When We Realize (A Sheo Fanfic)

Chapter Ten

*Shailene’s POV*

When the party is over and people start to leave I stumble back to my apartment after telling everyone to dream happily. I half expect Theo to be waiting for me when I get back, fuming and angry at me for telling him to kiss Rosa, but he isn’t there. I sigh and take off my pants and bra, climbing under my sheets.

It doesn’t take long for me to get annoyed that he isn’t here. He always sleeps over, and it’s uncomfortable and too quiet without the sound of him breathing besides me. He knows why I couldn’t say anything, there in front of everyone, so why is he upset? I open my door and walk down the hallway and shove open his door. I slam it closed and stumble straight into his room. He sits up in bed when he sees me.

“What the hell is your problem?” I slur, trying to focus my eyes on him without falling over. I’m quite dizzy.

“Shailene?” He asks. “Why did you walk over here with no pants on?”

I look down. Oh… I guess I did. “That’s irrelevant.” I tell him with a hand on my hip.

He sighs and I sigh back, mimicking him. I walk over to his bed, but trip over something on the floor. I fall onto his bed and giggle, but then remember I am kind of mad at him for not coming over. I crawl next to him and jab my finger into his bare chest.

“Why didn’t you come over? Are you gonna be immature or are you gonna talk to me?”

He takes my hand so that I stop poking him when I speak. “I don’t want to be around you until you’re sober. We can talk about this tomorrow.”

I laugh. “Are you calling me an alcoholic?”

“Um, no?” He says slowly. “This is the first time I’ve seen you this drunk.”

“Then talk to me. Why are you mad that I said to kiss her? I only said that because you seemed confused, I was telling you that it was okay.”

“Because I didn’t want to kiss her! And if everybody knew that I actually do have a girlfriend I wouldn’t have had to!”

“What? Were you expecting me to say ‘Wait everybody! I know were all drunk and this is probably the wrong time, but Theo and I have been dating for a while now!”

“No. I didn’t expect that, Shailene. Whatever. It’s done and over with. Can you just please go back to your apartment?”

I start to cry in a really annoying drunken way that sounds nothing like me. “T-Theo. Stop acting like it was only hard on you, you dumb bastard! I had to sit there and watch you kiss that pretty girl. It hurt me too!”

I pull up my knees and curl into a ball, hiding my face as I cry. He unwinds my arms from around myself and pulls me onto his lap. I wrap my arms around him and cry into his neck.

“Don’t make me go back and sleep alone Theo.”

“I’m sorry. I didn’t think about how that must’ve been upsetting to you too. I thought you honestly didn’t care.”

“Of c-course I care! Just because I don’t think it’s responsible of us to be public yet doesn’t mean that I wouldn’t care when you make out with other women!”

He rubs circles on my back. “It was barely even making out.” He says, trying to reassure me.

“I don’t like to see you kiss anyone else,” I whisper, sniffling.

“I don’t like to kiss anyone else.”

I pull back to look at him. “I have something serious to say…” I say slowly, looking in his dark eyes.