So, I haven't updated in like... forever. Haha. I'm sorry. School is just... consuming. Junior year sucks. But it's almost over. I'll be completely free by July so hopefully I'll update a lot more then.

I've actually had the majority of this chapter written out for the past month but I did it for school so it was at school... I finally took the notebook home today and typed it up.

Yep, that's about it for now.


I wake up the next morning, quite unwillingly I must add, to someone jumping on my bed. Groaning, I crack open my eyes, but soon they open wide, not believing what they're seeing. "Jason!" I screech, my voice cracking from its first use of the day. It's actually quite embarrassing, but he's just Jason, my best friend, so I don't care.

"Nate! We're here!" Jason says excitedly. Movement catches my eye and I see Shane standing in the corner of my room, nodding a hello to me. "What have you been up to?" Jason questions me, finally settling down and sitting on my bed.

"You guys just missed my birthday party last night," I inform them while sitting up and stretching.

"How was it? Did you get everything you wanted?" Shane asks me, dropping down into the chair at my desk .

My face flushes as I recall Tess going down on me at the party. I really can't think of that now though, not with Shane in the room and Jason one foot away from me. That would not end well.

"Yeah, it was cool," I shrug, moving to get out of the bed. Jason accompanies me in standing. "How long are you guys staying here for?"

Shane shrugs and casts a look over to Jason before he turns his attention to exploring my desk. That's the thing about Shane, he always has to be doing something. If he becomes uninterested in a conversation, he'll do something else but will still mostly listen in on what's being said.

"Well, we both don't have classes until next Saturday, so we can stay until then I guess," Jason answers. Oh, right. Both the guys are in college, while I'm still stuck with two more years of high school. How could I forget that?

"What will you do while I'm in school then?" I yawn as I head to my dresser to rummage for clothes to wear.

Shane stops snooping. "Atlantic City isn't too far from here, I'm sure we'll find something to do," he smirks before continuing his snooping.

I shake my head disapprovingly. "Shane, you're only twenty."

"Details, details." I laugh and pull out an orange polo and some dark jeans just before my phone vibrates. "Nate, there's nothing in your desk," Shane whines, closing one drawer and going through another one.

I chuckle and pick up my phone, seeing that I received a text. "I just moved here like last month and school just started, I don't have anything to put in there yet." Opening the text, I see it's from Tess. Great.

From: Tess

hey bby, wanna hang 2day? xoxo

I glance up to Shane and Jason who are still in my room. Should I hang with her? Should I bring Shane and Jason with me? That might get weird though…

"Hey Nate, what are you doing with these?" Shane chokes out a laugh. I look at him and my face immediately turns red. Shane holds up the box of condoms, half of them missing.

"Oh, w-well…" I stutter, not sure how to answer.

"Does little Natey-poo have a girlfriend?" Jason grins, making his way over to Shane so he can see the contents of the box. I blush even harder.

"Why are half of them missing? This is a pretty big box, you must've been getting busy!" Shane laughs, pulling a few of them out.

"Guys, stop, just put it back," I mumble. Shane chuckles before putting the box back down, but not before grabbing a few for himself. I raise my eyebrows at him.

"Hey, you're not the only one getting laid. Besides, if we go to Atlantic City, I'll need some," Shane snickers and shakes his head, as if it's crazy to think of me getting laid. Even though I've never actually gotten laid up to now.

"Shane, it's not like that…" I sigh, looking back down at my phone, still waiting to reply to Tess.

"Just tell me, do you have a girlfriend?" Shane asks me.

I look away, my cheeks still heated up. "Yeah… she actually wants to hang with me today."

Shane snorts. "Then what are you waiting for! Here, you'll need some of these." He shoves a handful of condoms in my hand before grabbing Jason. "We're gonna head out, we'll be back here by dinner though. Have fun." With a wink, Shane leaves, dragging Jason behind him.

I sigh and shake my head at their antics. Stuffing the condoms into my pocket, I reply to Tess.

To: Tess

sure, sounds fun

Not having anything better to say to her, I quickly send it before changing into my clothes I had taken out earlier. It doesn't take long for her response to send my phone into a seizure.

From: Tess

when r u cumming? xoxo

I gulp. She had to have spelled 'coming' like that on purpose… right? I shake my head, suddenly very aware of the condoms in my left pocket. I grab my keys before slipping on my shoes and leaving the house, typing out another text.

To: Tess

b there in a min

I lock my front door before venturing down the steps toward my car. Right as I'm about to slip into Mikayla, another car pulls up to the house, a Camaro to be exact. I bite my lip and lightly grip onto the top of my open door as Dana gets out of her car with a smile on her face.

"Hey," she greets me, her eyes looking a little tired, and maybe even a bit sad.

Before I can reply, my phone vibrates again. Flashing Dana a small smile, I go to take the phone out of my pocket. Unfortunately, just as I'm pulling it out, the stupid condom that Shane gave me sneaks its way out of my pocket as well, falling onto the ground. My eyes widen for a moment as I stare at Dana, hoping she didn't notice it. But by the way that her eyebrows furrow before raising up, I know she's seen it. Trying to ignore the uncomfortable heat on my face, I answer the phone. Unfortunately, I don't check the caller ID which would have greatly influenced my choice in answering in front of Dana.

"Hello?" I ask, trying vainly not to stare at Dana.

"Natey!" I just wanted you to know my parents aren't home," Tess purrs seductively. My stomach drops. Not her. Not now. Not with Dana looking at me like this.

"Oh, umm… that's cool," I stammer, glancing nervously at Dana. She looks at my phone before looking down, eventually bending down to get the condom.

"I'm so wet for you. Are you hard for me?" Tess whispers naughtily.

My heart almost stops. She can't do this to me, she can't whisper these things while I'm gazing at an angel like Dana. It's too much.

"O-oh, um, I-I'll be th-there in a min-inute," I stutter, desperate to end the call. By that time, Dana had begun her way back up with the condom in her hand. Unfortunately, that put her eyelevel with the one place I didn't want her seeing at the time. I think she connects the call, my reaction to the condom and how I was leaving my house all at once because she scowls, shoving the plastic wrapped item into my hands.

"I see you've been busy lately," she spits out at me accusingly, crossing her arms over her chest.

I slowly pocket the condom before putting my hands back on my open car door. "Listen, Dana, it's really good to see you and all, but I kind of have to go…" She glares at me so I trail off. "Look, it's not what it-"

"Nate! Did you just decide to bring her here instead?" I groan. Of course, Dumb and Dumber have to join my tense conversation with Dana - and think she's my girlfriend.

"What?" Dana lightly murmurs before Shane grins evilly as he throws an arm around her shoulders. "You sure must have been working Nate hard recently."

I close my eyes and rub my temples. All I want to do is jump into my car right now and act like none of this ever happened.

"Oh, don't mind us," Jason chimes in from behind me. "Go inside, do your thing, just don't be too loud," he winks at me. It takes everything in me not to punch him in the face.

"Oh, and sweetie," Shane smirks at Dana, "if you ever get sick of this loser, I'm free. I can keep your sweet lips warm anytime." Shane makes a kissy face before mouthing 'call me' to her.

I sigh, finally fed up with all these shenanigans. "Guys, she's not my girlfriend." Shane and Jason pause for a moment before looking at Dana, seeing if it's true or I'm just joking. With a solemn face, she shakes her head, deliberately avoiding looking into my eyes. "So if you don't mind, I have somewhere to go. Maybe I can introduce you three later. I haven't seen you two in forever though, so we should chill later." After receiving a nod from the guys, I finally climb into my car and close the door. I offer Dana a little wave goodbye before driving off to Tess' house.

After taking a few turns and driving down the street on the shore, I finally pull up to the biggest beach house I've ever seen. On the coral colored mailbox next to the driveway, Tyler Residence is written in fancy script, as if this isn't a beach house in Stone Harbor but a mansion in the Hamptons. Of course, what else would I expect from Tess Tyler but the biggest and the best?

That's why she wants me, I think to myself and chuckle as I park my car on the street, I suddenly get nervous as I walk up to the house. Who knows what Tess has in store for me with her parents not home. Hopefully it will be less talk about how much she hates Dana and more of what happened at my party last night. Gently patting my front pocket, I ring her doorbell. I hear shuffling from inside the house before Tess opens the door. She's wearing a baby blue bikini underneath her clothes, which I can see because her shirt barely covers her. Her blonde hair is pulled into a clumsy side braid, which works with her outfit. Her bright blue eyes are as sharp as her grin.

"Hey Nate," she smirks, leaning against the door as she checks me out from head to toe. My cheeks slightly color. I hope I pass her examination. "Want to come in?"

Slightly nodding, I make my way into her house. Just as I expected, it is immaculately decorated in a theme of black and silver. There are family portraits of what you'd expect an All-American family would look like: mother father and daughter, all blue eyed and blond haired, smiling brightly at the camera. However, I have a feeling everything isn't as perfect as it looks on the surface. It looks like they are trying too hard. Not only in the pictures, but also in the way their house is set up. It looks like no one actually lives in it, it's way too clean and everything in its place. If they didn't have pictures of themselves up, I'd think that the Tyler house was just a show home, one you look at to decide if you want to buy the house or not. Looking back at Tess with the smirk on her lips and the gleam in her eyes, I can't help but think that she's the same as her house: all for show and no one really lives within her.

This trip to her house just became a lot more depressing than I had set out for it to be.

"Want to go to the beach?" Her question snaps me out of my trance.

I glance outside at the beach which is almost literally right outside of her house, but then I realize something. "I don't have any swim trunks with me," I confess, shrugging my shoulders.

Her eyes flit down to my waist for a second before she speaks again. "That's cool. We can just get in the pool then. You're wearing boxers, right?" I blush, but nod. "Come on, then."

I follow her through her house, which was much of the same as the foyer. The only sign of someone living in the house is a blanket on the couch, which isn't even really messy. We make our way to the side of her house, where the pool is located. There's a fence and two gates, one that opens to the beach and another to their driveway.

Tess' shirt catches my attention as she flings it into my face. She smirks back at me as she shimmies out of her shorts and dives into the pool. I follow her lead and undress until I'm just in my boxers. I slide my way into the cool water as Tess swims up to me.

"So, how do you like my house?" she asks me, wrapping an arm around my shoulder, the other one holding on the side of the pool.

"It's nice. Very… you." Tess gives me a genuine smile before leaning in and pressing her lips to mine. I close my eyes and decide to just do whatever feels right, and it actually feels right being here with Tess right now.


Leave me a review if you want me to continue that scene or not. It's pretty late right now and I have state testing along with regular school tomorrow and I'm tired so I just kinda stopped there.

Tell me what you want to see and I'll see if I can make it happen with my plans.

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