feel like sh*t | dreamwastaken x oc

14.

Chapter Fourteen | Feel Like Shit

He could read her like a book, even after all this time. Sure, she'd try and deny it, but realistically, she was trying to convince herself that.

That he didn't notice her tired eyes, her messy hair, her shaking palms, Clay noticed it all, even when the others didn't. Yet he stayed quiet, sitting parallel to his ex girlfriend as she sung about him. She'd told him time and time again that she wasn't his priority anymore, and he knew that, but why does he still feel the need to ask her if she's okay? He loves Hailey now, but ever since she came back into his life, that feeling seemed to creep back. After months of no contact, he was still drawn to her.

"Okay, i'm done," Eden fakes a laugh, "we've got a few hours until midnight so-,"

"We should get drunk!" Hailey cheers, "You have alcohol, right Eden?"

"Uh, yeah." She sighs, "I don't really want to-,"

"Perfect!" Hailey interrupts again, "Let's celebrate!"

The boys look over to Clay, silently pleading he'd tell her to chill, but instead he sat there, letting Hailey walk over to the kitchen to help herself.

"One for you, one for you, here you go, one for my baby, and George," Hailey's smile dropping as she faces Eden, "here."

"It's fine, I didn't really want to drink-,"