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"I feel awful. I never want her to be hurt and I'm the reason she was," I sighed, "I... can I ask you something but you can't tell Char I asked?" I sat up and faced him fully, my body turned toward him.

"I can't promise I won't tell her if she deserves to know but... you're welcome to ask."

Okay. It's worth it.

"Has Char been with anyone?" I swallowed down, anxious about the answer.

"What do you mean?"

"Has she seen anyone after me? Been with anyone... physically?" I felt awkward talking to Dylan, of all people, about this.

Dylan chuckled a little, "we're close, but she does keep some things private. But... from what I can tell and from what she's told me, she hasn't dated anyone. Plus... she's not the physical type... I mean she doesn't just sleep with someone she barely knows. She's been hurting and, I think, she missed you too much to be intimate with someone else. You know how long she takes to be comfortable around someone let alone naked in front of someone. I think she has maybe kissed someone? I could be wrong. But she made out with a few of us when we got to Santorini a few days ago."

A lot of what he said made me feel guilty. I was hurting too but I stupidly slept with Lola. I also felt relieved though because I didn't want to imagine her making love with anyone else. But then... what was that last part?!

"What? She made out with some of you guys? Who? Why?"

"Oh. Well. It was a bit of a dramatic night. Vi and Char had a few disagreements... about you. Then most of us got super drunk and played Spin The Bottle. I wasn't that drunk though coz someone needed to make sure everyone was alright. Char had to kiss..." he paused, looking like he was recollecting his thoughts, "Uh... Kirsty, Sam, Jess, Mads, Me and Jules."

Him?

"Wow. That's... something," I didn't really know what to say, "you?"

"Don't worry, Justin. It was just Spin The Bottle. It was just a peck," he said.

I slid my feet up and rested my arms on my knees.

"Look, in all seriousness, I think you guys will figure it out and as much as you miss having her as your girlfriend, at least you guys have each other back as friends. For now," Dylan said, sincerely.

"Thanks, man," I peered at him, "I guess I can't really dislike you anymore," I teased.

"What can I say? Looks like we both made a change," he laughed a little.

"Do you think I should try and instigate romance or something?" I looked at him for advice.

"Honestly, I think it should just happen naturally. Whatever happens, happens. Don't force anything," he said.

I nodded slowly, "okay. I think if she wanted that anyway, she would've said something to me. I mean, two nights ago we had the biggest heart-to-heart. I think we talked until 3am," I said.

"Yeah I know. I ended up sleeping on the couch that night because I didn't wanna interrupt," he jokingly narrowed his eyes at me.

I chortled, "sorry, man. I'm not used to having a roommate."

"It's totally fine. I'm just teasing. Uh, we should probably get up and about. Wonder what today's plans are?" He stretched and got up from his bed.

"Yeah probably something vacation-ish. And probably more death glares from Violet as well as thinly-veiled insults," I faked a smile.

"Aww man, just give her time. She's super protective of Char. She's kinda like a friend slash big sister even though they're only a year apart in age. Well, officially a year tomorrow. If you think about it, that makes her and Fredo an even more perfect couple: char's non-biological big bro and big sis," he smiled at his deduction.