Rush List

The Aftermath

Back inside I make my way through the chaos that ensued. QQK parties are infamous for starting out all nice and sweet and ending up in disaster, I guess their members follow that same reputation.

"Kay!" Diego yells across the room making me halt as he makes way to reach me. "Where's my girl?! I've been looking everywhere for her and she isn't responding to any of my texts. Is she ok? Where is she?!"

Are you worried? You should be after breaking her heart. "She had some really bad cramps and wanted to head back home. I had Sarah take her while I grabbed her stuff."

"So she left? Without saying goodbye" his whole face now stricken with disappointment and confusion.

"You know how bad her cramps get, she can barely think straight when she's in pain. She didn't mean to just leave like that. I'm sure she'll text you once she's in bed and has her heating pad on." I tell him trying to reassure him and not give him any cause to doubt. Note to self, tell Dalia the cover story so she can text Diego.

"Ooh! Then I'll go to her! I'll bring her her favorite snacks and we'll have a cuddle night that always helps her. My cuddles are magical" Diego says while waving his eyebrows "if you know what I mean" still waving his eyebrows.

He starts running upstairs, shit! "Wait, Diego!" I ran to catch up to him at the stairs. "Dalia just wants to be alone, she's in a lot of pain and kind of nauseous so she won't want any snacks right now"

"Ok... but my cuddles are still good, no?" He's giving the puppy dog eyes, the please let me go to your bff and don't block me pleading look.

"Diego, as nauseating as the thought of you cuddling with Dalia is, I'm sure they are helpful just not right now. Besides, Dalia would feel worse knowing you left the party because of her. That's why she hadn't told you she was feeling bad; she wanted you to enjoy your first party as the vice president. So make her happy by enjoying the party!" Please Diego just let it go and enjoy the party because if Dalia sees your face right now you won't be seeing tomorrows daylight that's for sure.

"Ugh fine" he slumps his shoulders "but tell her I'll miss her tonight and I'll go see her tomorrow!" He rubs my head, messes up my hair and heads downstairs. I smooth my hair down annoyed because he always does the same thing no matter how many times I've screamed and fought with him. He's just like an annoying little brother you love but also want to smack all the time.

I head upstairs making a mental checklist of everything I have to grab, my backpack, Dalias duffel bag, my hair straightener, Dalias makeup because she would kill me if I leave those. My list making gets interrupted when I open the door and see him sitting on the bed.

"Derek!" I say frozen at the door.

"Babe" he stands up and heads towards me. "I've been texting you all night and you haven't answered. I've barely seen you tonight" he grabs my hand, closes the door and leads me to sit down at the bed. He faces to look at me and holds my hand "Hey, I'm sorry." He kisses my hand.

Frozen once again, terrified that he knew all along, that my faking didn't make it this time.

"I know you said you where fine, but hey it's me and you, I know you better than that and I know you weren't telling the whole truth."

"Derek..." I go to start but he cuts me off

"About Spencer I'm really sorry you had to deal with that on your own. It wasn't your mess to clean up and I know how stressed you already are with the new semester, I convinced you to do the party and you helped me set up everything. It wasn't fair to have you clean everything up as well. I'm really sorry" oh, the clean up.