"Jess?"
OMG, what the hell is he doing here? He caught us in the middle of our best second snogging.
"What are you doing here? I thought you were going to the bookstore" he looked really angry
"I..don't..I"
I haven't finished my sentence and then Austin yelled at Jesse.
"It's my fault, okay? Don't blame her! I asked her on a date" Austin explains
"And you said yes Cate?"
"I.."
"What the heck Cate? We're still together, okay? I'm your boyfriend and you're my girlfriend, i love you and you cheat on me?"
"Jesse, i didn't, i didn't mean to cheat on you. I like Austin too, but we're just friends. I'm sorry i lied" i explain
"Should i believe you Cate?"
OMG times two, what should i say? This is horrible.
"If you want to believe me. We trusted each other Jess, I won't lie anything to you"
"Really? Don't believe you Cate, if you guys just having dinner, we are having dinner together too. And why did you lie to me about the bookstore thing?"
"Jesse, i told you, i didn't mean to, but i know if i said I'm going out with Austin, you won't let me go out with him" i sighed.
What a stupid reason Cate!
"Of course, i won't let you go out with him. You're my girlfriend"
"I know, i.."
I'm totally speechless.
"Or maybe you don't want to be my girlfriend anymore? If that's what you want Cate.."
"It's not like that Jess!"
"You know what, can i talk to you Austin? Alone"
Okay, this is so bad, not getting better.
"Sure"
They went out from the park where we were having dinner. I followed them to hear what are they going to talk about.
"Did you know that Cate already has a boyfriend?"
"Yes"
"Right. Do you realize that you're breaking our relationship?"
He said nothing.
"Could you stay away from my girlfriend? You're a newbie, and thank God, Cate didn't bully your sister just because you're handsome! She barely did that to newbie"
What the F ? Jesse, are you trying to make me look bad in front of that new guy?
"Okay , so?" Austin asked
"You and your sister are such losers. Cate likes you, cause you're handsome and she likes your sister cause she has good taste in fashion. You can't believe that, huh?"
"No! I can't believe anything you just said. I know Cate. I didn't believe you Jess!"
"Well, looks like you're under her spell now. Just remember what i said okay? She's just using you. You and your little sister means nothing to her"
"I heard that. I hope i can remmember that" Austin said
"Good, but before i let her go, I'm gonna ask her to choose"
I already on the park. After a couple minutes, they went back and Austin didn't look so bad.
"Okay Cate, I've talk to your new boyfriend"
Boyfriend? Haha, funny Jess! He's not my boyfriend. He's my friend whose a guy.
"And I'm gonna ask you something" he looked really serious about this
"What is it?" i asked
"You should choose. Me or Austin? Cause i don't want you to two-time anybody so please choose"
OMG times three. I can't choose. I like Austin, but i love Jesse.
"I can't Jess, I'm sorry"
"If you can't choose, that means you still want to be with me. But if you still want to be with me, you should stay away from Austin. Can you do that for me?"
OMG times four. I can't stay away from Austin. This is crazy.
I really want to die right now.
"Jess, i can't stay away from Austin right now. He's my friend"
"You have to. Once again, me or Austin?"
This is a very very cold situation, Jess or Austin? I need help.
"Jess, I'm sorry, i know that we've been dating since 7th grade, but i choose" I paused for seconds then I said "Austin"
Tears starts running down my face.
"What? You choose him over me?" he looked really angry
"I'm so sorry"
"You just knew him a couple weeks ago, and you chose him over me? I can't believe you Cate. You're unbelievable!"
"I know, but i trust Austin and I'm sorry"
"Good. I hope you guys are happy! And one more thing Cate, i love you and i know you love me too, and i have fancy you for years"
Ugghh!! More tears. I knew that Jess, you don't have to explain that to me.
"I knew, and here" I took off the necklace that Jess brought from Europe for me.
"I want you to give it to Maybelle. She likes you and i knew that you have a crush on that chick too"
"I can't Cate. I bought this for you, nobody else. If you're giving this back to me, doesn't mean i have to give this to someone else"
That was very sweet, but I'm not gonna fall for him again.
"Okay, whatever"
"Well, i hope you're gonna live happily ever after with your new prince charming"
And then he left.
OMG times five, I'm gonna miss him so much. I'm not gonna kick him out from my group.
He's still my best friend.
"Wow Cate. You chose me, thank you. I thought you're gonna choose Jesse"
"I know. I really like you and i hope that our relationship's going to work"
"Me too"
I'm not sure if we're a couple yet, but i already feel like his girlfriend. And i hope he feels the same way too.
"Do you want to go back to MGM?"
"Hmm..sure"
We went back to MGM and I saw Silver & Aaron walk out from the hotel's main door. Where are they going? It's almost midnight. I don't care about it now. I'm gonna ask her later. She'll explain to me. And then, we went back to our hotel room. I met Gina in front of my room door.
"Gina, can i talk to you?"
"Sure" she smiled
We went a wee bit far from my room.
"What is it?" she asked
"Your brother and i need privacy. We have something to talk about. Could you switch rooms with me? Just for one night"
"Sure, but what about Jesse, your boyfriend?"
"We broke up"
"Oh, so sorry Cate"
"Don't be. I'm fine"
And then, i went to my hotel room to brush my teeth and then i went to The Montgomery's. I haven't seen Jesse.
"Hey Austin" i smiled
"Hey Cate. What's wrong?"
"Nothing. I'm gonna sleep here with you for a night, if that's okay"
"No problem"
And then, i closed my eyes. It felt so weird sleeping with Austin. And i miss Jesse. What is wrong with me? I sat on the bed. And then i picked up my sidekick. I think Austin fell asleep. So, i opened my picture gallery. There's a picture of me and Jesse caught kissing at my New Year's Eve party. I didn't realize that Austin was sitting on the bed too.
"You miss him, didn't you?"
"A bit"
And then, we said nothing. We stared at each other. And then the kiss began much the same as the first one. He was careful as ever, and my heart began to overract like it always did. And then something seemed to change. Suddenly, his lips became much more urgent, his free hands twisted into my hair and held my face securly to his. I was clearly beginning to cross his cautious lines, for once he didn't stop me. I crushed myself against him eagerly. His lips was so soft. He began to unbutton my shirt. I don't want this to go too far. So i stopped. I pushed him away very gentle.
"I gotta pee"
That's my perfect reason if me and Jess went to far away. But i don't think it's going to work with Austin.
"If you need stop, just tell me"
"Oh okay, sorry" I chuckled.
"No, im sorry. That was out of line"
"Fine, let's just go back to sleep"
I closed my eyes again and before that i put back my sidekick. It was about 00.30-ish. While i was sleeping my sidekick vibrated. I picked it up.
"Hello"
"Cate, meet me at the swimming pools area. We're going to have an important girls meeting" it was G's voice
"Okay, i'll be right there"
Stupid meeting. It's 01.00 am. We should get some sleep. I groaned. When i arrived at the meeting area, they all looked very serious.
"Hey girls, what's up?"
"Not much. We got two major problem" G said
"What is it?"
"This is Gina and Demi's first meeting, so we all should show them how to do this girls meeting" G said
"Sure, what's problem number one?"
"Did you and Jess broke up?"
"Yeah, is it about me?"
"Not really. It's your ex-boy. He's gone. As his best friend, we were worried. We tried to call him, but i think his phone's dead. We want you to call him, to show him that you're worried too"
"Me? Fine"
Why me? Why not Gina or Demi or G? I dialled his number. He answered my phone call.
"What's wrong Cate?"
"Where the hell are you?" like i care
"Why do you care?"
I don't care.
"Well, i don't care. But it's late, and you're not in your room yet"
"I'll be back soon"
"Okay, fine, good night"
"Good night Cate be-"
I hung up. I think he was going to say Cate-bear. I miss that nickname. I can't stop thinking about Jesse. But, I'm with Austin now. Well, i'm not so sure that we're a couple yet.
"He said he'll be back soon" i said to the girls
"Okay, we'll see. Now, problem number two is about our bestie, Silver"
"Is she okay?"
"Silver and Aaron were gone. I haven't seen them"
"I saw them, like an hour ago. They were walking out from MGM's main door. I'm not really sure where are they going"
"I think there's something wrong with Silver" Gina said
"Yeah, her eyes were so red like she never had any sleep and her nose too. Like she had a flu for years" G explain
"Is she sick or what?" i asked
"I don't know" G said
"I'll ask her later. Can we just go back to sleep? I'm very tired" i said
"Okay, let's just go back to sleep. Night girls"
We went back to our rooms. I saw Austin still sleeping. He looked so cute. In the morning, i went to the swimming pool, and i saw Gina there. She's with Jesse. My ex-boy. What are they doing together?
"Hi Ginie" i heard Jesse greeted her
"Ginie? I'm Gina. Hi too anyway. You're back"
"You were looking for me too?"
"Yeah, we all were looking for you. Where have you been?"
"Strip club. I don't know where else to go"
Gina laughed "Ah, boys" she took of her robe and jumped in to the pool "Are you coming, Jess ?"
"If that's okay with you"
"I'm fine"
Then he jumped in.
"So, your brother slept with Cate,huh?"
"What do you mean?"
"I saw you swicth rooms with Cate last night"
"She said she needed to talk about something. Cate was not that kind of girl"
"How did you know? You just knew her"
"Well, whatever you say. What makes you think that Cate slept with Austin?"
"Just forget it"
Sighed. I didn't slept with Austin. What makes you think i did? Jesse is just jealous. Whatever. This is kinda boring, so i went back upstairs. I saw Silver in my bathroom. Well, not mine. The Montgomery's. She looks super duper sick.
"Hey S" i greeted her
"Cate, hey"
"You've been here all the time?"
"No, just couple minutes ago"
She was sitting on the bathtub. I sat next to her.
"Are you okay? Are you sick? You look awful"
"I'm fine" i think she lied
"No you're not fine, not good or okay. Tell me S, i think you're hiding something from me"
"No Cate, i can't"
"Spill it S. It's our secret" i said
"No"
"C'mon, secret for a secret?"
"Fine, you first"
Why me? Oh, well.
"I almost slept with Austin last night. But i stopped him"
"Really? Gosh Cate, i can't believe that!" now she looked very excited
"Your turn" i said
"I can't. This is horrible. It's my worst nightmare!"
"Say it. I won't tell anyone, not even Austin. Cross my heart"
"Fine. I need money"
"What? Your secret is you need money? How much?"
"Lots of money. $ 1.000"
"For what?"
"Cate, will you promise me you won't tell anyone about this?"
"Promise. What is it?"