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My mind is a blur.

No literally.... When you become conscious in the morning your supposed to have a thought before actually waking up. I can't remember shit from yesterday, but I see a spectacular view. I lean over before pressing a kiss onto his shoulder, "Morning" I murmur against him

"Night" He mumbles into the pillow

"It's twelve" I say amused

He inhales before lying on his back and running a hand through his hair, "You are a handful" My boyfriend informs me

I frown, "What'd I do?"

"Well for starters, you ate a whole plate of brownies.... Which led to you getting high"

'Carmen those are-

I remember how Tamera tried to warn me last night, "I see"

"Then you snorted coke and trying to get you upstairs was a nightmare"

I unbutton the first few buttons of my shirt -or should I say Carters- and he watches as I do so, "What are you doing" He whispers with a look of lust

"It's hot"

Truth being told I'm quite horny, and I'm really craving Carter. My fingers wander around his body before landing on his tattoo, "I think I should get one too" I say whilst tracing it

He takes my hand, "Where"

"Same place"

Butterflies fill my stomach as Carters hand lands on my hipbone, I shuffle closer before resting my head on his bare chest. "Is the house a mess?"

"More than words can describe"

"Well all I'm saying is, you owe me money"

He snorts, "I don't believe I do"

"The bet was for me not to get drunk and as I recall I didn't do that"

"You were high"

"Still, not drunk-

Zoe runs in before shutting the door behind her quickly and I frown as I lean on my shoulder. "Take this, quickly!" She tosses Aaron's phone over and Carter catches it

"Why do you have his phone" I say amused, she locks the door before walking over

"Last night when he was drunk he told me about some girl that kept on calling and texting"

Carter puts the phone aside, "Yeah no.... We're not going through it"

I snort before taking it, "Hell yeah we are-.... What's her name?" I ask

Carter reaches over but I pull away, "Carmen-

"Hayden?-.... Wait Hayley, yeah Hayley" I lie on my front as Zoe sits beside me

"Password?"

"My birthday"

I pause, "Maybe he's not cheating"

"Who's side are you on" She scoffs

"He's not and I think you should start trusting him" Carter says annoyed

I wave him off before typing in Zoe's birthday, "Zoe!" Aaron calls out from the other side of the door

"I'm not here" She mouths at me

"I got you" I mouth hack

"In here" Carter answers

"Give me my phone-

She scoffs as she stands by the door, "Who's Hayley"

"I already told you, it's not like that"

"Carmen give me the phone" Carter says seriously

I roll off the bed before locating the name Hayley, however my eyes then soften as I read the messages.

"Like I said, Aaron would never" Carter takes the phone from me before setting it aside and unlocking the door

"Who's Hayley?" Zoe questions

I should probably interrupt but I feel like they need to fix this on their own.

"Do you seriously still think I'm cheating?" Aaron scoffs with hurt

"I didn't say that"

"But your insinuating it. And if you think I still am then here, go through my phone" He leans on the doorframe expectantly

"Yeah, I will"

I sigh as she goes through his recent messages, the anger that was once in her eyes vanishes instantly as she reads. She looks back at her boyfriend, speechless, "Aaron I-

He takes the phone back before walking away and she watches softly, "You two must feel really stupid" Carter pats our backs before following his best friend down the hallway

I look back at my favourite redhead, "Ignore him"

She frowns as she stands there, "I'm the problem aren't I"

"No"

She looks at me seriously, "Carmen"

"Your not the problem..... you just have a few trust issues and it's totally understandable"

I'm not saying that going after Aaron like that was right, but Zoe's past dating experiences haven't exactly been good.... She was cheated on three times. "Yeah but he's different" She mumbles

"He is" I agree softly

"And also probably hates me"

I snort, "It's Aaron, he could never hate you"

Zoe smiles sadly, "How the hell do I make it up to him"

"Food? Sex? Oh wait here's an idea.... An apology"

"Go fuck yourself" She says amused

"No need, Carter does it just fine"

Zoe rolls her eyes as I shut the bathroom door behind me

-

Honestly I feel for Aaron, he just got back with Zo and shes already starting with the accusations. Then there's Carmen who wasn't making it any better, she was encouraging it and to me that's just childish. The girls didn't come down for awhile, Aaron, Logan and I cleaned up. Sienna left last night, Travis and Adri did too, Maya went back to Santi's and then there's Mia..... no clue where she is.

Aaron didn't say anything the entire time I was with him, and that's saying something because Aaron always has something to talk about. I dump the rest of the solo cups into the trash before looking back, "You good?"

He closes the fridge before sitting at the island,

"Yeah"

"Has Zo tried to talk to you?"

He scrolls through his phone, "No she's in the living room with June and Logan"

"Are you going now?"

My eyes are drawn to Grace and the brunette behind her. Carmen follows her down the stairs in a pair of my sweats -which she had to tie- and a cropped shirt. Unfortunately for me I can't exactly feel her up since I'm mad at her, but staring will do.

"Mhm, want me to get you anything on the way back?"

"Donuts" Grace pleads excitedly

She smiles in return, "As you wish"

Carmen glances at me for a second before leaning over to grab her car keys, I look away and Aaron smiles a little. "I'll be back" She says to my sister

We watch as she walks out of the house without a word, I watched for longer than I probably should've. Anyway I waited for the door to close before looking down at my sister, "Where's she going?"

"It's a secret"

"Why?" Aaron says amused

"Because Carmen said so"

Aaron and I look at each other before looking back at her, "What if we ordered you food, would you tell us then?"

"Carmen said that the nuggets won't be worth it"

Dang

Aaron looks towards the living room, "June!-

"No"

He shrugs at me and I roll my eyes

-

All I'm saying is, a massage is way overdue.

I was gone for about two hours, I did what I needed to do and then I bought Grace her donuts on the way back. When I got back the house had more people than it did at the start of the day, well it was only Adriana and Travis that came back.

Adri and Travis..... I have a lot of questions

June sets a plate down in front of Logan and Grace, "So?"

"I need a massage" I say with a mouthful of chips

"How much did you spend?" Logan asks

"A lot"

Grace smiles as I put down her box of pink glazed donuts, "Finish your food first ok?"

She doesn't reply but I can tell she's gonna eat faster now, "So.... Where's Miller?" I then ask

He points to the front room, "Careful, he's in a mood"

"I noticed" I walk out of the kitchen before making my way over to him.

I also can't help notice the open backyard.... And the people in it. Adri's lying by the pool facing Travis, ok I'm really going to have to question my sister later. But right now my focus is Carter

He's sprawled across the couch with his phone in hand, I lie beside him and he glances at me. "Hey" I speak first

Carter switches off his phone, "So.... I think that there's so many ways I could apologise, I'll get to Aaron later but I wanna start with you"

My boyfriend looks at me curiously as I take his hand, I don't miss how his eyes then narrow as I place them on my sweats. "I meant what I said" I say softly before lowering the right side with his thumb

I smile as a softness takes over his eyes, "I would've done green but I know how much you like black"

He traces the ink on my hipbone and I turn so that we're facing each other, "Forgiven?"

Instead of replying he kisses me deeply, which in his world means yes. People always say that it's a bad idea to get your lovers name tattooed incase you ever break up but I don't see the big deal... if we were to ever separate I would never get rid of it, he was and is my first love.

"I'll take that as a yes"

"Don't ever leave and not take me with you again"

I wrap my arms around him and he lies on me, "Noted"

He lowers my sweats again before looking back up at me, "You know what this means right"

I lift up my pinky, "Yes unfortunately we're soulmates"

He links his with mine, "Very unfortunate"

"What happened to you not being in the mood?" Travis asks, I can only see his trousers since i'm upside down

"I'm not" his cousin answers

"Cool then get your ass up and fight me"

I snort, "Fuck off Travis" Carter replies

"Your just mad that I can pull both Rodriguez sisters-

He rolls off of me before going after his cousin and he screams as he runs outside, "What a pussy" Adriana sits besides me

I sit up, "So...."

She looks back at me, "You and Travis?" I say amused

She shrugs, "I met him yesterday"

I gesture for more with my hands, "And nothing..... we haven't fucked if that's what your wondering"

"Ah so this may be the start of a relationship"

Adriana turns on her phone, "You know this C, I don't do relationships"

"Keep telling yourself that"

"I will" My sister replies

For the rest of the day it was calm and peaceful. Zoe and Aaron still weren't talking so Logan and Carter were taken away from June and I, we watched a couple of movies with Grace.... I still wonder why Melissa hasn't turned up yet.

Everything was nice and peaceful until Mia got back, Travis won't stop bothering her and pestering her with all sorts of questions. Now I just now that one problem will multiply into more, I expect nothing less.

I take one of Carters chips before resting my arm on his shoulder, "Zoe's looking for you"

"And why can't she come to me herself?" Aaron asks

"Forget your problems, she looks stressed"

"What is it about?"

I shrug because I honestly don't know, she just asked me to get him. Aaron sighs before getting up and Carter looks up at me, "Do you seriously not know?"

I shake my head, "No as in you do and you don't wanna say?-

"No as in I don't know, now shut up and kiss me"

As I sit on his lip he moves his mouth closer to mine, but then at the last second I feel a wetness on my lips. "Ew what the fuck!" I wipe with disgust and he smiles

"Your disgusting Carter-

"I told you I went out, get off my dick" Mia walks in followed by her brother

"Yeah, where?" Travis interrogates

"I was with a a guy" She says simply

"Yeah no shit, who?"

"None of your business"

"What's with all the hickeys-

"Travis leave me alone"

"Who are they from-

"Go away!-

"Travis she's not a baby" I say amused

Carter ruffles his cousins hair, "Of course she is-

"Well I'm surprised you guys managed to clean everything"

The four of us look back at Melissa, she looks almost unbothered.... and happy, "Mom?" Carter frowns

"Yes?"

I narrow my eyes, "Is everything ok?"

She puts her purse down as she tucks a hair away, "Why wouldn't it be"

"You look really happy.... And your glowing" I say amused

She touches her face with a little smile as Carter looks at his phone, "Who dropped you home"

He's looking at the cctv footage by the gate, "A friend" Is all she replies with before going back to her office

"This has to be the best thing I've witnessed all day" I laugh

"She definitely has a man" Mia snorts

"Speaking of men"

"Go to hell Travis" She walks back into the living room and of course, he follows

I look back at a frowning Carter, "I hear that step dads can be really nice"

"Very funny" He says sarcastically

I was about to grace him with a response but then Zoe came down the stairs with Aaron. She says something to him before walking out of the house and he walks over before taking his phone, "Everything ok?" Carter asks wearily

He doesn't even look at his best friend, "Zo and I need to go"

I frown, "How come?"

"I'll call later" He replies before leaving the house

Carter and I exchange looks