I waited in my car outside of the building where Lexi's class was. I knew that Josh was in that class with her. After a few minutes, I saw him walk out into the parking lot alone. I got out of my car and jogged towards him.

"Josh!"

He stopped walking and looked at me. "Hey, I don't want any trouble, man."

What the hell? He thought I was going to hit him? He was a lot bigger than me. Even I wasn't that stupid. And as last night proved, I'm pretty fucking stupid.

"No trouble," I promised. "Um…where's Lexi?"

"She didn't come to class today," he told me.

Lexi never missed class. Even the day she got out of the hospital, she was still trying to get to campus so she could take her test. This was worse than I thought. I am such a fuck-up.

"Listen, man…I just wanted to apologize. I know nothing's going on between you two, I'm just not used to her spending a lot of time with other guys, ya know? I got jealous, and pissed off, and I was an asshole," I rambled. I never really grasped the concept of thinking before you speak.

"Dude, don't apologize to me," Josh replied. He took a piece of paper out of his backpack, scribbled something on it, and handed it to me. "Apologize to her."

It was his address. Well, that was a lot easier than I thought.

"Do you think she even wants to see me?" I asked. It felt really shitty to have to ask another guy if my girlfriend wanted to see me. But I guess I deserved that.

He nodded. "Yeah, I know she does. Look, what you said…it was stupid, but she overreacted, and I think she knows that. She just doesn't want to admit it. You probably know better than anyone how stubborn she is."

"Yeah," I smirked. "The fact that you're such a good guy makes it so much harder for me to hate you."

He laughed. "I just know where you're at. When my fiancé and I first started going out, I did the same thing. More than once, actually. I couldn't figure out why a girl like her would want to be with me. I was just waiting for her to realize that I didn't deserve her."

His fiancé? Why hadn't Lexi just told me that he was engaged in the first place? She had to make everything so difficult.

"Anyways, if you come over at like…eight-ish, I'll make sure she's there. And please, get down on your knees and beg her to come back if you have to, because I can't watch My Best Friend's Wedding one more time."

"Oh, God. I feel your pain," I laughed. "Thanks, man."

"Yeah, no problem. I'll see you later," he replied.

I walked back to my car feeling a little better. Now I just had to figure out how to show her that I was really, really sorry. But I would have to multi-task, because I was supposed to meet the guys at the studio an hour ago.

Eight o'clock took forever to get here, but it was finally time for me to go over to Josh's. I knocked on the door of apartment 404 nervously.

"Hey, man," Josh said when he opened the door and saw me there. "Let me go get her. Come on in."

"Thanks."

I waited for a couple minutes until Lexi walked into the room. She looked at me anxiously. "Hi."

"Hey," I replied, smiling uncomfortably. "Can we talk?"

"Yeah, I guess so," she nodded.

She opened the door and I followed her out into the hallway. Neither of us said anything for a minute.

"Lexi…" I started, but I wasn't really sure what to say. I needed to choose my words carefully, I knew that much. "I'm so sorry. There's no excuse for what I said, but I hope you know that I didn't mean it. I just got so jealous…and it's not that I don't trust you, but I just think…what guy wouldn't want to be with you? And I'm just afraid one day you're going to wake up and realize that I don't deserve you. I'm sorry."

Okay, I totally stole that last line from Josh, but whatever. It's not like he had a copyright on it or anything.

"I may have overreacted a little," she admitted. "I know you didn't mean it, it just…caught me off-guard. I wanted the night you got back to be perfect, and that just…"

"Ruined it, I know. I wanted the same thing. I'm so sorry."

Man, forget Nate and Jason, I needed to start going to Josh about girl stuff. He called that overreacting thing. I wrapped my arms around her waist and kissed her.

"Why didn't you tell me he was engaged?" I asked. It would have given me a lot more peace of mind.

"Because it shouldn't matter," she told me. I guess that was true. "Can we go home now?"

"Actually, no."

Lexi looked at me strangely. "Why not?"

"We all have to stay out of the house until ten…" I smiled. She was going to freak when I told her why. "Because sometime between now and then, Nate is going to ask Caitlyn to marry him."

"Oh my God!" she squealed. "No way! I can't believe it!"

"Believe it," I told her. "And some people are coming over at ten to celebrate. Assuming she says yes, I guess."

"She will," Lexi assured me. She wrapped her arms around my neck again and whispered in my ear seductively. "But, maybe we can just make an appearance at the party…I can think of something more fun we could do."

I hated/loved when she said stuff like that and then I had to wait to be alone with her. The wait was horrible, but once we were finally alone… I'd been out of the country for three weeks – sleeping with her was pretty much the only thing I could think about. I know, I know, but I'm a 20-year old guy, remember? Can you really blame me?

"You took the words right out of my mouth," I replied. "But in the mean time, do you want to get something to eat?"

She smiled and nodded. "Just let me grab my stuff."

A/N: I've been trying to post this for like three days but has been hating. I think the next chapter will be the last, and I'm almost done with it. Also, I realized I didn't give credit for the song that Shane was singing at the beginning of chapter…10, I think? It was "I'm Only Me When I'm With You" by Taylor Swift.