[John's POV]

Something triggered me to go to Adriana's house this morning. I didn't know why, but it was like I needed to go there. Maybe something happened between Alex and her because I saw them walking off together yesterday. Maybe something bad happened. I quickly dressed up and walked out of my house, heading to Adriana's. I wasn't sure why I was acting like this. I felt some kind of bad vibe going on and I wanted to confirm it.

I walked up to the front door of Adriana's place and knocked on her door.

Adriana opened the door and was surprised to see me. "Uh…good morning," she greeted. She was wearing boys clothes which seemed kind of odd, but I ignored thought.

"Hey, how's it going?" I asked.

"Everything's alright, I guess," she looked behind me. "Alex is not with you, right?"

"He's not with me," Adriana gestured me to come in her house. I walked in and sat in the dining room. "I just wanted to know if there's anything going on."

"Between me and Alex?" she asked as she was cooking something in the kitchen. "There's nothing going on with me and him anymore."

"Oh, uh, sorry about that," I scratched my head.

"Don't be. Actually, be happy for me that I ended it with him," I heard footsteps coming from the upper level.

I looked up at the ceiling. "Is your parents here?"

Adriana gave me a strange expression. "No, they're on vacation. Why?"

"It's just…"

"Hey Adriana, where do you put…" the guy trailed off when he saw me.

Well, this was awkward. About ten feet away from me was a lanky dude with no clothes on except a towel around his waist on the staircase of Adriana's house. He gave me a strange look then it turned into a glare. I didn't even know this guy. Did Alex know about this guy?

"Umm…" I slid out of my chair. "If I'm interrupting anything, I must be going," I headed towards the door.

"Wait," Adriana followed me. "You can stay for breakfast."

I shook my head. "It's fine. The only reason why I came here is to check up on you to see if you were alright."

She smiled and gave me a hug. "Thank you."

I hugged her back. "No problem," she pulled away. "If you need anything, just call me up, okay?"

Adriana nodded. "Are you sure you don't want to stay?"

"I'm sure. I need to go somewhere anyway," she nodded as I opened the door. "See you later," I walked out.

"Bye, John," Adriana replied.

I lied. I wasn't going anywhere after this. I just wanted to avoid the half-naked dude that was standing in the staircase. That guy glared at me. Did he know who I was? I've never seen him in my life. I wondered if Alex knew him. Possibly since he hung out with her much more than me. Was that her new man so she could get over Alex? That dude should've been me. I would've looked way better in a towel than him. I shouldn't think about this. Adriana was Alex's girl, not mine. I needed to find a way to make up again instead of tearing them apart. Man, I shouldn't be worrying about this now since all of my problems were solved. That situation with me knocking up a chick was not true. Some other dude knocked her up. I should be popping champagne right now, but instead I was drowning myself in other people's problems. At least I cared about other people.

I went over to Alex's house and knocked on the door. His mom answered.

"Good morning, John," Mrs. Gaskarth greeted. "How are you?"

"I'm doing fine, Mrs. G," I smiled. "Is Alex home?"

She shook her head. "He left early this morning to go to Adriana's place."

I looked at her weird. "To go to Adriana's? I was there a couple of minutes ago and I didn't see him there."

"Hmm…" she wondered. "Maybe he already stopped by. He probably went to the park. You know he likes that place."

"Yeah," I nodded. "Well, I better get going then. Bye, Mrs. Gaskarth," I ran down the steps.

"Bye, John," Mrs. Gaskarth waved goodbye.

I knew Alex was not at the park. He must be hiding in Adriana's house or at least outside of it.

I walked back to Adriana's place to check and there he was behind the bushes of her house. He was easily seen since he was wearing all black on broad daylight. I sneaked up to him. Alex had binoculars to look through the windows of her house. This was a whole new level of stalking.

"That asshole," Alex muttered to himself. He must be talking about the mystery dude. "Get your hands off her, you dick!"

"So this is what they call love," I hollered.

I startled Alex and I began to laugh. He threw his binoculars at me and stood up. "What the hell are you doing here? Didn't you already visit her?"

"I was going to ask you the same thing," I threw the binoculars back at Alex. "You need to stop this, man. This is getting way out of hand."

Alex snorted. "No it's not."

"Really? So you're saying that spying on someone is a normal act of love?"

He pushed me. "You know, just get out of here! I don't want to deal with you anymore," he went back to his position behind the bushes.

I sighed and went back to my place.

When I got into the house, I sat down on the couch, thinking how it all came to place. This was not how I expected summer to be. This on simple competition turned into a nightmare and I was a part of it. I was a part of a continuous cycle of drama and weirdness that surrounded me, Alex, Adriana and this random dude that came into the mix. I dreaded it. It was only the beginning of July and everything was all messed up. How could this happen?

Adriana happened.

It's still a mystery of what happened between Jack and Adriana, but you'll find out soon. Sorry this is sort of a boring chapter. By the way, thanks to everyone who is reading this story (especially the two: amieloryn and Lost in Stereo Sound, who reviewed my story)! You guys are all awesome!