Starting Over.

#4 Celebrating coming home pt. 2

Malia’s POV. 

“If I could rearrange the alphabet, I’d put ‘U’ and ‘I’ together.” Blake said.. he’s been throwing cheesy pick up line after me most of the night. 

“Dude, you really gotta find new material.” I laughed. I think it’s fun that he flirts like this. I haven’t really responded seriously to any of it. I have a boyfriend after all.. so all I can do is just laugh.. 

“Next round is on me.” I said getting up from my stool. “What is everybody having?” I added. 

After getting everyones order. I went to the bar. I didn’t have to wait long before the bartender came up to me. 

“What can I get you beautiful?” He winked. 

“Hi, thanks.. I need 4 beers, something called a hungry moose?? And I’ll have a Long Island ice tea and a shot of tequila please..” I said smiling at him. 

“Make that two shots.” I heard Damon behind me. 

“Figured you could use a hand.” He added looking at me. 

“Sure, thanks.” I said shrugging.

“Here’s your shots.” The bartender said. 

“Cheers.” Damon said taking his shot from the counter. 

“Cheers.” I said before downing it all in one go. We stood there waiting for the drinks, it was starting to get kind of awkward. I could feel Damon starring at me. 

“You should watch out for Blake. Don’t get me wrong, he’s my boy and all. But he’s also kind of a player.” He said, I couldn’t help but laugh, both because he called Blake a player, from what I have gathered so is he, and also because I have a boyfriend and I’m not even flirting back. 

Damon looked confused at my reaction. 

“I have a boyfriend Damon, I’m not doing anything with Blake.” I said clarifying. 

“Oh.” Was all he responded. 

We got the drinks and went back to the table. The rest of the night went on well, it was a fun night.

“Thanks for taking me home, I think I had to much to drink.” I said giggling to Theo. As we walked in the front door of his apartment. 

“No problem, what are best friends for.” He chuckled in responds. 

“You can take my room, I’ll sleep on the couch.” He added.

“Don’t be silly, I’m the one crashing your apartment, I’ll take the couch.. no discussion.” I said smiling at him. “But thanks for the offer.” I added. 

“OK. I’ll get a pillow and a cover for you.” He said walking off. 

The others stayed at the bar.. It was fun seeing them again, I mean Matt and Blake. Blake sure is a flirt, I had to tell him at least 4 times that I had a boyfriend, he even put his number in my phone so I can call him when I tire of my boyfriend, he is very persistent, I’ll give him that. 

Damon also stayed behind, he’s probably going home with that Lola girl anyway, I just hope he doesn’t bring her here, I’m really tired and I can’t be bothered listening to them banging.. 

Theo came back in with the stuff to do up the couch for me to sleep on. 

“Night Malia, it’s great to have you back, I really missed my best friend.” He said while hugging me and kissing the top of my head. I hugged him back.

“I’ve missed you too.. love you, sweet dreams.” I said and he went to his room. 

“By the way, I’m heading out early tomorrow morning, going home to spend the rest of the weekend with the fam. Leaving around 7 am, i’ll try not to wake you.” He added on his way. 

I slipped out of my dress, putting on my PJs which consists of a long tee and some booty shorts. I went to the bathroom to brush my teeth before going to sleep on the couch. 

****

I woke at a annoying ringing noice, groaning.. it’s my phone, who the hell calls this early on a Saturday?? I opened my eyes reluctantly, looking at my phone.. it’s Ella calling, a friend from Denmark, they are 6 hours ahead of us, so it’s already 2 pm in Denmark. 

“Hello.” I said tiredly. 

“Uhm hello Malia, are you there?” I heard on the other end. I cleared my throat to make my voice clearer. 

“Yeah I’m here, can you hear me Ella?” I said.

“Yes. Hi Malia.” She said her voice sounded weird, like something was off. 

“So you got back ok?” She added.

“Yeah, fine. Ella are you ok, you sound off??” I said curious and worried at the same time. I could hear that she started to cry. 

“Ella what’s wrong, talk to me, are you ok?” I asked now only worried.. 

“No! Ma...Mal..Malia I have to ... tell you something.” She barely cried out. 

“What?? You can tell me anything, just breathe.” I said sitting up on the couch, really starting to get nervous here! What the hell is wrong?? 

“I..I...I slept with Mads.” She said and then there was silence. On both sides.. Did she really just say that she slept with my boyfriend? How? When? WHAT??? 

“Ho..whe.. What do you mean you slept with Mads. I left like a little over a day ago, plus I followed him and his parents to their gate, they went on vacation, and as far as I know, you are still in Denmark??” I hissed at her. 

“Don’t hate me Malia.. it happened about six months ago.. but we only did it a couple of times....” she said, like that made it all better.. 

“A COUPLE OF TIMES!!? Oh now I feel much better about the fact that my boyfriend and my surpossedly friend had sex.. course luckily it was only a couple of times!! Are you freaking kidding me?? And why tell me now??” I yelled down the phone. I couldn’t believe the nerve of those two.. what the actual f**k!! 

“I’m sorry ok?? We didn’t mean to hurt you... I just didn’t know how to tell you before.” She said.. 

“Don’t you dare talk about hurting me.. you have lost the right to think about my feelings... but you wanna know what I know! You are a damn coward!! Gathering up the balls to tell me when I am literally half a world away, real brave!! No you know what?? You two deserves each other.. lying pieces of s**t. Don’t ever call me again!” I growled at her almost without breathing and then I hanged up the phone. I opened my text messages seeing the last text I received from him after he wrote yesterday to say he hoped I got home alright. 

Mads: Miss you babe

A shiver ran down my spine.. and not a good one.. f*****g asshole! 

Malia: Hey Asshole. Guess who just woke me up... can’t guess?? Well let me help you out there with a hint. Her name starts with ‘E’ and ends with ‘I’m the type of friend that goes around and sleeps with others no good no use of a boyfriend’ And if that wasn’t clear enough for you. WE ARE OVER!! Don’t bother calling or texting, I’m gonna block you number right after sending this text. Bye asshole have fun with Ella, like I told her, you two deserve each other..

I didn’t even think twice about it, I just sent the text and blocked both of their numbers right away.. I can’t believe that they did that!! 

And here come the tears.

I’ve been sobbing for about a hour, still curled up on the couch in my pjs under the cover, when I hear the front door open behind me. I quickly dried my eyes, don’t want nobody to know I’ve been crying. 

I heard footsteps coming my way. Please don’t see me please don’t see me..... 

“Hey, sorry I didn’t mean to wake up.” Damon said. Damn it he saw me! 

“N..no it’s ok... you didn’t wake me.” My voice came out in a hoarse whisper, that’s what crying does to you. 

“Malia? Have you been crying?” He said sounding worried. 

“Yeah.. no.. I mean.. it doesn’t matter.” I sounded like an i***t, just wanted to slap myself. 

“If you’re crying, something must be wrong.” Damon said getting closer. “Come on, you can tell me.. do you miss your boyfriend already?” He added, lifting my legs of the couch sitting and putting my legs back down on his lap. 

“Actually no! We broke up.” I said annoyed that he sat down instead of leaving me alone. 

“What? What happened?” He asked.

“Well apparently he was cheating on me.” I said, new tears forming in my eyes. 

“s**t! I’m sorry.. He’s an asshole.” He said.

“Yeah, well I don’t want to talk about it, he’s not worth it... I’m gonna go make some breakfast, you want some?” I said trying to change the subject.

“No I’m good.. I’ll just go get a couple hours of sleep..” he lifted my legs again and got up, going to his room.. and I let out a breath I didn’t even know I was holding..