I make my way into the house tears streaming down my face. Claire is at work today, but I know Caleb is home so I hope to avoid him as I close the front door quietly.

I walk past the living room with my head down and attempt to continue my walk down the hall.

"Aubrey," Caleb calls after me.

"Yes?" I ask still not facing him

"Look at me." He demands

I turn to face him and he shakes his head as he stands up making his way over to me "What the fuck did he do?" He asks in an angry tone.

As the tears roll down my cheeks I shake my head. "Please don't yell at me, I've had enough of that today."

He sighs softly and takes me into his arms, rubbing my back "I'm sorry." he whispers and kisses the top of my head. "Come on, let's go and lay down."

He takes my hand and leads me back to the living room. He lays down on the couch and pulls me down with him. I lay my head down on his chest and watch the T.V as he rubs my arm, soothing me.

"Do you want to talk about it?" He whispers

"No." I shake my head.

Everything is quiet for a while, as he just holds me. Slowly I bring my body up and look up at him "I'm sorry I didn't listen to you."

"It's okay." He says as he leans down, his lips inches from mine.

I turn my head to the side slightly and press my lips to his softly, he does the same before pulling away and looking down at me. "You're so beautiful." He strokes my cheek and my insecurities give in.

"Room, now," I tell him as I stand and hold my hand out to him. We hurriedly walk to his room and I close the door behind us.

I pull my shirt over my head, leaving me in my bra and leather skirt and crawl onto the bed on top of him, the second I reach him, I kiss him with an open mouth, swirling my tongue around his. He rolls his body slightly, in an attempt to take control, not once breaking the kiss.

Once I'm on my back, he keeps the kisses coming. I help him remove his shirt and he helps me slide out of my skirt.

"You really want this?" He questions looking down at me.

Rather than answer, I pull him back down to me kissing him hard. He continues like this, kissing and touching until we're both fully undressed.

On his knees, he reaches over and pulls his bedroom drawn open, pulling out a condom. He rips it open and throws the packet on the ground, then slides it over his hard length. I was right, Easton is definitely bigger than most.

Easton... damn it, stop thinking about stupid Easton.

Using his fingers he feels my core and finds I'm already wet, no foreplay is needed. He lines himself up at my entrance and begins to push himself in slowly.

I bite down on my bottom lip, hard as my body adjusts.

"Tell me to stop if I'm hurting you." He lays his body down a little further which somehow allows him to slide in a little deeper without to much pain.

"You good?" He questions as he looks down at me, he's entire length now inside me.

"Give me a second." I close my eyes for a moment and begin to rock my hips against his slowly.

He follows suit and after a while, it starts to feel good. I move harder against him, and he moves harder and faster as he pumps in and out.

This goes on for some time, both of us kissing, touching and fighting for dominance. And the longer it goes on, the more into it I become.

I moan loudly as he flips us once more, on top of me once again as he thrusts hard in and out of me. I'm already so close as he leans down and begins placing kisses on my neck as he continues to thrust. Finally, I reach my peak and come undone under him. He finishes at the same time, releasing it into the condom.

"Fuck." He huffs and lays down next to me, pulling his condom off and placing it in the bin next to him.

I turn my head to face him and smile softly. "Thanks for being my first."

"Thanks for letting me be your first." He pulls me into his arms and kisses the top of my head. "I know I'm not who you want to be with Aubs, but I'll always be here for you."

"You're not mad at me for using you?" I question feeling guilty.

"What's there to be mad about? We had sex, and we're friends again." He laughs softly "I knew you were using me, Aubrey." He admits "I know you're in love with that asshole no matter what he does to you." he sighs "I can't say I'm impressed, but I can't change how you feel."

I smile up at him and kiss his cheek. "I'm glad you're my first, no matter what we're going to be in each other's lives, we were already bounded for life anyway." I laugh

"Well anytime you want to do some bonding, you know where my room is." He grins down at me. "Get some rest beautiful."

I snuggle into his arms and close my eyes thinking of the days' events. I don't regret sleeping with Caleb and I don't think I ever will. Caleb has been in my life since I was twelve years old and from that day he's never left my side, he's been my best friend for as long as I can remember and he's always been good to me. If I'm honest I wish I could make myself fall in love with him, because he'd make a wonderful boyfriend but you can't choose who you fall in love with.

♠

Easton's POV:

"Fuck." I slam my fist against the wall.

"Son." Dad says firmly as he enters the floor.

"I'll pay to fix it." I huff as I look at the hole in the wall and sit down on the couch, placing my head in my hands.

"I take it you did what needed to be done?"

"Yes." I nod and look up at him. "I pushed her away, I made her hate me."

"I'm sure that wasn't easy, but if you want to keep her safe, this is how it has to be for now."

"She'll never speak to me again, I could see the hurt written all over her face." I look down shaking my head. "This is why I should have never allowed myself to get close to her in the first place."

"If it's meant to be, it will be Son." he exits the room.

I sit in this same position just staring at the floor.

"East..." Amara says softly as she makes her way into the room. She takes a seat next to me and places her hand on my back. "I don't' like to see you like this."

"Have you spoken to Aubrey?"

"No, would you like me to call her?" She pulls her phone out and I nod.

She dials the number, keeping the phone on speaker and it rings a few times before Caleb answers "Hello?"

"Hey Ca, it's Amara, is Aubrey there?"

"Yeah, she's asleep next to me, hang on." He places the phone down. "Aubs." I hear him whisper and the rustling of sheets.

"Hmm?" She hums softly

"Amara is on the phone."

The rustling of sheets starts up again and she speaks once more. "Can you pass me my clothes?" She asks softly.

She fucking slept with him......

A second later she picks up the phone from the bed "Hello?" She asks as she begins walking to another room.

"Hey pretty, I was just calling to see if you're okay."

"Yeah, I'm fine, why?"

"Easton said you guys had a bit of a fight and I just wanted to check in, that's all."

"We didn't have a fight Mara, he just turned into an asshole out of nowhere, he once again reminded me he doesn't like me or have feelings for me, compared me to every other woman and proceeded to tell me I'm not pretty and that I'm clingy and annoying and he isn't interested in me"

Amara shoots me a glare and I shake my head

"I'm sure he didn't mean any of that, maybe he's just having a bad day."

"Not even someone having a bad day would go that far." Aubrey protests and sighs "Anyway, Caleb is waiting for me, so I'm going to go back to bed."

I look at Amara and nudge her.

"Uh, Aubrey." She mumbles "Before you go, D-did you and Caleb, you know, sleep together?"

"We did," she states matter of factly "But that's a story for another time, I'll see you soon." she hangs up the phone.

Amara turns to me, waiting for some kind of reaction, she knows it's coming any second.

"Get out," I shout

"East-"

"Get out," I shout again

She stands up and leaves the room. The second she's gone I begin smashing up everything around me. I rip the photos off the walls and push everything off the desk onto the floor, most of it breaking.

The door pushes open once more "Easton." her voice speaks behind me

"Scarlett, lock the door and come here," I demand.