Stay (Nash Grier & Ariana Grande)

ariana grande pov

I walk into the cafeteria and scan the room for Cal. I'm really trying to avoid him, but I know he will eventually find me & convince me he loves me and didn't know what he was thinking. The usual.

I sit down by Halle and LeAnna.

"Where's the other girls?" I say.

"Prepping for the big game. Okay so there's a celebration party afterwards at Ashton Coopers MANSION tonight, it's gonna be huge." Halle says.

"What if we loose?" I say, laughing.

"If we win, it's a celebration. If we loose, then it's just a party. Either way theirs gonna be drinks and hot boys so, I'm happy."

I smile and sit in silence until Leanna touches my scab.

"Where'd you get that?" she said. I pushed her hand away.

"Nothing, I just scraped my face against something."

"Like what, a hand?" she said, letting out one big laugh.

"No, a rock." Wow that was lame.

"Oh yeah, that sounds realistic." she rolled her eyes. "Hey here comes Cal."

I look up and I can feel my heart in my stomach. He smiles & kisses my forehead. I close my eyes and grit my teeth, trying not to cry. He take the seat next to me and starts eating like a pig.

A bunch of Cal's guy friends come & sit with him and they yell and laugh about the game and throw food at each other, horsing around. I start to get up but I am yanked back down and I look and see Cal's hand gripping my arm.

"Where ya going babe?" he smirks.

"Let go of me." I stare at him in the eyes until he let's go. I'm not scared of him here. He can't do anything with these people around.

"Stay here and eat and I'll go take you for a walk later okay?"

"I want to go to the library, I have work to do."

"But, I said you're staying and eating so that's what you're gonna do. Got it?"

I sink back in my chair and play with my food. I look up just enough to see Halle's and Leanna's faces, & I can see they're pretty uncomfortable.

It's 8th period, the last period of the day and I'm staring at the clock until it hits 3 because once that bell rings I'm running out of here as fast as I can.

These people are annoying and obnoxious, and there's 3 in particular boys that like to flirt with me. They call me stripper names and ask to grab my ass all the time. All they think about is getting ass, they don't care about goals, their career, they don't care what happens to them. Which I think is really stupid, because what happens when you grow up to get killed because you were forced into the drug dealing business & you aren't up to their expectations? They'll shoot you. It happens to people everywhere and they are just letting it happen.

I look back up to the clock and see the bell should ring any minute when Caleb taps me on the back. I spin around and see him holding two oranges up to his chest.

"Are your tits as big as these?" he says, laughing with his other friends. I roll my eyes and turn back around when the bell rings.

I stand up and grab my bags when I feel a hand go up my shorts. I spin around and see Adam laughing and pushing his other friend. I step up to him and go to slap him in the face but someone from behind grabs my hand and jerks me back. Cal comes out from behind me and punches Adam right in the face.

Adam stumbles back and the room becomes silent. Cal holds his knuckles while Adam is putting his hand up to his jaw, feeling the blood pour out of his mouth.

"Don't touch my girl like that again. What the hell were you thinking? You immature little fuck, you nee-"

I grabbed his hand and pulled him back and kissed him. I wasn't enjoying it, but I needed him to shut up and hold me. He wrapped his arms around and me and I just put my head in his shoulders. He pushes me back and grabs my hand. We start to walk out the door but Cal gives Adam one more dirty look and continues out the door.

"Are you okay baby?" he asks me.

"Yeah, I'm fine."

"Did he hurt you?"

"I think we all know who hurt me." I say. He drops my hand and jumps out in front of me, making me stop in the middle of the hallway.

"Did you not just see what I did for you back there?"

"For me? Or for you."

"What's that supposed to mean?" he squints his eyes.

I raise my voice. "I mean, everything I do, is for you. Everything you do, is for you. it's all for you, always about you. You act like you're in CHARGE of me, all the time. You freaking make me so angry!" he covers my mouth.

"Not here, Ariana." he grabs me and pulls me into the student center which is usually always empty.

"Ari, you mean the world to me." he says, tucking my hair behind my ear.

"How am I supposed to believe you love me when you control me like a doll?"

"I know, babe I am so sorry. I don't mean to do what I do, it just happens.. I will try and get better. For you. Because you are my princess & my girl and I don't want to hurt you."

Am I actually buying this?

"Please, give me one more chance to get better...please.." he says, pulling my chin up to his face, staring into my eyes. I shut them tight & feel a tear run down my cheek.

"Please don't cry.." he grabbed me and held me tight, for what seemed like ages. He pulled me back and wiped my face. "I love you, Ari. Okay?"

I stared at my feet and held his hand. "I love you too."

I said. Knowing it was a lie.