"But before he spills it, and loses all of his friends, I'll give you all some closure. Jake's fine, and has nothing to do with any of this. He met with me, he's on his way home. But the second he finds out Arabella's missing, he'll turn right around."
"Adam what the hell is going on." Elliot demanded.
"Oh nothing. My part is done. It's all Dustin and Arabella now. And whoever's life the two of them ruin next." With that, Adam turned around, walked back to his motorcycle and drove away, while we stood in silence. Madison, Zoe, Elliot, and Isabelle all turned to me. Their faces confused and angry.
"What the fuck was he talking about Dust." Elliot demanded again. I had the biggest debate I've ever had. Do I tell them or do I play it off? I knew what Adam had meant now. If I told them. I would lose Crimson, and probably them. The only people who knew were Adam, Katie and I, or so I thought. Katie wasn't even supposed to know. How the hell did Arabella know? Did Katie tell her? I made my decision.
"I'm not sure."
"How do you not know what he's talking about? He said you did."
"Yeah well he said a lot of shit Elliot, are you gonna believe everything that comes out of Adams mouth? Why wouldn't you? He's your friend, but you've always had something against him because he had Crimson and you didn't. You need to understand that I don't know what he was talking about, why would I not try to do everything in my power to find my best friend? Just to hold a stupid secret? We have enough of those. I'm sure another one would just pop up the second I said it anyways." Oops, I had blown up on him, and said some things I shouldn't of.
"So you do know, you said it was a secret. Dustin you can't hide this, if it helps us find Arabella then it's all that matters." Zoe yelled.
"Fine. Friday night."
"The party?" Zoe asked. I nodded.
"Oh here we go, this oughta be good." Isabelle commented.
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" Olivia had a party, a huge party. Her parents were out. Typical cliche teenager party right? So something bad was bound to happen. But it was plenty of bad things. I was with Arabella, Jake and Liam. We were just drinking, standing around, talking. Party stuff. Liam and I were close to sober, he hadn't drank much, and I can handle my liquor. Arabella on the other hand, was drunk off her ass. Well at least in the moment I thought she was, but now I can't be sure, she could've been acting. Jake doesn't drink, so he was watching her, making sure she didn't hurt herself. I felt a tug on my arm, it was Katie.
"Hey. Do you wanna play spin the bottle with us?" She motioned towards a group of people. She didn't seem drunk, but she had definitely been drinking. Her breath smelled like booze, her shoulder length brown hair was tangled as opposed to the perfect straight that it always was.
"I'll pass. Hey you need a ride home tonight? I'll stop drinking if you need me." Being a good boyfriend, or at least trying to. Little did I know I would ruin everything later that night.
"Nah, I'm staying here."
"Cleanup duty, sounds great."
"Liam? What about you?" Liam turned towards Katie, smiled and responded. He had a smile that blew everything away, his brown hair styled up, bulging muscles, he was definitely attractive, he was a trap for the ladies.
"Nah, I also suggest you drop the bottle. You're looking a little rough."
"Shut up I'll be fine." She smiled at him, okay, very subtle flirting, I'm also right here, thanks guys.
"Uh, let's get you, uh, over there." I walked her to Danielle.
"Jesus Katie, already?" Danielle laughed.
"Just take her, please." I handed Katie to Danielle, literally. Adam tapped me on the shoulder.
"Hey Adam, what's up?"
"Come with me."
"Alright." A little shady, but it seemed fine. Oh god I was wrong. Next thing you know I was making out with the kid in Olivia's bedroom. I don't really recall how I got there, or how it happened. I guess he was drunk. So I started to question. Did he know what he was doing?
"I've wanted to do that for awhile." He whispered. I looked him the eyes, gave him one more kiss, because it was nice, and stood up. "Where are you going?"
"Someplace where my emotions aren't messed with. Don't worry, I won't tell." I barged out of the bedroom, well tried. He grabbed my wrist. "What do you want?"
"I didn't do that because I was drunk."
"I think you did. The mysterious hot straight guy doesn't just goes up to the bisexual kid with a girlfriend and make out with him."
"But I didn't. Besides, you liked it, otherwise you would have told me to stop a lot sooner." He wasn't wrong. I enjoyed it, he was the actual first guy I've kissed, but it still felt wrong.
"Look Adam, you're nice and all, but You're straight, or at least that's what you say. What about Crimson? You're her boyfriend."
"Dustin." I didn't respond, I broke out of his grip and I walked away. I found Liam, Arabella and Jake, thankfully they were ready to go.
And we left. That was all.
But I think going over that night again, I think Katie found out because of Arabella, because Jake mentioned just finding her when I asked to leave.
So Arabella had seen what Adam and I did.
Thats what she had on him, that's why he faked the accident. But why would Arabella fake the accident in the first place? "
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"Thats all that happened?" Isabelle asked after I had told them.
"That I remember, yeah."
I turned to Elliot. "You can hate me if you want, I'm not gonna change." My sexuality wasn't necessarily a secret, but not everyone knew.
"I wouldn't hate you for something like that. It's something you can't help."
"So do we tell Jake?" Zoe asked.
"About the accident? He probably already knows. Arabella has him wrapped around her finger."
"Who the hell even is Arabella? She's not the person I'm friends with."
"Zoe I'm afraid she is. She's always been this way. Just why now to start? Why today? Because of the accident?"
"We can figure this out on the way, we need to get to Jake." Elliot pointed out.
My phone buzzed.
"Don't worry about me or Jake, we're both fine. Just needed a night away. Don't come looking for us." - Arabella
I couldn't tell if she knew that we knew what she had done, or if she still thought we were clueless. One thing is for sure.
Arabella knows how to lie.
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Authors note
first bit of romance.
Arabella you bitch.
Things are getting interesting right?
Liam is gonna become more of a major character I promise.
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