From a baby to 11, Nate Jacob was a pretty normal kid. His best friend during that time was Gaia. The two of them met through their mothers being friends in high school. Their relationship felt like something out of a best friend-to-lovers romance movie. Like love, Rosie. But just like that movie, some event came and fucked it all up.

When Nate Jacobs was 11, he found his dad's porn collection. His dad, Cal, was obsessive. His mom always said that's who he got it from. Then he quickly realized that the colored cases and placement were no accident. It was an elaborate code that no one fucked with his shit.

Every video was basically the same. They'd drink, make small talk...and then his dad would fuck the shit out of them.

By 12, Gaia couldn't recognize the person she once called her best friend. He had adopted a rigid diet and workout schedule. Within a year, his body fat dropped from 23% to 6%. And with the new body came the horrible new personality.

He joined the football team as a freshman and quickly excelled. By the year's end, he was not only the starting quarterback but the team captain. Even though they had grown apart, he always kept a close eye on Gaia. She also excels in school, pageants, and modeling. He even watched or bought any magazines she was in.

He made a long mental checklist of the things he liked and disliked about women. He liked tennis skirts and jean cut-offs, but not the kind so short you could see the pockets. He liked ballet flats and heels. He hated sneakers and dress shoes. But was fine with sandals as long as they were worn with a fresh pedicure. He liked thigh gaps, hated cankles. He liked tan lines, long necks, and slender shoulders. He liked good posture and fruit-scented body mist. He liked full lips and small noses. He liked chokers, but the lacy ones with flower cutouts or delicate patterns. He hated girls who sat like boys, talked like boys, acted like boys. But there was nothing on planet Earth he hated more than body hair.

This is why Nate's crush on Gaia in her freshman year was confusing. Was she one of the hottest girls in school? Yes. However, Gaia only met some of the requirements. But his infatuation with her was so intense that he didn't care.

At first, she denied him because he was a dick. However, what Nate wants is what he gets. He gave her flowers every day for 1 month before she said yes to a date. He kind of appreciated that she wasn't easy to get. It made her more special.

Gaia was his first love. When he was with her, it felt like he was that 10-year-old again. She was loyal, funny, bold, and, most of all, compassionate. She was constantly pouring into others, even if they didn't give the same back. Nate felt he didn't deserve her love and was scared that she would realize that and leave.

Everything was fine until, one day, he discovered something about Gaia that would break his heart. One name: Harvey Johnson.

Harvey was a rival football player. He was set to be the star of the team, but Nate took that dream away. One day, Nate saw the basketball player and Gaia outside, standing close together. This sent him into a rage, but he didn't want to jump to a conclusion. Nate trusted Gaia and leaned more toward the guy trying to steal her away from him. When he confronted her, she completely denied a previous relationship.

A couple of weeks later, Harvey approached Nate and took him to the side.

" aye, man, listen, I just want you to know that the relationship between Gaia and me is over. that was before she even started dating you. So you don't have to worry," Harvey deviously smiled.

" relationship? what relationship?" Nate said, feeling wholly blindsided

Harvey filled him in on the " relationship" they had the summer before Gaia went to high school and even hinted at it being sexual.

All Nate could see was red. The one person he put his trust in lied to him. Nate's mind went into overdrive and bordered on psychotic obsession. Uncomfortable thoughts flooded his mind without his consent of Harvey's hands having access to her body. As well as him possibly fucking her or, worse, making love to her like he did. After that day, their relationship was never the same. Gaia explained that they only kissed, but Nate didn't believe her.

They broke up for a month but got back together. Nate thought he could get over it, but he couldn't. Nate knew he could only be mad that she lied, but he was angry that she was intimate with him. He knew it was fucking nuts, but this pushed Nate to start cheating. Not because he wasn't happy or wasn't in love with her, but because he needed to get revenge. This became one of the biggest mistakes of Nate's life.

When Gaia found out, she was devastated. Being Gaia, she hatched a plan to get back at him, publicly and privately. Publicly, she beat the shit out of him with a sneak attack and broke up with his ass. I swear the girl is like a ninja. But whatever she did privately made Nate want her even more. Seeing how dark and twisted she could get made her more attractive to Nate.

After officially breaking up, Gaia slept with Harvey months later.

Even though he was the one that was cheating, he was still heartbroken about her, so he wanted revenge.

Now you ask, what did he do to get her back?

Well, date her best friend, of course.

They weren't friends at the time to give Nate some credit, but it was still fucked up. Also, Maddy fits his list of requirements. She was basically hairless. That's one of the first things he noticed about Maddy.

They started dating in Sophomore year, which made Gaia spiral downward. The first thing she did was beat Nate and Maddy up simultaneously. Again, they both didn't see her coming.

Gaia was in a depressive state for months until, one day, everything changed. The girl had popped out of her comatose state and decided she wanted revenge on the two people that had hurt her the most. She started to dress precisely how Nate liked and flirt with him just to seduce him. Eventually, it worked, and every time Nate and Maddy would break up, Gaia would be there. Sometimes Gaia would even send Maddy their locations so she could see them together or, even worst, fucking.

Let's just say Maddy and Gaia got into many fights that year.

Eventually, Gaia had a come-to-Jesus moment and severed her relationship with Nate. Gradually Maddy and Gaia became best friends again. To be honest, this annoyed Nate. He knew he wouldn't ever get a chance to be that intimate with Gaia like that again.

I think that's why Nate kept tabs on everyone Gaia had sex with, to feel that closeness.

What a fucking weirdo!

Gaia was not happy about the first day back. She always excelled at school but was too hungover to fucking care right now. As she walked, she saw Rue and Jules talking by the pillar.

"Rue," Gaia screamed and ran up to Rue with open arms.

"GG," Rue hugged her, getting engulfed in the smell of her expensive perfume. Rue made a face.

" Sorry, I spilled my perfume in my bag this morning," Gaia explained.

I wasn't complaining; she smells good.

" Hey, cutie!" Gaia greeted Jules, making the blonde girl smile.

" Hi, GG. Nice outfit, by the way." Jules gave her an approving nod

I, Jules, and Gaia had spent the weekend together, getting high and becoming friends quickly. When she wasn't with us, she was fucking Fez and hanging out with Ashtray.

Jules and Gaia had already met through Kat and Fez. She instantly liked Jules; More like became slightly infatuated with her. which was totally understandable. Even though Jules said she was straight, they were a slight mutual attraction. This made me nervous because I slightly had a crush on both.

" wow! So she gets a cute pet name, and I just get my first name? you already replacing me ?" Rue faked hurt in her voice.

" Awe, Rue! don't get jealous. You know you'll have a special place in my heart, being my first. " Gaia hugged Rue again and gave her a kiss.

Rue smiled at her but quickly looked around, becoming slightly uncomfortable about being in school.

"What's wrong?" Gaia asked. She could tell something was up.

"I don't know. I just feel embarrassed. I feel like everyone knows." Rue sighed.

" Rue, I don't want to turn this into a competition, but, like, I win. For, like, a multitude of reasons." Jules pointed to her injured arm.

" I still can't believe you made Freddy Kruger beg like a little bitch! I think I'm falling in love with you!" Gaia flirted with the blonde. Jules blushed a bit, loving the attention she was getting from her new friend. They both gave each other flirty eyes.

"I just... I don't want to deal with all the fucking questions." Rue interjected, trying to break up the flirting going on.

The two both turned their attention back to their friend. Jules pointed at her cut arm. " I still win."

This earned a nod from Gaia.

" Also, if someone fucks with you, ill fucking slap them. Open palmed too, like a bitch" Gaia interjected, making the trio laugh.

" Hey, I got to go and find the others. See you later? " Gaia asked. Rue and Jules nodded.

Behind her, she heard a random guy ask Rue if she still was alive.

God, people are dumb!

She walked a couple of feet until she heard her name from behind. She turns around and sees her other friends: Maddy, Cassie, and BB.

" You look good, GG" Cassie came up and hugged me.

Cassie and Gaia's relationship started when Gaia joined the cheerleading Squad. Obviously, she knew her through Lexi, but their own friendship formed through the squad. They became close pretty quickly, even when Maddy and Gaia stopped being friends during Gaia's freshman year and became enemies in her sophomore year. Cassie was a neutral party and even helped mend their relationship. For that, Gaia was forever grateful.

Cassie and Gaia held hands and merged back with the others. Gaia was in between Maddy and Cassie.

" where were you? " Kat asked.

"I was catching up with Rue and the new girl, Jules," Gaia explained.

"Oh, shit, that's the girl who tried to commit suicide at McKay's," BB exclaimed.

"wait, what?" Both Cassie and Maddy exclaimed.

"no. Jeffery Dahmer started being weird and trying to intimidate her. She took a knife and got crazier so he would back off. She's so fucking awesome!" Gaia cheered with glee.

" of course, Nate was being a dick," Maddy scoffed.

Gaia hummed in agreement.

"wait, how did you guys not hear about this" Gaia asked, confused.

" because both of them were fucking." BB joked.

Maddy rolled her eyes. "Why does everybody think we fucked?

" I mean..did you fuck him?" BB asked curiously.

"Honestly, I think I blacked out." Maddy lied.

"For real?" BB and Cassie both exclaimed, shocked.

Gaia looked at Maddy's face and knew instantly that she was lying. She was not on some victim-blaming type of shit, but when she went up to Maddy, she was still alert. She didn't want to call her out, so she shut her mouth.

All of a sudden, Kat walked up and greeted the group. She squeezed in between Gaia and Maddy.

"Oh, look! It's our new sexpert!" BB quipped.

"Congratulations, bitch!" Maddy hugged her tightly.

"Welcome to the club!" Cassie smiled.

" you're good, right? no regrets?" Gaia asked, concerned.

Kat nodded unconvincingly, and Gaia picked up on her uncertainty.

" ill talk to her later," Gaia thought.