Beside You - Sequel to Unpredictable

14

Maddie's P.O.V.

The three boys all look at me with a mixture of emotions. Anger, confusion and sympathy. 

I feel the same for myself. How could I be so stupid to let him do this again? 

My eyes sting with tears but I push them back and shake my head, snatching the remote from Luke and changing the channel. "Let's watch something funny." Beau nods slowly and looks at the boys before looking back at me. "I'm okay, trust me." I force a smile and pull a pillow onto my lap, leaning against the couch. 

We watch the movie, I didn't pay attention to the title but it's about three guys who go to a bunch of bars and then two of them try to get their friend home. I think it's like 21 and Over maybe? I'm not sure. The movie makes me laugh a little bit but I can't ignore the stinging pain in my chest. 

I wonder what Luke is doing.. Probably with that pretty girl in the picture.. I can't believe him.. Why would he do this? I feel so stupid for even trying again. I guess I won't have to pretend not to be with him anymore. Lucky me. 

Within a few hours and after a couple of movies the boys fall asleep, leaving me alone with my thoughts. I really wish everything was different. I wish I had just stayed away. I wish I hadn't gotten so invested in the relationship when he obviously didn't care. I pick up my phone and open twitter, scrolling through my feed and following a few people back.

I go to Luke's page and see he hasn't tweeted anything. Maybe I should text him back... No. I can't. I won't be that weak girl like I was before. I set my phone down on the floor and curl up next to James, closing my eyes and soon falling asleep.

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When I wake up I feel like I'm suffocating. I open my eyes to see James laying across my stomach. I laugh lightly and hit his head. "Oi! What was that?" He groans, opening his eyes. I laugh again, "Get off of me, I can't breathe!" He rolls off of me, apologizing. I hit him again, smiling. "It's fine loser."

Luke mumbles something in his sleep and Beau rolls over onto his side. James and I look at each other, hopefully thinking the same thing. "I'll get the sharpies." He smiles wide and gets up, running to the kitchen. 

I laugh to myself as I lean over Luke, waiting for James. He places a red sharpie and a purple sharpie in my hand and goes to Beau with blue and green sharpies. We start doodling on their faces carefully for a couple of minutes.

"Let's take a picture." I grab my phone, turning on the front facing camera and sit by James, making sure the boys' faces are in the picture. 

I post the picture on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter before I send it to James, telling him to do the same. I caption it, "Think of this as revenge." 

I think back to a little bit ago when Luke and Beau picked me up while I was sleeping and threw me into the pool in their backyard. Needless to say I was shocked when I woke up. 

"How should we wake them up? I don't think we can lift them to the pool." 

"Let's bring the water to them then." I smile devilishly and raise an eyebrow. I get up and get two cups of ice water and hand one to James. "On the count of three..."

"One.."  We lean over the boys.

"Two.." We hold the cups above their faces.

"Three.." We throw the water onto them, watching them shoot up in surprise, making James and I burst into laughter. "Hey! What the fuck?" Beau yells, wiping his face and looking at Luke. "Bro why is there a dick on your cheek?"

"What?!" Luke exclaims in horror, making us laugh harder. "Why is there a dick on your cheek?" He replies. The two soaking wet boys turn towards us, glaring. Man, if looks could kill.

"Get her." Beau demands and jumps onto James, pinning him down. Before I can get away quick enough, Luke tackles me once again, picking me up over his shoulder and running to the back door. "Luke Brooks you put me down right this instant." I smack his back, kicking my legs.

"Okay." He smirks before tossing me into the pool, earning a screech from me. The water is freezing and wet. Obviously. 

An hour later we are all dried off and mostly cleaned up. You can still see faint drawings on their faces. 

"Maddie! Your phone is ringing." Beau hands me my phone and before I even think about it I answer the phone. Which was a very bad idea.