Love's Crazy Twists by S. A. Johns

this was her fault but she felt awful.
                  “Jules, this isn’t your fault.  If it’s anyone’s fault, it’s mine.”  He assured her.  “But I am fine…really.”  He put his arm around her and started walking toward the house.
                  She walked ahead of him into the house to tell Matt not to say a word to Shane.
                  “Why is he coming in here?”  Matt demanded.
                  “He is hurt too, and needs to get cleaned up.  If you can’t be civil then you’d better leave.”  She said point blankly.  “I know you came over here to make sure I was OK.  That is really sweet of you and I appreciate it very much.  I do.  But, one nice gesture doesn’t mean that you are completely forgiven.  I do want to forgive you for cheating on me but I will need to regain my trust in you.  And checking on me once doesn’t erase all the hurt that you caused me.  So, I am going to tend to my friend.  If you can’t handle that, then I suggest you leave.  I will call you in the morning.  OK?”  She said.
                  “I don’t trust him here with you all alone.”  He protested.
                  “Matt, I am going to let him get cleaned up and then he is leaving and I am going to bed.  OK?  That’s it.  End of story.”  She said.  “Good night.”
                  “OK, I’m going.  Call me in the morning.” He said.  “Good night.”
                  “Thank you.” She said, and he walked away.
                  Shane was sitting on the porch waiting for the coast to be clear before he dared step inside the house.  When he saw Julie and Matt come out he was prepared for another fight.  Then Matt walked away and Julie told him to come in.  he walked into the house and went to the bathroom to wash up.
                  “How did you get him to leave?”  Shane asked.
                  As much as she hated to say it, she did anyway, “That’s easy, he trusts me.”  Then under her breath said, “Even though he shouldn’t.”
                  “You can’t blame yourself for what happened between us.  It’s not your fault.  Honey…listen to me.  I blame myself.  If I wouldn’t have come running over to check on you none of this would have happened.”  He said.
                  “No!”  she said firmly.  “I will not allow you to blame yourself!  It is not just one person’s fault.  We did it together.”  She looked away from him and continued, “And it was wonderful.”  She blushed.
                  He reached to her and spun her around.  As he looked longingly into her eyes, he could feel a familiar tightness in his jeans and he could feel his heart beating wildly as he looked at her beautiful face.  He couldn’t help himself.  He needed her again.  It was if she was his life source, and he’d surely die without her.  She sensed that he wanted her and she was a little nervous.  She knew it was wrong the first time and if she did it again, it would be wrong this time too.  She tried to pull away, she wanted to pull away, but her body wouldn’t budge.  She was paralyzed when he looked at her that way.
                  She could feel her heart begin to race and her knees became weak.  She didn’t know what to do.  She must not betray Matt any further.  Then Shane leaned in and kissed her on the mouth.  She gave in to her impulses and kissed back.  It was the same kiss she had with him the first time.  It was full of urgency.  He didn’t just want to be kissing her, he needed to be kissing her.  His arms were wrapped around her and holding her tight.  His hands slid down to cup her ass and squeeze firmly.  She let out a playful squeal.  Her arms were around his shoulders, pulling him closer to her.  He swung her around and picked her up