In This Life (Sequel to 'In Another Life')

71 Colby's POV

"I spilled tea on my shirt," I said stupidly, pointing to where I remembered throwing it, off to the side of the chair. She nodded, swallowed hard, then licked her lips. "Her clothes," she whispered, nodding towards Amber. I glanced over to her, and noticed for the first time, that she was only in a tank top and underwear. She looked up over her hands, her eyes filled with tears, when she faced Terra. "T, I don't know what happened. We were watching the movie, then it got hot, so I turned the air up. Colby told me to go ahead and lay down with him, that it would be okay. I don't know why I did, but then," she cut off, covering her face again as she started to sob. "What. Amber?" T's words were clipped and short. I looked at her and knew. I knew it as well as I knew myself. She was about to blow. She was pissed. Amber looked up again, then glanced at me, then back to T. "He kissed me T. Colby kissed me, and it just...it's been so long since a guy has paid me any attention. He said the sweetest words to me, and it felt nice, having someone care about me again, I guess. I'm so sorry." "Leave," T spat out. "NOW. After everything I've done for you! I invited you to hang out with my friends so that you wouldn't be alone! I tried to encourage you to stay sober! GET OUT OF MY HOUSE AMBER. NOW." Shit. Amber had her face buried again, and her shoulders were shaking with her sobs. Or so I thought. When she looked up again, there was a smile on her face. "Everything you've done for me, T? EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE FOR ME? YOU LEFT ME! YOU LEFT ME TO ROT IN FUCKING NOWHERE GEORGIA WHILE YOU WERE OUT HERE GETTING EVERYTHING YOU WANTED. YOU FORGOT ABOUT ME!" My head was spinning, back and forth between Terra and Amber, not having a fucking clue what was happening, or what I should do. "And I'm forgetting about you again. Get. The. Fuck. Out. Of. My. Home." T took a deep breath and swayed a little on her feet. I jumped up, and darted to her side, reaching my hand out to help steady her. When she jerked back, I felt my heart splinter. Her eyes darted to me, full of hurt, anger, and confusion. "Don't touch me," she said, but it came out in more of a whimper. My hand hung there for a moment, before I let it slowly fall to my side. "T, nothing happened. I swear! I have no memory of doing...anything with her. I didn't kiss her! Or do anything else. She's lying!" Amber laughed, a sadistic, twisted sound. "I'm lying? Okay, then why do I have this?" T and I both looked over to see her holding an empty condom wrapper. My mouth fell open and a weird, broken sound came from T. "We didn't...did we?" My mind was so blurry about last night. The last thing I remembered was taking my shirt off and lying down. "I would never sleep with you," I said, my voice more confident than I felt. There was a little voice in the back of my head that wasn't sure, because I remembered thinking that Amber was Terra this morning when she was lying across my chest. "So, you see T, you left me in that mess, when you promised you'd come back for me," Amber said, ignoring what I had said. "You forgot about me, and you were the first real friend that I've ever had. Or I thought you were." I noticed that Terra's breathing was coming hard and fast, in and out through her nose, and her hands had clenched into fists. I wanted to reach out and take her in my arms, but I knew she would reject me right now. That hurt worse than anything. "But you were just like the rest. Worse than, because you made me believe you actually cared," Amber spat out, standing up. "So, I vowed to get revenge on you, if it was the last thing I did. I kept up with your life through your Instagram and saw that you had dropped poor Justin, and run back into this asshole's arms, the first chance you got. You had it all. You had the life, the friends, the job, the guy of your dreams. You had everyone fooled into thinking that you were this good person, but you and I both know the truth. You only care about yourself and getting what you want, no matter who gets stepped on in the process. So I decided to take what you loved the most." Terra's eyes darted to me, and I saw something broken inside of her that tore me apart. "I knew that you would want to play the savior, trying to help poor, pitiful me if you thought that I was an addict like you that was trying to 'better herself.' Bitch please, I have never been as weak as you. I can control my drugs." "You were never clean," Terra whispered, realization coming into those heartbroken, aqua eyes. Amber grinned and shook her head. "Nope. When I found the bottle of pills in your bathroom, I took them. Had fun with them and made some money, but I knew that wasn't enough. That was nothing. I had to hit you where it hurt. You gave me the perfect moment last night. Haven't you ever learned to never leave your drink around people? They could slip something into it so easily. She turned and picked up her purse, then pulled out a small green medicine bottle. "Xanax has always been the best thing when I want to get so fucked up that I don't remember what's happening." "You drugged us?" I asked, shocked, but understanding why it felt familiar. It wasn't the first time that I had popped a pill. Back in my heavy partying days, I had tried a few things. My eyes darted back to T, who had her hand over her mouth. "I did. It was just so perfect."