walking into history i'm actually here after owen for the first time i go over and sit next to him
"thanks for coming over last night"
"so you do remember"
"everything"
"ok"
"you still going to shane's tonight?" he asks
"no"
"what can turn your answer into a yes"
"if you stop getting drunk"
"no promises"
"whatever i'll be there"
he smirks and goes back to his paper
his hand occasionally brushing mine sending vibrations through my whole body, the power he has over me is insane.the class ends and i start packing up
"do you need a ride to the party"he asks
"no because that means i have to ride home with you"
"and what's so bad about that"
"were both gonna be drinking""we can stay at shane's"
"we?" i laugh
"fine i'll stay over and you can walk home, i'll be at your house at 6:30" he leaves the class not giving me time to answer and i stand there.
what the hell.once i get home it's 2:45 and i instantly fall asleep
a few hours later i wake up and start getting readyoutfit
i do light makeup and hair then run downstairs
"hi blair baby" i say picking up my little sister
"mom i'm going out for a bit im leaving in a few i'll probably sleep at madis"
"will i ever get one weekend with you?"she laughs
"soon, i promise"
"where's colin?"
"he should be up in his room that's where i last saw him"
i carry blair upstairs to my older brothers room"what's up" he asks
"nothing i just feel like i haven't seen you in forever"
"my door is always open if you need me A"
"i know ive just been busy""well you're dressed up now where are you off to?"
"small party with friends"
"be safe alright?"
"ya of course"
i leave blair in his room and walk back down to the living room and see my mom"so whos the boy?" she asks
"huh?"
"i was a teenager once too alana"
"there's no boy i promise"
"ok, have fun"
i look at my phone and see i got a textowen
friday 6:05pmi'm leaving now
should be there soonfriday 6:20pm
i'm here
"leaving now" i call out to my family as i run out the door and get in owens car, he was wearing gray sweatpants and a black shirt but he looked hot
"so please tell me why you are driving me to this party"
"so you don't drunk drive home"
"i'm offended you think i'm stupid enough to do that"
"well"
i playfully hit his arm"ok but i'm staying away from you tonight, seriously"
"i could say the same but then we would both be lying" he smirks
"i told you last night not to fall in love with me, how well is that holding up?" i laugh
"i'm not even close to considering you a friend never mind being in love with you"
"ouch i thought we were friends"
"oh shut up we're here"he pulls into the driveway and we both get out of the car
"don't get too drunk"
"no promises" i say before going your separate ways
"madi! hey" i hug her
"how did you get here i didn't see your car out there?" she asks"owen drove me" i look away from her
"and you two aren't together?" she laughs
"ya that's never happening"
"emily's gonna be here soon i think she's coming with chase"
"your ex chase?"
"ya but i'm not too worried i mean she wouldn't like try anything with him, right?"
"no, at least i don't think so"after about an hour emily madi and i are all tipsy and i don't see owen anywhere
"hey i'm gonna go find shane" i say over the music"hey" shane says as he stops dancing
"hi!"
"stay with me for a few minutes" he says looking past me
"wha- why" i look around still not seeing owen
"mark is a few feet away from you i just don't want anything to happen""shane i'll be ok i see madi and emily right there i'll just go straight to them"
"ok, just let me know if you need anything"
i smile and make my way over to madi and emily before someone pressed there body to mine from behindi gasp
"hi beautiful"
i turn to see mark
"mark, hey i would love to talk but i have to go to my friends"
"oh come on i don't see owen in sight there's no one stopping us"
i look around for owen as this is the one time i need him with me
"i think i'm just gonna get back to emily and madi"i turn but mark grabs my hand before quickly letting go
"don't even think about it" a deep familiar voice from behind me says recognizing it a smile creeps across my face
"again, seriously" mark sighs
"why don't you leave" owens voice speaks
"why don't you make me" mark steps closer to him and i look at shane for help and he runs over"knock it off guys" he says placing his hands on both of there shoulders
"take it outside" cole says walking up the the three of us
"alana? are you ok?" madi says from behind me
"mhm" i say looking at owen who has his eyes locked on mark's"lets go" mark finally says
"owen don't" i say
"just let them go" cole says
"wouldn't be the first time owen fought someone he's not about to let it be the first time he loses" shane says laughingi watch as mark shane cole and owen exit the front door
i decide not to follow and stay with madi and emily
"they'll be fine" madi says
"it's just stupid" i laugh
"they're boys it's what they do"
"it's pointless i wasn't gonna go with mark as it was" i sigh
"well owen can't help but be in love with you" emily smiles
"he is not in love me" i laugh
"mhm sure"madi smirks
"i'm gonna go out there and.." i start
"just go" they both say at the same timei walk outside and see the boys separated
i look at mark and see he has a bloody nose his eye forming a black eye and his shirt is ripped
"oh my god" i say
i look at owen and see he has a bloody lip and nose
"what the hell""alana go back inside" owen spits out
"no you need to put something on your lip and mark you need ice on your eye"
"i'm fine" owen says
"get inside" i demandi grab his hand drag him back inside
"alana stop"
i ignore his protest and bring him to the nearest bathroom
"i'm fine" he says annoyed
"your lip and nose are bleeding"
"so what""you're ridiculous" i laugh
"what's so funny" he says sounding mad
"were not in front of your friends you don't have to be a dick"
"you think i'm not just like this" he scoffs"any time you're with jack and ellie"
"that's different" he quickly says
"it's not, jack and i call you mr. tough guy for a reason"
he lets out a small laugh
"see you don't always have to build up these walls, i wish people saw this side of you" i say
"we're not having this conversation" he says
"owen"
"what?" he almost yells sounding annoyed"never mind" i walk out of the bathroom
"alana" he calls after me"i need a drink" i sigh as i sit between emily and shane
"i got you" emily says
"what's going on?" shane asks
"just owen shit"
"talk"
"he just puts up these walls and he doesn't need to"
"he's owen, of course he does""what do you mean" u ask
"he's never been an open book, until you get to know him at least"
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Teen Fictiona new school and hot boys but one of them is hard to crack...will you eventually get through to him