Chord's Prov:

When did I become this guy? When did I become the guy that hits another dude just because he was jealous? When did I become someone who let a girl control how he feels? Especially since the girl wasn't mine. I mean I have never been a violent person before. I have never just hit a guy because he was flirting with a girl I wanted. But I honesty couldn't help my self. I had planed on just going over there and marking my territory. Basically letting him know that she was mine and no one else's. But then he grabbed her and hugged her and I lost it.

Usually a man hugging Amber wouldn't bug me, but I knew this guys was interested in her. I could see it the minute he walked up to the group and looked at her. I knew he wanted her because he looked at her the same way I looked at her before I was ready to rip her clothes off. That's the exact way he was looking at her and I couldn't stand it.

Once I hit him I immediately felt like shit. Like I said I am not one to fight. When I hit him and I saw the look on Amber's face I knew I had to get out of there. I didn't have a good enough reason for hitting him and he didn't even know it was coming. It's basically like hitting a blind guy. Plus Amber looked like she was ready to rip my head off for what I had done.

Then there was Amber, and how she acted towards Marcus. She never once stopped the flirting Marcus was sending her way. She actually somewhat flirted back and smiled at him constantly. Maybe that's why I was so upset, because I knew she was enjoying the attention he was sending her way. I guess I had just expected her to ignore his flirting. But I mean why would she? We were just friends with benefits after all. And obviously she wasn't feeling the same way about me because she wouldn't have flirted back with Marcus if she did.

I heard the front door close and I could hear people coming up the stairs, breaking me out of my train of thoughts. I walked over to my closet and opened it. We were going out for some drinks again tonight and I had yet to get dressed. I heard my bedroom door open and I silently prayed that it wasn't Amber I wasn't ready to deal with her. I turned around and was met with the sight of Mike. He was standing there giving me a sympathetic look.

"Dude, I understand why you did it, but it was still messed up." He said to me as he walked closer to where I was. I just shrugged my shoulders and continued to look for something to wear. "Dude you freaking punched Marcus, and over Amber. If everyone wasn't already thinking something more was going on between you two, they definitely are feeling it now."

"There's nothing going on between me and Amber, Mike. I realize that now more then ever. So just leave it alone." I grabbed the clothes I was going to wear and walked past him.

"Dude I am not blind, hell even a blind person could see that you love her Chord you always have." I stopped moving at his words.

"What do you mean man?" I asked him as I turned to look at him.

"I mean I know." He said as he walked closer to me. "I know you have been in love with her for years. Maybe no one else can see it but I noticed it. The ways you would act around her and talk to her it was hard not to see it. And now that you to are doing what ever your doing I am more sure then ever that you love Amber." He walked closer and looked me straight in the eyes. "Tell me you don't love her. I dare you. You tell me and I will let the whole thing go."

"I don't.. I'm not... I have never..." I tried to say something but I couldn't. I mean it would be so easy to lie to him and tell him that I didn't love Amber. Then he would leave me alone and I wouldn't have to deal with him and his questions. Everything would be a lot easier if I would just lie, but I couldn't. Even just thinking about saying I didn't love Amber made my heart ache and I felt like I was short of breath. When I didn't say anything Mike gave me a knowing look. "I don't want to talk about it."

"Dude you have to deal with this thing with Amber. You both have to talk about where this is going."

"Mike end it. Me and Amber are not going to go anywhere because I am going to get over her tonight." I said to him as I started to grab my stuff and walk into my bathroom.

Mike grabbed me to stop me. "What do you mean you want to get over her? What are you planning on doing?" He questioned."

I ripped my arm away from him. "I mean I am going to get plastered tonight and find a girl. No point in wasting time on a girl who doesn't want me Mike." With that I walked into the bathroom, closed my door and locked it. If Amber didn't want me, then I would find someone who did. Even if it was just for the night.

Amber's Prov:

I haven't seen Chord since he left the beach earlier today. Even when I got home I didn't get the chance to talk to him because I saw Mike go into his room to talk to him. So instead I was now sitting in my room finishing getting dressed. Everything that I felt for Chord seemed like it was on full blast. I knew I loved him, but I honestly didn't know if he loved me back. Yeah maybe he liked me, but like and love are two very different things. Why did I even start this stupid arrangement anyway? I was putting on my shoes when Jenna walked in. I looked up and fake smiled at her. I didn't want her knowing I was upset.

"Hey are you okay?" She asked me as she sat down next to me. God why did she have to ask that? I hated when people asked me that, because ninety nine percent of the time I wasn't okay, and them asking me that made me break down.

"Yeah, I mean no, I... I don't know." I said to her as I turned to face her. I could feel myself starting to cry.

"Ohhh hunny what is it?" She questioned as she pulled me into a side hug.

I felt the tears staring to fall down my face. "I just don't know." I said to her as I grabbed her close to my body and hugged her back. I felt her rub my back in a reassuring way. I cried into her shoulder and let her hold me. "I'm just so confused about Chord. I mean I thought this whole arrangement was going to okay, you know? That we could go back to the way things before, how could I believe that?" I said to her as I sobbed into her shoulder more. She held me tighter and rocked me some.

"Amber you should tell him how you feel. I know Chord has feelings for you, I mean he broke Marcus nose today just because he was flirting with you. He definitely has feelings for you."

I backed up some to look at her. "Do you really think so?" I questioned he as I wiped some tears from my face.

"Of course I am sure. So no more tears girl, tonight you claim Chord as yours girl. And you definitely can't do that looking like this. Let me clean you up." Jenna walked over to the bathroom and came back with a wet wash cloth.

"Thank you Jen." I said to her as she continued to clean my face. She smiled at me as she waved her hand. "Come on that's what family is for. You know that." As she continued to clean my face I found myself smiling. She was right, enough was enough. I wanted Chord and he obviously had some kind of feeling towards me with the way he acted today. It was time that I took charge and went after what I wanted, and I wanted Chord.

After Jenna cleaned me up, I finished getting ready and we headed down stairs. When we did I was met with the eyes of all my friends. But the only person I looked at was Chord. When my eyes met his he turned his head away and looked elsewhere. At first I felt hurt, but then I remember what had went down today, and how upset he had looked when it happened. So I quickly dismissed the way he acted and smiled at everyone.

"Hey, who's ready to party?" I asked everyone. They all cheered and we piled out of the house.

`When we got to the club we got to booths to sit in and order us some drinks. I had tried to sit in the booth that Chord was at, but it seemed like he was avoiding me like a plaque. So I settled for sitting in a sit where I could at least see Chord.

I couldn't help but stare at him, I just wanted to be around him. I just wanted to tell him how I felt and get this stupid arrangement over with and have the real thing with him. If I was being honest with myself, I wanted to walk over to him and claim him as mine.

I could see all these girls staring at him and it was driving me crazy. They were staring at him like they wanted to eat him alive. The worst part was he was flirting back with them. Sending them winks and buying some of them drinks. It was driving me crazy seeing him do this. Then it hit me, this is what Chord must have been feeling earlier. No wonder why he hit Marcus. I wanted to go over and beat the shit out of all the girls that were looking at him.

I knew I had to grow some confidence and tell him about how I felt. I took a shot of my alcohol, and let the burning feeling go down my throat. I grabbed another one and took another shot.

"Damn girl, someone is planned on getting wasted!" Naya said to me. I got up and winked at her.

"Well I need a boost for what I'm about to do." I said to her as I wiped my mouth and fixed my appearance some.

"You go girl!" Chris yelled at me as I started to walk off. I couldn't help but smile at his words. I was going, and I was going to get my man.

I walked over to where the rest of the boys where. "Hey guys have you seen Chord?" I asked them as I approached them. They all looked at me weirdly and avoided my gaze. "Guys what is it?" I questioned again, and again no one said anything. I looked over at Mark, knowing that he wouldn't lie to me. "Mark, where is Chord." He looked me in the eyes with sympathy and I knew something wasn't right. He cleared his throat then pointed onto the dance floor.

I turned around and sure enough there was Chord making out and groping a skinny, blonde haired girl. My heart immediately clenched and I felt like I couldn't breath at all. I could feel the tears starting to fall down my cheeks. I quickly spun around and walked back over to my table. The minute I got there everyone looked at me and started to get up.

"What's wrong?" Lea questioned as she walked over to me. I just shock my head at her and grabbed my purse. I quickly walked away from them and out side. I started to walk back to the home where we were staying at, I was glade I hadn't drink a lot, that way I still knew where I was going. I walked faster when I felt like I heard someone yelling my name.

All I could think as I walked into the house was I am so glade I didn't tell Chord how I was feeling. Because he definitely didn't feel the same way about me!

So what did we think about this chapter? Did you like it? Are you upset about Chord's behavior? Do you want me to hurry up and write another chapter?;)