I wake up to someone aggressively shaking me. I lazily lift my head up a little too fast causing my hangover to kick in with a migraine. I groan at the feeling and slowly open my eyes. Only to find myself in an unfamiliar place on an unfamiliar couch. Panic starts to rise and I accidentally fall off the couch. Only to hear laughter from above.

"You're adorable" the brunette teases.

I blink a couple times to make sure I'm not dreaming or imagining things.

I rub my eyes "You're Scarlett's friend? Right?" I ask squinting my eyes to get a good look.

"That's me" Aubrey reaches out a hand, which I gladly take.

She lifts me up quickly causing me to stumble a bit towards her. She puts her hand on my stomach to adjust me.

"Careful there, you've had a rough night" she says while carefully sitting me back down on the couch.

I still have my clothes on so I'm just going to assume nothing bad happened. I still don't understand how I'm here or what I'm doing here.

"You were really drunk" Aubrey pans out.

I look at her confused.

"You tried calling this dude named Alfred but then you passed out. Can you not handle liquor or something?" Aubrey teases.

I scoff "I can handle my liquor" I say only to be met with a devilish smile from Aubrey.

She leans closer to me "If you could handle your liquor we wouldn't be in this dilemma, now would we?" She asks softly.

Her piercing brown eyes cause me to look down, avoiding any kind of eye contact. She gently places a hand on my chin making me face her.

"It's okay, I'm not judging. We all need to relax sometimes" she says.

I slowly nod as she keeps her hand on my chin.

"Now I need you to listen to what I have to say" she says in a quite authoritative tone.

I furrow my brows as to what she could possibly tell me.

"Scarlett is my friend and I will not allow her to get distracted by some child. She's starting her job tomorrow and she can't have any weight on her shoulders" she says.

I clench my jaw. I hate it when people treat me any less than an adult, I can handle myself. This was simply a mistake. I didn't even plan on getting drunk.

She sighs "I don't know how or why, but you have an affect on her and I can see it in her eyes. She's with Colin you do know that right? or is that just a turn on for you? women in relationships?" She says while smirking.

I release myself from her grasp "So you brought me to your house just to scold me like some sort of a child?" I say angrily.

She shakes her head "No, I brought you here because you passed out and I wasn't going to leave you alone with Scarlett. Definitely not after your little stunt in the bathroom" she says sternly.

That wasn't my stunt. That was all Scarlett's doing. She's the one who barged in while I was busy. Aubrey doesn't even know what she's talking about and why does she even care? Is she trying to play god or something?

"And who are you to make that decision Aubrey? I'm starting to think you have a god complex with the way you handle things. Is that a turn on for you? Being in control?" I say while stepping closer to her.

I continue stepping closer until her back hit the wall. I look down on her and her brown eyes look deep into my soul. She hitched her breath when I lowered myself to her ear.

"Sometimes powerful women need to lose a bit of control...and sometimes they learn to enjoy being controlled." I whisper.

She opens her mouth to speak but before she could get the chance her doorbell ringed.

I look at her confused and she looks nervous with a hint of fear.

"Shit, she's here" Aubrey whispers frustratedly.

"Who's here?" I ask.

"Scarlett, she was coming over for breakfast and that's why I woke you up." She says.

I laugh "You woke me up to have breakfast with you and Scarlett?" I ask with furrowed brows.

"Of course not. I woke you up to kick you out before she came over because she doesn't know you're here" Aubrey says nervously.

"But didn't she see me leave with you last night?" I ask.

"No, she was busy in the bathroom and I followed you downstairs then you passed out so I took you with me before she had the chance to notice" Aubrey states bluntly.

I suppress my laugh with my hand.

"Why are you laughing" Aubrey asks annoyed at my demeanor.

"I'm going to tell Scarlett you kidnapped me" I say as I start walking towards the door.

Aubrey quickly gets in-front of me and starts pushing me backwards, well she's trying to.

"You will do no such thing!" She says angrily.

The door rings again.

"You will go hide in my room okay?" Aubrey says while showing me to her room.

I smile "If you wanted to have sex with me all you had to do was ask" I tease.

Aubrey playfully punches my shoulder "Now is not the time" she says. What a poor choice of words.

I smirk "What time exactly then?"

She sighs "I meant now is not the time for jokes. I don't sleep around with children don't get your hopes up" she says sternly.

"What do you expect me to do in here?" I ask.

"Please just stay quiet and wait. There should be no reason for you to leave this room, is that understood?" She asks while pointing a finger at me.

I shrug "I'm a child like you said so I guess I'm not really following what you're implying, do you mind explaining one more time?" I tease.

"Y/n.." she warns.

"Okay okay, I'll just enjoy you're room, maybe I'll even relieve some stress, if you know what I mean" I joke.

"Y/n! Don't you dare!" She says angrily.

"You're the one who told me that sometimes we all need to relax" I say while mimicking her very words from earlier.

"Since when do you listen?" she says and slams her bedroom door on me.

This is going to be boring.

I'm starting to get annoyed. I saw Aubrey's car outside so I know for a fact that she's in there. Plus I can hear her yelling to who knows what, maybe a phone call.

Finally the door swings open revealing a nervous looking Aubrey. My suspicion grows a little and as I enter her house i look around but not a single person in sight so who exactly was she yelling at?

She awkwardly clears her throat "Scarlett, it's so good to see you" She say while walking over to the kitchen avoiding any eye contact. That's odd.

"Busy morning?" I ask, seeing if she fills me in on what's going on with her because something seems off.

She shakes her head "No, it's actually been pretty quiet." She says while preparing breakfast.

She's lying. Why is she lying? Did I do something wrong last night? Oh god I probably did. All I remember is being a little too handsy with y/n, which I feel terrible about. I must of come off too strong because she immediately left. That is why I try to decrease my alcohol intake, I become a whole different person.

"Aubrey, is everything okay? You know you can talk to me" I say giving her a reassuring look.

She looks at me sincerely and it almost looks like she's guilty of something and wants to come clean.

She walks towards me, finally giving me a hug. "Everything is great scar, it's just.....I'm nervous about school staring tomorrow and I just don't know if the students will like me" she says nervously.

I laugh "Aubrey you have nothing to be nervous about, honestly I'm not even nervous and I should be, given the fact that I'm new to the community and all" I say while rubbing her shoulder softly.

"You're right, how did you sleep last night?" Aubrey asks, quickly changing the topic which I don't mind maybe she just doesn't want to think about school since it's stressing her.

"Oh, don't even get me started, I slept so good since Colin passed out on the table. I think the vodka was too much for him, honestly I think it was too much for all of us." I say trying to lighten the mood.

Aubrey laughs agreeing with my statement.

I sigh "Can I tell you something?" I ask Aubrey and she looks at me questionably but then proceeds to nod slowly.

"I think I scared off y/n" I say while looking down ashamed.

"What do you mean?" Aubrey asks curiously.

I clear my throat "I may have done something quite inappropriate in the bathroom" I say and I feel my cheeks slightly burn.

"You had sex?!" Aubrey asks shocked.

I shake my head "No! Aubrey I'm with Colin. It's just.. the alcohol got to me and I said some things that shouldn't have been said and I just regret everything" I say sincerely.

"Scarlett I'm sure y/n is doing just fine. Hell I think she may have even enjoyed it." Aubrey teases.

I laugh "Why do you think that?" I ask.

"Did you not see her pants? Or I mean what's in it?" Aubrey says with a smirk.

"Oh my god really?" I ask shocked. I don't remember ever glancing down at her area but I do remember making a comment about it.

"Yes really. Scarlett trust me, if you enjoy walking I suggest you stay far away from y/n." Aubrey teases.

I slap her arm playfully. As I'm about to speak my phone gets a notification. I totally forgot.

"What's wrong?" Aubrey asks.

I sigh "I'm so sorry, I have to go. Today is Sunday which means tomorrow is the first day of school and I have one more meeting that I have to attend today." I say apologetically.

Aubrey smiles "All good. Rain check?"

I smile "Of course, I'll see you tomorrow?" I ask.

"I mean we will see a lot of each other since I teach literally 2 rooms away from you" Aubrey says teasingly.

"Looking forward to it." I say and head outside.

As I arrive to my car I realize I left my keys at Aubrey's. I mentally curse myself and quickly head back to her place.

When I get to her door I check if it's unlocked which it is since I forgot to lock it on my way out but luckily it'll be a faster trip.

I open the door and as I walk in I see y/n leaving Aubrey's bedroom. My heart feels like it just fell out of my chest and onto the floor. Why do I feel like this? I'm in a relationship. I feel sadness but also anger. Aubrey knew that I.. that i...that y/n was important to me. Y/n also knew that Aubrey was my friend so how dare she get with my friend.

I quickly walk over to the island I left my keys at and grab them and return back towards the door. I feel someone grab my arm. I turn to see y/n looking at me softly, god her eyes are so beautiful. No, I'm mad.

I aggressively jolt out of her grasp and open the door.

"Scarlett it's not what it looks like" I hear y/n desperately say.

I just shut the door and continue walking to my car.

Aubrey comes out of the bathroom and looks at me standing in the middle of her living room.

"I thought I told you to leave" she says sternly.

"She saw me" I whisper to myself.

"What was that?" Aubrey asks, while coming closer to me.

"Aubrey, she saw me" I say once again.

Aubrey's eyes go wide and anger fills them.

"How could she have seen you? She left minutes ago" Aubrey asks annoyed.

"She came back, she forgot her keys" I say, still frozen in the same place Scarlett left me.

"I need you to leave, here's my number. I'll text you when we can both explain to Scarlett what really happened. She's going to be busy from now on." Aubrey says.

"So am I. I'm going to be busy everyday" I say realizing that school literally starts tomorrow.

"Hey, it's okay. Once we explain to Scarlett what actually happened she'll laugh about it" Aubrey tries to reassure me.

I feel terrible. I feel like throwing up. The way she looked at me, the way she looked so hurt. It's like her emotions were linked with mine and I'm feeling everything she felt but ten times worse.

"She looked so hurt Aubrey, why can't we just fix this now?" I ask.

"Y/n trust me it's going to be okay. We can't fix it now because she's busy with a meeting" Aubrey states.

She sighs "Now I'm sure you're busy with your job as well and frankly i have some papers that need to be signed and bills that need to be paid so if you don't mind y/n, the door is right there" Aubrey says while pointing to the door.

I nod and head out. God I need school to go by fast so I can talk to Scarlett and explain the misunderstanding. I hope she does well on her first day of work, I'm sure whatever it is she's great at it.

I get in my car realizing that I have to get ready for school tomorrow. I wonder who my teachers are hopefully they're all somewhat decent.