Jess

"what did you do to Meg?" was all the text said.

"what do you mean?" I replied.

"Meg wants to go underwear shopping, says she has a hot date thanks to you"

"thanks to me? I guess she means with Paul then."

"yea, so what did you do? Obviously something if she wants to buy new underwear for the occasion"

"you don't really want to know"

I was cautious about saying too much. On one hand, I wanted Jess to know, but I didn't want to scare her off. I followed with another text before she could reply.

"it's easier to explain in person, you'd get the wrong idea by text"

"I'm free in the morning for a few hours....... But only if you tell me now, you can explain in detail in the morning"

Now I was really stuck. I could lie, but she'd only say something to Meg and I'd get caught. I tried to be vague

"she saw something she probably didn't need to"

"what?"

"me"

"what's that got to do with Paul?"

"she ran out, he comforted her"

"I don't get it"

I decided to just come clean.

"She saw me fucking Rachel"

A pause in the texts. Had I blown it? I decided to go all in, it was too late now.

"in front of the whole party"

I rolled over and lay there for about 20 minutes trying to sleep before my phone suddenly vibrated again. I almost jumped out of bed to read the reply, hoping it wasn't disgust.

"my parents are our from half 9 tomorrow. I'm meeting Meg at 12, I'll be at home if you want to explain yourself."