Tables Turned

I don't know what I feel more awkward about. Finding out that Vic was the guy at the masquerade ball or that Ben basically admitted to liking me. Although it doesn't shock me that Vic is the mystery guy but it does mean that I'm the person that he's in love with, since he did kinda admit he likes me a couple weeks back to Mike.

The whole damn thing is confusing.

First of all, I have been hiding in my room since I ran out of Psychology. Running into Vic isn't something I'm prepared to deal with right now.

A knock on the front door brought me back to reality. I waited about 50 seconds and no one bothered to answer it. I got up off my bed and ripped the door open, storming through the apartment and opened the door. To my complete and utter surprise, there stood Ben with a bouquet of roses. I was at a loss for words. "Things were left at a really awkward end today so I wanted to make it up to you. Would you like to go for a walk and talk this out?" Ben asked with the most adorable smile I've ever seen.

I couldn't help but grin from ear to ear. "Sure, I'd love to Ben." I told him.

"These are for you." He stated and pushed the flowers forward. I took them out of his hands and beamed at him.

"I'm gonna put these in some water and then get my jacket. You can wait in the living room." I told him, letting him in.

I closed the door and looked towards the hallway and noticed Vic standing in his doorway. A complete look of devastation and anger consumed his facial features.

I walked to the kitchen and got a vase and filled it with water and put the roses in it. "You do like roses?" Ben asked from the couch.

"Yeah, I love them actually." I told him with a smile. I picked up the flowers and walked to my room and placed them on my desk.

"They're nice." Vic's voice said from behind me. I looked around at him and gave him a curious look.

"Yeah, they are." I told him. I grabbed my coat and put it on quickly.

"So you're going on a date with Ben, the guy who tried to kiss your gay best friend."

"He thought she was me." I fought back.

"Yeah but he couldn't even pick you out correctly, I did." Vic spat at me.

"You had no idea it was me." I rolled my eyes and grabbed my car keys and cellphone. I tried to walk past him but he put his arm on the wall to stop me.

"You honestly believe that?"

"Does it matter?" I asked looking up to him.

"I think it does Savannah." He mumbled, looking at my lips.

A part of me wanted to jump out of the window and end this stupid triangle. But then that wouldn't solve anything. "I need to go." I said as I tried to push past him but instead of letting me go, he grabbed onto my shoulders and lightly pressed me against the wall. I was shocked and unsure of what to say or do, but before I could even react his lips met mine. I swallowed down, completely frozen in time and space. Electricity shot through my body, igniting a fire inside of me that could burn down a whole forrest.

He pulled back and looked at me with desperation in his eyes. Hoping, pleading with me in some way. I couldn't handle it, like I can't handle many things.

So I pushed him away, harder than before and walked out. I returned to Ben, whom was completely oblivious to what had happened in my room just there. "Ready to go?" He asked.

I nodded and planted a fake smile on my face. I didn't wanna give away any indication that I was unsure now, he wanted to talk so I was going to give him that.

-

Ben took me to the beach. Cliche I know but it was kinda cute. We walked along the waterline, not really talking about the situation at hand. It was all small talk and boring stuff. "I think when I go back to Wrexham I'll call the guys up and ask them about starting a band."

"That's a good idea, have you written much since you've been out here?" I asked.

"Yeah I have but it's something I need to really want to do, I guess I've been kinda distracted." He said quietly.

I gave him a look. "Can we talk about this whole thing." I stopped and sat down. Ben followed my lead happily.

"Sure. What do you wanna know?" He smiled at me.

"Why did you try to kiss that girl, thinking it was me?" I just put it all out there.

"I really like you Savannah." He said bluntly. "I've been trying to find a way to work this out, how to tell you and then it hit me. The ball. So I tried to work out who you were." He explained to me. I played with the sand around me as he spoke.

"I do like you too Ben but it's all kinda complicated." I sighed, looking up at him.

He nodded and then leaned in, catching my lips in his. It wasn't like when Vic kissed me. It felt flat, bland and like kissing a friend. We pulled a part and both looked at each other with the same, dull look. "Was that?"

"Bland?" I finished.

"Yeah." He scrunched up his eyebrows.

"It was like kissing my brother or Lynn." I shook my head. Ben nodded in agreement.

"Well that's decided that one then." He laughed and looked out into the water.

"Definitely just friends." I laughed.

-

We walked back to my apartment and I felt like a huge weight had been lifted off my shoulders, like I was free. Ben truly was going to be my friend, and that was it.

Once I got into the living room I noticed everything was quiet. No one was really around. Not a word could be heard.

"This is weird." I mumbled. I walked towards my bedroom but stopped at Vic's, staring at intensely.

I took my jacket off and threw it into my bedroom and walked to Vic's door, lifting my hand up and knocking on it. After about 30 seconds the door opened and Vic looked at me, kinda shocked to see me actually. "What do you want?" He asked me with a bored sounding tone.

"You." I said quietly as I walked forward and locked my lips onto his. He quickly wrapped his arms around my waist and pulled me into his bedroom, closing the door behind me.

Notes

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