A Dare

21

Josh's POV

I entered the apartment with the pizzas in my hand, humming along to one direction... Don't judge me, Drag Me Down is everything.

I walked in to see Maya on the sofa, with red blood shot eyes and tear stained cheeks. And she looked emotionlessly at the blank screen TV.

I carelessly threw the pizzas of the coffee table, and pulled her into my chest.

She didn't hug back but she didn't reject. I let go and she was in the same position. Hardly even blinking.

"Maya? What happened? Did someone come in? Did someone hurt you? Blossom what's wrong you're scaring me..."

She pulled out my phone and showed the screen to me, not losing her focus on the TV.

My jaw dropped as I read back our texts, of me and the guys being so careless and stupid.

"How did you see these..?" Was all I could let out

She took my phone out of my hands and scrolled down to the more recent ones and showed them to me, not even bothering to make eye contact. And she fixated her view back onto the off TV.

I read the most recent ones and understood her confusion.

"Maya," I looked at her, throwing my phone to the couch. As it it fell and cracked on the floor, turning off, but I didn't care about that right now. "Please please please, you HAVE to believe me I might've meant those things before but I don't now. I do love yo-"
"STOP!" She stood up, looking down at me as I stood up too "YOU FUCKING PLAYED WIH MY FEELINGS ALL ALONG. YOU DIDN'T CARE ABOUT MY PARENTS, YOU DIDN'T CARE ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED BETWEEN ME AND BRANDON AND MISSY, YOU DIDN'T CARE ABOUT CUTTING, AND THE FUCKING WORST PART IS THAT YOU DIDN'T CARE ABOUT MY FEELINGS. YOU DIDN'T CARE ABOUT ME! " she yelled, angry tears rolling down her cheeks as she poked me repeatedly everytime she said "you"
"Blossom I-"
"no! Don't 'blossom' me." She said putting air quotes over the name, "and to think I had my first time with YOU! I was saving it for someone SPECIAL. You're nothing but a piece of trash on the street." Woah my gosh, that really did hurt. "I didn't even do it with Brandon! And I loved him with all my heart!! Oh my god...." Her eyes widened "Brandon! He fucking WARNED ME ABOUT THIS. HE WARNED ABOUT YOU. BUT I DIDNT LISTEN." She raised her voice again
"What? How?"
"ALL WEEK!!! THE "he should've picked dare" AND THE ROLE PLAY OF THE DUDE GETTING DARED TO "MESS WITH A GIRLS FEELINGS. And Brandon HIMSELF telling me that "the strings weren't attached"! But did I listen to him? NO. Because I didn't understands it and a bit of me didn't want to because I knew that it was gonna come right back and bite and here we are!" She fake laughs

"Maya you've gotta believe me, I do love you I really do! You were the first girl I dated after Melanie. And you changed me, you made me me a better person. You make me a better person each and every day. Please believe me. And I do care about you. I care all about you! Especially your feelings- I wanted to break off the dare!! LET ME SHOW ME MY PHONE!!! I have the texts!!!" I smiled big, knowing I could maybe fix things there and then but then I hopped over to where my phone and saw that it was broken and groaned loudly. "FUCKS SAKE!"

And Maya scoffed at me, "bullshit" she mumbled. I couldn't take it anymore, I had to make her believe me.

I had an angry look plastered on my face as I walked up to her and she walked back, terrified, until she had bumped into the wall. "Cra-" she cursed but I cut her off with a kiss. I kissed her hard, cupping her cheek and one arm around her waist.

Maya's POV

I kissed back. I shouldn't have but I couldn't. I couldn't fight it. I was again,

Under his spell 

He slid his hand up my back and i knew where he was going to go with this but I then pushed him off of me. "STOP IT" I shouted.
"Maya-" he said, now crying too
"Don't." I put out my hand, signalling him to stop as he did. "I'm going home" I mumbled as I opened the door and slammed it shut. Running to end of the corridor to where the stairs were but fell on the window sill, which showed the night outside and the car park, being brightly lit by the moon and stars.

I sobbed uncontrollably as I heard numerous footsteps, and doors opening and closing. The apartment building was always busy at night. I glued my vision to the parking lot, not looking at the people walked past, I couldn't. I was a mess.

I headed for the stairs but I remembered that I'd left everything, my shoes, jacket, keys, everything, back at the Matthews'.

I walked  back and slowly opened the front door, revealing Josh and a blonde, kissing on the couch. Her on top of him.

My heart instantly broke into a billion pieces.

He's already replaced me.

My mouth fell open as I gasped loudly, causing them to stop and jump up. Josh more scared than the girl.

"Oh." The girl walked up to me, taking big, slow steps, as the click of her heels filled the now silent room "this is Maya, isn't it?" She lightly brushed the back of her hand down my cheek.

But all my attention was at Josh, with a guilty her scared look plastered into his face.

"I can't believe you, Josh." I almost whispered, yet they both heard
"She came on to me" he said
"Yeah it sure looked like it, why'd you kiss this slut back then?"no said with a figured look and pointed at her
"Excuse me?" She stuck her hip out, crossing her arms and raising an eyebrow
"You heard right, he told me everything. You little stuck up bitc-" and I got interrupted with a hand gliding across my face.

I held my face with my hand and turned my vision back to them two, tears filling my eyes because of the sharp pain. Me I then realised what just happened.

Melanie had hit me.