Aria's POV

I left Ian's at about 3:00. After our adventures last night, I need to clean myself up at home before our table reading at 4:30. Thank god my roommate Annie is out of town or else I would be bombarded with questions upon my arrival. When she comes back in two week, I'll have to be more careful, but for now, I can bask in all the nights I get to spend with Ian.

I pull into my driveway and bounce up the stairs. Once inside, I know I need to find something that will cover up all the hickeys on my neck. Thank god today was only a table reading or else Ian's artwork would be exposed when I put on Aria's outfit.

I put on outfit after outfit trying to find something that would work. Some of them were able to cover up the hickeys, but I want to be able to look cute for Ian, too. God I can't get him out of my mind. I finally settle on a sun dress paired with a floral scarf, a jean jacket, and cowgirl boots. Now the real struggle will be keeping the scarf tight enough through the entire reading to hide all my marks.

After doing my hair and makeup, I pulled into work at 4:12. I know I'm early, but a small part of my brain is hoping that Ian might be early too.

I walk into the green room and find Troian, Shay, and Ashley already there. "Hey!" I say sitting down across from them at the table. "Why are all of you here so early?"

"We went to get a Starbucks before the reading. The line was a lot shorter than we expected it to be," Ashley spoke. "We texted you at around 2:15 about it but you didn't answer."

Oh shoot! I was with Ian at at 2:15 you know- we were...ya know. I grin a little thinking about it but quickly realize where I am. What do I say? "Oh sorry I about that! I slept until about 1:00 then went for a run. It really is a beautiful day today," I tried to play off, a little too eagerly I might add.

The girls giggled a little bit and I look up at them confused. "What?" I ask. They giggle a little bit more. "You're just very chipper," Shay says, "You've been pretty grumpy lately but today you seem to have woken up on the very right side of the bed."

"Oh," I grin. "I guess I am feeling particularly good today." Troian eyes me and then suddenly she lights up.

"Lucy!" she says surprised. "What?" I say confused. The other girls turned to her confused, as well.

Troian leans in and the rest of us do also. "You got laid didn't you!" she squealed in a hushed tone. My cheeks instantly turn bright red. Damn it. Of course Troian could figure it out! I silently curse myself for being so transparent.

"What makes you think that?" I say, trying to defuse the comment. It clearly isn't working. Ashley and Shay are grinning at me along with Troian in a "spill-all" kind of way.

"Oh you know why!" She exclaims, proud of her discovery. "Your skin is glowing, there is a bounce in your step, and you have that look in your eye that you always get when you're falling for someone."

Those last words repeat in my head. Falling for someone. Could I really be falling for Ian?

The girls keep babbling as I keep thinking so I don't even notice Ian come into the room until he is standing right next to the table.

"Hey guys! What's up?" He says, breaking my daze.

"Lucy got laid!" Ashley squeals, not even trying to be discreet about it. I role my eyes but then I notice Ian tense up slightly. Oh god, I hope he doesn't think I told them.

"Really?" He says as he looks at me with his left eyebrow raised. God he's so cute. His attention is quickly stolen though when Ashley eagerly digs into the conversation. "Yeah but she won't admit it. But it's so obvious. I mean- don't you think she's acting like she got laid?" Ashley proposes to Ian.

Ian turns to me again and gives me a once over. I feel my heart rate start to go up as he continues to gaze at my body. He keeps his eyes locked on mine and stares at me lovingly. Holy shit he could just make me melt. I see the ends of his lips turn up ever so slightly. "Yeah," he finally says, with his eyes still on mine. "I think she did, too."

The girls all chuckle in excitement and Ian moves into his designated chair next to me. We all chatter on and (thankfully) our discussion ends shortly due to the table reading starting.

All throughout the reading I keep glancing over at Ian out of the corner of my eye and thinking about what Troian said earlier. Could I really be falling for Ian? Is it possible that he could someday fall for me?

I'm very relieved when the table reading is finally over. I quickly grab all my stuff and make a break for the bathroom before we can all start talking about my sex life again. I go to open the door to the restroom but someone walks out, beating me to it.

"Oh hey Lucy!"

"Hi Marlene," I greet.

"Hey, you did a great job at the reading today, Luce." She leans forward and to whisper in my ear. "But you should know that you may want to pull your scarf up a little bit." I blush and hurriedly tighten my scarf and before I can say anything, she's gone.

Oh, shit. This has not been my finest hour.

AN: Hey guys! Remember when I said I would "try not to leave such a long break between updates"? Haha! That was funny. Sorry for the long wait. However, I am on break now so I should be able to get a couple chapters in before school picks back up again. I hope you enjoy. Please rate and review!