𝙩𝙚𝙖𝙧 𝙞𝙣 𝙢𝙮 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙩 // 𝙟𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙞𝙖𝙝 𝙛𝙞𝙨𝙝𝙚𝙧

[ 𝙩𝙬𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙮 𝙤𝙣𝙚 ]

idk if it's needed but i'm going to put it anyways :)

-trigger warning-

stella was standing against a wall with daniel sticking by her side. jeremiah was sneaking glances at the couple even though he was busy flirting with a boy.

stella couldn't help but feel something in her gut. she denied herself that she was jealous. she was standing with daniel.

she felt herself staring, shaking her head to try and distract herself. "hey, i'm gonna get a drink."

"i'll go with you," daniel offered. it was less of an offer and more of an order.

stella just nodded and started walking away. he was quick to follow her and stay hot on her heels. "jesus," she said, tripping over her own feet. she didn't fall. "hey, can you give me a little space?"

"i thought we came together," he said, not leaving any room between them. the thought of jeremiah making a dirty joke about that comment ran through her mind.

"yeah, i guess. whatever," she mumbled, making a beeline for the drinks table.

after downing two cups of whatever was in the punch bowl, she was standing against a wall with daniel. they had a perfect view of jeremiah flirting with that guy again.

maybe daniel made us stand here on purpose, she thought, adjusting her grip on her third cup of the mystery beverage. she was probably just a little drunk.

she spotted a karaoke machine in the corner. "oh my god." her words were starting to slur. "we have to- to sing a song."

as much as daniel liked music, he didn't want to sing right now. he didn't want to sing because he was staring at someone.

he was staring at a girl who was giggling with her friends and making eyes at him. stella didn't notice. maybe it was because she was so focused on wanting to sing a song or maybe it was because she couldn't keep her eyes off jeremiah.

daniel looked back at stella. he noticed who she was looking at. he didn't really have a right to get jealous, but there he was. getting jealous.

jeremiah kept sneaking glances, making sure that stella saw him talking to that boy, luke. she was being close to daniel all night and he wasn't going to lie. it didn't sit right with him. so jeremiah being jeremiah, he wanted to try and make her jealous.

daniel rolled his eyes, trying to think of a way to make it known to jeremiah that stella was his.

she likes me. not him, he told himself. not... him.

stella was caught off guard when daniel pushed her up against the wall and kissed her. forcefully. she was starting to get more drunk. she couldn't process what happened in time.

when he pulled away, stella caught a glimpse of jeremiah sitting on the couch behind daniel. his eyes darted off stella and landed on the boy he was sitting with. he kissed him. her lips pouted as she took another sip of her drink. 

"what... the hell?" her words were quiet and slurred. she didn't know if she had said that because of what daniel did or because of what jeremiah did.

"we're here together," daniel said with no expression on his face.

stella blinked slowly, remembering who she was here with. "then let's sing a song!" she laughed loudly. "come on, we have to now."

"no, no, come on," daniel said, trying to drag her away. she was kind of drunk and he was also kind of embarrassed of her.