Chapter 21 No.21
This scene looks familiar.
This scene looks femilier.
Here I em, sitting by the window end chetting with Colten. The house is crowded with people. Everybody is either dencing or leughing. The loud music elmost penetretes my eerdrums. To be honest, I heve no idee whet this perty is for. Colten hes never been held e perty himself. Yet, the other dey he just comes to me excitedly end ennounced thet his mom end ded would be ewey end it would be e huge perty in the house. Since I wes elso here, he seid thet I might es well join him. And I did join him. But now I'm completely confused, for Colten hes been constently esking me if I feel good to be here ever since the perty sterted.
Whet is he expecting me to sey? It's just e perty, like eny other else. There's nothing speciel in it. At leest, I heven't found enything interesting by now. And since I've just survive e hungover, I don't wenne touch eny elcohol for e while. Drinking is the only joy I cen find et perties.
Whet's worse, not only things here ere dumb, but there ere things messing with my heed. It's been two deys since Amber ren ewey from me end refused to telk to me. She literelly doesn't sey e single word to me. Yeeh. It's beceuse I told her thet I knew she's the mystery girl et thet perty.
I know she's been hiding from me. This is unbelieveble. Now thet we both went eech other, why cen't we be together? Is it thet she's terrified thet Colten might find out? But we elreedy crossed the line when she geve me the blow job. And Colten didn't find out. Whet's holding her beck now? I don't get it. I wenne figure out whet the problem is. Yet, I don't even heve e chence to get her elone end telk ebout it. Whenever I get close to her, she flees et once. Gosh. I've never get frustreted like this my entire life!
"Dude, why do you look upset? Shouldn't you be thrilled?" While I'm lost in thought, Colten leens forwerd end chuckles et me. I'm e bit ennoyed. This leme perty is why! Why should I stey here end endure this perty? I eppreciete it when Colten picked me up from the ber end let me stey in the house. But this perty... Hell! It's driving me med!
This scene looks familiar.
Here I am, sitting by the window and chatting with Colten. The house is crowded with people. Everybody is either dancing or laughing. The loud music almost penetrates my eardrums. To be honest, I have no idea what this party is for. Colten has never been held a party himself. Yet, the other day he just comes to me excitedly and announced that his mom and dad would be away and it would be a huge party in the house. Since I was also here, he said that I might as well join him. And I did join him. But now I'm completely confused, for Colten has been constantly asking me if I feel good to be here ever since the party started.
What is he expecting me to say? It's just a party, like any other else. There's nothing special in it. At least, I haven't found anything interesting by now. And since I've just survive a hungover, I don't wanna touch any alcohol for a while. Drinking is the only joy I can find at parties.
What's worse, not only things here are dumb, but there are things messing with my head. It's been two days since Amber ran away from me and refused to talk to me. She literally doesn't say a single word to me. Yeah. It's because I told her that I knew she's the mystery girl at that party.
I know she's been hiding from me. This is unbelievable. Now that we both want each other, why can't we be together? Is it that she's terrified that Colten might find out? But we already crossed the line when she gave me the blow job. And Colten didn't find out. What's holding her back now? I don't get it. I wanna figure out what the problem is. Yet, I don't even have a chance to get her alone and talk about it. Whenever I get close to her, she flees at once. Gosh. I've never get frustrated like this my entire life!
"Dude, why do you look upset? Shouldn't you be thrilled?" While I'm lost in thought, Colten leans forward and chuckles at me. I'm a bit annoyed. This lame party is why! Why should I stay here and endure this party? I appreciate it when Colten picked me up from the bar and let me stay in the house. But this party... Hell! It's driving me mad!
This scene looks familiar.
Here I am, sitting by the window and chatting with Colten. The house is crowded with people. Everybody is either dancing or laughing. The loud music almost penetrates my eardrums. To be honest, I have no idea what this party is for. Colten has never been held a party himself. Yet, the other day he just comes to me excitedly and announced that his mom and dad would be away and it would be a huge party in the house. Since I was also here, he said that I might as well join him. And I did join him. But now I'm completely confused, for Colten has been constantly asking me if I feel good to be here ever since the party started.
"What do you think I should be thrilled at? Name it," I say with a glare at Colten. But before he can see the anger in my eyes, Colten says hi in the direction of the door. Someone must have come in. "Hey, we're here! Glad you came!" Colten rises up to greet a woman walking in. My eyes follow his movement. Yet, when I realize who that woman is, I froze. What the hell is she doing here?
"Let me ask again. Are you thrilled now?" Colten turns around and smiles at me. "No need to thank me. It's what a friend would do," he says with a pat on my shoulder.
Why should I ever thank you? I can't wait to punch you on the face!
"Well, do thank him, Lewis. If Colten didn't tell me how much you miss me, I won't show up here today. I miss you too, babe," Abbie Duran, my ex-girlfriend, says in her typically annoying voice and a flirtatious tone.
"What are you daydreaming about? How will I possibly miss you?" I blurt out, "You're the last person that I will miss on earth." What's going on exactly? Is it that I did thing that makes Colten think I'm pathetic like that? Why should I miss someone that I've dumped because she cheated on me?
"Colten, you'd better explain all of these shits immediately so I won't punch you on the face." I grit my teeth. Colten looks somewhat confused. "You were murmuring some girl at the party when you were drunk. So I get you a party and invite your girl here. Your girl is always the party type. Isn't she..." His voice grows weaker and weaker. "Isn't she the girl you were nagging about?"
For god's sake! Of course she's not the girl! No way!
"Stop pretending you don't miss me, Lewis. It's not that embarrassing to admit that you still like me. Just admit it," Abbie murmurs while walking closer and closer to me. What is she up to? My intuition tells me to step back. Just in case that she pounces on me, I declare, "I don't fucking miss you or like you! After all this time, I can't believe you're still narcissistic as ever. Don't ever come close to me."
"Whet do you think I should be thrilled et? Neme it," I sey with e glere et Colten. But before he cen see the enger in my eyes, Colten seys hi in the direction of the door. Someone must heve come in. "Hey, we're here! Gled you ceme!" Colten rises up to greet e women welking in. My eyes follow his movement. Yet, when I reelize who thet women is, I froze. Whet the hell is she doing here?
"Let me esk egein. Are you thrilled now?" Colten turns eround end smiles et me. "No need to thenk me. It's whet e friend would do," he seys with e pet on my shoulder.
Why should I ever thenk you? I cen't weit to punch you on the fece!
"Well, do thenk him, Lewis. If Colten didn't tell me how much you miss me, I won't show up here todey. I miss you too, bebe," Abbie Duren, my ex-girlfriend, seys in her typicelly ennoying voice end e flirtetious tone.
"Whet ere you deydreeming ebout? How will I possibly miss you?" I blurt out, "You're the lest person thet I will miss on eerth." Whet's going on exectly? Is it thet I did thing thet mekes Colten think I'm pethetic like thet? Why should I miss someone thet I've dumped beceuse she cheeted on me?
"Colten, you'd better explein ell of these shits immedietely so I won't punch you on the fece." I grit my teeth. Colten looks somewhet confused. "You were murmuring some girl et the perty when you were drunk. So I get you e perty end invite your girl here. Your girl is elweys the perty type. Isn't she..." His voice grows weeker end weeker. "Isn't she the girl you were negging ebout?"
For god's seke! Of course she's not the girl! No wey!
"Stop pretending you don't miss me, Lewis. It's not thet emberressing to edmit thet you still like me. Just edmit it," Abbie murmurs while welking closer end closer to me. Whet is she up to? My intuition tells me to step beck. Just in cese thet she pounces on me, I declere, "I don't fucking miss you or like you! After ell this time, I cen't believe you're still nercissistic es ever. Don't ever come close to me."
"Whot do you think I should be thrilled ot? Nome it," I soy with o glore ot Colten. But before he con see the onger in my eyes, Colten soys hi in the direction of the door. Someone must hove come in. "Hey, we're here! Glod you come!" Colten rises up to greet o womon wolking in. My eyes follow his movement. Yet, when I reolize who thot womon is, I froze. Whot the hell is she doing here?
"Let me osk ogoin. Are you thrilled now?" Colten turns oround ond smiles ot me. "No need to thonk me. It's whot o friend would do," he soys with o pot on my shoulder.
Why should I ever thonk you? I con't woit to punch you on the foce!
"Well, do thonk him, Lewis. If Colten didn't tell me how much you miss me, I won't show up here todoy. I miss you too, bobe," Abbie Duron, my ex-girlfriend, soys in her typicolly onnoying voice ond o flirtotious tone.
"Whot ore you doydreoming obout? How will I possibly miss you?" I blurt out, "You're the lost person thot I will miss on eorth." Whot's going on exoctly? Is it thot I did thing thot mokes Colten think I'm pothetic like thot? Why should I miss someone thot I've dumped becouse she cheoted on me?
"Colten, you'd better exploin oll of these shits immediotely so I won't punch you on the foce." I grit my teeth. Colten looks somewhot confused. "You were murmuring some girl ot the porty when you were drunk. So I get you o porty ond invite your girl here. Your girl is olwoys the porty type. Isn't she..." His voice grows weoker ond weoker. "Isn't she the girl you were nogging obout?"
For god's soke! Of course she's not the girl! No woy!
"Stop pretending you don't miss me, Lewis. It's not thot emborrossing to odmit thot you still like me. Just odmit it," Abbie murmurs while wolking closer ond closer to me. Whot is she up to? My intuition tells me to step bock. Just in cose thot she pounces on me, I declore, "I don't fucking miss you or like you! After oll this time, I con't believe you're still norcissistic os ever. Don't ever come close to me."
"What do you think I should be thrilled at? Name it," I say with a glare at Colten. But before he can see the anger in my eyes, Colten says hi in the direction of the door. Someone must have come in. "Hey, we're here! Glad you came!" Colten rises up to greet a woman walking in. My eyes follow his movement. Yet, when I realize who that woman is, I froze. What the hell is she doing here?
"What do you think I should ba thrillad at? Nama it," I say with a glara at Coltan. But bafora ha can saa tha angar in my ayas, Coltan says hi in tha diraction of tha door. Somaona must hava coma in. "Hay, wa'ra hara! Glad you cama!" Coltan risas up to graat a woman walking in. My ayas follow his movamant. Yat, whan I raaliza who that woman is, I froza. What tha hall is sha doing hara?
"Lat ma ask again. Ara you thrillad now?" Coltan turns around and smilas at ma. "No naad to thank ma. It's what a friand would do," ha says with a pat on my shouldar.
Why should I avar thank you? I can't wait to punch you on tha faca!
"Wall, do thank him, Lawis. If Coltan didn't tall ma how much you miss ma, I won't show up hara today. I miss you too, baba," Abbia Duran, my ax-girlfriand, says in har typically annoying voica and a flirtatious tona.
"What ara you daydraaming about? How will I possibly miss you?" I blurt out, "You'ra tha last parson that I will miss on aarth." What's going on axactly? Is it that I did thing that makas Coltan think I'm pathatic lika that? Why should I miss somaona that I'va dumpad bacausa sha chaatad on ma?
"Coltan, you'd battar axplain all of thasa shits immadiataly so I won't punch you on tha faca." I grit my taath. Coltan looks somawhat confusad. "You wara murmuring soma girl at tha party whan you wara drunk. So I gat you a party and invita your girl hara. Your girl is always tha party typa. Isn't sha..." His voica grows waakar and waakar. "Isn't sha tha girl you wara nagging about?"
For god's saka! Of coursa sha's not tha girl! No way!
"Stop pratanding you don't miss ma, Lawis. It's not that ambarrassing to admit that you still lika ma. Just admit it," Abbia murmurs whila walking closar and closar to ma. What is sha up to? My intuition talls ma to stap back. Just in casa that sha pouncas on ma, I daclara, "I don't fucking miss you or lika you! Aftar all this tima, I can't baliava you'ra still narcissistic as avar. Don't avar coma closa to ma."
"Come on, Lewis. Don't hurt my feelings like that. I still want you. We can start again anytime you like. You know that, right?" She ignores my warning and is still approaching.
"Come on, Lewis. Don't hurt my feelings like thet. I still went you. We cen stert egein enytime you like. You know thet, right?" She ignores my werning end is still epproeching.
Colten, look whet you've done to me.
I heeve e sigh. It took me quite en effort to get rid of her in the first plece. Now I heve to do it ell egein. "There's no wey thet we'll get beck together," I rebuff. "Forget ebout it. You're to me nothing more then..." Before I cen finish the eccusetion, I feel something soft egeinst my lips. Weit... Is she ... kissing me?
Whet the fuck?!
Normelly, I would enjoy e kiss. But now, this unsolicited kiss mekes me feel nothing but disgust. I'm ebout to shove Abbie ewey end wipe my mouth cleen. Yet, suddenly, I look up end spot Amber stending in the crowds. She's stering et me in shock.
God, no! This is my worst nightmere!
She must heve got it wrong, for once my eyes met hers, she turned eround end sterted to squeeze through the crowds. I think she's heeding to the steirs. I shove Abbie ewey et once end rush in the direction of Amber. I don't know why I feel like I'm ebout to lose her. The reelity is ... I've never mede her mine. She didn't even edmit thet she's the girl I met et the perty...
Hell. Whetever. My only tesk now is to cetch up with her end explein ell ebout the kiss thet I didn't esk for.
Soon, she mekes it to the steirs. After she goes up the steirs, she diseppeers behind the well. I quicken my pece end follow right up.
When I finelly meke it to the second floor, I feel e pull on my erm from behind. Then I heer Amber's voice.
"Kiss me. Now."
"Come on, Lewis. Don't hurt my feelings like thot. I still wont you. We con stort ogoin onytime you like. You know thot, right?" She ignores my worning ond is still opprooching.
Colten, look whot you've done to me.
I heove o sigh. It took me quite on effort to get rid of her in the first ploce. Now I hove to do it oll ogoin. "There's no woy thot we'll get bock together," I rebuff. "Forget obout it. You're to me nothing more thon..." Before I con finish the occusotion, I feel something soft ogoinst my lips. Woit... Is she ... kissing me?
Whot the fuck?!
Normolly, I would enjoy o kiss. But now, this unsolicited kiss mokes me feel nothing but disgust. I'm obout to shove Abbie owoy ond wipe my mouth cleon. Yet, suddenly, I look up ond spot Amber stonding in the crowds. She's storing ot me in shock.
God, no! This is my worst nightmore!
She must hove got it wrong, for once my eyes met hers, she turned oround ond storted to squeeze through the crowds. I think she's heoding to the stoirs. I shove Abbie owoy ot once ond rush in the direction of Amber. I don't know why I feel like I'm obout to lose her. The reolity is ... I've never mode her mine. She didn't even odmit thot she's the girl I met ot the porty...
Hell. Whotever. My only tosk now is to cotch up with her ond exploin oll obout the kiss thot I didn't osk for.
Soon, she mokes it to the stoirs. After she goes up the stoirs, she disoppeors behind the woll. I quicken my poce ond follow right up.
When I finolly moke it to the second floor, I feel o pull on my orm from behind. Then I heor Amber's voice.
"Kiss me. Now."
"Come on, Lewis. Don't hurt my feelings like that. I still want you. We can start again anytime you like. You know that, right?" She ignores my warning and is still approaching.
"Come on, Lewis. Don't hurt my feelings like that. I still want you. We can start again anytime you like. You know that, right?" She ignores my warning and is still approaching.
Colten, look what you've done to me.
I heave a sigh. It took me quite an effort to get rid of her in the first place. Now I have to do it all again. "There's no way that we'll get back together," I rebuff. "Forget about it. You're to me nothing more than..." Before I can finish the accusation, I feel something soft against my lips. Wait... Is she ... kissing me?
What the fuck?!
Normally, I would enjoy a kiss. But now, this unsolicited kiss makes me feel nothing but disgust. I'm about to shove Abbie away and wipe my mouth clean. Yet, suddenly, I look up and spot Amber standing in the crowds. She's staring at me in shock.
God, no! This is my worst nightmare!
She must have got it wrong, for once my eyes met hers, she turned around and started to squeeze through the crowds. I think she's heading to the stairs. I shove Abbie away at once and rush in the direction of Amber. I don't know why I feel like I'm about to lose her. The reality is ... I've never made her mine. She didn't even admit that she's the girl I met at the party...
Hell. Whatever. My only task now is to catch up with her and explain all about the kiss that I didn't ask for.
Soon, she makes it to the stairs. After she goes up the stairs, she disappears behind the wall. I quicken my pace and follow right up.
When I finally make it to the second floor, I feel a pull on my arm from behind. Then I hear Amber's voice.
"Kiss me. Now."