A/N: I'm so excited to upload the next few chapters. The real story of these characters start very soon. I've written the drafts of the next few chapters and will try to upload them all in the next few days.

Chapter 8: Be Honest

Mid-July 2014, The Morning After

The brightness in the room wakes me up and my head is pounding. This is literally my thought upon waking. I really fucking hate hangovers. I swear I get them no matter what. I stay in bed for some time, noting that Edward's side of the bed is cold. I hope that man made us a pot of coffee. The fact that he opened those blinds to wake me up didn't go unnoticed by me either. He's such a great fuck but I seriously wonder if the morning after is worth it when he does shit like this.

Eventually my need for coffee makes me leave the comfort of the bed and I make my way into the kitchen. Edwards scrolling through his phone while drinking a coffee. Alice and Jasper are currently doing the same. Looks like we are all feeling the sins of last night. Me more so than anyone else. There's an ache between my legs.

Once we've all fueled up, we all take turns showering and getting ready for the day. Alice has a few errands to run before we can explore LA and Edward volunteers to go with her. They need their family time and I understand that. That's how I've landed myself in this predicament of being alone with Jasper. Will he bring it up or will he just pretend like we didn't have an awkward encounter last night when I went to go clean up?

"So, how long have you and Edward been a thing?", Jasper blurts out.

I guess I have my answer. We're be confrontational and blunt to break this silence. I debate telling him the truth or denying it. I go with the latter to see if I can play it off. You never know unless you try.

"What are you talking about Jasper? There's no 'thing' between us. We've just always been close because of how long we've known each other. Alice is my best friend and that comes with Edward.", I reply.

"Edward was the first one awake when I wandered into the kitchen this morning. It was just us. He couldn't deny it after some time. I just wanted to see if you would admit anything.", Jasper says with a smirk.

That was a douche move on both of their parts. Edward could have given be a warning at least. Jasper is also most definitely not a liar. I guess I have no other choice but to do damage control.

"It's not a 'thing' Jasper. It's just summer and shit happens. Nothing is going to change besides Alice freaking out if you say anything. So can I swear you to secrecy? She's my best friend I can't lose her over something like this. It's a shit excuse for keeping things a secret but I don't want her to get upset over something that hasn't affected my friendship with Edward. He's leaving soon anyways. Please just don't say anything.", I beg.

Jaspers silent for a moment before he agrees. That was easier than I thought but I think he knows what I mean. I only hope that with time Jasper will just forget all about this. He's it for Alice, we all know this. So basically he's just agreed that he's got my back for life. It's both touching and extremely fucked up. But Jasper gets that sex is just sex and when Edward leaves it won't matter anymore. He'll move on with his life and I'll continue searching for meaning in mine. My life is definitely a fucking teen drama.

After our little agreement, Jasper and I watch Weeds in comfortable silence. By the end of the episode, Alice and Edward have returned. We all get ready for a day of debauchery.

We spend the day exploring Westwood, seeing her campus, and doing basically everything to kill time before the parties start. Once it gets close to 7pm we come back to the apartment so we can dress to impress. Alice does an impeccable job of making sure I look hot enough to bring in guys to a frat party. Seriously, they don't let anyone in but females normally. Sexist as fuck but that's a frat party for you.

The party is equal parts fun and disturbing. Some guy named Riley keeps trying to chat me up and Edward is playing the perfect cockblock. Bless his heart. Alice is none the wiser, thinking he's doing it to just have my back. But our newfound trio pact knows better. Edwards being territorial and Jasper is shooting me amused side glances. He knows what I'm thinking: if you're going to mark your territory Edward, then you better do it right later. We're all pretty drunk by the time we make it back to Alice's and Edward definitely does that. Once Alice is passed out in her bedroom with Jasper, it's game on, clothes off, and muffled groans.

The weekend is over all too soon and it's time to go back home. Alice and I share an extremely dramatic goodbye but she's my best friend so it's only natural. Edward is noticeably sad from having to say goodbye to Alice as well. I can honestly say that we feel the same about parting ways with Jasper. He's grown on us obviously.

We drive back home and back to hell. We're both feeling down, so it's sad songs and shit until we make it back. Edward drops me off at my house and I miss him immediately afterwards. I'm so fucked. He's leaving in 2 weeks to settle down in his new college environment before school starts. I can't fall asleep fast enough. I'm overthinking things and come to the realization that I probably have some sort of feelings for Edward Cullen.