Chapter 25: 23. 𝒷𝒶𝒹 𝒽𝒶𝒷𝒾𝓉

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"I'll see you at the All Valley nerd" Eli yelled threateningly at Demetri through the panicked crowd.

Everyone was running around, trying to escape the cops and I was trying to find someone that I could leave with but it was useless; I've tried calling Sam and Skylar multiple times, but they weren't picking up which stressed me out even more.

I see Eli running from the corner of my eye. I tried to follow him, but I quickly lost track because of everyone cutting me off. I decided to run inside and hide in a room until the cops left; Hopefully, I won't get caught.

As I was running inside, I thankfully saw Eli getting into the bathroom before slamming the door and locking himself in. I walked towards the door and knocked urgently.

"Leave me the fuck alone" He said angrily. He didn't know it was me, but even if he did, I didn't think it would've made a big difference. I heard unexpected sobs coming from the inside.

Was he crying?

"Eli, it's me" I sighed hoping it would make a difference.

"Y/n?"

"Eli please let me in, I have nowhere else to go" I begged before the door opened instantly.

The next thing I knew, he grabbed me by the wrist and pulled me in, in a quick motion.

"Are you okay?" He looked over my face and my arms concerned, checking for any kind of bruise. His eyes were filled with water and his face was covered red.

"Yeah, I am" I exhale a breath. "Are you?" I asked worried.

"Oh, uh yeah" He swiftly wiped his tears before looking down embarrassed.

He certainly wasn't

"You can tell me, Eli, it's me..." I tried to reassure him.

No matter how bad he was, the soft spot I had for him was bigger than my hatred for the things he had done.

He looked up at me with those eyes that could melt anyone while a single tear fell from his eye.

I opened my mouth to say something, but quickly, he cut me off by connecting our lips.

Sure, I was surprised at first, but it was a feeling I had missed so much. It was a feeling I had craved.

Both of our mouths were dancing together while his hands gently cupped my cheeks.

My knees got weak at how addictively he invaded all of my senses and my space. His sweet taste silenced all my thoughts until I could only think of one thing;

Eli, Eli, Eli, Eli, Eli.....

His chest was pressed firmly against mine; Our bodies were attached to a point were they couldn't be any more closer, which made me backed up until i hit the wall.

I gasped before his tongue barely grazed mine while his fingers sank into my thigh making him groan.

The kiss became progressively aggressive while he pulled me by my waist and I inserted my hands underneath his shirt making him smirk against my mouth.

How can someone be this attractive?

I heard a weird noise and pulled away swiftly before Eli put his hand over my mouth and a finger over his signing to be quiet.

shit.

"Is anyone in here? The cops left"

It was moon.

Eli took off his hand from my face and we both exhaled from relief. Eli opened the door.

We were faced with a wide eyed moon. I guess our red faces and my messed up hair didn't send a great message.

Oh and maybe my lipstick all over Eli's lips didn't help either...

"Oh uh hey you guys" Moon laughed nervously before I awkwardly waved back.

"I'm gonna find the others" Her faced turned red while she turned and walked away drunkly.

I looked at Eli and we both let out a small chuckle.

"Come here" I signed to him while walking towards the bathroom sink. He followed.

"You got something on your face" I laughed while grabbing a makeup wipe. He looked at his reflection.

"Well that's embarrassing" He scoffed playfully.

I gently glided the wipe across his face while both our eyes met making my heart flutter.

"Do you like him better than me?" Eli broke the happy silence the moment I had finished.

"What?" My brows furrowed.

"Robby, do you like him more than me?" He asked again, his insecurities showing.

"I don't like Robby, not like that" I simply said while he tried to fight off a little smirk.

"Oh, so you like me like that?" His smirked grew wider before I rolled my eyes half playfully.

"I shouldn't like you at all." I sighed.

"But you do?" He half asked, getting closer.

I shouldn't, but I do.

"We shouldn't do this Eli-"

"There's something about you y/n, it drives me mad. I swear you keep me up all night and the nights that I can finally sleep, you find your way into my dreams." He interrupted leaving me speechless.

"I-I know that l don't deserve you y/n and that I shouldn't want you like I do... but I do." He shrugged disappointingly while looking down.

There was a long pause.

"Kreese says that you're my weakness and that I should let you go, but seeing you with him, with Robby, I realized; nothing makes me stronger than you y/n" He exhaled.

"That's the problem Eli, you listen to Kreese too much..." I mumbled. I felt bad saying this after what he had just confessed, but it had to be said.

He shook his head and opened his mouth.

"He changed you" I letted out. His face grew intense.

"Good. You don't even know all the shit I went through at school; I would get beat up for absolutely nothing, I couldn't even walk to my next class without being called names, everyone hated me, especially me."

I could see the emotions and the sadness building in his face while I tried to keep my composure.

"Yeah, and now you're the bully" I held back tears.

"No one liked me, let alone loved me when I was nobody!"

" I did Eli, I did!" I roughly pointed to my chest.

He stayed silent while my frustration grew.

"God I'm so sick and tired of this" I sighed. "My brain screams that you're bad for me and that I should just let you go but my foolish heart longs for you every single moment"

"We have been here before Eli; You constantly give me fake hope that maybe you finally realized just what you become, and that you've decided to change... but in the end it's just the same thing over and over."  I added disappointingly.

I waited for him to say something but nothing came out.

"I can't trust you anymore" I took my bag and left before walking outside.

Even though a big part of me wanted to stay.

I soon realized that there's no one to drive me back home; Moon drank way too much, and well my other friends left a while ago.

Why do I always put myself in situations like these?

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