*MICHELE'S POV*
Jacob hadn't seen Becca and Ryan at the bar, and I was kind of glad. I thought it through on the car ride back to the hotel, and I decided I would talk to Becca about it in the morning. I figured I'd let her sleep first, and telling Brendon could wait.
*BECCA'S POV*
I woke up with the worst headache of my life. I hurt all over, I felt sick, and sound and light made my head feel like exploding.
I didn't remember much from last night. I remembered driving to the bar with Ryan, having a drink, talking, and then nothing until later at the hotel when I was puking my brains out. Ryan was such a good friend. He held my hair and rubbed my back while I was throwing up.
I looked over to see that Michele was still asleep. I stood up and immediately rushed to the toilet, but I just dry heaved. Not the most pleasant thing in the world, that's for sure.
I grabbed a bottle of aspirin off the counter, I assumed it was Michele's. I took four, got a cold wet washcloth, and lied back down. I was lying there for about 10 minutes until I decided to go see Ryan. There was no one else I really wanted to talk to besides Michele, but I didn't want to wake her.
I walked down the hall and knocked on Ryan's door. I prayed that he would answer. Thankfully, he did.
"Hey Ry."
"Hey Becca. How are you feeling?"
"Better," I replied with a smile.
"Do you remember anything from last night? You were pretty wasted," he asked.
"Not a whole lot. I remember driving there, getting a lemon drop, talking to you, then nothing until later when I was puking my guts out."
"Oh, ok. Well yea we were just talking," he said. He looked nervous or something. But I'm sure it was just my imagination.
*RYAN'S POV*
I was freaked that Becca would remember the make out mistake. But thankfully she didn't. She didn't need any more drama so I decided to keep quiet.
"Is he in there?" she asked warily.
"No, he left earlier; I'm not sure where he went."
She sighed. "Ryan, what should I do about this?"
"I don't know. I've never been in this sort of situation. But Brendon really does care about you. A lot. And Grace is your best friend. I don't know what happened in the laser tag, but I'm sure neither of them would do anything intentionally to hurt you."
"Thanks Ry. Should I talk to him? I'm scared. He hurt me in a way I didn't know was possible. He has a lot more power over me than he knows. And that scares me the most," she said. "Can I get a hug?"
"Of course," I said, and held my arms out to her. She hugged me tight. It felt right. But I knew it couldn't be. Brendon loved her, and she loved him. It was quite obvious. I sighed and breathed in her scent.
"Ry-ry, thanks so much for everything. I know I can always trust you."
"I'm always here for you," I said.
Then she walked out of my room.
*BECCA'S POV*
I left Ryan's room and walked back to mine. Michele was awake and watching TV.
"Hey hun," I said.
"Hey, how are you doing?"
"Good. Last night was kind of crazy though, huh?" I asked.
"Yea, especially you and Ryan. What was up with that? I mean, revenge much?" Michele said.
"What are you talking about?" I asked. "He came with me to the bar so I wouldn't get hurt or taken advantage of."
"He was more the one taking advantage, if you get what I mean."
"What? Did you hit your head or something?" I was seriously confused.
"I saw you and Ryan making out at the bar! Jacob and I decided to get out of the hotel for a bit and went to a bar. And saw you guys. Well, I saw. Jacob didn't."
"What-" I started, but then pieces of memories from last night flooded my mind.
"There's no way…I mean…I was a little drunk…but Ryan wouldn't…oh god…I kissed him!" I said.
"Yes, I know, I was there."
"Did you tell anyone?" I asked desperately.
"No, I figured I'd talk to you first," she said.
"Well can you please keep this between us? I need to talk to Ryan but there's already enough shit going on, I'll deal with this," I said.
"Ok, I won't say anything."
"Thank you hun. I gotta go. See you later," I said. I was still shocked. Ryan was my best friend. I couldn't believe he hadn't mentioned this!
I ran back to Ryan's room and knocked on the door loudly.
"Becca, what's wrong?" he asked concerned.
"I kissed you last night at the bar! And you didn't say anything! What the hell?"
"I figured you had enough drama going on with Brendon and Grace and I thought you didn't need any more at the moment! And you didn't remember at first so I thought that it was in the past," he explained.
"I'm with Brendon! You know I'm with Brendon! I mean I know I'm mad at him right now but still! I was drunk and you let me kiss you! Why? We're best friends; we have been since forever, why did you let me kiss you?" I questioned.
"Because I'm-" he stopped short.
"What? You're what?"
*RYAN'S POV*
I almost admitted to being in love with her. I can't let her know. Ever.
"Nothing. Never mind. I'm sorry. It was a mistake. It won't ever happen again, I promise, I'm sorry that I let it happen. I was so surprised that I lost my senses for a moment. That's all."
"Really?" she asked.
"Really. I love you like a sister, nothing more, you know that." I hoped I sounded convincing.
"I'm sorry that I ever doubted you Ryan," she sighed. "I'm just so stressed and confused and I love you too. You're like another big brother. Hug?"
"Definitely," I said. She hugged me tight. I looked down at her and she looked up at me. "You should go to talk to Brendon."
"I know. Maybe Grace first?"
"Yes. Go. Good luck," I said and kissed her on the forehead.
*GRACE'S POV*
I screwed up big time. I knew that. I just wished Becca would forgive me. What could I do to get her to forgive me? I missed her. She was the one I went to about everything. She was is my best friend. But I know her way of forgiving people is to cool off first, then go to them. So I guessed I'd have to wait.
I was laying on my bed listening to music and I heard a knock at the door. I got up to answer it. I opened the door, and standing in front of me was Becca.
"Becca," I said, surprised. "I've wanted to talk to you so bad, I'm so sorry, but I really need you to let me explain what happened," I said quickly before she could get a word in.
"Um…ok," she said. So I started to explain.
"When you ran out and I yelled to you, it's not what it looks like, I wasn't lying. It really wasn't what it looked like. I ran into Brendon in the laser tag, and he scared me, so I made him give me a piggy back ride. He tripped and I fell on top of him, and when I fell on him, our lips touched, and that's when you and Danny jumped around the corner. It was an accident and wasn't meant to happen. You know I would never ever do anything to hurt you like that. We've been best friend since we were six, and even when we both liked Jason Lines in seventh grade, we never fought with each other over him, we just left him behind because our friendship was more important. It still is. So can you forgive me? I love you more than anything, you're my best friend and I miss you. I want my best friend back," I took a breath and gulped as I finished my mini speech.
Becca looked like she was contemplating what I had just said. She took a deep breath and said, "I forgive you. I miss you too. I knew deep down that it couldn't have been what it looked like, because I know you and I know you would never do something like that. I guess I was just so shocked that I didn't think and I just, gah, I don't know really."
"Thank god. I thought you'd never forgive me," I sighed.
She came closer and hugged me. We stayed like that for like a minute.
"Have you talked to Brendon yet?" I asked.
"No," she sighed, "but I need to. What do you think he's gonna say?"
"He's gone be so happy that you're talking to him, that's for sure."
"Ok. I love you sweetie," she said.
"I love you too." She kissed me on the cheek and left.
I was so relieved that we're fine again.
*BRENDON'S POV*
I got up early and decided to drive around. I missed Becca. My phone started ringing.
"Hello?" I said glumly.
"Hi Brendon," said a sweet voice.
"Becca?" I asked. I was shocked she was talking to me.
"Yea. Where are you? We need to talk," she said.
My heart sank. The four words no guy wanted to hear.
"I'm just driving around. I'll come back to the hotel."
"No, I'd rather be alone. Meet me at the park 5 blocks from the hotel, ok?" she asked.
"Ok. I'll be there soon."
"Bye."
"Bye."
I sighed and made a u-turn.
I got to the park about ten minutes later. I felt a knot in my stomach when I saw Becca sitting on a bench by a tree. I walked over and sat down next to her.
"How are you?" I asked.
"Brendon let's skip the small talk. I want to know what really happened in the laser tag." She looked so sad.
"It really wasn't how it looked. I was giving Grace a piggy back ride and I tripped. Her falling onto me made us get too close and our lips touched and that's what you and Danny saw. Not a real kiss. An accident kiss. I don't have feelings for Grace. I'm with you."
"Ok. Grace said the same exact thing. Which tells me that you're not lying and it really was an accident. But there's something I need to tell you."
"What's that?"
"Last night, I was so sad, so I went to a bar and Ryan came with me. I got wasted and I…well I kissed Ryan."
"What? He took advantage of you? I'll kill him!" I was pissed. How could he do that to her?
"No, no, it wasn't like that. I was so wasted I didn't know my head from my ass. I don't know exactly what I was thinking but it was probably along the lines of hey, he kissed my best friend, I'll kiss his best friend!" she looked guilty.
"Well, as long as it was just like that…you don't have feelings for him do you?"
"No, of course not. You're the one I want, not him. I love him, but he's like my brother."
"That's good. Because I'll fight him for you if I have to," I said and smirked
"Aw you'd fight for lil' old me?" she said with a southern accent.
"You bet," I said and scooped her up off the bench. She giggled and I kissed her lovingly. I was so happy. I'm holding the most amazing girl ever and she's all mine. I put her down and grabbed her hand and we walked back over to the car.
"Should we go back to the hotel?" she asked.
"Probably," I sighed.
"What's wrong Brenny?"
"Well. Danny is still furious at me and Grace. Neither of us has talked to him yet. We need to do that."
"Good idea," she said. We got back in the car and held hands on the ride back.
We walked up to our rooms still holding hands.
"I'm gonna go hang with Grace, are you gonna go talk to Danny?" she asked.
"Yea, I need to. I need to set things straight."
"Ok, I'll see you later," she said and leaned up to kiss me. She walked up ahead and knocked on Grace's door. I went to Danny's door and knocked.
*DANNY'S POV*
I was watching TV and heard a knock at the door. I went to answer, and guess who? Brendon. What did that idiot want?
"What do you want?" I asked nastily. He kissed my girlfriend. I didn't have to be nice to him.
"I want to set the record straight about what happened in the laser tag. It wasn't how it looked. I swear to you, it wasn't."
"Oh really? Then why don't you explain to me how you two ended up on the floor in a lip lock huh? Why don't you tell me that?"
"I was giving her a piggy back ride and I tripped. She fell on me and that's how we ended up on the floor. The force of her falling pushed up together and that's how our lips touched. It was as simple as that. An accident. You and Becca jumped around the corner at just the wrong second," he explained.
"Ok sure. I believe you. Now get out," I said with just a hint of sarcasm.
"Fine man," he said, "but you really should talk to Grace. I talked to Becca, so did Grace, and everything with us is fine," he said, and walked out.
Whatever. I don't need them. Especially a cheating girlfriend. I definitely don't need that.
Jacob walked in just as Brendon walked out.
"Why was Brendon here?" he asked.
"He came to 'explain' what really happened in the laser tag. Like I'd believe him."
"Then why don't you go talk to the girlfriend you're totally in love with?" he said.
"Shut up dude! I know how to handle things!" I yelled.
"No, you don't. You have the worst temper out of all of us and right now you're being a dick. Go talk to Grace."
"Fine. I will. But because I want to, not because you told me to."
"Fine you stubborn ass, just go!" Jacob said, and pushed me out of the room. I was about to turn around and say something else when he slammed the door in my face. Dumb ass.
*GRACE'S POV*
"No, go after the girl! You dumb head!" Becca said and threw popcorn at the TV.
I smiled and ate some popcorn. All I could think about was Danny. I missed him. There was a knock at the door and I got up to answer it. I looked through the peep hole, and it was Danny. I was worried he would start yelling at me. I let him in.
"Uh I'm gonna go see if Michele wants to go out for something to eat. I'll be back later, bye!" Becca said and left. I closed the door behind her.
"Um, hi?" I said.
"Don't hi me! I want to know the truth about what happened in the laser tag! Did you kiss him or was it really an accident like Brendon said?" he demanded.
"It was really, truly an accident. I-"
"YEA RIGHT! DO YOU THINK I'D REALLY BELIEVE THAT! YOU TWO WERE KISSING AND BECCA AND I BOTH SAW IT! DON'T TRY TO LIE!" he yelled.
"I'M NOT LYING! IT WAS AN ACCIDENT! HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT UNTIL IT GETS THROUGH YOUR THICK SKULL?" I yelled back.
"UNTIL YOU TELL ME THE TRUTH!"
"I AM TELLING YOU THE TRUTH! YOU'RE JUST TOO SELF-CENTERED TO BELIEVE IT! WHEN I FELL ON BRENDON WE GOT PUSHED TOGETHER AND THAT WAS THE 'KISS' YOU SAW!"
"WHATEVER!" he continued.
"IT'S THE TRUTH! GOD, WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO SAY?"
"I DON'T KNOW!"
"WELL IF YOU DON'T KNOW HOW THE HELL AM I SUPPOSED TO KNOW?" I yelled back.
"WELL I LOVE YOU!"
I paused for a second. "WHAT?"
"I FUCKING LOVE YOU!" he yelled.
"I LOVE YOU TOO!" I yelled.
"REALLY?" he asked.
"REALLY." I said.
"Well, ok then," he said, and shoved me up against a wall and we started making out.
