4

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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