"But she's a Cheerleader" (gxg)

38: Dylans POV

Dylan's pov:

When I got to the bathroom, I knocked on the door. Nobody answered so I opened it slightly. I could see Maddie standing near the sink, so I went in. She didn't look too good.

"Dylan" she said once she saw me. I smiled at her. Her face was a little pale and her eyes were low. I hadn't seen her much of the night so I wasn't sure when she had started drinking, but I was kinda surprised that she did. I was also surprised to see that she wasn't with Leo.

"hey, are you okay?" I asked her. She shook her head at me and put her hands on the counter in front of her. She was having trouble balancing herself so I took a step inside the bathroom towards her. I closed the door behind me. It instantly got quieter.

I reached out and put my hand on her arm so I could turn her body towards me.

"why don't you sit down" I said to her. I tried to get her to sit, but she didn't really move.

She kept looking at me, I don't think she understood me. She looked like she wasn't really there. I looked at her confused, I wasn't sure what I was supposed to do. I thought about leaving to find Leo, but I wasn't sure how long that would take me.

The next thing I knew she was leaning in towards me. I thought she was just trying to balance herself by grabbing onto me, but she kept moving her body closer and closer to mine. I froze.

I didn't know what to do so I just let it happen.

Her lips weren't even on mine for 5 seconds. Once she leaned in towards me, it immediately felt wrong.

She tasted like beer. I wasn't even sure if she knew who she was kissing. I mean she had said my name when I came in the bathroom, but she seemed so out of it.

I jerked my head back, widening my eyes, realizing what had just happened, realizing who had just kissed me.

"wha-what are you doing?" I asked her. No response.

The kiss was aggressive, like she was forcing herself to kiss me, like I was the one who wanted it.

But I didn't want that.

I was so mad. I just stared at her. I wanted her to look at me, to talk to me, but she didn't. She just kept looking around the room like I was the one who did something wrong.

I remembered what she had told me earlier, that she had a lot on her mind.

Why was I always getting dragged into everyone's shit.

Maddie continued to stare off into space. She had a slight smile on her face.

"I have to go." I said bluntly to her. She finally looked at me but didn't say anything. Her smile slowly faded.

I opened the door and left. I knew it was wrong. I knew I shouldn't have left her drunk and alone. But I didn't want to be near her.

I quickly walked down the hallway, looking around to see if I could spot Leo.

I was almost at the door, still no sign of her. I was about to walk out when I saw her walking down the hall from the kitchen. I turned around to catch her eye.

"Leo." I said. I took a few steps towards her. "Maddie's um- in the bathroom, drunk" I said quickly.

Leo looked me up and down. My eyes couldn't focus on one thing and I was still breathing heavy.

"okay...thanks." She said and she turned around to go back down the hallway, towards the bathroom. I waited until I saw her go in there to leave. Once she did, I opened the front door and quickly stepped out.

I stood there on the front steps for a few seconds, trying to catch my breath. I then quickly remembered that Kacey was still waiting for me in the car. I walked down the steps and down the block.

"hey what took you so long" Kacey said once I opened the car door and sat down. I buckled my seatbelt and then turned my body to look at her. Valerie was leaning across the seats, her head resting on Kacey's lap.

"Sorry." I said. "I ran into Olivia on the way out...she wouldn't stop talking" I lied.

Kacey nodded and I turned back around to face forward.

When I pulled in-front of Valerie's house 10 minutes later, I had no idea how I had gotten there. I had zoned out the entire car ride and the next thing I knew I was out of the car helping Kacey get V inside her house.

"Dylan??" Kacey yelled. I jerked my head towards her.

"Yeah what? Sorry" I said. Kacey and I were on either side of V.

"I said can go open the door?"

"Oh yeah..sure" I let go of Valerie and quickly walked to the front door to unlock it. I quietly pushed open the front door, and then walked back over to Kacey and Valerie.

We walked V up the stairs and to her room, trying to be as quiet as possible so we didn't wake her parents. It took a little while, but eventually we got her changed in pajama pants and a t-shirt, and we removed her makeup before letting her lay in bed. I got her a glass of water and a bottle of advil from her bathroom, and I left both on her bedside table before following Kacey downstairs and out the door.

"What's going on with you?" Kacey asked once we were back in my car.

I looked at her. I didn't want to talk about this. Not now. I was still trying to wrap my head around everything.

"Nothing...I'm just the thinking about my dad's thing tomorrow sorry" I lied again. His party hadn't even crossed my mind tonight.

She nodded and gave me a light smile. "I'm sorry" she said, putting her hand on my arm.

"It's fine." I said. "It'll be okay."

A few minutes later I pulled up in front of her house. I said goodbye to her and drove home to mine.

I didn't like lying to my friends but I also sometimes don't feel like talking for 20 minutes about my shit. Sometimes it's just better to deal with it on my own.

But then I started to think about Maddie and about seeing her at school on Monday. She's probably just going to avoid me, tell me it was a mistake and that it meant nothing. I was used to hearing that.

And I'm really the one who should be avoiding her. She's been an ass to me when I've been nothing but nice to her.

I sighed once I pulled up infront of my house. I wanted to go to the party to get my mind off my dad's birthday tomorrow, but now I just had a bunch of new questions floating around in my head.

I got out of my car and walked in to my house after a few minutes of just sitting there.

I was just gonna have to try to forget about tonight and focus on getting through tomorrow.

After all, Maddie's probably trying to forget all about it too.

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