Her Mind

Chapter 4

Picture is Adam

Adam's P.O.V (point of view)

Fayetteville-Manlius Hotel

2018, October 19, Friday, 21:27

Currently, I am freaking out. Why? Because for some stupid reason, Freddie had volunteered to let Sophia share mine, Liam's and his room. Of course, basically, all the boys had volunteered but Sophia chose Freddie, probably because he was the only one who had an actual pleasant conversation with her. I raced up the stairs the second she agreed to share with us. I grabbed all our gross clothes and hid them under Liam's bed and sprayed, I think it was Freddie's, yeah, it was Freddie's cologne, all around the room until I was satisfied that the nasty smell of Liam's day old underwear was unable to be identified. Not too long after I had drowned the room in cologne, I heard the door swing open followed by a series of coughs and dying noises.

"What did you do?!" spluttered Freddie. "I was making sure we couldn't smell Liam's panties," I smirked. "You're welcome." I looked at Liam's face and snorted with laughter when he looked ready to die of embarrassment. "Serves you right, don't get your knickers in a twist. Oh wait, I forgot, I had to pick them up off the floor." I was still laughing my ugly as laugh but I didn't mind, making a fool out of Liam was one of my favourite hobbies. He flushed and Sophia just giggled.

I lay in bed that night, staring at the ceiling as the crushing weight of guilt sat on my chest. Earlier that night, I had offered Sophia my bed, but she refused and kept on refusing each time I asked her. Her excuse was that I had another lacrosse game tomorrow so I needed to have a good night's rest, but she didn't understand that I couldn't fall asleep letting her sleep on the floor. I quietly got out of bed because I wouldn't be able to explain to her what I was doing if she woke up. I bent down and picked her up gently in my arms. She was so light, I couldn't believe that the little fragile girl in my arms was able to do push-ups the way she did. I placed her on my bed and crawled over her so that I lay next to her. I knew she was going to freak when she woke up, but I didn't care, I could deal with the consequences tomorrow.  She turned around in her sleep, her eyes still shut, but her face was so close. I felt myself go hard yet again. I cursed my horrible hormonal body and closed my eyes, her warm breath fanning my face.

Sophia P.O.V (point of view)

Fayetteville-Manlius Hotel

2018, October 20, Saturday, 1:31

Something hard was poking my leg. I opened my eyes and stifled my scream as I realised what it was. I was in a bed with Adam after I had specifically told him to let me sleep on the floor. Not only that but he was holding me tight against his chest, it is an understatement to say that I was really uncomfortable. I released myself from his grasp and slipped out of the bed. I grabbed my phone, threw on my hoodie and basically sprinted towards the bathroom so that I could hide away from the sheer embarrassment of what had happened. Adam freaking Marley had taken my unconscious body, cuddled with it and had a freaking boner to top it all off. Jee, what a great way to start my weekend. Not!

I had texted Julian in a panic and luckily, he calmed me down. I was so grateful that I had Julian. He was the sun that shined on my bad days. I loved him like a brother, but sometimes he acted too much like an older brother and 'protected' me from all the boys in the school. He knew I could easily take them down but I think he also enjoys having me as his sister. He lost his little brother at the age of 10. Taylor was a bright, young boy. He was a year older than me, and a year younger than Julian. The three of us were the best of friends. Taylor's death was the result of a hit and run, and it hit me deep. I didn't have any siblings but I knew that Taylor would always be one to me. We were in no way blood related but we stood up for each other no matter what. I turned to Julian and he to me for grieving. Every other week, I would go down to the cemetery to talk with him and my mother. His death broke me, but I promised myself to stay strong for Julian whenever the subject arose.

Julian told me to just think about home and the other things that made me happy. Then after sitting on the bathroom floor for an hour and a half, I mustered up the courage to call Papa on the situation. "Papa? What do I do?" I said after filling him in. "Don't go back to that boy. Layer up because you are going to sleep in the bathroom. Grab a thick duvet and lock the door. You don't need to deal with this." His soothing Colombian accent making me start to drift off to sleep. "Gracias papa, buenas noches," I say and end the call. Thank goodness for Papa, without him I wouldn't have survived the night.

I do as Papa said and make a comfy bed on the bathroom floor. I steal a duvet and place it onto the tiles before rolling up my towel to use a pillow and pulling another thick duvet over top of me. I wore my massive hoodie and sweats to bed that night, because it was way too cold to be sleeping in anything else and I didn't want the boys perving on me. That would be mortifying. I close my eyes and doze off into the deep sleep that I needed.

I awoke to screaming and people yelling curse words at each other. "WHERE THE HELL IS SHE?!" I heard the worry in his voice and felt it was best to make an appearance. I stood up not even bothering if I looked like I just wrestled a bear and headed out of the door. I threw the hood of my sweater off and looked around at all the gaping faces. Adam was the first to speak, "Oh my god Sophia! I.. I mean we were so worried about you. Where did you go?" Adam's face was creased with lines of worry and I honestly felt kinda bad for him, not because he was worried, but because those lines would probably make him look really old at 30 if he kept pulling that face. "Oh, shove off. I slept on the bathroom floor because you took my unconscious body, spooned with me while I was completely unaware and then had a boner! I think I have the right to run away after you basically sexually assaulted me!" I huffed. I was fed up with the 'I'm so innocent' act. Adam turned bright red and was completely lost for words. The other boys just stared at him in horror but also a bit of pride. Why? I don't know but I'm not sticking around to find out.

"Adam! What did you do?!" warned Freddie. I smiled slightly, but still felt nauseous after waking up to that. "I thought I was being a gentleman and I offered my bed up to her." I saw the guilty look on his face. He bowed his head in disappointment and muttered, "Sorry I made you uncomfortable, Sophia, and that I took advantage of you while you slept." I nodded and then left the room to get changed. I didn't need Adam to get another boner. I threw on a pair of black skinny ripped jeans, baby blue fluffy socks that peeked over top of my famous doc martens and a huge hoodie that swamped over me to hide my curves. Not that I have any, it's just that I don't enjoy the attention, unlike some of the girls at school.

I got a whiff of deja vu when I stepped out of the bathroom and all eyes were on me, for some reason the entire lacrosse team was sat in our hotel room. "Damn, she's hot," said one of the boys quietly to his friends. He obviously didn't want me to hear him say that but I've always been blessed with great ears. If I strain my ears hard enough, I can hear a whisper 15 feet away from me. I shot him a stone-cold glare and he visibly shuddered, realizing that I heard him. I felt a smirk play on my lips before I pulled the hood over my head, so that people could only see my a little bit of my eyes.

"Alright, boys. We have a big game today. I want y'all to play your best, and if I see you slipping up, I will tell Sophia here to personally humiliate you in public." His eyes were twinkling with amusement. I knew what he meant so I pulled an evil grin and watched the colour drain from their faces. It was going to be a rough day for them.