Zoey. I slowly opened my eyes, groaning as the sunlight streamed through the windows. It hit me like a ton of bricks. My head was pounding, my mouth dried up and my body felt like it weighted more than a thousand.If I had kept reminding myself of what could be the outcomes of taking that much alcohol, then I wouldn’t have even tried it for a bit.I spat out a hair that had laced itself with my tongue, my eyes roaming around the room and the memories of last night came flooding. What was even funny was that Orion’s words don’t matter anymore. It doesn’t even hurt, like I had thought it would. But the way that Rowan had acted. When I had thought that he was someone that understood me. He didn’t have to even fight Orion off for no reason. “Forget about it, Zee.” I chanted off.It was too early, or rather too late for me to keep pondering over the event. I had said it myself, Orion wasn’t worth it and he had never been worth it. “Goodness.” I mumbled, sitting up.As my feet hit the fl
"You let the bastard go?" Kieran asked through gritted teeth.The party had somehow ended and Rowan had filled them up about what had happened, even though the anger that he felt for not beating up Orion, and he had only let him go just because of Zoey.He let him go, not promised not to touch him behind the curtains. "I had to go after her." He answered, biting his tongue in annoyance. It was a habit that he had always done when he was angry, and today, he was feeling the urge to hit something hard, someone that was just Orion."Come with me." Emrys grabbed Rowan by the collar. They needed to get the job done that night, that even if they had ended up killing Orion, no one would point a finger at them. They had an alibi, which was why they were going to leave Kieran and Casper to take care of Zoey.When Kieran had checked on her earlier, she was deep asleep. "I think I heard her snoring." He had said, but he wasn't sure."What are you going to do?" It was Casper that asked. He hadn't
Zoey.I had no time to process what Orion had just said to me, or even respond to him, as he got pushed, almost falling down the railing. I let out a loud scream, scared that he could end up falling right there. "What the fuck did you just say?" Rowan spat.Despite the fact that the music had blocked out every single noise around us, he had managed to hear the words that Orion had thrown at me. I felt seen at the moment. "I dare you to repeat it."Orion, even at the verge of being thrown off the low tide builing, he had the urge to own a smirk on his face. "I said she is so cheap, just like a dollar bil condom and I didn't lie." He repeated, his face held no emotions and I couldn't tell if he was scared or masking it up."Fucking fuck." I heard Rowan mumbled, before he buckled him up, against the railing. With a swift move, just a single one meant ending the life of Orion and that meant, Rowan risking his life for something as stupid as this."No." I managed to voice out. As much as
Zoey.I had thought that the surprises were going to end, but I was so fast to think of it that way. I was blindfolded, with Emrys dragging me into a house, or it could even be anything that I had no idea of."You won't really tell me where you are taking me to?" I asked him, trying to get my hands out of his hold.I should have known the boys were up to something when they kept asking me for my best friend and how comes she hasn't been around me for a while. Then Rowan went ahead to get her number, saying that she had caught his eyes.But we all knew that it was a lie. Julie wasn't the type of girl that he would want, she was just a ray of sunshine, unlike him that was dark, his personality screaming of a bad boy. The sound of music grew louder the further we walked into the open space. It wasn’t just a speaker, it was full music, the type that echoed in the entire space. My heart started to beat a little faster. I could hear laughter, footsteps, voices I didn’t recognize right away
Zoey.'Don't be suck a fool.' The message said.Rowan almost snatched the phone away from my hand before I could even properly process the message. "What is that, man?" Emrys pushed him back on my behalf."I just wanted to see what is making her so damn curious when we told her that we have a surprise for her." Rowan sagged down his shoulders, moving an inch closer, his eyes still on my hand that I was holding the phone.I rolled out my eyes. With the boys, I had learnt that I had to be more vocal, more stubborn and more like them. I had to speak out for myself most of the time, but once it wasn't just the five of us, they would go out to keep me safe.I was only theirs to be bullied and I had accepted that. "If you keep on doing this, I will stop coming here." I warned and they all burst out laughing, all except for Casper.Since I had entered the car , I had noticed how he talked less, or even participated in whatever games the rest were trying to play. "You are infatuated with us,
Zoey.Their faces, it confirmed those shady text messages were true, there was something that happened last summer. It has to do with me, the boys and from all indication was bad.If they weren't going to tell me about it themselves, then I had to find out my own way. But where was I going to start from? Who will ask or how will I get to the person behind all those texts?"It is a mission that you have to take care of alone, Zoey." I told myself, walking into the school. The eyes of the student fell me as I walked passed them, it was the same thing, they pointed hands at me, like they never needed a reason to move on in their lives."Did you see when Rowan dictated a win to her?" "They are so smitten by her, I wonder what she did to them.""What did she lack from Orion that she has to go to the boys, his rivals?" All sort of accusation flew in from all direction, if you asked me, then I would deny seeing the time that Rowan or anyone of them had dedicated a goal to me. They were all