Ellie wakes to a loud pounding on the door.
"Steve? Steve, I know you're in there. Open the damn door Steve!" Ellie moans, wipes her forehead, she rolls over and sees Steve; he puts his hand over her mouth.
"Hide in the closet," he whispers quietly and gently pushes her towards the closet, Ellie, now out of bed realizes she is naked and blushes, and hides like she was told. Steve puts on boxers and a shirt and opens the door.
"Hey babe, did you enjoy the party? You passed out early, I carried you to the guest room." Ellie watches through the crack in the door and recognizes the girl as the same one from before, the drunk girl in Steve's lap.
"Quit the bull, Steve. Where is she? I heard you two banged last night. You and that whore Jesse came with." It takes all Ellie's effort not to go smack this girl in the face. She's looking in the bathroom; under the bed, and she's close to the closet; Ellie feels her heart beat faster as the girl comes near.
"Come on, Rachel. Nobody else is in here with me. You saw that girl; she was mad ugly, I'd never tap that." Ellie silently starts crying. Not only was she a whore but the guy she slept with just called her ugly. Rachel backs away from the closet and smiles happy with Steve's reply. She kissed him and heads out.
"I'm sorry, Steve. I should trust you. I've got work, I'll see you tomorrow." Rachel left, Steve comes over to find Ellie crying.
"Baby, what's wrong?" He puts his arms around Ellie's waist and Ellie won't look at him.
"Not only am I a whore, but I'm mad ugly, too? Is that what you really think of me?" Ellie stares down at her bare feet. Toenails painted black, manicured and fancy, just for Jesse, who made her want to be perfect, who so unkindly like rejected her.
"Come on, Elle, you know I just said all that so she'd leave. Come back to bed, it's only 8 in the morning." He winks and smiles nervously.
"How do I know you're not lying to me if I saw you so blatantly lie to her? Who are you being honest to? I don't even know you Steve, how am I suppose to trust you?" Ellie looks straight into his eyes.
"We have all day to get to know each other. I'll take you out for some coffee." Steve lifts her off of her feet, she's still naked.
"Come on. You can wear my clothes. I hope they aren't too large." He hands her plaid boxers, a pair of jeans and a "The Who" shirt, all of which are a bit too large on her. Her pants fall down, they have a giggly moment and he hands her a belt.
Steve drives Ellie to The Dot where they drink mochas and chat. Ellie starts feeling like Steve really likes her and less of like a one-night stand. Steve leaves to go to the bathroom, Ellie is fixing her makeup at her table and Jay walks in.
"Hey Elle!" He comes over and sits with her where Steve was previously sitting.
"Um.. If you don't mind, I was here with a friend." Ellie says nervously, hoping Jay would move.
"Right, right. Your point is?" Jay takes a sip from Steve's mocha.
"Well, erm, he was sitting there."
"And I should care because? I just want to have a chat with my good friend Ellie. I saw you at Steve's party last night." Jay leans in closer and whispers to Ellie, "I didn't know you were in with that crowd." He leans back and smirks a bit.
"What crowd?"
"You know. Steve's crowd. Don't trust those people, Elle. I know you listen to my advice but you should for once." Jay tries to look serious.
"Whatever, Jay. Steve's nice. He won't hurt me, he's my friend. I like him, okay? You're just jealous I've found someone who really likes me and you're still alone, like always." Ellie is getting irritated and itches the back of her head.
"You're going to get screwed up if you hang with them. Steve and I go back, Elle. Far back. Pill popping, needle pushing.." Jay stops talking when Steve walks out of the bathroom and gets out of Steve's chair.
"Jay, my man!" Steve grins, shiny white teeth, at Jay, Jay smiles back and glances cautiously at Ellie.
"Hey Steve. You here with Elle?"
"Yeah, she's great isn't she?" Steve stands next to Ellie and puts his arm around her, holding her close. Sean walks in and glances at Jay, who nods and walks towards him.
"She really is, man. Be careful with her, see you guys around." Jay and Sean sit at a table near the other side of The Dot, occasionally glancing over at her and Steve.
"Let's get out of here, huh, Elle?" They walk out, holding hands, Ellie happy but worried. What was Jay talking about?