"Remember our little deal Jess" Anthony whispered in my ear. I jumped and turned around. I was at the party and so was Anthony. I had tried to get out of it but nothing I had told Justin worked. I glared at him.
"I'm not doing anything with you" I hissed.
"You will if you want to keep lover boy"
"You wont even dare tell him all that bullshit"
"Wont I? Watch me Jess. You and that guy... what's his name? Zac?...yeah.. you and him were all over each other at the mall... everyone saw it" Anthony said.
"What do you mean everyone saw it?"
"Let's just say I've got myself some witnesses" Anthony said. A chill ran down my spine as I tried to keep the fear from my face.
"No... no you don't." I said.
"Well, you'll just have to wait and see. Now if you want to stay in Justin's good books, you'll meet me in Troy's room at ten exactly. Justin will never find out."
"No I wont. I'm not meeting you. You're dreaming if you think I will" I hissed. Anthony was about to respond to me but he changed his tone.
"Some party hey Jess?" He asked me. I turned around and saw Justin making his way towards us. I glared at him. "If you know what's good for you you'll act normal" Anthony hissed. I swallowed and nodded.
"Uh.. yeah... party's great" I said as Justin came up behind me and slipped his arm around my waist. He pulled me close to him.
"Hey Tony.. you wouldn't be tryin to take my girl now would you?" He asked jokingly. Anthony just grinned. "Nah... you wouldn't even try.. you know I'd kick your arse if you did" Justin said and then laughed. Anthony laughed to.
"Anthony and I were just talking about the party" I spoke up.
"Oh yeah?... pretty shit hey?"
"Yeah... everyone's drunk except you" I pointed out. Justin grinned.
"Yeah. But I gotta drive you home don't I? I'll just get smashed when I get back" He said.
"Oh will you? So you're staying sober for me?" I asked.
"Yep... I'm not gonna be stupid and drive while I'm drunk... I'm not an idiot"
"I know that." I said. By now, Anthony had walked away, leaving me and Justin alone. Things between me and Justin had improved a lot. He hadn't hurt me at all but I didn't dare ask him why the sudden change. It almost killed me to know that it was all going to end in just a few hours. I still couldn't believe that Anthony expected me to go through with it.
"Let's dance." Justin announced, it wasn't a question, it was more like a command. I smiled and nodded. When we reached the "dance floor", which was actually just the living room with the furniture pushed aside, the song that was playing finished and "I wanna love you forever" by Jessica Simpson started to play. Justin swept me up in his arms and we swayed back and forth, my head resting on his chest.
"I love you Justin... you know that don't you?" I asked looking up at him, he just nodded. I went on "I'd never do anything to hurt you or betray you... I don't want to be with anyone but you and I never have... things have been going so great between us lately.. and I don't want anything to happen to change that." I told him.
"Jess, I know... I know you love me and wouldn't do anything ... I know that now and the same goes for me.. Jess, I will never hurt you again.. and I'm so sorry for all the times I have..I was such a jerk.. I'm surprised you're still with me.."
"I'm still with you because I love you.." I cut in. As the night passed I got more terrified of what was to come. Ten o'clock got closer and closer and Anthony had been coming up to me all night to remind me of that fact. Ten o'clock came and went and at ten-fifteen, Anthony came charging down the stairs and over to Justin. Anthony glanced over at me and then began talking to Justin. I was over the other side of the room and I could feel the colour draining from my face. He's doing it I thought frantically. He's actually going to tell Justin all those lies! Justin looked like he couldn't quite believe what Anthony was saying to him. "Don't believe him" I said quietly to myself. I got up enough guts and walked over to the two of them.
"Ahh, hey Jess... we were just talking about you... weren't we Justin?" Anthony said, giving me an evil smile. I glared at him. Justin didn't say a word.
"What have you said?" I asked.
"I told him the truth, Zac Hanson was all over you at the mall the other day.. not to mention, you didn't stop it.. in fact Jess.. you looked like you were actually enjoying it! You didn't exactly keep your hands to yourself either." Anthony said. I felt the anger bubble up inside of me.
"Justin, it's not true! He's only telling you these lies because I wouldn't sleep with him!" I exclaimed, my eyes pleading with Justin to believe me. He looked from me to Anthony and back to me again. "Yes! thats right... he told me if I didn't sleep with him at this party at ten o'clock then he would tell you all this bullshit about me and Zac!"
"Come on man! I've been your best friend for thirteen years! I would never lie to you ... let alone try and get your girl into bed with me! There's plenty for me to chose from here... why would I want Jess?"
"Shut up Anthony! Stop lying! Why are you doing this?"
"I said, I've been Justin's best friend for thirteen years, I'm not just gonna sit and watch you cheat on him"
"I'm not cheating on him!" I cried.
"Tony... if you've known about this for a couple of day's, why didn't you come to me straight away. Why did you leave it until tonight to tell me?"
"Justin, it's not true-"
"Shut up Jess" Justin said, but he didn't sound angry. "Well? why did you wait?"
"Because I had to think about it... I needed to know that I was doing the right thing"
"Thats bullshit! You did this because I wouldn't sleep with you you fucking-"
"Jesika, be fucking quiet" Justin said, his voice rising. I glared at him.
"Justin, I don't want to sleep with her. I never have. The bitch is crazy" Anthony said. I noticed that he was losing confidence.
"Watch what you say about her Tony. I can't believe you. Why didn't you tell me the day you saw her with Zac?"
"Justin!"
"I TOLD YOU TO BE QUIET!" Justin yelled, raising his hand as if to hit me.
"NO!" I cried, backing away from him. Justins eyes went wide as if he realized what he had done.
"My god... Jess I'm sorry... you know I'd never hurt you again" He said, taking a step towards me. He then turned to Anthony. "I'll talk to you later about this.".
"I'm tellin ya the truth man." Anthony said. Justin just nodded and took hold of my arm.
"We're leaving" He announced. I didn't know if I should be afraid or not. I let Justin lead me out of the house and to his car.
"Where are we going?" I asked him quietly. He didn't answer me. I was quiet until I noticed that we were driving out of town. "Justin..."
"Just shut up Jess.... I'll tell you when you can talk." He said firmly.
"Excuse me? since when do you control my life huh?" I snapped, turning in my seat to face him. He didn't look at me or say anything. I hated the silence. "Justin... talk to me god damn it!" I exclaimed. He swerved and pulled up on the side of the road.
"All that bullshit you told me when we were dancing....you just said that because you knew Anthony was going to tell me about Zac... "
"What? Justin, no!! it wasn't bullshit! Every word I said is true.... why don't you believe me? There is nothing going on with me and Zac! Fuck... I'm not even talking to him now!" I yelled. Justin looked at me.
"Why not?"
"Never mind....what I told you is true. Anthony told me that if I didn't sleep with him at that party... he would come to you will all those lies and-"
"Why would he do that huh? We've been friends for thriteen fucking years Jesika.. he wouldn't lie to me about something so serious."
"Listen to me Justin. Nothing is going on between me and Zac! WHY DON'T YOU BLOODY BELIEVE ME?" I screamed, slamming my fist down hard on the dashboard.
"DON'T YELL AT ME BITCH!" Justin roared and punched me hard in the face. Thats when I made my biggest mistake. I hit him back.
Chapter Eleven
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