ROWAN •dobrik•

Chapter Eight

I got through the bouncer. I don't know if he just liked my tits or if he actually believed I was 21. It didn't really matter. All that mattered is that I'm inside and I didn't get caught.

When I walked in to meet everyone else, it seemed as if all eyes were on me, whether I knew the person or not. I don't understand why I was so nervous about people thinking I was trying too hard. If anything, I should be nervous about all of the attention I was getting.

I've never drunk alcohol before...no wait that's a lie. I had one shot of tequila during the Fourth of July...anyways, I've never gotten like blackout drunk before. Now was my chance and I still wasn't going to take it. Why?

Because the whole thought of being so intoxicated to where I don't remember what even happened the day before is just not appealing to me. Some people are about that life, I'm not. I hope you all aren't all about that life.

9:34 PM

I took my seat around the table, squished between Scotty on my right and Corinna on my left. I didn't really talk to Corinna that often, mostly because I was never around when she was. It's not that I hated her or anything, I've just never really gotten a chance to sit down and have a conversation with her.

Scotty on the other hand, was like the older brother I wish I had. Sure, at times he was kind of silly and forgetful, but that's why I love him. Scotty and I bucked like siblings, and I couldn't be more happier that we do.

I'm guessing tonight was the night I actually bonded with Corinna, because she looked at me before looking at me up and down in awe.

"You look stunning, Rowan," she said, grabbing my forearm with a smile on her face. I smiled back at her, grabbing onto her forearm as well.

"Whatever, you're more stunning than I will ever be," I protested, and she laughed in reply.

"Oh come on. Everyone loves you, even David's staring at you from across the table," she whispered to me. My head snapped to look towards the other side of the table, and sure enough, Corinna was right. David's eyes stared into mine longer than they should have. I smiled at him and he smiled back before we both broke our gaze away from each other.

I didn't know I was breathing until I began to gasp for air. Corinna laughed before realization came to her and she gasped. She grabbed onto my shoulders and began to shake me. My eyes widened and I just stared at her. What did I do?

"What," I asked her slowly, that only made her shake me more. I had to grab onto her shoulders to make her stop.

"I knew it," she hissed at me before squealing. My eyes widened and my cheeks felt like they were going to explode. I grabbed her arm and got up from my seat, scrambling through everyone's legs before leading Corinna to the lobby.

I glanced back at the group, who had odd looks on their faces. I gave them a small smile before disappearing behind the wall.

"Listen," I started, pointing a finger at her. "You can't tell anyone, especially David." Corinna poured a little before crossing her arms over her chest.

"But why? It's not like you were hiding it really well, everyone knows you like him," she said, my whole face drained of color. I bit my lip and lightly kicked my feet around. My eyes fixated for he floor as I played with my fingers.

"It's..it's that obvious huh," I mumbled, she sighed and patted my back.

"Well if it makes you feel any better, it's just as obvious that he likes you too." My head shot up.

"You think so," I replied, and I mentally ringed as I heard how desperate I sounded.

I will say it again, being a lovesick teenager is fucking gross.

"Think so? Rowan, we all know so," she reassured me and I smiled at her. I hugged her tight and buried my head in my arms. Happy tears spring from my eyes. Maybe I do have a chance after all. She hugged me back, and I heard her chuckle quietly. "I think this is the first time we've ever hugged." I laughed a little as we pulled away, quickly looking up to suck all of the tears back into my eyes.

"Why are you...why are you looking up," Corinna asked and even looked up with me, as if there was something on the ceiling.

"I need to cry but uhm...my foundation was literally fifty dollars so," I replied.

I spent a lot of time getting ready and i wasn't about to ruin it because I'm a fucking crybaby.

I stood there for another thirty seconds before breathing out.

"Okay I'm good, we can go back in there now," I said and Corinna laughed before walking towards the casino again. "Hey Corinna?"

She looked back at me, "Yeah Rowan?" I smiled at her and linked arms with her.

"Thank you."

We both smiled wide each other before walking into the casino and towards the table. I felt someone grab my arm and pull me to them. I looked down to see it was David. He ushered me down to meet his height.

"Is everything alright," he whispered in my ear, looking up at me with concern in his eyes. I smiled at him and the concern vanished and was replaced with relief.

"Everything's fine, I promise. Stop worrying about me, this is your night," I giggled, ruffling his hair a little bit. He smiled a little before pulling me closer.

"Doesn't mean I can't worry about you, I'll always worry about you." I bit my lip as I stared into his eyes. He gave me a small smile before leaning up and kissing my temple. "If there's anything wrong, I want you to come to me, alright?"

I nodded a little in reply before walking back to my seat. I breathed out heavily and collapsed against the table.

As if that wasn't the most intense moment ever.

1092 Words

I'm alive I promise! School started for me last August and I have been overwhelmed with very tough classes this year, and I refused to drop them because I'm an overachiever. I'm almost on fall break, so that'll be open to update as much as I want(hopefully)

Also, if you all are low key gay trash like me and also enjoy supernatural you should check out my new story bc I'm Uhm desperate for love haha ✌️

Also some of this might not be exactly time accurate so I apologize-