Change (Published under The Change For Her)

Thirty-Four

Ava ended up disappearing to an unknown location when Josh finally showed up and found her. Maria went off with some guy that asked her to dance. So now I'm roaming around this place, filled with sweaty bodies and spilled alcohol all over the floor.

    I don't even know where I'm going or who I'm trying to find. Why did I agree to come? Because now I'm slowly regretting that decision.

    "Hey! Watch it!" A ball lands in my stomach as I hear the familiar voice spit at me, right when I accidentally bump into them.

    He turns to look at me and smirks as he takes in my appearance, making me uneasy and using my arms to attempt to hide. "I haven't seen you around in a while, Chloe," I look around trying to find an excuse to walk around.

What am I thinking, I don't need one. I pick a direction and start walking. Discomfort sets in when I feel Conor wrap his hand around my wrist. "Come on, Chloe. Talk to me."

"I don't want to talk to you, Conor." I try to pull my wrist out of his hold but he tightens his grip. "Can you please let go? You're hurting my wrist."

He yanks me towards him, I back away from him but not far enough since I'm now back against the wall. Nauseous fills the pit of my stomach as I stare into his intoxicated eyes. All the fiber in my body is telling me that I need to get away because there's no way this is going to end well.

Conor walks closer to me, one hand by my head and the other still gripping onto my wrist. The aroma of alcohol coming off him fills my nose, signaling that he isn't in the right set of mind.

I place my free hand on his chest, to attempt to push him away. "Conor, please move away from me." I plead to him. My nerves start to play around in my body, scenarios filling my brains. I can feel my heart pounding against my chest, along with tears filling my eyes. I know what's about to happen if I don't get him off me.

"I promise that I'll talk to you tomorrow. Please let go of me." I push hard on his chest but he won't budge. My insides are a jungle gym and I'm trying to stay strong on the outside. Trying to show that he can't break me.

Sadly, that didn't work out as I planned. When Conor got closer, he ran his nose across my neck. Tears started flowing down my cheek. "Conor, stop." I try to move away from him but the lack of space doesn't help at all.

My eyes squeeze shut as I bite down on my bottom lip. I feel gross when he starts kissing along my neck. "C-Conor, please stop," I whimper. Nothing can explain how I feel right now. There are so many people surrounding us, can't they see how uncomfortable I am? How much I want him to stop and leave me alone? Do they not care?

All a sudden I feel cold, there's no tightness around my wrist. I finally open my eyes, they're so watery that I can't get a clear vision of what's happening. All I can make out is that someone is pinning Conor against the wall across from me.

"What the heck is wrong with you! Can't you see she doesn't want to be near you!" Hearing the person's voice, I knew immediately it was Liam.

I slide down the wall, trying to calm my nerves. I tuck my knees to my chest, close my eyes, and try to steady my breath. If I want to get out here, I need the carnival playing through my veins to calm down.

"She doesn't know what she wants!" I hear Conor spit out. Not soon after that, everything seemed to went silent follow with a crash.

"Woah, Woah." A random person said. I hear footsteps speed across the room. "Calm on man."

There was whispering going on all around me, the air around me seems to be getting tighter. I feel a hand touch mine causing me to jerk away "It's just me, babe." I feel a small relief wash over me. "Come on, let's get you out of here." Liam takes hold of my hands and gently pulls me off the ground.

I immediately wrap my arms around him and snuggle into his chest. Liam runs his fingers through my hair, gently kisses the top of my head while he comforts me. "You're okay now, he's not going to touch you again. You can trust me that I'll make sure of that."