𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐈𝐂𝐓 ❅ (𝐠𝐱𝐠)

8| stray

A deep, malevolent chuckle rebounded in the empty hallway.

Exhaling out a huff of air in attempt to dispel her agita, Lily's skin crawled with unease as the poignant stench of cheep booze and cologne suffocated her scenes.

"Didn't think I would see you here."

The boy kept a weakened grip on the girls bicep from his drunken state as her back was closely pressed against the wall. Lily flashed her eyes to the arm the boy gripped before scowling back at him. "Didn't your mum ever teach you not to grab women without their consent," she counteracted with sour distaste at the entitled boy.

Lily flinched slightly as he brashly removed his grip and swung his hands up in defence, a second chuckle vibrating in his throat at the girls defiance. He still kept a relatively close distance to her, his mouth turning up in an amused grin as his dark eyes hooded over whilst looking down at the blonde girl. Lily couldn't tell if it a result of the intoxicants he was on or something more sinful.

Stuffing his hands in his jean pockets he spoke, "I was just wondering where you were going, we didn't get to finish our conversation that day in school." Lily squeezed the glass bottle tightly to her chest, the boy was either completely oblivious or he just flat out refused to take a hint. "Last time I checked, there was never a pending conversation to be continued in the first place," the agitation in her voice couldn't have been clearer, she was anything but in the mood to deal with shit from boys who couldn't spell the word "no" even if they tried, never mind taking it as an answer.

But her response only amused him, making his smug grin grow and his lips turn up into even thinner line.

Lily knew her defiances to the boys not so subtle advances only made him want her even more, that 'hard to get' attitude is what drew him to her in the first place when they used to share chemistry lessons together last year. He could probably have almost any girl he wanted and yet he was persistent in playing this one sided cat and mouse game with her.

She had never explicitly told him she wasn't in any way interested in him as she was suspicious he was the type who wouldn't take it very well and it might not turn out positively for her, but in her mind she had thought about just telling him to fuck off and do one many times before.

The boys eyes scanned down the short girls figure, over the small amount of cleavage that was slightly exposed from the top of the girls dress, down the soft curves accentuated by the tight dress to her exposed thighs. Lily internally grimaced at his lust filled gaze, becoming extremely self-conscious and uncomfortable.   

When light taps of heeled steps could be heard from the hallway around the corner, Lily let out a breath of relief as the air finally became clean and breathable when the boy stepped away to create some distance between them as the unidentified figure came around the corner.

"Lily?"

Squinting slightly, Izara's eyes moved from the blonde who moved away from the wall she was against to the familiar drunk boy who wavered side to side in his stance to keep his balance.
"Ethan..." She looked at the boy with slight disgust, confused to why the two were located together somewhere so private and empty.

"What the fuck is going on?" Lily's eyes screamed silent gratitudes to her friend as the the boy with his hands in his pockets only gave a vague shrug before walking past the taller friend to go back to the party.