Forbidden Love

Part 6

Briar POV

Jess and I walk into the house that is hosting the party. I think its one of the football boys house, I'm not really sure. Its a big house and its pretty new looking; like most of the houses are in this area. I live just a few houses down the road.

"Remember to break up with Devon." Jess tells me. "Find a new guy, one that will treat you right."

"Seriously?" I roll my eyes. "You don't need to keep telling me."

"Okay, okay sorry." She says, raising her hands up innocently.

I glance around the room and see that we are like the last people to arrive. All of the boys on the football team are here as are the girls on my cheer team, plus a few other people from school. There's a lot of snacks and drinks around the place. Thank god for that; I really need a drink of something right now.

Jess walks over to where the other girls are sitting and I head over to Dylan who is standing next to the drinks table, pouring herself something. 

"Hey girl." I say to her. 

"Hey B, is that a new bracelet?" She asks me, looking at my wrist.

"Oh yeah it is." I say. "Devon bought it for me, its our one year anniversary today."

"Aww that's so sweet of him. Its really pretty." She smiles.

"Ugh, you should really try some of this," She tells me, gesturing to her pink drink. "Its great and it gets you really drunk really fast."

I raise my eyebrows and laugh. "It looks like you've already had enough ... but I could do with getting really wasted tonight."

"Why's that?" She asks me.

"I am going to try and break up with Devon tonight." I explain.

"WHAT? WHY?" She asks, shocked. "I thought you two loved each other."

"Key word: loved." I say. "We used to love each other, but now all he does is hurt me."

"Hurt you? As in physically or emotionally?" She asks, concerned.

"Both." I tell her. "Just keep this between us though, yeah?"

"Yeah of course." She says. "I can't believe he would do this to you."

"Yeah I know." I say, taking a sip of my drink. "Mmm you were right; this stuff is great."

"Damn right." She laughs. "I gotta go to the bathroom, back in a minute."

Dylan rushes off to the bathroom and I go over and sit down with the other girls. I try and listen to their conversation but I'm distracted quickly when I see someone I've never seen before walk in. I don't know why but my heart starts to race and its like I've got butterflies in my stomach. He's so tall and hot as hell. I want him. Wait what am I thinking? Must be this drink getting to my head. I try to look away but I find myself glancing back at him and see he's staring right back at me.

I turn away again. "Hey, who's the new guy?" I ask the girls.

"He's the new guy on the football team." Shelby explains. "Isaiah was telling me about him earlier. I think his name is Myles."

They then go back to their conversation but I'm to distracted by him. Its like I can't sit still or think straight anymore. What is happening to me? I just want to go over to him and jumo into his arm and... 

"B, go talk to him." Jess whispers to me.

"Who?" I ask, trying to play dumb. I know exactly what she wants me to do. She wants me to find a new guy and she thinks its him.

"Myles, dumbass." She rolls her eyes. "Incoming."

"Incoming, huh?" I ask confused.

I feel someone tap my shoulder so I spin around and see both Devon and Myles standing behind me. "Hey B, you came!" Devon's says wrapping his arms around me. I notice Jess almost gag.

"Hey, yeah uhm can we talk?" I ask, awkwardly. "In private?"

"Okay." He says as we walk to a slightly quieter place. "Whats up?"

"I've been thinking and maybe its better if we just break up." I say, not giving a care in the world.

"No." He says.

"What do you mean 'no'? You don't get to just decide for both of us." I tell him, angrily. It must be all the alcohol making me feel this confident. "I say we're breaking up so we are breaking up."

"No we're not." He shakes his head.

"Yes, yes we are." I nod.

"NO WE'RE NOT!" He shouts and everyone turns towards us. "I AM IN CHARGE HERE. I TELL YOU IF WE'RE BREAKING UP NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND!"

His yelling makes me feel small again so I back down. "Okay, I'm sorry."

I quickly rush back over to my friends before he can hurt me. I sit down, holding back the tears. That was humiliating. Everyone heard us fighting; everyone saw me be weak. I'm known to be the strong independent girl but I'm not.

"Are you okay, B?" Logan asks me.

"What happened?" Alex asks. 

"I've never seen him that angry before." Brittany says.

"He gets like that all the time when we're alone. I didn't expect him to go off like that in public though." I explain. "It could've been worse."

"Worse? What do you mean worse?" Shelby asks. "If Isaiah ever treated me like that we would be over."

"Yeah, I tried to break up with him just then and look what happened." I shake my head.

I feel someone grab my arm tightly and start pulling me away but Jess and Dylan stand up and pull him off me. Devon. 

"GET OFF HER!" Dylan screams, finally breaking me free.

Jess slaps him hard across the face and he winces. "Just leave, you're not wanted here." She says. At this point not many people are looking, they probably can't see or hear us over all the loud music and people dancing. Devon backs away and it looks like he actually leaves, surprisingly.

"Thank you guys." I say through a few tears.

"Of course B." They reply.