She saw the face of the enemy. He was the one who caused all of this. Without him she would still have Sean and they would be happy. Without him…
"I heard you were looking for a good time," Jay sneered in his skeeziest voice. He placed a hand on her shoulder and Ellie shuddered. "No thanks, creep. Don't you have a girlfriend?" At the sound of that he laughed heartily. "Ya really think she's going to care?" he asked, pointing to where Alex was engaged in deep conversation with Ashley, Marco, Dylan, and Jimmy. Ellie noticed just how close Alex stood to Jimmy, and also the numerous darting glances that Ashley was making around the room. She must have noticed Craig's sudden absence. Turning back to Jay, she shrugged, "Well just because she doesn't care, doesn't mean I don't. Why would I want to hook up with the very person that caused my split with Sean?" At that, he laughed harder. "You think I caused your split with Sean? Ha! I was the one who told him to stick with it. I told him that once you have a chick that'll put up with all the shit he put you through, you stay with her. But he said he was being suffocated. I think that's bullshit." Ellie was positively taken aback. She had always thought it to be all Jay's fault. Now she realized it was her own fault. Tears welled up in her eyes, but she willed them not to fall. Jay took notice of this and, inwardly leering, led her to a couch in the far corner. "Come on, I didn't mean to make you upset. Just thought you should know the truth." He put his arm around her shoulders and leaned in, turning on his own brand of charm. "He doesn't know what he's missing."
Giggling, Paige struggled to pry open the glass door that led to the outdoor hot tub. Sean laughed as she struggled, and leaned over to open it himself. Both had been so focused on each other that they hadn't even looked to see who might be in the hot tub. In the tub, however, Craig had spotted the pair. He broke away from his embrace with Manny and straightened his trunks. "Huh?" she asked, retying her bikini top. He pointed and she looked. "Shit!" she exclaimed, "Spin, Hazel, heads up!" The pair broke away from their lip lock in time to see Sean finally get the door open. The two quickly edged away from each other and the four acted natural as Paige and Sean approached. Taking the two in, however, Spinner was unable to control himself. "You slut! You and Cameron? Way to lower your standards Paige!" With that he wrapped his arm around the unwilling Hazel and leaned in, kissing her awkwardly on the cheek.Paige looked shocked. "Oh nice Spin, my best friend? Thanks Hazel! Let's get out of here Sean." With that she grabbed his hand and led him towards her bedroom. Furious, Spin climbed out of the tub and began throwing jeans and a T-shirt over his soaking wet body. He ran back into the house towards the basement, and shrugging her shoulders, Hazel grabbed a towel and her clothes and ran after him.
In her room Paige pushed Sean down on her bed. Wordlessly she walked over to her closet and opened it. She fumbled around for a while before she found what she was looking for: a silver plate, a razor blade, a straw, and a ziplock full of a fine white powder. She walked over to the bed and in an instant had tapped out four lines. She took the straw and snorted the first two, then offered the tray to Sean. He looked uneasy, and her loud laugh broke the awkward silence. "God," she exclaimed, "Don't tell me that big tough Sean Cameron is afraid to snort a little coke? God, how are we going to have any fun if you don't?" He tried to smile and look at ease, but was inwardly conflicted. He didn't really want to, but he also really wanted Paige to like him. He shrugged and took the straw from her and inhaled the second two lines. She smiled as his nose burned and head grew dizzy. She laughed gleefully watching his reaction and tapped out two more lines. He knew he was in for a crazy night.
"Well,we're alone now," Craig said, raising an eyebrow. Manny smiled as her hands expertly undid the drawstring on Craig's trunks. He looked hungry with desire. He reached up and tried untying her bikini, but she shook her head and smiled. "You're gonna love this," she cooed as she slowly slipped under the water. "Wait!" he shrieked pulling her up, "you'll drown!" She giggled and said coyly, "I can hold my breath. You're worth it." With that she was under the water sending him into spasms of pleasure. He gripped the sides of the hot tub to keep himself from going under with her. Moaning in pleasure, he was completely oblivious to everything, even the sound of footsteps ascending the staircase inside that led from the basement.