CARDIGAN- J. HUGHES

Eight

Drunk under a streetlight

"I want to hate him" i muttered under my breath as me and Luke sat and watched Jack take Sienna's picture for Instagram. "He's such a Dick" i snapped.

"Yep. He is" Luke agreed. "Can we not sit here and stalk though? This is kind of creepy"

"Fine" I agreed, realizing watching them act coupley wasn't going to be any good for my mental health. I reluctantly followed Luke back to our lounge chairs by the pool to go get a tan and try to ignore the horrible feelings in my chest and stomach. "Luke do you really think it was my fault?" I finally asked after a few minutes of silence.

"Lily I don't even know what happened and I can tell you that no, it was not your fault. You really loved him. I've never seen someone more perfect for Jack, it makes me sick every time I see him with Sienna" I fought back tears yet again at Luke's confession. I never knew that Luke felt this way and hearing him say that does make me feel like maybe it wasn't me.

"He basically called me a whore yesterday" I admitted. I didn't tell Luke what happened I just said we had a talk and I got sad so I left. But I figured it was time to rant.

"I'm sorry what?" Luke sat up quickly. "I'll kill him. As a matter of fact I'll call Ethan And Mark to come help me kill him"

"I don't know...this is gonna sound crazy but hear me out." I warned and I saw him roll his eyes, prepared to listen to my delusions. "After the fight I was devastated, I got to my room and collapsed on the floor in tears. It was horrible. But once I calmed down I replayed everything he said in my head and the situation and...I don't know Luke, I think he was jealous of Rory"

"Lily I love you but you must be slow. Of course he's jealous of Rory and that doesn't give him a right to treat you like shit" Luke argued. "You think Jack is just gonna move on that quickly? It's barely been 2 months, you were together for 6 months and you were all he talked about."

"Trust me he moved on" I scoffed. "By the end it was clear he didn't want me anymore Luke. Trust me."

"Whatever. All I'm saying is he is my brother and I know him damn good too." We didn't bring it up again after that. Instead we talked about all the fun things Danielle and Tanner had planned while we were here. And Luke also brought up Rory. "I do need the tea on Rory though. He's cool but at the same time I do get a strange vibe from him." Luke admitted.

"He's awesome and he was just drafted to the Vikings, he's a tightend from Penn State." I smiled as I remembered how good of a time I was having until Jack ruined it.

"Oh Jesus, another athlete" Luke groaned. "But for real, I got my eye on him. And so do the rest of the guys. We don't know him and as cool as he seems, I just- I don't know"

"I know, I'm being guarded too." I assured him. "Besides, he's just-"

"Hey" I stopped mid-sentence and saw Sienna standing over me and Luke with a smile. Fuck.

"Hey" I said back, looking at Luke who was looking anywhere but me and Sienna. Where the hell was Jack? "I, um, I like your bathing suit" I complimented.

"Oh thanks." She smiled. "I actually wanted to talk to you" shit. I looked around for Jack and saw he had his back to us at the pool bar. He definitely put her up to this.

"I'm actually good" I said almost bitterly. He couldn't even be bothered to apologize to me himself. Wow.

"He doesn't know I'm over here" she said softly. "Please?" Me and Luke looked at each other and sighed. I stood up and slipped my sandals on as she swiftly lead me down a path to the beach, away from the pool.