You should have said no

You should have gone home

You should have thought twice before you let it all go

Shoulda known that word

Of what you did with her

Would get back to me.

"Hey." I said walking towards Soda who was sitting at the counter flipping through a car magazine.

"Hey Ali! I didn't expect to see you here today!" Soda looked genuinely happy to see me as he came around the counter to kiss me.

I broke the kiss short. "Is Steve around?"

Soda gave me a confused look, "Ya, he's in the back working on a car why?"

"Do you think you could get him to come up front and cover you? I think we need to talk."

"Sure..." Soda headed into the back room for a moment before reappearing with an apprehensive look on his face, he definitely knew that I knew, and what I was here to talk about.

Steve gave him a reassuring smile as we walked into the garage. I pushed myself up onto the hood of a car, my feet on the bumper and my head in my hands; I needed to collect my thoughts for a moment.

"Alice, just let me..."

"No, don't explain Soda, I just...why her?"

Soda sighed, "God's honest truth?"

I nodded.

"I slept with Sandy because she was there, and I was upset and I made a bad choice, I know that. But, in my defense Alice we had broken up. We had both said some awful things to each other and I just wanted to feel something that wasn't painful. You have every right to be mad...I just wish you weren't, I just wish that I hadn't done it."

"I'm not mad Soda..." I spoke quietly, evenly. "Your right, we had broken up, there was no reason for you not to...see...someone else. I guess I'm just disappointed...disappointed that you didn't have more faith in us, and that you didn't come clean with me before..."

"When I saw you at the diner and Randy had his arm around you, I realized what a terrible thing I had done. I didn't want to be there with Sandy and Evie, I wanted to be home on the couch with you. But when I went over there and you were so nasty to me..."

"Soda, I..." I tried to interrupt, but Soda held up a hand, asking me to stop.

"I know that you were angry and that after what I had said the night before I deserved what I got, but at the time that didn't make it hurt any less. When we left the diner...I just wanted to feel needed by someone...and when I was dropping her off at her place..."

"Please Soda, I don't want to hear the rest of it." I was fighting hard to keep the tears in check and it was quickly becoming a losing battle.

Soda nodded, looking at his hands for a moment, "You and Randy...?"

"No, right after you left I threw up on his shoes..." Soda nodded again and I couldn't miss the ghost of a smile across his lips.

"Soda...you...you were a virgin right?"

"Ya..." Soda looked uncomfortable at the turn the conversation was taking, but I needed to get all of this off my chest or we'd just end up here again another day.

"I know this might sound stupid Soda, but...it does kinda bother me that you shared that experience with her...and not with me." By now I had lost my battle with tears and even though I was able to stay calm and collected, the tears streamed down my face as I spoke and I could see from the look on Soda's face that he was pretty torn up to.

"I...I don't know what to say Ali." Soda came forward and lifted my chin, forcing me to look at him. "What I do know Ali, is that I'm sorry for hurting you, I'm sorry we ever broke up, and I'm sorry that I slept with Sandy. What I'm not sorry about is what you and I had this weekend. That meant more to me then anything, having your love, your trust, and your body like that was one of the most amazing experiences of my life."

I wrapped my arms around him and rested my head on his chest, while Soda played with my hair and held me tight. Once the tears stopped I pulled back, "I love you Soda...so much"

"I love you to baby" He replied kissing my hair.

I slid off the hood of the car and ran my fingers through my hair in a failed attempt to make it look a little better. "I should be heading home."

"Will I see you tonight?"

"No...I'm not mad any more Soda, but I just need the night to myself, to think. I'll meet you at the house to go over to the funeral." I stood on my toes to give him a kiss and walked out of the garage, headed home.

I went to bed early that night, exhausted from the day and knowing that tomorrow would be even worse.

A/N – Song is Shoulda Said No by T Swift…normally I don't endorse her but the song was perfect…

Sorry its been so long…had an amazing summer, made some really poor yet really fun decisions, did the hardest thing I've ever had to do and then had a little side of depression to round it all out. But it's all good, and I'm back and if your still reading send me some love and I'll get another chapter up!