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Chapter Fourty-One:

I walk away from her, stealing the shot of tequila from her hand. I can't take this right now... I can't handle this. My head is spinning with thoughts and the source of those thoughts are him.

I approach Sirena that seems to be watching the whole time and I take her cup and start drinking it before I realize whisky is inside and cringe,

"I hate her." I say,

"For being right?" She laughs. Why didn't I assume her donkey ears heard the whole thing,

"Now I hate you."

"Haven't you always?" I need to get away from these people. They are more toxic than the word toxic. I almost regret coming here but then I remember it's better than being at home with my family. It's ridiculous... I don't want him back. I rather be with anyone else! It's just exhausting. I walk away to finally find someone that I don't exactly hate, Tayler. Of course he is surrounded by his stoner friends but it is better than no one... God where is Griffin? It's his party for goodness sake.

"Can I sit?" I ask him and he pushes some creepy guy over to make space,

"Hard night?" He asks as I take a seat beside him,

"You can't even imagine." "No offence, but your kind are exhausting and assholes." I add.

"My kind?" He laughs in confusion.

"Men... sorry, I mean boys. All of you seem just like boys."

"Yeah, you probably need this more than I do." He passes over the bottle of vodka and I almost chug a quarter of the bottle.

"So what's your issue? I give good advice when I'm high and the best thing is, I wont remember any of it." He says and I sigh.

"Just everything. Gabriel and I broke up and he said a lot of cruel things... I mean Gabriel isn't genuinely known as a nice person but he made it seem like our relationship was all a mistake and now he wants me back, saying he loves me and shit and my friend... and sort of friend thinks I still want him." I let out a sigh before taking another sip from the bottle,

"I feel like I've told that story like ten times." I admit.

"Well simple question, do you want him back? It's not that hard."

"I don't know."

"Well obviously you do then. If I say something wrong, blame it on high me but just think about it. If you didn't want him back, you would have known... I get it, he is a douche bag but you obviously have a thing for douche bags and you should just stop wasting time... before it's too late." I bite my inner cheek,

"Your right, high you does give really good advice... thanks." I hear people chanting from the other room, and I look over through the glass door to see what is going on. The TV is on, broadcasting live from Time Square,

"THREE... TWO... ONE... HAPPY NEW YEAR!" Everyone says and I turn back to Tayler and he somehow, even when he is totally out of it, reminds me what really matters. What my friends were trying to tell me in their own twisted way. I place a kiss on his cold cheek.

"Happy New Year." I get up on a mission to go find Gabriel. I'm going to trust my gut... that is really just Tayler, Rose and Sirena's voices telling me what to do. I walk to the kitchen where I finally see Griffin standing alone and I decide to go to him before continuing to find Gabriel,

"Hey stranger, I've been looking for you." I smile,

"You came!" He wraps one arm around my waist and the other is holding his drink that almost spills,

"Yeah, my Mom let me out... sort of... have you seen Gabriel?"

"Yeah, he is by the pool but Maddie I don't think you want to go out there..." I ignore Griffin's warning and go to the back yard and he was right, I don't want to see what I am witnessing. I watch as Gabriel kisses some girl and see his hand on her ass... her fucking ass.

I swear he makes eye contact with me, taunting me as he does it.

"Maddie!" Griffin yells and everything after that is muffled, I think I also hear Angelica's voice. Adrenaline hits me, I storm over to Gabriel and before I know it, I push both him and his whore in the pool.