It wasn't until the next day, after twelve, that I left Tony's bed. Nobody had come to see me and I figured that nobody had gotten up yet. The memory of the previous night, of Tony and myself almost having sex and his girlfriend nearly catching us, rushed back to my mind. Tony had convinced her that I had passed out on his bed and no damage had been done.

I got out of the bed and picked my dress up from the floor. I pulled it on and felt the need to have a long, warm shower. I started wandering out of the room and stood in the livingroom for a moment. There were nothing but a lot of empty bottles and cans all around the room. The whole room smelled like alcohol and cigarettes and sweat and it wasn't really nice.

I picked up an empty bottle from the floor and set it on a table. I was going to start cleaning up when Vic walked out of one of the bedrooms. He rubbed his eyes and ruffled his hair and when he saw me, he stopped walking. Then he looked around the room and saw the mess.

”Wow.” Was all that he said.

”I know,” I mumbled and nodded.

”Where is everybody? Still asleep?”

”I guess so...”

”Are you hungry? I think there's still some pizza in fridge... It's from yesterday but it's good...” Vic started walking into the kitchen and I followed him there.

He told me to sit down, and I did as told, and watched as he handed me a plate that had a slice of pizza on it.

”Did you have fun last night?” I asked him as he sat down on the other side of the table and started eating.

”Nah...” He shook his head, ”Too many couples here. If anything, it makes me miss having a girlfriend.”

”Oh...” I sighed.

For a moment we ate in silence and then Tony marched into the kitchen. He seemed to be still slightly drunk as he went to the fridge and took out a bottle of water.

He opened it and drank the whole bottle. Then he put it on the table and walked to where Vic and I were, and sat down next to me.

”Well you certainly had fun last night,” Vic said with a laugh as he looked at Tony.

”And now I feel like shit,” he admitted and sighed dramatically.

”Shouldn't have drank so much, should you?” Vic pretended to be a disappointed father and I laughed, earning a glare from Tony.

”Did you two see the livingroom? What a fucking mess,” Tony muttered and buried his face into his hands. Obviously he was very hungover and feeling like complete shit.

”But we had fun,” Vic said and nodded. Tony agreed and they started chatting.

I focused on eating but froze completely when I felt Tony's hand on my thigh, under the table. I swallowed a mouthful of pizza as he started rubbing it gently, moving closer to my more private area down there.

”You alright, Abby?” Vic asked with a laugh when he saw the look on my face.

”Uh... Yeah,” I quickly nodded.

My face was bright red from blushing so bad and I could barely focus on eating anymore. What the hell was Tony doing to me? As I was only wearing a dress and my underwear, his hand found a way to push my panties to side and started caressing me with his fingers. I couldn't help but moan at some point, and I could tell without looking that Tony had a wide grin on his face. I quickly covered my mouth with my hand and started coughing.

”Are you sure you're okay?” Vic asked again, looking somewhat confused.

”I think I just got some food stuck in my throat,” I mumbled and cleared my throat.

Tony kept playing his stupid and very disturbing games until I grabbed his hand under the table and shoved it away, only to find it resting on my lower back a moment later.

Vic finished eating and put his plate away before leaving the kitchen. The moment he was gone, Tony pulled me close by my waist.

”Tony, what are you doing?” I hissed, ”Vic could've seen what you did! Somebody could've walked in any second!”

”Give me a kiss,” he whispered and tried to pull me into a kiss. I slapped my hand over his mouth and pushed his head away.

”No! Are you out of your mind?” I hissed and glared at him.

”Come on, Abby, we didn't get to have sex last night. Give me a kiss at least,” he murmured. Was he still drunk? I thought he was.

”Why do you think we didn't have sex last night? Because your girlfriend walked in!”

”Yeah but – ”

”So you left and went to sleep with her instead,” I muttered.

”Are you jealous?” he asked suddenly as he pulled his head back. He looked somewhat amused and I quickly started shaking my head.

”Of course I'm not,” I said, ”No. I'm not jealous at all.”

”Then why does it bother you that I had sex with my girlfriend?”

”Because what you're doing is wrong. You shouldn't keep coming back to me. You said that we have to stop seeing each other like this,” I mumbled.

”But... I don't want to stop seeing you,” he whispered and tried to come close again. I sighed and placed my hands on his shoulders, holding him back.

”Yeah but you have to,” I said quietly, ”You have a girlfriend. You're in love with her, aren't you?”

”I don't think I'm in love with her,” he admitted, ”But I do love her.”

”Why do you have to make this so complicated? You told me that I'm too young for you and you can't keep doing this.”

”Because I want you, Abigail,” he murmured.

Okay, so, I was really confused. Tony had a girlfriend who he loved and he really wanted to be with her. He had told me that I was too young for him; that he was too old for me. So why was he doing this to me, why was he playing with my feelings like that?

”But you really don't want me, do you? All you want is to have sex with me, right?”

”No... No, Abby, no...” But it only sounded like he was trying to fool himself. He wasn't convincing enough and I wasn't falling for it.

”All you do is hurt people,” I whispered and shook my head. I pushed his hands away from me and stood up.

”Thanks for the pizza and the party,” I muttered before marching out of the kitchen.

As soon as I got out of the house, I let out a deep sigh. What a mess, seriously. If Tony wasn't going to stop seeing me, I would have to stop seeing him. Yes, what if I ignored him from that moment on?

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For the next few days I did nothing but stay inside and ignore all of Tony's text messages and calls. He had started begging for me to come see him but I stayed strong and ignored him. I mean, of course I wanted to see him and I missed sex a lot, too, but I knew I had to ignore him in order to make our current situation any better. I had no idea if Kelsey and the rest of the girlfriends had left already and I was dying to hang out with Vic. He was probably the only sane guy around and I wanted to have a real conversation with somebody that wasn't a family member.

While being inside for so long, I had been forced to spend all my time with my family. My mother kept asking a lot of questions about my ”loverboy” and I was getting really tired of it. My brothers were annoying as ever and I just really, really had to get out of the house.

So on one night, as it was already dark outside, I decided to step my feet outside of the house. I pulled on my hoodie even though it wasn't even cold outside and grabbed my phone from the table before heading outside.

As soon as I was out, I started walking down the street. I made my way quickly past Tony's place and kept walking until I reached our local grocery store. I sat down on a bench outside the store and regretted it immediately when I saw Tony's car in front of the store.

I was about to stand up and leave right away but when I saw Kelsey, Tony's girlfriend, I froze. She was marching to the car and looking rather angry. I furrowed my eyes as I looked at her. She got in Tony's car and started driving away. And then I saw Tony. He was shouting and running towards his car, telling his girlfriend to stop, but she didn't. She just drove away and left Tony there looking stupid.

”Tony?” I exclaimed.

His head shot up and he looked around, trying to find the person that was calling his name. His eyes landed on me and a soft grin appeared on his face which was only a few seconds later wiped away by anger. He started marching to me so fast that I flinched.

”What the hell are you doing? Why haven't you answered my calls?” he shouted to me. Fortunately there weren't that many people outside listening to the shouting.

”I have a right to ignore you,” I told him, ”I have a perfectly good reason to stay away from you and that reason is your girlfriend.”

”Yeah, whatever,” he muttered and crossed his arms over his chest.

”Did you just get dumped?” I asked. He shot me a glare.

”What did you say?”

”Why are you suddenly so angry at everybody? You used to be so shy and calm,” I muttered.

”What would you know anything about what I used to be, huh?”

”Your girlfriend has changed you, hasn't she?” I asked. He ignored what I had just said and sat down on the ground.

”You know, this is probably the worst summer of my entire life,” I said after a moment of silence. He looked up at me and nodded.

”I completely agree.”

”So, uh... Why did your girlfriend leave you out here?” I asked carefully.

”She's just... Sometimes she just flips,” he said and sighed deeply.

It felt awful to see him like that. He was always smiling and looked so relaxed and now all of a sudden all that had disappeared. He had become a boring, stressed adult.

”Oh, I see...”

”What are you doing out here all by yourself?” he asked me.

”I just... I came to get some fresh air, that's all,” I mumbled.

”Can I come back to your place?” Tony asked suddenly.

I was slightly taken aback. He never wanted to come over, especially not when my family was there. He was afraid to be seen with me because we weren't a couple.

”Do you want to come?” I asked.

I looked straight into his eyes, looking for a reason for him to change his mind so suddenly. He flashed a smile and nodded.

”I want to sleep with you,” he whispered.

”Sleep as in sleep or sleep sleep?”

”Whatever you want,” he murmured and winked. I couldn't help but let out a laugh and sigh.

So much for staying away from him...