We were all sitting at the restaurant as our dinners were served. Everyone began eating, while I stared at the wrappings around my burn that Carter perfectly applied even with the constantly moving car and arguing with me. I was impressed.
"Bella?" I flinched when seeing Clark staring at me with worry in his eyes, "You okay?" I nodded with a smile before picking up my fork to begin eating although I didn't have much of an appetite.
"I don't understand you. You're rich, can get anything you want here, and can buy the most fancy meal here but here you are eating a salad." Carter judged me hard with those eyes and I sighed as I stabbed my fork into a piece of lettuce.
"Excuse you. If I want to eat a salad then I shall do what I want. Why are you so controlling? It's not like we're dating" I scoffed when taking another bite and Carter scoffed louder.
"You wish" He mumbled before taking a bite of a shrimp.
"Hm? You wanna repeat that?" I clanked my fork loudly onto my plate and leaned in closer to Carter to be intimidating.
"Guys Please!" Clark raised his voice catching both mine and Carter's attention. "I swear to the holy goat on the pilgrims thumb that if you start arguing one more time tonight that I'm gonna lock you two in a room together and make you two stay there for hours until you two learn to get along with each other!" Clark motioned his knife furiously at us and Jessica grabbed his arm gently to make him look at her. She smiled and he immediately melted at the sight of her.
I rolled my eyes before sitting back. Away from Carter, and began stuffing my face to quickly finish my food so we could leave.
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We entered the gym where the music was so loud that it shook the floor, it was dark, but the rainbow lights shot across the room adding just enough light to see other humans. Every student at the dance bobbed in place with their friend groups and partners, some grinding (Which I avoided at all costs) While others danced with each other. Jessica and Clark immediately joined hands and ran off near the crowd to start goofing off as they danced. I sighed, now I was stuck with the sexy beast beside me. Oops, I forgot to say RUDE in that title.
"I'm going to go pee" I sighed when turning to leave, but Carter caught my wrist so I turned to look at him.
"Is it urgent?"
"No-"
"Good, then you can wait" Carter pulled me and I had no choice but to follow as he dragged me near the wall where no one was.
"Bella! HI!" A few girls saw me and excitedly waved. I smiled and waved back. Then many girls started realizing the hunk of eye candy beside me and were watching like stalking seagulls after a cheeto. I cringed.
"We should-" I looked up at Carter to ask if we could disperse from this area where people wouldn't constantly stare, but he intertwined his fingers with mine making me examine how his fingers glided in between mine and held my hand, in the most gentle way I've ever seen him handle me. I blushed at him when he smiled in a way I haven't seen before, and he began swaying side to side, while guiding my arms to have me do the same. Suddenly, I forgot about the fan girls watching us. The music died out like a fire on a candle, and suddenly all my focus was on him.
Thoughts began to spring in my mind. One after the other, asking how I felt about this man.
Was it a crush? No...
Do I like him too much where I'm secretly a fan girl myself? No...
Do I see him as a brother- Welp, too may thoughts have popped up that a sister would not think of her brother...So that's a definite no.
So what exactly is he to me?
"Stop thinking. Just forget your problems and have fun tonight" Carter pulled back from my ear with a smile. I nodded my head while gazing at him. I began bobbing more side to side when the music finally came back in my eardrums and the beat gave my legs the need to move with its rhythm. "There ya go!" Carter chuckled when I finally started moving. I wouldn't say I know how to dance, but I know I'm good at it.
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After an hour of dancing, my feet were starting to hurt from my heels, and I had to pee, bad.
"I'll be back. Bathroom break" I panted to Carter and he nodded his head. "I'm gonna make Jess go with me, so you can stick with Clark until we get back" I pulled back from his ear and he nodded when following me to collect his friend.
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"Oh my GOSH!!!" Jessica squealed when cupping her face in her hands. "I told you he likes you!" Jessica playfully smacked the stall I was in while peeing.
"Woah! Don't abuse my stall" I laughed when exiting to wash my hands. "And he doesn't like me, how many times do I have to tell you this?"
"Mhmm, whatever you say. You'll notice it one day" Jessica was fixing up her makeup in the mirror.
"Check?" I asked Jessica while making ugly expressions so she could see if I had any food in my teeth, or if I needed to fix some of my makeup.
"Reapply your lip gloss and you'll be good" Jessica handed me my lip gloss, so I added another fresh layer of glitter, and we left.
"Here" Jessica gave Clark a tiny paper cup of lemonade, and Carter came back with a cup of a red liquid.
"What's that?" I asked when peeking into his cup.
"Fruit punch a friend of mine is passing out" Carter said when sipping it.
"Dude, make sure it's not spiked" Clark chuckled, but we all stared at Carter after he whipped all of it down his throat like a shot glass.
"I was thirsty" He shrugged. Clark shook his head with a laugh.
"I'm gonna get some more- be right back" Carter jogged off and I turned to look at the other two wide eyed.
"What?" Jessica asked cautiously.
"If he gets drunk, I'm not dealing with it" I explained bluntly.
Clark laughed "I would actually like to see that. That man only shows anger and silence, I wanna see another side spring from him"
"I actually agree" Jessica giggled and I nodded my head in agreement.
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We were in the gym dancing again, and a slow dance song came on. Couples were already swaying slowly together as other pairs found each other and friends giggled as they danced together.
"Go dance with Carter" Jessica playfully pushed me away from the third wheel place I was in for the last two dances because Carter disappeared.
"I don't know where he is-" When I turned to glance around the gym, my eyes landed on Pinky who ran to Carter standing in the back of the gym. She was wearing a bedazzled long pink dress and her hair in a expensive fancy bun with crystals shoved into her hair. I felt my eye begin to twitch as I watched Pinky hook arms with him and purposely press her breasts against his arm. She was clearly flirting with him, and he wasn't pushing her away like he normally would.
