I knew you were trouble when you walked in,

So shame on me now.

Blew me to places I've never been.


"I don't think I wanna do this anymore," Lauren muttered, her eyes train on the coffee in front of her.

"Come on, okay, so you guys break up after a month. What happens next?" Julia said, eyes wide with sympathy.

"Jules, you know what happens," Lauren whined, this was one of her worst memories. Ever. "I was such an idiot that night…"

"Remember what happened afterwards, though?" Julia said, her eyebrows raised.

"Yeah, yeah. But I'm still not proud of it. And that was shitty way to get back together." Lauren replied, crossing her arms.

"Refresh my memory?" Julia asked.

"Fine," Lauren said after a minute, but I'm not telling you all the details.


It was February, it had been 4 months after that break up. Lauren had more than gotten over it, and had chopping her hair shoulder length and dyed it blonde, which she was already in love with. Maybe she'd keep it that way for a while. Her and Julia were headed to another off campus party, and Lauren was keen on meeting someone new. The person throwing the party was named Jeff, and they were both more than excited. Lauren liked how something always happened at parties. She met Joe the first one, made more friends the second and so on.

Maybe something would happen that night.

They got there when the party was in full swing. Lauren saw Joe and waved, they had stayed friends, which was nice. She walked over to him and they hugged. She knew about his love for women and used the slight jealous she had to tease him about it.

"So, who's your lady friend tonight?" she asked leaned against the wall next to him. Darren had already stolen Julia away.

"Ah, I don't have one yet tonight," he said with a slight smirk. "I will soon, though…"

"You're such an asshole, wow," she said with a chuckle. She went over to the keg and got a cup of beer, downing it quickly. She swallowed and wondered what she was doing. She didn't drink that fast. Sure it was one beer, but the though crossed her mind as she a got a second.

"Whoa, two? That's more than usual," Joe said, raising an eyebrow.

"I don't know, I feel like drinking a bit tonight," she said, sipping her drink. "That a prob, Walker?"

"Uh, no, I…" he said, finishing his and getting another. "Why not have a partner?"

"You're on," she said and they clinked cups as they laughed.

A few hours later, after quite a few beers between the two of them, Joe and Lauren walked back to campus, stumbling a little. They didn't know where Julia and Darren were…but that usually happened at parties. They'd been going strong since that first one…

"Where's your dorm again?" Joe asked, looking around quickly.

"Right here. Yeah," she said, swiping her ID to get in.

"I should make sure you get into bed alright," Joe said, rubbing the back of his neck. "It'd be a good thing…"

"Ah, drunk Joe Walker is nice Joe Walker. Who woulda guessed it?" she slurred a bit as they walked down the hall to her dorm. She unlocked it and walked inside. Julia wasn't there and she sat down on the edge of the bed and took her shoes off. Joe shut the door behind him and collapsed on the floor.

"I haven't been in here in forever," he said, looking around.

"Yeah, no shit,"

"When was I last her?"

"When you dumped me, asshat."

"Oh right!"

"You're hopeless."

"Shut up, Lopez."

"Make me, Walker."

And then he did. He stood up clumsily and walked over to her spot on the bed. She place his hands on either side of her face. His drunken state overcame his judgement and he kissed her sloppily on the mouth. She returned the kiss letting her hands run down his front. She slid backwards, her lips still on his, so she could lay fully on the bed with her over him. He place on of his hands on her thigh, sliding slowly up her dress.

Lauren then became something she thought she'd never become – one of Joe's 'girls'.

The next morning was one of those what-the-fuck-did-i-do-last-night mornings. Lauren woke up alone in her bed and looked around, confused as to the events of the previous night. She was against the wall as much as possible and there was a slight indent in the mattress next to her, and a Boston Red Sox hate strewn on the floor.

"Aw, shit," she said, facepalming. She got up, got dressed, swallowed two Advil, and wondered where Julia was.

She picked up her phone pressed speed dial number 3, and waited as it rang.

"Hello?" said a grumbly Julia.

"Jules, thank god. Where are you?" she asked, resting her head in her hand.

"I'm uh," she started, and sighed, "I'm at Darrens. Wait."

Lauren did, as she heard Julia talk to someone.

"Can you let me – just turn around for a sec, Joe okay?"

"Jules, did Joe just walk in?"

"What, yeah, why?"

"When, uh, when are you gonna get back?"

"When I um…get dressed and walk back," Julia said this quietly and then her voice turned to anger. "Shut up, Joe! I'm going to punch you!"

Lauren heard Darren on the other end try and calm her down a bit.

"Sorry, Lo, I'm leaving right now. Can't deal with this ASSHOLE!"

"Uh, alright," Lauren said before hanging up.

About ten minutes later, an annoyed looking Julia appeared in the doorway.

"Wow, I'm so happy that you're not with that Joe Walker anymore. What an asshole, I mean-" she said, but then her eyes saw the hat on the floor. "Why's his hat here?"

Lauren rubbed her temples. "Please stop yelling. And I'm pretty sure I slept with him? I was pretty trashed last night."

"Lauren…"

"Don't say anything. Just. Okay. How was your night with Darren?"

"It was fine, before this asshole just walks in and starts cracking every kind of joke. What a dick."

"We've established that he's a dick, alright?"

"Yeah, I know. You might wanna get yourself checked out. He's probably covered in diseases. And Lo, I hope you don't expect anything from this, you know what he's like."

"I know he's trouble. But it's my fault, I shouldn't have let myself drink so much," Lauren said with a sigh. "I'm pretty sure it was really good though?"

"Trouble. That's a good description, and with all the girls he's seen you're probably right," Julia let out a laugh. "Come on, let's get some breakfast."


"I'm really not proud of that," Lauren said, laughing a bit at the memory.

"But, look what happened after that," Julia said, trying to make it a little better.

"What? We could barely look at each other for a month?" Lauren said, raising an eyebrow and sipping her coffee.

"No, spring break," Julia reminded her, smiling.

"Oh, right. I forgot about that," Lauren started reminiscing that week but shook her head. "No that's the past. Even though that was the week we…really…kind of…fell for each other."