tidal wave

• chapter twenty two •

It didn't take long for the party to be in full swing and for Bre to be where she usually was. Dancing. It was something she'd found enjoyment in at college. Belly and Taylor were dancing too. You could tell they all felt on top of the world.

"I'm gonna get a drink" Bre shouted before heading over to the drinks on the kitchen counter. She was making her special drink, which was just all the spirits she could mix and some lemonade. Made it sweeter she'd always say.

"Breanna" Finn said coming up behind her.

"Finn, you having fun?" Bre asked smiling. She'd had about six drinks so far which is a lot for her. Usually, she stops at three.

"I am, you know me and Conrad were talking earlier. He still loves you" Finn said speaking over the music. Bre was taken aback by what he said.

"Don't do that, don't try and get us back together. He treated you like shit" Bre said stumbling on her words. Finn took her arm to balance her while she was pouring her drink. He was concerned, something Bre did after Susannah died and her break up was she drank loads at a party. And it didn't end well.

"Bre, come on. You've had too much" Finn said reaching to take her drink.

"No! You can't change your opinion now, what did he say? Huh, what did he say?" Bre shouted.

"He asked me, okay. If anything was going on, and since he saw us after the Ball" Finn sighed.

"What, he left...he left Finn," Bre said shocked at what he'd just said.

"No! He came back" Finn shouted, Bre had to hold back the tears. The one person she trusted since everything had kept something from her.

"He came back...How could you not tell me? You knew how I felt, You held me while I cried. When Susannah died you were the first person I called. You told me to get on that plane" Bre shouted.

"I was gonna tell you earlier but we started fresh. I didn't want to lose my best friend" Finn admitted.

"Finn, I was in love with him. And what you thought by not telling me I'd not find out. I can't believe you" Bre laughed in delusion.

"Can we talk outside?" Finn said quietly noticing the strangers standing around them listening.

Bre stood there downing the drink she'd poured and grabbed the closest bottle she could find.

"No, you've had the last month. And what you've decided because Conrad told you he loves me that I now deserve to know the truth? You are a joke" Bre said laughing. She headed right through the crowd taking a swig of the vodka she'd got. Finn shouted after her following her through the crowd, shocked at what had just happened.

Her head was racing through everything that had happened the last couple of months that she didn't even notice stumbling into Belly, Jere, Conrad and Skye arguing about the house.

"It's not our house anymore" Conrad bluntly said, he didn't even notice past his anger how drunk Bre was.

"Yeah, it sold! Duh," Bre said sarcastically.

"The new owners are willing to rent us the house for two weeks in the summer" Belly said sighing.

"WOOO let's go!" Bre said laughing heading down the side of the house towards the beach. She took another swig of vodka.