ELLA
I was all tipsy. I’ve had enough to drink tonight. I stared at the room and then my eyes met that of Zion’s. For a moment I was glued to the floor not until I felt two arms around my waist which made me break eye contact.
I turn to look at the intruder only to see Alex smirking at him. I pushed him away from a little but he was adamant not to let go.
” Calm down princess” he whispered to my ears.
I rolled my eyes at him ” oh please don’t call me that ”
He chuckled ” You are a princess, don’t you know that?”
” Hey, don’t even try flirting with me” I glared at him.
” Are you always this feisty,” he asked and finally let me go.
” Only to some set of people” ‘
..
” But I’m not a player, “he said to himself and he also didn’t find what he said convincingly.
” just be far away from me ”
.” Calm down princess”.
” Stop calling me that!” I huff and he chuckled
” It’s really easy to rile you up. That’s why I want to be friends with you though”
I furrowed my brow” So you can always rile me up?”
He scoffed ” of course not. It’s not because of that ”
” Then tell me why?” I folded my arms
” Because I like you, I like you as a friend that’s all” he defended.
” and why would you think that I want to be friends with you?” I squint my eyes at him.
.” just because” he shrugged.
I smiled secretly. Alex is so easy to tease but his playboy act always hides it.
” Why don’t you want to be friends with me? I’m nothing like Stella you know” he said.
I giggled ” excuse you? What do you mean by that?”
” I’m not always grumpy and scary. That girl is scary if you ask me ” he shuddered at the thought.
I raised a brow ” Why is it that you two don’t get along? ”
” Ask your friend, I didn’t do anything to her so I don’t know what I did.”
“Are you sure about that?”
He gave me a look ” you don’t believe me?”
I shrugged ” I don’t know why I find it hard to believe especially for someone like you”
He looks annoyed ” stop saying someone like me for crying out loud. Why are you quick to judge”
” I don’t know”
He exhaled ” fine then, I’ll take my leave since you don’t trust me”
I stared at his retreating back. I knew I went too far, I should have given him a chance before judging him. I took a sip of my drink and let out a sigh.
Stella walks towards me. She raised a brow ” what is with Alex? “…
” It’s nothing,” I said not in the mood to explain what happened.
” Are you sure?”
” yeah ” I forced a smile ” By the way who is that guy you were talking to?” I asked wiggling my brows.
She blushed ” he’s a friend”
” That doesn’t look like just a friend. Are you hiding something from me, Stella?”
She huffs ” No I’m not. That’s Marcus”
” Marcus?” I asked, ” Is he someone I know?”
She rolled her eyes ” ok fine. He is Fred’s friend and has this little crush on me ”
I smiled widely ” So? What was your response to him? Please tell me you said yes ”
” of course not. I don’t like him that much, he’s not the one for me ”
” why would you say so? He is good looking and seems calm”
” look Ella, it’s not just by all that. There is more to it you don’t know ” she said confusing me the more.
I didn’t want to push too hard so I said ” I just hope one day you’ll find someone who’ll love you for you”…
She pouted ” I hope so too”
I hit her arm lightly just to lift her spirit ” Hey”
Suddenly she smirks. She was beginning to scare me.
” What?”
” What is with you and Zion? Earlier I saw how you two were close, especially while you were at that dance floor” she wiggled her brows ” is there something you want to tell me?” She threw my words at me.
I rolled my eyes ” it’s nothing “.
” don’t try that with me girl, I need to know the whole story,” she said smirking.
I wish I could wipe that smirk off her face. I blushed slightly.
She held my hands ” please”
I leg out a sigh ” we only danced and that was all”
” But.. but what I saw was deep,” she said
” oh please stop it, Stella. It’s nothing really”
She was reluctant to believe but decided to let it die. She stared at her wristwatch and a frown form on her face.
” What is it?” I asked.
” It’s midnight already. I don’t think we can go home ” she said.
” why?”
” I can’t drive. I’m a little tipsy, will you drive?”
Of course not ” I’m tipsy too. What should we do then?”
” Fred paid for some spare room in case of a situation like this. Are you ok spending the night here?”
I shrugged ” I don’t mind”
She smiled ” it’s settled then”
” what room is ours?”
” You can just pick any room,” she said with a shrug
” okay”…
Stella excused herself ” I’ll be back in a bit,” she said and took off just like that.
I scoffed staring at her retreating back. Just when I was about to look away, Zion was already staring at me. He was dancing with a petite lady. She was saying something to him but his attention was on me.
I won’t deny it, I kind of felt a twitch in my chest. Why does he have to dance with someone as beautiful as her? Calm down Ella, he is taken remember? She might even be the girlfriend.
With a heavy heart, I broke eye contact and made my way upstairs. I should call it a night. I texted Stella informing her about it. I hope she sees it because I’m putting my phone on silent. Wouldn’t want any distractions.
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