7. Sink or Swim

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"What's wrong?" I questioned, gazing at Levi's enticingly light brown eyes as he held my arm.

"I-I'm sorry, I have no idea why I just did that." He stammered as he blinked his eyes multiple times, quickly loosening his tight grip on me.

"Okay.." I slowly replied, an awkward silence quickly looming over us.

"Why don't we just stay up he-" Levi was then rudely interrupted by another voice that came from the door.

"Or go downstairs since we're in a fucking party! Levi just stop, I know, you know, and the team knows, she just wants sleep with us." Steven sneered, walking towards me.

"Wait what?" Levi was visibly shocked as I am. "Steven calm down. Where is this coming from?" Levi spoke anxiously as his eyes looked at the both of us.

What he said made my blood start to boil, causing anger to immediately radiate around me. The amount of disrespect I just heard was very hard to comprehend, putting me in a state of shock and complete outrage.

Steven moved closer towards me, his breath wreaking off alcohol. "Listen here slut, we all know you cheated your way into this team so you can sleep with everyone in it. So what about learning to show a sense of self respect and just quit?" Steven smirked, moving a small strand of hair away from my face, completely setting me off like a ticking time bomb.

Before I knew it, my fist had already sent him tumbling down on the floor, causing blood to come out of his nose.

"What the hell is wrong with you slut?" Steven bellowed, placing his hand on his bleeding nose.

God I hate that word so much.

I quickly grabbed his collar again, putting his face closer to mine, so he can hear every single word that I'm about to say.

"Make your bleeding nose, a sign that your nothing but an arrogant coward that doesn't know how to protect himself." I roared, thrashing him back down to the floor.

"Arielle! Wait!" I hear Levi call out as I sprint out of his room.

What the hell was that?

For some reason, I began to feel tears start to run down my cheeks, causing people to look at me weird.

It's hard being one of those people that's easily sensitive and offended to hurtful words that are said by others. Who the hell does Steven even think he is? Just because some girls are willing to sleep with the TigerSharks that doesn't mean every girl would!

I immediately sent my mom a text and rapidly dialed her number.

"You have reached Mary Tesfaye's voicemail."

"Fuck!" I wheezed, causing a group of people to stare at me. "Please pick up, please pick up." I whispered under my breath, feeling my tears smearing my mascara. God I hate makeup.

"Arielle? Are you alright?" A voice appeared, sounded like it belonged to Logan.

I quickly started walking down the street, wanting to avoid talking to anyone.

I cannot afford to let Logan see me like this. Not that I care about what he thinks, but I honestly just look like a black teared mess and I really just wanna go home.

"Arielle! Hold up! Slow down!" Logan's voice sounded like it was getting closer, making me start to run off.

"ARIELLE STOP!" Suddenly I hear Vanessa's voice also appear behind me, making me want to run faster.

My crying caused me to slow down, making me kneel down in the middle of the street.

"Arielle it's ok!" Logan solaced, crouching next to me.

He wrapped his arms around me, letting me cry on his shoulder. The strong scent of his cologne lowered the volume of my crying, but didn't stop it.

"Logan move! She's my bestfriend!" Vanessa snapped, pushing him away.

My anger wanted me to blast Vanessa for leaving me but I honestly knew it wasn't worth it.

"Oh my gosh! Arielle what happened?" Vanessa hugged me, having a completely concerned tone in her voice.

"J-just not now! I just wanna go home!" I exclaimed, making Vanessa help me up.

"Hey Logan, do you know where Trevor is? His supposed to be our ride." Vanessa interrogated Logan, while still comforting me with her embrace.

"Trevor probably left already. Here hurry, I'll take you guys." He slowly spoke, having a vexed tone in his voice.

"I swear, I will slam my fist into his face if I ever see him! What a douchebag!" Vanessa exclaims, as I told her what happened.

"That's pretty fucked up of him to do." Logan clenched his jaw, looking at me with a look of sympathy from the rear-view mirror.

"I'm so pissed off right now! What gutter did he crawl out of, to be that disrespectful? I didn't ask to be in this team!" I wiped my tears away, staring out the car window that was zooming through the streets.

Suddenly Logan's ringtone went off, catching me and Vanessa's attention.

Levi Carter
The caller ID read.

"Aye dude? What's up?" Logan answered. "Wait hold up, calm down, I can't hear you." Logan continued. "Yea she's right here, she's fine." Logan sighed, taking a right to where my house was. "Alright man." Logan ended, dropping his phone back down.

I looked at him, hoping for him to say what the call was about.

"Levi just wanted to ask if you were okay." Logan half-smiled at me, giving me a feeling of reassurance.

It kinda feels rewarding that Levi was worried if I was okay. It almost feels like he cares about me.

"We're here." I sniffed, pointing at my house.

"Um hey Arielle?" Logan asked, as he opened the car door for me.

"Yes?" I moved my hair away from my face, seeing Logan's face a lot closer than I thought.

"I'm so sorry about all of this, I think the only reason Steven is being like this is because the guy you replaced was his best friend." Logan hugged me tightly, getting a good sense of his strong alluring cologne once again.

"It's alright, I overreacted. I don't know why I even cried." He knew I didn't wanna let go. And I knew he didn't want to let go either.

"Come on Arielle you need some rest." Vanessa coughed, holding a pair of her heels on her right hand.

"Bye." He whispered onto my ear, almost sounding like he did not wanna leave.

"B-bye." I sniveled, feeling him loosen the hug that felt so comforting and satisfying.

We both stared at each other as he got inside back in his car.

"I SHIP IT! Logarielle!" Vanessa giggled, making my mood sort of better.

"Ew that ship name is disgusting!" I laughed, walking away from the street. "Plus, he already has a girlfriend that I met at the party. Her name was Kaitlyn Versace Von Gucci or something." I continued, entering the door step.

"That name sounds so nasty. But hey, Arielle I'm like really sorry I didn't keep the promise. Dalton just seemed so dreamy and hot that I couldn't resist." Vanessa said having an apologetic tone in her voice.

"It's fine don't worry about it. But wait! You didn't sleep with him did you?" I asked slowly, hoping she didn't, so she wouldn't be in the next episode of Teen Mom.

"Oh my gosh Arielle no! My V card is sealed in tight girl!" Vanessa snapped her fingers, causing me to laugh.

I can already feel what tomorrow is going to be like with Steven's unnecessary dirty looks and his anger about everything.

But I so dare Steven to confront me about what happened at the party. Let's see if my fist won't send him tumbling back down the floor again and make the whole team laugh at how he's nothing but words and pathetic ambitions.

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PERCY WHY'D YOU LOSE. :( WHERE WERE YOUR SWORD SKILLS AT WHEN ARIELLE WAS BEATING YOU???

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