Lessons learned

chapter 17

*1 week later*

'Are you guys going to Harly's party tonight?' Jasmine asked the rest of the group as we all sat around a picnic table in the university garden. Since Megan and Peter kissed Peter has stopped spending time alone with me, he's been too pre-occupied with Megan, even though she has told us many times that he's just a friend. Neither of them have told me about the kiss, they just expect that I don't know anything. I'm still fuming over the fact that Megan would actually kiss him even though she said to my face that there is nothing going on.

I hate fucking liars.

'No I'm hanging out with Tom tonight.' Calli said slightly blushing. 'Great so who am I supposed to stay with tonight then, since you'll be vacating the dorm?' I teased her making her cheeks even redder. 'We were actually going to his place.' She hides her face in Indiana's shoulder as I laugh quietly at her expense. She's so innocent and it's adorable.

'Well I'm going because I need to get drunk.' I say raising my bottle of water in the air laughing, fake laughter of course but no one notices. 'Why do you need to get drunk?' James asks staring at me, Peter looks up from Megan's face to briefly acknowledge me. 'I just need to.' I swallow the lump in my throat trying to pull my eyes away from Megan and Peter.

Megan leans over to him and whispers something in his ear before he lets out a beautiful throaty laugh. He grabs her hand before she can gently swat him away. She looks me in the eye before leaning over to him again. I watch his eyes fill up with hope and they glisten as he looks at her, he's beginning to like her, wonderful. Her eyes however, are full of evil as she staring through me almost enjoying the reaction she's getting from me.

'Are you two going to the party?' Indiana asks the pair in disgust sneering her nose at them. 'Yeah.' They both said together before returning to each other, ignoring us. Abby put a reassuring hand on my shoulder but I shrugged her off with a smile.

'Well I've got to go, my tattoo appointment is in half an hour.' I announced standing up from the table. 'Peter, you coming?' Ever since I broke up with Logan, Peter would come with me to get every one of my tattoos, it was kind of our thing. He looked up at me in confusion. 'What? Sorry?' He wasn't listening to me, too engrossed in her.

'I'm going to get my tattoo now, the one I told you about last week.' I informed him and he looked down at Megan who shook her head slightly probably thinking that I hadn't noticed. 'Can't you go on your own? I mean you are an adult.' He laughed slightly, my heart dropped. 'Oh, I just thought... never mind you're right.'

'I mean I'll come if you really need me to but...'

'No it's fine I don't want you to stop what you're doing for me.' I say giving him one last look before walking across the grass to my car. That was so embarrassing, he choose her over me.

'Nic wait!' A smile crossed my face as I turned around but it soon fell as Logan stood in front of me. 'I'll go with you, we always used to go together. I could use one as well.'

'No thanks.' I don't need him to think that I like him again I refuse to lead him on. 'Oh come on Nic, it will be just like old times.'

'That's exactly what I don't want you to come Logan. I don't want it to be like old times becuase back then we were in love or at least I was.' I quickly opened my door and strap my seat belt on before he could answer me and drove away.

I don't know what's gotten into Peter, maybe he's too involved in Megan that his friends no longer matter anymore. It's going to be so weird at the tattoo parlour without him, he always sits with me and holds my hand while I pretend that I'm in pain just to see the concern on his face. He's afraid of needles but yet he always comes along with me, well obviously not always.