Everything settled down for a while. Andy and I were together but I wasn't sure I still liked him…

Knock, Knock.

Yvonne opened the door. "Hey,"
"Hello," she said curtly.
"Is Elijah home?"
"Yes," she said suspiciously and stood aside to let me in. She had every right to be suspicious I mean, I was spending more time with Bradie's fifteen year old brother then I was with my own boyfriend. Why, you ask? I'll tell you why. Because Elijah Joseph Webb was so freaking gorgeous, we were friends but I knew I wanted to be way more than that. The only problem was A; he was Bradie's brother and being with him could mean a whole lot of awkward. B; I already had a boyfriend and after all Andy and I had been through I didn't want to break his heart. And C; He was three years younger than me, which by my standards is way too young. So here I was; in an awkward situation that (little did I know) was about to get a whole lot more awkward.

As I climbed the stairs I met Bradie who was packing away washing. "He's in his room," Bradie said, knowing full well that I was here to see Elijah. At the end of the hall, I knocked on Elijah's door. No answer. I knocked again and then pushed it open slightly.
"Oh my god, get out!" A girl yelled at me but before I could see who it was, a pillow hit me square in the nose.
"I- uh,"
"Hey Gem," Elijah came over and hugged me, I was aware of the lipstick on his cheek, but his casual attitude suggested that he wasn't.
"Who are you?" It was the girl from before who spoke, she had long wavy brown hair that ended in ringlets and blue eyes that glared at me suspiciously. Oh crap, I'd interrupted something.
And then it sunk in, Elijah had a girlfriend. I felt so stupid. "Um, I'm Gem,"
"She's my friend," Elijah said happily. That was him; always so bright and happy… and small. He was about Andy's height with copper hair like Christofer Drew and brown eyes like Bradie's and he was so thin. "Gem, this is Georgi," He motioned to the girl, "Georgi, this is Gem."
"Oh," she said, "I get it. Well, I'll just go," she turned away and then returned with a bag, then pushed past me and added coldly, "You should've told me you had other plans."
Elijah and I stood and stared at each other for a good few minutes and I felt the threats of tears in my eyes. "Oh- oh god," I choked. "I'm so, so sorry. I had no idea and-
"Yeah, I get it," And he slammed the door in my face.

I felt so stupid. I needed to talk to someone and tell the whole truth. But who could I tell that wouldn't kill me? Bradie definitely would; Elijah was his brother. I didn't speak to Shaun, barely trusted JumpNow and Andy was my boyfriend. Enough said. I weighed my options for a while then turned slowly away from the door and left the house.

"Hey, Michelle, is Andy home?"
"Yeah, I think he's in his room," Michelle stared at me with her kindly green eyes, "Is something up sweetie?"
She'd seen that I'd been crying. I decided to tell the truth; I was gonna need all the practice I could get. "Yeah, but I have to talk to Andy about it."
"Oh, okay,"

A few moments later I knocked on Andy's door, this time there was an answer; "Come in,"
I did. "Hey, sweet- oh, god, what's wrong?" Seeing the tears, Andy rushed to my side. "Is everything okay?"
"Almost, I just- Andy I haven't been entirely honest with you these past few months,"
"What do you mean, we tell each other everything."
"Almost," I sniffled and wiped my eyes on my sleeve, "Do you remember Elijah?"
"Bradie's little bro, yeah of course, why?" Andy raised an eyebrow at me.
"Well, I kind of like him… a lot," I stared up at Andy, "Is that bad?"
"Of course not, I mean you can't really help it…"
"Andy, today I went to visit him and I – I walked in on him and his girlfriend and I didn't even know he had a girlfriend and…"
"And what, it's okay, you can tell me," Andy put a comforting arm around my shoulder.
"Now he hates me and I like him more than ever, but I'm with you and I still love you…"
"Well, then why don't you talk to him about it?"
"He won't talk to me,"

There was an awkward silence. Andy was acting brave, but I knew that he felt confused, scared and lost. He was probably panicking about losing me and that made me feel bad.
"Sweetie, he' so much younger than you,"
"I know, I know," I had stopped crying now. "I'm just so confused."
"Well, why don't you stay with me tonight and we'll sort it out in the morning.

Before I even opened my eyes the following morning, I heard the doorbell ring, Michelle answered it, "Hey, Elijah,"
"Hey, umm is Gem here,"

Elijah! I practically jumped out of bed and threw whichever clothes I could find on, including Andy's jumper. Beside me, Andy had done the same so that by the time Elijah reached Andy's room, Andy was brushing my hair innocently.

There was an extremely awkward pause as Elijah stood in the doorway, looking at us. His eyes were red and puffy from crying and he looked very tired. I felt so bad. My stomach twisted into a thousand knots…
"Hi," Andy said.
"Hey, er," he stared from me to Andy and finally addressed the floor, "Can I talk to Gem please? It's quite important."
I stared at Andy waiting for him to react but when he didn't I was left with no choice. "Yeah,"