Temptation

PART 1

(Anna's POV)
The night of the accident: and it all started at a frat party.

Anna Flemming;

My one friend Meghan is cheering on my best friend Joe Henderson who is currently upside down.... drinking from a beer keg. "Oh god Joe. Didn't you learn the last time you did this?" I said.

Joe Henderson;

Let's just say the last time he did this, his night ended up with a bloody forehead from causing a fight and him laying naked outside in some rando's lawn. Imagine how embarrassing. Yikes.

And yes I would know because I was there. And guess who had to help take care of him that night? That's right. Me.

After two minutes of drinking from the keg, he hops down and the crowd is yelling his name. "Go Joe!!!" Some random blonde and brunette were yelling. "Yeah man, do it again!!!" One of his jock friends were screaming. Everyone cheering him on.

I quickly interrupt. "How about not. He's had enough tonight." rolling my eyes. "Let's get you cleaned up Joe." I pull him closely as he stumbles a bit and slip one of my arms around his lower back with his arm resting on my shoulders and we walk slowly to the bathroom where I use damp paper towels to clean up all the beer from his face. "Anna I can do this myself you know..." He laughs with a tint of a smile on his face leaning against the countertop.

"Well considering you're too shitfaced to even stand straight I think I'll lend you a hand like I always do. Just wish you weren't so darn stupid sometimes." I shake my head with a slight grin appearing on my face as my eyes meet his. And he stares at me. Stares as if he's fixated on something so important. Why? I know we're best friends but I feel like there's something he wants to tell me.

"Is there something on my face?" I finally speak up with a soft laugh and he blinks a few times, waking him from his trance. "No no" he chuckles. "I'm sorry for staring Anna Banana, (which is a nickname he's called me for years). I just feel like the luckiest man in the world to have such a kind, caring friend like you. Thank you." His face went gentle and he goes to give me a hug but ends up falling over and before I could catch him, he tackles me on top of him, catching me in his arms. I can feel his body tense as he stares into my eyes. I stare back for a moment before feeling his fingers tickling at my sides and I instantly smile, busting out into laughter. "Ahh Joe!! Stop it!!" I roll over trying to scurry away from him and I finally manage to. Standing up on my two feet and lending out my hand  to him as I say. "What do you say we get out of here to my place? We can watch a movie and eat nacho cheese flavored popcorn like we used to?" I smile softly, thinking about the old times we shared together, and he takes my hand. Standing up on his feet as well and nods with a smile. "Sounds good to me." He says. "Let's get out of here."

Since I'm in college, my dorm is only a few blocks away, we decide to just walk there since he's clearly intoxicated and I also had a few drinks tonight. Blackberry martinis which is my all time favorite drink.

He's still a little tipsy so I keep one arm around him to hold him steady as we walk along the sidewalk. It's 1 o'clock in the morning so it's pitch dark outside with nothing but the moon and street lights shining down on us. We talk about how much fun we had tonight at the frat party. I was singing and dancing with Meghan pretty much the whole night. Guys drooling over us like usual but unlike her I don't really crave the attention. I'm more fixated on myself and school to be worrying about guys. Guess you could say it's an independence thing and from all the crappy male experiences I've had in the past.

We were laughing about this gay guy that I guess was trying to hit on Joe the whole night. Which I'm not surprised being he's one of the most handsome guys at Pentfield University and he's considered a 'popular'.

Never understood how he could be so close to someone like me when there's far more beautiful and interesting girls out there, but we were neighbors throughout our whole childhood and our parents were best friends. I swear we spent every waking minute together. Both deciding to go to the best college aka Pentfield University where I'm studying Fine Arts. Joe decided to study law to become a successful lawyer.