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James's Point of View

I saw the look on her face. She didn't need this, nor did she deserve it. Two people have betrayed her already in her lifetime this way and she doesn't need her best friend doing it as well, but I suppose that it is too late for that.

Grayson looks overly stressed as soon as Vena shut the bedroom door. As he should be. Just thinking about what they had done to her and now what he has done makes my blood boil and my adrenaline rise to new heights.

"Stand up," I tell him.

He did cautiously. Right when I knew he wouldn't see it coming, I raised my arm and swing my fist right at his head. I hit the side of his face hard enough that he is thrown to the ground.

That is it. I'm not looking for a fight, I'm just looking to teach Grayson a lesson.

Once he regained focus, I held my hand out for him. I am hoping that that hit got the message to his head, but I won't be sure until he takes my help.

It only took him a small moment to accept my help. After he stood up, I motioned for him to sit down. I am quite glad that he whine about getting hit, I didn't need Vena coming out to see this.

"Y'know, not only am I pissed at you for upsetting my girlfriend, you also cheated on one of my best friends and might I say that you have officially fucked up," I tell him in a low angry voice for the sake of Vena.

"I know, James," he sounds exasperated to me.

I shake my head, "No, I don't think you do. Vena is never going to forgive you knowing what you did to the other girl, she trusted you. As for Leah, well she may look all calm and collected on the outside, but once you make her angry, you'll soon see her true colors."

He is then quiet. I hope that he has finally realized that he is now in some deep shit. His face is blank, his body not making much movement either.

"What have I done," I think that he is more asking himself than me.

I don't say anything. As much as Vena want's to believe, I was never someone that would cheat on a girl. I, with no doubt would call myself a player or something like that, but I never dated those girls, I was never in relationships with those girls. I was only really there to hook up with them. I think that being faithful in a relationship is the foundation of it. When you ignore this then it all goes to hell, especially if you're in love with the person. I do believe that Grayson loves Leah and I don't for one second think that he did this to hurt her, but what do I know? I haven't heard the whole story yet.

"Why don't you first tell me exactly what you did and then we'll decide how bad it really is," I tell him.

I want to help him, I really do. In a way I feel sorry for him, but he did bring this on himself.

He sits up straight, "It all started earlier tonight. Leah wanted to stay in for the night, but I really didn't. I went to a frat party and got a little drunk, not to the full extent to passing out. Well, there was this girl and I can't believe I can't remember her name, anyways, I guess that we were making out and stuff and we ended up in one of the bedrooms. Long story short, I slept with her and that's when the daze from the liquor went down and I realized what exactly I had done," he explained it.

The first thing that came to mind is that it isn't his fault. I mean, if he drank enough to not be able to tell who he was with then that's got to mean something. Then again, it is his fault that he let it get that far because even though he must've been pretty drunk, he had to have some sort of consciousness left.

"My God, Grayson. This is so fucking stupid. How could you let this happen?"

"I don't know, but I've had a lot to drink tonight and I am trying to stay as sober as possible off a lot of water and I really have to piss."

"Then what the hell are you doing?! Go to the bathroom!" I motion to the hallway.

He gets up really quick and runs to the bathroom. At the sounds of him slamming the door, I slump into the couch cushions.

This is quite stressful, if you ask me. I want to help him get through this all, so things can go back to normal, but it's not like he and Leah were broken up or on a "break" at the time. He technically cheated on her and she is going to hate him after this. He has to tell her, that's obvious, I just don't know how he'll fix things.

I hear the bathroom door open and Grayson walking down the hall. He sat back down on the couch. "You need to tell her."

He shifted in his spot. "James, I can't."

I shake my head like I didn't hear him correctly. "Did you just say you aren't going to tell her?"

He nods like it is nothing important.

"But you have to tell her, she deserves to know. If you don't tell her then she will find out some other way and you know it."

He runs his hand through his hair in exasperation. "She's going to hate me."

I nod, "Yeah, she will for a while, but I'm sure that she will forgive you eventually." Well, maybe. This is Leah we're talking about.

I could not believe that he was actually considering not telling her. What he did was bad enough and that just would have made it worse.

"I will tell her," he promises.

I nod. "Good, but you'll need to explain to Vena what has happened and then apologize to her as well, because, let me tell you something: she is pissed."

He nods,"Okay."

We talked for a long time after that. The last time we had one of these kind of conversations, it was when we straightened things out between us. He told me about how Leah gets embarrassed over stupid things and how red her cheeks get. I, of course, already knew this from being friends with her for so long. I knew that at this time all Grayson wanted to do is talk about her seeing how his relationship is about to go to shit.

It is well past three in the morning when I started feeling tired. "I'm going to bed. You can sleep on the couch, there is a blanket on the chair you can use." I stand up and stretch my arms up, yawning.

"Alright, thanks."

I nod, "Sure thing. See you in the morning." I tell him quickly.

He nods back.

As I walked down the hall, I kept my footsteps as quiet as possible, hoping that the creaking won't wake up Vena.

I open my bedroom room quietly and carefully. Vena is sleeping there on my bed with the lamp still on. I smile tightly. I pull my tee shirt off my back and toss it in the laundry pile, as well with my jeans. I pull open my dresser drawer as quietly as possible and pull out a clean pair a boxer briefs. I pull off the ones I'm wearing at the moment and toss them in the pile. It may seem weird, but I felt so much better in clean underwear.

The apartment is a lot warmer then most of these winter nights. I would usually wear a bit more clothing, but tonight it is really warm.

I turn off nightside lamp and climb over my girlfriend. I get underneath the comforter and get closer to her body. I lean over her and kiss the side of her head. "I love you so much," I whisper to her sleeping figure.

I lay down on my side, pulling her closer to my body. The only thing that is really starting to piss me off is her long hair. My God is it ever annoying. By the time that I got comfortable it had to be another half hour later.

I need to get some sleep because I know that tomorrow is going to be a long day.

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I woke up to the most lovely feeling of a pillow being thrown at me forcefully. I knew who it is even before I opened my eyes.

The next time she threw it at me again, I grasped it and yanked it out of her hold.

I set it beside me and sat up to wake up a bit before I deal with this. I rub my eyes, trying to get used to all the light in the room.

"How could you let him sleep here?!" she shouts at me.

I sigh. "Vena, it was late and he just crashed here, okay? I know you're mad, but you have to understand that he is stressed out at the moment and–"

"No James, he cheated on her and now that I know what he did, how can I ever trust him again?!" I knew that she wouldn't let me get through my sentence.

I slouch back into bed, "He didn't cheat on you."

She glares at me."Yes, but he was there when Zeke cheated on me, he knows how it feels."

I glance at my watch. "Vena, it is only seven in the morning. Can you please just calm down and lay down for a bit and then we figure this out, okay?"

She stood there with her arms crossed, looking like she is thinking. It is at that point in time that she closes the curtains in the room and turns off the light. She climbs into bed with me and lies down beside me.

There is no way that I am going to be able to get back to sleep, but I am hoping that she will for at least an hour or two more so I can warn Grayson of what exactly he has gotten himself into. I know that Vena is going to be angry at him, but not as much as Leah, who he actually cheated on. I know that the only reason Vena is mad is because what Grayson did to Leah is what Zeke did to her. She's angry because she thought that Grayson would never dare hurt a girl that way.

I pulled Vena into my arms and she didn't say anything about. As she lies against me, I rub small circles into her shoulders.

At this time all I can really hope for is that she will reason with him.

After Vena is back asleep, I slip out of bed andput on a pair of sweatpants and went into the living room. I would really like to go for a run or go to the gym this morning, but things are about to get dramatic around here.

As I entered the living room, Grayson is still there sleeping. Shouldn't he be out apologizing or something?

"Grayson, get up," I try to tell him, but I suppose that whispering to a sleeping person isn't going to wake them up.

I shake him awake and groaned. "No..."

I sigh, "Grayson you better get up before Vena does."

He sat up to that. "Okay, okay, I'm up," he rubs the sleep out of his eyes.

"So, let me tell you a not–so–great story. This morning I was woken by Vena hitting me with pillows this morning and yelling at me for a reason to why I let you sleep here last night. Y'know, I was planning on sleeping for longer, but here I am. Grayson, I am only going to tell you this once: Vena is pissed and when you apologize, you better do a good damn job because I don't think that she will be budging for awhile."

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I am so sorry that this so short and that it took me so long to update. I know it's terrible.

Anyways, I might be able to update again this week, really not sure yet. Also, I will be combining some chapters to make them a bit longer just so you know.

Anyways, bye

–BWS❄️

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