New Girl - The Creatures

Chapter 25

We pulled up to a place called Gourmet Dumpling House in the middle of the Chinatown district in Boston, and I felt a loud growl emit from my stomach. Nervous as I may be about what Sly had to share, I was starving. James looked positively giddy and practically stormed the doors. We were seated, got drinks and placed our orders, the feeling of hunger set in on all of us.

"Okay, what are these beans you have to spill?" I asked Sly. He looked around at all of us with a mischevious grin. "You guys can't say anything about it okay? But MAN some shit went down!" he giggled, and we all agreed to not say anything. "So, Seamus and Ash got into it last night after we got back from dinner and she knows there was someone else he was talking to while they were also talking, but she has no idea who. And then today during the con he was talking to me about how he made a mistake in dating her and not dating you and how you being a bitch to him was hot and so!" Sly finished eagerly, looking around for reactions. James rose up from the table to go to the bathroom, but not before casting a surprised look my way.

I leaned back in my seat and looked at Sly. "He can suck my dick," I muttered, taking a sip of my water. He laughed again and tried to recompose himself, then said, "What if he breaks up with her? Would you date him?" The table grew a little quiet in anticipation of my answer.

I thought about it myself. As much of a spark as there had been between Seamus and I, the way he made me feel when he strung me along just to drop me for Ash was indescribable. "No," I said after a moment. "Maybe we could be friends again, but absolutely not."

"Can I ask why?" Aleks piped up. I shrugged, then explained how I felt when I found out and how no one had ever made me feel so low in my life, and mentioned how I couldn't even bring myself to eat for a few days. Dan, who was seated on my right, had a really sad and empathetic look in his eyes. "I think," he started before his voice broke. He cleared his throat and blinked a few times.

"I know that I speak for practically everyone that I'm so sorry this happened. You're like a sister to me and I know way too well how that heavy feeling is. This group is supposed to be about friendship and laughter, and I'm so sorry that you haven't gotten to experience that," he finished, placing his hand on my shoulder. I gave him a little half hug, surprised by his warm words.

Sly and Aleks agreed, and James' voice from behind me made me jump. "We will force you from now on to have the most fun you've ever had in your life," he said, grinning as I jumped. "Thank you guys, fuck you for scaring me James, but aside from this situation, I've had such a wonderful time here. You guys are all so amazing and I love every single one of you. Yes, even you James," I added, as he had feigned mock offense to me telling him to fuck off.

Our food suddenly arrived, and the pork and crab meat dumplings I ordered looked absolutely amazing. We ate in silence, aside from the occasional moan of satisfaction from James. We wrapped up our meal and headed back to the hotel, talking about what we'd be doing on the final day of the convention tomorrow. I was looking forward to going home very much so; as fun as the con may be, I was constantly tired and wanted to get a good night's rest desperately.

We all parted ways once we got to our floor, and James and I quietly got ready for bed. I changed in the bathroom, per usual, into an oversized, burnt orange sweater and a pair of black briefs. I liked to wear them as sleeping shorts, don't judge. I decided to make a cup of shitty coffee with the coffee grounds the hotel provided while James browsed Twitter in silence. After some time, he broke the nearly soundless atmosphere.

"Did you mean what you said when you said you wouldn't take Seamus back?" he asked suddenly. I looked over at him, his eyes locked on mine. "Yeah, I think so," I sighed. "What's holding you back from that certain 'suck my dick'-ness from earlier?" he asked, a slight smirk tugging at the corner of his mouth. I gave him a small smile and sat down on the edge of my bed.

"It's just hard, ya know? He's the only guy that's ever thought I was beautiful and I couldn't even keep his attention for two seconds. I miss feeling like I could mean something to someone," I said, only realizing too late that tears had managed to sneak their way down my cheeks. I quickly wiped them away, trying to distract from my little bitch ways. I tried to drink the coffee I made, but it was revolting. I drank it anyway, frustrated with myself.

I glanced over at James over the rim of my mug, surprised to see him looking upset, staring off into the distance. I don't think it was something I was supposed to see because when I set my mug back down, he immediately flipped back into Meme-Mode. "You mean something, you're everyone's favorite shithead," he grinned at me. I smiled again, hoping to appease him and his lame joke in lieu of the melancholy that had been rather prevalent in his eyes.

I rose from the bed and stretched, my sweater rising as I did so, and for once it looked like I had on pants. I decided to hop into the shower so if I decided to start crying again it'd be in private. I let James know I'd be MIA for a little while and brought my phone to listen to music. I pressed shuffle as the shower started up, and the first song that came on was "Hello, I'm in Delaware" by City and Colour. The perfect sad girl song.

*James POV*

I stared after her as she closed the door, mesmerized as always. The fact that she couldn't see what a fucking sap I am for her is driving me crazy. I could hear soft acoustic playing from beneath the door, and her humming along to it softly. It was such a sad kind of song, the kind that you'd want to listen to while crying and eating ice cream late at night. I laid back on the bed, trying to stay as quiet as possible to listen to the song.

I couldn't believe how angry I was with Seamus. We had been friends for years and he was like a brother to me. I knew that he'd had his record with girls in the past, but the way he talked about her was so different than he had before. It was such a bitch to try and listen to him talk about her, the second I had seen her I couldn't stop thinking about her. But as much as I may like her, I wanted him to be happy. I hadn't seen him smile in so long, and it was nice to hear the enthusiasm in his voice.

Then all of a sudden he's going on a date with Ash? The fuck? I tried to ask him about it, but all I was able to ask without getting angry was "What happened to Sam?" He gave me one of those crooked smiles that fans drooled over and said, "She'll come around." I was so pissed. Holy shit. Did that mean he was going into a relationship wanting to cheat on Ash with Sam? He'd always made jokes about how everytime he uploads he's had sex with a different woman. But he talked about Sam with so much love in his eyes. It was a complete 180 I did not understand.

All of a sudden I could hear Sam singing a different song, something way more delicate and... raw? I looked up the words, and it was a song called Tear Down the House. I heard her voice break halfway through the song and I felt a lump swell in my throat. I hated seeing her hurt like this. None of the other guys were happy with what Seamus was doing, but none of them were as close to Sam as I was. We pretty much spent all day, every day together.

I tried to keep her from closing off like she did when Seamus turned her down. When she ate nothing but Ritz crackers and drank coffee, turning down meals. She was already so skinny, she looked like she'd snap if the wind blew too hard. Jordan was actually starting to get pretty worried about her and asked me if I could make sure she'd eat enough while we were here, so I was more than happy to suggest trip snacks and tell Jordan what restaurants had her favorite food. No one thought twice about how much I cared because they all saw how much we hung out.

I heard the shower turn off, and I got up to grab the ice cream I'd paid Jordan to grab for her from the mini fridge. She came out, still wearing that same sweater and looking a little red-eyed. "I figured you'd want this," I tried to say as nonchalantly as I could. Her eyes lit up and she smiled widely. "When the fuck did you get this?!" She snatched it out of my hands, desperate to dig into her precious Cherry Garcia. "HEY! Don't fucking snatch you toddler," I said, doing that stupid voice she thinks is hilarious. She laughed before putting a big spoonful in her mouth.

I turned on the TV to some older episodes of The Office, conveniently another one of her favorites. She bundled herself up in her blankets, happily eating and her eyes glued to the TV while mine were glued to her.

***** (Author's note) oh my gosh thank you so much for 1k reads!! I'm sorry there was a couple days space between this chapter and the last, I'm taking my last college final for the semester tomorrow and I've been studying. Please leave feedback if you can, I love getting responses and seeing if people enjoy what I'm writing! *****