𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞 | 𝐉𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐚𝐡 𝐅𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐫

𝐕𝐈𝐈𝐈. 𝐉𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐁𝐞𝐚𝐫

Me and Nicole arrive at the party and it is packed already. She said when she left there wasn't anybody there yet. Before we go inside I text Belly.

are you guys here?

yeah

why couldn't i ride with you guys

i told you so jeremiah is surprised

but wdym by surprised

i told him you weren't coming and he got all emo
and i had to convince him to go

emo?? 😭😭

yes
but anyways
he's gonna see you and fall in love and you guys
will get married and i'll be the maid of honor 😇

you're crazy.
read 9:19 p.m.

Me and Nicole walk inside of the party and it's almost the same as last time. "Wanna take shots?" Nicole yells to me over the music. "Sure," I say. She leads me to the kitchen and shows me how to take a tequila shot. I pour the salt on the back of my hand, lick it, take the shot, and then bite the lime. I was slower than the rest of them because I had to lick and drink with the same hand. "See it's so much better than those fruity drinks!" Nicole tells me. "You're so right!" I say. We take a few more shots and I can instantly feel the alcohol.

"Let's go dance!" Nicole drags me to the dance floor. I start dancing and I feel someone grab my hips. I turn around hoping it's Jeremiah. It's not. But he is cute. "What's your name?" he asks me. "Lily," I tell him. "I'm Chris," he says. "Hi Chris, wanna dance?" I ask.

𝐉𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐚𝐡'𝐬 𝐏𝐎𝐕:

Belly dragged me to a party I don't want to go to. I don't want to go because Lily isn't gonna be there and she's the only reason I went to the last one. And I'm glad I did. I immediately sit down on the couch, bored. After a while I decide if I'm here I might as well get drunk. On my way to the kitchen I see Lily dancing with some random dude. Why is she here? And why is she dancing with him? She shouldn't be here.

"Lily!" I yell. She doesn't hear me. I tap her on her shoulder. She turns around. "Oh hi JereBear," she says. "Don't call me that," I say but don't mean it. "You know you like it," she says. Is she.. flirting with me? "Only when it comes from you," I respond acting like it's no big deal.

"Do you want a drink?" I ask. She nods her head in response. I start walking towards the kitchen and she grabs my hand. Fuck this girl knows what she's doing. I grab a beer and watch her lick her hand, pour salt, lick the salt, throw a shot of tequila to the back of her throat, swallow with no face, and take a bite of a lime. That was the hottest thing I've ever watched a girl do.

𝐋𝐢𝐥𝐲'𝐬 𝐏𝐎𝐕:

Jeremiah watches me take a shot of tequila. I feel hot but suddenly insecure. "Do you know where the bathroom is?" I ask him. "Yeah c'mon," he says and I grab his hand again. This time he has a reaction. His hand slightly flexes but he holds my hand back. Almost like he was waiting for it.

"Here," he says pointing to a room with surprisingly no line. I open the door, "this is a bedroom." I say confused. "Nicole's bedroom. She has a bathroom in there she lets us use," he says. I shake my head in an 'ohh' response. I go inside and pee then wash my hands. I look in the mirror. I look hot. I wiggle my arms and shake the nerves out of me. Go be bold. Win him over. I think to myself.

I walk out of the bathroom and out of Nicole's bedroom planning on going to find Jeremiah. When I walk out he's still outside. He waited on me. "Wanna dance?" he asks. "Duh," I say grabbing his hand and leading him this time downstairs to the dance floor. We start dancing to the music and I slowly start pushing my body closer and closer to him. I feel his body tense up and he starts to walk away.

Did I make him mad somehow? I follow him to wherever he's going, which happens to be the drink table again. I watch him grab another beer and open it. "Did I upset you?" I ask confused. "No," he responds sternly and then walks away again. I grab his hand but don't follow him. I don't let him go. "Jere, what's wrong," I say softly. He turns back around and looks me up and down. He leans down beside me so that his lips are almost touching my ear. "You drive me crazy. I can't think when you're around," he says and then pulls away.

I look at him with a shocked look on my face. I motion with his hand for him to lean down so I can whisper in his ear. "You're all I ever think about," I whisper in his ear. "Fuck," he groans and looks away. "Are you drunk?" he asks me. "Maybe a little bit," I say. "God damn it," he says before finally walking away. "Lily!" I hear and turn around. "Belly!" I say and give her a hug. "Did I just see you and Jeremiah talking," she winks at me. "I made him mad somehow," I tell her with a straight face. "What? How?" she asks. "I don't know we were talking and then he asked if I was drunk and I said a little bit," I tell her. "Were you flirting?" she asks.

"A little," I tell her. "Lily! He thinks you're only doing it because you're drunk," she tells me. "Oh." I respond. "How do I fix this?" I ask. "You're just gonna have to keep the flirting up while you're sober," she says. Damn it that's gonna be hard. "Shit," I respond.