Self Destruction Is Such A Pretty Little Thing

Chapter 20

Last night was so hectic, Jessica had every right to be angry with me Ben and Danny but she had no right to kiss Ben, there was no need at all. I felt sorry for James Sam and Cameron though, they where stuck in the middle of all of this. I had locked myself in the bathroom and was sat crying, the boys said they would leave me alone if I promised not to do anything stupid.

There was a knock on the door. I sniffed and wiped my tears and opened the door.

"You okay?" I nodded. I didn't feel like talking. Cameron stepped into the bathroom and closed the door. He sat on the floor by the bath and I did the same thing, he pulled me into a hug and began to stroke my hair.

"It's going to be ok y'know" he reassured me

"No it's not, my best friend hates me Cameron!" I said bursting into tears again.

"No she does not, oh god no. She's upset"

"Then why hasn't she been answering my calls, why is she ignoring me, I don't even know where she is"

"You just need to give her some space and let her calm down. I'm going to be honest you were kind of in the wrong for not telling her because as she said, you tell each other everything. But Ben and Danny have more explaining to do then you ever will. They made the bet, not you.you only knew about it, you didn't take part in coming up with he bet. You just knew. Trust me, it will all be ok. If you two are as close as you seem then you will make up."

"But Cam she kissed Ben"

"I know, I know but she probably wasn't thinking straight, she more than likely wanted to get back at you for not telling her. I bet she didn't mean it really!" I looked up at him and smile.

"Thanks Cameron" I hugged him and he returned the hug.

"Anytime Annabelle, now come downstairs and see Ben"

We made our way into he living and I went straight over to Ben, he pulled me onto his lap and just held me, he knew I felt guilty and sorry for keeping the secret from her. Hell, even him and Danny felt bad for even coming up with the bet. James turned on the TV to take our mind off of things. We all sat and watched in silence.

Not long after we all heard the front door slam. Our heads turned to the direction of the living rook door and Jessica appeared. She didn't say a word, she just look at every single one of us. Jessica made her way over to me and Ben slowly, all of us watching her every move. She gently took ahold of my wrist and forced me to stand up. Pulling me out of the living room and into the kitchen, she didn't say a word. She lent against the table while I stood by the fridge, she lent forward and shut the door. We started at each other without saying a thing.

"Jess I am so so.." She held her hand up, indicating for me to stop talking.

"No belle, I'm sorry, I over-reacted last night, I never should've kissed Ben and I should've let you explain properly. I was just mad because you didn't tell me. It hurt knowing you kept that secret from me it really did. Have you been crying?" She asked

"Yeah aha, but I'm so sorry I kept the secret from you, I really am. I didn't want to keep it from you but then I thought it would be best if you didn't know, you seemed so happy when Danny asked you out and yeah.. You get what I'm trying to say right?" I tried to explain, she just laughed.

"Yeah I get you. I love you Annabelle"

"I love you too, and I'm sorry" I said whilst hugging her. This is the tightest hug we had ever shared. I pulled back to see tears down her eyes, I could feel tears down my eyes too.

"You puffy price of shit!" I told her, referring to her eyes which were red

"You soaker!" She replied causing us both to burst out laughing. We made our way back into the living room, the boys eyes quickly turned to us when we entered.

"Friends again?" Same asked with a smile, me and Jessica just looked at each other and smiled

"Yeah!" She said whilst pulling me into a hug, the sight of us two hugging placed smiles onto the boys face.

"Soo....." James started to say. The room fell silent all eyes where on Jessica, Danny and Ben.

"There is some 'issues' that need to be resolved." Jessica said sternly. "First of all Ben, I am sorry for kissing you I really am but why? Why did you make the bet?" She asked him. Ben sighed.

"I thought it would be a good idea because when me and Annabelle saw you in bed together you looked so cute and I know Danny wouldn't ask you out himself so the only way I could do that was by making the bet, I'm sorry Jess" he explained. He told up and gave her a friendly hug which she returned.

"I forgive you, now Danny!" He stared at her and waited for her to say something. "I'm sorry for chucking my drink at you, I was angry and shouldn't of done it but I'm going to ask you, why did you go along with the bet?"

"Ben was offering free drinks, like I was going to say no to that!" I looked at Jessica, she looked hurt. "But before you say anything else I do not regret making that bet because it made me realise that I actually do like you Jessica. I didn't think I did as I'm not the type to be in a relationship but.."

"Danny it's fine honestly wait..you like me?" She asked in shock

"Yeah..I do..and I'm not a ashamed to say it!" He said proudly. He walked over to Jessica and kissed her.

"Forgive me?" He asked with a smirk.

"Obviously" she said whilst hugging him. Me, Ben, Sam, James and Cameron all shared glances and nodded. We all took a deep breathe.

"JANNY!" We all screamed and the room filled with laughter.

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