Love at the X Factor (on hold) :(

Chapter 5

The next morning, I woke up in the tight embrace of someone. I had to blink my eyes to focus. I looked around and I was still in Wes' hotel room.

"Crap." I muttered. I tried to stand up, but Wes was holding me by the waist. I looked down and suddenly remembered everything. Us going out for tacos, going to the beach, and then coming back to the hotel for a movie and then we started kissing....

"Good morning." Wes' grip loosened as he kissed my forehead.

"Wes, did we..?"

"We did." He growled, kissing my neck.

"Did you use a-" he cut me off.

"Yes, don't worry."

"I gotta go. My mom's gonna be pissed." I stood up, dragging the sheet with me, but leaving Wes the comforter. I fell a few times as I tried to walk.

"Bella, I'm guessing you were a virgin?" His voice almost sounded comical. That's when something hit me. No, two things.

1. I wasn't a virgin anymore.  

2. Wesley planned this.

"You planned this!" I yelled, turning to face him. He smirked.

"Yep." He wasn't even denying it.

"Douche." I sneered, grabbing my clothes and running to the bathroom. I hurriedly pulled them on and ran my fingers through my hair. I washed off my smudged makeup and walked back out to grab my shoes and look for my phone.

"Where's my phone?" I glared at him, holding my shoes in hand. He shrugged. "Wesley, tell me where my phone is." I increased the volume of my voice.

"What's it of concern to you?"

"It's my phone!" I screamed, tears begging to fall. That's when the door clicked behind me and in walked Drew and Keaton. I turned to them just as the tears were falling.

"Seriously, Wes?" Drew glared at Wes, who was still lying in the bed.

"Seriously what!?" I yelled.

"Shh, it's okay." Keaton brought me into a hug.

"Tell him to give me my phone." I said, not making eye contact with them. "Please."

"Give her her phone, Wesley." Drew demanded. I heard Wesley groan and something was airborne.

"Here you go. I'm sorry this happened." Keaton said.

"Not your fault." I whispered.

"I hope we can still be friends." Drew said.

"Oh, I'll be friends with y'all." I smiled through the tears. "I gotta go." I choked out, running to the elevator and up to my room, tripping on the way and getting carpet burn on my shin.

"Where have you been and why are you crying!?" My mom asked when I walked in.

"I uh, I fell asleep watching a movie with Wes."

"Why are you crying?" She asked, hands on her hips.

"I fell." I gestured to my leg.

"Oh, honey, I'm sorry! Go get showered. We are going the mall to get you an outfit for this coming Wednesday." I nodded and ditched my shoes on the floor, grabbed my suitcase and went to the bathroom and locked the door. I turned on the shower before letting myself cry again.

 I stripped out of my clothes and climbed into the shower, cleaning myself and trying to stop crying. I quickly shampooed and conditioned my hair. I did everything else I needed to do, and got out, wrapping up in a towel.

I washed my face with my Clean & Clear and applied a little bit of make-up. I used my hands to scrunch up my hair and pinned the right side back, leaving it natural. I pulled on a pair of denim shorts and pulled on a hot pink tank top. I slid on a pair of flip flops and walked out of the bathroom.

"Mom?" I called out, not seeing anyone in the room. At that moment, my phone started ringing. Blake.

"Hello?"

"Hey, Bells, we are downstairs in the lobby. Come on!" With that, he hung up and I sprinted to the elevator and slamming my hand on the button, trying to forget about the mistake I made last night.

~*~

At the mall, I fell in love with so many clothes. I would go from one thing I really wanted to wear to another in a matter of seconds.

"Bella, whatta bout this?" I whisked around to see my mom holding up a white dress. It was strappless and stopped about mid-thigh. "It would look great with a denim jacket and some cowboy boots." She grinned and I nodded eagerly.

"It's perfect." I went over to look at it.

"I'll just go buy this and we'll go to Cavendar's next door to get you a pair of boots and a denim jacket." I nodded as she went to check out.

I began walking around the store aimlessly, alone as Blake and Jake had gone to Sport's Clips to get haircuts. I ended up running into someone while I was texting Jenna.

"I'm so sorry!" I said, guilt clear in my voice until I saw who it was. "Never mind." I glared at Wes before turning around. He grabbed my arm and spun me around. "Wes, let go of me." I struggled to pull away as his grip tightened.

"What's wrong Bella? Scared?" His eyes went dark and my stomach started to churn as I tried pulling away. I looked around for someone, a shopper or even a worker. No one was around.

"Wes, let her go." Keaton appeared and Drew pushed Wes away, causing him to let go of me.

"Douche." I whispered in Wes' direction. Which was a mistake when he tried to lunge at me, but Drew came to my rescue by jumping in front of me.

"Wes, you need to stop. Leave Bella alone." Drew said to his friend. Wes seemed to calm down. I've been in Cali for two days and its already drama filled. Yay me.

"Wes, just leave. Go back to the hotel." Keaton said. Wes started to say something, but I'm guessing the look on Drew's face changed his mind. Wes turned on his heel and left. Drew and Keaton turned to me.

"We are so sorry about that. We should've warned you." Keaton said.

"We told him not to mess with you, but he wouldn't listen. We should've said something." Drew said. I shook my head.

"Not your fault. Don't worry about me, but thanks." I smiled and hugged them both as my mom appeared.

"Was that Wes I just saw?" She asked. I nodded. "Who are these boys?" 

"This is Drew and Keaton, Wes' younger brother." I introduced them to her. They politely shook her hand and she smiled.

"Nice to meet you boys. Bella, ready to go?" 

"Yeah. Uh, I'll text you guys later. We can hang out." I waved to them and followed my mom to Cavendar's. I picked out a pair of dark brown boots that went to the middle of my shin. We found a dark denim jacket to go with the dress as well. 

"You excited for Wednesday?" Blake asked as we were getting into the car. I nodded eagerly. 

"We registered me online so luckily, I don't have to wait outside on Tuesday to get set up, so we can just go Wednesday."

"What are you singing?" 

"Give Me Love by Ed Sheeran," I smiled as it I heard a familiar tune on the radio. "This song!" I screamed, turning it up.

"That's a sign, Bells," My mom smiled and I grinned. 

It most definitely a sign. A good sign.