Fallen Crest Alternative Version (Fallen Crest High #2.1)(60)

When Logan caught my hand and spun me around, I couldn’t hold back my laughter. I hadn’t had fun at a party for—never. When I stopped at the edge of the dance floor, I glanced up and saw Mason in the corner. He was on a couch with Ethan and some of their other friends. My hand was caught again and I didn’t have a chance to see who else was with him before Logan spun me back the other way.

I knew he would catch me, but before he did I bumped into another couple. “Oh, sorry,” I panted before I saw who it was.

Jeff looked up and blinked a few times. His eyes widened and he backed away from the girl.

I stopped short. Then it registered what I had seen. He was with a girl. He had been grinding with her and his lips were on her shoulder. The other had been under her shirt and her blonde hair was swept to the other side as he started to nibble towards her neck.

Blonde.

My eyes went wide when the girl turned in confusion. Jeff kept backing away and I knew he was going to try and sneak away. The girl he had been dancing with saw me standing there and she frowned. She had full pouty lips, dark eyes, and the dirty blonde hair I always knew he found attractive.

I cursed and pushed after him.

“Sam!” Logan shouted.

I yelled back, “I’ll be back.”

“Wha—” And then he stopped.

I glanced over my shoulder before I turned down a hallway and saw Logan shrug before he turned towards where Mason was. But then I was in another hallway and I saw Jeff’s shoe slip inside a room. I hurried my pace.

The door was about to shut, but I caught it and shoved it open.

“Oh, come on!” Jeff groaned when I slipped inside. He backed up and slumped down on the bed. Then he rested his elbows on his knees and slid his hands through his hair. The spiky brown ends stood up as he shook his hand through them and looked back up with bleak eyes. “What are you going to do, Sam?”

“You’re cheating on Jessica?”

“I was dancing.”

“You were going to do more! Or did you already do more?”

Guilt flashed over him and he collapsed back on the bed. “Please don’t say anything to Jessica. Please, Sam. Please. I can’t handle her attitude right now.”

I rolled my eyes. I was about to say something when the door opened again. Mason and Logan both came inside.

“Oh my god!” Jeff groaned again as he saw them. “Really. I could do without the triad.”

Mason’s eyes narrowed as he swept over me and lingered on Jeff. “What are you doing?”

A disgusted sound ripped from the bottom of my throat. “I have no idea. This idiot cheated on me and he’s cheating on that girl now.”

Jeff sat back up, but he watched them warily. “Oh, come on, Sam. Don’t tell me you’re not a little happy by this. She’s getting what she deserves, right?” He snorted.

I stopped whatever I’d been about to say. He was right. I was happy, but I wasn’t. I glowered at him. “Stop cheating on girls.” It took two steps and I swatted him on the back of his head.

“Ouch!” He rubbed at the spot and glowered back.

Logan started laughing while Mason’s shoulder relaxed. He slid his hands in his jean pockets and leaned against the door, but then someone knocked and he opened it. Becky stumbled in, her eyes wide as she took in the scene. Mason and Logan both stood close to the door, but then her eyes fell on the bed and they went flat. She glanced at me and sighed. “What’d he do now?”

“Hey.”

Rex had followed behind her. He stopped and stared at Jeff with a frown.

She turned back. “He’s my cousin.”

He shrugged and went to lean beside Logan. All three of them were now lined up on the other side of the room.

Becky shook her head. “What’d he do? Let me guess. He hit on you, didn’t he?” Before I could answer, she swatted the back of his head too.

“Hey!”

She ignored him. “What do you want me to do? I can sic my aunt on him. She’s already disgusted that her son is a manwhore.”

“I am not.”

I shrugged. “It wasn’t me. He was grinding on another girl. I’m pretty sure they’d just left a bedroom.”

She turned with her hands on her hips. She struck an intimidating poise. “You cheated on Jessica? Wait, you’re still with Jessica, right?”

“Yeah,” he grumbled. He hung his head.

“I can’t believe you cheated on her. You usually cheat with her.”

“I know. I know we do, but I don’t know.” He sighed as his shoulders lifted up and down. His head hung further. “Are you guys going to tell?”

Becky’s eyes got wide again. “Tell Jessica? Are you kidding me?”

“I will.” I spun on my heel and was through the door before anyone tried to stop me. I hadn’t gone far before a hand wrapped around my wrist and I was pulled into another empty room. This time the door was closed and locked before I could get back through.

“What?” I glared at Mason.

“Don’t do this.”

“Do what?” My heart was racing. My chest heaved up and down.

He moved away from me and a back lamp was switched on. He sat on the bed and looked up at me in the same pose as Jeff. Then he tugged me between his legs and leaned back. He rested his hands on the bed but watched me.