Wretched and Divine

Lena felt her stomach drop as she pulled into Carson's driveway. As soon as Carson was gone, her and Andy would be left alone in the car.

"Bye Lena! Thanks for the ride!" Carson called back to her friend before entering the house.

"Off to Jake's?" Andy asked, smiling at Lena.

She couldn't handle his adorable smile. It was as though he knew what he did to her emotions. Just a glance could take her breath away.

"Off to Jake's." She repeated, backing out of Carson's driveway and zooming off down the street towards Jake's house.

Once they pulled up into Jake's driveway, neither of them moved. Lena was waiting for Andy to get out first and Andy was waiting for Lena to get out first. An awkward silence passed over them and Lena kept her eyes straight ahead. But out of the corner of her eye, she could see Andy staring at her with a small smirk on his face. She looked and smiled but quickly averted her eyes downward. Andy reached over and touched her hand, causing her to look up at him. His eyes flickered over her face, taking in every detail.

"Andy, wait." Lena pulled her hand away. "What are you doing?"

"Picking up where we left off." He said, reaching for her again.

Instinctively, she pulled back. "I can't do this to Jake. It isn't right."

"But didn't he do this to you?" Andy asked. "With Carson?"

"What?!" Lena was furious. Carson wouldn't do that to her. And Jake had already "cheated" once before. He wouldn't do it again.

"Yeah... He told me. I thought you knew." Andy sounded sympathetic.

Realization hit her square in the face. Jake had lied to Andy. He said it had been Carson instead of Annabelle. Lena knew Carson would never do that to her.

"So you would stoop down to Annabelle's level, too?" Lena said.

Andy sat rigid against his seat. "I have no idea what you're talking about."

Denial. "Shut up, Andy. Yes you do. Annabelle was cheating on you with your best friend before I came into the picture and deep down, you know it's true."

"Fuck you, Lena!" Andy raised his voice at her. "You're just jealous of her. I know how obsessed with me you are. So you have to go around making lies about my girlfriend?"

"Andy, I'm not lying!" She shouted at him as he got out of the car and slammed the door shut behind him.

The whole situation and the whole fight was all so strange. Andy had almost cheated on his girlfriend when his girlfriend had been cheating on him. And then he gets all mad about Lena saying his girlfriend was cheating on him when he was just about to do the same. Boys were always so confusing but there was no guy in the whole school as confusing as Andy. It seemed he didn't know what he wanted. Did he like Lena? Or was lust and infatuation taking over his mind when he looked at her?

The tears stung Lena's eyes as she watched Andy walk into Jake's house. She tried to hold the tears back but the lump in her throat grew bigger and she couldn't help but let each water droplet fall and splash against her acid wash jeans.

She looked at the door Andy had just entered through and watched it open as Jake came running outside to her car. She quickly wiped away the tears and running makeup as he knocked on her window. She rolled it down and the cool breeze soothed her heated face.

"What happened between you and Andy? He just stormed inside and said he left you in the car." Jake knelt down on the pavement and rested his head on his hands on the sill of the window.

Lena just shrugged Andy off. "We just got into an argument is all. It was nothing important."

Jake wanted to ask her why she was crying. He knew Andy must've said something to make her this upset. "Well... Let's go inside. I want to tell you about my surprise."

Lena nodded and opened the car door as Jake stepped aside to let her out. He took her by the hand and she rested her head in the crook between his neck and shoulder. With Jake, she felt safe. But with Andy, she felt dangerous and adventurous. She couldn't seem to decide which one she liked better. But after her fight with Andy, she didn't think he was worth all that trouble anymore.