𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚍𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚖𝚜 || 𝚜𝚊𝚙𝚗𝚊𝚙

Chap 07

                            " ɪ ʙᴇᴛ ᴛʜᴇsᴇ ᴍᴇᴍᴏʀɪᴇs
                              ғᴏʟʟᴏᴡ ʏᴏᴜ ᴀʀᴏᴜɴᴅ "

     ꧁꧂꧁꧂꧁꧂꧁꧂꧁꧂꧁꧂꧁꧂

                                 * Natalia POV *

"Talk to me, please," I plea with Zak as he paces around his room. I snuck in through the window even though his mum wouldn't mind if I was in his room. "I swear we can hang out now. My parents are out all day!" I beg.

Zak shakes his head, "I just can't believe you'd ditch me last minute like that, Nat! We're supposed to be best friends and you haven't been treating me like we are," he mopes and I sigh, running my hands through my straight dark brown hair.

"I'm sorry, ok, Zak? I wanted to help this guy but... not so much anymore," I mumble and I think of nick.

He seemed so sweet and flirty, but I'm sure Clay is the same way. He's going to hurt Paige and I won't be as dumb as her. I won't fall for someone like that; a liar. "Huh? Why?" Zak asks and walks closer to me.

"He's friends with Clay," I whisper as if it's even a sin to say it out loud. Zak seems surprised and grabs my hands, pulling me up from the chair at his desk. "He seemed so sweet, but I know I can't trust him," I shake my head.

Zak smiles, "yeah, you shouldn't, Nat. But you'll always have me," he whispers as he grabs my chin.

"I know," I smile back, feeling weirdly comforted. Even if Zak's being extra possessive today. "So what do you want to do today?" I ask, hoping to erase nick completely from my thoughts until I have to see him Monday.

"There's this wild party tonight, let's go to it?" He asks and I'm beyond astonished. Zak and I have never even gone to a party; we go and hang out around town, but a party?! 'How juvenile and sinful,' I think to myself.

"What?! We've never even been to a party, Zak," I scoff.

"Exactly, Nat! It'll be fun, you have to start trying new things. Parties are completely normal," he whines and my heartbeat accelerates with anxiety. A high school party sounds terrifying.

But I know that if I stay in my house or somewhere quite, my thoughts of nick will only increase and I'm not exactly okay with that. That's probably the only reason why I say, "what time?"

* Nick POV *

"What Clay?!" I snap at him through the phone as I sit down on my front porch. I don't know why I still even talk to this guy; he's a bad person and I bet he's hurt Natalia or something.

"Nick, are you coming to the party, bro? It's gonna be fucking crazy and I know how fun you get when you're drunk," I can practically hear clays smirk through the phone.

"No. I'm not going and I haven't gotten drunk in a long time so shut the fuck up," I bark.

"Come on, stop being a pussy. There's gonna be a lot of hot girls and I'm sure you can fuck one of them," he laughs. I can't believe I call this guy my friend. "You can finally lose your virginity," he laughs and I want to go over there and beat his ass.

"Clay, you of all people know who I lost my virginity to," I say lowly into the phone, my voice raspy. I expect him to comment as I hinted at confrontation but he ignores my comment entirely.

"It'll be fun, Nick. You need to get laid, you've been tense all month." The asshole says.

"No. I said no, Clay. Why don't you go pester somebody else," I growl. I think back to the chapter of the book I read today with Natalia staring at me. She really stirs something in my stomach.