"Ashley! I-It isn't w-what it looks like." Max stutters as he throws himself off the bed. To be honest, I kind of expected this, especially from someone like him.

            "Oh." Was all I could say because what I saw was only half of what I expected to see. You see, Max was the kind of guy that I had expected to be a cheater, but this was definitely not who I'd expect him to be cheating on me with.

            "I-"

            "No, just let me speak." I cut Max off and close the door behind me and lock it this time. I didn't want anyone to else walk in on this. "It's okay."

            "I-I'm really sorry." The only other person in the room finally speaks. He pulls on a shirt and stands up straight. It was Simon Evergreen. Simon, the nerdy one who used to be popular. The one who is bullied by Max and Jonathon every day. The one that I had never expected to be with Max.

            "Wow, I did not expect to see that." Both Max and Simon stood awkwardly on other sides of the room. Max still didn't have a shirt on, and Simon's was unbuttoned. And let me be the first to say that they were both ripped underneath their uniforms.

            "I-I- umm . . ." Max tried to speak, but he didn't know what to say.

            "Max, I am not breaking up with you for starters. And secondly, you can continue whatever relationship you have with Simon."

            Both Max and Simon gave me puzzled expressions. You must be confused too, well I'll explain it then. I never really liked Max in a boyfriend - girlfriend kind a way. I just agreed to the set up mainly because It would've been weird to the others if I kept rejecting every guy I saw. And if Max and Simon really did like each other, then I wasn't going to keep them from each other.

            "B-but, I cheated on you." Max managed to say. They were still sporting the confused expressions.

            "I know. But, to be honest Max, I never really liked you. I only agreed to the set up because the others wouldn't stop bugging me about it if I didn't get a boyfriend." Which wasn't a complete lie.

            "Am I not good looking enough for you?" His confusion was only thickened after my explanation after all.

            "No, you're perfectly fine looking, and you too Simon by the way. But I wasn't really looking for a relationship in the first place. But what I don't understand is why you don't let anyone else know about your relationship." I state my confusion to the hole situation.

            Then Simon speaks up again, "We didn't really think they would approve. You know how the logic goes with the popular crowd. Most of them don't understand, I'm surprised that you haven't run away by now. We started, you know, seeing each other after I broke up with Lauren last year. It just kind of happened." At the last sentence, Simon looks over at Max with an expression that I wished a guy would look at me with. They really loved each other, didn't they?

            "Why didn't you guys tell me?" I ask both of them.

            "Well, I'm a nerd, so telling you would've been out of the question. Normally people like you don't like people like me." Simon states.

            "Well, we are dating. Would you really want a boyfriend to tell you that he's in love with someone else, and a guy for that matter?"

            "Then why do you bully him?" I direct my question at Max alone this time.

            "Well, we didn't really want anyone to know about us. I never do the physical stuff, Jonathon does that. But without me, Jonathon would go after Simon like it was a holiday. When the others told me to ask you out, I couldn't refuse. It would've seemed weird to them."

            "So that's why you were so nervous, but trust me. I won't tell anyone about you two. My lips are sealed." I assured them. Simon looked happy, while Max was still confused. Why he was a stupid one, wasn't he?

            "But why didn't you break up with me?" Oh, yeah.

            "Well, I still need them to think that I have a boyfriend, and you don't want anyone finding out about you two, do you? It would be perfect for you two."

            "Oh, thanks, I guess." Max said, his confusion finally fading from his face.

            "Well, I'm going to go back and get some more food, you two can continue what you were doing prior to my entrance." I back away slowly and unlock the door, leaving them alone in the room. I make sure to lock the door on my way out.

            I walk down the stairs and leave the second floor for good, who know how many other couples were doing what they had been in the other bedrooms. I pushed my way through the crowd, elbowing the drunk guys who were pulling at me. Did I mention that I hated parties? I hate them with a burning passion.

            I turned down a hall and somehow found myself in front of the door that led to the backyard. I wasn't surprised to see that the drunk and high Seniors were all ether skinny dipping or swimming with their clothes on, or making out by the side of the pool. I also wasn't surprised to see that Julia was out there, part of the several couples making out by the side of the pool.

            I looked at my watch and sighed, it was almost eleven. I didn't really want to stay any longer, I would've gone crazy. And I doubted that I could have many more places to hide from the party goers.

            I made my way back to where I thought the front door was, but I just ended up at the end of a hallway. I turn around, but the entrance to the hallway is blocked by some strange kids who were playing a complicated card game. I opened the door in front of me, maybe there was another way out through here. But what I saw shocked me even more than last time.

            "Oh god!"

            I had just happened to walk in on Jonathon, who was having a really good time it seemed. The blonde who had been on top of him rolled off of him, and I suddenly got very angry.

            "Lilly! What are you doing? You're sleeping with Julia's boyfriend! What's wrong with you?!" I basically scream at her. I hear scrambling behind me and I guess that the kids playing cards got scared by my rising voice.

            "Hey, you here to join us?" A very drunk Jonathon asks me.

            "No, what are you guys doing? Your cheating on her with her friend! That's just low, Jonathon!" I scream at him.

            I know that I saw Julia earlier kissing another boy, but they weren't doing it! And she especially wasn't doing it with his best friend. Wait, that wouldn't happen anyway. I just found out that his best friend is gay.

            "Just chill out, baby."

            "Ugh!" I scream in frustration. I leave the room and slam the door. I wasn't going to get anywhere with a drunk

            I had noticed that Lilly hadn't really spoken the whole time, not even to defend herself. The strange thing was, she didn't even look drunk, or high. She looked normal, which meant that she knew who she had been sleeping with, and was perfectly capable of stopping it. She was really one of the worst friends Julia could have ever made.

            I had had enough of the prep school kids for one night. I pushed and shoved my way through the thickening crowd until I found the front door. I basically ran out the door and onto the sidewalk. I quickly found and followed the path back to the school. I figured that I was one of the few that would make it back to the school back in time for curfew.

            By the time I had made it make to the dorm, I was just plain annoyed. I had so many thoughts that were flowing through my head that I just couldn't process them all.  I immediately ran to the bathroom and stripped my clothes off. I stepped in the shower and let the cool water run down my back and clear my mind.

            Tonight I had figured out that my new boyfriend had been cheating on me with his secret boyfriend, I found out that Jonathon had slept with one of Julia's best friend, and I found out that Lilly probably meant to sleep with Jonathon, or at least didn't think Julia would ever find out. I also found out that I'm apparently appealing to drunk Seniors.

            I put my head against the wall and thought about whether I'd ever be able to complete this impossibly confusing mission. Not only is there a kidnapper from one of America's most feared gangs after Julia, but there might also be someone after me.

            Why didn't I just run when I was originally given this case?