Beautiful Disaster

Ch.16

When we pulled into the Moresin's driveway Dina was already waiting on the steps for us. I barely had time to place my feet out of the truck before I was brutally dragged away from it.

"Come on. I already put the cake in the treehouse. Mom is in the kitchen so I had to do it before you got here. Hi Alec, bye Alec." She says pulling me towards the treehouse. Alec laughs and waves us off before walking into the house.

Once we climbed the mini ladder and got situated we dug into the cake moaning every few bites.

"Okay," Dina starts swallowing the piece of cake in her mouth "explain to me how, who, what, and when did whatever I saw this morning happen and don't think I forgot about the whole cabin thing." She says and I roll my eyes.

"There's honestly no important details." I say shrugging. "You know some nights I have trouble sleeping but whenever I sleep next to him, I sleep like a bear. So we made an agreement that we would be cuddle buddies."

"So I'm assuming you don't hate him anymore?"

"I never hated him. I was just wary of him and I had every right to be. You've heard the things people say about him. How could you expect me to be so open with someone who literally has a reputation for being an asshole to everyone."

"Okay and well how do you feel now? I mean you must be slightly warming up to him."

"He's a friend." I say. "That's all." Dina hums and looks at her plate with her eyebrows furrowed. As I cut myself another slice of cake she speaks.

"You know I don't understand what he's getting from this. I mean he's fake dating you to help you get back at Carter and now he's agreed to this cuddle buddy situation to help you sleep."

"I mean I help him sleep too."

"Yeah I know but it doesn't really seem like he's getting anything out of this and seeing as he has this reputation I don't understand what he could possibly gain from helping a girl he hasn't even known for that long." She says in deep thought and I agree.

"Trust me I already asked him the same question and he said he gets the satisfaction of knowing Carter is finally getting what he deserves." I see her from in confusion.

"Whatever the hell that means."

"Exactly so your guess is as good as mine when it comes to this whole situation. I'm complaining though. As long as I'm sleeping, I don't care what his reasoning is." I shrug trying to shake off the underlying uneasy feeling that's been in my mind since I agreed to this stupid arrangement.

"Do you think something happened between the two of them? You did say they were friends."

"Probably but I don't really want to get involved in that. If it was something serious he would've told me, I hope."

"Well I do too. I would hate to kill Alec because he hurt you but bros before hoes." She says and I laugh.

Deciding to change the subject I ask her about Marco.

"We're in the stage of getting to know each other right now. We like the same music and he makes me laugh so that's a plus. Sometimes during our conversations I shut down and pull away but he's patient with me and doesn't force me so I'm glad for that." Looking at my best friends smiling face and I smile back. In all our years of together I've only seen her infatuated with someone of the opposite sex once.

His name was Kille Mason and she met him freshman year. He was Dina's dream guy who she repeatedly referred to as exotic because he had stunning green eyes, could solve a math equation with his eyes closed and because of the way his name was spelled. Even though it was pronounced ky-le she liked that and I quote "his different spelling name went along with his exotic personality."