Be Strong

Chapter 9

*GRACES POV*

I'm standing in the parking lot. I suspect people to stare at what just happened, but they don't, they just keep on walking as if nothing had happened.

Luke's car is speeding down the road until it is out of sight.

Something inside of me melts away, until there is nothing left. I might have not know him for a long period of time, but it hurts to see him go. It hurts for him to leave me all alone with nobody.

I didn't mean for it to come out the way that it did. I didn't mean for him to get mad, for him to drive away without me.

He seemed so happy to take me. Drew had said she had never seen him talk to a girl like that, maybe he changed.

*Friday night*

I'm sitting on my bed with my laptop and my textbook when my phone buzzes. Calums name is on the front, a text.

"Hey, do you mind coming to the house tonight to help me study?"

"Yeah sure, whatever ill be over in a bit." I text back.

I close my textbook and laptop and put them into my bag. I sling the bag over my shoulder and head for the house.

I walk down a long narrow hallway out of the dorm. I step out of the dorm and head down the road to Calums.

I head up the road to the frat house. I look up at the house and I see couples kissing in the front lawn. I can also see Calum talking to a blond haired boy.

He is having another party. I'm not going to go to his stupid party, Luke is guaranteed to be there. I've tried to get a hold of Luke for the past few days, and he hasn't responded. I don't blame him either.

I turn around and start to head back to my dorm.

"Grace! Hold up!" I hear Calum scream, which makes me walk even faster.

"Wait." Calum says as he puts his hand on my shoulder and turns me around.

"You lied to me" I say

"All in good fun" he says with smile.

I turn around and start to walk again. Calum gets in front of me.

"Come on Grace, live a little"

"Why is everybody been telling me that?" I say

"Because you do" He says with a smile.

"I don't think I need to be taking advise from you calum" I say giggling

"ha ha" he says

"I still don't think I should go, it just isn't a good idea."

"who gives a fuck if its a good idea?" He says as he grabs my hand and leads me into the house. Music vibrates the floor.

　

He leads me into the kitchen and pours me a drink.

"Cherry vodka" he says handing it to me. I take a drink. I burns as it does down my throat, and I make a face. Calum chuckles.

"do you want to go dance?" He asks with a smile. I nod.

He takes my hand and leads me onto the dance floor, with the music still booming an unfamiliar song.

I step onto the dance floor and start to move my hips in a steady motion. Calum hands grasp my hips. His fingers dig into my hips. His hands travel down my hips and to my butt.

My eyes open to Luke and a girl kissing in front of me. Jealousy burns inside of me.

I move back and grind my hips against him and he grunts. I turn around and grab his head and kiss him.

A pair of hands grip my waist and pull me away from Calum.

"What in the fucking hell are you doing?" Says Luke who is standing in front of me.

"What do you mean Luke"

"I thought I told you not to come" he snarls

"Your not my dad Luke, you cant tell me what to do."

Luke huffs and walks away.

"What did he want?" Calum asks.

A intoxicated teenage girls runs into me and covers her mouth and then throws up on my feet.

"Oh my fucking god. You have to be kidding me!" I almost scream.

"um sorry" The girl slurs

Calum grabs my hand and leads me upstairs to the bathroom. He opens up a cabinet , pulls out a towel, gets it wet and hands it to me.

"I have some basketball shorts that you could wear if you'd like." He says

"Um yeah sure"

Calum opens the door and walks in and shuts the door behind him. I dab the towel to my leg until the door knob turns. but instead of Calum walking in, its Luke.

"Hey" he says "whats happened"

"well, if you cant tell."

"Yeah" he says putting his hands into his pockets and and smiling toward the ground. "Can I bring you home?" he asks

"No I'm fine" I say "Calum is bringing me some shorts"

"And your going to go back out in calums shorts?" he asks

I would look pretty weird, wearing a pair of guys basketball shorts at a frat party. But considering that it is a frat party I bet some girls only wear nothing and just go naked.

"Ill be fine Luke."

"Grace, we need to talk. Just give me five minutes."

"Okay" I say looking down at the floor.

"Grace I know we cant be together. I know you think know about my past and I'm sorry, but you don't know shit about who I am or what I have done. I'm sorry, but its true. You have no fucking idea, and honestly you don't want to." he says with a chuckle.

"and what do you think I don't know? That you fuck anything that breaths? I know more than you think Luke."

He looks up into my eyes and steps closer to me. His breath faint on my lips.

"Never mind, coming up here to talk to you was a mistake.

"Me thinking that you were different was a mistake. Drew and Michael were right, you don't give a shit about anyone." I say

He grins as if he completed a mission. He turns around and closes the door after his green eyes meet mine.

AUTHORS NOTE:

Hey guys I just got back my laptop. Im going to be writing a lot more. Im going to be posting  three more chapters this weekend. The story is going to be getting much more intresting in the next three to five chapters. Keep reading. Bye, Love you guys. 

-Anna