Midnight Crush

Chapter 5

Laying next to Marcus as he sleeps has me thinking about all kinds of things. My mind is spinning. Did I make the right decision? I move out from under the sheets and dress myself back into my clothes. The clock reads that it is almost 10 pm and I am not really surprised that my mom hasn't bothered calling to see why I am out on a school night. I really just want to be in my own bed. This day has given me a headache.

Pulling up to my gate, I see a familiar haze of smoke. I slow down to see Laim in his usual spot. I roll the window down. Although, I smell right away it isn't a cigarette he is smoking. It's a joint.

"Can I have some?" I say putting my car in park in the middle of the road. He considers this for a minute then leans over and passes me the joint. I inhale deeply and I feel the smoke burn down my throat. I do my best not to cough. Liam watches me closely. I blow it out straight into his face and he steps forward so we are a foot apart. I take another hit and blow the smoke again, but this time he leans in closer to inhale my exhaled smoke. It's hot. He is staring into my eyes shotgunning the smoke.

"Keep it." He says as I pass him the joint back. I raise my eyebrows surprised. "It looks better on your lips." I shake my head. He smiles and I inhale the joint once more. I pass it to him anyways though and he takes it. I blow the smoke into his face before putting my car in drive.

"Goodnight neighbor." I say before rolling my window up and pulling into my driveway. I don't look back as I head into my house. I need a shower and a good nights sleep. At least my headache was gone.
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"Okay so I'm thinking we should shopping after school for our dresses?" Alexis is saying. It's Friday afternoon and luckily this week went by quickly and everyone seemed to forget about last weekend drama.

"I'm down." I say and Taylor nods as well. The final bell rings and we disburse.

Liam hadn't bothered to pay attention to me all week. He seems to be mad at me or something. I see him walk in holding hands with the girl that was flirting with him last week. I try to hide that I am watching. He stops at his desk and kisses her in front of me. Like full on making out and gripping her ass. I avert my eyes feeling uncomfortable by the PDA. The bell rings and they finally sit at their desks breaking away from each other.

"Jesus get a room." I say manly to myself but Liam seems to hear me. He doesn't look my way, but I can see him rolling his eyes.

"Your one to talk."

"What's that supposed to mean?"

"It means your boyfriends constantly all over you so why does it bother you to see other people doing the same thing?" he says louder, more annoyed. I turn to him. "Not that I blame him." He adds more quietly.

I want to say something more, but his last comment has me confused. I look over at him and he glances at me with an intensity I don't recognize. He turns his attention away from me in a split second though. Am I jealous he is making out with someone else? I means that's crazy right?

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After shopping with the girls I decide to head home. Marcus didn't mention wanting to throw any parties in the near future or going to any and I was happy with that. I trusted him, or at least I kept telling myself that I did.

I pulled up to my gate and saw Jason outside of his gate. I slowed and rolled down my window.

"Hi Jason." I yelled out. He was walking his dog and he slowed down to wave and smile at me.

"Hey Alana, how's it going?"

"Pretty good. What are you up to tonight?"

"Nothing really. I was going to get in the jacuzzi and watch a movie. You?"