Chapter 51 | I'm A Little Insecure But You Can't Know That
I didn't know what time we woke up because somewhere between the drunken conversations the girls and I had last night, we decided to get our phones. It may have something to do with the horrible service we were getting. After eating grilled cheese burgers for breakfast, we went venturing into the woods. Brianna's main focus was getting all the good shots for her instagram and I rolled my eyes when Mandy placed herself in the picture too. I was too pissed at the world to even care. Instead, I tagged along Veronica in our hike up a hill.
"Jesus, I'm so glad I'm in college. I don't think I can put up with teenagers anymore." She mumbled as we went up a trail.
"It wouldn't be that bad if that psychopath wasn't here." I glanced back at Mandy who was closely following Bellamy. I forced myself to look away. "I'm telling, she's purposely getting close to Bellamy to make me jealous."
"And she's doing a perfect job." She said and gave me a look. I sighed and relaxed my face. My eyebrows had been scrunched together in anger since last night. "I know you're not going to like this but maybe she's doing the thing. Maybe you two should take a step back and stop being in each others face all the time. It's fucking annoying and you'll realize that soon enough."
I scoffed at her. "We're not always in each others face." She raised her brow at me and I felt the need to explain myself better. "It's just that there's a lot going on and I would've lost my mind if I didn't have Bellamy."
Veronica shrugged. "I don't care, I just tried to tell you that you're being an annoying obsessive girlfriend who also happens to be insecure and jealous of her boyfriend's ex."
I shoved her away from me. "You don't have to be such a bitch about it."
Veronica laughed, completely unphased by my outburst. "So you get to be a bitch and I don't?" She mocked a hurt look and I wouldn't help but throw my head back and laugh.
Keith jogged towards us and put his arm around each of ours waist. "Did I ever tell you how confusing the two of you are? I can't tell if you're friends or enemies."
"Frenemies, that's the only word that can describe us." I said.
Veronica stopped all of a sudden and turned around to face everyone else. Her searched roamed around until she found Derek. "Hey, you're keeping track of where we're going, right?" She asked him to which he froze for a good moment, causing everyone to freeze and wait for his reply. Derek slowly shook his head. "How can you expect me to not kill you after doing this?"
"Relax, I'm basically documenting our entire trip. We can easily find our way back from the videos and pictures I took." Brianna stopped Veronica in her tracks, which I was grateful for because I really wanted to go to the end of the trail we were inventing.
Veronica was still unsure, and frankly enough, I wasn't either. It was my sister after all. "Are you sure?"
"I always know what I'm doing." Brianna answered.
"That's a fact." Chris grinned and pulled her in for a kiss. As much as I adored them as a couple, it was hard not to gag at them.
Everyone took it as their cue to continue climbing uphill. My eyes subconsciously landed on Bellamy and Veronica's words came to my mind. Maybe she was right I thought and I turned around, ignoring the smile he gave me. I would be lying if I said I wasn't already avoiding him after what happened last night. I only took a few steps ahead when I felt a hand tug on mine.
"Bellamy, don't do that. I'll fall." I said as I shrugged him off but only him to hold it again and this time I actually did lose my balance as I fell right in his arms. Of course he would catch me.
"Whatever you're doing with me," He said in a playful tone, narrowing his eyes into slits, "Don't do it."
"What exactly did I do?" I asked him. He was being ridiculous. "Last time I checked, you were the one mingling with your ex."
He looked frustrated but only for a second before an emotional look crept onto his face.
"Blake! Get your ass up here."
I turned my head around to see that we were the only ones standing here. I could vaguely see Natasha getting a piggyback ride from Luke as they were the slowest ones to reach the top. I could wait. I wanted to know what Bellamy had to see and I turned to look at him. He remained silent as I searched his face for an answer. His only reaction was dropping his hold on me and side stepping me as he began to climb up the hell. I stood still for a couple of seconds, unable to function what just happened.
"Blake! Where the hell are you?" Veronica shouted again and this time a few birds flew off the nearby trees. I sucked in a breath as I made my way towards her, making sure to push past Bellamy.
That gesture hurt my heart as much as my shoulder. I shouldn't have done that and I regretted it the instant my shoulder collided with his, but I was also stubborn hence, I avoided him as we looked around us. The top of the hill wasn't much of a clearing but we got a view of all the other hills that were around us. Now this was a far better place for a campsite.
Hours past by as we split up and did various things. Harry brought his skateboard up here and tried to go down the hill without dying — Eliza nearly had a heart attack by watching him and it took an hour just to clean and patch him up. After that was done, I decided to wander off alone because I knew I was being followed.
"Are you going to keep following me?" I asked as I kicked a rock on the ground.
I heard severely more twigs crack behind me. "Are you going to keep avoiding me?"
I laughed humorlessly. "Not so fun when you're the one being ignored, is it?" I said and turned around to face Bellamy.
He sighed and ran a hand through his hair. "Honestly Blake, what's the big deal? Mandy wanted to talk and I couldn't refuse her."
"I don't understand why you couldn't. You hated her when I got here and you clearly hated her." My hands exasperated. "I- I just feel like you're giving her the attention she's craving."
"I don't have to like someone to talk to them." He said, crossing his arms over his chest.
"You probably don't think that but she does. Bel, I noticed the way she follows you around. Heck, everyone notices it."
"Everyone? When the fuck did we start caring about what people think?" He asked, taking a few steps closer to me. "You know nothings going on. You know that I love you."
"Are you sure about that?" I snapped. "Because I went to the cabin after you walked out on me and you never came to get me. Neither did Mandy join us. Eliza, Brianna, Natasha and Veronica — all of us were there but she never came. Neither did you." I repeated.
He huffed and clenched his jaw. I stiffened my stance waiting for his excuse.
"My world doesn't revolve around, Jane and neither should yours around me. Get that into your head."
I gritted my teeth at that. I was fuming with anger. "You know what Davis?" I said bitterly, "It doesn't. I'm fucking done with you and this trash site."
I stomped back to the small clearing and grabbed Derek by the arm. He was trying to get a pack of chips opened but it fell as I yanked him to the side. He gave me a perplexed look but he eyes softened as he look at me. I probably looked nothing less than a mad bull because I knew I felt like one and I was trying so hard not to charge at anyone.
"I need you to drive me back home, please." I said without wasting a second.
He thought about it before nodding his head. "I want out of this trip just as bad as you." He tried to joke but I didn't find it funny. He stopped laughing and turned to everyone else.
"It was lovely spending time with you kids but we're going to get the hell out of here now." He said to everyone as they gave us confused looks.
Keith studied me with his narrowed eyes. I blinked and looked away. Bellamy was intimidating enough and with the looks I was receiving, it was hard not to just find a corner and curl up in it. Derek was giving the lamest excuses to why we wanted to leave but I couldn't think of anything to back him up with. Keith stood up and I noticed he went to Bellamy who was supported a pissed off expression as he leaned against a tree. He was staring at me as he exchanged a word or two with Keith who then approached me.
"Just stay where you are. I don't need anyone's protection or advice." I said firmly.
He sighed and rolled his eyes. "I only came here to tell Derek I'm coming with."
"You little piece of shit." I mumbled to which he chuckled.
Derek had finally given an acceptable reason to leave. "Ronnie, you coming?"
I couldn't hold back my laugh. She said she hated us and all teenagers in general bit I knew she was having too much fun with playing the leader. Even the boys couldn't get a say in the decisions she made. Veronica sent me a small glare. "Somebody has to take care of these kids." She said, eyeing everyone who rolled their eyes or scoffed. "Just make sure you come back to pick me up."
Derek nodded and then the awkward moment came where we weren't sure how to say goodbye. I randomly waved my hand but Natasha stepped forward and hugged me. "What's the matter?" She whispered into my ear.
"Nothing, I just realized I needed some space from Bellamy." I said and she squeezed me harder.
"Want me to come with?" She asked, pulling away.
I shook my head. "Nope, I'm all good." I gave her a smile even though it was strained. I glanced at Bellamy who was still staring at me and without wasting another moment, I turned around and made my way downhill.
I pushed away all the thoughts and emotions regarding Bellamy, making sure they were somewhere far in my head so they couldn't crawl back to the surface any time soon.
"So much for spring break." Keith mumbled as we walked to Derek's car with our things in hand.
"Are you kidding me?" I nudged him to get his full attention. "It just started and this time, we're going to do this the right way."
A/N:
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