The Infamous Truth

6: Unveiled pasts

Eliza's POV
I wake up when the memory ends, it obviously being in the middle of the night. I feel a pair of arms wrapped around me and look up to see a sleeping Alycia. I've missed this.

Not wanting to disturb her sleep I decided just to cuddle my face into her neck more and try and get some more sleep. After waiting a few minutes with no luck of falling back asleep I decide I'm going to get up. I squeeze myself out of Alycia's grip as gently as possible to not wake her up, but I know I've fail when she lets out a small familiar groan. I look back to see piercing green eyes staring back at me. "Where are you going?" Alycia asks in a raspy voice. I smile at the familiarity of this situation as I say "I can't sleep... Do you remember when we hung out with Lindsey, Marie and Jessica at that place and got really drunk?" I said. Alycia looked at me with a confused face and said "Yeah... why? What made you think of that all of a sudden?" She asked. I thought about whether I should show her the picture or not. I didn't even know if she remembered doing that or not. But I don't want to have any secrets with her anymore. "Do.. do you remember everything that happened?" I asked cautiously. She seemed to be searching her mind and then looks at me while she says "I don't know. I was pretty drunk." She laughed at the memory which caused me to laugh too. "Why? What happened?" She asked after laughing. I opened my mouth to explain but couldn't think of the words. I decided to pull out my phone and show her the picture instead. I could feel her eyes on me as I searched my photos for the memory. When I found it I hesitated showing her and she looked me in the eyes and said "Liza what is it?" with a worried expression. I gave her the phone and couldn't look her in the eyes.

Alycia's POV
Looking at the photo, all the memories from that night came flooding back. And then the morning after. I remember seeing her stare at a photo on her phone but didn't have time to see what it was, but now I know. I know why she was acting so weird that day. I don't know what to say and I'm sure I'm blushing right now. I look back up at Eliza to see she's not looking at me, but nervously down at her hands. I sat up as I watched her avoid eye contact. "Why... why are you showing this to me?" I asked her. She fiddled with her hands as she replied. "I- I dreamt of that night and I remembered hiding that photo from you... I.. I just.. don't want there to be any secrets between us anymore." She said, stuttering on her words.

I looked back down at the photo to study it some more. I had seen other photos from this night, like the one she posted on Instagram... but I had forgot what had fully happened that night. I was fighting with Jessica about kissing Eliza... well our characters kissing, we kissed in the car.. and then inside.. and again. It seemed like more than just to prove my point, because it was just me and Eliza kissing... she never kissed Jessica after that one in the car. And then we kissed when no one was around to see it.. not for anyone's entertainment. And I remember the one in the photo. We were already taking photos. Smiling, making silly faces, and then... all of a sudden Eliza pulled me in and kissed me. It felt right.. like I didn't even hesitate kissing her back.

When I looked back up again I was finally met with her blue eyes. She had a worried look on her face because I had been staring at the photo for a while. I set the phone down beside we without breaking our gaze. I placed my hand on her cheek and leaned in close, resting my head on her forehead. I could feel her shaky breath on my face and saw her eyes on my lips. I slowly moved closer, just following what my body was telling me to do. I saw no signs of Eliza not wanting this so I was going to go for it.

"Hey are you guys ever gonna come back out he- oh shit... sorry." Marie blurts out as she barges into the room and leaves almost just as quickly. Eliza pulled back as soon as we heard her and I guess a bit too harshly because she fell off the bed. I saw Marie's face pale when she saw us. We hadn't kissed yet but we're milliseconds away from it. I looked at Eliza laying on the ground with a pale face and a light blush on her cheeks. Be both bursted out laughing at the embarrassment we just caused ourselves. "I'm sorry.. that was my fault." I said as I was catching my breath. I got up to give her a hand and she grabbed it and pulled herself up. She kept her hand in mine when she was up fully. "Yes.. yes it was." She said as she pulled me in and immediately placed her lips on mine. I was shocked by her sudden confidence at first but then kissed back. I put me hands on her hips as she let go of my hand to wrap her fingers around the back of my neck and deepen the kiss. She slowly walked me back to the bed and leaned forward until I had no choice but to fall back onto it. We were forced to separate when I fell and I opened my eyes and saw Eliza smirking down at me as I breathed heavily. She stared into my eyes before turning around and walking away. I scrunched my eyebrows and sat up to watch her. "Hey! That was meeean." I whined. She chuckled and turned back around to look at me with her hand on the door handle. "Payback for making me fall on my ass." She said with a shit eating grin, before opening the door and walking down the hallway. "Rude!" I yelled to her before hearing chuckles from down the hall. I take a moment to compose myself before following after her.

Eliza's POV
I felt way more confident after Alycia had leaned in to kiss me herself. This time we weren't drunk or high, but completely sober and aware of our actions. It was a relief that I wasn't the only one that had felt these feelings the whole time.

I went to the kitchen, watching out for Marie on my way there. I didn't feel like explaining that to her right now. I was relieved when I got there with no sign of Marie and opened the freezer to get ice cream. I heard footsteps behind me while I scooped the ice cream into a bowl. "Really? Ice cream?" I heard Alycia say. I turned my head and saw her standing there with her arms crossed. "Yeah. Want some?" I asked before tuning my attention back to the ice cream. "Hell ya!" She says. I laugh at her enthusiasm and grab another bowl for her.

We sat down at the island and I winced. Alycia looks at me and says "Whats wrong?" I look up into her worried eyes and say "My ass hurts!" I say with my best angry face, and then I smile so she knows I'm not actually mad. Alycia looks at me with an unimpressed look and moves her hand to pinch my butt. I see what she's trying to do and quickly get up and move so she can't reach me. I can see a smile forming on her lips as she tries to stop it. "Fuck you." She says before taking another bite of ice cream. I smirk and mumble "Maybe someday."