So I didn't really like my chapters for the Christmas break where I had to separate the characters and then do each chapter a different location. This time around, I'm just going to skip the whole long break (summer) all together and just give flashbacks of major stuff that happens...

So it's senior year now for our characters, it's going to go fast as I don't want to repeat previous events. I'm pretty much hitting on major events this time around... so there's going to be a lot of time jumps between chapters.

Flashbacks are in italics.

Chapter 21 – A New Perspective

4 months later...

Cameron's POV

Summers away from Highland were normally filled with fun and joy, but after the year I had, my summer went by slower than ever. With Ashley travelling around Europe with Spencer for the summer, I had been counting the minutes until Alexis came and visited me. I was so glad to be back at school, which should never be the case.

"Hey baby!" Alex yelled, running across the quad and jumping into my arms.

"Well hello Lexi."

"I missed you so much, I can't believe it's only been a week since I saw you." She said, bringing me in for a tight hug, and then wrapping her arm around mine.

"Yeah, it's crazy how much can happen in a week..." I said, feeling a bit guilty for what had happened in the week between the last time seeing her and now.

It was one of the final parties we had before we all went back to school. We had thrown together some fires on the beach and brought out some kegs for the party. Alexis had left just a few days ago, so it was great to see all of my friends again that I hadn't seen since she had been here visiting. I thought that since I only had a limited time to see her, I would spend as much time with her as possible. Probably wasn't as smart, because when she left, I felt very isolated and alone, and the party did nothing but bring that out even more. After Drew, I had a problem with being by myself, I was too afraid of my own thoughts, which was why I normally tried to surround myself as much as possible.

I was chilling out by the fire, just watching it as I sipped away at the beer in my hands, when a familiar brunette sat down beside me on the sand.

"Hey stranger."

"Lo! Hey, what's up? I haven't seen you in forever." I said enthusiastically while giving her a hug.

"Meh, you know, just been around. How's Highland?" She asked, moving a bit closer to me on the sand and leaning her head against my shoulder.

"It's alright, it was really hard going back there without you though. Ashley's been great, and Lexi has been too."

"Lexi?" She asked, popping her head up from my shoulder.

"Yeah... she's my girlfriend. She was friends with Ashley, but since we hung out so much, Lexi, or Alexis I guess is her full name, started hanging with us too. And eventually me and her got together. It's been six months now I guess..."

"Wow, I'm happy for you, Cam." Logan said slowly, and then looking down at the sand and playing with it between her toes.

"I had to move on, Lo." I said, lifting her chin up with my finger.

"I know... I just wish things turned out differently, you know. I feel like we all kind of fell apart after Drew's death. I really missed you Cam, I could've really used you back here." She replied, grabbing my hand and squeezing it.

"Lo... I can't."

"Not even for just tonight? Alexis will never know..." She whispered into my ear, and gently grazing it with her teeth.

"But I would, and I don't think I can live with that guilt." I replied, pulling my face away from her and looking down.

"So you don't love me anymore?" Her words fell harsh on my heart strings.

"Of course I do, Lo. I'll always love you. No one can ever take away the memories we shared together."

"Then kiss me."

"What?" I asked shocked.

"Kiss me."She pleaded, cupping my face with her soft palm. Her skin was so soft, I had forgotten the feeling of it on my face.

"I told you I can't."I mumbled, still being caught up on her hand on my face.

"I think you very much can..." She whispered, bringing her face up to mine and kissing me.

I don't know what happened after that, but I found myself giving into her and we were on the ground, going at it pretty intensely. Before I knew it, clothes were shed and we were both lying naked on the sand, on top of a towel, me thrusting into her like there was no tomorrow. As I guess there wasn't for us... It was completely lustful, sexual and nothing more, which made me feel even worse when at the end I had realized what I had done.

"Lo, do you think after you settle into your room and everything that we can talk?"

"Sure, it's not like classes start right away. We have a whole week to enjoy each other's company." She replied, giving me a full out grin.

"Alright, here let me help you with your stuff." I said, picking up her bags and throwing them over my shoulder. "What room are you?"

"Building C, room 374. I'm roommates with Ash!"

I laughed as she clearly had not thought of what that meant, "You do realize that's probably not a good thing. It was quite handy for Ash last year having the single room all herself, especially after her and Spencer got together."

"Oh crap, I didn't even think about that. At least we have the common room separating the two rooms." She said, having a pout on her face.

"Yeah... you're going to have a fun year. Good luck with that." I joked as she nudged me and knocked the bags off my shoulders and onto the ground. "Don't worry I'm sure Spencer and her will be quiet for you if you ask nicely."

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Ashley's POV

Spencer and I had made our way straight from the airport back to Highland. With a week until school starts, everyone was supposed to come and settle into their new rooms. I knew I probably wasn't going to get a single room this year, in fact, I had written down on my room assignment preferences to have Alex as my roommate. There's no guarantee with those things, but they normally try and do what they can. Spencer and I had discussed putting each other down, but we thought it would be way too weird living in the same room, so in the end I put down Alexis.

My driver dropped us off right in front as put our bags on the curb as we got out of the car to be greeted by the same archaic buildings we had left two months prior. Picking up our bags, we headed to go collect our room assignments and then gradually walked to the quad's bench so we could read them.

Residence: Building C, Room Number: 374, Roommate: Alexis Coleman

"Hey Aly is my roomie! Building C, room 374." I yelled as Spencer opened her room assignment. "Where'd you get?"

"Same as last year, Building C, but I'm in room 415 now, it's a single." Spencer said, smiling back at me. "Well we aren't neighbours anymore, but at least one of us has a single."

"It's going to be a very busy single..." I moaned while leaning in and kissing her.

"You would think after a whole summer of me, you would grow tired of doing that." She whispered into my ear.

"I will never get tired of it." I purred back, seductively raising my eyebrows at her.

We made our way to Spencer's room first, seeing as we'd probably run into Alexis in my room and get to talking. Plus with Spencer having a single, I could drop off half of my stuff seeing as I would be up here most of the time. We didn't unpack any of her stuff before we headed down to 374, walking in and seeing Alexis and Cameron sprawled out on top of each other on the couch.

"Dude, it's not even school yet and I have to see that!" I yelled, covering my eyes to add a dramatic effect.

"Oh shut up, Ash. We all know that we're going to be walking in on you guys more than you will on us."Cameron joked, grabbing his shirt off the floor and throwing it back on.

"But the difference is that I have this amazing body that deserves to be seen, while you Cam, do not." I joked back, winking as I threw my hip out to the side and rolled my hands down my body seductively.

"Oh man, I so missed you Ash." Cameron said, coming around the couch and giving me and Spencer a hug. "How was your summer girls?"

We both looked at each other and giggled. "Amazing..." I whispered, leaning in and kissing Spencer passionately as she cupped my face with her hand.

"Um okay... yeah, I don't think I want to hear the details." Cameron remarked, making his way back around to the couch where Alexis was sitting.

"Anyways, we just came here to drop my stuff. I'll be back later okay Aly, I want to hear all about your summer." I yelled, dropping my bags near my door and waving goodbye to Cameron and Alexis on the couch before grabbing Spencer's hand and making our way back out the door.

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Alexis' POV

As Ashley and Spencer left Cameron and me alone in our room, I didn't take long before I threw myself at him again, trying to continue where we left off when they walked in.

"Woah, hold up, Lexi." Cameron said, pushing me off of him gently.

"What? Don't you want to? Ashley and Spencer won't be back until later..."

"No... I'm sorry, I just told you I wanted to talk earlier, and it's kind of important." Cameron said, backing off a bit on the couch.

"Why are you backing away from me?" I asked, trying to get closer before Cameron moved away again.

"I need to tell you something." Cameron slowly explained, looking down and avoiding eye contact with me.

"Okay... I'm listening."

"This isn't easy for me to say, but I want to be honest with you because despite what I'm about to tell you, you do mean a lot to me." Cameron stood up and started pacing in front of me, while I stayed sitting on the couch with a worried look on my face.

"Cameron, are you doing what I think you're doing?"

"Please, just let me get this out. After you went home a week before school started, I went to this beach party this one night. I was feeling really lonely because you weren't there and I just started thinking about Drew and everything. Anyways, Logan showed up and I'm really sorry, but it just happened."

"What just happened...?"

"I don't know what happened, but as soon as I realized it, I stopped, and I wanted to call you, but I didn't want to tell you over the phone."

"Tell me what Cameron..."

"I slept with Logan."

"What?"

"I'm sorry, it just happened."

"Get out."

"What?"

"GET OUT!" I screamed at his face, getting off the couch and pointing at the door. "GET THE FUCK OUT CAMERON!"

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Spencer's POV

Ashley and I came back to her room after setting mine up. We knocked on the door, just to make sure that we didn't walk in on anything again with Alexis and Cameron. When the door opened, Alexis was standing there, bawling her eyes out.

"Alex? What's wrong?" I said, running into the room and throwing my arms around her as Ashley followed and lead us to the couch to sit down.

"We broke up... Cameron and I. He cheated on me with his ex-girlfriend over the summer." Alex sobbed, covering her face as tears were pouring down her face.

"Ex-girlfriend? You mean Logan? Oh my god, I'm going to kill that guy!" Ashley yelled, hugging Alexis and trying to comfort her. "I'm so sorry Aly."

"Yeah... the last week before we all came back. He said it just happened, but how do you just accidently have sex with someone. He thought he was being a nice guy by telling me... because you know telling me that you slept with your ex-girlfriend while you're with someone really classifies you as a 'nice guy'." Alex mumbled, keeping her hands over her face.

"I can't believe he cheated on you... it's so not Cameron." Ashley sighed.

"Believe my surprise when he told me. This is a great way to start off my senior year of high school..."

"Hey come on now, don't think like that. It's going to be a great year, Spencer and I will make sure of it." Ashley said, throwing her arm around Alexis and smiling.

"Thanks, and I know you're trying to help and all, but I'd really appreciate it if I could be alone right now guys..." Alexis whispered, trying to wipe away the tears that where still falling down her face.

"Alright, we'll go back up to my room, but if you need us, seriously don't hesitate. We're here for you Aly." I said, rubbing her back and giving her a tight hug as Ashley and I got up from off the couch.

"Seriously Aly, if you need anything." Ashley added, looking Alexis straight and the face and smiling just a little.

"Thanks... I'll be okay."

Ashley and I left Alexis on the couch, as we went back upstairs to my room. We didn't really know what to do to with Alexis, other than just be there for her. The whole situation kind of blew all our minds, it being Cameron and everything. It was safe to say that this year was definitely going to be different.

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