“River’s hair is black again!” I heard a few girls whisper as I made my way to my room. “It’s so much better black! I hope he doesn’t dye it again!”

I couldn’t agree more.

When I walked inside my dorm, I immediately filled Alice in on everything that was happening. Even though she knew about how Rex had barged in and grabbed the key to River’s apartment, she didn’t know why. He had been in and out in seconds, refusing to talk to her until his “mission was completed” or something like that.

“You’re kidding me,” Alice insisted with wide eyes, her mouth gaping open as she stared at me. “Rex actually came up with that plan? Our Rex? Rex Haynesworth? The dumbass blonde that I am very fortunate to call my boyfriend? That Rex?”

I nodded. “Yeah, that Rex. He came up with it all on his own. I can’t believe I didn’t think of it.”

“Whoa,” she blinked, sitting down on her bed in shock. “I never would have thought that Rex would come up with something like this. Yeah, it’s simple, but none of us even thought about it! Not even once! How could none of us remember anything about that scrapbook and then Rex could?”

I shrugged, sitting down next to her. “Honestly, I don’t even care who came up with the idea. As long as River gets his memory back, I am perfectly fine.”

“But what about Seth?” Alice asked, a frown adorning her lips. “What are you going to do about him? He obviously loves you. And you two had sex. If you’re going to go right back to River, you were just leading him on, Delilah.”

“I don’t know what I’m going to do about that,” I admitted with a sigh, staring down at my feet, ashamed of what I had done. “I’m going to have to figure it out soon though, since River’s going to get his memory back right when he sees those pictures…”

“Well, who do you love?” Alice asked, her head cocking to the side, which made her black hair fall off her shoulder and just hang there. She had such pretty hair. “You’ll stay with whoever you love, right?”

“I don’t even know the answer to that question,” I whispered, shaking my head as I continued to stare down at my feet. “I love River, but… then I love Seth. I’ve never felt more guilty in my entire life and I have no idea what I’m supposed to do…”

“I guess you’ll figure it out when the time comes,” Alice told me, rubbing my shoulder as she tried to sooth me. “It shouldn’t be very hard. Maybe once River comes back you’ll see how much you’ve missed him and you’ll pick him. Or… maybe you’ll see how much you want Seth instead.”

“I can’t even think straight,” I groaned, clutching onto my head as I tried to think. “How could I have gotten myself in this stupid mess? I’m such an idiot!”

“You’re a teenage girl,” Alice informed me, and it made her sound like she was some kind of old woman. “You can’t control who you fall in love with, Delilah.”

But I could have stopped myself from falling in love with Seth, I knew. If I hadn’t gone to Jay’s party, I wouldn’t have gotten drunk, which meant I wouldn’t have had sex with Seth. But unfortunately I couldn’t turn back time… So I was stuck with the choices I had made.

When the door burst open, I didn’t jump. It was the first time in what felt like forever that I hadn’t jumped at a sudden noise, and even Alice looked surprised. Normally I would have flown across the room at a sound like that, but at that moment I just didn’t care. It didn’t scare me in the slightest.

What scared me was the thought of losing River and Seth forever.

Now that was a terrifying thought.

“Did you get it?” I asked Rex as he jogged up beside me. “Was it there? Please tell me it was there.”

“Jackpot,” Rex grinned, producing the scrapbook from behind his back before waving it around in front of my face. “Once River sees this, he’ll have to remember everything! No need to thank me, since I know I’m a genius and everything…”

I rolled my eyes, but I couldn’t help but throw my arms around Rex in a tight hug. He had saved the day! Who would have ever thought? I sure didn’t. I mean, come on! It was Rex Haynesworth we were talking about here! I never would have thought that he would have come up with the plan that actually saved everything…

But then there was Seth to think about. I had told him that I loved him, but I didn’t even know how I felt anymore… I did love Seth, but then I loved River as well… How could I love both of them? I wasn’t this type of girl! I was going to have to choose one of them…

“I’m going to go give this to River,” Rex smiled when I had finally pulled away from him. “You go find Seth and tell him what’s going on. He’s probably in the main hallway somewhere, because Mrs. Dyas said she wanted to talk to him about something.

“I’ll wait in here,” Alice informed us, waving us away with her hand as she laid back in her bed. “Just tell me everything that happens later. I’m going to take a nap.”

Rex and I grinned at each other before making our way out of my dorm. We separated ways when he had to turn to go to River’s room and I had to turn to the main hallway to go and get Seth. I was afraid to see him, because I didn’t know what was going to happen. Who was I going to end up being with? Seth or River? I was terrified about finding the answer…

When I saw Seth exiting Mrs. Dyas’s room, I had to jog to catch up to him. When he saw me he smiled, and I could have only hoped that he wasn’t going to kiss me. That would just kill me inside and make me feel even more guilty, which I definitely didn’t need.

“Why so excited?” Seth asked when I had finally caught up to him. “Did Rex find the scrapbook?”

“Yeah?” I grinned with a nod, trying to hide my uncertainty as I continued on smiling. “He’s on his way to go give it to him now. I can’t believe after months of this stupid game, River’s finally going to get his memory back. I really can’t wait…”

The frown on Seth’s face told me that he could wait, but I decided to ignore it. I  knew he didn’t want to hurt his best friend, but Alice was right. You couldn’t help who you fell in love with. I didn’t know how long Seth had felt this way about me, but it didn’t matter right then. All that mattered was that I was going to have to choose between two amazing guys.

How was I supposed to do this?

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Rex leaned the scrapbook against the door, banging on it loudly before taking off down the hallway as quickly as he could. He hid behind a corner and didn’t leave until he heard the door open and shut. But he would soon found out that he made one very big mistake with the scrapbook that he had just left…

Inside River’s dorm, River and Kendra were both inside. They had been making out on his bed before the loud knocking interrupted them, annoying them both greatly. What could this thing possible be?

“I think it’s a scrapbook,” Kendra informed River as he held the square thing in his arms.

No duh it was a scrapbook, River wanted to say to his fiancée, but he didn’t dare. Truthfully, the black haired girl got on his nerves, and he didn’t really understand why he was marrying her. The Delilah girl was much better; long legs, beautiful face, great body and a snappy attitude. It was just what River liked in a girl, but it was too bad that she was insane.

Opening up to the first page, River was surprised to see pictures of himself when he was a kid in the scrapbook. His brother Tanner was in a few of the pictures as well, along with Kendra and her brother Jay.

“Oh, look,” Kendra giggled, pointing to a picture of them in a sandbox. “It’s us!”

He soon found these pictures boring. He saw this girl every single day, and he didn’t really care about pictures of his childhood. So he flipped to the next page, and his eyes widened in surprise when he saw him in pictures with those Seth and Rex guys, friends of Delilah’s. He blinked a few times as he stared at all the pictures, not really believing what he saw.

“I…” he started, looking through all the pictures on the page. “I… remember that…”

“I don’t think this is a really good idea,” Kendra snapped quickly, grabbing the scrapbook from River’s grasp before he could flip the page once again. But this didn’t stop him from snatching it right back from her so he could look through the rest. He saw the picture of him and the emo girl that Delilah had brought to see him, a gigantic red X drawn right through her face. It made him laugh, but Kendra couldn’t feel more apprehensive.

“Come on, River,” she almost pleaded, and he noticed that she now began to shake. “That thing’s stupid. Let’s go make out some more or something.”

“Make out with yourself,” River snapped, turning the page now to the only page that really matter, the page that would bring it all back. “This is a lot more interesting.”

When Kendra saw the pictures on the next page, she almost started screaming. Picture after picture of him, Seth, and Rex while they were at Bentwood, and then pictures of him and Delilah. Pictures of her wearing the ring that was now on Kendra’s finger, pictures of them kissing, and pictures displaying the truth.

“No!” Kendra shouted, grabbing onto the scrapbook to try and rip it away from River’s grasp. But all this did was cause her to tear out one of the photos, a photo that wasn’t supposed to be there in the first place. As Kendra stared down at it, she grinned and wicked grin and knew what she was going to do next.

But River couldn’t stop staring down at the pictures before him, completely shocked by what was coming back to him. He wasn’t engaged to Kendra… He was engaged to Delilah! He was absolutely, positively in love with Delilah Shafer! He didn’t give a damn about the girl that was in the room with him right then… He only loved Delilah!

River closed the scrapbook, placing it down on the coffee table as his anger grew. This girl had tricked him. She had made him hurt Delilah and his friends, and there was no way he was going to forgive her for that.

“You bitch,” he spat, standing up from the couch so he could tower over her. “What made you think you had the right to do something like this to Delilah or to my friends?”

Kendra continued to try to look innocent, but it didn’t work very well. Mostly because her evil side was starting to show, and she didn’t care who saw it now. The jig was up, and there was nothing she could do about it.

“I love you more than anyone ever could!” Kendra professed, holding the photo she had pulled out behind her back. “Especially that skank Delilah!”

River’s eyebrows furrowed. He had been treating the love of his life horribly for months, and he didn’t even know. He didn’t think he was doing anything wrong… And now he wanted to kill Kendra.

“Don’t you talk about her like that,” he spat, slamming her shoulder into the wall. “You have no idea what you’re talking about.”

Kendra grinned up at him, producing the photo from behind her back. “Or do I?”

River snatched the photo, staring down at what it was. His eyes widened when he saw Delilah in a pool, kissing his best friend passionately. When had this been taken? It wasn’t Arkwright’s pool, but it looked familiar…

He found his blood running cold when he realized why it was so familiar. Though it wasn’t Arkwright’s pool, it was another school’s that he had attended. It was Bentwood’s pool.

When had this photo been taken? Was it after or before he and Delilah had gotten together? But there was no way that she would have cheated on him with his own best friend… Even Seth would allow something like that. There was no way the two closest people to him were plotting against him, right?

“She’s not as faithful as you think,” Kendra smirked evilly. “Don’t you remember seeing them together the entire time we were together? She was just waiting for an opportunity like this to come so she could run off to another man. She was waiting for me to take you away from her.”

“No, that’s not true,” River snapped, slamming her shoulder against the wall a little harder this time. She winced, but didn’t cry out. She knew that she deserved everything she was getting right then. “She was upset and crying when she found out what you had done. You can’t lie to me anymore, Kendra. Now give me Delilah’s ring back.”

Kendra bitterly took the ring off her finger, slamming it into River’s hand without losing eye contact with him. She had a tan-line where the ring had been, and River couldn’t help but smile wryly at it. He hoped she’d be reminded of this for a long time.

But now he had to go find who this ring really belonged to, and make everything right once again.

No matter how hard that may be.

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“I’m scared this isn’t going to work,” I admitted, twiddling my thumbs as Seth and I sat down on a bench inside the main hall. “What if thinks they’re all fixed or something? Knowing this River, he just might. Oh, this has to work… It just has to…”

“It’ll work,” Seth assured, a sad smile on his face as placed his hand under my chin and gently forced my head up. “Even River’s not that big of an idiot. He’ll understand the mistake he made and come crawling back to you on all fours. Don’t you worry.”

“But what about you?” I couldn’t help but ask. “What are you going to do?”

Seth averted his gaze from mine. “I don’t know what I’m going to do, honestly,” he sighed, running a hand through his hair. “You know I love you, and you’ve said that you love me as well. But I can tell--anyone can tell--that you love River so much more.”

“I’m not even sure of my feelings anymore,” I whispered, staring down at my lap now. “I don’t know how I’m supposed to feel.”

“I won’t stop you from choosing River,” Seth informed me with another sad smile, stroking my cheek now as he stared down at me. “You can choose whoever you want. I just want you to know that I will always love you, no matter who you choose. Even if you don’t choose either of us and spontaneously choose Rex, I’ll still love you. And I’m sure River will, too.”

“I can’t believe I never noticed how sweet you were before,” I groaned, looking up at him now with sorrow in my eyes. Seth was one of the sweetest guys on the planet, but I never even acknowledged it.

“Well, acting like a complete asshole when I first met you didn’t help my case,” Seth forced out a smile, and I did as well. I hated feeling so uncertain. I just didn’t know what I was supposed to do.

When Seth’s lips came down on mine softly, I couldn’t help but kiss him back. He had been there with me ever since River had left me for Kendra, even though it wasn’t his own fault… Seth had been there for me when I needed someone the most, and I was thankful for that.

We had been kissing for only a few seconds before Seth was suddenly being torn away from me. I looked up in shock to see who was the cause of this, and my eyes widened when I saw River staring down at us, his eyes burning with anger.

Did he remember? Had Rex’s plan worked? Did River really remember everything?

“What the hell is going on?” River asked, his eyebrows furrowing in anger. “What the hell are you guys doing?”

Seth smirked, stretching out so his arm was no behind my shoulders. “Nothing much. Just making out is all.”

“With my fiancée,” River spat, and my eyes widened at him. He did remember! Oh, my gosh! He remembered, which meant he wasn’t going out with Kendra anymore! Rex’s plan actually worked!

“Fiancée?” Seth asked innocently, cocking his head to the side and looking around for a second. “I don’t see Kendra anywhere.”

River stepped forward toward Seth, looking like he was going to attack him or something. I quickly jumped up in between them so they couldn’t do anything stupid like fight, and I didn’t know what Seth was doing. Why was he acting like such a jerk again?

“Get away from her,” River ordered, moving me out of the way as he took another step closer to her. “I can’t believe you’d actually do anything with her while I couldn’t remember anything. I thought you were my best friend.”

“I am your best friend,” Seth grinned, but the way he was acting said differently. “You’re the one that left her hanging all alone. You didn’t see how depressed she was. You didn’t see her sob. You were off fucking Kendra.”

River lunged at Seth, but I quickly intervened and got in between the two of them. I wasn’t going to have them fight over me!

“Stop it!” I cried out, pushing them away from each other. “Stop acting like children!”

River looked at me straight in the eye, looking so hurt that I thought I was going to start bawling right then and there. What had I done to him? Why couldn’t I have just waited like a good fiancée until his memory came back? No, I had to go whore around with his best friend…

He turned away from us and stalked off, and I had no idea what I was supposed to do. After he was a few yards away, out of hearing range, I ran after him. Seth stayed when he was, but that was what I had wanted him to do.

“River,” I whimpered when I had caught up to him, swiftly blocking him from walking any farther. “River, please don’t be angry. Don’t be upset… I’m so sorry.”

“Do you love him?” he asked me, and I had no idea how I was supposed to answer that. I knew the truth, but I didn’t want River to know the truth. I knew he would have been crushed…

When I looked down at the ground and didn’t respond, I knew that River knew my answer. He looked away from me, taking a few deeper breaths, and I could tell he was trying to calm himself down.

“Did you sleep with him?” he now asked, and I bit down on my tongue and thought of a way to answer him. I could have always lied and said no, but that would have been a bad idea, because then I’d feel guilty about it for the rest of my life.

“Yes,” I nodded, staring down at the ground, now completely ashamed of myself. “I was drunk and I didn’t know what I was doing and--”

Before I could finish, River took off back toward Seth. Even though he was walking, I still had to jog to catch up to him. He tried to attack Seth again, but I quickly pulled the two of them away from each other before they could do anything.

“Don’t forget, Rivy, I’ve killed people before,” Seth grinned wickedly as he breathed heavily, almost causing a chill to go down my spine.

“And I’ve been close to it,” River countered.

Seth sneered at him. “Yourself doesn’t count.”

That was a low blow, and I knew that Seth even knew that. We both knew how depressed River had gotten and how he was thinking at the time… Seth shouldn’t have been joking about it.

When River lunged at his best friend again, all I could do was continue to push them away from each other. I wasn’t’ strong enough to stop them from fighting, but I was strong enough to delay it. I didn’t want them fighting, especially if it was over something stupid like me.

“She was drunk,” River seethed through clenched teeth, his hands balling into fists at his side. “You took advantage of her.”

Seth smirked, but he was talking through clenched teeth also. “She wanted it just as much as I did.”

River pushed away from Seth, obviously having enough of this. He only glanced at me before turning away, stalking back up to his dorm, where I knew he was going to mutilate his wrists even more.

I was a horrible, horrible fiancée. I was just a horrible person in general.

Seth reached out to touch me, but I recoiled away from him and made my way back up to my dorm. What happened to him being the sweet and caring guy I thought he was? Was he just acting out of jealousy?

I had been waiting for months for River to get his memory back, but now that he had, everything was falling a part and getting even worse.

He sure remembered everything. He remembered, and I was dead.

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