Just like Before

Chapter 14

*GRACE POV*

I woke up with my head on Joseph's lap. We were on the bed in his hotel room and all the memories of yesterday flooded into my mind. In all honesty, I'm confused. I'm confused about how I feel about Hayes, what's happening with Sammy and I, and I'm even beginning to question how I feel about Joseph. One minute, I can't stand the feeling of being around him, but the next I almost feel as I have the tiniest bit of feelings for him.

"Good morning," he suddenly spoke. I tilted my head up to see him smiling down at me. I couldn't lie, Joseph was definitely easy on the eyes, so that makes things just more frustrating for me.

"Morning," I yawned and sat up, realizing I was probably crushing his stomach. It feels weird waking up and being in a bed with someone other than Hayes, but I guess I'll just have to get used to it.

"Did you sleep okay?" he asked me as we faced each other, criss cross applesauce. He had a concerned look on his face which showed me he really cares.

"Yeah I guess, considering all that's happened." I sighed and picked at my nail polish.

"Hey, I'm here for you okay?" he said barely above a whisper and I smiled.

"Thank you." I whispered.

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"Are you ready?" Joseph asked me as he came into the bathroom where I was finishing up my hair. Somehow we ended up going to this party somewhere held by one of his friends. At first I was on the fence about it, but then I decided it might be good for me to go out and have some fun, and let loose from everything that's happened.

"Yeah I'm ready." I smiled. Earlier I went back to my apartment for a few minutes to quickly get a dress for tonight and an overnight bag since I'll be staying with Joseph tonight. Sammy and I exchanged some... weird looks at each other, not quite knowing if we were mad at each other, or just annoyed at what's happened.

"You look great, seriously." he put his hand on the small of my back as we walked out of the room together.

"Thanks," I said as I felt my face heat up a little bit. "You do too," I gently smiled and he did the same.

I'm still a little weary about going tonight, because I don't want to get too drunk and do something stupid. It's happened before and I promised to never let myself get that bad again, but now I have Joseph to look after me.

He called a cab, since neither of us will be able to drive later tonight. It's about 9:30pm right now, and in a matter of a few minutes, we were inside the cab on our way to the party.

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I had a few drinks in my system and I'm thankful for Joseph to not let me get out of control. We were about to leave the party, so we slowly made our way through the sweaty people dancing. Overall the party was fun and I had a good time, although I was too drunk to really process what was going on.

"Joseph come on!" I whined with my words slurred together. I tugged on the sleeve of his shirt as I tried to pull him with me through the crowd.

"I'm coming baby," he groaned. He obliged to my tugging and we headed out. I tensed up a little when he called me baby, but not really focused right now, so I don't even know what to think.

We eventually made it out to the sidewalk and we were stumbling and laughing. It was a good time, but I knew I would regret letting myself get this drunk. I always did. Joseph called for a cab. Some avoided us, probably because they didn't want to deal with two drunk teenagers. One finally came and we slid in. The driver looked so happy so see us. (Note the sarcasm) The whole time we were laughing at God knows what. Once the ride was over, Joseph payed the guy and we got out of the car.

*JOSEPH POV*

Grace and I were a little sobered-up, but we were definitely still drunk, and it was obvious. People in the hotel lobby kept staring at us and gave us disapproving looks, but we didn't care.

We made our way up to the room and stumbled in. Grace took her shoes off and so did I. We both sat on the bed and faced each other. All of a sudden we started laughing for no apparent reason.

"You are so funny Joey!" she said in between laughs.

"No I'm not, you are funny Grace. And hot," I smirked.

"Really, you think so?" she questioned.

"Oh yeah," I stated and leaned back on my hands. She got up on her knees and made her way over to me. She ended up straddling me and kissed me. I was surprised, but I didn't mind. I mean, she's not with anyone, I love her, so I'm not going to stop her.

She pushed me down so I was on my back and she was on top of me. She continued to kiss me and things just went from there.

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*GRACE POV*

The next morning I woke up slowly and tried to remember what had happened last night. I remember up to a point at the party, and some from when we got back to the hotel, but the rest is a blur.

I opened my eyes and was blinded by the light shining through the curtains. I shielded my eyes and felt my headache coming. I packed some Advil, so I threw the covers off of me and was getting ready to get up when I stopped myself. What the fuck?

I looked down and realized I was only wearing my underwear. What happened last night? I looked over at Joseph and his bare back was facing me with the covers just above his hip.

I began to freak out a little bit, but then I heard his voice.

"Grace?" he asked tiredly. He saw my face and his expression changed to concern. "What's wrong?" he asked me.

"Um, what happened last night?" I said shyly as held the comforter tighter against my chest and gulped.

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A/N:

Whatttttttttttt I geez shits goin' down

I didn't proof-read sorry
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~Grace❤️