detention ; ogoc

chapter twelve

kari's pov

third period just ended and meredith and i went back to our dorm to drop our things off before going to lunch. we got there before ava and chantelle, so it gave me a chance to speak to meredith about jack.

i sat down on my bed as she fixed her hair in the mirror.

"so, mere, are there any alexander boys that you're interested in?" i asked as i twiddled with my fingers.

"uh, no. not really" she simply brushed off.

"not even johnson?" i asked once again but this time looked up at her face. she furrowed her eyebrows, acting like what i said was completely crazy.

"i mean, maybe on the first week that they came here. but not anymore," she explained and i quietly sighed with relief. "you and him would be cute, though".

"pssh, why would you say that?" i nervously chuckled while playing with my hair.

"because chemistry just consists of you both smiling and laughing about the most stupidest things".

"well, i'm not really thinking that far ahead any ways" i shrugged before this conversation turned into something a lot more deeper.

i got up off my bed, "you ready to go to lunch?".

"actually, can i speak to you about something?" meredith suddenly questioned with a serious look on her face. i walked over and sat beside her on the bed.

"what is it?"

"ok, i'm going to tell you something but you have to promise not to tell anyone. especially not chantelle" she explained and for some reason, my heart was racing.

"i promise" i assured her.

"so, the other week when we went to that nightclub, i had a couple of alcoholic drinks. they obviously weren't enough to be completely wasted, but i had a few" she first told.

i nodded to show i was listening as i waited for the dramatic news that she was implying to drop.

"after a while, i went outback to find the bathroom and i saw nate chatting up this girl in the corner. so, i went over there and asked him what the hell he was doing and the girl must have thought i was his girlfriend or something because she ran away" meredith continued. "i raged at nate a little, but then he told me that i'm cute when i'm angry and i realised that he was a little wasted too—".

"meredith, what the hell did you do?" i couldn't help but ask.

"before i knew it, his hand was on my cheek and we started making out. then i realised that he was a really good kisser, so i carried on," she added with panic evident on her face.

"you made out with nate maloley?!" i almost yelled until she quickly covered my mouth.

"not so fucking loud!" she complained then slowly removed her hand. "...and that's not all, actually".

my eyes widened at her words while i thought about what they could have possibly done after kissing.

"probably a minute after we were kissing, he whispered something in my ear and then i went down on my knees" meredith continued, but covered my mouth before i could even try and simplify what she did to nate. "i'm not proud of it, ok. i've been feeling guilty for weeks".