"Oh. Hey Natan!" I said. I awkwardly
walked over to him.
"You enjoying the party?" Ha. No.
"Oh, yah! It's great!" I said faking my
smile that I learned to perfect over the
years.
"Good! You want a drink?" He asked
leading me into the kitchen Eek! Peer
pressure!
"Umm. Sure!" I said. He handed me a
red cup and I pretended to take a sip.
Me and my acting skills work really
good when need be! He didn't realize
I never actually took a drink. When
he turned to refil his cup I quickly
dumped it into the plant next to me.
When he turned back around I just
smiled like it was nothing.
"Need a refil already?" He asked
amused.
"Uh. Yah sure thanks!" He refilled my
drink and I brought the cup to my lips
and he refilled. I dumped my cup in the
pot. Well, yah that happened a couple more times untilI noticed he was
actually pretty drunk.
"Hey! Wanna dance!?" I asked acting
like I was drunk and stumbling into
him. He laughed and then looked at me
with an evil smirk.
"Love to." I grabbed him by the hand
and skipped into the living room. I
hadn't gotten a good look iof the room
before because I was in a daze, but
now that I looked around, it was your
stereotypical high school party. In
the kitchen there was a row of chips
and snacks also liquor bottles all over
the counter. There was a stack of red
plastic cups at easy access. I
looked down at the cup that was in
my other hand and faked a small sip.
Gah. It smelled horrible. The dance area
was just the living room and I assume,
Adrian, just moved everything out of the
way so there was some open space. I
led Natan to the dance floor and turned
so my back was up against his chest.
I've watched enough movies in my
spare time to see what I was suppost to
do. I moved my body in rhythm with
the music and felt Natan's hands place
themselves on either side of my waist.I
slowly started to feel his little friend get
bigger. Before things went over board
I decided I should stop. I mean whoa!
I'm not actually drunk!
"I'm going to go fill this up!" I fake
slurred, pulling away from Natan. I
walked into the kitchen and set my
cup on the counter. Props to me for
not drinking at a high school party! I
sighed and leaned up against the wall.
About a second after I leaned on the
wall Natan came storming in. His eyes
were full of anger and lust. I really
wasn't expecting him to look at me
like that! I know I didn't really even
know Natan, but he seemed like a sweet
person.
"Umm hey! Just needed to catch my
breath for a while." I said to him "But
if you want we could go back out-"
Before I could finish my sentence his
lips were pressed against mine. Well
there goes that romantic first kiss I've
always dreamt about. He pushed me
harder against the wall and kissed
me roughly.I used all my strength and
pushed him away.
"What the hell Natan!?" I screamed. He
just laughed a dark laugh."Your such a tease Hailey! You can just
do all that to me and not expect this
to come." He once again pushed me
against the wall without even trying
to be gentle. I struggled in his grasp
to push him away. He grabbed my
hands and caused them to stay on his
chest. He was kissing me the whole
time. He was rough and lustful with
his kisses. I could start to feel my eyes
water up. I kept trying to push, but my
strength wasn't enough. He eventually
skimmed my lips with his tongue
wanting entrance. When he realized
I wouldn't give it to him he grabbed
both my wrists with one hand now
and used the other to pry my mouth
open. I whimpered against his lips,
holding back my tears still, somehow.
I remembered something from a book
I read about a girl who was in this
situation so I tried it. I bit down on his
tongue as hard as I could but this guy
was freaking crazy! He pulled back
with a smirk on his face.
"Kinky? I like it." Then he continued
shoving his tongue down my throat.
He eventually let go of the hand that
was on my mouth and I couldn't do
anything about the snakey tongue that
was in my mouth. He slowly moved his hands down to the hem of my
dress. He went under it and started to
feel on my underwear. My eyes shot
open and I started to squirm at his
touch. He got angry when he realized I
wouldn't let me touch him and pushed
me against the wall, hard. I let out a
soft whimper and he seemed to enjoy
the pain he was causing me because
I all of a sudden felt his hand come
at my face hard. At the exact same
time some one came walking into the
kitchen. I couldn't see who but I was
almost positive I knew that smell. I
was somehow still holding in my tears
when it happened. I fell back against
the wall and slid down it so I was
sitting on the floor. The person who
walked into the kitchen said some
profanity at the same time as I heard a
crack of some bones. I looked up to see
Adrian with clenched fists above Natan.
When he made eye contact with me I
finally let a tear go. His eyes softened
at first look at me. This was not the
same Adrian from all those years ago.
“Hailey! Are you okay!?" He rushed over
to my side and looked at me intently.
"I….I...I" I couldn't say a word. He nodded
his head like we came to an agreement on something a picked me up out of the
kitchen. He was carying me bridal style
when he walked up to Steve.
"Steve, take Hannah home soon." Adrian
said, he had changed so much he wasn't the Adrian I once knew l, he became caring. Steve nodded and walked away
to find Hannah so he knew where she
was from then on. Adrian continued to
carry me outside. When we walked
up to what I assumed was his car, he
stopped. He openned the door for me
and I climbed in. I buckled my seatbelt
at the same time Adrian walked into
his side of the door. He started the car
and drove. For the whole eight minutes
and twenty-three seconds in the car,
neither of us said anything. Yes eight
minutes and twenty-three seconds, I
counted. He pulled up into my drive
way and got out of the car. Adrian
just stayed in his place as I shut the
door. I really didn't want to be alone.
I don't even care who was in that car,
I needed someone. I quickly leaned
back into the window and looked
at Adrian. He had a puzzled look on
his face. I bit my lip about to ask an
awkward question.
"Umm. I know that there's this weird
tension between us or whatever, but,
umm." I trailed off."Yah Hailey?" Adrian asked after I'm sure I just stood there for thirty seconds staring at him.
"Well do you think you could come
in and keep me company? I mean no
ones home so I can't be with them and
well I dont want to stay here by myself.
Although I totally understand if you
dont wanna. Because well, you've
kinda hated me for ever or yah. Well
0ops! Why are you making that face?
Did I upset you? My bad! I take it back!
I just really need someone with me
tonight." I looked at him. I wonder why
he made that face when I talked about
him hating me. Hmm. Questions for
another day, Hailey. Now is not the time.
"But you know-" Before I could finish,
Adrian rolled up his windows and cut
off the engine. When he stepped out of
the car he locked it and walked with
me to my front steps. I grabbed the
keys from under the porch swings that
were outside. I tend to loose things alot,
so I just have my keys taped under
there. Adrian raised an eyebrow but
didn't say anything. I knew what he
was thinking though.
"I'm not that good a keeping track of
stuff." I mumbled. He let out a small laugh and walked into my house. I walked up stairs into my room and went into the bathroom to pull on my pajamas. I walked out of the bathroom to see Adrian sitting on my bed with his back up against the wall.
I scooted over next to him. Awfully
closer than I ever thought I'd be, but he
did save me, so he can't be all that bad.
"Thank you Adrian."I whispered.
"Yah. Well, Natan is lucky you were
still in there and needed to get out.
Otherwise I would have knocked some
teeth down his throat." I giggled a bit at
his graphic beatings.
"Violent are we? Seriously though.
Thanks. I know you haven't always
liked me or whatever, but thanks
for not letting him you know, do
anything..else." I said shyly. I yawned
and layed down on my bed. Adrian
laid down next to me and whispered
in my ear.
T'm not the same guy I used to be." I
fell asleep thinking what he meant by that.