Ebony walked into the villain smoke filled club. She made herself smile as she told herself that tonight was about Siva. She looked around the club and smiled when she saw all her friends.
"Cloe and Lex are over here." Siva shouted over the music then started walking over to the table.
Ebony followed Siva over to their friends and thought to herself. What if Tommy is here? And what about Jay? What about what happened at school today?
"Hey guys." Siva said smiling at her friends. She sat down next to Lex and took a sip of someone's drink. "Someone come dance with me." She said before going out to the dance floor.
"Well she has a lot of energy tonight." Tai-san said commenting on Siva's behavior. She looked up at Ebony then over at Jay and raised and questioning eyebrow at Ebony.
"You okay Ebb's?" Bray asked putting his arm on the back on her chair.
"I'm fine." Ebony said smiling at them all. She knew that they were all worried about her.
"You going to tell us about that picture?" Cloe asked looking over at her.
"Nope." Ebony sighed.
"You want anything to drink?" Jay whispered into her ear.
Ebony turned and looked at him. "Yeah." She said smiling.
"Okay I'll be back in a minute." Jay said getting up from the table and walking away. He was glad to be getting away from Ebony's friends because he felt really out of place with them.
"Then are you going to tell us what's up with that?" Tai-san asked nodding her head towards Jay.
"Nope, probably not." Ebony laughed.
"Ebony you know that Tommy's going to be here tonight, don't you? I mean he has been looking for you all week." Jack said looking at her.
"So what? Need I remind all of you that Tommy has a girlfriend." Ebony said with a sigh. She knew that her friends wouldn't understand what Tommy was to her.
"But does it really have to be Jay?" Lex asked looking over at him at the bar. "He's blond."
"HEY!" Ved yelled at Lex.
"Nothing wrong with your blond." Lex said shaking his head.
"Lex, he's my brother." Ved said looking angry.
"Ved?" Mackenzie asked looking at Ved.
"Yeah?" Ved asked looking over at Mackenzie
"Shut up." Mackenzie said giving him a kiss and then smiling.
"Okay." Ved said as a goofy smile came over his face.
Ebony looked up at Lex and glared at him. "Lex seriously, just give him a chance, you might be surprised to find that he's just like the rest of us." Ebony said in a calm but stern voice.
Lex just looked at her surprised. "It's not like you know him anymore than the rest of us Ebony. We're your only friends around here. Cause you don't fit in anywhere else." Lex shot back at her with anger in his voice.
Mackenzie snapped her head and looked at Lex. She quickly looked up at Ebony. There was no way this was going to end well.
Ebony bit down on her tongue to keep from saying anything. She was so mad that she could feel blood fill her mouth. "I need air." Ebony said slowly. She got up and glared down at Lex before walking away from the table.
"You're one fucking idiot." Ved said standing up. "Just to fill you all in before you run your mouth anymore. I've known Ebony since I was two. That means that Jay has known her just as long. And to tell you another thing, they use to be really good friends before Ebony was sent to boarding school." He said before walking after her.
"Lex you can be so dense sometimes." Mackenzie said getting up and leaving as well.
"Way to clear a room." Jack said glaring at him.
"I'm with them. That was a really shity thing to say to her after what she's been through today." Cloe said getting up and leaving. She knew that Jack would follow her so the only people left at the table would be Lex and Tai-san because KC went to dance with Siva and Bray had disappeared.
Ebony walked over to the bar where Jay was. She could feel the red in her face.
"You okay?" Jay asked looking down at her. He could tell that her thoughts were somewhere else.
"I'm going outside." Ebony said looking up at him. Then she turned and walked towards the door only to meet Cloe, Mackenzie, Jack and Ved. "What are you guys doing?" she asked looking at them.
"Lex is being a dick so we all thought we'd leave. Anyway he was ruining the fun." Jack said smiling at her. He put an arm around Cloe and walked outside.
Ebony followed them out. She smiled when she got outside. She looked at her friends. They could have fun anywhere. They didn't need the club and everything to have fun. They just need themselves. "You guys why don't we go down to the park?" Ebony suggested.
"That sounds good to me." Ved said smiling. "Ebb's can we talk?" he asked as everyone else walked farther into the parking lot.
"What's up?" Ebony asked looking over at him.
"Is something going on with you and my brother?" Ved said forcing his hands into his pockets and looking over at her.
"I don't really know what's going on." Ebony said smiling over at him. "And thanks."
"For what?" Ved asked.
"For telling them like I'm sure you did. Only two other people knew other than us and that's Siva and Mackenzie. And neither of them knew how close Jay and I were when we were little." Ebony said smiling over at him. "And for not saying anything about that picture."
"I told you, your secrets are safe with me, all of them." Ved said smiling at her.
"What would I do without you Veddie Teddie?" Ebony asked looking up at him.
"Go insane. But that's never going to happen." Ved said smiling at her. She was perfect even after an insult like the one Lex gave her.
Ebony smiled and looked down at the ground while she walked. "Ved?" she asked looking back up at him.
"Yeah?" Ved asked looking down at her.
"I like your brother." Ebony said allowing herself to smile. The mere thought of her and Jay made her laugh even though it seemed to be happening.
"I know you do." Ved said putting and arm around her. There were times like these when he just wanted to lean down and kiss her but then he thought of her sister, Mackenzie. Mackenzie was everything he had wanted in a girl and more. But Ebony had everything any guy could want. But Ved knew better than to cross the lines of cheating and friendship.
Ebony smiled. The only thing that could make this moment any better would be Jay coming out to find her. But that minute was long past. She wasn't sure why he didn't follow her out, or even where he had gone.