TW: Rape
Scarlett
"He told you he that he what?!" I flinch at Ricki's screaming. From her reaction, you would think that I said Lucas told me he was an alien sent to the earth to destroy us and not that he loves me.
"You heard me. He said that he loves me." Just saying the words feel strange. I love you. God, what the hell? So much happened last night that I can barely process it. I don't even know if I want to process it, which is why I invited Ricki, Angel, and Asher over. I need them to help me, make this, make sense because I'm so confused at the moment.
"Ehh, I wouldn't get too worked up over it. Guys like him say it all the time in order to manipulate girls. He's trying to get in your panties. Don't fall for it, Scarlett." Angel nods at me.
Maybe Angel has a point? I mean why else would Lucas blurt out that he loves me? Where did that even come from? I know the sex was good but was it really 'I love you' good for him? I didn't even do anything but lay on my back.
"No definitely not. I know Bellini, and he wouldn't just say he loved you without actually meaning it. Pussy gets thrown at him all the time. He wouldn't need to manipulate anyone to get some, especially you. Think about it. You guys have been together for months, and he hasn't tried to fuck you yet. Why would he all of a sudden decide that he needed to manipulate you to get some? I think that he genuinely meant it. He's so whipped." Asher laughs from my bed.
Asher brings up a good point as well. Lucas has never pressured me into having sex with him, and he doesn't come across as some who needs to manipulate girls into having sex. Asher also knows Lucas the best out of the three, so maybe he's right. Maybe Lucas actually meant what he said last night.
"You have a fair point Ash, besides he said it after..." Shit. I wasn't planning on telling them everything that happened last night. "Are you guys hungry? Wanna get some lunch?"
"He said it after what?" Ricki raises an eyebrow at me. All eyes are on me as my friends wait for me to spill. I sigh. I guess I'm going to have to tell them. I did want their input after all.
"Afterwehadsex," I mumble in a breath. "Is Chic-fil-a sounding good to you guys? I'm down for anything at this point."
"Wait wait wait. After what? Say that one more time. I'm pretty sure I didn't hear you right." Asher stares me down, with a knowing smirk on his face.
"After we had sex," I whisper. I can feel the eyes on me, bugging out.
"You had sex with him?!" Angel and Ricki say in unison.
"I expected this. Good for you." Asher shrugs. I'm glad one of my friends is sensible.
"Scarlett you're joking, right? Please tell me that you didn't let him take your virginity? What happened to our pact?" Angel looks hurt, and I don't know why. I understand that he feels the need to protect me, but he needs to learn when to rein it in. He doesn't need to defend me anymore. I got this.
"What pact?"
I roll my eyes at Asher. He's so nosy sometimes. "Angel and I have, well had this pact that if I were still a virgin by my 20th birthday, we would have sex. Mind you we were 17 and extremely fucked up at the time. Just think about how weird that would have been though. I did us a favor." I cringe at the thought. Angel is like family to me, I call his mom, Mami. I could never imagine myself doing the things I did with Lucas, with Angel.
"You gotta be fucking kidding me, Scarlett. You're a goddamn lie" Ricki's jaw is basically touching the ground.
"No, I'm not, Ricki. Last night after the Gala, we...ya know...did it, and then he told me he loved me afterward."
