Temptation 2: Forgiving You ✔️

2

As I made my way back to the dorm, I kept glancing back, thinking that either Sam, or Tyler would've followed me. Obviously, I'm mistaken. As I walked in I had seen both Mari, and Alex getting dressed.

I furrow my eyebrows, and look at them. "What's going on?" I ask. Alex and Mari quickly drop everything. "Well..." Mari says sounding slightly suspicious.

The pitch in her voice frightens me. What could they possibly be up to now? I have a feeling by the end of this encounter I'm going to have to either kill them, or run away.

"Go on." I say folding my arms, preparing myself for whatever she's about to say. She sighs and drops her arms. "There's a party." She says. I raise my eyebrows, is that it? Is that their reasoning for acting so..odd and suspicious?

"Okay, why are you two acting so weird then?" I ask. Alex and Mari glance at each other, not able to make out the words. I'm growing a bit impatient. I just want to know what's going on. Lately I've been feeling so closed out, it makes me want to have a mental breakdown.

"Christian, Tyler..Sam. They're going to be there." Alec slowly days. My heart feels like it's about to fall out of my stomach right now. "And, we sort of told them that you were coming?" Mari adds.

My head is on a million, and I'm boiling. I scoff, immediately set off. "You told them that I was coming? You guys know the situation I have with them!" I yell. Alex walks up to me, and I take a step back.

"We get it, Leah. But don't you think it's time to get over this? They're our friends too, and we just want things to go back to normal!" She justifies. I sigh, and shake my head. "So what, you guys think that I'm just going to forgive them?"

"Good luck with that." I add.

Mari throws her hands all over the place frustratingly. "No! We get it it's going to be hard to forgive them, but you have to try! They at least deserve to have a chance to explain their side of the story, and defend themselves!" She says sticking up for them.

Is she serious right now? I would rather go bald for the rest of my life than talk to them!

"Defend themselves? What the fuck is there to defend! They screwed up big time!" I shout.

"We've all made mistakes, Leah. But you can't stay angry at them forever. For god sakes- less than two months ago Damon was shot! He could've died! If you want to stay angry at them for so long, fine go ahead. But we both know people like us aren't so lucky in the end. Come to the party. Please."

She's not wrong. Bad luck is something that happens a lot to us. I don't want to give any of them another chance. Why? Because people like them, take that for granted and I have more respect for myself, and I refuse to get hurt again.

But...

I'm hurting myself more by giving up on our friendships.

"Fine. One chance. What time is the party." I say quietly giving in.

Mari smiles. "It starts at 8. Dress like you normally do. Don't stress about this. The moment you feel uncomfortable you can leave." She says.

I nod slowly, walking over to my closet looking for something to wear. "I'll try to keep it together." I say.

Because I don't know what'll happen if I don't.

Authors NOTE:
Sorry that this is a pretty short chapter lol, it's late and I'm trying to get my sleep schedule back on track. Update, I've had the flu all thanksgiving break and it SUCKED. I'm trying to get back to my old self again, meaning my writing as well so sorry for the late posts and updates. Xoxo