Text message from Ben to Izzy

[Ben Patridge]

Ben laid down on his bed in his room. He'd been doing that for awhile now. His stomach growled but he still didn't move. He was still furious and upset. Jett claimed that he's only been with Eden, that he hadn't been with anyone else. Ben wanted to believe the other boy but he was just having a hard time. It was the lying. If Jett had really liked Eden he should have said something...Ben wouldn't have been mad had he just said something. He couldn't help but wonder what Izzy thought about all this? Was he the only one who didn't know or had she been left in the cold as well?

Ben grabbed his phone off of his nightstand and texted Izzy:

Did you have any idea that Jett and Eden have been sleeping together? Who else has Jett been hooking up with recently.




so whenever Izzy checks her phone she'll have that message

[Izzy Chen]

Izzy got the text right as Jett finally arrived home. She was shocked. Very shocked. At first she did not believe it. She just didn't. Why would Jett and Eden keep this from her. Her own brother and she had no secrets and Eden was her best friend. Or so she thought. Why would Eden not have told her. Izzy would have been happy to have Jett and Eden together.

Izzy heard Jett and marched down stairs, "What is going on? Ben just sent me a text about you and Eden. Is it true?" Izzy asked Jett.

Jett stayed silent.

"Answer me." Izzy demanded.

Jett sighed, "Yes." he started to walk away.

"Don't you walk away. Why would you not tell me? How could you hide this from me?" Izzy asked obviously upset. "I mean, i thought we told each other everything."

Jett turned around, "Iz, not now okay. I...not now."

"No..right now, we are talking right now. i new something was up. You have been sneaking around, secretive and not talking to me. I thought it was because mom died, and you were mourning in your own way. Why would you keep this a secret. You know I would never had said a word." Izzy looked hurt really hurt that Jett actually kept a secret.

Jett was already not in a great mood cause of what Ben had said. Mostly Jett was angry with himself and angry with what he saw between Eden and Gray, so Jett snapped at Izzy. "Give it a rest Iz. Do not sit here and talk about secrets okay. Please. I didn't tell you cause I didn't think you should know."

Izzy eyed him, "You are my brother and she is my best friend, why shouldn't I know about that. I have never kept one secret from you. Never."

"No but you keep them from everyone else. Have you told Taki about what happened to you last summer. Did you tell him that? Have you told Eden you feel ignored by her, have you told Ben you feel as if he is pulling away from you. Have you even told anyone of our family members that you said to mom I wish you were dead right before she died. No you didn't cause you know how Koreans feel about the power of words and you feel they would say you killed her. We all have secrets Isabella. We keep them to protect others. So drop it."

Izzy looked at him. "This is not other people, this is you and me and we have always told each other everything. We have always been open and honest and I asked you if anything was going on yesterday after everyone left and you lied to my face that hurts." Izzy said.

"Yeah well the fact you told Mom she should be dead and then she died...that hurts me." Jett said not meaning the words but was too pissed to stop himself.

Izzy looked at Jett hurt beyond belief. How could he say such a thing. Izzy had tears in her eyes and she just turned around leaving.

"Izzy wait...please.. I'm.." but Izzy was out the door, "sorry." man jett was just stepping in it.

Izzy pulled out her phone and texted Ben, "No I didn't know, but I know now...no one else that I know of. jett has not brought any other girls home. We got into a fight." Izzy pressed send, she got in her car to drive, not wanting to talk or see her brother right now.

[Ben Patridge]

It seemed like it took forever for Ben's phone to beep. He didn't know what had happened, but the second he read Izzy's text, he knew he had to call her. A mixture of things filled his head. His first thought that Jett had told the truth. Had he really been with no one but Eden? Did that mean that he actually liked her...actually cared about her? As strange as that sounded in his head, he had to admit that he couldn't be mad at his friend for caring about his sister. He could be mad about him just treating her like another piece of ass...but was it possibly true that things were different with him and Eden?

His second thought was that Izzy and Jett had gotten into a fight and that was they primary reasoning he wanted to call. Like Ben and Eden, Jett and Izzy didn't fight much, so when they did it was serious. Sure they disagreed sometimes, but actually fought...that was rare.

He clicked the call button and waited for Izzy to pick up. "Hello, he said...are you alright? Where are you?" he asked. "I can't believe they would just sneak around like that---I knew something was up, both of them have been distant lately," Ben admitted.

[Izzy Chen]

Izzy pulled over. "No, but I will be. Jett just got pissed and ran his mouth like he always does. He brought up secrets and keeping things hidden. You know. I guess i pushed his buttons. He was pretty upset after the fight you both had. I have never seen him so down before." Izzy sniffled a little. She got out of the car still on the phone. "I left. Slamming the door and all. I was so dramatic about it, but he pissed me off Ben." Izzy said voicing her frustration.

"So I came to the beach. At least here I can clear my head." Izzy plopped down on a bench and the waves could be heard in the background. "I know. I am just hurt. Hurt that both of them lied to our faces. We asked them..before the funeral no less about the rumor and both denied it. I feel as if they didn't trust you or me to handle this."

Izzy sighed. "I don't know about you, but this is just still playing with my head. Part of me believes it and the other thinks its a stupid prank." only it wasn't and that part was obvious. She kicked the sand. "How are you holding up?" She had gone on about her current upset state, but she had never asked Ben just how he was doing.

[Ben Patridge]

"It's okay...I was probably really dramatic too...its just that," Ben paused and let out a sigh. "You should have seen them," he said shaking his head. Ben had known that this day would come at some point...when Eden was into a guy, started dating with someone, sleeping with someone. But he'd sort of always hoped that it was a long time coming. And then she'd started seeing Cole but it had only been a few times really, so he didn't think much of it. Then he'd walked in and heard them...Jett talking about him and Eden sleeping together. It had been a shock and then to see his sister standing there topless...well, it was all something that he wish he hadn't seen or heard.

"Which stretch of beach?" Ben asked. "I'll meet you there," he offered, waiting for her to tell him before he slipped some flip flops on and headed out, still talking to her on the phone. "Trust me...its no prank this time," Ben said. "I would have thought it was but they didn't know that I was there. I caught them right as I was coming home," he explained. "I walked in the door and I guess they were having some kind of fight, I don't know. Jett was asking her if she was acting some way because they were sleeping together," he said, "and then when I saw them, well, Eden didn't have a shirt on. It didn't really help matters," Ben said. "Anyway, I'm here...where are you...oh," he said as he caught site of her. It hadn't taken him long to get there since she hadn't been far.

Ben walked over to where Izzy was and plopped down next to him. "I'm sorry that I freaked at Jett...its just that, you get it right? We both know that Eden had like zero experience with guys and now she's sleeping with Jett? I'm sorry, but I can't believe it was Eden that started this...even if she has like morphed into another person recently," Ben said, pausing, "did she ever explain that to you...I thought maybe it was that Cole guy but that sort of fizzled...you think she did all that for Jett?" he asked, really dumbfounded about the whole thing.

[Izzy Chen]

Izzy smiled when Ben showed up and closed her phone, "I understand." She said and scooted over. She listened and nodded her head. "I can't completely blame Jett in all this. Eden had to want this too, I mean it is obviously they did not just hook up once. They had to do it repeatedly especially with the whole rumor about the supply closet. So I mean..she had to want Jett on some level to keep going back. But your right Jett is known for his women." Izzy sighed.

"I just don't know what to think. I honestly have no idea if Eden changed for Jett or not. i thought I knew her and now this. She sleeps with Jett and then keeps it from me. Was I ignoring her too much? Did she not trust me?" Izzy questioned, "I mean...i never saw this coming." She told Ben.

"So I get it. I do. I mean...I wish I would have asked her why she changed back when she did, but after this...i am not sure she would have told me the truth." Izzy said. "And Jett, is just....I mean he is worse cause he should have told me. He should have told you." Izzy said. She hated being in this situation. It was hard.

[Ben Patridge]

"I dunno, I guess you're right," Ben said about Eden being at fault too. "It's just that you know Eden, she never thinks anything through," he said. Not that he was much better. Maybe Eden did walk around just going along with whatever came, but so did Ben. It was just that Eden seemed to find herself in more trouble than he did, he supposed.

"I just hate this whole thing," he said. "I guess it was dumb to think that Eden was always going to be afraid of boys, but it would have been nice," Ben admitted with a laugh. "And I guess I just hate that it turned out to be Jett because he's my friend and that makes it even more complicated. I kind of came down on him pretty hard," he admitted. "I mean, I guess on some level even when I was yelling at him, I knew it wouldn't last...I knew I'd forgive him eventually, its just hard cause its my sister. I just feel like if he really liked her he would have came to me...ya know, if they really liked one another, I wouldn't care. I want them to be happy. I'm just having a hard time believing that they actually like one another," Ben told Izzy. "But then again, who knows. I guess if he really hasn't hooked up with anyone else since my sister...I don't know, maybe they actually really do like one another," Ben said, making a face. "Still sooooo weird to think about," he said, managing to laugh despite it all.

"Yeah, there has been a lot of lying lately," he agreed. "And to think I used to think we all pretty much told each other everything, although admittedly if they'd come to us and told us...I mean come on, we never would have let them live it down..." He was starting to calm down, soften up. He was still angry and hurt of course, about the way it all went down but at least he was starting to warm up to the idea of forgiveness a bit. "Was Jett's face alright?" Ben asked. "I might have punched him twice...he didn't bruise or anything...did he?" Ben asked, feeling sort of guilty for the sucker punches.

[Izzy Chen]

"If he did bruise he deserved it for being an ass about all this. I am sure he is the one who wanted it kept secret for fear of how we would react. As much as he enjoyed making Eden feel humiliated or teasing her, Jett hates to be teased or made to look like a fool. So I am sure he was just waiting to tell us until he gfigured out what was going on." Izzy said.

"I mean i get it, i guess. Like I said, i don't think Jett has been with anyone for a while, but I can only tell you he has not brought women to the house. other then that..I mean if he says Eden has been the only one, I would believe him. I am just hurt they felt the need to hide. Makes me wonder how long this has been going on for? And how long till they were gonna tell us?" Izzy wondered.

"Do they even like each other or is it just sex? I have always told you guys everything. I mean sure i might feel ignored now and then, but I know I am just as responsible for that." Izzy still sometimes felt that way. "I have been spending a lot of time with Taki." She told Ben. "What have you been up too? Haven't had a chance to talk to you lately." For obvious reasons, but might as well start now." I just hope the four of us can still be close friends no matter what happens."

[Ben Patridge]

Ben smirked when Izzy said that her brother deserved to be punched. "I don't know, I imagine Eden wanted to keep it secret too. She hates getting made fun of...and well come on, we would have totally made fun of both of them given that they hated one another for so long, or at least acted like it."

Ben nodded, "Yeah I don't know. Jett told me that he hadn't seen anyone else since the masked ball," Ben said, "but I don't think they could have gotten together then. I mean, we remember all the pranks...which...you don't think she really slept with him, when we got him all drunk? No...it couldn't have been since I remember she went over early in the morning to fool him. Unless it happened then...no, it must have been sometime after, right?" he asked, trying to put all the pieces together. "In hind site, I'm thinking that prank was a very bad idea," he said shaking his head. "Who knows when they would have told us, or if they would have. Aw man, they're still in Grease together too," he said with a sigh. "I wonder if that started it..."

Ben paused. "I honestly don't know. Jett said that he cared about her but I don't know if he mean in an actually has more that friends feelings sort of way or a yeah I slept with her but don't worry I'd never screw her over kind of way, ya know," he said. "Yeah, I guess we'll all get over it at some point but I don't know if it will be the same. You alright though? Sorry Jett yelled at you...wanna maybe grab some dinner and maybe go see a movie or something or do anything to forget about our horny siblings?" he offered, not really wanting to think about it much longer.

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