PURE HEROINE II 13 REASONS WHY

night out

When I got ready for our night out, I thought about Scott. He would be there, too. Jeff, Monty and Charlie would be there. But Scotty.. I had scrolled through his Instagram pictures for hours. He hadn't deleted the pictures of the two of us and he hadn't uploaded a lot in the past three weeks. Only two pictures of him, one after training, the second one at a party. I hadn't gone to any other parties in the past weeks, just met the others at home. We mainly watched movies together.

But tonight we would all be together. The jocks and the cheerleaders. Or me and Sheri as former cheerleaders. We had both decided to leave the team after everything that has happened.

My thoughts drifted back to Scott. I should talk to him I should definitely do that. I don't even know why I haven't done that already. I loved him, I love him so much. And when I saw him walking through the door of the club today, I would have loved to run into his arms like I did weeks ago and just kiss him. But I wasn't sure when the right moment was. I wanted him to have some fun with his friends first. So I danced with Sheri, Charlie, Zach, Justin and Jeff. Well, the boys made weird moves while Sheri and I tried to make it better than them. But Justin and Zach would make jokes continuously so we just looked like idiots who had a lot of fun.

"Hey, can we talk for a moment? I know this isn't the best moment", Charlie chuckled because he basically had to scream into my ear, "But I'd really need to tell you something." "Yeah, sure", I shouted back over the loud music, "Let's go to the other lounge? We can talk there in a normal volume." "Thanks", he smiled and reached for my hand to guide me to the other room so we wouldn't lose each other.

"So what did you want to tell me?", I asked curiously. He could tell me anything anytime. Especially after we had grown close after the past weeks. So what would he want to say right now? "I'm making it short. I.. I really like you, Ellie", he stuttered and before my brain could even process this information, he had grabbed me and laid his lips on mine.

I automatically kissed him back. I mean, whenever a boy kissed me, I was used to kiss him back because usually only my boyfriend kissed me. Charlie's not my boyfriend. But did that matter right now? It did, Elizabeth, you wanted Scotty back. But he kissed me so differently from the other boys, it was good to not think of something else right now. Or at least just try it. Only Charlie and I in a room full of people moving to the beat. Was I cheating on Scott? We basically never broke up. I told him I needed time. It was my turn to talk to him if I was ready. And now I stood here letting Charlie's hand trace down my body while he softly pushed me against the wall, moved his body against mine.

"Charlie, wait", I whispered looking him directly in his eyes which were full of a mixture between happiness and worry, "I.. Scott and I never broke up." "Do you-" "I love him, Charlie. I wish it was him right now", I confessed with a low voice, felt guilty for hurting Charlie already.

"Why are you here with me then? And not with him? And why has he been hanging out with Kristen all the time?" "He-" "I don't mean to hurt you, Els. He just-" "I should go home. I'm sorry, Charlie but this wasn't right, not in that moment", I told him sadly, sadly about him saying those things about Scott.

When I went back the first room where the others were, I saw Kristen flirting with Scott. I couldn't tell if he was flirting back but she made me furious. How she had her hands in his soft hair or pressed her hips against his body. And he didn't step back or anything. He stood there with his significant smile that I loved so much. That was meant to be for me, not her. His hands were on her hips, not mine. Charlie seemed to be right. Scott Reed was over me.

"Everything's fine?", a slightly drunk Jeff came to dance with me so I took the chance and danced sexily with him. I wouldn't let Scott ruin my night. "Jeffrey Jatkins Atkins, has anyone ever told you that your body's a temple?", I flirted jokingly. "Yeah, like every girl in this school", he joked back, "But they all acted like they didn't know that I was all over you."

"All over me, huh? I don't see your body over me", I didn't stop, Kristen's hand were under Scott's shirt, "As much as I remember, I was on top." "Okay, Els, what are you up to? I'd never have a problem with just going back but your flirting is a little too much considering you like Scotty", he now had a worried expression on his face but didn't stop dancing with me.

"Boy, I wanted to have fun with you and not talk about someone else. Do I have to stay with Justin for the rest of the night?" "I heard my name?", Foley joined us. "Yeah, Ellie was about to replace me with you but she remembered who's better", Jeff made fun of himself and Justin. "Plus, I'd never replace my curly Folish", I grinned playing with his curls, "I'd ask you to get me a drink but we all know that it's my turn so I'm right back."

"Liz", Kristen smiled when she stood next to me to order drinks. I guess they were for Scott and her. "Kristen", I rolled my eyes knowing that she felt great about the fact that she finally got one of the jocks to be around her. "Scotty is the cutest boy ever. What a loss for you", she sighed as if she really cared, "Plus, I'm the new cheer captain. Great day, huh?"

"Well, you deserve it", I smiled back which she didn't expect but I would't let my evening be ruined by her, "Congrats." She arched her eyebrows, looked skeptically at me, "At least I don't have to buy the boy a drink, he does it for me."

She tried it again, to make me angry or jealous or whatever. Justin would buy a drink for me, too, I just wouldn't let him do that. I can pay for my own drinks and Justin should save some money for college.

"That's nice. But hey, at least the good thing about me is that Jeff Atkins himself is mine. Sounds bad, huh?", I grinned just to walk away knowing that she was angrier than I was.

She's been in love with Jeff since middle school but never really got to talk to him because he's always been with me. And now she's trying to get Scott. The difference is, I try to treat both of them equally, none of them were the first or the second choice. One was my best friend and the other one the boy that I was going to win back.