I couldn't sleep at all last night; I was laying on one of the beach chairs that were outside under the veranda. I stayed outside hoping to give John some space from me, maybe after he had slept it off he would come to speak to me. I wondered about Ivana and Randy, she was making him believe that she was pregnant when she wasn't but I knew she had to tell him now if she kept keeping this to herself and Randy found out he would go crazy. The sun began to slowly rise over the house, I decided to go back inside and begin cleaning up at least for Cody. I found Dad still asleep on the couch; I guessed John and Cody were upstairs. I grabbed a black garbage bag and began throwing any rubbish inside. I wiped down the tables and fixed up the furniture outside, sweeping the floor and then throwing the rubbish out. The house was clean and I could feel my stomach rumble, I thought maybe some tasty food would help everyone's mood. I looked in Cody's fridge, all there seemed to be was beer. I looked down and found some eggs and decided to scramble some. I put some butter in a pan and waited for the stove to heat up. I began throwing the eggs in when I heard someone walk inside the kitchen, it was Cody. "Morning" I said.

This look of glee filled his face as he looked around at his clean house and the smell of breakfast. "It is a good morning." I smiled as I plated him some of the eggs.

"Thanks Lea" he said.

"It's no problem, thank you for letting John stay here" I said. "And for having the party here."

"John's a good friend and I would love to say you are too. I'm happy for you guys."

"I'm pretty lucky to have him; he's just my favourite person in the whole world."

He nodded as I continued cooking more eggs.

"Lea... I think I made it awkward for you and John when we were talking about Randy, I'm sorry."

"No Cody, trust me you didn't. I should have told him about Randy, but I had no idea he was also friends with him or you. It was all surprising to me" I said.

"I hope it didn't cause any problem" said Cody sympathetically.

I sighed, "Hopefully everything will work out."

Cody smiled "I hope so too, well I'm going to go for a shower, I absolutely stink of alcohol." He was right, he smelt like he had just been soaked in beer. He washed his plate and headed upstairs back to his bedroom.

I plated myself some food and sat back outside, enjoying my breakfast. The back door opened and it was John. I just smiled at him as I continued eating. He still looked a little angry as he sat across from me. "Did you eat?" I asked.

He shook his head. "I'm not hungry."

From the seriousness in his voice he seemed like he didn't want anything to do with me at all. I just thought not to speak.

"So I just want to get this straight, Randy was your best friend since you were little, the guy you were in love with."

I looked at him and nodded.

"From what I heard last night, he's still in love with you" he said.

I was silent.

"I also heard that you don't love him anymore" he said "I don't know whether to believe it or not."

"I don't love him anymore, I love you."

"Lea, I'm afraid I don't know where to stand with you. You seem to have all these tangled webs surrounding you."

"Tangled webs?" I said confused.

"Well either it's your boss who I know secretly has a thing for you or I now learn that my co-worker who is my friend was the man my fiancé was crazy in love with" he yelled. I had never had him yell at me before. I was trying to fight the tears that were appearing in my eyes.

"What are you saying John? Wade is just my boss, that's it and Randy is married. I don't see any webs!" I yelled. "I'm only tied to you."

John smiled. "I'm glad to hear that because I wasn't going to let anyone take you from me."

I was surprised as he put his arms around me, wiping the tears from my eyes. I grabbed on to him tightly not wanting to let go and he stroked the back of my head. "I'm sorry John; I should have just told you the truth."

He kissed my head, "It's alright Lea but just know the worst thing about being lied to, is knowing you're not worth the truth."

...

John's words had really stuck with me; I called up Ivana and asked her if I could come over, Randy was out. I knocked on the house and there she was dressed up like she had come out of a magazine. I always felt so under dressed whatever I wore. "Hello Lea" she said smiling, inviting me inside.

I walked in, Randy's clothes was everywhere; I smiled thinking he hadn't changed at all. I was sad that he and I looked to be back to non speaking terms again. Ivana picked up his clothes and threw them in the bedroom. "I'm sorry about the mess" she said.

I sat down on the sofa, "I understand he's always been messy."

"It drives me crazy sometimes" she said putting her hands in her hair.

I nodded, "I never minded because I liked to clean."

"So... you wanted to talk to me?" she said completely ignoring my last statement.

I just brushed it off. "Um... I think you should tell Randy the truth, that you're not pregnant."

She looked at me sadly.

"I know you love him, but lying to him is just making it worse. You have to tell him, if you keep hiding this it's just going to be worse."

"I just can't..." she said.

"Ivana you have to, what's going to happen in 9 months when there is no baby and your stomach hasn't grown at all!"

"I don't know but I just can't face telling him" she said.

"Look, he deserves the truth. Either tell him or..." I stopped.

"What? You're going to tell him?" she said annoyed.

"No I wouldn't tell him, but he is my best friend and we don't keep secrets from each other" I said.

"You don't keep secrets?" she laughed. "Like how you kept that you were in love with him for all these years?"

"What?" I said shocked.

"Lea I could see right through you, the day I came here, the moment you saw me you were crushed and that's why you were so weird around us and that's why you didn't come to our reception party. Is that why you went to Miami?" she said evilly. "Lucky you have John now."

I couldn't believe how much of a bitch she was being, I was just trying to help her and here, she was making fun of me. "What is that supposed to mean?" I yelled "what is wrong with you?"

"What's wrong with me? What's wrong with you, you couldn't get with Randy so you get with his friend!" she yelled. "Get it in your head that he doesn't love you and he'll never leave me for you and why would he? I mean I'm a supermodel and you're just some gross secretary."

This woman was making me go crazy, my face felt hot and my fists clenched. I felt like I wanted to explode. I opened my fist and slapped her across her face.

Randy opened the door and was shocked seeing the two of us heated at each other. "What the hell is going on!"

He looked at Ivana who had her hands on her red left cheek. 'Just great' I thought. I couldn't believe I let myself do that. She began weeping as Randy checked on her. He then turned around and glared at me, I could feel the anger directed toward me. "Who the hell do you think you are to even touch my wife! My pregnant wife!" yelled Randy. "What the fuck is wrong with you Lea? Just get the fuck out!"

I picked up my handbag and walked outside with my head down, I knew there was no way he was going to hear me out. I felt ashamed, but I wasn't going to let her bully me around. It actually felt good.

...

I got home and the house looked empty, I went upstairs and there was Dad lying on his bed with an ice pack on his forehead. I smiled seeing him as I lay next to him. "Hey Hun" he said.

"Hey Dad, are you feeling better?"

"Nope, I think I may have been stripping my clothes off in front of one of your friends" he said "hangovers make you do horrible things."

I chuckled. "I wasn't even hung over and I think I might have just done something very bad."

"Is it with John?" he asked.

"No worse..." I said frowning.

He looked at me confused.

We heard someone knocking on the door, louder and louder almost like the door was going to break down. Dad looked at me worried "what did you do kid?"

I walked downstairs and looked through the peephole and gulped seeing the man, he looked absolutely livid. I was scared he was about to attempt murder.

I took a deep breath and opened the door. Randy brushed past me as he walked inside angrily. I closed my eyes, knowing this was going to end badly.

Thank you guys so much for taking the time out to read and review this story or any other ones of mine. I really appreciate it, I love all of you so much even if you hate it. I mean I'm not the greatest writer but knowing that you all love the characters and are enjoying the plot line makes me feel really happy. Please let me know how Im doing. I know there is always room for improvement, but I hope you enjoyed this chapter and I know a lot of you are missing Mr Barrett's presence I miss him too, but he'll be back soon. So don't think he's not coming back, this story is not the same without him. Love Jess.