HOAX ~M.Sturniolo

010• Bitch

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It was Monday and Jess had been getting spam texts from Emma. Logan must have told her something. She didn't want to go to school simply because of that. She didn't want Emma to freak out and tell her that Matt liked her. Because he didn't. He was obviously messing with her. That's what Jess kept saying to herself.

"Jess, what's with the ignoring?" Emma asked when she walked into their 4th period class.

"What ignoring?" Jess asked cluelessly while still not looking Emma.

"Cut the shit dude. Logan told me you stayed at Matt Sturniolo's house?" Emma said as she took her seat next to Jess.

"Fine. Yes I did. Whatever" Jess didn't look at Emma once, because she didn't want to maintain eye contact right now.

"So you went to a south somerville party. Then went to his house for the night. Did you sleep on the couch?" Emma asked, wanting to know all the details.

"No I slept in his bed"

"Since when do you sleep in boys beds" Emma asked. It was true. That was something Jess would never do. Never mind going to a party by herself.

"I was drunk Emma" Jess defended herself.

"And he took you back to his house?!" Emma said a little too loud, and Jess slapped her arm, shushing her.

"You don't understand. I....I told him about Cole" Jess admitted, embarrassed.

"What??? So he knows?" Emma asked appalled. Jess wasn't open about the situation at all. So no way would she tell anyone about it. But she was drunk. Extremely drunk.

"I was like black out drunk, Emma. And it's fine, he drove me home in the morning" Jess clarified.

"Well, wait a second. Let's rewind to sleeping in his bed. Did he or did he not sleep on the floor?" Emma asked like it was the most serious question.

"He slept in the bed with me" Jess rolled her eyes, because it wasn't that serious.

"So what? Did you guys cuddle?" Emma asked in an all of the sudden teasing tone. Emma didn't want to admit it, but she hoped they cuddled. It had been so long since Jess allowed herself to be close with any boy.

Jess took in a big inhale of air before answering "yes, I woke up confused as hell on his chest" Jess admitted with a groan. Emma's eyes widened at this, because this was extremely not Jess behavior.

"So what was he doing. Just laying there....or?" Emma asked, invested in this.

"He had his arm around me. Satisfied?" Jess asked, rolling her eyes. Emma gave her teasing smile. "That's great, but I'm not. I admitted my worst secret to him, and he probably doesn't actually give a shit about me" Jess said, to which Emma gave her a are you serious? look.

"Are you stupid?" Emma asked, but only let two seconds go by before she continued "he took you out of a party, after you told him something very serious- which by the way, not many people would know how to respond- he took you home, let you sleep in your bed. And then cuddled you!" Emma pushed her shoulder teasingly.