"I'm not going."
"You have to go."
"I'm not."
"Did you see the way Layla was looking at you? She was obviously waiting for you to say no." Nikki says rolling her eyes.
"And that's why you have to go duh." Brie adds.
"No I'm not putting myself in that situation. A sharing beach house with Dean and Layla? For the weekend? That's a plan for failure and I'm not going through that."
"Come on, Aj. You have to come. Plus you can't leave Randy by himself."
"That's another thing. I don't want to lead Randy on."
"You are just going as friends nothing serious. You just have to go or do you want to give Layla the satisfaction of knowing you didn't go because of her and Dean?"
"No."
"Then come on let's pack!"
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"Hello welcome. This is my beach house." Layla says enthusiastically. I awkwardly hang on to my bag feeling Dean's stare.
"Looks lovely." Brie says with a fake smile.
"So Dean and I like to sleep upstairs because that's our favorite room." She emphasizes the word sleep making me sick.
"I have extra rooms of course. Roman and Brie you can sleep downstairs on the last room. Nikki and Seth there's a room next to theirs where you can sleep."
Nikki smiles with pink cheeks, "Actually we don't sleep together just yet."
"Oh well I have two more rooms upstairs. Aj and Randy can sleep upstairs down the hall from us and you can stay in the room next to them." She says smiling.
"Uh, Randy and I can't share a room. We're .. uh..."
"Well dear I only have one extra room and that's for Nikki."
My face reddens at the thought of sharing a room with Randy. "If Nikki doesn't mind we can share a room." Seth speaks up.
This makes me sigh in relief. Nikki looks at me and I give her a pleading look. It's not like she minds sleeping with him.
"Okay yeah that's fine."
"I'll let you unpack and get settled and have some pizza ordered." Layla says. I walk away with Brie and Nikki.
"She seems too nice." Brie comments.
"That's because she's being fake nude Brianna duh." Nikki says.
"Don't you think I know that? We've done that a billion times."
"You better be glad I love you, Aj. I sacrificed having my own room for you."
"Like that's much sacrifice." Brie says with a chuckle.
"Well no but I don't want to seem too easy. I mean I just met the guy like two days ago and I'm already sharing a room with him?"
"Listen, I really appreciate what you're doing for me. Thank you." I tell Nikki.
"Yeah that's fine don't worry about it. Let's go unpack."
I nod my head and start walking upstairs since that's where I'm staying. She didn't mention which room is mine so I pick a random one that's in front of the bathroom.
"Do you need help?"
I freeze and turn around making eye contact with Dean. "No."
"You look like you need help." He says grabbing my bag which is not even heavy.
"Not that kind of help." I mumble.
"What?"
"Nothing. I said I don't need help. It's not even heavy." I snatch it out of his hands.
"Why're you here?"
"Why do you think? Because I had already told Randy I'd come. Don't even think it's because of you."
"I - I -"
"Don't."
"Aj just -"
"Just don't. I don't want to hear it."
"Babe!" Layla calls from downstairs.
"You better go your girlfriend is calling."
He looks at me then turns his head to the stairs. Layla calls again and I'm hoping he doesn't go to her but of course he does.
Once again I'm let down.
He keeps letting me down and I still foolishly hold on to him.
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"The pizza is delicious." Randy comments wiping his mouth.
"It really is." Roman adds.
"You don't like the pizza, Aj?" Layla asks me.
It bothers me how she talks to me like we're best friends or something. There's something awfully fake about her tone.
She's trying so hard to not slit my throat I can feel it just by her gaze. But she's somehow managing to keep it all bottled inside.
Unfortunately, for me I'm not that good at hiding my emotions. I'm literally breaking apart right this seconds.
It's just so painful to watch Dean sit beside her. And although he's not showing her any affection it hurts to see him beside her.
He should be beside me.
He should be eating pizza next to me.
His arm should be touching mine.
He should be with me.
"I'm not hungry." I say staring at the pizza on my plate.
"Don't tell me you're like on a diet or something?" She scoffs.
"No. I'm just not hungry right this second."
"Can I have it then?" Randy asks who's sitting next to me.
I nod my head and he smiles at me sweetly. "Aww! Babe they're so cute aren't they?" Layla asks Dean.
The pet name "babe" makes me super uncomfortable. Especially because he's calling Dean that. It makes me sicker by the second.
"Super cute!" Nikki says.
I give Nikki a glance to which she shrugs. "Anyways, should we talk about tomorrow's plans? I think we should go to the beach." Brie says changing the topic.
"Oh yeah! My dad owns a boat and he can let us borrow it. We could go out to the ocean." Layla gushes.
I look down at my fingers and make no comment. I'm just ready for this awful weekend to be over.
"That sounds like fun." Seth says cheerfully.
"It's going to be super fun!"
Neither Dean or I make any comments.
Throughout the whole dinner I stay silent. After the cleaning I decide to go upstairs to shower.
What I need right now is a long shower and sleep. The only way I seem to find a little peace is by sleeping.
When I get in the bathroom I realized I forgot my shampoo in the room. I wrap a towel around my body and open the door.
As soon as I open the door I feel someone push my back inside locking the door.
"We need to talk."
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