The Sweet Summer Of California

Chapter 33

The music was still on and not everyone had noticed and was still dancing. But everyone in my gang had seen it and stared at us. I stared at Jc and then Kian.

"Did you just kiss Jc!?” Kian exclaimed.

"WHAT!? NO! Or he kissed me!" I exclaimed, I didn´t understand what was happening.

"But you wanted to." Jc said and smirked.

"No, I did not!" I had been drinking a lot and felt my head spinning.

"What the fuck Jc!" Kian yelled and came towards Jc.

"The fuck, she wanted it too! She danced with me!" Jc yelled. Everyone had now stopped dancing and looked at us.

"Kian it was just dance, we danced like everyone else!" I yelled when Kian stared angrily at me. Sam suddenly came up to me.

"Kian, take it easy!" He said.

"Should I take it easy when my so called" best friend "and my girlfriend kissed?"

"It was nothing! It meant nothing to me!" I exclaimed.

"BUT FOR HIM! I know he likes you Jess!"

"He's right Jess, I'm in love with you!" Exclaimed Jc and I panicked, knowing that he was under the influence of alcohol, Jc would never act like this otherwise. Everyone around looked shocked at us and I was greeted by all my friends' eyes. Cassandra looked shocked at me and gave her a confused look.

"Jc I'm with Kian!" I yelled.

"Are you really?" He said and came closer to me." I mean, you're always so flirty with guys. Me, Sam, Kian ... who´s really your boyfriend?"

"Ey Jc, take it easy now!" Sam said and stood beside me.

"What do you mean by Sam too? And I've never flirted with you Jc!?"

"Yeah you have, I don´t think you know how you are around guys. Don´t you remember when you had a fight with Kian and I slept over at your house?"

"WHAT!?" Exclaimed Kian and looked first at Jc and then at me. For a second, I had completely forgotten all about the others who stood in a circle around us.

"But I was really sad then and vulnerable, we fell asleep and nothing happened!" I exclaimed and was close to tears of frustration.

"Okay everyone take it easy, you are drunk and you´re saying thing you don´t mean." Said Ricardo suddenly and stood beside Kian.

"Jess then maybe you should go home with Jc and sleep at his house. You seem to enjoy hanging with him." Kian said angrily.

"Kian come on, I don´t wanna be with him. I wanna be with you, no one else!"

"You know you wanna come with me." Jc said and was just about to take a step towards me but Kian suddenly took a big step and stood in front of him. Kian was taller than Jc and he seemed to take a hint.

"Move over Kian." He said.

"Jc she's my girlfriend." He said grimly.

"Go home Jc!" I exclaimed, and went to him.

"You wanna come with?" He asked, grinning.

"Do you want that or what?" Kian asked me. I was confused and my head was spinning even more. I didn´t answer and just ran out of there and out of the house. I sat on the street with my head between my knees. I was breathing heavily and the tears began to flow. Angrily I wiped them away, I was sick of crying, sick of being so sensitive, so weak. I heard someone shout at me and I turned around, there stood Sam and Cassandra and started coming towards me, but I stood up quickly and started running. I didn´t use to drink this much so I was very clumsy. I tripped on my own feet, and after a few meters, I stumbled on a curb and fell on the asphalt.

"Fuck." I swore to myself.

"Jess, how did it go?" I heard someone say behind me. I didn´t think thy followed me but when I turned around Sam was right behind me. He reached out a hand to me and I took it irritably.

"Go back, Sam." I said, and would rather be alone. I hadn´t gone far, and still saw Ethan's house.

"Let's go home." He said, he understood that I was drunk.

"But what will I do about Kian, and Jc?" I asked desperately.

"Don´t worry, Jc was really drunk tonight and Kian too. Everything was a big misunderstanding.” Sam said and was still holding my hand.

"Can I sleep with at your house, Sam?" I asked and wiped away the tears that ran down my cheek.

"Absolutely, come on." He said and we started walking home.

"What time is it?"

"Nearly two." He said. Actually, I wanted to ask about Kian, Jc, but right now I couldn´t. We walked in silence beside each home to Sam's house. We snuck up to his room and would go to bed. Sam pulled off his shirt and sat on the bed. I went into the bathroom to take off my makeup and then I went back to his room.

"Here you have a t-shirt to sleep in." He said and gave me a big white t-shirt with a simple black print. He turned around while I quickly pulled off my dress and put on the shirt. I turned off the lights and crawled into Sam's king size bed next to him.

"Sam, is it true what Jc said? That I flirt with guys, give the false hopes?" I asked Sam anxiously. We both looked up at the ceiling and had a big space between us.

"No. You´re just a very friendly person who likes to hug and cuddle, but I´m like that too!"

"But what does he mean by that I flirted with you?"

"I don´t know Jessie. Remember that he was very drunk tonight with. But I think most of our friends and others believe that there is something between us just because we know each other so well."

"I know. But I don´t know how I will be able to face Jc again? Or Kian..."

"Jessie, of course you will. And I know that Kian will forgive you, I mean, he really loves you. And he and Jc should probably talk it out." Sam said.

"You know what Sam? You're like my personal therapist. You are always there for me." I said and sat up. He sat up beside me.

"You know I'm always here for you."

"I just have to try something." I said quietly. He looked confused at me in the dark, but sat still. I took a deep breath and leaned slowly towards him and our lips gently touched and I gave him a kiss. I went back to where I sat before and met Sam's gaze. We both started laughing and it felt so wrong.

"Ok, that was awkward." I said.

"Jessie, haha we would never work out as a couple!" Sam said and grinned.

"Haha, no, that's why we're just friends." I said and laughed.

"Best friends, come one and let´s sleep you weirdo!" We lay down but both continued to giggle.

"Sam, I'm not tired." I said and felt restless. He opened his eyes and looked at me.

"Neither am I. You can borrow a pair of sweatpants to put on, let's go." I nodded and quickly pulled on my bra underneath Sam's t-shirt and he gave me a pair of pants I quickly pulled on and I realized we had almost identical outfits. We left our phones at home and we snuck out of the house.

We walked along the street and giggled.

"I think we should keep quiet about what happened before.” I said.

"I agree. But I´m actually glad we kissed, cause after about 15 years of friendship you'd like to know if there is something more than just friendship." Sam said.

"Come, let´s run." I suddenly said and started running. Sam came after me and we just ran. I think it was the alcohol talking because I would never suggest running otherwise. Eventually I stopped to breathe and I lay down on the asphalt.

"Jessie, what are you doing?" Asked Sam and looked down at me.

"I´m dying. Haha, you know I can´t run because all I do is eat haha, I´m not a runner." I said and he started laughing.

"Haha, yeah I know that, come now, let´s run back and sleep. At least we got rid of some energy now." He said and laughed before he gave me a hand, I reluctantly stood up and we jogged home and when we got up to his bedroom we fell asleep immediately.