It was me, not you

Chapter 10

'I wake up before any one else and clean up the dishes in the sink. I grab the bowls with the small brown bits of popcorn and the wine and beer glasses around the house. We had fallen asleep on the floor of my living room. 

Soon after Hailey wakes up she walks into the kitchen. "I'm getting married today" she says cheerfully.

"I know. Should we wake the others up? The make-up artist will be here soon."

"Yeah. Don't want to be late on my big day" she says. I smile and shake my head. 

"I'm gonna get dressed. Can you wake them up?" I say pointing at the group of girls lying on the ground in their sleeping bags. I walk upstairs and change out of my clothes. I was worried how I was going to hide my scratches on my shoulder. I had already covered my bruises with make up and long clothes but I could hide my scratch. I look in the mirror and see the scratch. I cover it with a white singlet as I go to put my jumper on Hailey walks in and sees my scratch. She makes me turn around and she inspects it. I try to walk off to put my jumper on but she hold onto my tight.

"When did that happen?" she asks. I turn around and take a step back to put my jumper on.

"The comp. Harry was there. He tried to again" I say and walk out.

"So he dug his nails into your back. What a dick" she says. I  look down and fiddle with my fingers.

"I got out and the security took him away. I don't know what I'm going to do today. I don't want everyone seeing it."

"I know. We could get her to fix it up. Make it look like its just a scar or something" he explains going in for a hug. I close my eyes and walk into her arms. She squeezes me tight and then pulls away. She looks at me and smiles. I smile back and walk out to the girls.

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I walk into the gym where there party was. I could see Sam was looking at me from across the room. He walks over to me and I want to walk away so bad; but I just stand there and wait for him to come to me. I guess I still wasn't over him.

"Can we talk?" he asks. I nod and we walk out into the reception. 

"What do you want to talk about?" I say sitting down. "I need to do my song in 5. Make it quick" I say and stare down at the ground. 

"I love you. And I know you still love me" he says.

I clear my throat. "We can't do this now" I say and stand up. I look back at him and walk on stage to my song. 

I stand up in front of everyone, but then I see Sam walk in and Hailey standing right in front of me. I sing the first couple of lyrics softly afraid of when people will think of my singing.

 "I've got a tight grip on reality,But I can't let go of what's in front of me here. I know you're leaving in the morning when you wake up.Leave me with some kind of proof it's not a dream.... And I'm on my way to believing.Oh, and I'm on my way to believing." I sing. I look at the crowd and everyone claps I nod my head and walk off. Hailey's mom introduces the other act it was Sam. I roll my eyes but attempt to listen to his song. 

"Keep holding on.'Cause you know we'll make it through, we'll make it through.Just stay strong 'Cause you know I'm here for you, I'm here for you, There's nothing you could say" he sings. I look down it was my favourite song. I couldn't believe he did that. He did want me back. But I didn't know how I felt about that. Sad or Glad?

I stand away from him for a bit until he comes over to me. 

"Are you drunk?" I ask as he stubbles to me.

"No" he says shaking his head. I grab him as he falls down. "The girl I love won't listen to me and I just saw you catch the bouquet. I thought you were with Stefan" he says.

"No.  But lets get you upstairs before you get kicked out" I say grabbing his arm and dragging him to the room I originally got. He sits down and gestures for me to sit down next to him. I sit there and he stares at me.

"Do you love me?" he asks.

"Of course I still love you. It was a mistake."

"Then why have you been ignoring me?" he asks. I look at him and he was serious. I grab a towel from the bathroom and wet it. I pull my dress up and wipe the make up off my bruises. 

"There's something you don't know about. I should have told you earlier but I thought I was over it" I removes the make-up off my arm and he grabs it. He kisses it. I blush and move closer. I look at my arm and see the bruises. My eyes start to fill up with tears. All these feeling and shame come to me. Sam continues to kiss me. It felt nice. He looks up at me and goes in for a kiss. I kiss him and he undoes his tie. I couldn't believe what was happening, but I was glad it was.

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I wake up and Sam laying there asleep. I get up quietly and grab my clothes. I put them on and walk over to Sam I kiss his head and walk out of the room.