Melody, Madison, Vivian, and I sang along to the song blaring through the stereo as we moved to the beat. I let out a laugh as Melody sent me a look that clearly stated—glad that you're taking my advice on having fun.

I looked away when Melody turned around towards Derek and gave him a kiss. Yes, I did not need to see that. I glanced around as I danced and reached over to pull Tristan and Alex into our group that we formed in the middle of the dance floor.

When I looked away from the boys and back to the girls I instantly regretted pulling the boys in. I immediately saw Madison's body stiffen. I looked back at the boys to see Tristan dancing with Vivian and Derek. Alex was just having a grand old time dancing beside me.

I leaned forward and whisper yelled in Madison's ear in order to be heard of the music, "Don't worry about it. This is how you get over him. See him as a friend and just let loose!" I pulled back to see her give me a grateful look and nodded but then she motioned me back to her so I leaned in as she said into my ear, "But Aubrey said it was a good way to make him jealous and just ignore him!"

Madison definitely didn't know the whole story between me and Aubrey and I couldn't blame her. She didn't know the past.

"Well, do what you will but I'm telling you what I think! There's no use in holding a grudge and Alex is a good friend. I'm sure you want to be friends with him and to do that you need to try to get over him and not despise him!"

Before I could say anything else or Madison to reply back, I was pulled back to see myself face to face Melody.

"No talking. More dancing!" Melody laughed as she danced along with me and my friends for the next hour.

"Fresh air!" Derek exclaimed as he plopped down onto a lounge chair in the back deck. Melody laughed as she took a seat on his lap, wrapping an arm around his shoulders. I smiled at the couple. They were the cutest.

"Here you can take my seat," Tristan said, about to stand up from the lounge chair. I shook my head as I sat on the arm rest of his lounge chair.

"It's okay," I smiled, looking down at him from the arm rest.

"So I was planning a get together at my house. More like a scary movie night. It'll be fun," Vivian spoke up, grabbing our friend's attention as she sat on the sofa next to Alex and Madison.

"Will it really be a scary movie night? Because last time you said that and it turned out into a chick flick night," Tristan laughed, causing Derek and Alex to nod in agreement.

"Diver and Landon couldn't handle it for the first five minutes and they ended up leaving," Madison supplied with a laugh. It was good to see her not stiffen up because of the fact that Alex was sitting next to her on the sofa.

"Well, this time it will be a scary movie night. Everyone here is going to come and not leave," Vivian laughed. "So all of us and Aubrey and Courtney," she mentioned the two girls that were seemingly MIA or at least still partying it up in Diver's mansion.

Everyone nodded in agreement before we all broke up into our own mini conversations.

"You think you can handle a scary movie night?" Tristan asked teasingly, looking up at me with a smirk.

I looked around us dramatically before leaning down to whisper to him, "When you notice my disappearance at Vivian's house, you're the only one who knows that I sneaked out and headed back to my place to watch a Disney movie."

Tristan burst out in laughter as I sat back up on the arm rest, trying to keep my serious look. He looked amusingly at me for a moment before he noticed that I was indeed not laughing.

"You're not serious are you?" he asked slowly, cautiously.

"It's either that or I'll be hiding behind my Snuggie," I admitted with a smile.

"You have a Snuggie…"

"Yes, and don't make fun of me for it," I retorted back, sticking my tongue out at him.

"And I thought you were so mature Sienna," Alex sarcastically spoke up from the sofa, obviously seeing my immature act with my tongue. I glared at him before Vivian grabbed his attention away. I glanced over at Melody to see her that she was in her own little world with Derek.

"Well I'm going to get myself something to drink," I stated before I got up and entered the mob of people inside the house. I pushed and squeezed my way through until I reached the kitchen which was only scattered by a few people. It took way too much effort to simply want to reach another room in this mansion.

I walked over to the cooler, passing by the keg stand, and was disappointed to just beer bottles in the mass of ice. I turned around and opened the fridge and was thankful as I pulled out a sealed water bottle.

"Sienna?"

I turned around, water bottle in hand, and grinned over at the blonde coming towards me. I stifled a laugh as Landon crossed the floor, almost being knocked down by a couple who stumbled into him. But he reached me safely….drunk but safely.

"Hey Landon," I greeted, twisting the cap of my bottle and taking a sip.

"Haven't seen you since…" he cocked his head as he thought. Or tried to think. I let out a laugh, causing him to look down at me.

"Back at the beach," I reminded him. The day when Tristan took me to The Grub.

"That's right," Landon nodded, smiling down at me. "You're a smart one…" he somewhat slurred as he ruffled my hair. I frowned.

"You are definitely drunk," I stated with a small laugh as I smoothed down my hair. I watched as he was about to take a sip from the red cup he had in his hand. "Um…" I watched him carefully as he drank the rest and was about to head towards the keg stand for more.

"Maybe you've had enough beer for today," I said slowly as I caught his arm, pulling him back to me. I smiled up at his confused face.

"No but I'm thirsty," he said with a nod.

"Here. Have some water instead," I offered, practically thrusting my bottle at him. He shoved it away. I cleared my throat and let out a breath. "Seriously Landon, I think you've had enough," I repeated as I pulled him back towards me.

Right before I was about to let go of Landon's arm, I found myself being yelled at.

"Get your hands off him!" a red head yelled into my face and I immediately backed away until my back hit the wall.

"Get away from Sienna. She didn't do anything," Landon defended me, coming up beside the red head. The said red head turned her angry eyes at Landon and then back towards me.

"You're flirting with him! He's not yours!" the red head shouted in my face and let me tell you, I was completely dumbstruck. What was happening?

"Lex! Stop!" Landon raising his voice as he came between me and the girl so I was hiding behind him. I stepped towards the side so he wasn't blocking my way.

"Honestly, I'm not trying to take your guy or anything," I tried to reason. Stupid of me. You can never reason with a drunk, especially a drunk jealous girl.

"Yes you were!" she yelled and then she got a good look at me. "Sienna? OMG! Aubrey told me to watch out for you. You're such a skank!" she yelled at me and I clenched my teeth. "She told me you were back too!"

And just as I saw her raise her hand, I immediately dodged and guiltily taking cover behind Landon. I heard a smack noise and let out a relieved breath to realize that she ended up smacking Landon's shoulder instead of my face.

"First of all, I wasn't trying to steal your guy," I repeated, trying to keep my voice even. Trust me, inside I was fuming. "Second, I am not a—"

"Yes you are a skank! You're trying to steal Landon from me!" she screeched in my face.

"Lex stop it," Landon interrupted. "It's Sienna. She's anything but—"

"Why are you defending her? She was trying to steal you from me!"

"We're not even together!" Landon yelled back, causing even myself to cringe.

"Gosh! You're such a—"she stuttered out of anger, turning her eyes on me.

"Whoa! What's going on here?"

I immediately turned to Tristan and was oh so relieved to see that he was there.

"You're not in this!" she yelled at Tristan. "Sienna here was trying to steal—"

"No I wasn't!" I exclaimed incredulously. "Are you crazy?"

By that point I had to get out of there or I was going to start fuming at a drunken girl that I didn't need to waste my time over. I turned around, planning to walk out but then I felt nails digging into my upper arm.

"Let…go…" I said through clenched teeth as I slowly turned around at the red head.

"I'm not crazy! You are! You skank!" she yelled.

"Whoa whoa! Okay, let's break it up," Tristan demanded, coming in between us. And it wasn't until Melody spoke that I noticed she was there along with Derek and Alex.

"You drank way too much Lex. Come on," she suggested, flashing me a worried look.

"Gosh Lex! We aren't together!" Landon exclaimed.

"No! You were totally going to cheat on me with—"

"I can I cheat when I'm not even with someone?"

"So you were going to cheat!" she accused, getting into Landon's face.

"No I wasn't! She's a friend!"

By then all I wanted to do was get out of there. I watched as Tristan and Derek tried pushing Landon away, distancing himself from Lex as Melody and Vivian and Madison tried to drag her away. I cast one more dumbfounded glance at the fiasco before pushing myself away from the crowd that had formed around us. What just happened?

I found myself standing in the midst of people dancing their carefree night away. I glanced from the dance floor, seeing that it was tempting to join them especially since my song was on, and the front door to get fresh air.

"Hey there you are," Melody panted, looking at me with concern. "Are you okay?"

I glanced towards her and nodded. I still couldn't grasp what had just happened.

"What happened? I mean, I didn't come until the very end but…wow."

"I guess you can say when you mix alcohol, jealousy, insecurity, and a stupid high school girl…" I trailed, rolling my eyes.

"Oh…well I'm glad nothing got out of hand," Melody sighed after a few moments of taking in what I said. Taking me by surprise was Melody wrapping her arms around me, pulling me into a hug. I patted her back and laughed.

"What are you doing?"

"I'm just so happy that it didn't turn into a cat fight. Seriously, I saw Lex get into one and it's not pretty," she laughed, pulling away.

"It's whatever," I tried to laugh as I cast Melody a weird look. She was crazy after all.

"Hey," Tristan suddenly appeared by my side. He cast a glance at Melody, "Derek's looking for you out back."

Melody nodded, sent me a small smile before leaving me with Tristan. I cleared my throat, taking a last glance at the dancing and headed towards the front door. I didn't look back to see if he followed me but I had an inkling that he did. And I was glad.

My face hit the fresh air and I sidestepped a few teenagers going back into the house. I stepped towards the side of the porch, leaning against the post. I was fully aware of Tristan standing beside me but I was looking out into the car-filled street.

"I don't want to ask if you're okay because whenever you're asked that question you usually go into that shell of yours and become all stoic…" Tristan started, making my heart beat fast. He knows me so well…He was my best friend after all. He was—

"But," he continued, clearing his throat, "are you okay?"

I kept my lips sealed, slightly gritting my teeth. I shrugged as I looked upward, trying to keep my emotions bottled inside.

"Don't act like I don't know you," Tristan gently spoke up, causing my throat to constrict. I swallowed about to say something, but I found that I couldn't.

It surprised me how much I felt at that moment. Tristan was just always there for me. He knew me so well and it was always surprising to admit that. So why was I pushing him away? Why do I just want to stay just friends?

It was because I was stubborn…and scared.

Before I knew it, I felt arms encircling around my shoulders pulling me into Tristan. I let out a sigh and fighting an internal fight, I finally let myself do what I felt like doing at the moment. I wrapped my arms around Tristan's torso and hugged him back.

"You don't have to put that wall up when you're around me," he murmured against my hair.

I turned my cheek so it rested against his chest, keeping my arms around him. I let out a long breath and nodded. The whole fight in the kitchen was forgotten and in the past. What occupied my mind was Tristan…and whether I should stop pushing him away.

"Want me to take you home?" he asked after a few moments of silence.

I frowned as I let go of him. "Why do you have to be so nice?" I grumbled.

"You should feel special," Tristan lightly laughed, glad that he got me to come out of my stoic shell as he would say. He slung his arm around my shoulders, leading me across the lawn towards his car, "I'm only nice to you."

"No you aren't," I couldn't help but laugh. "Remember that one summer when we were sleeping out in my backyard and you decided to hide? I thought you were kidnapped."

I glared at Tristan as he simply laughed, recalling the event, as he entered his car. He started the engine and smoothly pulled away from the curb and onto the street.

"Oh, shoot. Let me text Melody and let her know you're taking me home," I murmured more to myself than to Tristan as I texted her.