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Chapter 23
-How to Lose Her-

-Clover-

"Stop" Nola said as she smacked my hand away from the family sized Doritos that I've basically eaten half of already. "At this rate there wont be any left for later".

"You know I can't help it". I quickly snatched the bag of chips back and ran behind Mia for coverage. "Depriving me of food is not nice. Especially during this time of the month".

Rolling her eyes, she simply allowed me to continue to stuff my face.

"Are you sure you're not nervously eating?" Mia questioned.

I had my mouth full of chips, so I couldn't answer her question right away so I settled on glaring because her bluntness.

"Of course she's not nervously eating about Demarco coming over" Nola said sarcastically.

A couple of weeks ago at the house warming party we planned this movie night in advance for today.

Since Demarco didn't show up to the house warming, and haven't been around at all, of course he didn't get the invite from me or any of the girls.

I was under the impression that even if I texted him or called him to let him know, he wouldn't show up or give me an answer regardless.

However, I should've know better. Of course one of the boys were going to extend the invitation. After all, they were his closest friends and it would be odd if they didn't invite him, right?

Feelings aside, I couldn't blame them. Their loyalty was with Demarco and plus, I never really openly expressed that I no longer wanted anything to do with him anymore.

It was my turn to roll my eyes at Nola.

"He might come" I corrected her.

"We all know how good he is when it comes to actually showing up nowadays". I said it more to myself than anyone else, but they heard it as clear as day.

"Whatever, if he comes he comes, if he don't than that's okay too. We made movie night happen so that we can have a good time together".

She was always so optimistic and light spirited. There was never a moment where Heidi was not supportive.

"Nicely said. I second that" Blair said raising her glass and throwing the contents of it back.

"Me too" I said.

Ditching the chips, I went for a wine glass to pour myself a glass also.

Even though the boys were loyal to Demarco, I really felt that Mia, Blair, Heidi and of course Nola were mine. They cared for me as much as I cared for them and over the past couple of weeks my relationship with them have only grown greater.

There was a knock on the front door that successfully distracted us from our heavy conversation.

The boys weren't suppose to be here until 6 o'clock and it was only a little past 4 o'clock. Everyone stopped and looked at each other and while everyone else face was filled with confusion Nolas was guilty.

"Who would be here so early? It's only 4:20" Blair asked what we were all thinking.

Adverting her gaze to the floor, Nola hesitantly glided her way to the front door. Quietly mumbling, "I think it's for me".

Unsurprisingly it was Oscar smiling on the other side of the door as his girlfriend let him in.

I sighed, watching from afar as Oscar and Nola engaged with each other. They were cute together, and I couldn't help but to fill a tab bit jealous.

I was never the girl that craved a relationship, I was extremely independent. But now that I was surrounded by couples from all sides, it was hard not to want what they had for myself.

Oscar leaned down and kissed her forehead as they hugged. It would've been an awe moment if we did specifically tell the guys not to come early.

Mia playfully slapped his arms away from her as he came into the kitchen area to greet everyone else. "Oscar you just ruined our girls only pregaming party".

"You? Pregaming?" He pointed to her pregnant belly.

"She's not pregaming" Heidi interpreted. "But you were most definitely suppose to be here at 6:00 with the rest of the boys".

"Well he's here and I doubt he's going anywhere anytime soon. Let's drink" I said popping a new bottle of chilled wine open.

Fuck me and my feelings.

"Hey, I want some more" Heidi said as she grabbed a glass that was close to finish and held it out for me to pour more.

"You bitches" Mia wined.

"The joy of pregnancy. You get to watch while all your friends get drunk" Blair said laughing at Mia pouting face. "But we'll drink enough for you so you won't feel left out, right Nola?"

Heidi took out two extra glasses and turned to hand them over to Nola and Oscar.

From the distance the only thing that could be heard was Nola's room door slamming shut. We all shared a look with one another and burst into a fit of laughter.

"Damn, they just couldn't wait huh?"

To kill time Mia, Blair, Heidi and I drank wine with the exception of Mia taking sips of water or juice. We sat around the island in the kitchen chit-chatting and cracking jokes.

These girls were a good distraction because time flew by and at 6 o'clock on the dot there was another knock on the door and the couple hiding in the back came back to civilization.

The coffee table in living room was filled with cups, and a variety of junk food.

Oscar and Nola settled on to the floor near the couch in one of the two giant bean bags. On the couch directly in front of the TV sat Patrick with Mia's swollen feet in his lap.

Cleon sat on the recliner chair with Heidi in his lap and Blair sat on the soft with Mia and Patrick, leaving room for Jordan who was now coming out the bathroom.

As for the only two single people in the room, Denziel and I. We stuck together.

He laid out on the floor between the couch and TV while I took the last beanbag and sat next to him.

There was only one person missing.

"I think we should start without him" Denziel proclaimed after 15 minutes of sitting around.

Skillfully, he through a piece of popcorn up in the air and caught it in his mouth then turned to me. "At this rate, we'll be waiting until next year for him to show up".

Of course he was a no show.

The wine from earlier started to wear off and my heart flooded with the feeling of sadness as my mind replayed all the memories of us connecting in my head.

You'd think a guy was interested just a little?

But I guess he just meant to patch things up with me so that he wouldn't feel as guilty for putting me through the pain and misery of almost killing me, blackmailing and kidnapping me.

It's fine, I get it.

I was not as significant to him as I thought I was.

This girl can take a hint.

"I'll text him" Jordan glanced over at me as I unconsciously poured myself another glass of wine.

I could feel everyone's stares and the heavy feeling of concern geared towards me. The last thing I wanted was for anyone to feel sorry for me.

"Let's start the movie" I said crawling over to grab the remote off the coffee table and fumbling with the bottoms to get the movie to play.

"Are you sure Clover?" Blair asked concerned. "Maybe he's running late or..."

"It's fine Blair, I appreciate it but 6 o'clock is 6 o'clock. If he wanted to be here then he would be...".

I started the movie and crawled back to my spot with the wine glass in hand.

As the movie started, everyone's gaze slowly focused on the screen and I breathed a sigh of relief.

At least disappoint hit early, before I could  become too attacked to him.

Before I could go crazy over him.

Most importantly...before I could fall in love with him.

Now that would've been painful.

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Hey all! It's finals week and as I'm taking breaks between studying to write since I find it therapeutic.
One semester away from graduation!

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