Chapter 8: Chapter Seven!

Adelynn’s POV

I woke up to the beautiful sound of the acoustic guitar. Someone was strumming and humming along with it. I opened my eyes to look at the person but quickly shut it back since the light shot straight in my eyes, blinding my vision.

A groan escaped my mouth and the strumming stopped. I shifted a little in the bed, digging my face in the pillow trying to block out any sort of light. I was greeted by an incredible scent of well, I don’t really know how to describe it other that it smelled really good. It was kind of a lemony scent but woody at the same time. As my brain started to register the smell, it wasn’t only an incredible scent but familiar. It was Mike’s scent.

My eyes were still closed and my face was still in the pillow but I wondered what I was doing at Mike’s. I was uncomfortable with the position that I was in so I moved again.

“Adds, are you awake?” Mike asked softly.

I grunted in response. My head hurt. I felt like shit so I didn’t even want to talk or anything. My throat felt dry anyway.

“Are you gonna get up now? You’ve been sleeping for a while.”

“Close the curtains.” I ordered my voice husky. I didn’t want to get attacked by the evil light streaming through his windows. When I heard a noise that indicated that the blinds were closed, I opened my eyes slowly and sighed. No light.

“Here, I think you need this.” I looked at Mike’s hand and it contained two pills in it. Two aspirins to be exact. My friend wasn’t going to drug me if you thought it was drugs. I popped the pills in my mouth, took the glass of water he offered me, and gulped it down.

“Thanks.” My voice came out much clearer and sounded more normal now that I had water.

I got out of the bed and stretched since I felt that my muscles felt all tensed. I looked to the side to see Mike with a pained look on his face. I giggled since he looked like he was constipated.

“What’s wrong? You need to go to the bathroom?” I teased.

He looked down at the floor but I didn’t miss the tingle of pink in his cheeks. That was precious.

“Uhh, don’t stretch.” That was his reply which caused me to look at him in confusion. I then looked down and realized that all I had on was a big t-shirt. When I stretched, it rode up and it was just enough to cover my butt. I blushed and tugged down the shirt.

When I got over my embarrassment, I then realized that I made Mike blush. Again! Haha, was Mr. Player losing his cool? He’s supposed to be the confident one, not shy.

“Wait, did you help me change or did I change myself?”

“I-uh helped you change.” An ‘aww’ almost escaped my mouth but I stopped it. Why was he so shy?

“Why are you so shy Mike? You’re so cute.” I voiced my thoughts out loud. I regret saying it since the cute part accidently slipped out and well, a smirk formed on his face. The cute Mike that I thought was absolutely adorable disappeared.

“Well, someone had to help you change since someone got stuck in their dress.” When he said this, it was my turn to be shy.

“I didn’t think that you would want to sleep with your dress halfway off so I helped you change into more comfortable clothing.”

“Oh, did you look?” I narrowed my eyes at him.

He scrunched his eyebrows. “Looked at what?” We were just talking about him helping me change and he had no idea what I meant by “did you look?” Whadda slow person.

He thought for a second before realization set on his face along with the pink in his cheeks. I seem to make him blush a lot nowadays. Not that I minded. I thought that guys who blushed were too cute.

“Yeah…” I said slowly. “You’re slow Mike.”

“It’s not my fault my brain got confused.”

“Yeah, you and your slow brain. Answer the question.”

He avoided my eyes and rubbed the back of his neck. “Uhh it’s kind of hard to help you change when I’m not looking.”

My face turned cherry red. That meant that he saw me in my underwear? Oh lord.

“If it helps, I tried not to look.” He paused for a bit then continued. “But then you kept on calling and telling me to dance with you when you were just in your underwear.” He smirked knowing that I would get totally embarrassed by this. Ugh, why did I do stupid stuff when I was drunk? Time to change the topic.

“What happened last night anyway? I can’t remember one thing. I’m hung over. My head hurts and last night was a blur.”

“You’re changing the topic but anyway, to answer your question, you were really drunk.” Mike stated.

I gave him a look. “No shit Sherlock.”

“Okay, so you were doing some stuff…” He trailed off looking uncomfortable.

What did I do? If he looks uncomfortable then I’m assuming the worst. Did I like strip in front of everyone or something? Dance in my underwear in front of everyone? Please don’t, or kill me now.

“You got really drunk and started dancing with a lot of people.”

“With clothes on?” I crossed my fingers for this to be true. He nodded.

Wow, that was it? I thought I did something really bad.

“Okay…What’s wrong with dancing?”

His eyes looked distant like he was remembering yesterday night’s events. A blush spread across his face but then his eyes quickly turned angry. His eyes snapped to me.

“I thought I told you not to drink so much.”

“Well, I drank because.” I stopped not remembering why I even drank so much in the first place. I searched my memory and then I felt like my gut was stuck in my throat.

Alex.

Cheating.

That girl.

I felt my insides clench as tears started to well up in the corner of my eyes. Why would Alex cheat on me?

Because no one likes you or wants you. My brain said. You’re not pretty enough for him.

Shut up brain. You’re not helping with my self esteem at all.

I couldn’t help but agree with my brain though. It was true. No guys seemed to be interested in me.

“What’s wrong Adds?” I heard Mike ask, enveloping me into a hug.

“I- Alex- cheat.” I muttered out before I started crying into his chest. I felt so betrayed and hurt. I thought Alex was a sweet boy. He wasn’t who I thought he would be. He was a player. Mike was right all along. Alex just wanted to use me.

I felt Mike tense up. “I’m going to kill him.” He said angrily. “Stay right here. I’m going to find that bastard right now.” Mike started to unwrap himself from me but my grip on him tightened.

“Don’t go anywhere. He’s not worth it.” I mumbled in his chest.

“But-”

“Mike.” I said sternly, cutting him off. I felt his shoulders sag in defeat as his arms found his way around me once more.

“I’m sorry that I didn’t listen to you. I missed you Mike.”

“I’m sorry too, for ignoring you all week. I missed you too Adds.” He kissed the top of my head and I felt myself smile. We were better again. No more fights, no more ignoring each other. We hugged each other for a few minutes until we let go.

“Thank you.” I said to him, wiping away my tears even though most of them were soaked in a patch on Mike’s shirt. I also kind of rubbed my face on Mike’s shirt to dry my face too.

“Hey,” He answered, looking into my eyes. “It’s no problem at all.”

“Thanks Mike.”

“Stop saying thank you.”

“Fine.”

“So, you’re pretty hot when you dance.” Mike said out of nowhere, wagging his eyebrows.

I rolled my eyes. He had to make at least one of these comments a day.

I successfully hid the blush which was some sort of miracle since my heart was beating like a racing horse. I recomposed myself so Mike couldn’t see how his comments affected me. Instead of rolling my eyes like usual or telling him to shut up, I went for a different approach.

“Thanks, I know.” I said back with a wink. He seemed taken aback with my reaction but didn’t say anything.

All of a sudden, Mike’s mood seemed to change. He looked upset. Not sad upset but mad upset.

“I told the guys to stay away from you. Yet, they hit on you when you’re drunk.” He muttered under his breath but I heard him.

“What do you mean stay away from me?”

I didn’t miss the look of panic that came across his face which came and went as quick as a slap. He put on a confused look. If I didn’t know him any better, I would’ve actually believed that he was confused but I knew he was pretending.

“Don’t act stupid Mike. I heard you.”

“Heard what?”

The headache that went away started to come back. I was annoyed at him. I was sick of this. Why would he tell guys to stay away from me?

“You know what,” I started. “I can’t believe you would do that.” I was confused and mostly upset. If he had to warn guys away from me, does that mean I wasn’t as ugly as I thought I was? A surge of anger and sadness passed me.

All these years. I scoffed not believe this. Shaking my head, I made my way out of his bedroom door, slamming it behind me.

I walk back to my house, searching for the key in the bush. I found it with much frustration since it was hidden deep within the bushes. If I was in a good mood, I would’ve been proud by my hiding skills but I was not happy nor was I close to being in a good mood.

I unlocked the door and walked in the quiet house. My parents weren’t due home until a few more hours. I changed into sweats and threw on a hoodie so I was comfortable. I wanted to go for a walk.

I shut the door behind me, glancing at Mike’s house. I shook my head in disappointment that he would do that to me. Did he even know how doing that would affect me? It may seem like nothing but all those years I thought that I wasn’t good enough for anyone. When I looked in the mirror, I saw an average looking girl was staring back at me. I thought it was just in my eyes that I thought that I was just a tiny bit on the pretty side but all thoughts were shot down since not one boy bothered to talk to me. I thought I was so unattractive that everyone avoided me. But no, it was all a lie. Guys avoided me because of Mike. It wasn’t because I was completely and entirely ugly.

I walk to the nearby park and sat down on the swings. The sky was cloudy now instead of sunny like before when I woke up. It matched how I felt. When it started raining, I didn’t make a move. I just sat there and cried. My best friend out of all people. Did he think that it was fair for him to play the field and not allow any boy to come near me to just talk or to be friends?

My hair stuck on my face and my head hung low. When I heard the swing next to me squeak, I didn’t need to look up to know that it was Mike.

I’m not psychic that I can feel his presence or anything. I recognized his shoes.

I started to speak. “All this time I thought that I was not good enough for anyone. That no one even wanted to come near me because I was too ugly or unattractive.”

“Adds, please don’t cry. I was trying to protect you.” He spoke sincerely.

“I don’t know how much times I have to say that I can protect myself. I’m a big girl now.”

“But you don’t know what’s inside of their heads.”

I felt my anger spike at these certain words. “Don’t give me that bull Mike. I do know, now because of Alex and I do know what they think. I know that they use girls and dump them on the side after they get what they want. I not only know this because of Alex but because that’s exactly what you do.” I looked up to see his reaction but it seemed like our positions alternated since this time, he had his head down.

“It’s different.” He whispered.

“No, it’s not different. You’re just like every other guy. If I was some random girl that you screwed, you would’ve left me a long time ago so don’t you dare say that it’s different.”

“I would never leave you alone.”

I scoffed. “You already leave me alone at school. You do know that I walk to class fifteen minutes early by myself every day since you’re too busy flirting with girls and making out with them. You’re so busy with your player life that you don’t even care about me, your best friend. The only time that you actually care about me is when we’re at home. Am I even your best friend or is this just a one sided friendship because I’m sure that you’re my best friend but am I yours? You would leave me any day but you can’t since I live just next door.” I was out of breath when I finished. I couldn’t believe I said all that to him.

Was it harsh? I have no flipping clue. I was too mad to think about what words came out of my mouth.

“Don’t say that.” Mike said in a dangerous tone.

I stood up from the swing set. “Why? It’s the truth. You think that I don’t know what you’re thinking? I know what’s inside your head. I’m not stupid. And right now, you’re probably thinking, ‘Hey, that’s actually a good idea. Maybe I should leave Adelynn before she becomes too attached to me.’”

Mike got up from his seat also, inching closer to me. “How many times do I have to say that I won’t leave you?”

“Until you and I both believe that you really won’t ever leave me even though I’m a random girl in school that you already screwed.”

He inched even closer to me. I had to turn my head up to look at him in the eyes which were now a dark shade of blue. His midnight blue orbs had a dangerous glint to it. Mike’s black hair was wet and it hung in his eyes. He looked kind of hot but now wasn’t the time to get distracted.

“Stop talking like that.” I ignore him and continued.

“Because we both know that you’ll leave me-” That was all that I managed to get out as Mike crashed his lips on mine.

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