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Lux couldn't help herself. She had every intention of walking out of that room and forgetting what happened with Sean. She knew she liked the kiss, but she also knew how stupid it would be if she actually let anything serious happen between them. It was apparent how different they were, and eventually that would hit them in the face and shatter whatever friendship they barely had. A relationship would never work. But when Sean called her name, she had to stop. She heaved a sigh and turned around, letting go of the doorknob.
"What?" she asked him as he stood up from the bed.
"What's wrong? Why are you freaking out?" he asked bluntly.
"Sean, this never happened ok. This kiss, it never happened." Lux said as her eyes widened.
"Why not?" Sean demanded an answer.
"Because!" Lux sputtered. Sean's eyes bore into hers, "Because we are too different ok. We are just better off as friends." She hoped Sean would get the picture from her comment.
"Friends don't kiss the way we just did," Sean said simply after a moment.
"I know, that was a mistake, it won't happen again."
"Lux don't you get it! Kisses like that aren't planned. Neither of us had any intention of doing something like that tonight. It just happened. And you just want to walk away from all of it!"
"What do you want to do?!" Lux asked desperately, "What are your experiences dealing with a situation like this?" Sean was stung by her comment.
"I've never had to deal with anything or anyone like you before," he muttered to himself.
"See, we are too different. You're much better off with someone like Emma," Lux muttered to herself. Sean's eyes whipped back to her.
"So that's what this about? Emma?"
"No."
"Then why did you bring her up?"
"Because, she obviously still has a thing for you, and you obviously had a history together."
Sean ran his fingers through his hair exasperatedly.
"That's all it was Lux, a history. Nothing more, nothing less, and it's over." He said trying to emphasize his point.
"That's not the point I was trying to make."
"Then what was your point?" Sean said getting angry. Lux was also getting angry,
"My POINT is that WE would not be good for each other."
"Meaning you would be better off with someone like Jimmy?" Sean asked meanly. Lux narrowed her eyes,
"What are you talking about?" she snapped.
"Maybe you would be better off with someone who is obviously loaded. Maybe we aren't good for each other because I don't fit into your fantasy world of big houses and nice cars. I'm a little bit too rough around the edges for you?" Sean asked as he stepped closer to Lux speaking slowly and clearly. Lux shook her head in disbelief.
"I can't believe you would say something like that," she said to him stepping back as though he had slapped her. "You obviously know nothing about me, and if that's how you think I really am, then we obviously have nothing to argue about." She added. "Goodbye Sean," she said and whipped open the door and slammed it shut on her way out, sending a way of cold air into the room.
Sean ran his hands through his hair again and flopped on the bed. He knew Lux wasn't like that, but he needed to shove something in her face. Her arguments didn't even make sense and she wasn't listening to anything he said. I can't believe I kissed her, Sean thought to himself angrily.
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(MEANWHILE)
Emma stood with Manny glaring up the stairs at the bedroom door that was shut. She knew behind that door Sean was with Lux.
"What are they doing in there?" She demanded to Manny.
"I don't know," Manny said with wide eyes. "Probably nothing," she added hastily noticing Emma's eyes narrow.
"I thought they hated each other!" Emma snapped.
"They do," Manny emphasized, even though she was sure they were getting more and more friendly every day. But Manny couldn't worry about Emma all the time. She had her own problems to deal with. For starters, Craig was too occupied with Ashley to talk to her. She kept on telling herself that he was just friends with Ashley, but she couldn't help but be bitter towards Ashley. After all, Manny was still convinced Ashley was the one who came in between her and Craig's initial relationship. Even when Craig and Ashley did break up after a pretty serious relationship, Manny still hated the girl.
"Finally!" Manny heard Emma exclaim. Manny followed her friend's eyes up the stairs and saw Lux emerging from the room and slamming the door shut. She looked rather flustered.
"Wonder what happened," Manny said.
"I don't know, but I think you were right Manny. By the looks of it, there is no way Sean and Lux are friends. Maybe I'll go up there and see what he's doing." Emma added as an afterthought.
"Hey Emma, Manny." The two girls turned around towards the greeting.
"Oh, hey Toby, hi JT," Manny said as Emma waved. Damn, Emma thought to herself. Now she was stuck talking to Toby. Where was his girlfriend anyway?
"Where's Kendra?" Emma asked Toby.
"In the bathroom, she's not feeling so good," he added.
"Ohh, shouldn't you go check on her?" Emma asked pointedly.
"She actually doesn't want to see me when she's sick, she asked for your help Emma," Toby said. "Can you go?" Emma gritted her teeth and grabbed Manny's arm.
"Sure Toby," she said as she suppressed her urge to scream that she didn't want to spend her evening helping Kendra as she threw up. But she knew she had to be a good friend and help out.
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"Hey, what's wrong with you?" Paige asked Lux as she caught her arm.
"Absolutely nothing," Lux said as she grabbed a hard lemonade.
"Nothing?" Paige asked doubtfully. "Where were you?"
"Just changing, you know, ran into Sean," Lux said spitefully.
"Oh no, what happened?"
"Nothing, I just realized the extent of my hatred for the bastard," Lux spat out as she took a huge chug of her drink.
"Hey, calm down, you're a tiny girl, drink that too fast and you're gonna be so freaking drunk." Jimmy said as he tried to take the drink from Lux.
"Don't worry Jimmy, I can handle myself," Lux said as she tugged the drink back and took a gulp. Jimmy looked at her confused but let it go. "So, why is everyone standing around here? Isn't this supposed to be party?" Lux asked, trying to defer the random looks thrown at her.
"Are you ok?" she heard a voice ask behind her. It was Craig.
"I'm fine Craig! I just want to have a little fun," Lux repeated as she took another drink. "What is everyone doing?" she asked looking out onto the crowd. There seemed to be an abundant amount of people gathered in Paige's living room.
"Some huge game of truth or dare, or something like it," Paige said rolling her eyes.
"Really? Why are we all standing here then?" Lux asked as she headed towards the crowd, grabbing Craig's hand and dragging him with her.
"New players?" Dylan asked Craig and Lux.
"No," Craig began,
"YES," Lux interrupted Craig. "We're both going to play." Craig sighed and sat down on the couch as Lux plopped down next to him. She was definitely on her way to getting very drunk.
"You're staying over here tonight right?" Craig asked Lux.
"Of course," Lux answered offering Craig her drink. He took the opportunity to take the drink from her and drink most of it before giving it back. He wanted to make sure she didn't get too drunk.
"Truth or dare Lux?" someone she didn't know asked her.
"Hmm.dare," Lux finally said.
"Ok, since you and Craig happen to be such good friends, I dare you to give him a lap dance." Lux stared at the unknown girl before breaking into a grin.
"Sure," she said as she bounced up.
"Lux, you don't have to do this," Craig said looking up at her standing in front of him.
"Don't be silly," Lux said slightly slurred, "It'll be fun." My Neck, My Back came on, and Lux began. However, when she got close enough to Craig, she accidentally tripped over his feet and toppled on to him.
"Sorry," she said giggling.
"It's ok, sit down," Craig said as he pulled Lux onto the couch. She landed partially on his lap, and she didn't bother to move over.
"Isn't it hot in here?" she asked her friend as she started to lift up her t-shirt. Craig grabbed her hands and held them still. "Oops," Lux said giggling again, realizing what she was about to do. "Thanks for watching out for me Craig," she added as she dropped her head onto his shoulder. Craig just looked down at her and shook his head.
"No problem," he sighed.
Half an hour later, Lux fell asleep on Craig.
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"Morning sunshine," Paige's voice cut through the air as she opened the curtains. Lux squinted through the light.
"Ugh, Paige, close the blinds!" she groaned as she grabbed her head. She felt someone stir beside her, and realized it was Craig.
"You drank quite a lot last night," Paige said as though Lux hadn't already caught on.
"No duh, I feel like shit," she added.
"Is that actually a surprise?" Paige asked as she handed Lux a couple of Advil and a glass of water. Lux gratefully swallowed the pills and curled up on the couch again next to Craig, who was still asleep.
"Oh my god, my stomach hurts so much," Lux groaned.
"I've never seen you drink like that. What happened?" Paige asked. Lux opened her eyes momentarily.
"What do you mean?"
"Well something obviously had to happen to make you drink like that." Paige started. Lux sighed and looked up at Craig, making sure he was asleep.
"I kind of had an incident," she began. Paige looked interested.
"What kind of incident?" Lux hesitated before continuing,
"Well..ok, last night, Sean and I."
"what?!" Paige urged.
"We kissed," Lux started. Paige let out a squeal.
"I knew it would happen! How did it happen! Wait," Paige began cutting herself off, "How did that cause you to want to get completely trashed."
"Well, I told him that we could never be together because we were too different and he proceeded to call me stuck up and always needing to be with guys who were rich or whatever." Lux shrugged her shoulders. "He's an asshole; there really isn't anything else to it." She added. Paige surveyed her friend.
"So that's it? No new relationship or whatever?"
"With Sean? Hell no," Lux continued. "Anyways, I think I'm going to curl up and die if you don't mind," Lux added as she pulled a blanket over her head. She heard Paige sigh and get up to go to the kitchen. "No new relationship," Lux muttered to herself as she shut her eyes.
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ok, that was a really really long chapter! I hope you all enjoyed it. Look for the next chapter to be up soon, and please keep reviewing!
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Lux couldn't help herself. She had every intention of walking out of that room and forgetting what happened with Sean. She knew she liked the kiss, but she also knew how stupid it would be if she actually let anything serious happen between them. It was apparent how different they were, and eventually that would hit them in the face and shatter whatever friendship they barely had. A relationship would never work. But when Sean called her name, she had to stop. She heaved a sigh and turned around, letting go of the doorknob.
"What?" she asked him as he stood up from the bed.
"What's wrong? Why are you freaking out?" he asked bluntly.
"Sean, this never happened ok. This kiss, it never happened." Lux said as her eyes widened.
"Why not?" Sean demanded an answer.
"Because!" Lux sputtered. Sean's eyes bore into hers, "Because we are too different ok. We are just better off as friends." She hoped Sean would get the picture from her comment.
"Friends don't kiss the way we just did," Sean said simply after a moment.
"I know, that was a mistake, it won't happen again."
"Lux don't you get it! Kisses like that aren't planned. Neither of us had any intention of doing something like that tonight. It just happened. And you just want to walk away from all of it!"
"What do you want to do?!" Lux asked desperately, "What are your experiences dealing with a situation like this?" Sean was stung by her comment.
"I've never had to deal with anything or anyone like you before," he muttered to himself.
"See, we are too different. You're much better off with someone like Emma," Lux muttered to herself. Sean's eyes whipped back to her.
"So that's what this about? Emma?"
"No."
"Then why did you bring her up?"
"Because, she obviously still has a thing for you, and you obviously had a history together."
Sean ran his fingers through his hair exasperatedly.
"That's all it was Lux, a history. Nothing more, nothing less, and it's over." He said trying to emphasize his point.
"That's not the point I was trying to make."
"Then what was your point?" Sean said getting angry. Lux was also getting angry,
"My POINT is that WE would not be good for each other."
"Meaning you would be better off with someone like Jimmy?" Sean asked meanly. Lux narrowed her eyes,
"What are you talking about?" she snapped.
"Maybe you would be better off with someone who is obviously loaded. Maybe we aren't good for each other because I don't fit into your fantasy world of big houses and nice cars. I'm a little bit too rough around the edges for you?" Sean asked as he stepped closer to Lux speaking slowly and clearly. Lux shook her head in disbelief.
"I can't believe you would say something like that," she said to him stepping back as though he had slapped her. "You obviously know nothing about me, and if that's how you think I really am, then we obviously have nothing to argue about." She added. "Goodbye Sean," she said and whipped open the door and slammed it shut on her way out, sending a way of cold air into the room.
Sean ran his hands through his hair again and flopped on the bed. He knew Lux wasn't like that, but he needed to shove something in her face. Her arguments didn't even make sense and she wasn't listening to anything he said. I can't believe I kissed her, Sean thought to himself angrily.
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(MEANWHILE)
Emma stood with Manny glaring up the stairs at the bedroom door that was shut. She knew behind that door Sean was with Lux.
"What are they doing in there?" She demanded to Manny.
"I don't know," Manny said with wide eyes. "Probably nothing," she added hastily noticing Emma's eyes narrow.
"I thought they hated each other!" Emma snapped.
"They do," Manny emphasized, even though she was sure they were getting more and more friendly every day. But Manny couldn't worry about Emma all the time. She had her own problems to deal with. For starters, Craig was too occupied with Ashley to talk to her. She kept on telling herself that he was just friends with Ashley, but she couldn't help but be bitter towards Ashley. After all, Manny was still convinced Ashley was the one who came in between her and Craig's initial relationship. Even when Craig and Ashley did break up after a pretty serious relationship, Manny still hated the girl.
"Finally!" Manny heard Emma exclaim. Manny followed her friend's eyes up the stairs and saw Lux emerging from the room and slamming the door shut. She looked rather flustered.
"Wonder what happened," Manny said.
"I don't know, but I think you were right Manny. By the looks of it, there is no way Sean and Lux are friends. Maybe I'll go up there and see what he's doing." Emma added as an afterthought.
"Hey Emma, Manny." The two girls turned around towards the greeting.
"Oh, hey Toby, hi JT," Manny said as Emma waved. Damn, Emma thought to herself. Now she was stuck talking to Toby. Where was his girlfriend anyway?
"Where's Kendra?" Emma asked Toby.
"In the bathroom, she's not feeling so good," he added.
"Ohh, shouldn't you go check on her?" Emma asked pointedly.
"She actually doesn't want to see me when she's sick, she asked for your help Emma," Toby said. "Can you go?" Emma gritted her teeth and grabbed Manny's arm.
"Sure Toby," she said as she suppressed her urge to scream that she didn't want to spend her evening helping Kendra as she threw up. But she knew she had to be a good friend and help out.
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"Hey, what's wrong with you?" Paige asked Lux as she caught her arm.
"Absolutely nothing," Lux said as she grabbed a hard lemonade.
"Nothing?" Paige asked doubtfully. "Where were you?"
"Just changing, you know, ran into Sean," Lux said spitefully.
"Oh no, what happened?"
"Nothing, I just realized the extent of my hatred for the bastard," Lux spat out as she took a huge chug of her drink.
"Hey, calm down, you're a tiny girl, drink that too fast and you're gonna be so freaking drunk." Jimmy said as he tried to take the drink from Lux.
"Don't worry Jimmy, I can handle myself," Lux said as she tugged the drink back and took a gulp. Jimmy looked at her confused but let it go. "So, why is everyone standing around here? Isn't this supposed to be party?" Lux asked, trying to defer the random looks thrown at her.
"Are you ok?" she heard a voice ask behind her. It was Craig.
"I'm fine Craig! I just want to have a little fun," Lux repeated as she took another drink. "What is everyone doing?" she asked looking out onto the crowd. There seemed to be an abundant amount of people gathered in Paige's living room.
"Some huge game of truth or dare, or something like it," Paige said rolling her eyes.
"Really? Why are we all standing here then?" Lux asked as she headed towards the crowd, grabbing Craig's hand and dragging him with her.
"New players?" Dylan asked Craig and Lux.
"No," Craig began,
"YES," Lux interrupted Craig. "We're both going to play." Craig sighed and sat down on the couch as Lux plopped down next to him. She was definitely on her way to getting very drunk.
"You're staying over here tonight right?" Craig asked Lux.
"Of course," Lux answered offering Craig her drink. He took the opportunity to take the drink from her and drink most of it before giving it back. He wanted to make sure she didn't get too drunk.
"Truth or dare Lux?" someone she didn't know asked her.
"Hmm.dare," Lux finally said.
"Ok, since you and Craig happen to be such good friends, I dare you to give him a lap dance." Lux stared at the unknown girl before breaking into a grin.
"Sure," she said as she bounced up.
"Lux, you don't have to do this," Craig said looking up at her standing in front of him.
"Don't be silly," Lux said slightly slurred, "It'll be fun." My Neck, My Back came on, and Lux began. However, when she got close enough to Craig, she accidentally tripped over his feet and toppled on to him.
"Sorry," she said giggling.
"It's ok, sit down," Craig said as he pulled Lux onto the couch. She landed partially on his lap, and she didn't bother to move over.
"Isn't it hot in here?" she asked her friend as she started to lift up her t-shirt. Craig grabbed her hands and held them still. "Oops," Lux said giggling again, realizing what she was about to do. "Thanks for watching out for me Craig," she added as she dropped her head onto his shoulder. Craig just looked down at her and shook his head.
"No problem," he sighed.
Half an hour later, Lux fell asleep on Craig.
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"Morning sunshine," Paige's voice cut through the air as she opened the curtains. Lux squinted through the light.
"Ugh, Paige, close the blinds!" she groaned as she grabbed her head. She felt someone stir beside her, and realized it was Craig.
"You drank quite a lot last night," Paige said as though Lux hadn't already caught on.
"No duh, I feel like shit," she added.
"Is that actually a surprise?" Paige asked as she handed Lux a couple of Advil and a glass of water. Lux gratefully swallowed the pills and curled up on the couch again next to Craig, who was still asleep.
"Oh my god, my stomach hurts so much," Lux groaned.
"I've never seen you drink like that. What happened?" Paige asked. Lux opened her eyes momentarily.
"What do you mean?"
"Well something obviously had to happen to make you drink like that." Paige started. Lux sighed and looked up at Craig, making sure he was asleep.
"I kind of had an incident," she began. Paige looked interested.
"What kind of incident?" Lux hesitated before continuing,
"Well..ok, last night, Sean and I."
"what?!" Paige urged.
"We kissed," Lux started. Paige let out a squeal.
"I knew it would happen! How did it happen! Wait," Paige began cutting herself off, "How did that cause you to want to get completely trashed."
"Well, I told him that we could never be together because we were too different and he proceeded to call me stuck up and always needing to be with guys who were rich or whatever." Lux shrugged her shoulders. "He's an asshole; there really isn't anything else to it." She added. Paige surveyed her friend.
"So that's it? No new relationship or whatever?"
"With Sean? Hell no," Lux continued. "Anyways, I think I'm going to curl up and die if you don't mind," Lux added as she pulled a blanket over her head. She heard Paige sigh and get up to go to the kitchen. "No new relationship," Lux muttered to herself as she shut her eyes.
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ok, that was a really really long chapter! I hope you all enjoyed it. Look for the next chapter to be up soon, and please keep reviewing!