Summer Gang ➳ Hood a.u (ON HOLD)

Chapter. 2 ➳

oh, shit.

i thought, "i'm sorry, i didn't realize" i apologized quickly as the guy stared me up and down. 

i grew annoyed at the fact that he was obviously checking me out, "It's alright, i see girls going in the men's toilet all the time" he says, i blushed at his statement.

i realized he had an accent, but i couldn't really make out what accent it was.

He walked past me to wash his hands i took this opportunity to catch his appearance. He has some stubble going on his chin, as it rose to his light auburn hair that seem to look pretty messed up, i just realize he had glasses on and he was wearing some weird band t shirts that has little rips around, it looks pretty used up.

"are you actually checking me out right now?" his voice aired causing me to jump slightly at the sudden voice. "you checked me out in the first place" i retort lamely. The guy seemed surprise at my answer.

"fiesty, i'll see you around" the guy said with a smirk and walked out of the toilet.

i have never encountered someone like him before around here, i don't remember inviting him to my party. Dang, i should have gotten his name at least.

i quickly got out of the men's restroom and walked back to my group of friends. Which obviously i don't have at the moment since i'm sure all of them are pretty occupied.

Brian seemed to be doing his own dancing as he danced around earning weird looks from people, that boy is not okay. Ethan is probably talking to some of his friends from the basketball team, Brianna is probably with Will and now i just need to find perky little Gabriella. 

Gabriella Delilah Bolton, the school's absolute sweetheart. Everyone is just in love with her; students, teachers, staffs, animals just everyone. She's obviously very friendly and very sweet. She's also very beautiful, one of the cutest girls in school actually.

"Ella" i felt someone shook my arm as they call out my name, it turned around and it's none other then Miss Bolton herself. 

"Happy birthday, here" Gabriella squealed in excitement, as she handed me a cute little red box. "It's a mini gift, open it" Gabriella said with full enthusiasm. 

i smiled at her enthusiasm and opened the red box, 

and there it revealed a red velvet cupcake, obviously she'll get red velvet since red is my favorite color. "Thanks, i'm sure it'll taste lovely Gabriella" I thanked, "It does, i promise you"

Soon enough, Ethan came. 

"Hey Ella, Gabs" Ethan said acknowledging Gabriella. Gabriella gave him a small shy wave as Ethan returned her one as well "I heard Tommy Walkers and some of his junior gang showed up" Ethan informed me. 

"It was bound to happen anyways" i shrugged, "Speaking of Tommy, here he comes now" Gabriella cut in as Tommy walked to where i was standing with a huge smirk. "Happy Birthday, Beautiful!" Tommy greeted. 

Ethan stepped closer to me and Tommy seemed to not realize, or he did but just wasn't bothered.

"Thank you, you may go now" i replied with a monotone voice, "Oh, come on is that a way to treat your ex boyfriend?" 

Ethan was about to say something but i held my hand up before he even said a word. "We never dated Tom, never in your wildest dream" I snapped, Tommy held both his hands up in defeat. "You'll come back to me again, anyways" and with that Tommy left. "I'm pretty sure she won't" Gabriella yelled softly, just enough for him to hear.  

"i hate that guy" Ethan shivered in disgust. "Trust me, every single living cell in my body hates him" I said coldly, venom shown clearly in my sentence.

i had a history with our junior here. Tommy Walkers, the school's typical man whore. Every girl's high school crush. But what they didn't know is, little innocent Tommy here is not as innocent as what people thinks. He was suppose to be in senior year, but since his grades were shit, he was held back in junior year. Just to put it out there.

I remembered when i went on a date with Tommy, and trust me it was the worst date ever. He kept pushing me for sex and money, and obviously i won't give it to him and because of that he just had to tell the whole school my one and only secret, which i regret telling him about. He just seemed so trusting and sweet.

But you know what they say, don't judge a book by it's cover. 

 "You want a drink?" Ethan offered, i shook my head no. "Oh c'mon Ella, you're eighteen and you haven't even touched a single alcoholic drink" Gabriella says.

"loosen up" she added.

i'm afraid what she said is indeed correct, i mean how bad could a beer be? i heard it's just like drinking water. I mean water is not bad right? i mean, i drink water on a daily basis.

"alright" i agreed as Ethan handed me a glass of beer.

It looks like apple juice, i mean it probably taste good since a lot of teenagers my age drinks it.

here goes nothing.

i took a small sip of the drink and i couldn't seem to taste anything, so i gulped half of the glass down.

bad idea.

my throat started burning and my eyes starts to water at the burning sensation.

it definitely do not taste like water.

"disgusting right?" Gabriella asked, well more like stated. "It'll loosen you up though, don't worry soon enough it'll taste like water" She says.

Ethan nodded, agreeing to whatever Gabriella just said.

"Try this" Ethan suggested as he handed me a tall glass filled with liquid i do not recognize.

"What is it?" i asked him. He just shook his head and handed the glass to me.

i was a little hesitant but i took a light sip of it anyways. Surprisingly, it tastes like apple juice, it's really good but the burning in my throat was still present but it's a lot better tasting than the beer.

"What is it?" i asked Ethan. "It's a cider" oh wow.

"It's good" i said and took another sip of it, this time ignoring the burn that seemed to be having a party in my throat.

"So, i went to the men's toilet just now" i blurted out of nowhere. 

"Why?" Ethan asked. "Well, Brian was laughing at my face so i checked to go see what's on my face and i must've not read the sign" I told him. "Were there any guys?" Gabriella questioned, taking a sip of her drink. 

I nod, remembering the guy who i met in the men's room. 

"I didn't catch his name though, but i could have sworn he had an accent" The thought of accent made Gabriella cringed. Her ex boyfriend used to have a Russian accent, a thick one to be precise and it just brings back bad memories for her. "What accent?" Gabriella asked anyways.

"I couldn't tell, if it's British or Australian" i said honestly.

"How old does he look like?" Ethan asked, "Around our age, probably older maybe around 20? or older" 

"is he hot?" Gabriella smirked, "Well i mean, i didn't see much of his appearance" i lied, i obviously was checking him out from head to toe and if i said he wasn't hot, i'd be lying. "You'll probably won't see him again" Ethan shrugs. I agreed, i most probably won't see him again at all, but there's something telling me i will see him again and i know for sure it's going to happen again tonight. i just had to brace myself.