Mindless Love

5: Sweat, Struggle, and Sin

*Leah POV*

I was sat on the stairs of Serena's house, trying to avoid the warzone that was this party. It smelled like sweat, struggle, and sin in here, and trust me, you don't want to know what that smelled like. The music was so loud that a dull pounding was developing in the back of my skull.

I was bored out my mind; grinding on boys and drinking alcohol wasn't exactly my idea of fun.While I scrolled through instagram on my phone  I noticed someone sit next to me in my peripheral vision. The person nudged me with their shoulder, and I didn't bother to look up.

"Why aren't you dancing and having fun?" Nicki asked me. I could smell the alcohol on her breath, and she was noticeably tipsy.

"I should be asking you the same thing. But if you must know, I would much rather be home eating waffles and watching Dance Moms or something." I replied, still not looking up.

She tugged on my arm in an attempt to get me to my feet. "Come on Leah, lets dance!" I rolled my eyes  at her, and continued to scroll through instagram,  Hoping that if I ignored her long enough, she would go way. Finally after what seemed like forever, she walked off, probably to go bother someone else.

I sighed in relief that I was alone again. Unfortunately, that didnt last for long. A couple sat next to me, making out with each other as if i wasnt even there. I guess the girl noticed that I was actually a human being and glared at me, obviously trying to intimidate me into leaving from this spot. I was anything but intimidated. In fact, I wanted to punch the bitch in her esophagus , but decided against it. Instead, I got up and left in search of a new hiding place.

I had to squeeze my way through the crowd of hormonal teenages basically grinding against each other to the beat of the song that was currently playing. when I finally made it to the back door I stepped outside and slammed the door behind me, sighing in relief. After I took off my converses and placed them at the door, I made my way to the edge of the pool and placed my feet in the water, watching as the ripples spread throughout the whole pool.

the door opened from behind me, and I looked over my shoulder to see Chres walking towards me.

I just can't be alone in this god forsaken house,  can I ? I thought to myself as he sat down next to me.

"What do you want?" I asked rudely. I didnt appreciate how he was trying to talk to me when he has a girlfriend, especially since that girlfriend was one of my best friends.

He chuckled at my tone of voice, not phased by my rudeness at all. "I just needed to get out of there. I didn't know you were out here though." he said. I furrowed my eyebrows in confusion."You were trying to get away from your own party?"

He nodded. "Why?" I asked. he looked as if he wasnt comfortable talking about this, but nonetheless,  he still answered me.

"I hate big crowds and parties. I honestly would rather be home just chillin. I just dont see the fun in getting so drunk that you don't even remember what you did the night before when you get up the next morning. "

I was a little taken back at his respone, only because it sounded exactly like something I would say. "Why do you look so surprised?" he asked. "That's exactly why I'm out here. But you don't strike me as the type to not go to parties." I answered. he smiled as he looked at me, his eyes taking in my whole face.

"There's a lot you don't know about me."

I looked at him, and for the first time I noticed how intense his eyes were. It was almost as if they were a dark never ending abyss, and I couldn't help but stare into them.

Then, I noticed how close we were. his thigh rested against mine, and the weird thing was that I liked it there. Out of the blue, I thought about how he was dating Raena, and scooted away from him.

I cleared my throat. "So why aren't you with your girlfriend?" he groaned in annoyance and took off his snapback, running his fingers through his short, curly hair. I had a sudden, strange desire to play with his hair,  but I ignored it.

"We're not dating I swear. We just had sex and she got too attatched" he said.  I raised an eyebrow. "So you used her for sex?" I asked. he shook his head. "She came on to me very strong. When I rejected her, she almost had a nervous breakdown, so I just agreed to have sex with her to shut her up. I regret it though" I turned my body so that I was facing him, and he did the same. "Why do you regret it? I asked curiously. He hesitated before he answered, and then while looking me straight in the eyes he said,

"Because I met you."

I just stared at him wide eyed not knowing what to say. My mouth hung open, but no words came out. I was speechless.

Chres stared back at me, and for a split second, his eyes darted to my lips. He started to lean in towards me cautiously, waiting for me to push him away, but I didn't. I wanted to kiss him back.

Just as our lips were about to touch, the back door swung open, and Serena stpod there with a frantic look on her face. I immediately pushed Chres away from me out of instinct, and he fell in the pool. I was utterly shocked at what I had just done. His head broke through the surface of the water, and he just looked at me with a face that said,  'What the fuck?'

Chres pulled himself out of the pool, and Serena ran over to me,  tugging my arm. "Come quick Leah, we have to help Nicki ! She's about to get her ass beat !" she exclaimed urgently.  Serena basically dragged me to the door , and when I looked back at Chres,  he still had that dumbfounded expression on his face.

I followed Serena to the middle of the living room, where a crowd had formed. We pushed through to see Nicki in the middle with some girl charging right at her. due to the fact that Nicki was beyond wasted, she fell to floor without the girl having much effort.

Serena and I went to pull the girl off of her, but not before she could land a good punch to Nicki face. I shoved the girl to the side, and I guess she was feeling like the shit today so she shoved me back.

I didn't even hesitate to grab a handful of the bitche's weave and sling her to the floor. I straddled her, sending punches to her face left and right. The crowd was in hysterics as Ray pulled me off the girl, and I went over to Serena and Nicki.

The girl had a bloody nose and lip from where I punched her. I smirked proudly at the destruction I had done to the her face. She turned to Ray, which surprised me. "Ray, we are through ! you got bitches kissing you and jumping me ! You ain't shit !" she said as she pushed through the crowd.

"Okay everyone, party's over !" Serena screamed at the crownd. they groaned and started making their way towards the door.

Serena and I had to help Nicki upstairs to Serena's room since she was too drunk to go home. We put her in the bed, then we both collapsed onto the loveseats in her room.

"So Leah... what's going on between you and chres?" she asked out of no where. I strerched myself out on one of the loveseats, pretending to be getting ready to sleep. "Nothing Rena." I replied.

She sucked her teeth at me. "I know you lying Leah. you ain't slick." she said. "But anyway, hows Noah?" I didn't say anything and rolled onto my side so that my back was facing her.

When Serena realized I wasn't going answer, she sighed and left me alone. after a few minutes, I heard her rhythmic breathing, signifying that she was asleep. I however could not sleep. I was too busy worrying about Noah. Then all of a sudden my mind wandered to chres.

I'm in some deep shit.