About That Dating Contract

10-"Thank you for looking out"

For about a minute that I stared at the article, I couldn't move.

"Come on" Max tells me as he takes my hand and leads me somewhere still within the parking lot. I'm not sure where he is taking me to until I see that we're approaching Sam's car where our little group consisting of Sam, Ana, Lizzy and Sierra are standing.

"Hey" Ana greets me cheerfully as she gives me a hug, meanwhile I am partially shocked and partially embarrassed about what was written about me.

"How can you be smiling when everyone is staring at me like I'm some whore" I complain

"Oh please, people are exaggerating this whole situation, you hooked up with a few guys during the summer, so what?" Sierra asks rhetorically

"Well to be fair, you're pretty notorious for refusing hook ups or even kissing other guys at parties so I guess people are just shocked to see that you actually do those...with three different people and then you're wearing the same dress in all three pictures so it was probably in one night it happened" Sam explains

"Wow, thank you Sam, at least now you guys know why it's actually bad, it makes me look like some two-faced hypocrite" I say

"It's not that bad, Kie, just let anyone that asks know that that didn't happen while you and Chace were dating, it wasn't right?" Lizzy asks

"No, it wasn't" I reply

"It's not even that bad" Ana tries to convince me. "Though, this last one is kind of cute, what's his name?" She says as she stares at her phone before Sam takes it away

"I don't even know! All these pictures were taken in one night during a dumb truth or dare game and I was so drunk! I feel so embarrassed"

"Just let the rumor die then" Max says. "So people think you're two-faced, you won't die" he shrugs

"I'm more curious about where you and Chace have been for the last two days" Sierra teases me

"Emphasis on two days because you missed the workshop" Lizzy complains

"Oh, I totally forgot, I'm so sorry, I'll go today" I tell her

"Alrighty then, if you excuse, Kierra and I, we have somewhere to be" Ana suddenly says as she places her arm over my shoulder

"Where?" Sierra asks

"Usually when they leave like this, it means they are up to something funny so it's better for us to not find out and seem surprised at the outcome" Max states

"Smart Max, we'll catch you later guys" Ana smiles before she leads me away

"Where are we going?" I ask her

"I didn't call you and inform you early enough about the article because I was doing my research and found out that Nathalie was the one that gave Leah the pictures" she replies

"What?"

"And the very last thing I'll ever do is let Nathalie get away with something"

"How sure are you that she is the one?" I ask and she starts swiping through her phone then hands over the phone to me

On the screen is a picture of Nathalie showing Leah something on her phone and if you take a closer look at the phone, you can see that on the screen is a picture of me. As soon as I see that, I get so furious because she has really struck a nerve. She literally went as far as to look for my summer pictures just to sabotage me.

I take a scan around the environment and spot Nathalie standing in front of her car, talking to Maddie. "I'll be right back" I tell Ana before I start approaching Nathalie.