The Fault (Book 3 in The Deception Series)

Chapter 23: more to a story

Chris

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I sat in the locker room after our big win and felt like I was about to throw up. My head was pounding like a bitch. My body was hurting on a whole nother level. It felt like my body was stuck or something.

I chug down the rest of my water and sigh in relief. Fuck me.

"Dude, you good?" Brennen asks.

I look at him and force a smile, "I'm fucking amazing, man." I lied.

"He's probably still recovering from the other night." Garrett chuckles.

Yeah, the night I called Dakota, drunk out of my mind. I don't even remember what I said to her. But what I was feeling right now, was not a hangover, it was death.

"Guys, I really think I'm possessed by a demon." I tell them.

They all look at me and laugh.

"You are a demon." Jake says.

"Kill yourself." I tell him.

He laughs.

"Should we call an exorcist?" Garrett asks.

"Yes." I say.

"I'll perform a ritual on you, Chris. Don't you fret." Brennen jokes.

I glare at him and he laughs.

After we change we head out of the locker rooms and meet the girls. I watched my friends and hugged and kissed their girls while I stood there like a loser. How did Brennen get a girlfriend before me? I was really hoping I'd beat him since he was madly in love with Taylor. But not anymore, Jules stole his heart. I mean they haven't made anything official yet, but they're definitely about to. I wanted to kill myself. I was the only one without a girlfriend. The one girl I wanted wants nothing to do with me. Especially after I called her drunk. I might just shoot myself.

"So after party?" I ask my friends.

"Let's just do the friend group." Jake suggests.

We all nod and agree before we make our way to our cars. We get home and I run to beat Jake to the shower. I take my sweet time showering before I finally walk out to my room. I put my boxers on and fall onto my bed.

She was running through my head and it was killing me slowly. I didn't know what the fuck to do. I sigh before I get up and walk downstairs to see the girls sitting in the living room watching TV. I walk into the kitchen and see Taylor looking through the fridge. I really needed to talk to someone. A girl. And I felt comfortable talking to Taylor, I mean don't get me wrong, I liked all the girlfriends of my friends. But I felt closer to Taylor.

"Hey, can I talk to you about something?" I ask.

She closes the fridge and looks at me, "Sure, what's up?" She asks as I sit down at the kitchen counter.

I sigh before I speak up, "So, you know Dakota, the girl I like." I begin.

She smiles and nods as she stands at the other side of the island.

"Uh, so basically, I met her through her roommate who happened to be one of the girls I hooked up with. And when I met Dakota, I was just intrigued by her. There was just something about her and so we became friends but I was like head over heels for her. But she wouldn't pursue anything with me because her roommate likes me," I explain to her, "Then, her ex boyfriend came back to town and so I tried to tell her how I felt and she completely blew me off. So I went and tried to hookup with girls but I couldn't, because all I could think about was her." I go on.