Get A Room!

~:*:~ Forty ~:*:~

Ian

Chace and I spent the last day and a half ignoring one another. Or at least we gave the impression of doing so since we were definitely aware of each other's movements, taking every opportunity to make our displeasure with the other known.

When Lexi called, I spoke unnecessarily loud and said a million loving things I didn't mean to get on Chace's nerves.

When Chace came back to the room with food, he made a big show of throwing the second set of utensils away before scarfing it down in front of me, and then tossed a mountain of leftovers that would have been my shared portion if we weren't fighting.

When I was feeling particularly horny, or so I pretended to be, I turned on my laptop and signed into Jesse's porn account to watch some videos, blasting the volume unnecessarily loud as Chace tried to read.

And when I returned to my room at night with Lexi in hand, Chace had already abandoned the place to give me some privacy... but not before he accidentally spilled an entire box of condoms onto my bed and forgot to clean them up. He then came back a few minutes later to awkwardly hang out in the room with us until Lexi decided to leave.

I have to admit that it was fairly childish of us to be pulling such stunts. And what's worse was the fact that we clearly still wanted to be near each other; why else would we both confine ourselves in the room all day when we had an entire campus to put distance between us?! Going out for only twenty minutes to grab a meal or pick up my girl just to wind up back in our room was idiotic.

It wasn't until late in the afternoon the next day that we both wordlessly decided to get some real distance. It was suffocating staying in that dorm room. So Chace changed into his athletic attire and bolted with our soccer ball in hand. I left about ten minutes later to meet up with Lexi for a movie date.

I was waiting for her by the bus stop near Massey. From here I could still see Chace from a distance, practising his long-range kicks alone on the field. Some of his fans started to show up, slowly trickling in to watch and cheer him on. The first girl must have taken a picture of him and tagged his location before sending it to his fan page administrators. I felt a little bad for the guy, knowing that he just wanted to be alone but had little say on the matter when he was in such a public place. He proceeded to play on, ignoring the girls as best he could. I instinctively pulled out my phone to message Nate and Jedson. I was about to demand that they go keep Chace company, but then I remembered that this wasn't something I should do since Chace and I weren't friends anymore.

I couldn't act like I still cared...

Instead, I texted Lexi to see why she was running late. I was getting worried that we'd miss the movie... though it probably didn't matter since we'd just make-out through the entire show anyways.

"IAN!"

I put down my phone and looked up to see Leona charging towards me with Jesse in tow. He didn't look pleased to be dragged around by a crazed lunatic on a mission- she honestly looked insane- but he didn't fight it. He probably knew that the fastest way to freedom was to just give in to Leona and get whatever this was over with!

"Hey, guys! What's up?" I asked cautiously as they stopped in front of me.

Leona let go of Jesse's hand to pull out her phone. I gave him a 'run for it' look, but he just patiently waited by her side.

She shoved her phone in my face and demanded that I watch the footage very carefully. "This is from the night at the bar. I got it from their security cameras... I made up some bullshit lie about being with the police and looking into a potential drug bust- blah, blah, blah! Anyways, they gave me the footage from the hallway by the bathrooms. As you can see right about... HERE!" She pointed her finger aggressively at her screen where Jedson stumbled into frame to meander towards the bathroom. "Wait for it..." She warned as the men's room door opened, and then Jedson walked in as Chace walked out. Chace walk the length of the hallway, stopped, and then turned back around anxiously to go back.