Here Lies Jane Doe

Watch Your Step

My phone fell out of my hands and clattered onto the table. Jane Doe has not only called me Vicky, the one nickname I hated with a passion, but she was forcing me into a corner that I would have to fight to get out of.

Her latest post was targeting me, and it might have had something to do with bailing on Levi at the charity gala event earlier this week. What surprised me more was that she didn't out me and Sebastian who was now her 'Mini-Gatsby'.

The post had a pole going on between three guys I had been seen out and about with. Levi, Tommy and Sebastian. It was a popularity contest and it was all my fault.

In a panic, I tried to call Harper because she knew about Jane Doe's test with Levi but she didn't pick up. I wondered if she was ignoring me because I had put a target on her brother's back, but I was too stressed to worry about the reason Harper didn't pick up. There was no way I could explain the meaning of the post to Tommy or Sebastian – Levi's probably just lapping up the attention he has been getting.

So I called Violet. Although I didn't know her that well, she knew some of what was going on.

"Victoria- hey... I'm still with Henry right now. Are you- are you okay?"

"So you've seen Jane Doe's latest post then?" I asked, knowing the answer already and overcome with guilt at interrupting her first 'not date' with Henry.

"Yes. I saw it. It's not that bad though, it could be worse," she replied soothingly.

"It could be, but why is Jane Doe targeting us in the first place?"

Violet paused. "Can we talk about this tonight? I'm having a really good time with Henry right now and I've just abandoned him at the fountain to come and talk to you..."

Completely caught off guard and realising my selfishness, I wished her a hasty goodbye before hanging up.

The doorbell was ringing and I wondered who it could be. I walked towards the front door and opened it to find Sebastian waiting on my doorstep.

"Sebastian, hey..." I mumbled, feeling the blood rushing to my cheeks. "I'm so sorry about that Jane Doe post." My voice trailed off until I realised that he was smiling.

"What?" I asked suspiciously, narrowing my eyes.

"Well there is a slight possibility that me and my dad bumped into your dad at a new exhibition that was being unveiled at the Met. Your dad has asked for us to have lunch with him and your mom... how is your acting these days?"

"Well I guess we are about to find out," I sighed, allowing him to lead me down to the sidewalk where a car was waiting.

As soon as the car door swung shut, I unapologetically unloaded onto Sebastian to make sure he knew exactly what was going on.

"So Jane Doe tried to set me up and expose this fake relationship by making me go to the Lotus Blossom event with Levi and then she must have discovered that Tommy had given me his number and said for me to give him a call. I think we should-"

"We need to put on a united front as we go out in public," Sebastian interrupted confidently, looking out the window at the hustle of people on the busy streets. "In the meantime, Emma is completely unaware of what's going on thanks to a change in my privacy settings on my Instagram and Facebook..."

I smiled, trying to shake the butterflies in my stomach, because it was still difficult to remember that Sebastian was not my boyfriend. Part of me loved when Meredith and her cronies asked questions about me and him- even if Meredith kept going on about how she got with him first.