In A Matter Of Seconds (o2l)

Chapter 21

KIAN'S POV

Today's her birthday.

We had it all planned out, a party. A perfect party. She was turning 18 and it was one of the first parties she has gone to here, and sadly the last.

I knew how she was and I know she wants alcohol. I wouldn't let her have any if it wasn't a party.

I was getting an endless amount of text messages from the people coming to the party tonight.

"Well well Mr. Popular." Laina says walking into my bedroom.

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY!" I scream and run to pick her up and spin her around.

"Thank you, thank you. Wanna go in the pool?" She asks as I set her down.

"Yeah definitely." I throw on a swim suit and she does too. We race downstairs and I throw her into the pool. We get in a water fight and then all the sudden Jc jumps off the balcony into the pool. Laina screams a shriek of pure happiness.

"Okay now, let's go get lunch at the Grove." I say and Laina perks up.

She sprints out of the pool and up to her room. I chuckle under my breath.

"Dude. could you anymore obviously be in love with her?" Jc says and elbows me in the ribs.

"As long as she doesn't know yet, I'm fine."

"When are you gonna tell her?"

"The day she leaves. I don't want it to make her stay, I just want her to know." I look down at my feet and go upstairs to get ready.

Laina comes out of her room in a pastel pink skater skirt and floral tank top loosely tucked in. She's wearing the necklace I gave her on her first day of school.

"You're wearing my necklace." I whisper to mostly myself.

"I never take it off." she blushes and looks down, she said it mostly to herself.

We both nervously laugh and walk downstairs.

"RIIIIIIIICKY ARE YOU COMING TO THE GROVE?" Laina yells and Ricky comes running. He grabs the car keys and jumps in the car.

"Oh that boy, I'm really gonna miss him." she says with a sigh and walks out the door.

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LAINA'S POV

After an amazing day at the grove we come home and it's 4. Kian tells me that they're throwing me a party and to go get ready.

I walk up to my room and look hopelessly for something to wear.

"Knock knock." I hear a gentle voice say at the door.

"Louis?" I say confused as my manager stands in the doorway.

"The one and only. Come give me a hug birthday girl." I get up and hug him.

"I brought you something to wear, it's from the new collection of the Laina Scaltes line at Aero." he winked and walked out.

I open the box and inside is the most beautiful dress. it's pastel pink and strapless, it's made almost entirely out of tule and it goes to mid thigh. it has black lace on a synched waist and black accents on the bottom and top. There a black pumps to match with it.

I put it on and it fit perfectly. I straightened my hair and did my makeup.

After I was done it was 6. the party started at 7. I walked into Kian's room.

"Hey ki- OMG IM SORRY." I run away from the room cracking up.

"Like what you saw?" He comes into my room laughing referring to how I just walked in on him without pants on.

"Yeah it was woooooonderful." I laugh and he playfully hits me.

"You look stunning by the way." he says blushing.

We both start laughing.

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KIAN'S POV

The party started 30 minutes ago and Laina has already down 6 shots and a beer.

"Laina." I say sternly.

"Kiki!!! Happy birthday to meeeee!" She screams over the music and lazily drops her body on me.

"Okay so maybe no more drinks?"

"Maybe not hahahahahah" she said and then looked to the side.

"Is that Sam? And Andrea?" Laina says looking at two people on her couch.

Yes

"I don't think so" I say to her flatly.

It takes everything in me not to walk up to Sam and punch him in the face.

But I don't have to.

Laina does.

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LAINA'S POV

I feel my heart shattering, but I ignore it. I walk up to the fucking douche on top of Kian's ex and rip him off of her.

"Lai?" He says, completely sober.

"FUCK YOU!" I scream and punch him square in the nose. He grabs his face and stumbles. I walk away and grab the arm of who I think is Kian and walk up to my room.

I smash my lips against theirs. They kiss back hesitantly. We fall on my bed and he pulls back. I'm hungry for more but when I look up, it isn't Kian.

It's Connor.

I don't care at this point. I keep going craving more.

His hand slowly wandering up my shirt and eventually pulling it off.

"You don't know how long I've wanted this." Connor says breathlessly as he kisses down my stomach and in between my breasts.

I let a slight moan escape as he sucks harder and unhooks my bra.

I take off his pants and he does the same.

He puts on protection because apparently I was the only drunk one at this party.

And the rest, is history.

Awfully unbearable and unwanted, but history.
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THE NEXT MORNING

I wake up with a blaring headache.

I walk into Kian's room.

"I didn't expect to see you up until at least 12." he laughs and pats the spot next to him.

I sit down and put my head on his shoulder, "I didn't mean to." was the only thing I said. He nodded.

"I get it. Trust me I've felt that way before." he put her arm around me and rubbed up and down my arm, the way he knew calmed me down.

Just when I thought I was calm, Sam bust through the door. He walked straight towards me.

"Sa-"

His hand slapping my face cut me off.

"Listen bitch, you're not a part of my life anymore."

His picked me up and threw me on the ground. He kicked me stomach. I threw up. And everything went dark.

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