The Vixen (College Life #2)

Her name is Lily Reece and she likes a brown-haired girl with poor grammar

Vatica's P.O.V-

A day before the carnival...

"Eat the pickle."

"No!"

"You love pickles."

"I never said that!" I push the pickle back into Adrian's hand, laughing when he puts the pickle in his mouth and almost chokes. I fall back on my pillow, trying to hold myself together but can't.

"I forgot how mean you are." He grumbles.

I get myself together, "Wasn't that my greatest trait?" I asked, sitting back up and taking a bite out of the chicken salad I got from the school's cafeteria.

"I would say your beauty was your greatest trait, but that would be inappropriate to say now that we aren't together."

"Yeah, it would be."

For the past couple of days, Adrian has been keeping me company. It started when I left the restaurant by breaking things off with Danny, my eyes were swollen and snot running down my nose, I ran into him in the Science building parking lot. He was talking to a couple of friends when he saw me, he was so angry thinking that someone hurt me, I assured him no one did.

He ushered his friends off and drove me home, I didn't feel comfortable telling him what happened between Danny and me, it's too personal. He didn't bother asking me again, just turned on soft music as he focused on the road. I knew that he knew it had something to do with Danny, but he let it go. I rested my head against the window, trying to calm myself down.

When he dropped me off at the sorority house, he refused to leave me alone, saying that even though we aren't a thing anymore, he still cared about me and my wellbeing. I let him lay on my futon while I curled up on my bed, keeping my blue dress on and falling asleep to the sound of Adrian watching Storage Wars on my TV, he always liked that show.

I woke up that morning to black mascara stuck on my cheeks and my hair tangled up. The first thing I saw was Adrian sprawled out over my futon, with no shirt or pants on, just his boxer shorts. The small rays of sun came through the window, shining down on his bronze skin.

For a moment, just a moment, I wonder what it would have been like if I hadn't kissed Danny and stayed with Adrian. Or if Danny decided to pick Annie over me, would I have been happy with him? I'm dumb enough to think that because I already know the answer, no. No, he wouldn't have made me smile and laugh or crave as Danny does.

After that day of his staying over, he made time in his schedule to come and see me. He showed up outside of my class, took me to get coffee before my morning class, and took me out to lunch. He also watched House of Gucci with me over and over again, at one point he started talking like Maurizio Gucci. The accent was bad but made me happy, nonetheless.

He did a good job of taking my mind off Danny.

When I was walking out of my morning lecture, I got an alert on my phone about reporting to the lab for Danny's research trials. I sat in the front of the building for an hour, contemplating whether I should go or stay away. He would probably not like me coming and what would I say to him? I stayed away and tried my darn best to stay away from checking the results on how everything went.

I focused on myself.

I woke up on time, setting a timer on my phone to make sure I had enough time to work out and get ready for the day. I showed up to all my classes on time, did the work, and passed my test and quizzes. It wasn't as easy as I was making it seem.

Danny was the one to help me prepare for these things, giving me pep talks as he kissed away my worries. I had to ask Josha for help, she drove me fucking insane but still helped me pass my test. Nadine spent most of the time just watching us argue while she painted her toes. She made me write everything out repeatedly and sprayed me with water when I got an answer wrong, at one point I would flinch when I got an answer wrong.