I ran straight up to jack and threw my arms around him.
'Leda!' he said 'There you are, I found Alex. He didn't take it very well.'
'It's fine.' I said to him 'we talked it out, he's cool with it now.'
'Really?' he said with a grin
'Really' I said and kissed him.
'Wow, now there's something you don't see every day.' I heard Zack say and I pulled away from Jack. Various people from our bus were standing watching us, I felt my cheeks heating up. I saw Cass with them with a smile that just said I-Told-You-So.
'Perverts.' Jack muttered and took my hand, we walked over to join them.
'Are you fucking serious right now!' Em said into the phone, it was later that night and we were all sitting around a campfire outside our bus with blankets and I had just told her the events of the day.
'Yes, I'm completely serious.' I said laughing, Jack rested him chin onto of my head and I smiled. I was sitting against his chest, his arms wrapped around me.
'I don't believe you.' She said, with a familiar laugh.
'I can clarify it!' Jack said, loudly, she laughed again.
'Fine, I believe you now.' She said laughing, then stopped abruptly.
'Ems? You okay?' I said
'Yeah, just remembered something I had to tell you.' She said
'What is it?'
'Leda, it's Brendon. He's traveling out to the Warped show in Virginia.'
'What? How do you know this?'
'I saw him at the mall the other day and I may have stalked him and his friend, he said he was going to the show to try and get you back.'
'Uh, why? I am actually happy with someone for the first time!'
'Yeah I know, I'm sorry Leda'
'It's nothing, I'll just try to avoid him.'
'Okay, good luck.'
'Thanks, I'll talk to you later Ems.'
'Bye Leda.' I hung up the phone.
'Everything okay?' Jack asked.
'Yep.' I lied and smiled at him.
'Leda, I know when you're lying.' He whispered in my ear.
'Trust me, it's okay' I said
He raised an eyebrow but seemed to sense like I wanted to drop the subject and he let it go. He started tracing his fingers across the back of my hand, I could feel his breath against my skin and it made the hairs on the back of my neck stand up.
'Come on guys we are going to play the shot game!' Alex said bounding over to us, carrying to bottles of Gin. Zack followed his arms full of shot glasses. We all cheered and sat in a circle, the glasses in front of us and Alex filled them with the clear liquid. I looked around the circle, looked like Evan, Jeff, Danny, Matt, Jersey, Cass, Alex, Rian, Zack and me and Jack were playing.
'Right, who wants to start?' Jeff said
'I will!' Alex said 'okay, has any one ever…' he paused, thinking 'said the wrong name during sex?'
Everyone laughed until Jack leaned forward and downed a shot.
'Wow man!' Rian said laughing 'when did that happen?'
'I said Leda while I was with Holly. Why did you think we broke up?' he said and I burst out laughing. 'Don't laugh, it was so bad!' and he gave me a playful shove, the game carried on like this for a while, everyone was getting completely hammered and I knew I probably wasn't going to remember most of this night in the morning.
I woke up the next day, and saw the back of someone's head. I recognised it, I suddenly became very conscious about the fact he was naked and I was in my underwear, it struck me what had happened. I tumbled out of my bunk head first and smacked my back against the wall across from my bunk and landed upside down with my legs balanced up the wall. Then I found various items of my clothing all over the bus of the floor.
'No, this is happening.' I grumbled to myself, and pulled on my clothes. The guy in my bunk woke up and turned around to me, his eyes widened when he saw me.
'Leda!' Zack said and sat up quickly, smashing his head of the top of my bunk/
'Shh!' I said, not wanting anyone to walk in and see Zack naked in my bunk.
'Did we?' he said 'you know…'
'Yes.' I said quietly, close to tears.
'Shit.' He muttered and I broke down. 'Leda bunnie!' he jumped out my bunk, the sheets wrapped around his waist. 'It's okay.' He put an arm around me and I leant against his warm shoulder.
'Zack, please don't tell jack.' I whimpered 'I'm finally happy with someone and I don't want to screw it up.'
'Of course, it'll just stay between us.' He said to me.
'Thanks Zacko' I said, using his old nickname.
'No problem Leda.' He said
'Now go get dressed.' I said laughing and he grabbed his clothes of the floor, heading to the bathroom, 'and wash my sheets while you're at it!' he laughed and walked into the bathroom. I headed outside and tripped over jack who was asleep on the ground. He groaned and I laughed as he sat up, clutching his head.
'Sorry Jacky' I said and kissed his forehead, everyone who had been playing last night was passed out on the ground. Lucky the weather was so hot in Arizona or they would have got hypothermia.
'Going to the food tent!' I called and Jack ran after me, he linked our fingers together and I walked away with him feeling happy. But the feeling of guilt of sleeping with Zack still hanging over me. I had been completely blitzed last night though, I was surprised I didn't have the mother of all hang overs right now actually.
