Keida's words sowed the seed of doubt within her, and as she laid in his arms - his spill still warm between her thighs - guilt began to fester deep in her heart. She'd betrayed Cain. Haley could sugarcoat the situation and paint over their misdeeds with explanations and colorful words, but the fact was, she'd betrayed Cain. She had offered up her purity to Keida, and the proof of their union was clear between her legs. His spill and her blood coated her inner thighs and continued to seep out of her as she remained beneath him. What had she done? Haley felt the telltale prickle of tears at the corners of her eyes, but she pulled herself together and instead took in a shaky breath. She was doing this for Cain, learning about boys so the one she loved from afar would love her back. The excuse sounded far less sincere now that she was lying in Keida's arms.<br/><br/>"I should go."<br/><br/>He didn't stop her. Slowly, Haley picked herself back up and winced at the soreness their eager union had caused. She slipped back into her dress, but Keida insisted on keeping her strawberry underwear and she was far too embarrassed to contradict him. She just wanted to go home and shower to wash off the proof of her betrayal.<br/><br/>She was a few steps away from Keida's front door when the universe decided to screw her over. Cain was standing before her, waving and smiling his radiant smile. His hair was wet from his swim at the lake and he seemed positively happy to see her. Had this happened before her "lesson" with Keida, she would have smiled back. Instead, a bright scarlet flush covered her face. Haley squeezed her thighs together, suddenly intensely aware of her bareness beneath her dress. The stickiness between her thighs made her wince and she held onto the hem of the sundress as if to pull it lower to hide her shame. Could Cain smell their sweat on her skin? She banished the thought.<br/><br/>"I didn't know you and Keida still hung out," Cain commented. "Hey Haley, be careful around him, alright?"<br/><br/>"He was just helping me with some... research." The blatant lie was painful.<br/><br/>Cain laughed and he lit up the space around him as he did so. "So studious, we've got two months before college. Try and enjoy the summer a little. Hey, I went to the lake this afternoon and it was really nice there. If you're not too busy, you should hang out with me sometime. It'll be like before, you know, when we used to swim summers away." The corners of Cain's eyes crinkled when he smiled, it was the air of lighthearted confidence that had always drawn Haley in.<br/><br/>"That'd be nice, Cain. I... I really need to go."<br/><br/>"Some other time then." He waved her goodbye and watched as she quickly disappeared into her house. It was around then when he saw Keida staring at him. He knew what Keida was like - a playboy and a delinquent. They'd grown apart because Keida had chosen to mingle with the wrong crowd and make bad decisions. Cain still had a soft spot for his old friend, but the thought of Haley spending time with Keida made his insides churn. He was bad news and he knew it.<br/><br/><br/><div style="text-align: center"><i>in the evening<br/>
<br/>
</i>​</div>After Haley had washed off the proof of her union with Keida, she found a text message from him regarding their next lesson. The text sparked up a fire of worry within her, she'd already betrayed Cain, there was no reason to go back. But didn't Keida say she needed this so Cain would love her back? Was it really betrayal if she was doing this all for his sake, all so the radiant boy would finally love her? In the back of her mind, she was struggling to justify herself.<br/><br/>Thinking of what had happened earlier, it stirred the familiar heat she'd felt between her thighs.<br/><br/>Keida had made her feel good. It had been painful at first, but the fire turned to pleasure and before she knew it... she had moaned out his name as a wave of release washed over her for the first time. Amazing. She bit down on her lip, trying not to think of it... trying to quell the memories of Keida's eager length satiating the ache within her. She tried to think of something else as she reached to grab her cellphone off her bedroom table. Haley's room hadn't changed much over the years, her beloved plush toys still occupied her bed, a bookshelf filled to the brim with fairy tales sat on the right side of the room. One of the only additions was the computer and study desk she now kept.<br/><br/>'Same time and place in three days' Keida's text had said.<br/><br/>'Okay, I'll be there.' she answered.<br/><br/>Once again, three days from now, the fly would return to the spider's web out of her own volition.