Chapter 32: Chapter 32

Giselle's POV:

I woke up the next day in Dina's bed. Damn, my head was spiraling with a speed of light, my body felt weak as I tried to take a grip over my posture.

"I am glad you are up, drink this." Dina, who seemed to be waiting for me to get up, passed me a smile and handed me a remedy for the hungover. Her eyes had bags under them, has she been crying, or was it a simple outcome of being drunk?

"You okay?" I asked, stretching my neck. I don't know what happened last night, but it felt like I have lost something, hope it's not my virginity.

"Yeah!" she refused to look me in the eye and that's when I knew something was terribly wrong. I stayed seated on the bed and with a very fragile movement, wrapped a blanket around my body.

"What happened last night?" I questioned, watching her face in terror. She tapped her foot on the floor considering if she should tell me or not.

"You were drunk and then I brought you home." She lied while stealing eyes from me and sat down on the couch with her head drowned.

"Is everything between Sid and you okay?" I had a feeling that something went wrong. I swear if Sid hurt her I'll become his worst nightmare.

"Yup!" She nodded, keeping her head down, "actually we decided we are not gonna move past friendship." She zipped her lips into a tight line immediately after sputtering the horrendous news and avoided to cry. Obviously, it didn't sound like a mutual decision. Looking at her broke my heart, I rushed in her direction and embraced her. This poor girl has been through breakups left, right, I wondered what happened this time.

"But why?" I inquired in a murmur and patted her back while not breaking the hug.

"He can't trust me." She mumbled and hugged me back, "There is also something I want to let you know Elle before anybody tells you anything." She stated and I pulled back to scan her face. She was hesitant to talk about something that was bothering her this bad.

"What is it?" I asked, tracking back to the bed and crossing my legs as I got comfortable.

"Something happened last night and I feel like you deserve to know," She answered and cleared her throat, "You did something terrible, Elle terrible last night." She hid her face in her hands and whispered in her palms.

"What?" Terror struck me, what did I do so bad? I was shivering at the thought of the worst things. She told me everything, the whole time my mind was just shaking. I did that? I did all of that. From deciding to kiss Steven to ending up saying all those things to him, It did feel like I was using him from what I told him in a drunk state, but it wasn't the truth.

"No, no, no!" I shook my head in quick moves, I was too surprised to keep myself calm. "I didn't mean any of that, I don't know why I did that to him, but---," I was rambling when Dina patted my back with a disappointment on her face.

"It did sound like that." She was sad for me, and at this point, it felt like my actions led to her breakup, but she would never blame me for that, she never did.

"Listen, the day Steven dropped me home and they all accused me of sleeping with him, I was terrified. I definitely didn't like Steven that time, not even as a friend because you know things happened, so all night I was crying and making these statements and excuses in my mind to tell them to Tucker or Lauren. Maybe the drunk me just spat them out since I had kept them inside for too long." tears sprung down my eyes and sobs left my lips silently, "I was devastated, that house, the people in there have always called me good names and when they began calling me a s*** and everything, I was scared." I was crying, my eyes itching because of tears.

"I understand you, Elle, they have made sure you grow up like this, they made sure their single word affects you bad, but I don't know what's going on in Steven's head at this moment." She stated and my heart felt the pain, was he hating me now? Was he never going to talk to me now?

"I will talk to him," I mumbled and Dina quickly grabbed my hand to have my attention.

"But don't mention that liking part," she lowered her eyes, what was she hiding?

"Why? Did he say something?" I asked, wanting to have eye contact.

"He said he never liked you because he didn't want to look like a fool, so I don't know how long he will take to come out of his shell again," she didn't wanna look at me since she knew I will be hurt.

"Oh! It's okay, there was nothing between us anyways." I didn't know why it hurt so bad, but no matter what he says back after I apologize to him, I won't argue about it because I have messed up royally.

"Do you wanna go now?" Dina nervously watched me as I wore my shoes.

"Yes! I am not letting him be in this pain because of me." I mumbled and grabbed her hand to go with me. We ended up going back to the tunnel. On our site was Sid, he didn't even let us enter the tunnel.

"Move aside!" Dina muttered at Sid, who tilted his head to the right and kept glaring at me while I awkwardly looked away.

"Sid, behave." It was Steven, he yelled from inside the tunnel and slowly got up, coming out and looking at Dina, but avoiding me.

"They are welcomed here." He smiled, acting as nothing happened.

"I came to talk to you," I stated, everybody, looked at me. Sid scoffed and rolled his eyes, but as soon as his eyes met Steven's, he gulped hesitantly and looked away.

"If it's about last night, chill girl," Steven smirked, looking away and smiling, I bet it was an act, but he clearly was mad at me, this fake smile of his was giving me anxiety.

"Can we talk or not?" I muttered in annoyance, Sid glared at me for talking like that to his friend, but I ignored him. He was being nosey for no reason. Like I get it, Steven was his friend and his loyalty was on Steven's side, but he was acting like this jealous, overprotective boyfriend.

"Okay." Steven's smile faded away and he raised his brow, walking ahead of me. We walked till we were a little far from the tunnel and stopped to talk.

"I didn't use your friendship," I said and he nodded.

"Okay," he faked a smile again, what? Why was he being so difficult, it isn't like we were dating or something.

"Okay, cool. Don't act as I hurt you, we weren't dating or something." It left my mouth abruptly, damn I was pissed.

"Glad we weren't, plus, one thing you all need to know," His bitc*** side came out, "I am not looking for a relationship, just friendship," He muttered and raised his brow as he looked to the side. So, that was it, he was giving me a hint that even if I had a slight of feelings for him, I shouldn't think about them, or was he just scared of getting rejected? I get it that he was hurt, and probably thinking that he will never be with someone who has someone else in her heart. Why was he making it seem like I was hitting on him just to get close to Tucker?

"Okay," I mumbled, "Sid shouldn't have broken up with Dina," I stated and Steven shook his head, closing his eyes and trying to process through all of that.

"He did what?" He pulled his ear close to me and one thing that I can see was his red cheek, he would always turn red in cold.

"He broke up with her," I repeated myself, but in a whisper. Can he like not get too close?

Weird confession, even though we were arguing, I felt this urge to leave a peck on his cute red cheek.

"She doesn't deserve any of this." He muttered and turned around to probably have a word with Sid, Dina too followed him by his instructions, but I was ignored by him for the rest of the debate.

I deserve this!

I didn't feel like I was welcomed there anymore, so I let them have a conversation while I decided to go back home. I took the uber home and didn't turn around, I have messed up bad. My heart was aching so damn bad that I couldn't even make eye contact with anyone. Entering the house, I didn't acknowledge who was present in my surrounding, keeping my head down and marching towards the staircase, I just wanted to escape everyone's eyes.

"You okay?" I halted in my tracks when Tucker's voice fell on my eardrums. I turned around to make sure if he was talking to me and yes, he was standing down the stairs, watching my face.

He climbed the stairs till he approached me and deepened the stare in my eyes.

"Did someone hurt you?" he whispered, not even blinking. So my friendship with Steven ended and Tucker is back in my life? What is happening to me? Why can't I make up my mind about leaving and forgetting Tucker, why is he my top priority?