I sprinted to the Hanson House. I rang the doorbell impatiently, and when Ike answered, I pulled him onto the porch and closed the door. He tried to greet me with a kiss, but I pushed him away. He gave me a confused look.
"So Ike," I said, folding my arms and glaring at him, "do you sleep with all your girlfriends or just the good ones?"
"What?!" he said.
"Clarke Isaac Hanson! You know perfectly well what I'm talking about! I know about Rachel, so don't play dumb. Do you only like me because I had sex with you? Just because Rachel wouldn't give it to you you broke up? That's really shallow Ike."
"No! Jenn, I never even went out with Rachel, so how could that happen?" Ike said. I shook my head. "Jenn, why don't you believe me?" he pleaded.
"Ike, I really don't know what to think right now, I just feel used," I said, struggling not to cry.
"Jenn, please...listen to me," he begged. I just turned, and walked away. I needed time to think.
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Oh my gosh...Zac thought, standing at the open window above the porch. Did I hear what I think I heard? Ike and Jenn really did it? So I was right, I had just been guessing when I told Jenn that Ike would be VERY happy to see her, no wonder she was so quiet--I was right! I knew I heard something in the garage last night! I wonder if Tay knows...
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I walked very fast, thinking hard, and crying. Had Ike just used me? Why hadn't I said no? I wasn't paying attention to where I was going, I was just walking, trying to sort things out.
Then I walked right into somebody. We rammed heads, and we both shouted, "Ow!" I rubbed my forehead, then I realized it was Taylor.
"Oh, hey Jenn, sorry for running into you like that," he apologized.
"That's okay, I wasn't looking at where I was going, sorry," I said.
"Oh...I didn't realize that I hit your head so hard, is that why you're crying?" he asked, concerned.
"No...that's not why I'm crying." I mumbled.
Tay sat down on the curb and motioned for me to sit next to him. "What's wrong?" he asked.
"It's...it's...it's Ike. We...we slept together, and I feel so, I don't know--used, I guess," I said weakly.
"Oh, I had no idea," Taylor said, and without realizing what I was doing, I leaned my head on his shoulder and he put his arm around me. I didn't care whose shoulder it was, I just needed comfort.
"It'll be okay," he whispered. I looked up into his big blue eyes, and ignoring what my heart said was wrong, our lips brushed against eachother. After a few seconds, we pulled apart.
"Did we just..." Tay began.
"Kiss?" I finished. He nodded. But before anything else was said, inched closer together, and when our faces were less than and inch apart, he took a deep breath and leaned in and we kissed again, longer and deeper this time. Then we seperated once more.
"Jenn?" he whispered.
"Yeah Taylor?" I said.
"I think that we shouldn't tell anyone about this. It didn't mean anything. It would only hurt Ike and Alex," he said.
"You're right," I said, but I had felt something. I suspected that he had felt it too.
"Well, I have to go now, bye Jenn." Tay said.
"Bye, Taylor," I responded. We turned and walked away in seperate directions. I thought about how it felt kissing Taylor. It was like Ike's kiss, but different, sweeter, somehow. Ike's was more playful and passionate, but Tay's was more serious and sweet. I liked it. Again, I bumped into somebody.
"Oh hi Cleo," I said, seeing who it was.
"Hey Jenn, why'd you leave?"
"Oh, I had to take care of something. Listen, tell Rachel that I'm really sorry about her and Ike. He shouldn't have pushed her to sleep with him." I told her.
"What do you mean?" she asked.
"You know...when Ike and Rachel were going out and they broke up because Rachel wouldn't have sex with him," I explained.
"Have sex with him?" said Cleo. "Why would she do that? She's barely even met the guy, let alone go out with him! She just has a big crush on him and I guess she couldn't handle to see any other girl with him."
Suddenly, it all fit together. Rachel was jealous, and she wanted me to break up with Ike, so she made up that story to get us to fight. Ike had been telling the truth! I'm such an idiot!
Then I remembered. I kissed Taylor.
What had I done?
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