I'll admit it - I still watch The Hills. It's my guilty pleasure, ok? =P And I gotta say, the past few episodes have been pretty good...but in particular, the storyline that I want to talk about involves Audrina and Brody. *I will be talking about it in detail, so if you watch and don't want to read a "spoiler," then stop reading this now* Audrina and Brody are two good looking kids. They've hung out in the same friend circle for years - so they're friends, but not BFFs. They go out, flirt, advise each other on relationship matters etc. You get the picture. So here's the part I've been thinking about... they both go on this group trip to Hawaii. It's well known that Audrina is single but Brody has a girlfriend. The flirting btw the two has intensified over the past few outings...and now Audrina is looking at Brody in a whole different light. And I totally get that - it happens...sometimes you look at a friend, tilt your head and think "wow, that person looks really good today. I wonder what would happen if we both got drunk and... whoa, whoa, wait a minute! He's a FRIEND. Right. Let's back it up and go a different direction..." Your mind crosses into the grey area for a few minutes...or a few days...or a few wks...but you don't do anything cuz ultimately, you know you're better off as just friends. But I'll save that topic for another entry. =P ANYHOW, it has become apparent that something DID happen between Audrina and Brody. She drops the "well, I've always had a little crush on you..." aKa the "testing the waters" comment...and that triggers a reaction in Brody so that he's now looking at Audrina in a different way. Add in a few drinks and put the two together in a room alone... Fast forward to the next morning and you now know that they've spent the night together in the same bed - maybe they were just talking or maybe it was more than that...we may never know. But here's my thing. In the fallout of this whole thing...the other ppl in the group are talking about the event...and someone, I think Lauren, mentions "yea...but Audrina is single." <-- as if that exonerates her... Is that really fair?? A good friend of mine once said, "just because there's a goalie, doesn't mean ya can't score!" And although she said it in jest, I've come to realize that there are a lot of people that actually think that way. If Person A (single) hooks up with Person B (in a pretty serious relationship), does the "blame" lie entirely (or even primarily) with Person B? After all, Person B is the one that's actually "cheated" on their significant other...right? But I don't think I quite agree with that if Person A clearly knew that Person B was in a relationship. If we reword it slightly, and say that Person B committed a crime, wouldn't you say that Person A was - at the very least - an accomplice? Person A may not have actually pulled the trigger/committed the crime, but that person was definitely aware of the crime being committed and willingly helped Person B (maybe even instigated it), right? Well, I find it interesting that in a court of law, an accomplice can be tried and prosecuted separately from the principal - has the SAME degree of guilt and is subject to the SAME criminal penalties! I think in most cases, the person - if committed - will face less severe consequences...but still, the person is definitely part of the crime. So I guess I disagree with saying or implying that Audrina did no/very little wrong. Brody may have committed the actual crime, but Audrina was an accomplice and should be looked at accordingly... That's what I think, anyway. | 
