"Is this about your friend? Because, I don't know what she said, but nothing happened between us. Honest. I met up with her one night for some fun, an... she freaked out, and locked herself in the bathroom." We stood facing each other, his hands grasping both of mine. Me in heels, and him still taller. "I didn't even recognize her out on the deck at first. I didn't realize who she was until after she bolted. "And look. I moved a little fast. I admit that. I'm sorry. But, you're pretty hot, and. She was such a goody two-shoes sometimes. I knew I shouldn't, but the bottles were damp with cold, and it was so frickin' warm..."Esme will have one," Gabe said, reaching for the bottle opener. "Won't you?" I—uh--" She didn't want to refuse him. Him and his annoyingly useful charm. "Why not?"Taylor took the opener and twisted lids off for all of us. We sat in the sun with the cool glass bottles against our foreheads. The chilled fizz of the cider coated my tongue, sweet and fresh and heady.. Besides, who could really tell if something was right, wrong, worth repeating, or worthy of screaming and sprinting away from if you only had a few minutes experience of it?Jason was still laying on top of me and I lifted his head to look into his eyes – eyes that were somehow different from the way I'd seen them earlier that evening, "That's if you think you want to."He nodded after pausing long enough to think before replying – or at least, lone enough to make me think he was actually. New name:JessicaKenny Short Best friend of Chrissy New name : KarenMrs. Gloria Short Karen's motherChrissy:It was so nice to wake up in my room in our new mansion. We had been herefor a week. Mommy and I had settled in nicely. And Susan was due to comehome today as well. Susan was Aunt Mary's daughter.Karen my friend had spent the night with me and shared my lovely fourposter bed with me. It had the most gorgeous frilly lace curtainsurrounding the bed. It was so girly and.