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"Elliot and I have already kissed."

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Silence.

The whole room was silent, but it wasn't your typical type of silence. No, this was different. As Aaron and I stood staring at each other, no words were spoken yet I could feel the anger pulsating off him in waves and to say I'd rather be in the darkest corners of hell would be an understatement. However, I wasn't going to back down, especially to someone who constantly thinks they can control my every act.

Aaron's dark eyes were fixated on my face for what seemed like forever. He didn't blink and he didn't look away. His breathing was dangerously heavy as he stared down at me, making it blatantly obvious he was trying to control himself from doing something. From what, I'm not sure.

After a long while, Aaron broke the silence- his words firm and unwavering.

"You'd better hope I heard you wrong." He said darkly, looming closer to my figure. I gasped audibly, staring up at him. Although feeling petrified, I couldn't help but feel angry at his controlling words. Since when had he attained the right to order me around?

I lifted my chin up, folding my arms together.

"Well, just in case you did hear incorrectly, I'll repeat it for you. Elliot and I have already k-"

Before I could complete my sentence, Aaron's hands were on my shoulders and he looked down at me- a murderous glint in his eyes.

"Don't toy around with me, Lexi. You should know that jokes like that don't humour me." He warned in a cold tone.

I laughed at this, before smirking at Aaron.

"Do I look like a comedian? I don't joke around and nor will I ever." I said to Aaron. I folded my arms across my chest; a smug look on my face. I tried to push him off, but to no avail. He was too strong for me.

"You shouldn't have done that." Aaron spoke, referring to the kiss. His voice was as monotone as his facial expression, so I couldn't tell exactly how he was feeling.

I continued trying to push him away even though I was failing miserably.

"Why? Why shouldn't I have done that, Aaron?! Give me one good reason." I said steadily, pushing at his chest. My breathing was already heavy from trying to push him away, but even more so from the load of emotions I was feeling.

At long last, Aaron removed his hands from my shoulders and moved back- a look of raw anger on his face. His eyes were dark; his hair dishevelled and every now and then his jaw would tick.

"Because I.." He said, but then stopped, running a hand through his hair in an evident display of agitation. He looked down for a second before looking back at my face and repeated this again and again.

I ran my hand through my hair in a similar manner.

"Because what, Aaron?" I asked tiredly. My throat hurt as I said this and my voice sounded raw, but I didn't care. It was nice to finally let something out.

Aaron looked up at me, a hand still still in his hair.

"Because I am your boyfriend and I don't have to give any further explanation than that." He finalised in an authoritative tone.

I gasped loudly again, moving closer to him.

"Fake boyfriend, Aaron and- regardless- you still can't control me." I said, putting emphasis on the word 'fake'. Aaron opened his mouth to speak, but I held up a hand to cut him off.

"And even if we were so called 'boyfriend and girlfriend' then you haven't been completely faithful either, have you, oh dear boyfriend?" I continued in a condescending tone, folding my arms. Aaron's anger dissipated at this and his eyebrows furrowed in confusion.

"Last night." I said simply, looking up at him with hard eyes. Aaron's confusion didn't go upon hearing this and his eyebrows furrowed even more.

I rolled my eyes at this, tutting loudly.

"You didn't say my name. You said hers. You said... Avalon." I said, cursing when the hurt was so evident in my voice. I tried to keep a straight face when I told him, but I could feel the tears springing to my eyes.

Aaron's facial expression was nothing less of shock. He stood there dumbfounded. He didn't speak and it didn't seem like he was going to anytime soon, so I chose to break the icy silence.

"Oh, so you thought I didn't notice, huh?" I said coldly, a smirk on my face yet I was breaking down from the inside because a little part of me hoped I was wrong. A part of me hoped that I had just heard her name last night due to my sheer paranoia and that he had actually said my name. This wasn't the case, though. Upon seeing the shocked look on his face, I knew that I had heard right and it tore me apart.

"How do you know about her?" He questioned quietly and now it was him who was being torn apart.

The look on his face took the wind out of me for a moment. He looked pained yet at the same time so dull. He clenched his eyes shut as if hoping it was just a big nightmare yet I knew it wasn't and he would just have to open his eyes to reality.

I scoffed, flicking my hair off my shoulder.

"I don't just know who she is. I know what happened too. I know everything there is to know about her." I said- the disgust evident in my voice at his care for her feelings but not mine.

Aaron opened his eyes suddenly, moving closer to me.

"Don't talk about her in that tone." He warned, breathing heavily.

At this, my anger rose to unmentionable levels. Jealousy, envy, anger, sadness, hatred- I don't know which one it was. It was possibly all of them, but they took control of my body and I couldn't help the tear that rolled down my cheek. I could feel the coolness of it as it seared down the hot surface of my cheek. Aaron's anger faltered at this and he moved closer, but I didn't want him near me anymore. I was too sick of him. I moved back harshly, my back hitting the door.

"So much love." I muttered more to myself than anyone else, but he still heard it and he looked at me. He tried to move closer again, a look of sadness on his face, but I pushed him away.

"If she loved you as much as you love her, she would still be here, begging on her knees for forgiveness for what she did. She would still be here, trying to win you back, but she's not and you need to consider that." I said honestly, wiping the tear of my cheek. I couldn't help but advise him. He needed to know that he deserved better.

Aaron turned his head away from me and looked to the windows. He was less angrier now.

"She doesn't have to be begging on her knees for forgiveness. It wasn't her fault." He spoke, trying to assure me, but it sounded as if he was trying to reassure himself more.

I scoffed yet again, leaning back.

"It wasn't? Then who's fault was it, may I ask?" I retorted, looking at my nails. A long silence passed before Aaron answered.

"Him. It was all his fault." He said, his voice soaked in nothing but contempt. I sighed in agitation because Aaron didn't understand. Sure, she said she was drunk, but if she really did love Aaron she would have still been asking for Aaron back. She wouldn't have stopped thinking about him just like he didn't with her.

Hasn't he heard the saying 'It takes two to tango?'

"I know you're angry, but if you can't change the past there's no point dwelling on it." I suggested, putting my hair behind my ear, but Aaron shook his head to this. He still looked angry and, beyond all, worried.

Suddenly, Aaron's facial expression turned to a dark one and he looked up at me, moving closer.

"You think he's such a saint, huh? Well, he's just as much at fault as she is, so let's see how good he sounds when you know the real him." He spoke, a pained look on his face.

My eyebrows furrowed at his words. I looked at him, flabbergasted.

"He? What are you talki-"

Aaron interrupted me, before I could finish.

"Elliot. That's the 'he' I'm referring to. You make him sound like such a saint, but I bet you didn't know he was the one to sleep with her. With Avalon." He said, straining out the last sentence. He sounded exhausted. He sounded broken. He sounded defeated.

But I wasn't done with him yet.

I thought back to my meetings with Elliot.

"I never expected the first person I meet on my first day to be so pretty."

"I don't know how to dance. I just know how to treat the ladies"

"Because I would hate for you not to like me"

I shook my head vigorously. The Elliot I knew wouldn't be able to do such a deed. It wasn't in his nature to do so.

Unlike Aaron who had lied to me about at the fun fair and had only began talking to me to help his own cause. Even at the lake, he had stopped me from kissing him yet in the classroom he had asked me to kiss him in front of everyone to rile me up. It was a game to him and he didn't care if my feelings were trampled in the process. I had been hurt so many times, how could I trust him now? I was about to reply back to Aaron with just that until I though of a certain memory.

Elliot smiled shyly, making dimples form in his cheeks.

"That's nice of you to say, but I haven't had many girlfriends. I've only had one and I caught her sleeping with another guy."

Then all the pieces started coming together.

I looked at Aaron to see him staring at me curiously. He was awaiting my response and who was I to disobey that wish?

"I understand now." I said, a thoughtful look on my face as I looked at Aaron. Aaron sighed in relief at this, coming closer.

"You do?" He said, putting a hand on my shoulder. I nodded before pushing his hand off my shoulder to which Aaron gazed at me questioningly.

I looked at Aaron directly as I spoke.

"You lied to me.This whole tragic sap story about how Avalon cheated on you with Elliot is a lie. That never really happened, did it?" I asked rhetorically yet Aaron still opened his mouth to protest. However, my rant was far from done and I interrupted him before he could speak.

"It was actually you, wasn't it? You were the one that slept with his girlfriend. That's why you don't want anything bad said about her or you don't need her forgiveness. It's because you both were on the same side, conspiring against Elliot. That's why he left, not afraid because he was going to get beaten up again, but out of despair and that's why you don't want me near him. It's because you're paranoid that he's going to take revenge on you for the Avalon incident and sleep with me and you can't bear that happening." I said, pointing a finger at him accusingly. I gave him the harshest glare I could muster but Aaron didn't seem to notice that.

He seemed completely struck by my words. The look of shock on his face could put a nun in a night club to shame. His hair was matted down to his forehead now and his mouth hung slightly open. He seemed speechless and it made me scowl. How dare he try blindside me?

"You think I'm lying to you?" Was all that he said, his voice steady. I nodded, raising my chin in the air.

There was another moment of silence before Aaron moved closer. I moved back, feeling slightly scared, but Aaron didn't stop. He came towards me until he was just an inch away from me. Not expecting it, I gasped when he pushed me out of the way of the door. He opened it, but turned to me before he left- an emotionless look on his face.

"Fine. Believe what you want. Who am I to argue with you, Alexis." And- with that- he was gone and the flinched at the sound of the door shutting behind him.

I sighed, my eyes widening as I realised something.

He didn't call me Lexi.

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