The Good Life

*Alex*

Tonight just Oli and I were supposed to be going out to grab a drink at this club downtown, but Cass called me saying she needed to get out of the house and Jack felt like going out too. So we were all going which was kind of weird because just the four of us had never hung out before, but maybe this would turn out to be lots of fun. Vicki agreed to baby sit Izzy for us which we were thankful for. It took Jack and I ten minutes to calm Izzy down convince her we would be ‘right back’. We were lying of course we were going to be gone for at least three hours and it was already going on nine pm. She calmed down after Vicki turned to SpongeBob for her and the boys to watch; that show was like magic.

Jack and I arrived a few minutes later than what I told Oli and Cass, but they were both inside sitting at a table keeping each other company.

“Hey sorry we’re late.” Jack apologized at we sat down in the two chairs next to each other.

“No it’s fine I was just explaining to Cassadee here why Tequila is better than Vodka.” Oli said.

“Yes and like I said before, I’ve never had a good experience while drinking Tequila. Every time I drink it I end up throwing up.” She said back.

“Yeah I agree with you Cass, nothing good ever happens when you drink Tequila.” Jack laughed.

“Eh Vodka is boring.” I stated and Oli high-fived me.

“I’ll go get us a few shots of Tequila and get the two senior citizens here some Vodka.” Oli chuckled and got up from the table.

“You and Oli are the same person.” Jack accused and I just raised my hands up to surrender. Oli and I did have the same sense of humor.

“Who’s babysitting Izzy?” Cass asked.

“Vicki.” Jack and I answered at the same time.

“Aw was she upset to be away from you two?” She asked.

“Yeah, but we needed a break for one night.” Jack sighed.

“Yeah I know the feeling.” Cass mumbled quietly, but I heard her. I stared at her trying to ask her with my eyes did she talk to Rian yet, but before she could give me a sign Oli had come back with our shots.

“Alright drink up!” He cheered as he sat the tray full of drinks on our table. We all grabbed one shot and Jack counted us off so we could take it at the same time. Everyone’s face scrunched up as the burning liquid rushed its way down our throats.

“Ugh fuck me.” Cass cried out and we laughed as we picked up the next one ready to go. We repeated this process three more times until we ran out of the round of drinks Oli had brought for us.

“Next rounds on me.” Jack said and he kissed me on the cheek then went to the bar to order it. I wasn’t going to drink anymore so I could drive Jack and I back home. Cass and Oli were both smart enough to take a cab here.

“Hey Alex! Remember that time you and I stole that bottle of whiskey from my dad’s liquor stash and we drunk almost all of it. Then we went to Amber Rickman’s house for her birthday party” Oli was dying from laughter before we could finish the story. “And I dared you to kiss Amber, but you were so sick you ended up throwing up on her instead.” He finished in tears.

“Why do you remember some of the most random shit?” I scolded him. I don’t know why my most embarrassing memories were his favorite ones.

“Do you remember?” He asked again while he was practically crying. Cass started laughing at how hard he was laughing.

“Yes I still fucking remember because you won’t let me fucking forget.” I pouted, but soon I started laughing along with him.

“You guys are ridiculous.” Cass commented.

“What’s so funny?” Jack asked as he slowly sat down with the second round of drinks for the night.

“Nothing we were just reminiscing about the past.” Oli said as he wiped the rest of the tears away from his eyes.

“Well how about we drink to the future cause Ms. Pope is about to become Mrs. Dawson.” Jack smiled as he handed out the drinks. I quickly refused the one he had for me and looked at Cass who had a fake smile on her face. I guess she hadn’t talked to Rian yet.

Once they finished that round of drinks, Cass had volunteered to by the next round saying that she wanted to get super drunk tonight. I watched as they took shot after shot slowly becoming drunk. I could always tell Jack was drunk when he would get super touchy with me and right now his hand was slowly inching up my upper thigh. I grabbed his hand before he could reach his destination.

“Save it for later.” I whispered in his ear and he turned to kiss me. Now that Izzy was older and sleeping through the night, Jack and I had returned to our usual sex routine so I wouldn’t be surprised if we ended up doing it tonight. Jack had pushed his tongue into my mouth making our pg13 kiss become rated R quickly. I politely pulled away from him so I wouldn’t get so worked up in front of our friends.

“Well… I feel like dancing.” Oli said trying to make this moment less awkward. “Cass come dance with me.” He told her more than asked her. Cass got up and followed Oli to the dance floor.

“I wanna dance too.” Jack whine and I grabbed his hand and pulled him to dance with me.

The DJ was playing really nice music nothing too slow and nothing too fast like that techno music you usually hear; I never knew how to dance to that. He played genres ranging from pop to R&B which was perfect. Jack was so drunk he didn’t care what he was dancing to, he just kept grinding his hips into me. I didn’t know if I would make it through the night.

***

*Cass*

Oli pulled me to the dance floor, grabbed both of my hands as he swayed his hips to the rhythm. He was a pretty good dancer, unlike me, I just stood there awkwardly watching him. You would think all that alcohol would have given me confidence.

“Why aren’t you dancing?” He moved closer to talk into my ear so that I could hear him over the music.

“I’m not very good at dancing.” I tried to laugh it off.

“What? Yes you are. You just don’t know it yet.” He smiled. “Look I’ll lead, you just follow my steps.” He talked over the music. He put one of his arms around my waist and started to take steps to the sides making me move my hips. I felt pretty stupid, but it looked like I was doing what everyone else was, except for Alex and Jack who were basically fucking on the dance floor.

“See you’re doing pretty well for someone who doesn’t know how to dance.” He smirked. I looked into his hazel-green eyes for a second too long and had to turn away to look at the ground. There’s no way I’m attracted to Oli, he’s just a friend and nothing more. For the few seconds I looked into his eyes I could tell he was almost as drunk as I was, I mean he did take the shots that Alex didn’t take so that’s probably why.

“You’re a great teacher.” I said sounding a little flirty. I think maybe I was a little too drunk for this.
We danced in silence for a little while before Oli asked “How are your wedding plans coming along?”

“Can we talk about something else? I just need a distraction from all of that” I complained and he chuckled.

“Sorry. Um we can talk about whatever you want to talk about.” He said sweetly. I tried to look anywhere other than at him, but I couldn’t help it. I should have let go of him and walked back to the table but instead I looked up at him and took my hands from his. Without a second thought I reached up to grab his face and attached his lips to mine. I half expected him to pull away but instead he tightened his grip around my waist and brought me closer to him. This wasn’t a sweet I love you kiss it was a fast, slutty, I need you kiss.

I didn’t think in a million years I would cheat on Rian like this and especially not with Oli. I still love him with all my heart, but our relationship has been pretty boring lately. We don’t argue or have normal conversations, Rian just agrees with everything I say or just listens to me ramble. I’m bored. It’s like he’s afraid he’ll say the wrong thing and ruin us, but I guess I’ve already done that. I was probably being dramatic about this whole situation because this never bothered me before. I have to talk to him about this because our wedding was in three months.

***

*Jack*

I could feel Alex hardening in his jeans as I grinded against him in the middle of the dance floor. He was holding on to my hips making sure we were as close as possible and I was loving every second of this. I had to be completely wasted, that was the only way this would ever happen in public. I rarely got this drunk, but I did always end up having lots of fun.

“Do you think Vicki would mind keeping Izzy til tomorrow because I want to hear you scream my name all night?” Alex said seductively in my ear. Those words turned me on more than the dancing we had been doing.

“I don’t think she’ll mind.” I answered him back. I pulled out my phone to text Vicki really quickly. I moved to put my phone back in my pocket when I looked up and saw Cassadee and Oli dancing together. They were dancing fairly close to each other and I was about to shrug it off when I saw Cass bring Oli’s face to hers and lock lips with him. I thought it was the alcohol at first making me see things, but I knew I wouldn’t hallucinate from drinking. I stood there shocked not knowing how to react. Alex noticed I stopped dancing longer than expected and asked me what was wrong. I tried to form the words to tell him what was happening, but nothing was coming out so I physically turned his body so he could see what I was seeing.

“Shit!” He yelled and covered his mouth in awe. “Wh-what are we supposed to do?” he asked but I just shook my head and shrugged my shoulders.

“Should we go pull them apart?” I asked him, but before he could even think of an answer they had pulled apart and stared at each other just as shocked as Alex and I had been staring at them. I wanted to look away, but it was physically impossible. As if on cue they both looked over at us.

“I’ll take Cass and you take Oli.” I told Alex and he nodded. I walked over and grabbed Cass’s hand and dragged her outside the club with me while Alex dragged Oli to the bathroom.

Once Cass and I were outside with a little more light I could see tears running down her face. I felt horrible for her, she looked confused and a mess with her make-up running down her face. But we probably both looked stupid staggering out of the club.

“What happened in there?” I asked her after we stood in silence for a few minutes.

“I don’t know.” She sniffled. “I…I just got caught up in the moment. And…Ugh I’m so stupid.” She placed the palm of her hands on to her eyes and started to cry more. I wrapped my arms around her and let her get it all out of her system. “I’ve just been so stressed about the wedding and I’ve been having second thoughts. But now all I can think about is how hurt Rian will be when he finds out about this. He’s going to hate me and I deserve that. I’m the worse fiancée ever.”

“Cass, he won’t hate you, and you’re not the worse fiancée ever. People make mistakes all the time and I’m sure with some time Rian will forgive you for this.” I assured her. “Have you told Rian about you having second thoughts?” I asked.

“No. I’ve been afraid and Alex said I was probably getting cold feet, which now I hope it just that.” She said. I hummed for an answer knowing I shouldn’t have trusted Alex when he said nothing was wrong with Cass a few weeks ago.

“We’ll figure out a way to make this right.”

***

*Alex*

“What the hell was that?” I asked Oli as the bathroom door shut behind us. There was a dude using the urinal, but I just ignored him and waited for Oli to answer.

“I don’t know. One minute we’re dancing and the next thing I know, we started making out.” He rubbed his temples.

“Shit. What are we going to do?” I asked knowing he probably didn’t know.

“What the fuck am I supposed to tell Hannah?” He asked, completely ignoring my question.

“And what are we supposed to tell Rian?”

“This is too much for me to comprehend. I can’t think straight.” He said and I remembered that he and Cass were pretty drunk which means the kiss most likely didn’t mean anything.

“Let’s just get you home and deal with this tomorrow.” I said rubbing my eyes.

“Okay.” He sighed and followed me out of the restroom. We continued to walk until we were outside the club and face to face with Jack and Cass. We all stood there and in silence not knowing what to say.

“Do we have to tell Rian?” Cass broke the silence. “It’s not like Oli and I fucked on the table. It was just a small kiss and we can all pretend that we were super drunk and don’t remember any of this.” She said frantically. I don’t know what kiss she remembers, but that wasn’t a simple kiss to me.

“Yeah I agree with her. Hannah doesn’t need to know about this either.” Oli joined in. Jack and I looked at each other not knowing what to do in this situation.

“You two have to promise not to say anything to either of them.” Cass looked at us expectedly.

“Um” I said not wanting to give an answer.

“Please Alex! You don’t want Rian to be unhappy right?” She said with wide eyes.

“Well no but-“ I started to say.

“So you won’t tell them?” She begged.

I looked at Oli and then looked back at her before giving a quiet “no”.

“Jack?” She said wanting Jack to give an answer too.

“I won’t” He mumbled staring at the ground. We both felt dirty keep such a big secret away from Rian.

“Thank you.” Oli let out a deep breath. “I’m going to go catch a cab home. I’ll see you guys later.” He said and walked away trying to hail one of the cabs driving by.

“We’ll take you home.” I told Cass and she nodded and followed me to the car.

The drive to her and Rian’s place was silent the only thing you could hear was the radio quietly playing in the background. I looked in the rearview mirror and saw Cass staring out the window with her hands around herself, she looked so worried. I felt so bad for her, but I felt even worse for Rian. If he ever found out this happened he would be heartbroken. He loves her with all his heart.

I pulled up as close as I could get to the door to let Cass out. She mumbled a quick thanks and bye before jumping out of the car and walking to the front door. I made sure we watched her unlock the door and go in before I pulled off to take Jack and I home.

When we made it home I helped Jack get out of his clothes and get into bed before jogging over to get Izzy from the Fuentes. With all the craziness that happened tonight Jack and I fell out of the mood so I thought Izzy might as well wake up with us tomorrow. When I got her from Vicki she was knocked out sleep which was perfect cause that meant I could just put her in her pajamas and lay her in her bed.

I made sure Izzy wasn’t going to wake up before I turned her night light on and left her room. I went down to Jack and I’s room and put on my pajamas to go to bed too. When I laid comfortably in our bed Jack turned over and threw his leg on mine.

“I thought you wanted me.” He said half asleep.

“I do, but there’s just too much on my mind.” I sighed. I felt guilty even though I hadn’t lied to Rian...yet. Just the thought was making me feel terrible.

“Yeah I know what you mean.” Jack mumbled.

I turned to lay on my back and tried to shut my eyes, but nothing would work. I wasn’t going to get much sleep tonight.

Notes

Rian doesn't deserve this! Also I wanted to thank all of you for continuing to read and comment on this. I love to hear all of your feedback on the story and I can't even explain the excitement I feel when I get an email saying someone left a comment!! So Thank You very much!!!