I was in heaven. I'd forgotten how much love I felt when I was with Ric. We had slept together, for the second time in forty-eight hours. Tessa shot to the back of my mind as soon as our lips met. Ric had this strange power over me and I couldn't get enough of it.

We lay together in one sleeping bag. Ric had his arms tightly around me, protecting me. I just stayed still, taking in this moment because it would be over very soon. I closed my eyes and let my head rest against his toned chest, moving up and down with his breathing.

"Guys? What the-?" Jack startled me, as he walked in the room, demanding an explanation.

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"Jack, I can explain-"

"Oh you better explain, Matilda," Jack cut in.

"Jack, this isn't what it looks like-" Ric decided to help.

"It's not is it? So you guys were just naked, in the same sleeping bag, all over each other for another reason?"

"Jack! For god's sake. Will you let one of us a finish a sentence." We were both fully dressed now and standing in the middle of the room having an extremely heated argument.

"I thought you guys were over, especially since Ric has a girlfriend!"

"We were! We are!" I looked over at Ric, who looked slightly wounded at what I had said. But it was true, wasn't it?

"Yeah," Ric finally responded. "It was a heat of the moment thing! Impulse, nothing else." I gave him a look, which thanked him.

"You seem to be forgetting Tessa here! She works with me! Am I supposed to go back to work knowing what I saw and not mention it to her?"

"Ric is going to tell her as soon as he gets home. We decided that after what happened between us yesterday…" I trailed off and mentally cursed myself. Now I'd really blown it.

"What?" Jack roared. "You mean this wasn't the first time? You've done this before?" He was furious now. I was his sweet, innocent little sister, not someone who slept with someone else's boyfriend.

I shuffled uncomfortably on the spot, and I refused to look at anything but the ground.

"Wait, that's where you were when dad was looking for you, wasn't it?"

I nodded, ignoring the tears that had spilt over the edge of my eyes. We were all red in the face from the yelling and arguing we had done. Our shouts had bounced of the walls, making the sound unbearable and I now had a headache.

"Look guys, I know it's hard to forget you're first love and all. But this was completely wrong, okay? It cannot happen again. Do you understand me?"

I couldn't believe he was doing this. I don't care how wrong this whole situation was. He had no right talking to us like that, ordering us about. "We're not kids anymore Jack!" I screamed at him. "To be perfectly honest with you, it's none of your business and even if it was, you have no right telling us what to do." I took a deep breath. "We're not idiots. We know what we did was out of order and we regret it so much, but it's done with now, okay?" I yelled. "It was wrong," I spoke softer and quieter that time. It was too much, all of this, everything.

I broke down and cried. Not caring how much I was scaring the two grown men standing before me. I leant against the nearest wall and slid down until I was sitting. They both rushed over to me and held me. I sobbed uncontrollably. Just wishing the pain away. I was a different person than I was before. The cards that life had dealt me changed everything about me. This wasn't who I was. I was just so confused.

"Oh sorry, did I interrupt something?" A cold and cruel voice came from the stairway. He was a shadow, dark and unnerving. I froze and stopped crying immediately.

"Huh?" Jack turned around, confused. Only to be met with a blow to the head by a metal object.

"Jack!" I screamed.

"Long time no see, eh Dalby?" Johnny Cooper appeared from the shadows. He held a gun close to his body. Looking more determined for revenge than ever before.

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A/N: I'm back guys! Hope you enjoyed that chapter, the next one should be up tomorrow. Even though school has become easier now, I have two dancing exams next week that I am devoting all of my time to. Please bear with me, after next week, updates should be much more often and more regular. Thanks for all of the reviews, you are all fantastic! Please keep reviewing!