Not So Innocent l.h

Chapter 4

I couldn't believe anything Arielle just told me. I was so wasted last night I almost had sex with some guy I don't even know. What would Zach have thought?

Oh my god. Zach. 

He cannot know about this. I can't let him know I did this to him. It would break his heart if he had to end things with me because I made one stupid mistake. I wasn't even aware I was doing that.

"Ari!" I yelled from my room. 

"Yeah? What is it?" She said walking through my open door.

"Whatever you do, you cannot tell Zach about what happened, do you understand?" I said sternly, meaning every word.

"I would never tell him unless you wanted me to," She continued, "I won't tell him, but it's wrong not to do so, a relationship with secrets is never a good one to have." She finished.

"I'm going to end things eventually, I just don't know when the right time to do so is. He has been being so sweet lately." I said, rubbing the back of my neck in frustration.

"Well I think if this happens again you should end it with him." She said with seriousness in her tone.

"I'm going to soon, one way or another." I mumbled.

 Classes started tomorrow and I wasn't ready. I could be very shy sometimes, but once you get to know me I'm not. Maybe that's why everyone back home thinks I'm a goody two shoes. That and the fact that my dad is the pastor. At least no one here, except Arielle, knows that, so maybe they won't judge me so fast.

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Arielle, Dani and I decided to head to the mall to get some new clothes for the first week of school. All my clothes were old and I was in need of new ones. I also need a job so maybe I'll apply at one of my favorite stores while we're here, I need money. My dad only gave me $300 and that's barely going to cover a month of groceries.

We were in Forever 21 when a thought popped into my head.

If Ari knows that all of this happened to me, does that mean she knows who the person is that I almost hooked up with? Who else would have told her? I wonder why she didn't tell me when she was telling me the story.

"Hey Ari, can I talk to you in private for a second? It's about," I cleared my throat, "What happened." I said emphasizing those two words.

"Leigh it's okay, Dani already knows, and don't get mad, she's our friend and would have more than likely found out eventually from Michael." I batted my eyelashes, a little confused as to what was going on.

"Wait what? How does Michael know what happened? Why would you tell him, you don't even know him that well." I was getting frustrated.

"Leigh, stop jumping to conclusions and let me explain." She said, sounding a bit irritated. 

"Okay, okay, sorry, I'm just so confused, go on." I said, nudging her to continue.

"Michael was the one who told me everything that happened. He was sitting in Dani's car with you while Dani and I were still inside. We came out and boom there you were, and he explained everything." She finished, out of breath.

Was Michael the one that I almost hooked up with? He is very good looking, but I wouldn't want to have sex with him. I thought I would ask anyways. "Was it Michael that tried to hook up with me?" 

"I don't know. He was the one that gave you the alcohol. I don't want to assume stuff though." She said with a bit of edge in her voice.

"I think I'll talk to him later." I said, making a mental note.