Magcon: the boys next door

Chapter 12

Now all eyes are on me. I'm almost too stunned to speak. I open my mouth to say something but no noise comes out. Nash's stare is piercing and i don't know how to respond or why I feel guilty. Probably because to everyone here what happened looks kind of bad, but nothing actually happened between us.

Nash speaks up,"Well he must've been pretty drunk. You didn't go out with Cameron last night, did you?" He says it like I wouldn't ever dare to do something like that. This angers me because I'm not as innocent as I seem and I'm not a goody good like I was when he left.

I gain some confident, "Actually yeah I did go out with him last night" I hear some guys laugh and Nash says nothing but looks away. He looks hurt and I feel bad but I don't know why this hurts him. He was being stupid. I felt awkward sitting next to him because he refused to look at me. To make this situation even better, down strolled Cameron from his slumber. He looked rough. His hair was sticking up in different directions and he looked like he'd just rolled out of bed, which he might've. He looks surprised to see me. When he enters the room, the guys laugh and exchanged looks from me and Cameron. I feel me cheeks heat up.

He pretends to be confused, "what?" He says innocently. Nash looks up and laughs, "have a nice night last night?" Cameron plays it off pretty well

"Actually, yeah I did. Thanks for asking Nash you're too sweet" he plops down on the couch next to me.

"We had tons of fun right, Stella?" He smirks and I'm annoyed at him for bringing this up. He infuriates me I wanted to punch his arm. My good mood disappeared just like that. I cross my arms and smile as best as I can, "Yes, I did. Thank you Cameron for showing me how to have fun" I sound sarcastic and turn away from him. A lot of laughs come from this.

"Ok, as much as I love hearing you three fight, what're we going to do tonight?" Matt says.

"Well, I know a few friends from school who are having a party tonight. We can go to that. But Stella you don't go to parties, do you?" Nash asks. I'm actually really offended by this but before I have a chance to speak up, Cameron answers for me, "Stella goes to parties Nash. She turns up and has tons of fun" Nash looks at Cameron and he smiles and shrugs at him. I was starting to feel extremely uncomfortable in between the two. I roll my eyes,"Yes, I go to parties too. Who's is it anyways?"

"That junior David Marshall. You know him?" This takes me by surprised. I wonder if he mentioned it in the texts that he sent me, but I ignored.

"Oooh" I laugh a little and Nash must see how awkward id gotten.

"Do you know him?"

"Let me guess. That kids your boyfriend, isn't he?" Cameron asks.

"You have a boyfriend?" Nash looks at me.

"Well kind of. He is but it's complicated"

"There seems to be a lot that I don't know about you, Stella" he turns away from me again. Greatt. Everything that Cameron has said has made this day so much worse.

After less awkward conversation, I decide to go home and wait to be picked up for the party tonight. I paced my bedroom. I was so nervous for tonight. I didn't want to see David or the other people from my school. I hadn't even looked at the messages from David and Kayla and I didn't really want to. What am I going to do? Do I even want to be with David anymore? Did I ever really or was he just someone he replaced Nash? Do I still have feelings for Nash? Because lately I couldn't tell if I still felt the same way. Cameron made me feel an odd way even though id just met him. Did I like him? He was older than me and probably wouldn't have feelings for me, yet he made an effort to talk to me. I collapsed on my bed, frustrated by my complicated feelings.

I sigh and rummage through my closest looking for what to wear. I decided I didn't really care even though I did. I made myself look decent and waited for my ride to show up. I heard a knock and opened the door to see Cameron. He stared at me for a few moments until I looked away feeling uncomfortable.

He smiled at me, "Hey, Stella"

I'm still mad at him but the sight of his smile made me feel happy, "Hey"

"I'm sorry about today if I put you in a bad position or just acted like a jerk in general"

I didn't want to forgive him so easily but he stood there looking at me so innocently it touched my heart. He was kind of sweet and at least he was apologized

I sigh,"I want to stay mad at you but i guess I forgive you" his face lights up and he smiles at me. He holds at his arm as if escorting me to the car. I laugh out loud but play along and hold onto his arm.

He turns his head to whisper in my ear,"And really? Why do you have to look so beautiful? Now David will be all over. As if competing with one other guy wasn't hard enough"