~CHAPTER 30~

*•*•*•I threw the first punch, and the first rat comment•*•*•*

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"And I win." I say still remaining undefeated at beer pong. After I saw the beer pong table I went straight to it, played a couple of games and won all of them. After that May and I went to get a drink, danced and I went back to the pong table where I just won another game. We walked back to the living room and sat down on a couch.

"I'm gonna go grab some air." I yell over the music so May can hear me and she nods and goes to dance. I walk outside and see a lot of people in the pool. The pool is close by the house and then there's a Jacuzzi right next to the pool. I sit on the lounge chairs and take a sip of my drink. I see Chase in the lounge chairs that are on the other side of the pool. I stand up walking over to him and he looks up at me.

"Come to get air?" He asks

"Yeah the air in there was suffocating me." He nods and makes space so I can sit with him. But instead I sit in front of him and rest my back against his chest. Did I forget to mention that I was a bit drunk? Oops.

"You comfortable?" He ask chuckling and I shake my head.

"Nope." I can feel the vibrations of his chuckles and it sends tingles down my spine.

"Why was the air suffocating you princess?" he ask stroking my hair and I relax.

"It always does at parties. Doesn't it happen to you?"

"Sometimes."

"Yeah me too." I sigh. We sit in silence for a while until I decided to get up and grab his hand dragging him inside the house. "Let's go get a drink." I say and he shakes his head.

"I'm not drinking Addie."

"Why not?" I frown

"Somebody has to drive all of your drunk asses back to Henderson."

"Ooh smart" I gasp really loudly making some heads turn out way. "Oh my god, who will drive my car back?"

"I'll ask Cole he isn't drinking either." I nod in reliefe and keep walking towards the kitchen to get my drink. I feel a tap on my shoulder and turn to see Max right behind me.

"Maximus! What are you doing here?" He smiles at me and kisses my cheek.

"I was invited." He states laughing I laugh with him, but then remember I was mad at him.

"Nope, I'm still mad at you." I grab a beer and Chase takes it out of my hands.

"Nope you've had enough." He says and hands it to somebody that passed us by. I frown and he shrugs his shoulders. I turn around and see that Max is still there.

"Look I'm sorry I was jealous and I got mad, but can we leave it in the past?"

"I suggest you talk to her when she's sober." Chase says and I nod in agreement while Max glares at him.

"I can talk to her whenever I want to talk to her."

"I agree with Chase. I don't want to have this conversation right now." I say and he finally gives up. I turn around to grab a water and crash into someone making him spill all of his beer on me. "Damn it."

"Here you go." Chase hands me a napkin and I start dabbing my halter bra top. I'm about to go grab another napkin, when this time I bump into a back, but the beer doesn't spill on me but on Chase. Aren't we just clumsy today?

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"I thought it would last a little longer." I say. After the dude that spilled beer on Chase apologized I dragged Chase into one of the million bathrooms that they have in this house to get cleaned up.

"What would?" he was currently shirtless, washing his shirt in the sink, I was sat in the bathroom counter wearing a shirt I found in my car. My other shirt was with Chases' soaking in water.

"My costume."

"Well not to worry because your costume will be clean in about 20 minutes." He says and I nod. We stay silent for a while, and I look around the room my eyes landing on Chase's chest for the second time tonight. I mean you can't blame me he's a very attractive person. He clears his throat making me look up into his eyes that were already looking at me. Busted. "I'm going to go get you some water."

"But you're shirtless." I point out the obvious.

"Right." He says and sits down on the side of the bathtub that was in front of me. We sit there for a while just enjoying the silence between us. He smiles at me and I give him a confused look.

"What?" I ask him smiling back.

"Nothing you just have a pretty smile that's all."

"Thank you. I was voted best smile in the first grade." He nods and stands up coming closer to me. "What are you doing?"

"Checking on the shirts." He says and stands next to me in front of the sink. His hand grazed mine when he went to check on the clothes. My breathing becomes uneven. Why I have not one clue, I can't explain it. And soon enough I found myself in the same position I was two weeks ago. I still wasn't sure who leaned in maybe it was me. Chase was now standing in front of me leaning in. A little closer and our lips would touch. I put my hands on his chest and speak.

"Chase." His body pressed up against mine, his breath equally heavy

"Princess." He looks down at my lips and I take a sharp breath.

"We can't do this." I whisper and he shakes his head.

"I know."

"I'm dating Max." He sighs and drops his head on my shoulder.

"I'm sorry." He says and takes a few steps back.

"It's okay."

"No it's not, I shouldn't have done that."

"Chase, it's okay." I tell him looking into his eyes. He looks away and I just know tomorrow is going to be awkward.

"I think it's been twenty minutes." He says draining the shirts. I hop off of the counter nodding as he drained the water out of the shirts. He hands me my shirt and I thank him quietly.

"Can you turn around please?" he nodded turning around and I started to put on my now clean and a little damp shirt. I struggle a bit with the back and sigh out in frustration. "I- I need help, I'm struggling a little bit with the back." He comes up behind me looking at me through the mirror, and helps me with the back of the shirt. I mumble a thank you and he nods opening the door. I need a drink.

"Hey babe you want a drink?" May says appearing out of nowhere.

"It's like you read my mind." We walk in the direction of the kitchen. She got herself a beer and I told her to get me something stronger. She got me a shot glass and a bottle of tequila. Perfect. Meredith Grey style. I left the shot glass in the kitchen and brought the bottle of tequila with me, holding it close to me as if it were to disappear any moment now.

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I'm drunk. I was just stating the fucking obvious by now. I danced with May, I danced with Lizzie, I danced with any boy I saw, hell I even danced with a fucking cushion. I made some bad decisions too. Example, I was drunk out of my mind and I marched right up to Max, who I was determined to find, and told him that he was forgiven, I don't even remember what I was forgiving him for, but I know I forgave him.

I then took him to the dance floor and danced with him because apparently I wasn't finished dancing yet. From across the dance floor I saw Chase laughing with some girl. I just watched him. I bet she's Noticing how beautiful his laugh is. It's really beautiful, it's like music to my ears when I'm having a bad day. It warms my heart every time he laughs. He doesn't do it often, does that mean my heart isn't warm often. Does that mean I have hypothermia every time he doesn't laugh? Oh my God I think I do.

I turn to max and I can't stop the words that come out of my mouth. "Do you get hypothermia when you don't hear me laugh?" he chuckles at that and shakes his head.

"What?" he asks looking at me as if I were crazy, which I probably am.

"Hypothermia. Do you get that when I don't laugh?"

"I don't know what you're talking about." He says brushing a hair behind my ear.

Just drop it Maddie he doesn't know what's going through your head.

Yeah I'm just gonna drop it.

"I don't either." I fake laugh and go back to dancing with him. After a while I got tired of dancing and went outside to get some air. I laid down on top of one of those chairs what are they called? Long chairs. Yeah that's it.

I sit here enjoying the silence and the coldness of the gentle breeze. That silence and coldness doesn't last long though because as soon as I closed my eyes I heard some bottles clinking from somewhere in the backyard. I look for the source of the sound and see a tall, large guy walking across the backyard finishing off his beer.

"Hey I'm trying to enjoy the quiet over here."

Shut the fuck up me.

"I don't give a fuck princess." The guy slurs coming a little into the light.

"Don't call me that." I yell at the stranger trying to call me by the nickname that only Chase can call me.

"Whatever baby cakes." The pig says now walking towards me.

"You can't call me that either."

"Why the hell not?" he says standing in front of the long chair now. Only now have I noticed that we were alone. Where the fuck did all the people that were in the pool go?

"Because it's rude as fuck and totally sexist you asshole." I stand up on top of the wooden lounging chair.

Lounging chair that's what it's called.

Not the time.

Then make the time

Dude you're not supposed to be arguing with me. You're supposed to be arguing with him.

Anyways I stood up on the wooden lounging chair so I was face to face with this dude.

"Yeah? What you gonna do about it sweet cheeks." I don't even know what I'm doing when I throw the first punch. Why the hell would I do that? The moment my fist connected with this dudes face my whole arm stung. "You stupid fucking bitch." He slapped me hard and I pounced on him. What the fuck is wrong with me I'm not a violent person unless I have to be.

Well technically in this moment you have to be because this motherfucker slapped you.

Yeah? Well technically this motherfucker slapped me because I punched him.

"Don't call me a bitch you fucking wet rat." Is that considered an insult?

I don't know just go with it.

He punched me in the face and that one hurt like a mother trucker. We were practically rolling around in the ground punching each other. He got the worst part of it, but still he fucking punched me twice.

"Son of a bitch that hurt."

"Yeah, and you deserved it too, bitch." He went yo hit me again, but before he did I kick him in the balls and start walking away really fast. Well more like limping away as fast as I could, because he may have kick my shin resulting in it feeling like my fucking tibia is broken. I limp towards the bathroom, but a hand on my writs stops me turning me around.

"Addie?" I hear Chase's voice. "Oh my god Addie." He takes his phone out dialing someone's number holding me close to his chest. "Gather everyone and meet me by my car... Addie was beaten up... The fucking hospital... I'll meet all of you at my car... Bye." He says all of these things walking out of the house and on the way to his car. When we get to his car he hands me a hoodie of his that smells like him. Well it obviously smells like him if it's his. Now is the first time that I realize that we have the same car. Only his is red and mine is black. "Who did this to you?"

"Some asshole I saw in the backyard. It's honestly my fault. I threw the first punch, and the first rat comment."

"It doesn't matter if you threw the first fucking heel at his face he shouldn't have punched a woman." He said touching my cheek which most probably had a cut on it. I wince when it stung where he touched me, and he immediately drew his hand away from my face

"You should see the other guy. His between the legs region with never be the same." He shakes his head.

"I'll be right back" he closes the door walking towards everybody. I let my head fall on the head rest of the passenger seat and sleep takes over me. I know I probably shouldn't sleep right now because I might have a possible concussion, but I don't care. I'm just really tired.

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AUTHOR'S NOTE

Hey humans here is Chapter thirty. It's a good one. I pictured the ending a little bit differently in my mind. She was supposed to just punch the guy, but I may have gotten carried away. Anyways tell me about your thoughts and opinions for this chapter. Did you like it? Do you think she should've kissed Chase? I don't know just tell me. Also who here gets the same type of hypothermia Maddie gets?

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I love all of you. And I will hopefully be seeing all of you next Friday. Byeee