Class was a blur. It was difficult to concentrate with the taste of Collin's lips still residing on her own. She couldn't make sense of what was going through her own mind. She loved Matty. After everything they had been through - didn't he deserve better? From the very beginning she had always made him out to be this incredible guy and at first, all he wanted to do was keep her a secret, but she couldn't hold that against him forever. Sure, finding out that he had, in fact, been embarrassed by her...or as he liked to say - mortified, stung. Perhaps that weighed in on her drastic change in character, or maybe she had always been a deceitful, cheating, bitch without even knowing it.
"Hey, babe." Matty said, approaching her as both her and Collin exited their classroom. "Collin." He nodded, with such a friendly smile she wanted to throw her books at him and tell him to stop being so oblivious. He leaned in to give her a kiss, but at the last second she turned her head so his lips would find her cheek instead of her mouth.
"So..." Collin said, before Matty had time to react to Jenna dodging his kiss. "I guess I'll see you after school to get started on that assignment." He ran a hand through his hair, his lie masked beneath a false yet believable smile. Jenna felt herself nodding in agreement and then cursed him for the power he seemed to have over her. With that his smiled widened, and he turned away from them, heading toward his locker. Matty looked down at her and took one of her hands in his.
"I have a surprise for you." He bit his smiling lip. "It was suppose to be for tonight, but since you and Collin have a thing I can postpone it till tomorrow."
"We don't have thing." Jenna laughed awkwardly, not liking his choice of words. "I mean we have a class thing, but it's not an important thing. It's just... you know a small thing." She was rambling. Matty gave her a confused look for a moment before nodding.
"Oh, so you'll be done early." He pulled her closer to him. "Great. Guess I'll keep the surprise for tonight then." He kissed her then, and this time she couldn't bring herself to move away. His lips were warm against her own, and all in all, it was a pretty awesome goodbye kiss. It was as if he was making up for the one he missed earlier. But kissing Matty after having kissed Collin only a little over an hour ago felt cruel and wrong. It's official. She was a slut.
"Right. So, I'll see you tonight then." She said against his mouth before pulling away and patting him on the shoulder. She scurried away, searching the halls for Tamara, in desperate need for a chat. Tamara would help her realize what it was she was doing and everything she was risking by giving her one of her famous lectures, and all would go back to normal. She spotted her friend and quickened her pace until she was walking next her.
"Hey gir-"
"I kissed Collin." Jenna sputtered. She knew if she didn't just say it, she'd pussy out. Now that it was out in the open though, she was sure tension was rising in the air. Her face was hot, her palms sweaty and she couldn't bring herself to look at Tamara's expression.
"You WHAT?!" Tamara gasped, nearly tripping over her own feet. Jenna groaned, nervously tugging at the bottom of her braid.
"I...I don't know what came over me. It's just Matty and I had a bit of a fight and Collin was there saying all these great things and I... I just kissed him." She shook her head, attempting to ignore the pain in her stomach. She felt nauseous.
"OMG Jenna! That's so not okay!" Tamara stopped walking and forced Jenna to look at her. "Matty loves you. I mean, like, after everything you've been through you can't just throw that away over some fight."
"He told me that he had been mortified of me when we first met, T!"
"Yeah, well get over it. You already assumed he had been embarrassed and you forgave him and moved on anyway. You can't just, like, bring up all his past mistakes every chance you get. He's redeemed himself by now." She shook her head dramatically and placed both her hands on Jenna's shoulders. "Don't even worry about it. It was T.A.A... totally an accident. A meaningless kiss. You were upset and shit happens. Your feelings for Collin aren't legit. You're attracted to him thats it, and I get. He's pretty hot. But so is Matty, and your feelings for him are real and his feelings for you are real and TWM...that's what matters."
Jenna swallowed hard. She didn't like how Tamara was telling her what she was feeling, but she had no right to argue.
"Uh..." Jenna mumbled. "Well..."
Tamara narrowed her eyes and titled her head. "What aren't you telling me?" Jenna licked her lips in order to lessen the dryness of them before closing her eyes and letting the words pour out.
"It wasn't just one kiss. I - I went to talk to him today at lunch and it...it just happened...again." Tamara released her hold on Jenna's shoulders and took a step back.
"Wow, okay. Once is an accident...twice is an affair! Jenna, what are you doing?! Are you trying to ruin everything you've achieved this year?"
"I don't know!"
Tamara's expression softened ever so slightly at the sound of despair in Jenna's voice. "You need to tell Collin to back off. End whatever it is that's going on between you two." She was unexpectedly gentle with her advice, something Jenna was surprised about. She nodded in agreement, that sick feeling only getting worse. Did she want to end her...thing...with Collin? Oh, of course she did... Her thoughts were still jumbled as she made her way to her next class knowing that afterwards she'd have to confront him and end things before it went too far and she gets in too deep.
