Pedestal

Chapter 28

28 - Infatuation

Anya's POV

5 rounds later...

I was exhausted.

Nola didn't stop until she finally passed out.

I thought I wouldn't make it. If I knew this was what she'd be like drunk, I'd been prepared.

This caught me all the way off, but I made it.

We did it against the wall, on the couch, and eventually ended up in bed.

Nola's arms were fixed around my waist and her head was against my chest as she snoozed.

It feels nice and all... but I really wanna shower.

I tried to wiggle out of her arms but she tightened her grasp as she mumbled, "Don't go..."

My heart squeezed inside my chest as she continued to mumble, "Don't go..."

I was surprised when I saw a single tear fall from her eye and I frowned.

Nola's POV

She was with someone else, someone who wasn't me. Me, the one that she's supposedly in love with, watched from across the room.

My heart sunk to the bottom of nowhere and got left there. I don't have a hook to fish it from the bottomless pit that it dropped in.

"I thought you loved me. How could you do this!? Don't you know how much I love you!?" My voice cried out but it didn't seem to be heard.

She stood there with a smug grin plastered on her face as she looked me in the eyes and said, "I love you? Oh, man. Don't tell me you actually believed that? Man, you're dumb."

"I was just bored. Plus, you're a great fuck. Well, until you got your feelings involved. You turned into a little bitch." She said and she began to laugh.

Her laugh filled my ears like the dreadful screeching of nails against a chalkboard. I was sickened to my stomach, but nothing emitted. 

She laughed in my face, my tear-stained face without looking away. Belittling me, as if I was gum at the bottom of her expensive Jordans.

"Stop laughing. Stop laughing!" I shouted. I could feel the tears pouring down my cheeks.

They wouldn't stop, they just kept coming and she kept laughing. My crying got harder and her laughs got louder as it grew hard to breathe.

I jerked out of my sleep as I clutched my throat, and my vision was blurred with tears.

I sucked in a sharp breath as my brain reminded my body how to breathe again.

I quickly wiped my face and looked around the room, calming at the fact that it was a dream.

That shitty ass fucking dream again.

Wait. This is Anya's room, isn't it?

When did I come here? I could've swore that I was with my friends. How'd I end up here?

I looked beside me and Anya was fast asleep.

A throbbing pain in my head made me hiss out, "Fuck..."

Something caught my eye as I looked at Anya, it was hard to miss. Her neck, chest, and shoulders were covered in multiple hickeys.

Then bits of flashes ran through my mind of what took place the night before.

...Holy shit. What the fuck have I done...

I held my head in my hands. Anya's voice caused me to jump before I glanced over at her.

"You okay?" She asked with a worried expression, seemingly awake.

"Of course. Why're you asking me that?" I asked with my face scrunched up.

"You kept tossin' and turnin' in ya sleep. I was gone sleep on the couch since I know you like your space, but you wouldn't lemme go." She said.

Fuck... did she see me crying!?

My face ran hot and I quickly looked away from her, "I don't remember anything after drinking."

"How'd I even get here? How long have I been out of it?" I asked, holding the bridge of my nose.

Anya bit her lip and I could tell she was flustered. "Your friends called to come get you and I just brung you here. It wasn't safe sending you home."

I sighed deeply as I remained in place.

Even though I treated her like crap the other day, and she saw how I was drunk, she's still here...

I gotta hand it to her, she's probably the most hardheaded person I've ever met.

There's no doubt about it. She's definitely...

"Uh. I meant to ask but... how'd exams go? You think you did good?" Anya asked.

I stared at her as I nodded.

She smiled at me, "That's good. I knew you was–"

"Anya." I said on a serious note, cutting her off. "Are you in love with me?"

To be continued...
Published - 10/13/19