Boarding school

Chapter 29

A/n the reads are sky rocketing!!!
(Dani.)
I woke up later in the morning around 10:00 am, and changed into a tee shirt and cotton shorts. I had really thought everything over with Gage.
What Lee said had a big effect on me, if Trent had cheated on her and they worked through it surely we could. Everyone deserves a second chance.
Plus we hadn't been dating long, I needed to be with him longer before randomly dumping him.
I walked out of the bathroom to see Gage sitting on one of the cots on his phone. I sighed, now was the time to talk to him.
"Gage." I said sitting across from him. "Dani." He said, putting his phone down. "I thought things over.." I told him playing with my hands.
"Yeah." He said sounding more eager. "I think...yeah. I forgive you." I told him getting a smile on my face. Even though it was a small fight, it was a big issue.
"Thanks." He sighed like it was a breath of relief he was holding in. I leaned over and kissed him.
Something was off.
I didn't get the same feeling as before, this time it felt like I was doing something I wasn't supposed to. Maybe I was just freaked out over the cheating thing, I shook it off.
We pulled away, "Do you want to go downstairs?" He asked me. "Well we still need to talk." I said crossing my arms. "About what?" He sounded slightly annoyed. Did he really think I'd just pretend he didn't sleep with Kenzie?
"About what happened." I said bluntly. "Dani, we have." He rolled his eyes at me. This was the first fight we had gotten in, and it was a huge issue but he was shaking it off.
"No. All we talked about was you being sorry because you got drunk and slept with your ex-" I started but he cut me off. "She's not my ex!" He said
I put my head in my hands hoping I didn't start crying and looking stupid in front of him. He sighed "Look. I hate fighting and I feel stupid about this whole thing." He said sitting beside me.
"Yeah, me too." I told him leaving down and inhaling deeply. "Are we good?" He asked me. I breathed deeply and nodded "Yeah, we're fine." I told him standing up.
I didn't feel 100% but it was better than screaming at him about it.
We went downstairs where everyone was, even Noah and Chase were there. "Hey." I smiled kind of trying to give off the impression that we had gotten back together.
Lee and Trent weren't down there, "So what's the plan for the day?" Gage asked , taking a hand full of strawberries from a bowl on the table.
"We're beach'n." Noah said crossing his muscular arms. "Yeah. Lee and Trent went to get everything for today." Lola said.
I nodded and we all sat around for a little while talking until it was time to get ready. Thankfully, no one asked about our relationship.
I escaped for a minute to change into my bathing suit. It was a bikini with black bottoms and a light pink strapless top. I put on flip flops and a tank top since the beach was literally the back yard.
I stepped out of our bathroom and Logan was in the room. "You know where Lola is?" He asked me. I shook my head.
He nodded, and I was beginning to think that wasn't the real reason he came here. "So, how are things with Gage?" He asked me.
"We made up..so, it's fine." I said gathering my stuff in my bag. "Yeah, I think you really keep him in line." Logan smiled looking sympathetic.
"Well. I hope.." I trailed. "And I'm sorry about the other night ago when Chase was drunk." He shook his head looking annoyed. "I had no clue you two were brothers." I giggled.
"Yeah, he's hardly sober I hate it." Logan said, I was beginning to get the impression people like spilling how they feel to me.
"I'm sorry, I know how it is." Shaking my head and not wanting to bring up another family member story. "Anyway, thanks." He smiled and walked away.
....
We spent the day having fun on the water. We attempted surfing, of course Trent, Noah, Chase, Lee, Kayla, and David could surf because they lived here. Gage's learning attempts were cute.
Something still felt kind of wrong, maybe I was still kind of mad and hadn't fully gotten over it. I'm not quite sure.
"You guys wanna go back and get the party going?" Trent asked us by the time we were tired. We agreed and went back to the house.
Mainly there was food grilling, beers and mike's hard lemonades, and music with a few of Trent and Lee's friends that came.
Gage and I stood by the counter,with the lemonades talking. He had an arm around me and I watched him mingle with everyone else.
Kenzie walked back inside setting her keys on the counter and resting her head in her hands. Alex was gone and I didn't know what to say to her.
Obviously it all upset me but mainly,it was Gage's problem.
I sighed, setting my drink down and walking over to her. "Hey, are you alright?" I asked her placing my hands in front of her.
She lifted her head up revealing smeared mascara, in front of like 30 people at a party. "You'd still talk to me?" She asked. I shrugged "What good is holding a grudge?" I asked her.
She sighed "No, I'm not. And I'm really sorry, Dani." She said shaking her head. I pressed my lips together. It really wasn't "okay" and I didn't want to lie. But being rude wasn't the answer either.
"It's- I understand. We can move past it as long as it's in the past." I assured her. She nodded, "Thanks. I wish Alex thought like you." She gave a weak smile.
"But, ultimately I cheated and I think you're way more forgiving than most people would be." She quickly said as if she had realized the truth. I nodded slowly. "Where is Alex?" I asked her.
"He broke up with me. Probably went back to central Florida." She shrugged shielding her face in a way like she was embarrassed. "I'm sorry." I said staring at my shoes. But I don't think I was truly, not yet anyway.
I did feel bad for her though. The screwing up hurts. "Don't be. It's all on me." She sighed providing a small smile.
"Yeah, but you're young and everyone messes up." I said playing with my thumbs, it really isn't an excuse. She shook her head "Do you think there's a chance of us being friends?" She asked me.
I swallowed the bitterness and made sure it was gone. "Yeah." I said feeling a bit sick. My forgiveness was just absolutely going everywhere.
"Thanks." She smiled, "And I'm just tired of being that trashy girl...I want to be more like you, and Lola, and Lee." She said . I found it kind of funny, someone wants to be like me?
"Really?" I asked. She went to speak but Gage walked over, he looked kind of nervous. "Hey...what's going on over here?" He asked crossing his arms. "Just talking.." I said feeling uncomfortable that they were both here now.
"Dani you're not like questioning her are you?" He asked me. "No! What?" I asked, crossing my arms and scowling. Did he really think I would stoop that low?
"I'm just making sure." He said shrugging. "No, it's fine." Kenzie covered. He glanced over at me. "Really?" I asked walking away.
Gage followed me. "Why do you keep getting mad?" He asked me. He sounded stupid, is that seriously what he just asked?
"I'm not mad, I'm just...I was gonna run to the store." I lied jogging up to our room to grab my purse and keys. He followed me and shut the door to the room.
I know I said I wasn't afraid of him, but now I had no idea what he was gonna do. His brown eyes looked darker as he came closer.
"What?" I asked him. He kept a straight face and then wrapped arms around my shoulders. I held my arms close like I was afraid and taking shelter.
"I hate when you're mad." He muttered into my hair. "Gage, I'm not mad." I lied looking at him. He pressed his lips to mine and I kissed him back.
"Alright, I'm heading to the store." I said walking away.
Honestly, I was disgusted with him at the moment.