Mercury

Chapter 1

It happened too soon.

I couldn't push Chase away from me fast enough, his arms still clung to my waist as Logan landed a hard punch on one side of his face. I screamed, telling them to stop.

"Logan," I choked, "stop it! You'll kill him!" I tried to pull him back but got flung to the side instead. That hurt like a bitch.

The door crashed open as a flood of people entered the room. After standing up, before I knew it, Chase and Logan were being surrounded by the mob. "Fight! Fight! Fight!"

"Flo!" Jesse pulled me away from the scene and I watched, distraught and a little peeved, as Logan wrestled Chase down.

"What happened here?" He asked.
"What happened to Logan?"

"Why are you here?" I asked, trying to avoid his question. What was I supposed to say? I cheated on Logan and he found out so now, they're pulling each other's hair out? No way!

"The door was open and we heard a crash so we rushed in to stop it," he said.

Crash.

"Jesse, stop them!" I cried in alarm, my voice cracking. Why aren't they moving?

Jesse gripped my arm tighter. "You can't go there," he said. "You'll get hurt."

Crash.

"I told you to stop them! Not me!" I hissed.

Jesse ignored me, pulling me even further into the crowd. So fucking petty. I looked around aimlessly, trying to locate the two brawlers.

I watched as Logan yelled at Chase's face, both obviously influenced by alcohol. I bit my lip, anxious as I watched them face each other. I didn't plan for this to happen, I thought.

Then what did you want? I asked myself, wasn't this what you wanted the whole time? Dating Logan was the only way you could ever get to Chase.

No no no, I thought, I didn't want to hurt Logan. I just wanted to have a little fun with Chase, I winced as Logan grappled Chase. Chase wasn't so bad either, he wrestled his way out of Logan's lock and pushed him down.

"Fuck off, Groves!" He snarled.

"Stop it!" I shouted for Chase to stop, but he didn't. Instead, he stared at me before facing Logan, saying something which I knew was going to wreck him. And me.

I didn't expect Chase would do this. I mean, he was an asshole but he wasn't this dirty.

"She used you," he laughed. "She dated you to get to me. Get that in your head, you little twit."

A flicker of doubt passed on Logan's face before utter confusion took place. I found myself praying that he would trust me.

"What the fuck are you trying to say, Williams?" He asked, face contorted in anger.

"I squirmed desperately under Jesse' hold.

"Let. me. go!" I hissed.

"Logie bear," Chase chuckled cynically as Logan twitched beneath him. "Your little girlfriend and I have been hooking up since Spring break."

A series of gasps escaped, reminding me that we were surrounded by people.

"He's lying," I said, pleading Jesse to let go. I'm lying.

Chase's eyes flit towards me then met Logan's. Leaning down, he whispered something in his ear before letting him go. At this point, Logan was enraged. He tackled Chase down, throwing punch after punch before Jesse finally shouted for people to stop them.

Chase kept on going, revealing what we'd done together to rile Logan up. The bathroom quickie, midnight meet-ups, and even the things we'd done on call...Whatever Chase was trying to do, he succeeded. Logan couldn't play with his little mind games anymore. I closed my eyes, heard a loud crash and decided that it was over.

At one point, Chase stopped mid-sentence, a sure sign that he'd passed out. Definitely over.

To stop Logan from killing him, Ben dragged Chase to the other side of the room. Chained down by Robb, Logan furiously turned towards me. Rage and hurt etched on his face. My heart clenched and I stood frozen, and although I hated to admit it, I almost cried. Don't cry. You did this to yourself.

Logan didn't say anything, but he didn't have to. I knew Chase told him everything and no doubt that included news of our secret rendezvous. I wanted to apologize, to cry, to beg him and ask for forgiveness but I swallowed down my tears. Nothing could help me now, I was too far gone. The blame in his eyes was enough for me to know that I'd already been sentenced to death.

At least, relationship death, which wasn't that much different since I probably killed my school rep along with it. From now on, I'd be known as the bitch with a capital B, and hopefully, that wasn't going to be as bad as it sounded.

"Let's break up," I said the words before he could. "I'm sorry."

Logan shook his head, muttering curses under his breath. He never shouted at me, never asked me to explain myself and I loved this about him, maybe not the way I lusted after Chase, but it was still special in its own right.

"I hope you're happy," he said, turning his heel to leave. "You finally got what you wanted."

I didn't say anything, knowing that everything I said would end up sounding like an excuse — which it would be, because I had wanted this. I wanted Chase from the start, and I knew I wanted him when our lips were locked, but why did it hurt so much to hear it from him?

I reminded myself again. You got what you wanted. God, hearing it from myself hurt too.

"Why did you do it?" I turned my head to see Jesse, staring at me in disappointment. When I didn't answer, he loosened his grip. Jesse was our mutual friend. He introduced me to Logan, and I saw it as an opportunity to get closer to Chase.

I was so stupid, and apparently, he thought so too — before he left, he mumbled something that sounded oddly similar to "you'll regret this soon."

And he was right, but I wouldn't know that until a week later.

Before I knew it, I was the only one left. Jesse and the boys carried Chase out, telling me that they would bring him home. He asked hesitantly if I wanted to hitch a ride, and I shook my head.

I'd rather save myself from a lot of awkward and opt to go home myself instead of riding with a bunch of Logan's friends, people who obviously want to burn the witch — me at the stake.

Despite that, I ended up regretting that decision soon after. The walk home was rough. I looked horrible, with my makeup running down my face. My heels broke halfway, and even worse, it started to rain. I arrived home thirty minutes later, taking a hot shower and dumping myself on the bed before eventually, falling into a deep sleep and hoping it would take me away.

A/N:

Hi guys! You must be pretty confused. I threw that in there almost immediately. I'd like to know if it would help if I set the next chapter as Logan's POV? Pls comment your opinions below! Thanks <3