Avoiding Commitment (Avoiding #1)(60)

Lexi's heart beat in a panic. If Sandy wasn't there, then that meant that she knew that Lexi hadn't been in bed. She could feel herself beginning to hyperventilate in terror. Sandy would tell everyone that she hadn't been in bed. Lexi had no idea what to do. She couldn't risk everyone finding out that she had been gone.

Quickly changing clothes, she lay down on the empty bed, and contemplated her options. She could rush out of bed now and start making breakfast or something. However, she wasn't sure at what point Sandy had left last night and it might make her look even more conspicuous. She figured she could go find Clark, and snuggle with him. That would cover her tracks if Sandy came back, but would hardly explain anything if Sandy had snuck out earlier in the evening. And anyway, after staying up all night with Jack, she hardly wanted to see her boyfriend. They hadn't done anything wrong…well after they had talked it out they hadn't. But either way, she wasn't quite ready to wash the familiar scent off of her skin or erase the memories of their night together just yet.

So she was fresh out of options. Just as she was about to give up, the door burst open and Sandy sauntered in looking all too pleased with herself. When she noticed that the room wasn't empty, she gasped dramatically and swung the door closed behind her.

"When did you get back?" she asked hesitantly fear evident in her face.

Lexi wasn't sure why she looked so terrified. Lexi was the one who was out at all hours of the night doing things that she didn't want anyone to know about. Why would Sandy be so scared? "What time is it?" Lexi asked stalling.

"Please don't tell anyone I was out," Sandy squealed rushing to the bed and sitting heavily on the quilt comforter. "Oh God, please don't tell anyone." She looked to be about to go into hysterics. "I didn't expect you to be back this morning."

Now Lexi was really confused. Where had she been? Why was she so frantic about people finding out? Luckily, this gave Lexi an out from being confronted about why she had been out all night. "Where were you?" she questioned Sandy trying to compose her features.

"Okay, I'll tell you, but promise you won't say anything," she demanded grabbing for Lexi's hands as tears became to well in her eyes.

"Sure I promise." Lexi was just damn curious.

"Okay. Okay," Sandy said taking her hands back and brushing at her eyes. Obviously, she took some comfort in the fact that Lexi wouldn't say anything. Her hysterics abated, she began speaking. "Well I woke up when you left. I knew immediately where you were going."

Lexi tried to keep her face neutral, but couldn't help her look of surprise. "Where was that?"

"Obviously you were going to Clark's room," Sandy said making the most girly giggle Lexi had ever heard.

"Oh." Lexi breathed out a sigh of relief. Of course that was where this girl would think she had been. Most sane women would have gone to see their boyfriend in the middle of the night while they were on vacation. That would have been the logical thing to do. She scolded herself.

"Don't worry," Sandy said conspiratorially, "I won't let anyone know that you guys were up all night."

Oh God, Lexi didn't know it was possible to feel this bad. This little innocent girl was being so kind to her, and reminding her that she had a loving boyfriend only a floor above her. Lexi bit her lip to the point of pain and then began to push her hair behind her ear. She did not want to cry right now. But Clark was so damn smart. He would know. He would see Jack all over her. He'd be able to piece everything together and realize what had really gone on last night. She stared wide-eyed at Sandy in terror. This was going to be one long vacation.

"But when I saw you were gone, I snuck upstairs to the master bedroom." So maybe she wasn't all that innocent. Lexi nodded along anyway. Really, she should have figured as much. The two had been all over each other since they had arrived. "Well Seth was very persuasive, and I…well…I stayed most of the night. I didn't sleep much though," Sandy said feeling as if she were confiding in a friend. "I know you and Clark are together, but have you and Seth ever?"

Lexi quickly shook her head no. There was no way in hell. Seth was such a pig. Her terror temporarily subsided she answered. "No. No. No. No. No."

"Oh well, you should maybe give it a try. He's…wow…amazing."

Lexi had never been a take-a-guy-out-for-a-spin type of girl. Actually, that kind of made her nauseous. "Yeah I don't think so."

"More for me then," she said contentedly. "He just made me swear not to tell anyone. It's our little secret. So if you could just keep it between us that would be great."

Lexi smiled at the girl. Not innocent…no, but naïve. Obviously Seth wouldn't want Sandy to tell everyone that they were sleeping together. That way he could sleep with the other two girls he had brought with them without any of them knowing about it. How did Sandy not see that? Lexi didn't really care to find out. As long as they were both under the impression that they were keeping each other's secrets that would work out just fine for her.

She was exhausted, but still she was unable to let sleep take over her long enough to really help her out any. Tumbling noises from upstairs informed her that the guys had woken up. From that point on, it was going to be impossible to sleep. Lexi grabbed her Vera Bradley toiletry bag and hobbled into the empty bathroom. She gasped when she saw her reflection in the mirror. No wonder Sandy had thought she had been up all night doing the nasty. She was a wreck.