Come See About Me

Where's Seth?

(Paige P.O.V)

Well, that was odd.

I was quite sure that Seth had heard me call him over from across the bar to join me. He was literally right there and looked right at me, right in my eyes... but he turned and walked away. Away from me? I figured that he had finally gotten the text messages I had sent to him and he was coming over to talk with we, but he left. What was that about? Did he not get any of my messages?

I immediately grabbed my phone, turned it on, and went straight to messaging to check and see if Seth had actually gotten the message, but it only showed me that he hadn't even read them yet. They were delievered, but unread. Still, he seemed like he was coming over to me anyway. Maybe he had planned on talking to me like Dean mentioned earlier, but--- why'd he leave?

I had tons of questions to ask and a million more things to discuss, all of which revolved around Seth. I couldn't talk to him through text messages, so I guess that meant that I would have to get up close and personal with him. Hopefully, I'd be able to find him somewhere in this packed full to compacity bar! I had not a clue of where he could have possibly went, but I'm sure it wasn't very far from Roman and Dean.

"Hey, guys. I need to go and---" "Oh come on, Raya! Take some shots with us!" "Yeah! Come on! One more won't hurt! Do it!" My friends screamed at me over the loud music. This party was meant for me and I was usually always the life of the party, but at this point, the party was over for me. In fact, I wasn't even looking to party that much tonight. The one thing I really wanted to do tonight was talk to Seth and get back on the right track with me.

For over a year, I've had it pretty rough. I don't want to think too far back about everything that's happened because it makes me very upset. I don't ever want to hit rock bottom again. I'm in such a better place right now, but one thing on my mind is remaining a constant. It's like I have this huge weight on my shoulders and it's all because I feel guilty. I was the one who ruined my friendship with Seth. We were the best of friends for so many years, and I threw it all away because I was blinded. Blinded by what I thought would be true love and I traded everything I had in just for that conniving, manipulative asshole... I traded in my family, my friends, my entire life, and I was the one who told the one person who's always had my back no matter what, to never speak to me again.

As soon as I said it, I never meant it. Not for a second did I ever really mean it. I should've listened to him. I should've told him he was right and we would have still been best friends to this day. Maybe even more than that by now--- No. Seth can't possibly see me in that way at all. Which is why I had to move on.... But for over a year, on top of everything, I lived with the fear of thinking that he hates me. That feeling had been eating me alive from the inside out. But to know that he doesn't hate me and that he actually wants to see about me just as much as I had been dying to see him, made the weight on shoulders lift just a bit. Now, I just needed to find him!

"Guys, no more shots for me right now. I need to go..." "Where ya' going?" My friend asked me as I stood up from my barstool. "I gotta go see about someone real quick. It'll just take a second." "Raya's gonna go over there with her wrestling crew and talk about what moves she can do on me later on tonight in the bed." My boyfriend, Kalan, joked causing everyone to laugh as I just rolled my eyes at him. "Only move I'm locking you in is a freakin' sleeper hold. That'll shut you up for the rest of the night! And they're not my crew, they're my friends!" I defended, which only caused all of them to laugh again.

With that, I left my wild circle of friends and made my way through the crowd to find my way back to the VIP section. "Paige!" Nattie shouted at me as soon as she spotted me out from the crowd. I saw her and made my way over towards her and the rest of the people in the section. "Damn girl, it's about time you made your way back over here!" Naomi said to me and I chuckled nervously. "Sorry about that ladies. You know my friends are pretty crazy... Hey, where is everyone?" I asked with an eyebrow risen as I looked past Nattie and Naomi, noticing that quite a few people weren't in the section anymore.