Part 4 - Confession, Guilt and The Dress

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The movement beside you caused you to stir, you opened your eyes and blinked a few times taking in the unfamiliar surroundings. It took you a moment to remember where you were and suddenly it all flooded back to you and you were wide awake. You turned your head to the left and Simon was laying beside you, dead to the world, looking peaceful and calm, his right arm still draped across your torso.You looked over at your phone - it was 11am - you'd only been asleep for a couple of hours, you got out of the bed, put your ripped dress back on and left Simons room, looking back at him once last time before you closed the door.

The rest of the apartment was dead quiet, the late night obviously keeping everyone in bed. You sat down on the couch, flipping through social media until you heard a "goodmorning, didn't expect to find you in the lounge room", Josh said, smiling at you and coughing slightly.
"Yeah, not sure I expected to be here either.." you smiled, trying to make it sound more funny that it was
"How are you this morning?" you asked him, wanting to change the topic
"Alright, feeling pretty sick though, was coughing all night" he said
"Have you been on the couch all night?! I looked for you everywhere when we got back last night" your best friend practically yells as she enters the kitchen.
"Ummm, yeah" you lied, not wanting to explain the night with Josh right beside you
"At least you had Cal's jacket to keep you warm" she said, pointing at SDMN hoodie you had over your shoulders. You were glad she continued speaking and didn't dwell on it
"Well let's go back to our room, I need a shower and to get some actual sleep"
"Sounds good to me"

On the journey between their room and your own you filled in your bestfriend on what happened.
"I TOLD YOU SIMON LIKED YOU!" she shouted in the lobby of your hotel
"Thank you for letting the world know...and really, that's all you took from that story?!" you hid your face and quickened your pace to the elevator
"Well, no, I'm happy for you...but what happened to you and Cal? He was all over you last night and when I couldn't find you after I got food with JJ, I just assumed with were in with him"
"Ughhhhhh, yeah, I know... After he passed out it all just kind of happened", you say, slumping against the elevator wall - it was the truth, but it sounded so strange
"So now what are we going to do?" she asks as you leave the elevator
"About what?" you ask, opening the bedroom door, so glad to be returning to a freshly made bed
"About the fact JJ invited us to go and see G-Eazy perform...and I've kind of already said we will be going..." she said as she backed into the bathroom, hiding, unsure of what your response will be.
"Ughhhhhh" you flopped face first onto your bed, burying your face into the pillow, you were too tired to comprehend the possibility of all the things that could happen if you spent another night with them. You didn't speak for a minute, and then finally said "Let me sleep on it"
It only took you a few seconds before you were in another universe.

You woke up at 6pm to your phone ringing beside your face, the room was dark and your bestfriend was fast asleep in her bed.
"Hello?" you answered, your voice croaking like it was first thing in the morning
"Hey love, how are you?" Cal's voice chimed through the phone
"I'm alright, just woke up from a sleep, was so wrecked after the big one we had last night" you replied - excited to hear from him, but also very nervous that he might be calling you upset about what had gone on.
"Yeah, that's why I rang actually. I wanted to apologise, Josh said you slept on the couch and JJ told me that I ripped your dress... I am so sorry! I don't really have much memory of it all, but that was so disrespectful of me. I feel really really bad", you gulp to yourself, 'disrespectful' was certainly and interesting choice of words, he obviously doesn't know what happened between you and Simon
"Oh, it's fine Cal, really, I know it wasn't intentional" you said, wanting to apologise right back to him
"No no, I want to make it up to you tonight. Come round and let me treat you to room service before G-Eazy?" he questioned
Your mind was going a million miles a second - how could you have dinner with Cal after spending the night kissing Simon? But, then, how could you just avoid it all after everything that's happened?
"Y/N... you there?" Cal queries because you've taken so long to respond
"Yeah, sorry, still kind of asleep. What time were you thinking?"
"About 8?"
"Alright, I'll see you then"
You hung up feeling somewhere between nervous and guilty.
"Well now, isn't life getting interesting for the little fan girl?" your bestfriend mocked at you from her bed - you threw a pillow and it hit her in the face both laughing at one another
"Time to get ready then?" she says, both bursting back into laughter
"Having a life is really hard you know?" you say, half joking, but half realising the magnitude of the situation you'd put yourself in.

You'd borrowed clothes from Y/BF/N to wear, but you weren't feeling great in them, they just didn't make you feel confident and given what you may face, that's what you needed.
There was a knock on the door and you and your bestfriend both looked at each other in confusion - "hello, it's hotel concierge".
You open to door to a member of hotel staff standing outside your door with a big black bag.
"Y/N?" he asks
"Yes?" you reply, wondering if you're somehow in trouble for the night before
"This was delivered for you at the desk and asked to be brought up to your room" he replies as he passes you the bag
"Sorry, are you sure this is for me?" you ask, knowing that you haven't ordered anything
"Definitely, it was delivered by courier"
"okay... I guess... thank you?"
"You're welcome ma'am" he half laughs as he walks away
You walk back into the room holding the bag greeted by your half dressed bestfriend with half a face of make up on, you hesitate and look at the bag, wondering what it is. You look up at your bestfriend and she is giving you a very intense look..."so fucking open it then!" she throws at you
"Alright, relax" - you open the bag and pull out a white box, covered in a red ribbon and bow. You undo the ribbon and lift the lid, a note saying 'a new beautiful dress, for a beautiful girl' is sitting on top.
Underneath some tissue paper is a stunning midi dress covered in gold sequins - "wow" you and your bestfriend say in time together
"That is amazing" she says, without giving you a chance to continue by saying "why the fuck do you get a new dress? It was my dress that got ripped! Totally unfair"
"Sorry" you reply
"Well go put it on then" she says
Moments later you walk out of the bathroom hair and make up done and your bestfriend wolf whistles at you "dayummm,fangirl, that ass!" she giggles and winks at you.
"Thanks, definitely better than anything else I own" you smile
"But the dress isn't the biggest talking point here Y/N...it's who sent it to you? Cal or Simon?"
She was right and you had absolutely no idea.

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