Allera.

GRUDGE - 14

A hand around my waist, whilst I walk into the school gymnasium. Balloons is surrounding the entire room, the lighting keeps changing every 5 seconds or so into a different color, music blaring across the room, and people. People talking all at once, thinking today is their best day ever. People dressing up, with shein wholesale dress and their parents hand me down. 

While I have the hottest man alive holding me in tight, wearing a classic black Brioni suit that matches me perfectly with my Medusa Accent floor-length Versace that I am deeply hoping is not a knockoff since I rented it for 500 bucks. Which I thought is so overpriced, but I'm highly trusting and desperate.

I look to my right, where I see Ryan mesmerized by the school he was once a student. I gulp at the sight of Luca and that sophomore skank in his grasp. I catch his eyes, he saw Ryan beside me and suddenly got this look in his eyes. He's glaring at me. I look the other way and smile at Ryan. 

"You are magnificent," He said while spinning me around his hand.

I chuckled, "You don't look bad yourself."

He shows me his gummy smile again, "How about we capture the moment since the both of us look utterly amazing."

He leads me to the photo booth and took a bunch of pictures. One with I'm facing the other way while he stand insanely close to my back, which made me smell his wood-scented cologne that reminded me of Luca. No, I shouldn't be thinking about him right now. I'm with Ryan, I should be focused on him. It just so happens, Luca is in line with Sarah clinging to Luca's arm like a freaking koala. Ugh, I could rip her hair out.

Maybe it's the look on my face or the way I tense when Luca started going in the photo booth but Ryan started caressing my back which then made me tingle. He leans in and stops beside my ear.

"Hey, are you okay?", He whispered lowly.

I shivered, his voice melts right away in my brain. Ryan pulls himself back and looks at me with glazed eyes. I put my hand behind his neck and played with the back of his hair. I stare back at him.

"I'm fine, my ex-sorry my exes are here," I said while eye-ing both Luca and Jack. 

I think that Jack saw me pointing at him, and he decides to walk towards me. I nudge Ryan, telling him one of them is coming over to our position. He squishes my arm lightly, signing me that everything is fine. I exhale, nervous.

"Can we talk? Alone?", Jack points to Ryan. 

Ryan turn his head towards me and gave me the 'will-you-be-okay?' look, then I nod. He smiles then he left and went to greet the teachers he recognized.  Me and Jack walk to the back of the bleachers that no one ever steps into. Jack scoffs and that catches my attention. I fold my arm in front of my chest. 

"I guess you really got a type, huh?", He tries to joke with me. 

I don't answer, because how fucked up was he when he tried to pull that stunt on me. Barging in and kissing me without consent. I shake my head to lose the memory out of my head. It was traumatizing.

"What do you want?"

He purse his lips into a thin line, "I wanted to say sorry for..

That night"

"I don't know do you even remember that night but-"