Green Hearts

Chapter 26

"Mmm" I groan slightly to myself with my eyes shut and my hair sprawled all over the grass I'm back to lying on

I should probably get myself out of this party right now to avoid what is to come but you know me, maker of bad decisions

I decide to give Muna a little bit more space to ooz off all the negativity in her system before we get into the same space

Maybe if I continue to lay out here and play dead, I won't be have to participate in any action that'll lead Jace to being right

Which he is, by the way

So deciding suddenly for the first time in my life to be wise, I get comfortable on the lovely grass and make a mental note to commend whoever takes care of this shit if I can

But of course life will have other plans for me

"Hey cutie" I hear the slur before my brain can even process the words. I roll my eyes behind my closed lid

You would think that playing dead out here would avoid any approach but I guess that's why people that are high talk to trees and stuff cause I can practically smell the weed off of him

No better lines in your book bruh?

I stay quiet, hoping that it will make him go away but instead his presence is made even more evident when he belches as loud as a goddamn giant

"Dude!" I groan still in the same position because I can smell the foul stinking of whatever that's coming out of his mouth

He chuckles like the drunk ass person that he is, hiccuping at interval so that it sounds like a dumb ass DJ's demo

"I thought you were asleep" he says when he's done with what I perceived to be a laughter

"Then why didn't you leave?" I ask, hoping that he'll get the demo

He's quiet for a while and I crack open my eyes and tilt my neck a bit to find him staring off into the now dark sky

Okay, so this brother koo-koo

"I'm gonna go" I say and rise to my feet and try to dust off some grass from my butt and feet

"No, don't leave" his voice is desperate like he needs someone to talk to

Concerned as also alarmed by this, I turn to face him "I hope you're not suicidal cause I'm not great at giving advice"

His eyes widen a bit when we come face to face, his mouth slightly agape before his eyes deviate from mine before he turns away

Am I that ugly or that pretty cause this is all mixed signals

"Shit, you're Jace's girl" he backs away ever so stealthily but I catch the rush of movement and just stand confused while watching him

"What do you mean?" I ask him

"Nothing, just..." And he disappears

Okayyyy

That was not strange at all

I take my confused ass back into the house in an attempt to ask Jace whatever the hell that was supposed to mean

That's the problem with all these labels. Girl. Boyfriend. They just limit you without even having to try like some invisible hedge around your person

Not that I was trying to get down with that dude or anything

But I rethink my Amazonian stance as I notice people giving me odds look while I shove my ways through bodies just to get in

I pause by the stairway and huff out breaths of anger, trying to calm myself down because I've never been the best at making good decisions or saying the right thing when I'm angry

Not that I do anything right when I'm perfectly sane though

I eye the stairway and decide to use it. When I get to the top after avoiding probably five hundred kissing couples, I decide to head for the bathroom

I open the first door on my right while sidestepping two passed out people at the entrance only to walk in on a threesome about to get in on it

I pause awkwardly at the door, my eyes flitting from them to the side of the room continuously. They also pause, looking at me

"Uhhh...I should go" I give a nervous laugh and I thumbs up before closing the door and face palming

Wow Autumn, a thumbs up?

I walk to the next door and am glad to find the room empty. I make my way to the bathroom adjoined to it

I wash my face with the soothing cool water from the tab and feel the little ebbs of anger I had riling me up die down

I hear the room door open and I assume that it's probably the owner of the room so I step out

"Hey sorry for barging in..." I say but am cut off when she comes towards me in an agressive manner and I take a scared step backwards but I only hit a wall when her lips meet mine

Her hand on my waist presses our bodies together while the other grips my ass, her lips moving against mine ever so rapidly

The fuck is going on here?

I struggle to push her off of me and only succeed in getting her to detach her mouth from mine

"Who the fuck are you?" I ask, still trying to get out her grip but she only chuckles darkly as her lips move to my exposed collar bone

"So you want to play first?" She asks as her hand cups my left breast, her fingers gliding over my nipple and I suck in a breath getting ready to scream since I can't get out her grip

Only when the door comes open and the light from the hallway illuminates the dark room does she let go of me

"What the hell Steph?" The guy that walked in asks her

She looks at me before her eyes go wide "Oh shit sorry. I thought you were the blonde haired girl I asked to come wait for me in my room" she explains and I can tell it was a genuine mistake

"It's fine" I say and catch my breath after all of that

"No it's not" the guy says, coming closer to us and I take a step back only to be met by that darn wall again

"What do you mean?" The girl asks him

"It just had to be her out of all the damn people. He's not going to be happy if he finds out" the guy says

"Shit! You're Jace's girl?" The girl ask me but the guy is already guiding me out of the room before I can out in an answer

"I think the girl you're looking for is busy in the room before this" I say over my shoulder, while trying to wrestle this guy's strong hands off me but he doesn't relent from trying to lead me where ever it is he is trying to take me

The guy guides me down the stairway and rooms that I never knew were in this house till we reach a living room that is different from the first one I'd seen

How big is this place?

"What did she mean back there?" I ask him but I don't think he's hearing my voice

"Hey Jace! I found your girlfriend!" He yells over my head and I abruptly turn back to face him

"No, I'm not and can you explain to me what the hell is going on?!" Finally I have his attention and probably half the other people in the room

"You're not?" He gives me a puzzled look and I just roll my eyes at him

When I turn back around, I meet Jace's green eyes that stare at me with a knowing look and only then do I remember what we'd last talked about

Shit