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"I don't care what you do, just cover it!" I stress at Ryan and she continues to put anything and everything she has to cover the bruise that has formed against my neck.

Ryan bites her lip trying not to laugh and continues her work on my neck, "I still can't believe this hickey is huge. He must have had one hell of a time." Ryan giggles and I roll my eyes.

"Okay," She says, "there." I look in the mirror and it was perfect. No sign at all of Bain's "damage".

I nod with approval and Ryan continues with my hair. After sitting in a chair for almost an hour, my butt was completely numb, I was incredibly thirsty, and my back hurt. "Almost done now stay still. God your gonna give Bain a heart attack," Ryan smiles with excitement and puts the last finishing touches.

I look in the full body mirror and Ryan smirks," Can you say sexy?" I roll my eyes and smile. I do look pretty good. With the way she did my hair wavy and a little curly with perfect volume (↓↓↓↓) and my outfit I think I can actually do this.

I say my goodbyes to Ryan and she leaves with all her things. I sit on my bed looking at my phone anxiously while waiting.

Suddenly I heard the sound of a door open and Bain's voice talking on the phone.

"- yeah, I know. Thanks again man. Yeah, I'll see you."

I walk to the door of my room and close it.

I haven't seen Bain since the er- incident- last night. After his whore fest with Lauren he never came home last night.

but we don't know If he was with Lauren for sure......

Seriously inner me? Now we're defending him? After what he did?

I could almost hear myself sigh. Your right....

I lay back on the bed and sigh staring at the ceiling until Ben comes to get me.

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⚡ ⚡ (last night)

"Wow." Lucas says sitting back in his leather recliner taking a sip of his beer. "That's.... Messed up."

"Yeah, no shit." I say and bring the cold beer to my lips taking a gulp letting the alcohol buzz my system.

"So let me get this straight," he says and runs his fingers through his unruly black hair, "You walked in on this girl your too pussy to admit you have feelings for, that's staying at your house because of some shit thing at a party and to help out your sister, and now you both almost had hot shower sex in the bathroom until your next door neighbor from like years ago called you from Ohio saying her and her family would be in town and wanted to catch up, and Ashley thinks that she was some girl you were fooling around with so she got mad. Now your hear at my house, in my basement, drinking my alcohol, and pouting about it?"

He stares at me while I take a long swig of beer and sigh, "Pretty much, yeah."

"Why didn't you just tell her the truth?"

"She wouldn't hear it, I tried."

Luke keeps staring at me then sighs and gets up going to his fridge grabbing a bottle of vodka from the fridge and a glass handing them both to me, "Your going to need it."

I pour myself a glass and chug it down the burn in my throat already making my head light.

Luke's been around for as long as I can remember. Every time I had problem since I was 13 I'd come knocking on Luke's door. We'd go down to the basement and drink our problems away. Now he's 22 and I'm 18 and were drinking vodka doing the same thing we've been doing for years.

"Bottoms up," Luke says and sighs chugs his bottle.

"Can I sleep over cause I don't want to go back wasted." Not in front of Isabella ....

"Course man. Couch has your name on it anyways."

I chuckle and keep drinking. Pretty soon with a couple of more chugs later everything goes hazy and memories are wiped clean.

I only remember waking up the next morning and going home.

Little did I know when I got there, I was in for one hellova surprise.

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🔥 🔥 (present)

Ring, ring.

I smile and pick up my small leather purse and sling it over my shoulder walking to my door. I open it a little and sew Bain in the living room and I walk out making sure to walk with a purpose. I swing my hips and smile playing with my hair just a tiny bit.....

"Woah, woah, woah, where are you going ?" Bingo. Or should I say Bain-go. Ha!

I turn to face a wide eyed Bain looking at me up and down his eyes suddenly clouded with hunger and confusion.

I smirk. "I'm going out with, Ben."

Bain raises an eyebrow and his green eyes suddenly darken a curtain of anger covering them. "Ben? Who the fuck is 'Ben' ?"

Bain spits Ben's name like if it was the most disgusting word in the language.

"A guy." I say and turn to walk out the door.

Bain's speed increases when he's angry. His arm suddenly shoots out in front of the door blocking my way.

"And your going dressed like that?"

I gulp but struggle to keep my composure.

"Yes. I am." I say stronger than what I actually feel.

"What about taking care of Isabella? That's why I brought your here not to sleepover so you could go on some shitty date."

I cross my arms. "Okay first, Isabella is fine. She's in bed resting and told me she just wanted to have a day to herself and read. Second, I'm allowed to do whatever I want with whoever I want and go out on an amazing date and you can't stop me." I push his arm out of the way and with confidence I walk out to Ben opening my door and getting in his car. Ben smiles and surprisingly my heart flutters.

Maybe this really could work out.

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