and didn't tell Marley how you felt? You know I really didn't enjoy having to console her. I spent the entire night rest of the night telling her that you'd come back. And when you didn't I had to take her home. You owe for that, by the way."

"You were with Marley the entire night?" Jake asked. He was even more confused than before.

"Isn't that what I just said? You need to listen. That's what ears are for, Puckerman. Honestly what have you…"

But Jake was not listening to her. If I wasn't with Kitty, then who was it? It didn't make sense to him. Who else could it have been?

"Jake. JAKE," Kitty shouted as she snapped her fingers in his face.

"Huh? I'm sorry. What were you saying?" Jake said coming back from his thoughts.

"What is going on with you? You seem to be distracted."

"I'm just trying to figure out what happened at Ryder's after I left Marley."

"Well, I can tell you. After you disappeared, Marley went looking for you. And when she came back without you, with a sad look on her face, I assumed you did something terrible. And then she told me that you were nowhere to be found. So I took her home. Everyone was still around when we left, well expect for you, of course. But that's all I know since I couldn't stay.

Jake couldn't figure out who it could be. Then he remembered his drink tasting funny. I had to be drugged. That is the only thing that would make sense. But why would anyone want to drug me and when did they do it? He walked to his next class. He didn't notice Marley walk by and leave a note on his desk. When he dropped his book, that's when he realized it was there. And it read:

Jake, I need to talk to you during lunch. It's really important.

He turned and smiled at Marley, who smiled back.

Lunchtime came sooner rather than later. And Marley looked around for Jake.

"Mom, have you seen Jake?

"No sweetie, I haven't. Is everything oaky?" Millie asked with a look of concern on her face.

"I don't know, mom"

Marley walked through the hallways and walked right into Ryder.

"Ryder, I'm sorry. Have you seen Jake?" she asked hoping he would know.

"It's fine. And he texted me saying that he went home early. I think that was right before fourth period. Why?"

"I needed to talk to him about what happened at your party."

"Oh, I heard about that. I'm sorry that he did that, but I don't think he did it on purpose.

Ryder then said he would see her at glee club and left for lunch. Marley slid against the lockers. I shouldn't have been mad at him. Maybe that's why he left. He assumed I would just yell at him or something. Only if he stayed, he would know how I feel about him. Good job, Marley, you totally screwed this one up.

Little did she know Jake went home for an entirely different reason.

Author's Note:

I want to apologize for this chapter. I wrote it in a rush. Hopefully you guys like it. Please review, I always welcome feedback as well as suggestions. I won't be able to update this week due to my work schedule (but I will try) What do you think happened to Jake? All will be revealed in the next chapter. Thanks so much for reading.