stuck with him

one

ariana's pov

it was around noon on a friday. i had just woken up with tear stains on my cheeks after crying myself to sleep the night before. i normally didn't sleep this late, but something had been off recently ever since tour ended. i stopped hanging out with a lot of my friends and i just didn't feel like going out or doing anything.

'wake up best friend, we're going out tonight!' vic shouted from the hall. she was one of my best friends, but i've been really distant with her lately. i didn't even know she was in my house.

'i'm not in the mood tonight vic. maybe we can set up something on the sixteenth?' i replied, hoping to convince her to let me off the hook.

i heard her walk in my room and sit on the edge of my bed. i was trying not to look her in the eye so i faced the wall pretending to scroll through something on my phone.

'it is the sixteenth. you've been in this bed ever since tour ended and i'm not sitting here watching while you cut off everyone from your life. let's have fun and go out.' she smiled.

i thought for a moment before eventually giving in assuming she wasn't planning on leaving me alone anytime soon.

'i'm not really in the mood to go out, but i guess we could have a few people here and make it a girls night.'

'yes! yes! yes!' she squealed and ran out of the room getting started on her plans.

i sat on my bed for a few minutes dreading actually getting up and doing something before picking out an oversized hoodie & some comfortable shorts.

'okay so bad news..' vic started as she walked back into my room.

'please tell me no one can come.' i questioned feeling a bit relieved.

'actually, just the opposite. njomza, court, and miley can all come, but miley has a friend staying at her house and she asked if she could bring him. i also kinda without asking told her yes.' she stammered

'great. i agreed to girls night not girls plus some rando. you're lucky i love you enough not to kick your ass right now.'

'i'm sorry, you could not kick my ass even if you tried.' she laughed.

i rolled my eyes and forced myself into the washroom to finish getting ready while vic went out to get snacks and stuff for tonight.

after i was finished i got back into bed and turned on the tv hoping to pass time so i could get this night over with already.

***

'daddy?' njomza squealed as i ran to the door.

'wifey! it's been so long.' i exclaimed as i pulled her into a hug.

we all hugged and caught up after what seemed to be forever since we saw each other. i was actually starting to enjoy myself. although i guess i must of left the door unlocked because i heard miley barge in screaming in excitement.

we all ran back to the door and stopped dead in our tracks when we saw who she was with. it was a tall dark haired man who looked a little over 6 feet tall. he had a bottle of champagne in his hand and handed it over to me before introducing himself.

'here, i wasn't sure if i needed to bring anything. i'm dalton gomez.' i opened my mouth to say something, but before i could get anything out he spoke again.

'i'm not related to selena gomez, if that's what you were gonna ask.' he chuckled.

'i'm ariana, and actually i was just gonna say thank you.' i said while shaking his hand. he looked at me kind of awkwardly as we waited for someone to break the silence.

'can we like sit down, or are you both just gonna keep shaking hands?' miley finally said.

we quickly let go of each other's hands and i walked everyone further inside and told them to make themselves at home while i went to the restroom.

i rushed up the stairs leaning over the sink and putting my hands on the cold marble counter. i looked up into the mirror at myself studying my own face. do not cry ariana i thought to myself. i took a few deep breaths and pushed my emotions down again before making my way out of the room.

normally i'm not like this around my friends, but the mix of not seeing them for awhile and having dalton here was making me extremely nervous.

when i reached the living room i sat down on a large beanbag kind of distant from everyone while they interrogated dalton with questions.

i tried not to pay too much attention to his answers, but something about him just interests me.

i shook all of the many thoughts out of my head and quickly made a promise to myself to at least try and enjoy girls night even if dalton was here.

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