Intoxicated

Chapter 2

Okay you know how I said before that this was a "new & improved Aubrey McKinley'? Yeah well, I lied. & as I stare at the ceiling of my dorm room with salty tears streaming down my face, it couldn't be more evident.

"Hallie, what do I do? I'm not ready for Javier to leave me yet, he's just too cute and he's the only boy to show interest in me and this freaking sucks," I whine, smashing my fists on my bed in a tantrum.

My best friend since middle school, Hallie, sat in the chair at my dorm desk as I ranted to her all of my feelings. The second I left the Cafe when Javier decided to break up with me, I called Hallie and told her there was an emergency and to come to my room.

"He didn't even have the decency to give me a warning or anything, he just straight away went to saying he was breaking up with me. Like who does that? And who doesn't even think it through longer than a day? Like am I really not worth at least to be thought of?"

Hallie pulled her long dark hair up into a ponytail and set down the pen she was writing in her notebook with. "Aubrey, you've had suspicions about Javier for a while now, and you've been the rumors about him cheating on you with Lyssa. Maybe this is actually a blessing in disguise. And don't you dare think that you're not absolutely amazing, because in all honesty, you are out of his league."

I sighed and let the growing pain in my chest deepen, basking in its intensiveness. No words in response came to mind, so I remained silent. And as time ticked on, no cohesive thoughts ran through my head, only a constant buzz of noise. With a sigh, I wiped my eyes and jumped off my bed which was elevated more than a normal bed. Pulling a hat over my head to hide my face, I went to leave me room. "Hey Hallie, I'm going to get a drink from the vending machine. Do you want anything?"

Hallie shook her head and smiled, "you know I'm just going to take whatever you get."

I let out a small laugh and left my room. I wandered down the many hallways of my residence hall trying to remember where the vending machines were. How did I forget where these things were so easily? I was just given my tour of the hall today...

I turned right around another corner and smacked straight into a body coming from the other direction. My hat flipped off my head as I stumbled back a little, trying not to fall flat on my ass. "Oh I'm so sorry, I'm just lost and I wasn't looking at where I was going, and I didn't see you coming this way and yeah...sorry," I rambled on in possibly the most awkward way possible.

"Don't worry about it, I wasn't really paying attention either," the boy in front of me laughed. I looked up to see that he stood only a few inches taller than me with a slim figure, while still showing a decent amount of muscle. His eyes were a bright blue with lashes that any girl would kill for, and his dirty blonde hair laid perfectly styled on his head. He had a very unique nose that was was sprinkled with light freckles. Oh my god.

"Hey, aren't you that girl that was checking me out earlier?" My heart hitched up into my throat and my breath escaped me.

"Oh no, I wasn't doing that, I-,"

"Hey, what's wrong with your face?," the boy interrupted me. Any feeling of nervousness was replaced with annoyance and embarrassment. My face fell straight.

I placed my hand on my hip and gave him one of my fiercest looks, "not like it's any of your business, but my boyfriend and I just broke up. And I don't need any assholes like you making any sort of comments."

The boy's face fell into a frown and, to my surprise, he gave me a sympathetic look, "hey I'm sorry to hear that. I'll just leave you be then."

Before he walked out of sight, I called after him, "hey, my name's Aubrey by the way."

"I'm Jonah. Maybe I'll see you around again sometime?"

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I spent another 5 minutes trying to find where on earth my dorm room was. I swear it was room 253... or maybe it was 235. Oh lord how do I do this?

"Okay let's try this room," I mumbled to myself, tapping my ID against the lock. The door clicked and I swung the door open.

"Took you long enough, I was starting to think you were murdered or something," Hallie said through a mouthful of chips.

I jumped up onto my bed and sprawled out, a slight smile on my face. "Hallie, you would never guess what just happened."

"Oh my god, you found a tanning bed in this hall. That would be fantastic cause I'm feeling like a raw marshmallow right now and I want feel more like a toasted one."

I shook my head at Hallie and rolled my eyes jokingly. I love the girl to pieces, but some of the things she says are pretty out there. "That's some wishful thinking there, but no. I actually ran into this guy, like literally ran into him when I was going around a corner."

To any normal person, bumping into a random person wouldn't make them so giddy, but after so many months of inconsistent attention, it was nice to have someone notice me. Even if it was just because we ran into each other.

"Ooh, was he cute?," Hallie perked up, staring at me excitedly.

I rolled my eyes yet again and shook my head. "He was decent I think, I guess I wasn't paying attention that much. That also is the least of my concern with Javier and everything."

"Aubs, you and I both know Javier was no good for you, and I swear on everything that he was up to no good. Call it just a feeling."

I sighed and stared up at the fairy lights that were strung across my ceiling, my mood coming crashing back down. Javier and I were together for nine months and it wasn't always the easiest of relationships. Rumors spread and I've been told that he had cheated on me at some point, but Javier swore up and down that nothing happened. I believed him and I still do, but it still left a feeling of uneasiness about the relationship. Not to mention he had many girl friends that I do not trust in the slightest.

"Hey Aubs, I think I'm going to head back to my room. Are you going to be okay by yourself?," Hallie said, concern evident in her voice.

I nodded my head and gave her a small smile, letting her know without words that I'd be okay. With that, Hallie left and turned over on my side facing my wall. So much had happened in the past 24 hours and all of the days events whirred around in my head. Javier, the guy in the hall, college life; all a perfect way to start off my freshman year.

I eventually forced my mind to stop racing and I drifted off to sleep.

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