Love Triangle (Wilkinson vs. Gilinsky)

8. Fun Plex

SAM'S POV

"Dude, you fucking suck at this game." Jack J snickers and throws his controller on the couch. "That's the third time I've beat you. In a row."

"Whatever yo. This game blows anyways." I frustratedly throw my controller on the couch and stand up to stretch.

Jack gets up and walks into the kitchen. "I'm getting a drink," he says before disappearing.

As I stretch out my back, I hear a faint but familiar sound of an engine turning off. I walk over to the side window of my living room and peer outside. I see a tall figure walk up to Shay's door and ring the doorbell. Fuck me.

Right as I'm putting two and two together, Jack walks back into the room with a cup in his hand and says, "Dude."

I turn around and look at him, "What?"

"Are you stalking her now?"

"No, I, uh." I scratch my head and Jack gives me a look. "Jack's over there." I point behind my shoulder and towards Shay's house.

Jack nods his head knowingly and says, "How is this gonna work anyway?" He sits down. "You two both dating the same girl and all."

I shrug my shoulders. "I don't know, man." I sneak a peek out the window when JJ isn't looking and see two figures lying together in the grass. I feel my heart rate quicken slightly and my adrenaline slowly rush through my veins. Why the fuck did I think sharing a girl with my best friend would ever be a good idea?

SHAY'S POV

I walk inside and shut the front door behind me. I close my eyes briefly and smile to myself. The moment is quickly ruined when my mom pops her head around the corner and says sharply, "Shay, where were you?"

"I was outside."

"With who? What were you doing?"

"Mom, relax. I've been here for nearly a week. I made some friends, okay? I was just outside talking to one of them."

She shakes her head violently and walks back into the kitchen. I see Daisy at the top of the stairs and I walk up. I grab her hand in mine and we walk into my room together.

"What's her problem?" I say as I lay down on my bed.

"Dad called." Daisy sits near my feet.

I nod my head understandably and suddenly feel guilty for giving attitude. There's a moment of silence before Daisy asks, "What were you really doing outside?"

My moment with Jack almost completely slipped my mind as I thought about my parents. I smile to myself again and say, "Jack and I were stargazing. He set up a blanket and a bunch of pillows and we just layed down and talked."

Daisy looks at me knowingly when I say, 'talked.' I giggle at her and sigh in bliss.

She smiles at me and gives me a peck on the cheek before walking out of my room and closing the door behind her. I close my eyes and think about Jack as I slip away into unconsciousness.

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I wake slowly. I feel my several dreams leaving my memories and I rub my eyes. Yawning, I walk to the bathroom and take a long, warm shower.

Once I'm out, I wrap a towel around myself and I'm happy to see a new text notification from Sam. I hastily unlock my phone and read his text, 'Doing anything today?' I smile to myself and reply, 'Nope.' I begin to dry my hair with a towel when I hear a buzz. I instantly drop the towel to the floor and read his message, 'You're losing your Fun Plex virginity today.' I raise my eyebrow at the text and type in, 'What's that?'