The Perfect Storm 2

Chapter 165

My phone vibrates and this time I don't hope it's Miles, I hope it's anyone but him. 

He clearly didn't feel the same as I did, instead of calling me, wondering about me, he's been silent, completely and utterly silent. 

I comb through my hair slowly and so does Stephanie, somehow the silence in the room is calming to me even though I can clearly see it isn't for her. 

I decided to ignore the message on my phone for now and focus on the small dose of awkwardness lingering in the air. I know exactly what Stpehniae is thinking; she thinks I'm crazy.

 Screaming in class so all of a sudden and because of my own thoughts Is crazy and I can't blame him. I can't blame anyone in my life for what they think or who they are, I can only blame myself but somehow that is always so difficult. 

I want to blame Miles for how I and he ended, I want to so bad; I want to, but I can't.

"Stephanie . . ." I begin just as she begins, "Madison . . ." We both chuckle before our eyes meet again.

"Madison, I think . . . I think it's very brave of you to let your feelings out, even if it was in class . . . with a scream." She says and I can't help but giggle, she joins in.

"I don't know what came over me," I tell her with a small apologetic smile.

"Your feelings for Miles did." She points out the obvious, and something I don't want to have pointed out.

"Yeah, I—" She stops me.

"I'm glad you're finally getting over it." She says and for the first time, I feel okay to talk about Miles, as if his name isn't him, it's just a name; a name I'm no longer associated with.

"I'm going to stay over at Elijah's tonight, is that okay? Or should I—"

"I'm fine, Stephanie." I kindly smile at her, but just as I do, I start to feel knots building up in my stomach. 

The thought of being there with Cody and having Jace there too makes me almost have another freakout, but thankfully my head isn't feeling as cloudy and when Stephanie suggests doing my makeup, I find myself calming down at the burhs strokes and dabs on my face.

"Soothing, right?" she asks and I giggle, "Yeah, maybe even a little too much," I tell her and she chuckles with me. 

While Stephanie paints my face, my mind calms down but then as soon as she stops I surprisingly feel okay.

"Know what?" Stephanie says and I look up at her, my eyes asking her to let me know what's going on inside her head.

"Apparently my Elijah was the Elijah." She says and my headpieces the puzzle pieces together of what she means.

"And . . ." She looks at me with a small evil smirk.

"Well, apparently Cody is like super into you." She says and my cheeks flush a light pink color. I part ym lips but before I can get anything out, even a sigh or a breath, Stephanie jumps in, "Oh, by the way, I invited—" But Stephanie is stopped too, except not because of me, but because of Rebecca entering our dorm. 

My mouth almost falls to the floor but I try to recover quickly and act as if I'm not the most surprised I've ever been. Are Stephanie and Rebecca really friends? 

Questions swim in my head before I realize that Stephanie doesn't know anything about Rebecca and me knowing each other.

"I heard you two talking through the door, so I decided to pop in and introduce myself." Rebecca smiles a fake smile my way but it kind of almost loos genuine in an odd way. 

My mind instantly jumps to Jacob watching through the door when I was undressing. The thought alone makes me shiver.

"So . . ." Rebecca looks at me while Stepanie smiles, unaware of how rude Rebecca really is.

"Are you . . . into him too? Into Cody?" She asks, raising a brow at me.

"I, um, I—" I stumble over my words but Rebecca stops my mumbling anyway.

"Oh my god, you totally are, you're blushing!" She squeaks and I can't come up with anything to say.

"That's too bad, cause I would have loved a hunk like him . . . but maybe moving onto Miles was a good idea after all." Rebecca bites at her lip and her eyes are slowly poisoning death into mine. I can't day anything, I feel frozen for some reason.

"Rebecca!" Stephanie steps in and I'm grateful but yet somehow for some stupid reason, I want to cry.

"It's fine, really," I tell her; I tell both of them as I stand up from the small chair in front of my small makeup table.

"I'm okay, and it's okay, you should move onto Miles because Cody will probably be taken." I surprise myself by saying. My lips are slightly trembling but the words taste good on my lips and out of my mouth and even though I don't fully mean them, I feel good. 

I don't care about Rebecca or Miles, for all I care, they can get married. I'm starting completely new, without either of them. 

Rebecca looks at me with a raised brow, as if daring to test out what I just suggested to her while Stephanie still stares at Rebecca in horror.

"Great." Rebecca smiles a large light pink smile.

"I'll see both of you at the party tonight." She says before waving her car keys in the air and shutting the door behind her. 

I hear his feet thudding down the hall but only when they become almost a whisper Stephane opens her mouth, "I'm so sorry, I—"

"It's okay, Stephanie." I breathe.

"No, it's not. I've never seen her act like this."

"We have kind of a history . . . with Miles; me and Miles, she's never really liked that," I explain and Stephanie nods.

"I should have asked if you knew her, I just figured you didn't." Stephanie breathes with a small chuckle.

"It's okay, just promise me we'll party the night away," I say, tasting the words that aren't mine on my mouth. Stephanie nods just as I check the message on my phone to see Cody's name.

Cody: "Hope it's okay that I asked your friend for your number. I'm waiting at the party, I can't wait to see you, Madison."

Reading the message makes my heart beat a little faster, the adrenaline rushes in and I'm not sure how to feel, all I know is that I want to is to take the band-aid off and see where tonight takes me.

"Let's go," I tell Stephanie who smiles at me cheekily and nods in approval.