Midnight Crush

Chapter 3

There's a boy I don't recognize struggling to pour a beer. I excuse myself before walking over to help.

"Hey, can I help you?" I smile to young boy who turns to me embarrassed.

"Thank you. I am clearly new to this." His eyes were warm and seemed very familiar. I take his cup and help him out. "I'm Jason by the way."

"I'm Alana." I say handing the beer to him. I pour myself one. His eyes widen a little before he clears his throat.

"Oh, Alana, yeah I heard about you."

"You have?"

"Nothing bad, just that you were really popular and dated Marcus and stuff." He takes a sip of his beer.

"Oh, okay." I say relieved. "What grade are you?"

" Sophomore. I'm new. Just moved here from San Francisco."

Wait, what. That's a weird coincidence.

"Yeah, I have a brother though. He's your grade."

Shit.

" His name wouldn't happen to be Liam would it?"

"Yeah!" He smiles and I cringe. How were these two related? The eyes were maybe similar, but the personalities and looks couldn't be more different. Jason seemed so warm and Liam was, not.

"Yeah, I've met him." I roll my eyes and take a big gulp of my beer.

"Not a fan, huh?" He asks obviously picking up on my ditest. " He's actually not that bad when you get to know him." I give him a questionable look and he laughs. " Really, he's just been through a lot." I nod, not pushing him.

" Well, I'm glad one of my new neighbors is nice." I smile to him and he looks confused. "I actually live across the street from you."

"No way! Oh that makes sense now." He smiles and I look at him confused. "My brother told me we had a hot brunette across the street. I just didn't expect you to be like Megan Fox hot."

"What? " I can feel my jaw drop a little as I try to control my face. Liam called me hot? I thought he hated me. " And I most definitely am no where near Megan Fox." I feel the burn in my cheeks embarrassed. Before he can argue, someone interrupts us.

"Hey, I'm done. Let's go Jason." A deep voice from behind me makes me turn. It's Liam. Wow, seeing them next to each other was really something. They were both so attractive in different ways. Liam had darker features and a brooding face while Jason had a clean cut boy next door vibe.

"Come on, really? We just got here." He pouts and I laugh.

"I didn't bring you so you could drink." Liam says taking the cup from his brothers hand and pouring it into a bush.

" Seriously? As if I didn't know what you were doing?" Jason rolls his eyes and pours himself another cup, managing to do it himself this time.

"See you did it!" I laugh.

"All thanks to you." He smiles at me.

"Great, so now your corrupting my brother." Liam rolls his eyes.

" You guys should stay a little." I ignore him and surprise myself by saying.

"And whys that?" Liam says eyeing me skeptically.

"Your both new. You should make some friends."

"I think I'm good." Liam looks around and snorts. I narrow my eyes at him and roll my eyes.

"Alana! Babe, come here I need you for this game." Marcus's voice booms over to me and I turn to see him at the beer pong table. I was always his partner because I was surprisingly good at it. Any other sport and I was a lost cause.

"Later neighbors." I smile sweetly to them both before walking off. I can feel both their eyes on me as I walk away.

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I drank way too much last night. I was able to call an uber home, somehow.

My phone goes off and I roll over to reach for it on my nightstand.

Call us when your up! ASAP

Alana wake up!!!!

Wake up bitch!

The text messages are from Alexis and Taylor in our group chat. I realize it is almost noon. I dial Taylor.

"Finally!" She yells.

"Well good morning to you too."

"Alana, did you see the video?"

"What video?" I bolt upright suddenly feeling nervous. Did I do something stupid last night? Was I that drunk I don't remember?

"It's Marcus. I'm sending it to you now." My phone pings and I look down. I hit play and it takes me a minute to see what is happening. There are a bunch of people sitting around the fire table and it looks like they are playing kiss and blow with a card be passed mouth to mouth. I don't see myself, but I do see Marcus and he is- WHAT THE FUCK!

He is suddenly kissing a girl. Not just kissing but like fully making out. She moves onto his lap and he wraps his arms around her and grips on to her ass pulling her closer to his chest.

"I think I'm going to be sick." I chuck my phone on the bed and run for the bathroom. I don't know whether it was the hangover or the video. Probably both. I barely make it to the toilet as the contents of my stomach are now visible. I can hear Taylor's voice yelling from the phone and once I know it is safe, I get up and wash my mouth out. I lay back on my bed and put the phone to my ear.

"Alana are you okay?"

"I don't know."

"Were gonna come over okay?"

"Yeah. I need to shower first. I feel like shit. Can you guys bring french fries?" I run my hands over my eyes.

"You've got it!" She hangs up the phone and  I look back at my messages. I see Marcus has called me a few times and he texted. Fuck you. I toss my phone away and head into the bathroom praying this shower will somehow revive me back to life.

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"It was just a game, right?" I am sitting eating one fry at a time as Taylor and Alexis sit on my bed next to me. They look just as shitty as I do.

"No that was way more than just the game." Taylor snorts.

"God, I fucking hate Tess. Why is she like this?"

" Because she's a slut! She sleeps with anyone she can and she has no shame in stealing boyfriends."

"But that won't happen to you Alana, I mean Marcus loves you and he was probably just super fucked up."

"Do you think he slept with her?" I stop eating and my heart sinks. Oh god. I would never have thought Marcus would do this. I mean I just need to talk to him.

"No, there's no way he would."

"I think I just need to talk to him. But honestly I am so fucking mad right now I don't want to see his face."

"Speaking of the devil-" Taylor says holding my phone up to me and I can see he is calling.

"Shit." Just ignore it. "That's like the 10th time he has called."

"Oh. My. God." Alexis is looking down at her phone and she looks up at me with wide eyes. She turns the phone to us and I my jaw drops.

"Is that-"

"Yes." I can't believe what I am looking at. It is Tess's instagram and she is sitting in Marcus's bed with a sheet pulled up to her chest. She looks naked as she pouts for her selfie. I can see Marcus sleeping next to her with only his back visible.

"She posted it on her instagram."

I close my eyes and lean back on the bed. Nobody says anything. My phone rings again and I answer it this time.

"LEAVE ME THE FUCK ALONE!" I yell into it and hang up. I turn my phone off completely and throw it onto my rug. Alexis and Taylor exchange glances, but say nothing. I close my eyes as my head pounds. My eyes well up and I can feel the hot tears under my eyes lids. I sink into my bed and feel the tears spill over.