Apologies - Eden tag Jett

[Eden Patridge]

Eden way lying in her bed as she had been most of the day. Worst day ever didn't even begin to describe it. After Jett had gone, Eden had tried to talk to Ben but he wasn't really talking to her. The most she'd gotten out of him was him telling her that it wasn't her fault, it was Jett's but that he just needed time to process it all.

Eden felt terrible. It was all her fault. She'd ruined Ben and Jett's friendship and she'd also probably ruined things with her and Jett by hooking up with Gray, although she supposed she couldn't even call it hooking up. They hadn't really gotten that far. It was all just so complicated.

Eden let out a sigh as she grabbed her phone. She scrolled down to Jett's number, calling him without even really thinking. She listening to it ring, wondering if he'd pick up at all or ignore her altogether. She bit her bottom lip, sucking on it a little as she waited to find out.

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[Jett Chen]

Jett went to his room after Izzy sped off. He felt horrible now. he had just been so mad at himself for everything, that he had just talked and not meant a word of it. Misery loves company and he brought his sister down in the worst possible way. He hit her where it hurt. He could kick his own ass right now. Jett heard his phone ringing and picked it up. For a moment he contemplated ignoring the call, but in the end he answered, "Hey." jett sat on the edge of his bed, "hows it goin?" he asked.

Jett sighed, "I just ran Izzy out of the house." He said to Eden on the phone. He could not believe the mess. Jett felt bad for not saying anything, but to be honest it had been a good decision at the time. He knew Ben would not have liked the whole Jett and Eden thing even if Jett had told Ben. The truth was it happened and Jett did not stop it like he should have. He didn't want to stop and that was the scary part.

Jett didn't want to stop seeing Eden. Now what that meant for them, jett had no idea. he just knew he didn't want to stop. Which is where the problem was. Had he realized this sooner and told Ben this mess could be avoided, but there was no going back. Jett would have to find a way to make Ben see that he was not messing with Eden in a bad way, "How mad is he?" jett asked.

[Eden Patridge]

Eden let out a sigh when Jett asked how mad Ben was. "Pretty mad," she admitted. "I could barely get him to talk to me even," she said. "I'll I got from him that he's not mad at me because he thinks I'm just...ummm...well, dumb. He doesn't believe that you haven't been sleeping with other girls," she told him. She paused. She didn't really want to talk about it. Jett had told her the same thing, that he hadn't slept with anyone else. It made her feel bad since she had.

"I mean, I guess I don't even know what is true anymore," she said. "I'm really sorry about Gray...I guess...I guess I was just high, and I know that's not an excuse, but there's just so much going on, ya know," she admitted to him. "I've been really stressed out about this whole sneaking around thing. I guess part of me wondered if it would be better once everyone knew but I guess I got that answer today. Ben hates us," she shook her head, not that Jett could even see her. She grabbed a stuffed animal and hugged it tight. She felt very vulnerable right now and she didn't really like it.

"Why did you run Izzy out of the house? Did you tell her? Is she mad?" Eden cringed and hugged her stuffed animal tighter. She couldn't imagine Izzy being mad at her. They hadn't really fought since they were little kids when they'd fight over stupid stuff like toys and make up 10 minutes later. Eden let out another sigh. "This whole thing is really a disaster. What do we even do? I mean, now that they know...that changes everything, right? You know once they forgive us they're like never, ever, ever EVER going to let us live this down," Eden pointed out as she twisted a strand of hair around her finger and sunk deeper into her bed.

She could hear Ben moving about in his room but she wasn't sure what he was doing. Part of her wanted to find out but she was afraid he'd yell at her again. She didn't like Ben being mad at her...it was a foreign feeling. Ben never got mad about anything let alone at her. He was the chill one, the one who never freaked out. She was the one who was supposed to freak out, which she was, just not as much as Ben was.

[Jett Chen]

"Can't blame him for thinking that. My record pretty much speaks for itself." It was true. Jett was known for having women around him and for sleeping around. However, jett was not a cheater, any girlfriend he had , he had been faithful with, but his relationships never lasted long to begin with and he was back to sleeping around. "I don't think I can convince him other wise. This is when those reputations bite you in the ass." Jett told Eden over the phone.

"He doesn't hate us. He hates me, Ben could never hate you. I would have been better had we told Ben after it happened." Jett told her. In other words he did not regret a damn thing they did. All he regretted was how Ben found out. "Don't worry about earlier. It's not like we were dating or anything. i cannot stop you if you want to spend time with other people." Although Jett did feel jealous.

"Do you regret this? Regret us? Even though it pissed Ben off." jett had to know. He had to ask to hear what she would say. "I think Izzy is more mad at me. Then at us. I said some harsh things to her cause I was pissed at myself for what I did to Ben and I snapped at Izzy about it. She was more hurt we kept this from her." Jett old Eden. "I told her she can't blame me for keeping a secret cause she keeps them all the time, but she had a point..we don't hide things from each other and i just...I was mean to her." Jett said.

"Do you see any way out of this?" He asked her. "How do I get Ben to forgive me?" He hated his best friend being mad at him. Ben was Jett's true best friend. They did so many things together outside of school. Jett hated that he was mad at him.

[Eden Patridge]

Eden felt bad when Jett talked about his reputation ruining it all when she'd been the one sleeping around. He hadn't...he actually hadn't it seemed. So...what did that mean for them? Did that mean that Jett actually...liked her like that? Eden's head was spinning, what was going on? "Yeah, he hates you because he thinks I'm too stupid to make my own decisions, that's sooo much better," Eden said sarcastically. Although her track record, wasn't exactly good on that front either. Sure, she'd had a good time with Cole, a lot of fun even, but it had really been all about Cole...always doing what Cole wanted to do. And the thing was, that it wasn't his fault. She was sure if she'd put in some input, any input that he would have been more than willing to oblige, but it had been easier to just get high and let him do all the work so she didn't have to think about it. And when he'd wanted to have sex with her, she'd gone along with it, even though she sort of hadn't wanted to the first time. She'd done it because it was what she thought she was supposed to do. And Gray well, he hadn't had to push either. He'd asked her to strip down and she'd done it without a second thought...when he'd started to kiss her...touch her...she'd just let him. Maybe Ben was right, maybe she was incapable of making her own decisions.

"Yeah, I know," she said quietly when he told her it was okay about Gray. "I still shouldn't have done it though. I mean, Gray's always been just a friend to get high with...it shouldn't have been anything more. Ben would kill him if he knew...and Cole...oh god, I suck," Eden said, making a face. She was glad that Jett couldn't see her right now, curled up in bed like a child. She felt so vulnerable and she wasn't really liking it.

Eden bit down on her lower lip when he asked if she regretted this. She knew very well that the answer was no, she didn't regret it one bit. But she was sure that Jett did regret it, so where did that leave them. "Well, yeah...of course...I mean...no, not really....ummm...don't you regret it?" she asked. She didn't know how to answer because it seemed like an important question and she didn't want to answer it the wrong way. She wanted her answer to be the one that Jett wanted to hear.

"You shouldn't worry about Izzy," Eden consoled. "She can't stay mad too long--you know her. I feel bad...I guess I should have told her, but really how would have that worked? She would have never had believed me anyway," Eden pointed out. "I don't know what to do about Ben. He just doesn't like the idea of me sleeping around, he said he doesn't want me turning into you and that if I'm going to have sex I should at least do it with someone who cares about me enough to date me," she said, repeating the words Ben had said to her after Jett had left. "I personally think that he's just jealous though since he's still a virgin," she pointed out, although she only half believed that, after all, she could never really see her brother as the player type.

[Jett Chen]

"Eden you don't suck. Ben has a point, you don't want to sleep around. Not like I do, or Tyler does, or any other player does. Ben is right. Sleeping around just makes things ..." Jett had no idea how to say this or word it. "eventually when you sleep around it becomes more of an expectation then fun. It's like I go out with a girl and end up in bed. Thats what its like. All the feelings and emotions are taken out if. Soon you just become an object for sex, there is no you. So please don't sleep around." Jett was shocked he was actually asking this. But he did agree with Ben on this issue.

However, Jett could be called hypocritical. Seeing as though he slept around. Granted he hadn't slept around since this whole thing started with Eden. "I bet if I had told Izzy she never would have believed me either." He said skipping briefly over the regret question. Jett sighed and laid back in his bad. He was looking up at the ceiling and then toward his night stand where there was a picture of the four of them.

"No. I do not regret this...not at all. I mean, for once, with you its not about sex anymore. Its about having fun and being with someone who I care about." Jett told her. He had no more words beyond those. Was Jett admitting he had feelings for Eden? perhaps, but not in so many words.

[Eden Patridge]

"Oh, like you're one to talk," Eden said. "Although you're probably right, even though the majority of it was with you," she said. "I did sleep with Cole, but not like a ton...only three times and two of the times were during the same date. But I didn't sleep with Gray," she pointed out, although who knows what would have happened had Jett not shown up when he had. "Sorry, you probably don't want to hear this. I guess I just don't know what to do," she admitted. "I mean I did kind of lose my virginity to you high out of my mind," she pointed out. "So don't go all big brothery on me cause thinking of you like that is kind of gross given the circumstances."

And then he went on to talk about not regretting anything and how it had turned into more than just sex. It was strange it was as if those words caused her brain to suddenly click on and realize what she'd sooo been avoiding. She actually liked Jett too...maybe she even had before they hooked up. Maybe that's why they had fought so much...why she'd always made a big deal out of everything he did or said to her. Aw man, she totally had a thing for Jett!!! Oh...but what did that mean? Were the supposed to start dating now...well the cat was sort of out of the bag.

"Um...are you saying you...um...like...like me?" she asked, her voice more quiet now. "Cause...I, um...might care about you a little more than just sex too...I mean I did kind of ditch Gray to chase after you the second you showed up," she said, all the while chewing on her bottom lip. Butterflies flitted around in her stomach and suddenly she felt very embarrassed. She could feel the heat rising up through her body and resting on her cheeks as she waited for Jett to answer...hoping that the answer was yes and sort of freaking out that that was what she wanted it to be.