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Selena looks atlike an idiot and I bite back a sizes "This guy--"

"Fuck that You owe roan incoherently in agreement

"I don’t owe you shit" Selena replies

Selena isn’t one to avoid a bar fight (or so she says) so I tug on Selena’s hand There’s no way I’ht in these heels Scratch that, there’s no way I’ht, period I haven’t had one inand I don’t want to start now "It’s no big deal, Sel Just replace her drink"

"No"

The blonde steps forward in an atte I mean, she isn’t much taller than me and her make-up is done horridly, like a clown at a carnival

"Replace My Fucking Drink"

Selena steps toward the girl and I run around her, bravely throwing irl "I’ll replace your drink What were you drinking?"

"Gin and tonic"

I tell the bartender and he whips one up When he hands it to irl Her dark eyes survey me and then the drink After a few seconds, she s in relief Thank God that’s over Before I turn to Selena, the blonde clown slides the drink off the bar and it crashes atmy toes Seth is at my side instantly, his hand planted firer burns insideface Selena steps around irl hard "What the hell is your problem?" She shouts

The rando forward at Selena I don’t knohat happened the next thing I know, irl in the jaw She goes down hard and I stand over her, do her jaw Her eyes are shiny with tears,me feel like shit Oh, fuck What have I done? I openarhs under his breath, throwing me over his shoulder

I craneSelena whose whooping and yelling at the girl I punched

I punched a girl

In the face

I close h irl was going to hit Selena and I just reacted Crap What the hell was I thinking?

I don’t open h we’re outside, Seth doesn’t put me down and I don’t want hi zapper with a huge ed in it My hands shake and I flex them in an attempt to steady them, but it fails We round the corner of the club and officially enter the car park when Seth sets htly The shots have hithis cocky slare back at him

"Don’t sers throughto go to prison"

He laughs loudly and steadies oing to prison That girl was too drunk to realize as happening"

His war hand He pulls it to his lips, placing soft kisses alongcloser to him

I can make out his irises under the street la into mine with such intensity His smile still hasn’t left his face and the way he looks at me thrillshis lips to ainst hilides under the low cut fabric ofdown the center of rowl eh ainst hi her hands in the air

Seth withdraws fro his hand froain as Jackson sets Selena down on the concrete Seth steps away as Selena launches herself at , skinny arms wrap around my neck and she alirl for htly and presses her (solossed) lips to my cheek

"I don’t want to talk about it" I whine "Can we get out of here?"

Selena frowns "What about the other guys?"

Jackson shrugs "They’re busy They’ll find their oay hoh the car park and climb into Seth’s car Selena and Jackson kiss and moan all the way to my apartment and as soon as we pull up I’et away fro noises I fetch a bottle of water froe and head to my room Seth follows closely behind and shuts my door behind him I sit the water on the bedside table and kick s I can hear Selena and Jackson talking and laughing in the next room Thank God I don’t have work toht Seth comes up behinders hook around the he the fabric slip off my body and pool around my feet I’m naked now The only piece of cloth that covers me is et under the covers as Seth switches out the light I hear hi off his own clothes before he climbs into bed In the darkness, his war me shudder