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The Weeknd- False Alarm

Ricky's POV:

Eric's been hooking me up with more chicks than I'd have wanted to be with I know I need a break anyways and I'm definitely  gonna show Bethany  that I can live without her. I notice Bethany getting up and heading towards the dance floor with Keisha, Zack and Tony. I pick the beer bottle and swallow the remains when this girl walks towards me and gives me a smile. I honestly don't want to go ahead with any of the offers Eric keeps throwing anymore besides I've already agreed to that silly challenge of getting with that chick Eric's been mentioning.. i don't even remember her name and right now the glances this girl keeps giving me just reminds me what I'd want to do just to piss the fuck out of Bethany  and in the exact moment The Weeknd's 'False Alarm' starts blaring through the speakers. Man this song gets to me. Then I give that girl who's checking me out a smile and realise it's Ashley, I then grin and walk to her and say, "Hey gorgeous. Mind if I join You?" She smiles and answers,"Hi. I thought the break up hit you hard and I felt that you'd be heartbroken." Ugh. I don't need this, "I moved on long back. I'm not someone who fixates like a leech onto something or someone. So how's life? With your ex if I may add." Suck it now. "Ah. Low blow Rick. We've changed rooms. I'm sick of looking at him. If you know what I'm hinting at?" Aah the casual sex they try having and then they think of getting back but they both know they cannot.. Cause she likes experimenting a little of the extreme sides. Taking a sip of the beer I say winking at her, "Yea. I'm pretty sure I know." She pulls the bottle away from my hand at takes a swig from it herself and moves closer to me than she already was and says, "So Rick do you want to stay here or you wanna head someplace else? Maybe my room or yours or maybe the washroom here" as she trails her fingers on my jawline. As she does that I smile cause I knew she would do this and I notice Bethany looking.. no wait, glaring at me so just to spite her more, I pull Ashley's hand to my lips and kiss her wrist and say to Her, "Any place you want baby" and as I notice Brittany walking towards me I kiss Ashley on the side of her neck. "Rick! Is that you?" I suddenly hear Bethany' s voice, as if she hadn't been creeping on me while grinding along with the rest of the gang.. But i play along and say to her, "Oh hey Bethany. What've you been doing?" I ask her staring into her eyes even though deep inside all I wanted to do was hug her and cry and just ask her why she had to stoop so low.. Was every moment just that easy to let go for her for such stupid reasons?

Flashback:-

I had the ball for the second time in the 4th quarter and there was 1 minute and 13 seconds remaining for either us to win or lose the game, I then pass the ball to Zack who stalls with it for a while and then he passes it to Eric who also plays around with it for a while and then he had to either pass it or shoot the basket.. But Eric being Eric and was digging the attention and finally shot the basket at 5 seconds remaining which actually creeped Zack out but i was laughing hard already because I knew he would do that then the time goes off and the cheerleaders come out to celebrate our win.. we give each other pats and hugs but at the same time I was searching for Beth. Usually she's the first to hug me and shower me with kisses. Ever since we started being exclusive since college it's always her for me and me for her. She has been there at the happiest and the saddest moments in my life. Be it Dad's shit or winning matches like these to one day play games for big names. So have I been on her side as well.. She loves her cheerleading.. someday soon we'll both be on the Lakers team, me playing and she heading the cheer girls. Just then Zack comes towards me looking as if he'd seen a ghost, I joked, "Man let's go hit the bar. We need it especially you right now" he then said "um sure.. Let's leave" Eric then came and said, "Man ! Now that was a blast. Let's go hit it up now cause I definitely know that some freaks are gonna be there for sure" Zack grinned at Eric and then said to me,"Dude, wait here. I'll just go get our stuff" To which I responded while I walked towards the locker room, "Nah man. I Gotta wait for my girl. She'll be here soon" I hear Eric say, "He's so lame sometimes. Guess it's just you and me Z, sampling our meat and he's probably gonna be the corniest one in the room even if she loses her shit" to Zack. As I am about to open the door I say to Eric, "Someday you're going to be staring into some girl's eyes and telling her how much you love her in the same corny way and that would probably be the highlight of my book if or when I'd write one besides my girl of course" and open the door to see....
Some dude's head on Bethany's boobs which are somehow covered by that bra of hers and his hands clawing her butt then I see Brittany's face turn towards me and her eyes wide open and meanwhile I felt nothing but anger.. as to what this guy thinks of himself so I rush to him and pull him by the collar of his shirt and I hear him say ,"What the fuck? Do you know who I am?" I ignore him and punch him on his mouthand then his ribs as I hear Bethany yelling  "Stop it. Leave" then he suddenly punches me near my eye. Then she comes in the middle and says to him, "I'm sorry. I told you I'd meet you elsewhere. But " he then says to her, "Forget reaching anywhere. I won't let you get to the top now" then I hear her say , "Look I don't even know who he is. Don't put me on the radar. Please.. you know how important this is to me" as I notice that his shirt is unbuttoned all the way down and half of it is untucked and then I see lipstick marks on his chest to the bottom of the opening of his shirt. He then says as buttons up and he tucks back his shirt, " If I feel like giving you a call I will. If not .. bye and don't follow behind " after which he just leaves. Then I ask Bethany, "What the fuck was that Beth? Why would you do that or why would you allow him to touch you?" I yell at her to which she says, "it's all your fault! Don't yell at me. All I was trying to do was to make our life easy. He would've signed me with the NBA cheer squad directly by tomorrow if you hadn't let all this get to your head."
"Get to my head? Are you even being real right now? Which dick told you he can get you into any shit? How could you think that screwing that bastard would make our future easy?" I shouted. She screamed back at me, "He works with the fucking NBA! You ruined my chance dammit!  Who gave you the right to interfere in my personal space? I was doing what I felt was right for me. One random fuck would mean nothing and you should know that much by now Ricky" I was literally more than pissed,"What the fuck did you just say?" I scream and push her to the lockers holding her by the shoulders. "I've never cheated on you once. But here you are justifying no wait.. you weren't even justifying. You are trying to prove how fucking an asshole you never knew would be beneficial for us in the long run, give me a break" I say and move away from her as I continue to speak, "And just because I bare my soul to you does not give you the right to insult what I'm managing to deal with at home. I never thought you could ever be that low to mention my issues like this.. But you are just hitting me with revelation after revelation.." She then puts a hand on my arm saying, "Look, I didn't mean to say that. I just meant to do something which would benefit us later.. Like imagine if I'd get popular and then be at all the matches you'd be playing.. obviously you will get noticed and if you do.. just imagine how great our life can be.. we'd even make money by just posing together for pictures baby . It was going to be a meaningless fuck, but you flipped at a wrong moment."  I cannot believe her, "Don't give me bullshit, you wanted to do whatever shit to just get into the limelight. Nothing was for us. It was for you and this thing that you're referring to as "meaningless fuck" is called cheating on somebody that you apparently loved" she says looking irritated "Jeez. That's why I didn't discuss anything with you. You're just so full of baggage Rick" I scoff and say, "Sure. Let's help rid each other of my baggage. Let's break up Bethany. It helps you do whatever you want a little easily then and give me some space as well cause I'm bored of the routine too." She jumps on me and says, "I knew you'd understand, that's why I love you. You don't mean I'm bored babe. You are the best but.. um thanks. I'll see you around though.. And be there for you whenever you need me" I push her away slowly and say, "Yea. I guess." She then hugs me once again and kisses me on lips and leaves with a simple 'Bye'.
I hit my fist on the locker making my knuckles bleed a little thinking of what did I do wrong to push her to that extreme where she wouldn't even think of our relationship... how I'd let her see me in my lowest. Fuck. No! If she was capable of doing this to me then I can't imagine doing her doing right by me.
Fine if this is how things are going to be.. I'm just gonna learn how to play them.
There were nights where I'd just feel like doing nothing but then Eric forced me to go out again and that's when I tried going to the parties. Spending time with random chicks.. getting wasted with them and then fucking around in the craziest of places and if I was too drunk and had gone through something rough through my day I'd call the girl I'd be with by Bethany's name. God the reactions I'd get.