thirty-five

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lauren's pov (8:34pm)

 we arrive at the restaurant and i stay by cat and loren. "i love your dress" loren says, scanning my outfit. "thank you!" i say. 

i sit beside cat and nick and unluckily, zach is in front of me.. how great. beside him is ariel, what a surprise!

we tell the waiter our orders and we sat their, just chatting with the people close to us as we wait for our food. 

"i'm sorry about zach. he's like that sometimes" cat whispers, cupping her hand over her mouth so no one can hear. "it's fine. he likes ariel now, what can i do?" i ask. 

the food came and i get my food and i place it in front of me, not touching it. everybody else was already eating. 

the spoon and fork were so clean as if it was never touched. i plan on it being that way. i didnt wanna eat. why should i? everybody hates me anyways. 

"laur, eat your food" nick says. "i'm not hungry" i said. "you need to eat something. you haven't eaten since this morning" he whisper-yells. "i am not hungry, nick" i repeat.

"may i be excused" i said. 

i back my chair up so i am able to get out. i walk out the door, not caring about all the pairs of eyes on me. i call an uber and i tell them the address of my hotel. 

once i arrive, i pay the driver and i head straight up to my room and i take a shower, changing into pajamas and falling asleep. 

zach's pov (9:00pm)

after lauren left, it was awkward and silent. no one wanted to start a conversation. the only words used were either "can you please pass this" or "can you hand me that" 

i can't help but think this is my fault. it's my fault she wanted a separate room from me. it's my fault she didnt wanna go to the beach. it's my fault she didnt wanna eat. it's my fault she left.

not only did she leave the restaurant, she left my life. she ignored me like she didnt know who i was. at dinner, she never made eye contact with me and i know that because i've been staring at her the whole time.

now here i am, in my hotel bed, wondering what have i done to this precious girl?

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