Thread: My sister's ex (Candira and Raven)

One step at a time, Rae reminded herself. At the moment, a rather heavy box of stoneware and pans was weighing her down and blocking a good portion of her vision. She managed to make it inside the college townhouse with no major injuries or property damage. Carefully, the redhead navigated into the kitchen and set the box down with a sigh. She took a step back and stretched a little. Her hair was pulled up into a pony tail to keep it out of her face while she hauled in her stuff. She let out a breath and let her bangs flutter with it as her blue eyes took in the healthy set of boxes they had together. In all honesty, it wasn't that much. They didn't have any furniture, just what the college provided. The most they had were a few lamps and maybe some organizers. And it depressed her that the bed in the room she'd chosen was conspicuously missing thanks to a shipping error. No bed for her tonight--which made her sad. Still a sleeping bag was better than nothing. She wondered if Jake would take pity on her and take turns sleeping in the one they had until hers came. Then again, she didn't feel much like asking him for favors lately. It could have to do with the huge amount of guilt she carried with her. Rather than think about it, she hauled her ass back out to her car. She got a few cat-calls from the neighbors as they moved in as well. She was a pretty girl, with very nice curves. She wore a white t-shirt and pair of jeans that fit her just right. While her figure wasn't that of a playboy bunny, she had just enough to please the eye and she wasn't afraid to show it off when she felt like it. Today, however, wasn't one of those days. She grabbed another box from her trunk, this one full of bedding for her non-existent one. Sighing, she hauled it up and grabbed a bag full of bathroom stuff before she shut the trunk and went back inside. For not having a lot of stuff, it sure seemed like a lot of trips. Despite her efforts to chase away her problems with hard work, she couldn't escape the thoughts as she saw Jake making trips of his own. He was cute in that emo sort of way, and she'd always had a secret weakness for emo boys. But he was generally a happy guy, so bonus! It wasn't hard to be friends with him, which made the distance she'd recently put between them even more awkward. Then again, he'd dated her sister, Salina, for four years. Things were bound to be awkward after he'd found out Salina had been cheating on him. Of course, Rae had found out first and debated internally over whether she should tell Jake. He didn't believe her when she said it. He played it off like it was a joke. And then, he found out the hard way that it had been the ugly truth. Of course, there was something that she was rather guilty of herself. Something she couldn't quite forgive herself for, and she wasn't sure he'd forgive her for either. She put the box of bedding and the bag of bathroom stuff away before rushing out to her car so she could finish hauling faster and maybe not have to deal with Jake alone for awhile. He'd mistaken her for her sister one night in the dark. It was no secret to Rae that Salina and Jake had had sex before. In fact, she'd covered for them a few times. But this particular night, Salina was out of the house--snuck out to see her guy on the side. To cover for her, Rae had decided to sleep in her bed. Lying there in the dark, she hadn't expected Jake to knock on the window softly and slip in. He was gentle and kind and in the dark, she looked enough like her sister to pass. She was friends with him--good friends. She'd had a crush on him since forever. It was no excuse--Rae knew what she'd done was wrong, but when his arms slipped around her like that...when his lips met her soft skin, she couldn't help herself. She needed to know how it felt. She kept telling herself she would stop him after just a few more touches...but she couldn't do it. He was so good, so gentle. When he snuck back out, he thought he was leaving his girlfriend behind...If only. Now she carried that guilt with her. She'd tricked him in a manner of speaking, betrayed her sister, and let him continue thinking it was Salina. Since then, she couldn't quite face him. And the thing was....it happened just after she'd told him about her sister's betrayal of his trust. God, he would hate her. She felt a little like crying...but sick too. Whenever she thought of it. Maybe she should just tell him tonight? They couldn't switch roommates now, but they could put in the paperwork later, and sleeping on the floor would be the least of her worries... but still he deserved to know, didn't he? Sighing, she hauled a few more boxes out of her car and back to the house, hoping to God he wouldn't catch wind that something was wrong.