Everything was fine before the pool party- or at least I thought so.

I was outside by the pool with my friends when I noticed that someone was missing.

“Hey, has anyone seen Matthew?”

“I think I saw him head inside with Jessie.”, my sorority sister DJ purred, lazily stretched out on one of our sun loungers. It was unbearably hot that day. We had just reached the peak of a three-week long heatwave.

“Jessie?” I didn’t trust her. The way she always danced around Matthew when he was over… I felt my heart sinking…

“Matthew? Matty?” I went inside and upstairs to our rooms. I could hear faint noises coming out of Jessie’s bedroom at the end of the corridor.

“What the plumbbob-”

As soon as Matthew noticed me, he wrestled himself free and practically jumped out of the bed, trying to pull me into a hug.

“It’s not what it looks like! Sarah, let me explain!”

I pushed him away.

“Shove it!”