Point Of View 2 [*Do not read until you've read the same chapter of ATW]

Chapter 52 & 53 Why He Does What He Does/Hey Jealousy

"What happened??" Casey asks.

"She found out." I say to Trisha who knows exactly what I mean. Casey, however, does not.

"No. She found out?? How?!" Trisha shrieks. We were supposed to keep this under wraps.

"Can we just go home?"

"Wait. Found out about what?" Casey peers at Trisha.

"Really, I just want to go back home." I continue and look out the window. Maggie lays her little head on my lap, and I pet my dog.

"You told her. Why the hell would you tell her James?!!" Trisha raises her voice.

"Please don't yell in front of Maggie. She isn't used to it." I say while my eyes are still looking out the window. I keep petting the dogs head to let her know it's ok.

"Sorry, but......can someone please fill me in?" Casey's eyes dart from me to Trisha.

"I still don't know why you would tell her. I thought we agreed on-"

"I had no choice." I shake my head.

"So, she knows you and I are together... great. Just great."

"Wait..." Casey is beginning to catch on. Her eyes widen and her jaw drops. "Are you two saying.... wait..."

"Shit, Gallo. Julia's gonna go tell Nate."

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*Trisha*

The rest of the car ride everyone is silent. James is clearly upset. I'm pretty pissed off he told her. Casey stays quiet and drives but you can cut the tension in the car with a knife. Nate notices right away when we get up to his flat.

"Was shopping not good today?" Nate asks from the couch, splurging on pizza with Jonah. "Dinners in those boxes." He points to the pizza while I put the groceries away.

"It was fine." I stand with the fridge open and then glare at James. "You know what? Can someone else put away this shit. James, I need a word with you." I walk straight to Nate's room, the farthest room from the main living area so no one can hear us, James drops his shoulders and follows me, closing the door behind him.

"We AGREED to keep this quiet James." I glare at him.

"Right. But she kept asking. Listen. Trisha, she just knew. She's my best friend. Of course she would know I was keeping something from her."

"You could have just lied. Or come up with another name. Or say you hooked up with Lindsay. Anything else! You could have done Anything else."

"She knew something was up, Trisha. She knew right when I walked in and didn't kiss her, ok? I tell Julia everything. We don't keep anything from each other so when she asked who I'm with now... I had to tell her the truth. I will NEVER lie to her."

"Ugh. You're impossible." I open the door, having nothing more to say and we walk back out to the living room. Nate looks up from his phone. The motherfucker knows, doesn't he? Word travels fast.

"You've GOT to be fucking kidding me!!" He bolts up and glares at James and I, startling everyone in the room and making the dog bark. Casey takes Maggie into James's room and closes the door, already aware of the situation. But Jonah stares at everyone, watching it all unfold while eating his pizza. Jonah is a Diva. He loves this kind of drama. I can't help but shake my head and smirk at him a little.

"Do you know what this does to Julia? C'mon James! And YOU! REALLY??" Nate points at me. "You know how she thinks you are better than her. She's always trying to live up to your FUCKING standards!" He grabs on to his chest harshly and turn away. "I need air."