Clickbait, baby (david dobrik)

chapter thirty;

A/N: woo woo! Chapter thirty!! Thank you guys for supporting this story so much. It means the world to me. Sorry for the wait! Let me know what you think.
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For the second time that night, I chased a boy, screaming his name as we went. "Peter!" I called out to him as he went into the backyard.

But he got into his car and drove away. Heath is right. I really cannot catch a break.

I decided to go back inside and head into a bedroom and fall asleep, wishing I could get my life together.

The next day, I woke up with an awful hang over. I discovered I was in Heath's bed, him sleeping soundly next to me. I got up and went into the kitchen in search of pain medicine and water. Once finding those, I gathered my things and headed home. Once there, I took a long, hot shower and decided to hit the gym to work off my stress.

After the gym, I go to the studio to continue to prepare for my audition. I try my best to focus all of my energy on that and not think about everything that happened last night. After hours in the studio, I finally headed home. As I walked into my apartment, David was sitting on the couch.

"Hi," I said, confused on how he got in.

"Jess let me in." He explained. "Listen, I just wanted to stop by to tell you how sorry I am about the way I acted last night."

"You're sorry? I should be the one that's sorry." I said, confused beyond belief.

"No. I was drunk and I acted possessively when it's not my place to. You have the right to sleep with whoever and it wasn't cool for me to kiss you like that."

I didn't say anything. I wasn't sure what to say.

"Well, anyways. I guess I'll leave." He said, standing and walking past me.

"Wait," I said, turning around to him. I stared into his eyes and the next thing I knew, my lips were on his.

He kissed me back for a moment, but he pulled away. "I'm sorry, I can't do this."

Then, David left.

Well, Carlie.. why the fuck did you do that?

I went and laid down face first in my bed groaning. I really suck as a person.

Then it hit me- I have to work at the coffee shop tonight. Crap.

After mopping in my bed for a while, I took a quick shower and got ready to head to work. I hesitated as I walked up the sidewalk to Jitters. To say I was anxious to walk in was an understatement. But I took a deep breath and walked in. Peter was making some girls coffee when I walked behind the counter. "Hey.." I said.

"Can you fix a caramel frap?" He asked handing me a cup.

"Yeah, of course." I said looking at him waiting for him to finally make eye contact with me, but he wouldn't. I put my apron on and got to work. It felt a lot like when I first started with Peter. That he would just talk to me about work purely and nothing else really.

After a long six hour shift, we finally closed. I walked up to the door and turned the open sign off and locked the door. I grabbed the broom from the closet and started sweeping the floor. I kept glancing at Peter but he was never looking at me. He was cleaning this or that and acting like I wasn't even there.

I threw the broom down and I say, "look, Peter, I'm sorry. I really had fun with you last night. David sees us and it hurt him. I feel terrible so I chase after him to make sure he's okay, and the next thing I know he kisses me."

"I don't really care what you have to say. I had fun last night too. But that was it. I'm your boss. That's it." He said, before continuing to clean the counter.

"That's it?" I asked, walking near the counter.

"We only have a professional relationship." He said firmly.

I stared at him for a moment. "I'm sorry, Peter."

He stopped cleaning and finally looked me in the eye. "Me too."

Why do I keep doing this to myself? I keep pushing people I really care about away. Peter was a wonderful friend. I messed it up.

David was the best. And I lied to him.

I'm truly a horrible person.

After I finish cleaning, I leave and head to a bar. I order a gin and tonic. I just need something to make me feel better. To get my mind off things.

"Carlie?" The voice makes my heart stop.

I turn to him. "Ryan.."