Mistakes We've Made..

~three~

        When I finally got to school I rushed down the halls until I got to my locker, I quickly pulled out everything I'd need for the morning, and sprinted towards my math room. I really couldn't afford to be late again this semester. I turned the corner, and stopped abruptly when I saw a girl standing in front of her locker, kicking it violently. I hadn't noticed this girl before, her hair was electric blue, and shaved down on the sides, she wore mostly black with a pair of matte black docs. I approached her, hoping she'd let me help her rather than getting in trouble for destroying school property. 

        "God fucking damn you! You stupid locker, I hate you!" She cursed at it. 

        "Hey, hey, no need to beat it up." I laughed, sliding in beside her cautiously. "What's the problem?" 

        "I can't get this damn locker to open!" She told me. "I used the proper combination and everything." 

        "Let me see," I smiled, taking the small paper from her hands that had all her school information on it, she must be new. "Okay..." I spun the lock, and pulled down on the handle, opening the locker. "Here you go." 

        "Thanks, sorry you had to witness that." She laughed nervously, taking the information sheet back. "I'm Christina." 

        "It's fine, the lockers here are ridiculous." I smiled. "I'm Devon." 

        "Well, now I get to try and find my first period class." She sighed. "Do you know where this is?" 

        I glanced down at the sheet and was shocked to see it was the same first period as mine, which was a little odd. I nodded, and told her to follow me. When we got to the classroom, I explained to our teacher I'd been helping Christina, which saved me from getting a detention. Christina took the empty spot that sat across from mine, and I introduced her to the guys. 

        "Where were you?" Jon asked, as I opened my book and glanced at the work we'd been assigned. 

        "I got sick in Aaron's car, so we had to pull over." I explained quietly. "It's fine now." 

        "Are you sure?" 

        "Yes." 

        "They tend to get lost in their own little world sometimes, I just ignore them." Ian told Christina. 

        "I see." 

        * 

        At lunch, I made Christina sit with us. 

        "This is Aaron, and this fucker," I motioned towards Ben, who sat next to me. "Is Ben." 

        "Hello." She smiled politely. 

        "So, this weekend's going to be great." Ben continued talking about their concert, as he'd been doing before I introduced Christina. "A lot more people are coming out this time." 

        "Excuse me, a simple hello would have been nice." Christina stated, staring coldly at Ben. "That is what you do when someone is introduced to you." 

        I looked back and forth between Ben and Christina, who just seemed to shoot dirty looks back and forth... this was going to be interesting. 

        * 

        Finally, Saturday came and I of course was spending my afternoon with the guys, and Christina. We all decided to go to the movies and see whatever movie Ian and Jon had picked, claiming we all needed to see this one. Since I got up early, I decided to put effort into my outfit and actually dress like a female. I wore an old black skirt I'd owned forever, with a black halter top which worked out since it was still pretty warm outside. When the guys showed up to get me, all of them looked completely shocked to see me. 

        "Jess, are you feeling okay?" Aaron asked, as I got into the back seat with Jon and Ben. 

        "Yeah, why?" 

        "You look like a girl." Ian responded. "Like, what happened?" 

        "I got up early." 

        At the theatre we all sat in one row together, Ben on the end, Aaron, Christina, Ian, Jon and then myself. I didn't mind that I'd been put on the end, especially since I was far awat from Ben who yes, I was still avoiding. 

        About halfway through the movie Jon placed his hand on my thigh, making small circles with his fingers on my inner thigh. I tried to hold back giggles, since I happened to be incredibly ticklish and didn't want to draw attention to myself. Eventually, he moved his hand up higher and I was both praying he'd do something and hoping he wouldn't since we were surrounded by our friends and strangers. Apparently, Jon decided this was the ideal time to finger his girlfriend, in the theatre with all your best friends sitting beside you... Not that I could complain, I'd enjoyed myself. Unfortuanately, I think Ian noticed, hopefully he wouldn't say anything to others. 

        As we exited the theatre I laced my fingers with Jon's and dragged him out of the theatre, separating us from the group. I wanted to talk to Jon privately about what had just taken place. 

        "Why'd you do that?" I asked, rolling my eyes at his impressed smirk. 

        "I just felt like it, and you didn't seem to mind." He shrugged. "Are you mad?" 

        "No," I sighed. "It's just that I think Ian saw." 

        Jon raised his eyebrows, and laughed a little. "Oops. I'll talk to him." 

        "Alright." I laughed. As we both walked back towards the car, where the other four stood talking. 

        ** 

        Later that night, Christina and I ended up hanging out while the guys got ready for their show. We went back to my apartment, and talked. 

        "I thought you were dating Ben." Christina blurted out. 

        "What?" I almost screamed. 

        "You two were all joking around and acting like a couple at lunch..." She trailed off. "But then you were all holding hands with Jon, and I had to ask Ian..." 

        "I'm dating Jon." I told her. "Ben and I are just friends, I'd never date him." 

        "Oh..." She looked confused. 

        "What?" 

        "Nothing, I just, I could see you and Ben together." She smiled up at me. "But, you and Jon look really cute together, and I can tell he makes you happy." 

        "That he does." 

        "How long have you been together?" 

        "Almost two years." I told her, smiling. 

        "Wow, that's a long time." 

        "It really is, and we've never slept together." 

        "What?" She half screamed. "How haven't you?" 

        "Just haven't." I bit my lip. It was no secret that I wasn't a virgin, but no one knew that I'd slept with Ben and I wanted to tell Christina... but could I trust her?

        "So, you're a virgin?" 

        "Oh, god no... I dated two guys before Jon, and I slept with both of them..." 

        "Oh." 

        "Yeah." 

        We continued to talk, discussing her move here, and my own move here. Christina and I got along really well, which was nice, I needed more people to talk to besides the guys. We got ready and left for the guys show together, which were both excited for.