Chapter 21: Problem

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(Leigh-Anne)
Part time love is a life 'round here,
We're never done
Everything feels like touchdown on a rainy day
Now we're at square one
And we wait too long
Till we're at square one.
We're never done.
My eyes opened slowly when a shadow blocked the sunlight from hitting me. I came to realize it was a girl, however my face fell when I realized who it was-well fuck, I was hoping for Perrie. "We need to talk." Ava didn't even give me a second glance, she turned on her heels and walked away towards the woods by the park. We needed to talk? About what? An uneasy sense churned in my gut. She didn't seem too dandy by the way she strutted around the bend of the sidewalk. "Hey Leighly?" Just when I started to get up my pezza's voice sing-songed over to me, a small little glimmer of delight sparked my belly. Not long afterwards her arms enveloped me in a nice embrace. "Ello." She whispered from behind me. "Heya." I turned in her arms to pull her into my body. "You alright?" Pez asked. "Not sure, Ava says we need to talk, I'll be right back, okay?" I pecked her forehead when our teammates were clearly engaged in their heated discussion.
Perrie nodded, giving me a cutesy smile then slowly dropped her arms from around me, allowing me to probably walk towards my own doom.
Ava was waiting for me, studying an oddly shaped stone slab overlooking a small dip in the land. "You wanted to talk?" My voice was cool and undetectable, just as I planned. "That's right." Ava's honey blonde hair was up in a bun, her striking green eyes fixated upon my face. "I know about you and her." She continued on, hopping off of the tree stump she was resting on. My heart skipped a beat, what did she mean? "Me and w-what?" Perrie and I both agreed to keep our relationship under the radar for a reason, no drama, and well-seems like this wasn't going to be so easy anymore-not that it was in the first place.
"You and Perrie, who the bloody hell else?" She stood right in front of me, level with my face. "What do you think we're doing." My voice thankfully remained steely calm. "I'm sure of it, you two are sleeping together aren't you. She's probably missing Jesy's shags." Ava snorted, anger started to seep into my body, how the hell did this nosy bastard find out about us!? "We're not sleeping together, what's it to you anyways?" My fist was clenched inside my pocket.
"She's not supposed to go for you." The girl sneered in distaste, what the actual fuck was that supposed to mean? "Excuse me?" I asked incredulously, because wow she was really dull for a swimmer. "I'm saying she's supposed to be with me, I've been working to get her as hard as I can, I can't let that go. Even before Jesy." The way she said my best friend's name with such distaste caused my nerves to stand on end, Ava wasn't making it easy to refrain from slapping her. "Look I don't understand why you're still trying to get at her if she doesn't appear to be interested in you, how thick could you get?" I snapped, knowing my patience had begun to dwindle.
"I saw her first, I've got a problem with you." Was her simple reply. "But she didn't bother, so bugger off, I'm not trying to start any problems." I turned to leave. "Maybe she has. And you already have." Ava made me turn around at that. "Think what you like." My voice turned cold now, I left without further comments. Would Perrie really bother to take her time to get Ava? She's such an asshole, the beautiful blonde was mine, she said so herself, I've never seen the two of them together before, only sometimes when pez would be with the team and we were celebrating, other than that, nothing. To think of the blonde falling for that idiot who just showed me her true colors made my heart sink. I don't think I'd be able to stand seeing Perrie with someone else yet again, I had already endured her and Jesy, I certainly didn't want to see that happen once more, I mean of course I love Jesy to the moon and back and she did her best to not hurt me when the two were together, but it still pained me because of my stupid little infatuation of the blonde. She was captivating, warm, inviting, all I wanted, and finally had. And she wanted us to be an item, Perrie asked me-I don't have to worry about Ava that's just silly. Ava was rather pretty, no lie, but whatever Perrie sees in me is apparently much more than what she could see in Ava I guess? Not that I care, I'm just glad to be with my little blonde, hopefully it could stay this way for who knows how long. My thoughts were on a high as my pace quickened to place as much distance between the girl and myself. Her words burned uneasily into my mind.
I've got a problem with you.
"There you are Leigh!" Perrie snapped me out of my thoughts, I mentally thanked her repeatedly for getting rid of the ridiculously negative mantra that was constantly repeating inside of my head. Instead of thinking of anything that was said in that conversation earlier, the blonde's gorgeous features pushed away all of the thoughts as much as possible. Within a mere couple of seconds all of my attention was turned to Perrie Edwards, my beautiful girlfriend. At first she looked at me a little puzzled, "Leigh, what's wrong?" Her voice brought a small smile to my lips, and after checking that no one was nearby I wrapped my arms around her waist and rested my back against a tree. "I'm okay, sort of." Not a lie, the dispute certainly wasn't pleasant but now that Perrie was here against my chest there was a sense of calm that began to settle in. "Was it Ava?" Her face showed worry when I looked down to study the girl before answering her. "Yes."
"What did she do?"
"Just said some things, but let's not discuss it now okay? I promise I'll be ready to talk later, but right now I just want to have a nice walk in the park with you." I brought her even closer and tangled our fingers together. She understood in a heartbeat and gladly squeezed my hand, a soft grin on her lips when she studied our hands. "That sounds like a wonderful idea." She declared, and with that we moved away from the tree, walking towards the trails in the park, away from the team. The walk was rather silent, but not awkward in a sense, the trees and the sounds of nature was all we felt the need to hear, which believe me was very relaxing. We swung our hands as we walked, the sun's rays occasionally falling over us as we continued to walk, I decided to admire how the sunlight brought out Perrie's beautiful hair, her facial features, her eyes, her figure, she was absolutely breathtaking. "You're so beautiful." The words escaped my lips without a single warning. The blonde flushed at my words, which was an even more breathtaking sight. "Look who's talking." She stopped and faced me with those radiant blue eyes. "Me? No love, you are the center of this picture." I flashed her a cheeky grin, feeling successful when even more blush tinted her cheeks. "Shush Leigh." She wrapped her arms around my neck and buried her face in my shoulder. "You're too good for me." She mumbled. "Lies hon. Maybe this is meant to be." Now the blush took over my cheeks after I said those words, expecting her to pull away but to my surprise I was against a tree once more, her lips firmly planted to mine. My senses soared whilst I pulled her closer to me, an arm protectively wrapping around her waist. "Leigh, you officially made my day, maybe the rest of my week." She grinned against my lips. "Glad I c-could be of any help." I blushed then pulled away remembering we were in a public park. "Aw come on Leighly." She pouted when I did and kept planting kisses on my face. "Pez! Someone c-could see!" I stuttered blushing madly when she began to nip at my neck. "They'd have to deal with it." She shrugged, kissing me once more, and my smile grew.
After a nice makeout the both of us began to walk back towards our little group, feeling rather relaxed and calm. However with each step we took it brought us closer to Ava, and closer to drama, which meant closer to problems as well. I tried not to focus on this and instead concentrated on my arm draped over Perrie's slim shoulders and at how she willingly cuddled into my side. This moment was one I wouldn't forget, a beautiful moment with a beautiful girl.
Nonetheless, the question kept popping back up in my mind.
How was I a problem?
What was Ava's problem? Asides from Perrie and I being together, not that we even confirmed it. That wasn't her business at all, she couldn't keep poking her abnormally large nose into other people's business just because there was something there that she couldn't have.
And to think I've never done anything to her, I've always steered clear of the girl because her impressions on me didn't sit very well in my mind. A small snort escaped me once something else crossed my mind, at the same time I heard Perrie make a sarcastic remark: she was the jealous type. How bloody sad is that? She could be very very jealous now that I notice.
Once this crossed my mind, a realization hit me; my eyes widened in shock,
Jealous enough to try and hurt Jesy?
She wouldn't would she?

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