better off without you

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owens pov

i stood there holding her close.
i didn't know what to do.
how could he say that.
he hurt her.

"i'll be right back ok?" i whisper
"where are you going?" she asks
"to talk to shane"
i know exactly what she was thinking 'you're gonna leave me to go talk to him blah blah blah'
"okay" she sighs
i kiss her head before separating us

i wasn't sure of my feelings towards her yet but i can honestly say i've never felt this way about anyone else

when i spot mark i quickly make my way over to him
"you need to leave" i tell him
"says who" he laughs
"i swear to god i'll beat the shit out of you again, right here"
"you really let a girl come between our friendship" he scoffs

alana pov

after hearing what mark had just said i felt sick realizing it was true
they were fine before i came along
i wanted to leave and just go home but i knew he would wonder why

when i saw owen leave mark and walk towards my direction i quickly moved away in hopes that he wouldn't see me but that failed when both his arms snaked around my waist pulling my backside close to his chest
"how was your 'talk' with shane"
"it was fine"
why must he lie

"i didn't know marks new name was shane"
he freezes
"alana i just-"
"don't bother" i sigh
"hey look at me" he spins me so i face him
"i'm gonna uber home i don't feel like being out tonight" i tell him
"is this because i talked to him" he asks
"no, it's nothing, i'm fine" i lie
i was not in the party mood at all i really just wanted to go back to bed but i knew that wasn't a good idea considering i would never want to get up

"let me drive you home" he offers
"i want you to stay and have fun"
"the only way i'll have fun is if i'm with you"
"owen your friends are here and they want to hang out with you, please stay"
"so are yours"
ok fair but i didn't want him missing out on being with his friends because of me

"we can go back to my house and spend the rest of the night in the pool" he says
tempting
"i don't want you to leave because of me"
"the only reason i came was to see you"
"stop being so cute with your words i'm trying to be mad at you"
"what's there to be mad about" he asks
"you need to stop leaving patty's because i want to go home, i'm capable of taking care of myself" i finally say

"you don't get it do you?"
"get what" i ask
"i leave when you leave so i know you're ok, i make sure you don't uber so you're not getting into a car with a stranger, i only come to things if you come so i at least know i'll have fun. alana i do care about you even if i don't show it." he says
"owen i'll be ok, it's not a far drive"
"i don't want to be here if you're not going to be" he says
"well i'm going home, you can come but i really don't want you to"
"well i am" he smirks

the two of us walk out to where our friends previously were
"we're gonna head to my place, i'll see you guys at school in a couple days" i wave to them all
we go back to school in two days, personally i don't think it's enough time but i had no control over it

"give me your keys" i say
"no"he furrows his brows
"you have had more to drink than i have owen, give them to me"
"you think i would offer to drive you home if i was drunk"
"well i never know with you"
"fine"
he takes his keys from his back pocket and tosses them to me

i knew no one would be home at my house which is why i wanted to go back, colin was with his girlfriend and my mom was out with her friends leaving blair with my aunt and uncle for the night

"i need to change" i tell him
"why? you look good in the dress"
"i'll look better in sweatpants" i laugh and drag his hand up to my room
"you have clothes here" i say
"you own half my closet at this point" he laughs
"if you didn't push me in the pool so often it wouldn't be a problem"
"well that's your fault" he says

"yeah ok, can you unzip my dress" i ask
"fuck yeah"
i roll my eyes and move my hair when he comes close
"are you sure you want to take the dress off"
"yes" i laugh
he slowly unzips moving his hand down my side at the same time making my knees go weak
the dress falls the the floor leaving me in my red lacy bra and panties that match

"okay maybe i am happy you took off the dress"
"oh shut up" i throw the dress at him
"you look good" he says
i turn away from him in hopes he doesn't see my blush and search for a new shirt which happens to be one of his
"so what's our plan" he asks
"well it's 8:30 and i'm tired so"
"you can't go sleep" he sighs
"i told you that you wouldn't want to come home with me"
"i want to be wherever you are" he smiles

is this bitch drunk

"how much did you have to drink?" i ask
"three drinks that's all, i'm sober"
"so you're just being nice for what"
"couldn't tell you"
"well knock it off you're scaring me" i laugh
"yeah yeah seriously what do you want to do"
"owen i want to sleep, i'm exhausted"

"we could you know fuck" he says
"that causes me too many issues" i sigh
"like?"
"pain, is that what you want to hear? that i feel sore after we fuck?"
"that's exactly what i want to hear" he smirks
"nope i'm still mad at you"

"and what could i do to make you not mad at me?" he asks
"go back to the party and have fun"
"i'm having fun here"
"yeah a blast" i say sarcastically

"are we gonna talk about emotional feelings when we get drunk" i ask
"depends, will you admit your feelings for me?"
"no feelings here" i assure him
"say it with a straight face next time"
"shut up" i whine

the night went on with us just talking mostly stupid flirting but i mean it was kinda fun so i wasn't complaining