As I turned off the water and grabbed onto the towel that hung on the rod outside the shower, I realized one thing that made me want to slap myself about a thousand times.

I didn't bring any clothes, and of course I wasn't in my cabin.

What happened to being the smartest girl at Adeline? Whenever I was around Jesse, that completely flew out the window... He always made me so nervous whenever he was around. I always acted so stupid around him, and I hated it...

Taking a deep breath, I wrapped my towel around my body tightly and opened the bathroom door, scared almost completely out of my mind. What would he think if I emerged in nothing but a towel? I hoped he didn't get the wrong idea...

"We need to pick places we can go where we won't get caught," I told Jesse as I walked out of his bathroom in only the towel, saying the first thing that came to my mind so he wouldn't notice the towel. But I knew he'd notice it... He was a guy, after all.

Jesse told me to take a shower in his cabin just in case any of the girls in my cabin were there, and I wasn't about to disagree with him. If only I remembered to bring extra clothes...

Jesse's eyes widened when he looked over from the TV to me. I smirked, but couldn't help but blush over the attention. It wasn't like I did this on purpose... If I had brought my clothes to his cabin, I'd be fully clothed. But, no. I was an idiot and forgot them.

"Are you... uh... gonna put clothes on?" he asked uncomfortably, looking away from me quickly. My eyes widened slightly when I realized he was blushing like crazy. I was the one who was only being covered by a towel, and he was blushing?

Aw... how cute.

"I'm stupid and didn't bring any extra clothes," I informed him, bringing the towel up a little more to cover my body better. "So... I don't have anything to wear."

Jesse, who had taken a shower before me, continued to look away from me as he tried to think of something to do. Was he honestly embarrassed with the fact that I was pretty much naked except for the towel?

That was so cute! Most guys would take advantage of a girl that walked out of their bathroom in nothing but a towel, but I knew Jesse wouldn't do anything like that.

"Here," he said quickly, jumping up from his chair and walking over to a dresser that I assumed was his. "Just wear something of mine."

I smiled slightly at the thought of this. Wearing his clothes like we had just...

I quickly shook my head, trying to rid my head of the idea that had just popped into it. I was not ready for something like that...

"Okay," I nodded, walking over and taking whatever he was giving to me quickly. I then scuffled back into the bathroom and quickly changed into his clothes.

Once they were on, I examined myself in the mirror. His shirt was big on me, but it was a lot better than a towel. And his boxers... They were kind of weird to wear, and I'd have to pull them up every couple seconds, but they were still okay, I guess.

I quickly took a whiff of his shirt before walking out of the bathroom and back toward him. I smiled a little when I noticed how much it smelled like him, which I really liked...

"Well, that's sexier than I thought it would be," Jesse smirked from his bed across the cabin, causing me to jump after I had emerged from the bathroom. "I thought you'd look ridiculous."

I glowered at him, coming closer and crawling onto his bed next to him. I didn't think I looked that good or anything... I looked alright, I guess, but not well enough for his compliments.

"You have one hell of a singing voice," Jesse smirked at me as he hooked his arm around my waist, pulling me on top of him.

"Me?" I asked in disbelief, shaking my head. I didn't even realize that I had been singing in the shower... It was just a force of habit, and I felt so embarrassed being caught... "No, AJ's the singer, not me. I've always been the guitar player."

Jesse shrugged. "Not to me. Your voice is amazing." He squeezed me. "I'll make you sing for me sometime."

I stuck my tongue out at him. "In your dreams."

He squeezed me again. "Every night."

My cheeks bright red, I looked away from him. I so wasn't comfortable in his clothes... One day I was sure I would be, but not that day. Not yet...

But, if I had to admit it, I did kind of like it. And it was something I could get used to.

Hopefully, it was something that I'd have to get used to.

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The most obnoxious way to be woken up in the morning?

"Happy birthday!"

Yeah, it was really sweet, but I didn't exactly like being woken up so early in the morning on a weekend. Especially when I was being yelled at by seven girls. I could barely get up on school days, and now they wanted me to get up early on a Saturday?

Even Yolanda, though she was still shy and timid, shouted a little as well. We were friends now, so I knew she was a lot more comfortable around the rest of the girls and me than she had used to be, which was a good thing. I really did like Yolanda. And now that I knew that Jesse wasn't in love with her and it was just a big misunderstanding (and because I'm stupid), I liked her a whole lot more.

And even Troy was bringing her out of her shell some more. Even though he was just as shy as she was... But it was still good, I guess. Every girl in the cabin had a boyfriend, except all the girls thought I did...

Actually, they thought I was going out with Hunter.

I'd rather be single.

I blinked a few times, rubbing at my eyes as I tried to focus. The first thing I finally focused on was the beautifully decorated cake that I almost took out with my elbow.

"Whoa," was all I was able to say, not really knowing what else I could have uttered. I definitely wasn't expecting a cake, I could tell you that. I knew they'd wish me a happy birthday and all, but I didn't think anyone would actually make me a cake...

"Whoa is right," Chelsea grinned, placing the cake down on the table beside my bed. "It is a pretty kickass cake, isn't it? I made it."

"We all made it," Lexi reminded her flatly, causing Chelsea to shrug uncaringly and all the girls to laugh.

For some reason, I felt bad. They were making me cake and celebrating my birthday and I was pretty much lying to all of them. But I couldn't tell them about Jesse... They were in enough danger as it was. There was already the possibility that Hunter already knew who my friends were... But I didn't want to think about that.

I wasn't going to let what happened to my grandma happen to them.

As we started out the day eating cake and opening presents, I couldn't help but think about how I wasn't telling them the truth. They thought I liked Hunter, the person I was protecting them from by lying to them.

I knew that I was going to have to go see Jesse later that day, because I knew that he knew it was my birthday. He'd sneak into the cabin if I didn't go see him... and that definitely wasn't a good idea, since the other seven girls that lived there absolutely hated him.

Except for Molly, of course. She still had that schoolgirl crush on him, and I had to admit that it did bother me a little. Almost every day, whenever she could, she'd always mention how much she liked Jesse, as if I would go over and tell him or something. But now that we were officially going out, I didn't really want Molly ogling him anymore. But just because I was jealous. But she always spoke about him, and I hated being jealous about it.

"Do you think Jesse likes cake?"

Speak of the devil...

"Everyone likes cake, Molly," AJ informed her, her nose wrinkled as she thought of Jesse. "He probably does like cake."

"I know you all don't like him, but he's just so cute," Molly gushed, covering her mouth with her hands as she giggled. "How could someone hate him?"

"Because he's annoying, rude, and doesn't care about anyone but himself," AJ informed her, finishing her first piece of cake before reaching for a second one. "He's total bad news. I can just feel it."

She sounded just like me. I used to rant on and on about how much I hated Jesse and how he didn't care about anyone but himself, but now things were different. And when AJ looked over at me to get my agreement, all I could do was stare at her.

"What?" I asked when she didn't look away.

"Aren't you going to agree with me?" she asked, her eyebrows furrowing in confusion. "You always do."

"Oh, yeah, yeah," I excused quickly, looking back down at my cake and quickly stuffing my face. "He's annoying, rude, doesn't care about anyone but himself..."

I knew I was acting suspicious, and I could only hope that none of the girls noticed. They couldn't know about my relationship with Jesse; it wasn't safe for them. Because I knew if they found out, they'd intervene and get themselves involved with Hunter. I couldn't let that happen to my friends.

"Why can't you tell us anything else about the brown haired guy from prom?" Lexi whined, plopping down onto my bed and sticking out her bottom lip stubbornly. "You can't just expect us to drop it."

I wished they would. The last thing I wanted to think about on my birthday was Hunter. Couldn't they just drop it and leave me in peace? It was obvious that I didn't want to talk about it!

"There's nothing going on between us," I insisted flatly, stabbing my cake a little harder than I had to. "Why can't you just believe me? Can't I just dance with someone to dance?"

"But you two were so cute together!" Cindy gushed, dropping to her knees at the side of my bed. "It's, like, fate or something!"

I snorted.

"He was pretty hot," Chelsea alluded with a wink, laying down on her bed now. "I'd hit that."

"Just stick to hitting my brother, girly," a new voice suddenly said as I made a face, and all the girls in the cabin looked over to see a smirking Alex in the doorway.

I knew he'd show up eventually. It was just a matter of time.

"Hey!" Lexi smiled, jumping up and hugging her boyfriend tightly. "I didn't know you were coming over here!"

"I need to get Jordan," Alex informed her, jabbing a thumb in my direction as he continued to grin. "Someone wants to see her."

"The brown haired guy?" Chelsea teased with a giggle.

Alex smirked at me, but all I could do was glare. He could have thought they she was talking about Jesse. He didn't know that we were planning on keeping it a secret, and since Jesse and Hunter both had brown hair...

Alex continued to smirk as he said, "You could say that."

All the girls in the cabin began to giggle, and I wanted to strangle Alex. Now they were all going to think that I really was going out with Hunter! Idiot!

"Well, go ahead, Jordan!" AJ giggled, pushing me up from my bed and toward Alex. "You don't want to keep the guy you broke up with Dallas for waiting!"

"You got that right," Alex winked, just making me want to smack him even more.

I clutched onto his arm as tightly as I could, yanking him out of my cabin and down the steps toward his.

"You're such an idiot," I snapped, not knowing what else I could have said.

 "Idiot or not, guess what time it is!" Alex called out, still grinning like a complete maniac.

"What?" I asked, stretching out the word as I felt unsure if I had to run away or not...

"It's time to sing! Happy birthday to you! Happy birthday to you! Happy birthday, dear Jordan! Happy birthday day to--"

I elbowed Alex in the stomach, stopping him from singing anymore of that stupid song. I was eighteen; finally an adult, but I couldn't have cared less.

"You're too loud," I complained, covering my ears with my hands. "Can't you be quiet for once?"

"Aren't you excited?" he asked, jumping up and down in front of me as he grabbed onto my shoulders and shook me. "You're eighteen! You're an adult! You can go elope with Jesse and it wouldn't be illegal!"

"Shh!" I shushed loudly, grabbing onto his shoulders now to stop him from moving anymore. I was starting to get a headache... "Be quiet! No one else can know about Jesse and me!"

"Why not?" Alex inquired, his head cocking to the side like he was a puppy or something. "Why would you want to keep it a secret?"

"Hunter," I answered, waving a hand in front of my face as if it wasn't a big deal. But it was a big deal, since he was out to kill Jesse. "And my friends hate Jesse."

"Are you sure they don't secretly love him?" he teased, still grinning that stupid grin of his. "'Cause that's what happened in your case, right?"

Glaring at him flatly, I elbowed him in the stomach again.

"How do you know it's my birthday, anyway?" I asked accusingly to Alex, who was grinning like a maniac as we both made our way over to his cabin, where Jesse was waiting. "Did Lexi tell you?"

"Nope, Jesse did," he continued to grin, stuffing his hands into his pockets. "He's been pretty much freaking out trying to think of what to get you. I told him sex was probably fine--"

"Alex!"

"--but he hit me over the head and kept thinking for himself."

"Good boy," I nodded, as if Jesse was a dog or something. Even though I did love him, and I was an adult now, I still wasn't ready for something like that.

"Don't make him sound like a dog," Alex laughed, as if reading my mind.

I rolled my eyes at him, letting out a sigh when I remembered what had just happened in the cabin moments before. He pretty much just told all the girls in my cabin that I was really going out with Hunter, which was just absolutely fantastic...

"You know, the girls don't know I'm dating Jesse," I informed him. "They think I'm going out with Hunter."

Alex let out a bark of laugher. "Hunter? Ah, that's funny..."

"You basically just confirmed it a couple minutes ago," I groaned, crossing my arms over my chest as I bounded up the steps to Cabin B. "They weren't talking about Jesse, they were talking about Hunter. They don't know his name or anything, but..."

"Oops," Alex chuckled nervously with a shrug, scratching the back of his head. "I thought they knew about Jesse... I mean, they are your friends. It's a good thing I didn't tell anyone that you two are together. Jesse would have killed me if I did..."

"No, I would have killed you," I corrected, turning toward the door and grabbing onto the doorknob. But before I could turn it and enter, a voice stopped me.

"Ugly!"

Really? On my birthday?

I turned around unhappily, staring flatly down at Erica from the top of the steps. I liked feeling like I was taller than her, but I knew that would go away once I walked down the three steps.

"Yes?" I asked calmly, trying not to lose my cool. Just because she went after my boyfriend once didn't mean she still was... But then again, she was the whole reason Hunter was going after Jesse and me... So that was a reason to hate her, I guess.

"I need to talk to you," she beckoned, waving me over with her hand.

I glanced over at Alex, who only shrugged at me. He knew about Erica, and yet he was still letting me go with her? She used to be in a gang! Well, she kind of used to be in a gang... But she used to be the girlfriend of the scariest guy on the planet!

I was about to say something to Alex and beg him to save me, but before I could even utter a word he had slipped into his cabin. I swear, when I got my hands on him...

"What do you need?" I asked once again coolly, walking down the steps and unfortunately becoming shorter than her once again. "I'm kind of busy right now."

"You can be five minutes late for your little birthday date," she scowled, taking a step closer to me. I took a step back, but that didn't do any good because I almost fell over onto the porch. "We need to have a little talk, chica."

"Do you mind speaking in English?" I snapped, my eyebrows furrowing at her now. "I'd like to understand what you're saying to me."

"How could Jesse ever love someone like you?" she demanded, ignoring me as she looked me up and down. "There's nothing special about you! You're too normal for someone like Jesse!"

"Why don't you just go back to Hunter?" I asked obnoxiously, now trying to get to her. "He sure seems like he's willing to get back together with you."

I didn't really know if Hunter wanted to get back together with Erica or not anymore. I mean, he was obsessed with me, wasn't he? Would he go out with Erica again if she wanted?

Her eyes going wide, Erica raised her hand and brought it across my face. My eyes went wide as well, not really understanding what had just happened.

Did she really just slap me?

Did Erica Sanchez really just slap me?

It seemed like the slap to my face scrambled my brain, because I had no idea what I was doing as Erica shoved me to the ground, my back banging against the steps.

"And how do you know about Hunter?" she demanded over me once again, seething as she glowered down at me. "How do you know about him?"

"You're looking at his new obsession," I sneered at her, holding the cheek that she had slapped.

Her eyes widened in fury. "What?"

"I guess all the guys you've ever loved come running to me," I continued, now wanting her to come at me. I wanted her to get angry, because I was honestly pissed off as well. She couldn't just hit me like that and get away with it! And even though I might not be able to win a physical fight with Erica Sanchez, I might have been able to win a verbal one.

That is, if she didn't speak in Spanish...

"Don't ever talk about Hunter!" Erica shouted, kicking me in the side. I let out a yelp of pain, clutching my side now. "You don't know anything! I love Jesse! More than you ever could!"

She loved him more than I could? She may have known him longer than me, and knew that he was in a gang longer than me, but that didn't mean she loved him anymore than I did. I loved Jesse more than anything on the planet, and I was sure Erica didn't feel that way at all.

She kicked me again, as if daring me to fight back and hit her. As much as I wanted to, I knew that I couldn't... Because there was no way I could have one against her.

The strange thing was that her kicks barely even hurt, as if she was holding back. It sure did feel like she was holding back... But why would she? She hated me! I pretty much stole both of the men in her life!

I'd hate me too, if I was her.

I still had no idea what I was supposed to be doing. Fight back? Erica used to be in a gang... sort of. So would I even have a chance if I fought back? I highly doubted that!

Suddenly her kicking stopped, and I looked up to see her now tackled to the ground, Alex on top of her. My eyes widened when I looked up at the person hovering over my, and I quickly snuggled into Jesse's chest, ignoring the pain I felt in my sides.

"Well, happy birthday," Jesse mumbled into my ear, causing me to clutch onto him even tighter.

Yeah, what a happy birthday this was turning out to be.

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