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25 | Chapter Twenty Five

B O N N I E

Friday night comes by fast, and I am standing in front of my mirror, taking in my appearance. I stupidly let Olivia dress me for the night and I think I resemble a hooker. But she insists that I look great and to stop arguing with her.

"Liv, I can hardly move in this skirt, seriously." I tug at the short hem on the skin-tight leather skirt she put me in. She giggles front where she's sitting on my bed watching me with amusement. "You look hot Bon, just deal with it for the night."

Easy for her to say. She always looks flawless in anything she wears. Not to mention she always looks like she has a complete mobility in her outfits. Me... yeah, not so much.

"Are you excited to see Josh?" Liv says from her place on the bed as I still struggle to pull this stupid skirt down. "I am, but not looking like this." I turn to face her and am met with a pout. "But you look so good," she sighs. Rolling my eyes, I reach around to the zipper at the back and go to unzip it, but it gets stuck.

"A little help?" I say to Liv, but she doesn't get up to help me. She just shoots me a vindictive smile and I groan. I zip the skirt back up. I guess I'm stuck in this, for now. "Alright, let's go!" she sits up in bed, bouncing slightly in excitement. I smile at her and pretend to be excited as well.

Josh is going to take one look at me in this outfit and laugh. I just know it. He knows this isn't me. A skin-tight bright red leather skirt that barely covers my ass. Also, a skin-tight tank that accentuates my boobs too much and a full face of makeup.

Who is this Bonnie and what has Olivia done with the real me?

"Let's get this over and done with," I groan, following closely behind Liv as we head downstairs. I haven't seen much of mom this week, thankfully. I'm starting to think she's purposely avoiding me and so she should. But, I know she's home tonight.

"Where are you two going?" I hear her question from the kitchen as we reach the bottom of the stairs. I don't go in to see her, but Liv does. I think even if Liv knew what mom has done she would still go in and see her, she loves my mom like her own.

"Just heading out to a party, we will be back later tonight," I hear Liv say and I frown because I didn't know she was planning on staying over. I just assumed now her and Scott were together she would stay at his house. Unless my house is just a ruse to trick her parents.

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Twenty minutes later, Scott, Liv, and I pull up outside the frat house. There are people everywhere and cars lining the streets as far as I can see.  I don't know why most people bother driving here because we all know they aren't driving home.  I pull on Liv's arm just before we step inside the front door and she spins to face me.

"Are you sure this is a good idea? You know with Axel," I say his name under my breath, trying not to upset Scott in any way. I know Scott never liked Axel, but now I don't know if it's because he didn't like him as a person or he didn't like him as Olivias person. Regardless, this doesn't feel like a good idea.

"It's fine Bon, we're here to see Josh, remember?" I roll my eyes, she is just using him and I as an excuse at this point. I don't know why Scott would want to come here either where he knows Axel and his friends run the show. This is their frat after all.

Josh and I hadn't seen much of each other for the last couple of days. He was busy with classes and I was swamped at school. Oh, and I was very busy ignoring mom.

He did message me today though saying he was happy I was coming tonight, so let's just get in there, find him and then we can leave. It's a simple plan, now I just need to stick to it.

We step inside, and the party is booming. It is so loud I struggle to hear myself think. There are people wall to wall, dancing, drinking, laughing. I stumble slightly when a drunk girl bumps into me. She glares at me looking me up and down before scoffing and dancing away in the other direction. "Fantastic", I groan to myself following Liv and Scott deeper into the crowd.

"BonBon, you made it." I hear the familiar drawl and I smirk. I feel his hard body push up behind me, a muscular arm wrapping around my waist and pulling me back into him. I lean into his embrace and close my eyes. This is where I'm meant to be. Wrapped in his arms.

"I almost thought you weren't going to come," he whispers into my ear and I turn in his arms so I'm facing him. I look up and my breath hitches. How does he manage to get more handsome every time I see him? I'll never understand.

"Hey," I smile up at him, "hey," he leans in to place a kiss on my lips but we are ripped apart when a girl shoves herself in between us.

"Whoops, sorry. I didn't see you there," she smirks at me and I want to smack that smirk right off her face. There's no way she didn't see me there. I was literally wrapped in his arms. She had to duck underneath to get between us.

She saunters off before I can cuss her out and Josh laughs at me, "calm, princess." I turn my scowl on him, "calm? did you not see what she did?" he chuckles again and I deepen my scowl. He pulls me closer to him again and plants a kiss on the top of my head. "Ignore her, she's just jealous of how hot you look tonight."

"Oh, so you like this look?"

"Well, it's not very you, but it looks good." I watch as he studies the length of my entire body. "You are the most beautiful girl here BonBon." That makes me smile. Even though I know it isn't true because I have eyes, I can see the girls in this place. But, I appreciate that he is trying to make me feel beautiful.

"Ew, get a room," I hear Liv tease from behind me and I pull away from Josh, he releases me and I slip underneath his arm on his side. "Liv," Josh nods, and Olivia smirks at him. "Josh." The way these two interacts is like brother and sister, except they really, really dislike each other. I know on Olivia's side though, it's just an act. If Josh wasn't my Josh, she would've been all over him the night she made me kiss him.

"Hey man," Scott breaks the awkward staring contest going on between Josh and Liv and he reaches out to shake Josh's hand. Josh takes it and smiles at him, "Hey Scott."

An hour later Liv and Scott have disappeared, most likely making out in a dark corner somewhere and luckily I haven't seen Axel yet tonight. "Is Axel here?" I ask Josh, hoping the answer is no. He smiles down at me nervously and I shudder, that isn't a good sign.

"What the fuck is she doing here?" I jump at the angry voice and turn slightly to find Axel glaring at me. "Hey Axel," I try to smile, but his scowl makes me grimace.

"What is Liv doing here with that guy?" the sadness hiding behind his anger surprises me. From what Olivia told me Axel didn't seem affected by her breaking up with him. 

It's obvious to me now that she was lying to me.