Chapter 14: Bombshell part 2

John and Maria sat out in the car watching the people milling around in the yard of the lake house. He had hardly talked to Aubree since their argument in the hallway where Dave had threatened him. He had found out from Maria that Aubree knew about the two of them and she, Cody and Mike had concocted this scheme as a way to pay them back. He had also heard it through the grapevine that Mike had gotten Riley's help by keeping her pregnancy a secret. He had known for a while that Mike had been in love with Aubree and even though he was with Maria now, he wasn't going to let her go peacefully. He couldn't just let Mike have her. He looked over at Maria and smiled as they stepped out of the car and headed into the sea of people that were hanging out in the yard.

Mike and Aubree stood on the dance floor dancing with each other like there was no one else there. Adam and Dave stood there watching them and smirking at each other. Riley and Lizzie were sitting nearby watching the pair determined to get exactly what happened in the lake house the night before out of her, if they could get her away from Mike long enough. Cody walked over and put his arms around his wife kissing her on the temple. His eyes then fell to his cousin who was like a sister to him dancing with Mike. Aubree had always been in love with him and it was nice to see that she had finally gotten her man after all this time. He looked around at all of their friends and smiled but the smile soon faded as he caught sight of John and Maria walking in the door. He looked over at Adam and Dave who also carried worried expressions on their faces as they saw John make his way across to the dance floor behind the couple with Maria in tow.

"Get your hands off my girlfriend." John said causing Mike to turn around and face him. He looked over at Aubree who nodded that this was as good a time as any to get this all out in the open.

"Your girlfriend is standing right next to you. I mean she is after all who you have been sneaking around with for the last few months right?" Aubree said. "I'm with Mike now and this is a private party. I would suggest you leave and take this whore with you." Aubree said as she placed her arm around Mike's waist and he kissed her on the head. John looked at the two of them and smirked. He was going to leave but not before he destroyed her emotionally.

"Well why don't you ask your little boyfriend why he came up with the idea of filling in while I was otherwise occupied. In fact, why don't you ask Riley too since she was a part of the plan before you and Cody even came up with the idea. Only Cody's part backfired and he found himself falling back in love with Riley." Riley, Cody and Adam had made their way over to the dance floor and were now standing behind Aubree and Mike. Mike had a look of pure hatred on his face as he looked at John.

"Go ahead Mike. Tell her. Tell everyone how you found out that Riley was pregnant and that the baby was Cody's and you told her that you would keep it a secret if she put in a good word for you with Aubree. Then Cody followed me and saw me kissing Maria outside the club and you guys came up with this plan to get back at me. I'm a liar Aubree and I cheated on you but at least I had the balls to get you by myself in the first place. Mike couldn't even do that. He had to blackmail your best friend into helping him get you. How pathetic."

Aubree looked up at Mike, searching his face for some sign that John was lying to her. He had to be. Mike had been there for her when John had cheated on her and made her feel worthless. There was no way that he could blackmail Riley into helping him get her.

"Is it true?" she asked when he didn't say anything. He opened his mouth to say something and then decided against it and nodded. "You….you blackmailed Riley into tricking me into a relationship?" He started to say something but she slapped him across the face and ran out of the lake house with Cody and Adam on her heels. Dave came up and grabbed John by his shirt and threw him out. He then looked at Mike and patted him on the shoulder and walked him over to the bar.

"You fucked up my friend." He said pushing a beer at Mike who took it and started peeling the label. "That girl gave you her whole heart and you betrayed her." Mike nodded and looked at Dave with remorse in his eyes. He really did love Aubree. Dave looked at him and sighed. "Alright, I'm not going to kick your ass. But you have to give her time to cool off. She will come around because that girl is so in love with you it is killing her."

"How long do you think it will take?" Mike asked his voice strained.

"That's hard to say."

Aubree ran until her lungs hurt and then she collapsed under the tree that held her and Cody's tree fort from when they were younger and cried. How could Mike do this to her? She had trusted him with her whole heart and he had managed to grate it into bits. Soft footsteps behind her made her look up and she saw Cody and Adam walking toward her. She felt her heart tug a little more when thoughts of disappointment entered her head that it wasn't Mike.

"Bree, you alright?" Adam asked sitting next to her. She leaned her head over on him as Cody sat down next to her and held her hand in his.

"He tricked me Adam. He told me that he loved me and all the time he was using Riley's secret against her."

"He does love you though." Cody said causing her to look at him like he had two heads. "You can see it in his eyes when he looks at you."

"What are you going to do now?" Adam asked

"I don't know."

"Go home with Adam and Lizzie. Lizzie is still going to be out for a few weeks and I'm sure that they could use the help with the baby." Aubree looked from Cody to Adam and Adam nodded slightly.

"Thanks guys."

"What are you going to do about the storyline?" Cody asked and Aubree flinched. She would have to get out of it somehow.

"How about we suggest to Stephanie that you become involved with someone else on screen. You do make an amazing diva." Adam said. Aubree nodded and hugged the men who were like brothers to her before they headed back up to the house. Most everyone was gone now except for Dave, Riley, Lizzie and Stephanie who had stuck around to make sure that she was ok.

"You alright?" Aubree nodded her head. "We are going to change your storyline. We are going to have you be involved with someone else starting on Monday. I will explain it all to Mike. Any idea on who you would want to work with?"

"How about me?" Dave asked. Aubree laughed a little and then nodded her head in agreement.

"Great, Riley, I will expect a rewrite by Sunday." Riley nodded her head and Stephanie hugged her and then left. This was going to be interesting to say the least.