passion

when he cheated on her with me

      "You've really done such a great job with all the preparations," Elijah says. I blush. 

      "Thank you, I really did put in my all."

      "It's certainly visible--in a good way of course," he compliments. I smile. Elijah usually was never this nice, but to be fair, a change of pace was good news for me. He was Luna's boyfriend, so I just assumed it was common courtesy. But when he leaned in and kissed me, well that was clearly not a common courtesy. We exchanged tongue for a bit before I realized who I was kissing. I pushed him off me and brushed off my shirt casually, trying to avoid the god-awful mistake made. 

      It was one moment of weakness. 

      How could I have possibly betrayed a friend I was so close to for the past three years? All in one second, our entire relationship would've been ruined. I couldn't possibly tell her. 

      "This will remain a secret, right?" he asked me. Right there and then, I forgot all about prior mistakes. I forgot about how she stole my best friend from me. I forgot about how she faked so many aspects of her life just to desperately cling onto her nonexistent popularity. All I could remember was how I wanted him first, and how I loved him first. I planted my lips on his again, well knowing he was hers. We didn't stop after that one day either.

      Every weekend, he was mine. She had all other days, but on the weekends we spent time together. It was only until I realized he was using me as much as he was using her.

---

      "Luna, why is there a pregnancy test in the bathroom trash can?" I asked. She blushed with embarrassment, and then I knew why they didn't break up. They were having sex with each other. I suppose that was a norm for teenagers, but only the next weekend did I notice just how toxic they were for each other. Elijah kept trying to undress me so he could get under my clothes. That weekend, we almost had sex. I wouldn't have stopped either, but I had guilt save me.

     He wanted to have sex with me. What bothered me most was I was only doing this to get back at her for being the backstabbing bitch she was. But I broke their relationship, and they ended things. He was just a plaything to me, but to her, he was a baby daddy. I became a homewrecker out of vengeance...