casual

“You know what..” the boy started after letting out a pathetic sigh. “I’m tired of people for once. You think you meet someone nice and the next thing you know, they’re fucking you and your family over what? Some hurt piss-baby feelings?” Draper took a long swig from his bottle of Corona, licking the bits of lime from his lips. “Bet you’re not like that, huh? At least that’s what you’ll tell me.”

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it honestly amused verona how nervous the other girl was, and she could feel a smile pulling onto her features as she let her gaze trail over mercy’s physique, her smile widening into a grin, “i love it, princess,” she hummed, extending her arms out in a request for the girl to step closer, wanting to be able to see the way the fabric caressed her curves, “turn around for me, i want to see everything.”

she shyly did as she was told, twirling on the tips of her toes as the blush spread further. when verona had given her the gift, mercy wasn’t sure how to feel. of course she wanted to please her, but verona made her so nervous in her own skin like nobody ever had. she was terrified to disappoint. “are you sure? i can always try something else.” closer to the bed her feet moved, fabric swaying with her hips. “i just want to please you.”

sadness was all the young girl felt when she stared at the boy in front of her. his pale complexion, the little moles on his skin, that beautiful face framed by a dark halo of curls - all the little things she admired ;;  it hurt so much to know he wasn’t hers anymore. his words hit her like bullets piercing through her chest and she felt as if she was slowly bleeding out on the dirt below their feet, watching him as everything else faded away from her. gabby knew there was know way she could ever erase him from her life - he was in her blood, rushing through her veins - his name always invading her mind, no matter where she was ;; no matter how drunk, no matter how upset, no matter how much she felt like they were over. he was always going to be with her - forever.  “punishing you would mean punishing myself. i could never hurt you. you punish yourself enough. what happened back then, it doesn’t mean anything anymore. we’re different, i’m passed that, we were getting somewhere. i was going to pr- never mind. that doesn’t matter now.” the australian girl stared at her ex boyfriend with widened eyes. “wh - what? what ? i - don’t understand. you were going to what ? ” before she could ask him anything else - he was already running towards the group. “no, fuck - jace ! “ she gasped, sprinting after him to try and stop him from doing to the predictable - but she was too late. there was a heavy click and a loud groan - james falling to the concrete floor.  “you - you stupid.. stupid fuck.”  the older guy scoffed, standing up and moving himself as close to his best friend as he possibly could without touching him. his eyes narrowed while he started to speak, his hands shaking with anger - squeezing together into big, bruised fists. “say that a million times, jace - go ahead an try to convince yourself she’s going to end up marrying you. pathetic fucking piece of shit - that’s what you are. you bought her a fucking ring, hm? you bought her a fucking ring, haha. you were going to propose to her, hm but what did jacey boy end up doing? he fucked her best friend because he’s too much of a coward to get on his fucking knees.” james laughed, pushing him back against the van, hitting him across the face. a loud cry fell from gabby’s lips, restless hands tugging at james’s arm, trying to get him away from the guy she loved so dearly. “don’t stick up for him, gab - he had sex with me and he told me he loved me too, you know?” the other girl spoke, pulling gabby away from the guys.  gabby was numb – staring at the scene in front of her with tears in her eyes. “he was - going to.. going to propose to me.” she mumbled to herself, her hands shaking as she pushed the other female away from her. james pushed jace back before he finally moved away, still staring at him with narrowed eyes as he continued to speak. “and you know what, jace? game on - i’m sure she’ll never go anywhere near that filthy cock of yours, ever again. she knows where it has been now, hm? i’ll get her - i promise you and i’ll make her moan my name so loud you could hear it from the other side of the camp - right baby?” he turned and grabbed the startled girl by the hand, pulling her away from the scene. “let’s get you away from these two cheaters now, love. ” 

his vision was blurry, but he wasn’t sure if it was the blinding rage or the wind having been knocked out of him that caused it. either way, jace took every ounce of strength he had in his small body and stood to his feet, fists still clenched, knuckles wounded at his sides. “she would’ve said yes you piece of shit,” he snarled, blood filling his mouth and staining his white shirt. he turned to the girl, not much smaller than himself but not the prettiest. she had a slightly crooked nose, a bit more roundness to her face than he liked, but her short black hair framed her face nicely enough that you didn’t notice until you really looked. he wished he didn’t hate her, wished things could just go back to the way they were because jace had liked her at some point, thought she was pretty alright. maybe it was because she was the love of his life’s best friend, but he never thought he could really hate her. until now when all he saw was a snake, out to ruin his life alongside james. “i only said that so you’d shut your fucking mouth. ‘oh, i’ve always loved you jace. you should’ve been with me from the beginning’. you wouldn’t stop fucking talking.” he realized it wasn’t the right thing to admit, not in front of gabby anyway, but he couldn’t help it. he’d never felt such rage before. 

“sort of a bummer considering I don’t really care if you like tohn or not.” finn shot back with a hint of a grin left on his face, he was going to drive gavin up the wall and it was going to be the most satisfying thing to happen to him in quite some time. “anything can be water if you imagine it, how do you think porn stars get through drinking piss? how do you think I get through drinking this completely shit beer?” and with that finn downed the rest of his mug in a few large gulps, he was lying though–– he didn’t need to pretend it was water, he was far too drunk to even have taste as a sense at this point. slamming the mug down on the beer he motioned for a refill, ignoring the death-wished glare from the bartender. “depends, do you like sadists?” finn raised his brows provocatively before turning to pay for his drink and nudging gavin to once again follow him. “water’s yours by the way, since you’re such a baby and what not.” hearing the soft laugh come from the other caused a wide yet somehow shy grin pull at the corners of finns lips but he pushed it away rather quickly to keep up with his act. pathetic. “listen up, tohn.” he was pushing it. “you love banana just as much as i do, don’t hide it. i’m guessing you want another, yeah? regardless though, if you puke on me i might just have to beat you up. the inner apparent sadist in me would just fucking love that. anyway, what’s your favorite color?” getting tired of his prissy facade, he decided to actually get to know the other, he seemed cute enough to keep around for the night at the very least.

finn was doing that thing that gavin hadn’t gotten used to in the short time he’s known him, talking too quickly to follow, and gavin stuttered again. “o-orange, i think.” he wasn’t sure he had a favorite color, but sunsets were his favorite things to photograph so that must’ve meant something. “just not yellow because, ya know, they remind me of-” he paused for a moment and looked around the bar, leaning in slowly to whisper in his ear as if someone was listening in, “-bananas.” his face showed mock horror at the mere thought before he quickly brushed it off with a laugh. “what’s yours? you seem like a red kind of guy, if you don’t count black as a color, that is. if you do, definitely black.” 

gabby tried her best to hide her tears, wiping them away from her ocean blue eyes before turning to face him.  she simply didn’t want to show him it actually hurt her – even though it must have been quite obvious it did. “don’t you fucking call me gabs - i’m not your fucking gabs anymore.” her words were cold as ice as she jerked her hand away from his gentle grasp. “she’s one of my best friends, jace - out of all people you decided to shag her. you must really fucking hate me.” the australian girl shook her head in disbelief, her accent thick as ever as she tried to stop herself from breaking down in front of him. “don’t fucking touch me.” she cried out, hitting his hand away from her hair. “you disgust me - i’m not your friend. you’re not my friend - none of you are my friends.” with that, gabby started crying again. she simply couldn’t hold back another set of tears - her lower lip curling into a pout, even though she tried her hardest to stop.  the blonde took a deep, shaky breath - heavy eyelids closing for a moment - granting her time to pull herself together. she could feel her heart break into a million pieces. it was almost like someone jerked it straight out of her chest - violently tossed it around and pushed it back inside of her body. she was numb - and she knew, god - she knew she was going to say things she didn’t mean. of course - the young girl knew her ex boyfriend wasn’t a bad person. hell, he was the greatest man in her eyes ;; but the anger inside of her small figure was hard to hold back. especially with the girl shouting at the both of them from a little distance. “come on, gabby! don’t be a fucking cock block ! you know james would like to fuck you - you’re hot, you don’t have to be alone ! ” the high-pitched voice only made her skin crawl. “if she doesn’t shut up i’m seriously going to hurt somebody - fuck.” gabby groaned. she opened her eyes and looked at jace, trying to meet his gaze. “i can’t believe i actually thought this trip was going to bring us back together…” she sniffed. “it’s good to know you moved on - i want to go home now. i just want to go back to  australia - i’m so fucking done with this. i want to go home.” she cried, moving her hands up to her face. “fuck you for doing this to us - fuck you. ” she paused. “was this my punishment for hurting you in the past ? fucking look at me - don’t be a fucking coward.”  she raised her voice. “ any good? i knew you’d fuck her - you’re so fucking predictable.” 

jace could feel his body go cold. “you’ll always be my gabs.” it came out much softer than intended, but she had always been his weak spot. he was a fighter, but with her he couldn’t find the motivation to yell or scream or fight his way back to her. “we’ve been through so much, how could you say i’m not your friend? i fucked up, i get that.” he took a beat, stepping as close to her as she’d let him. “but i know everything about you. everything that makes you tick. everything that makes you happy. i know i make you happy, gabs. maybe not right now, maybe not for a long time, but i have and i always will.” the fight in jace was getting weaker and weaker the more he spoke. “you’re my other half. whether i have you the way i want or not, you make me who i am.” his voice was borderline pleading, but when he heard her the words come from her mouth, something inside of him broke. ‘was this my punishment?’ he looked at her like she was the softest thing he’d ever seen, a fragile bird or something else cliche. “punishing you would mean punishing myself. i could never hurt you. you punish yourself enough. what happened back then, it doesn’t mean anything anymore. we’re different, i’m passed that, we were getting somewhere. i was going to pr- never mind. that doesn’t matter now.” his head was spinning and he couldn’t find the right words, couldn’t find anything strong enough to show her how sorry he was. 

‘come on, gabby! don’t be a fucking cock block! you know james would like to fuck you - you’re hot, you don’t have to be alone!’