The next morning I wake up in Zoe's bed next to Sienna and Gia is asleep on the chair in the corner. I don't normally drink much, so when I have a bit more than usual; I definitely feel it, like I'm feeling it right now.

I groan as I sit up in bed and notice the others are waking up too. As they regain full consciousness we all groan together. I can't help but laugh.

"What did we say last time? Never again!" I say.

"Agh, never again!" says Gia, she rolls off the chair and onto the floor, from there she gets up on all fours and starts crawling towards the bathroom.

Sienna and I have a little chuckle as we watch her.

When Gia is finally out of sight Sienna turns to me,

"Soo........what's going on with you and Hunter?"

"You tell me? He's been really weird lately," I say.

"You don't suppose he's starting to feel the same way towards you, do you?"

"Um......"

"Ok, let's look at the facts. He ruined your date, he keeps trying to scare guys off, he's been hugging you a lot, he kissed you on the cheek...."

"And I think he was almost going to kiss me at the beach a couple of weeks ago, oh and there was the leg rub," I add.

"Wait...What! How am I only just hearing about this now."

"Well, I thought maybe I was just imagining it, but when you put everything together...I dunno, maybe I wasn't. Maybe my red bikini actually did its job and finally got Hunter to notice me as more than just a friend, ya think?"

"Ha! it's totally possible, I'm pretty sure every guy on that beach is thinking about you as more than a friend now............that's it! Maybe he's jealous of all guys checking you out lately."

I frown at that,

"What guys?"

"Are you serious right now? How can you not have noticed all the guys checking you out at the party last night, Hunter.........This is what happens when you drink too much, you're completely oblivious to all the hot guys trying to hit on you."

"She's right Maddie, there were guys drooling all over you last night and you didn't even notice," Gia says behind me as she walks back into the room.

Ooh, nice save Sienna! The last thing I need is anyone else knowing about my unrequited love.

I give Sienna a wink when my back is turned to Gia.

Little does Gia know, it's not the alcohol that blinds me to potential boy toys, it's Hunter! Much to my annoyance.

"Right! Enough of your delusions, I'm hungry! Let's go raid Hunter's kitchen," I say.

As we make our way downstairs to the kitchen, I can't help but think about what Sienna was saying.

Could Hunter really have feelings for me too? He has been a bit different with me lately.

I know I shouldn't get my hopes up but I can't help it, I've wanted this for so long, could it really be happening?

When we walk into the kitchen there's a few people getting some breakfast already.

Usually, when one of us has a party, it's the same regulars that stay overnight, I'm only really close with a handful of them but we all hang out regularly at the beach and at school.

Gia decides she needs some greasy food so she starts frying up some bacon, eggs and mushrooms for us.

I grab some bread and walk over to the toaster, then all of a sudden Sienna is next to me, elbowing me in the side she leans her head not so subtlety towards the door.

I turn she see what she's freaking out about and there they are, Hunter and Emily hand in hand and she's wearing his boxers and t-shirt. I have a mini freak out before I realise she probably just needed something to sleep in. Most of us are still wearing our clothes from last night.

Surely that's it, I try convincing myself.

Hunter looks at me, gives me a half-smile then let's go of Emily's hand and walks towards the guys sitting at the table.

Emily sits at the kitchen counter and starts chatting away to Jenna and a couple of other girls that are more Emily's friends than mine.

I've lost my appetite and decide I just want to get out of here.

I look at my phone and pretend I have a message from my mum.

"Hey I gotta go, mum needs a hand with something. But I'll see you guys later at Gia's k," I say and then hurry out the door before anyone can question me.

Later that afternoon we all meet at Gia's house to go swimming in her super fancy pool, it's a really cool one with a waterfall and a separate spa pool next to it. We often hang out here. Pool in the summer, spa pool in the winter and a nice big deck for sunbathing.

Which is where I am currently.

All of us girls are sunbathing on our towels and the boys are playing volleyball in the pool.

I'm chatting away to Sienna and Jenna when I notice Hunter and Emily arrive.

Hunter has his arm around her shoulder as they walk towards us. This morning I started to get my hopes up about Hunter but when I see them together that hope starts to fade. They look really happy and the longer they are together, the more it seems to hurt.

Hunter goes and joins the guys in the pool and Emily sets her towel down next to Jenna, she strips down to her bikini, looking all sexy and everything.

"You're looking extra happy and extra sexy today," says Jenna, giving a low whistle.

"Do tell," she adds.

Emily looks around, looking like she is debating whether to say anything or not then she leans in and loudly whispers,

"Well, that's because I am extra happy today and feeling sexy as fuck!" She says with a smile and a wink.

I start to feel a little uneasy about what she's going to say next.

"Come on spill," says Gia shuffling closer.

"Last night was the most amazing night of my life!"

Everyone's eyes go wide but we all stay silent.

She nods as if confirming what everyone is thinking,

"Yep, I finally lost my virginity last night and it was even more amazing than I thought possible. Hunter was so gentle and pretty damn good if you know what I mean," she says with a laugh.

I can feel my heart breaking in my chest.

Luckily I'm wearing my sunnies so no one can see the tears welling in my eye's.

As the other girls all quietly squeal and ask for more details, I tell them I'm going to get a drink.

Sienna follows me. I can tell she's really concerned, but I just want to be alone.

"Not now Sienna," I say a little too harshly and head for the toilet.

I lock the door and sit on the lid, I stare unblinking at the tiled floor as the tears fall slowly down my cheeks. My lip is trembling and my vision starts to blur.

I can't believe I was so stupid to think he actually sees me as anything other than a friend. I'm such an idiot!

When I finally feel like I have no more tears to shed, I pull my phone out of its hiding place next to my boob and look to see a couple of messages.

One from Sienna asking if I'm ok in here and one from Hunter wondering where I've disappeared to.

I can't bare to face anyone at the moment, so I text Sienna back to ask if she can discretely get my bag and meet me at the back door.

I text Hunter to tell him I've gone home because I started to get a really bad headache.

I do actually get them every now and then so he won't be suspicious, he knows to give me space whenever I have one, which I'm sooo thankful for right now.

I meet Sienna by the door unnoticed, she gives me a hug and I walk home in a total haze.

Unrequited love has got to be the worst feeling ever.

Actually, scratch that, when the person you love is in love with someone else, that's the worst feeling ever!