Figure 8

42. Emotional low.

~Collin's POV~

"Get the fuck out!" A strange voice says before throwing a pillow at me. I grumble and look up and around. The owner of the houses friend picks up the trash off the floor and into the garbage bag. "Come on princess, and get your friend out too."

I turn over and look at Ellie who is sound asleep on the other side of the room. I wonder as to how we got into the same bedroom as each other then look at the guy cleaning.

"Give me three minutes." I signal him to the door and he exits, I push Ellie a little. "Hey get up, we're being kicked out."

"What?" She sits up.

"Up and out, I'll give you a ride home. I'll be in the car." I feel my pockets for the keys and storm out of the room. I sit in the cold fucking car thinking of wear to go after I drop off Ellie (which definitely isn't home). I unlock the car so Ellie can get in and pull into the road.

"So what do you think?" She grins.

"About?" I glance at her oddly.

"Last night."

"I had a good fucking time, We should do this more often, despite the fact that it was to suppress feelings. I'm still trying to process it." I search for aspirin  once we hit the stoplight. "How 'bout you? Had the time of your life?"

"Definitely." She lightly laughs.

"God, I'm pretty sure during all that I left you and hooked up with some girl, she had to literally talk me into doing it. Im still a bit pissed." I smirk.

"Funny Collin." She playfully shoves my arm.

"I'm being serious." I lightly laugh.

"You don't remember?" Ellie says rhetorically.

"Remember what?" I look at her scared.

"Oh nothing, you drank so much but I didn't know you drank enough to forget who you hooked up with." She looks out the window.

"Well cheers my name is Collin and I do impulsive things when I'm drunk that I very often forget. Nice to meet you." I grin as she gets out of the car, she laughs. "See ya' love."

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~Mason Nicole's POV~

I lay in bed feeling groggy and sore from practice (frustration of feeling crippled really made me push myself too far). I roll over to see Collin in my room.

"Hey Col, I've been tr-" I sit up and at the same time he interrupts me.

"Another boy is here for you." He walks out, I limp quickly to the boy who's already halfway down the stairs.

"Col can you at least help me down the stairs?" I wait a response I'll never get, I grab my crutches from my room and make my way down the stairs and to the living room. I look at Niall then yell to Collin who's smoking chugging beer bottles one by one throwing them into the pool in the backyard. "Niall? You call Niall just another boy?"

"I don't know who you're fucking nowadays." He says coldly. "You hook up with whoever the hell you see."

Niall gives a look that's vaguely means 'Should I worry about that?' I slap his chest playfully.

"So what's up?" I smile sitting on the couch.

As soon at he starts talking Ellie walks in through the front door. I stand up and look at her confused.

"Mason I'm so sorry I wasn't supposed to happen it was my fault." She rambles. "Louis and I got in a huge fight and wanted me to tell you."

"What do you mean it wasn't supposed to happen?"

"Hooking up with Collin was a mistake."

At that moment I turned to Collin and saw nothing but hatred. I run towards him as I here Niall running after me and Ellie screaming my name. Collin stands up and steps away from me every time I get closer.

"Mason chill the fuck out, what's going on?"

"My bestfriend Collin. Is there anything else you want to take away from me? You're friends with all of my friends, and I didn't care. My dad is okay with you ignoring me and gives you extra attention out of pity. My ex boyfriend and you are conspicuously close. Then what, you have sex with my bestfriend, who has a boyfriend. What is with you? I get you're beating yourself up over the fact I got shot, but what is this?"

He blanks out for a minute, as if something more relevant came to him. I push his chest and he snaps out of it.

"That's what you were talking about in the car." He looks to Ellie she stays silent. "She told me they were on a break. She practically forced me to have sex with her. I was drunk."

"So what Ellie, what's your excuse?" I turn to face her.

"I'm sorry Mason. I was being selfish, Lou and I got in a huge fight and I didn't want to think about him anymore."

"Mason just think about it, she was at a emotional low, and he was too." Niall tries to mediate. "There's no reason to get mad over something unintentional."

"Unintentional? She sexually assaulted him. When do I get to have my low? Everyone around me gets to lose their shit but me. Like its my job to hold everyone together. The second I try to worry about myself everyone falls out of place and finds a way to blame me."

"No one ever blames you for anything." Collin spits.

"Shut the hell up. Everyone finds a way to make me the center of their issues." I look up at take a breather for a minute before looking at Niall and Ellie. "Both of you get the fuck out. You could've handled this so much better without Niall and you knew that El."

"I'm sor-" She tries to speak.

"No you're not." I shake my head then grab the pool cleaner pole to collect all the bottles of beer in them.

Once I finish I stomp over to Collin and dump the bottles next to him. "When I get back all of these will be gone and dinner will be made for my sisters. I'll call to make sure."

I walk out of the house and drive to the person I thought I'd never go back to.

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A/N- I constantly forget to add this to an authors note but I will continue this fan fic even though Zayn left the band (insert crying emoji). but if you liked it don't forget to vote, comment, and share. Thanks for reading!!

~LarrysAngels xx