Chapter 16: Unaccompanied

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Logan

I walked into the school, facing Stella as soon as I made my way through the doors. God, she was beautiful. Her gold dress accentuated her small curved figure. The black eyeliner she had on contrasted with her big green eyes and her red painted lips made me want to kiss them even more than I already did. All I wanted to do was talk to her.

I've been miserable these past few days without her. I even tried to talk to her a few times, but then I reminded myself she wanted time and I have to respect that, but I don't know how much longer I can go. I actually did talk to her yesterday in gym after we both made each other fall on the floor, but she walked away before I managed to say anything that was remotely important out of my mouth. I had no idea when I met her that things would have turn out this way. I mean, her mom said that Stella had feelings for me, and at first I didn't believe it, but maybe she's right. I wanted to not care, but no matter how hard I tried to deny anything that came to my mind, it automatically got shot down. I have feelings for her that just won't go away.

From four feet away, I saw frustration in her eyes as I gazed into them. It destroyed me that I hurt her that bad. She looked scared as I took a step toward her, but all she did was back away slowly while my hand reached out to touch her. I wanted to just touch her so bad.

Everyone realized the doors to the gym were open and they all stampeded towards them. Everyone including Stella. She looked relieved and then followed her friends toward the crowd gathering around the entrance to the gymnasium. I watched her leave, but she glanced back at me one last time before I couldn't see her anymore. I averted my gaze from where Stella used to stand and eyed a girl who I've seen around the school a few times. She gave me a flirty smile and batted her eyelashes. I started walking over to her, hoping she would distract me.

Stella

Once I entered the gymnasium and everyone started to spread out into their own groups of friends, I found myself looking for Logan. It didn't take me long, though. I had a clear shot of Logan as he stood against the lockers with some girl while I leaned up against the cold wall of the gym. I stood with Macy, her boyfriend, Alivia, Frankie, and Teddy while they were all talking about something, but I couldn't pay attention to that when Logan was out in the hallway with some girl on top of him.

"Earth to Stella" Teddy waved his hand in front of my face, taking me out of my daze.

"What?" I snapped.

"What were you looking at?" Alivia asked while squinting her eyes like I was trying to hide something from them.

"Nothing" I answered, raising my eyebrows, hoping they wouldn't notice who I was staring at. My heart started to beat faster as Frankie, Teddy, and Alivia glanced over in the direction where Logan stood against the lockers.

"Girl, you don't need him, he's dumb if he's not here standing next to you right now" Teddy tried to make me feel better, but it didn't work.

"That's the thing, though" I begin to speak before I looked at Logan for the last time. "I told him I needed some time, so he's not going to talk to me until I say that I don't need time anymore, that's the way he is" I explained to them.

"Wait a sec" Alivia brought up her hand, indicating she was pausing to think. "You're telling me that you could be with him right now, but you said you needed some time, so he's not gonna talk to you" she had a confused look plastered on her face.

"Uh, yeah, that's what I said"

"Then what the hell are you doing sitting here talking to us? Go talk to him" she voiced enthusiastically.

I shrugged my shoulders, "I just don't feel like talking to him right now."

"You know, sometimes I just do not get you Stella Jones" Alivia finished with a chuckle. I rolled my eyes and smiled, turning my head to look at Logan again. It's almost like I am trying to inflict pain on myself over and over. I keep glancing at him expecting to feel to nothing, but every time my eyes land on him and the girl he's with, I feel a pain in my chest.

A slow song started playing on the speakers which were placed in each corner of the gym. I watched Macy go off with her boyfriend and Alivia got asked to dance by some guy that was definitely easy on the eyes.

"Hey, you gonna be okay? I don't have to leave with Teddy if you don't want me to; I don't want you to be by yourself" Frankie took me out of my train of thoughts. He was going to go dance with Teddy, but didn't want me to be alone, seeing as though I didn't have anyone to slow dance with.

"Oh, no you guys go ahead, have fun, I think I can bare three minutes by myself" I reassured him jokingly. Teddy gave me a polite smile and Frankie tossed me a nod before I lost sight of them in the crowd of people slow dancing. I took a few steps back to lean against the cold gym wall again and watched everyone being so close to each other swaying back and forth. To this day, I still don't understand the concept of a slow dance. It's hardly what I would call dancing.

I turned my head to look out in the hallway to see that girl now making out with Logan. I felt a flood of tears rushing to my eyes and I broke my stare to tilt my head up to stop them from ruining the makeup I so tediously put on hours before.

"Where's your bitch, I don't see him with you tonight" a familiar voice spoke in front of me. I tilted my head back down to face Nate.

"He's not my bitch" I voiced with no emotion.

"He sure follows you around like one" he stated with a smirk plastered on his face. I rolled my eyes in response while we I glanced at him with a blank stare. "So... where is he?"

"I don't know" I lied. "Why don't you go find him if you're so curious?" I shot back at him.

"I was asking because he can't stop me from dancing with you if he's not here" Nate smirked as he shoved his hands in his pockets.

"No, you're right, he can't stop you, but I can" I retorted with a blank face.

"Oh, come on Stel, you're seriously gonna reject a dance with the hottest guy in this room right now?" he looked at me like I was some sort of mental patient for not wanting to dance with him. He wasn't wrong in saying he was the hottest guy in the room, but it was only true because Logan was out in the hallway. I glanced back at Logan before making my decision. The girl was kissing his neck, while his eyes met mine. Logan averted his stare to see Nate standing in front of me then looked back to meet my eyes again. He threw me a questioning look.

"Fine, but just one dance" I answered facing Nate while taking his hand. Nate held my hand, guiding me into the crowd of couples slow dancing while I took one last glance back at Logan before I couldn't see him anymore.

Nate stopped and turned to face me, wrapping his hands around my waste. I snaked my arms around his neck and he tightened his grip on my waist to bring me in closer, closing the gap between us.

"So you and Logan fighting or something?" Nate asked looking down to meet my eyes.

"Not fighting, but I'll go with the option 'something' I guess" I answered.

"I'm sorry to hear that"

"No you're not" I chuckled.

"Yeah, you're right, I'm not. I made a dumb decision a year ago when I treated you like shit Stella, I know now that I shouldn't have done that, but I want to give it another try. I like you Stella, a lot, and I think you should forget about Logan, we both know he is just like every other guy. Seeing you with him made me jealous and that made me realize that I only want you."

"I'm sorry Nate, but I just don't feel that way anymore. I like Logan and I'm not going to forget about about him and, to be honest, I don't think he's like every other guy. Maybe, though, we can be friends like we used to, I just don't see us being together again, that's all"

"You're seriously gonna choose him over me?" he chuckled almost as if he thought what I said was a joke.

"I'm not choosing anyone, I just don't feel the same way" I explained.

"I think you should make that choice after we make what happened last year a tradition"

"What are you talking about?" I furrowed my brows, looking slightly confused.

"We kissed at last years dance, we should do it again" he answered.

"No, Nate, I don't--" he interrupted me by smashing his mouth against mine. I brought my hands up to his chest and shoved him off of me which broke the kiss.

"Come on babe, don't act like you don't like it" he reasoned. He cupped my face with his hands and brought me in for another kiss.

"Nate, I'm serious" I managed to blurt out with his lips still on mine. I shoved him off of me for the second time with more force.

A set of hands that weren't mine, shoved him back hard, then punched Nate's jaw. The force of the punch made Nate stumble and touch his jaw while wincing in pain. Logan clenched his fists ready to hit Nate again. I started to walk away from the both of them while feeling a tear drip down my cheek.

"Our little slut is walking away, she chose you so you better run after her before she moves on to the next guy" I heard Nate say to Logan from behind me. I then heard another punch thrown and someone fall to the floor.

"She's not a slut, dick" Logan voiced harshly. I made my way out into the hall to get away from the chaos. The sound of foot steps started to become clearer as they got closer to me. "Why the hell were dancing with him?" Logan asked sounding aggravated. I turned to face him and my hurt eyes met his.

"I wanted to because you were too busy sucking face with some girl I've never even seen you talk to before, why were you even with her?" I asked with pain in my voice. I hated seeing him with any girl that wasn't me and that scared me to death.

He looked away and his features stiffened as if he was trying to hide something, "why do you care if I kiss other girls? We're not together, we're friends" he stated swallowing his emotions.

"You're right, why should I care? Like you said, we're friends" I got more angry with each word that came out of my mouth. "You know what? Go make out with any girl you want, I don't care" I said as I started to walk away. I felt his hand grip my wrist and pull me back against the lockers. His hands cupped my face and the next thing I know, his lips were smashed up against mine.

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