formal, F. GUTIERREZ ✓

34 | irl

→ riley's pov

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the first thing i did was look around the car park, then i realised that angus had stolen their ride for the formal so i went back inside.

how did it get so crowded? since when did all these people even get here?

i didn't have time to answer any of my questions because i saw someone that had liam's ratchet hair.

i took a deep breath and followed the boy through the dancefloor of dancing couples.

"excuse me, excuse me, i'm just gonna- thank you, excuse me!" i pushed past the people as quickly as i could so i wouldn't lose sight of the person, but it was too late because the boy had just entered the boy's bathroom. "just my luck," i sighed and sat down at a random table near the bathroom.

i felt bad for froy, i left him with xavier, orlando and the food table, some girl was probably flirting with him already, who wouldn't?

"oh no," i set my elbows down on the table and rested my head in my hands and shut my eyes with annoyance.

the memory of what i said to froy earlier came back to me.

he asked if i was joking.

i mean, i wasn't lying... who doesn't love froy?

the thing was, he thought i was joking so he probably didn't love me back.

it's fine, i'm used it.

i lifted me head up as i heard the one of the bathroom doors open.

it was liam.

"hey, liam!" i shouted, he turned his head and his eyes went wide as he looked at me, then a smirk made it's way onto his lips.

"riley," his voice low, he made his way towards me.

"liam."

"riley."

"liam..."

"hey i'm sorry for-"

without letting him complete his sentence, i raised my fist and hit him with so much force.

people around stopped dancing and all their attention was on us.

"what did you do that for?" he held his face and groaned with pain, my hand hurt but i forced myself to not show it.

"you're stupid to be asking that question, you know, your date has been walking around looking for you, she's quite upset."

"what, chloe?"

"i thought you were here with macy?" i asked confused.

"no, i bought my girlfriend of three years." he spoke with proud.

"so you're telling me that wyen you were fighting and arguing with froy saying that you were dating me, you were in fact with another girl?" i clenched my fists again, it was at that moment when i turned into the arthur meme.

without hesitating, he replied "yes."

i raised my fist again but before i could even begin to move it closer to liam's already bruised face, someome grabbed me and pulled me back.

"riley, stop, you can be charged for hitting him," froy told me.

"shit." i relaxed my body and turned back to liam. "you're a piece of shit, liam." i said before i let froy lead me away from the crowd.

"you shouldn't have done that." froy said as soon as we were outside, we both sat down next to the entrance for the gym.

"i know. everyone is gonna find out," i sighed and rested my head on his shoulder.

he took my bruised hand and examined it.

"you should get some ice for this."

"i'm not going back in there."

"then let me take you home, come on," i took my head off his shoulder and got up off the floor.

"is angus still here?" i asked him quietly.

"oh yeah, i think he's inside," he stopped and turned around, "i guess we have to stay here."

"no i can walk," i bent down and began to take my heels off but froy stopped me.

"don't, i can give you a piggy back ride, come on," he turned back around and lowered himself.

"nah, i'm good, but thanks for the offer," i told him and he stood back up straight.

"are you sure?"

"yeah, i'm sure, let's go."

it took us a while to get back home, i really should have let froy give me a piggyback because my feet started to hurt due to the tiny rocks on the ground that i had been stepping on.

"so, you wanna stay here instead of being with xavier?" i asked him.

"what, like a sleepover?" he grinned.

"sure, if that's what you want," i chuckled lightly.

froy nodded and looked back at my house.

"will your parents allow it?"

"yeah, i've had xavier sleep over many times."

"you should ask her first."

"froy, stop worrying, just get inside," i took his arm and begun to lead him to the front door of my home, but he pulled me back.

froy took a deep breath and licked his lips, before he leaned in to kiss me.

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a/n ; alright so this book is almost over y'all, i feel like because this book is almost over i might just end up updating whenever next week because it won't be too many chapters