Stay With You // Conrad Fisher

Chapter 10

Maggie's p.o.v.

I shouldn't really care if Conrad is around another girl it's not like we're together or anything. I mean yeah we shared a moment in his dorm but it's not like anything really happened. I try to act as if I'm unbothered while Emma carries out her conversation with everyone. As she's talking I keep taking sips of my drink before I realize I've finished it.

"Em I'm gonna go get another drink I'll be right back." I say to her as I make my way to get another cup full of the jungle juice.

Once I fill up my cup I take it among myself to walk around the party, all I really come across is a bunch of sweaty people who look like they've drunk a whole bottle of tequila. Before I make my way around the party I finish another cup of the jungle juice. I start to feel it but I decide to go ahead and fill up my cup with another round of jungle juice.

If I keep it up at this rate there will definitely be a hangover tomorrow. Good thing it's the weekend. I make my way back over to where Gavin and Emma are still speaking. I still see the girl Conrad had his arm around but there's no Conrad. I do my best to join the random conversation everyone is having but I can't help but wonder where Conrad is.

Some girl with a tray comes around by Emma and yells "Everyone take a shot!" Emma takes two off the tray and hands me one.

"Wait let me get a video of this." Emma says before taking out her phone to record us all taking a shot of some clear liquid.

I'm definitely feeling it now. For some reason I also really have to use the bathroom. Emma always talks about breaking the seal but there's no other option for me right now. I excuse myself from the group and head upstairs to try and find the bathroom.

     I finally find my way to the bathroom and take care of what I need to do. As I'm leaving the bathroom I see Conrad standing outside the door.

     "I've been looking for you." He says to me as I stand in-front of him.

     "Oh" is all I can say to him.  I'm three drinks deep into jungle juice and one shot of whatever that was.

      "Do you wanna get a drink?" He asks me. I nod and follow him downstairs and then outside to get another drink. At this point I know I shouldn't but I feel the temptation. I grab a fresh cup and fill it up with some jungle juice. He grabs a beer out of the cooler and pops it open. He leads us through the house to the front porch. We sit on a bench at the end of the porch.

       "So who was that girl?" I ask him. I would never have the courage to ask this under any other circumstance but I have the alcohol flowing through me so I guess now's a good time.

"I think her name is Mia." He said more like a question than a statement.

     "You think?" I said as I took a sip from my cup.

      He nodded at my response and then took a swig from his beer bottle. After a moment he started again "I think she's in my chemistry class she just came up to me when I was talking with Gavin."

     I took a long sip from my cup before I said "So you're into her then?"

    "No" he laughed "definitely not." Did he think this was funny? Did he forget about the moment we shared? Was the flirting real or was it all in my head? I finished the cup yet again and looked down at the fourth empty cup of jungle juice.

     "So did we like have something going on between us or am I delusional because I came to this party and I see you with a different girl even if you say your not into her it just doesn't make sense to me." I regretted it almost as immediately as the rambled words left my lips.

      "Yeah maybe I was talking to another girl but I didn't kiss her like this." Before I knew it Conrad took one of his hands and put it on my cheek then kissed me. I felt electric inside. I don't know if it was the kiss or the alcohol. Probably the kiss let's be honest.

       We pulled away and I just looked into his eyes and he just gave me a smirk. Conrad Fisher knows what he's doing.