Fall

Chapter 12: "Happy sad birthday"

Elena felt the eccentric electric jolts running through her body as she stumbled outside the car. The disk was pressed to her chest and she refused to let it out of her sight. The tears were wetting the red skin of her cheeks. The butterflies were back to her stomach. Justin had bewildered her with this sweet gesture. And if this doesn’t cry come back to me, I don’t know what would, she thought.

She burst the door open again of the wooden house, and the smell of alcohol inflamed her senses. Now all she had to do was find Justin. She didn’t care if Ryan was there, she didn’t care for anything. All she wanted to do was see his brown eyes glowing under the dim light. And God he looks hot tonight, she immediately assembled his picture in his dark blue baggy jeans, and a tight flannel showing off the right abs Justin was growing lately. If only his plaid didn’t cover his biceps, even though the sleeves were rolled up. But that wasn’t enough.

“Hey! Where have you been?! You need to cut the cake.” Jane’s voice caught her off guard and pulled her back. “Hey, have you been crying?”

Elena washed the frown off her friend’s face with a wide smile.

“Yeah, I just need to do something first.” She looked around confused. “Have you seen Justin?”

“What did he do?”

“Nothing!” Why does she always assume he did something? She has a crush on him she’s supposed to support him. “I just need to talk to him.”

“Well…” Jane looked back and pointed to the corner table with the booze.

Justin was standing with a cup of alcohol in his left hand. The right one was holding his weight onto the table. However, he wasn’t alone. Some girl from college that even she barely knew was there talking to him.

I bet her boobs aren’t even real. How did it feel with hands trying to stuff fake substances in them? Justin doesn’t enjoy fake ones and trust me he’s tried.

“Hey.” She softly said and cleared her throat immediately before sounding so shaky.

Justin moved his face to her and as if he forgot anyone around him, he smiled wide.

“Hey!”

“Can we talk?” She said immediately before preparing what she was actually about to say.

“Sure babe.” He nodded and moved his gaze to the girl. “Be right back.” He winked and moved with Elena.

The way he says babe… Damn it, focus you bitch.

She didn’t hesitate to walk immediately to the stairs without anyone noticing and Justin followed.

Once they reached the bedroom, she led him inside and closed the door shut behind her.

The corner of Justin’s lips lifted in his perverted smirk when he looked at the closed door then at her.

“Well?”

Elena chuckled at the first thought it had occurred to him and rolled her eyes. Not that she wasn’t thinking the same.

“I listened to the recording.”

Justin sighed in relief and smiled wide again. His teeth were so white and perfect, she wondered why she never noticed that before.

“I’m really sorry again. I don’t know what I was thinking. I–” He was beginning to say and neither did he or she ever realized what was going on, at least not until a few seconds later.