Never say forever (Never series Book 1) by Courtney A. Taylor Page B

the hurt over the past few weeks.”
     
    “ Yeah, I’m down.” Anything to ease the pain. Maybe if I drink, Aiden won’t be on my mind. It will make this dance even better.
     
    “ Okay. I’m going to mix this up and we’ll be on our way. Better yet. Let’s walk to school. We can drink on the way to school. I’ll put it in a bottle that doesn’t look suspicious.” She mixes a drink and puts it in a large water bottle.
     
    “ Let’s roll.”
    We start walking to school, fancied in our dresses. She hands me the bottle and I don’t hesitate. I bring it to my lips and gulp it. It burns down my throat. I hand it back. We are talking about everything, mainly girl stuff. I’m used to the burn now. I’ve had quite a few drinks of it, and I’m really starting to feel it. I know this because my feet don’t hurt, they feel numb now. I can do this. We both take turns and finish the bottle before getting to school. She pops out a pack of gum. “Just in case they smell the liquor on our breath. Take one.” She hands it out to me. I gladly accept.
    We make it into the school gym where the dance is. I can’t stop my eyes from nervously glancing around for signs of Aiden. He wouldn’t come here without a date. Why would I even worry about it? Upbeat songs begin to play and before I know it, I’m on the dance floor dancing with Larissa. With all the turmoil and heartache the past few weeks, surprisingly I’m having a good time.
    People are brushing up against me as were dancing. I feel someone behind me grinding. I move away, I’m not sure who it is. I throw my hands in the air and I’m dancing fast when I swear I just saw Aiden. I stop dancing and leave the dance floor. I look everywhere but I don’t see him. I think my mind is playing tricks on me.
     
    I go to the drink table to get a glass of punch. I just finished pouring the glass when a hand landed on my shoulder. I turned around and stood face to face with the blue eyed boy that stole my heart.
    “ What do you want Aiden?” I know I’m being mean, but I’m still hurt.
     
    “ We need to talk. I’ve been trying to reach you,” he states.
     
    “ I’m aware of that. I don’t want to talk, which is why I never answered,” I say with a fake smile.
     
    “ I don’t care if you don’t want to talk. I need answers,” he looks right at my eyes.
     
    “ Now’s not the time,” I reply.
     
    “ Can we please go somewhere and talk. I’m begging you. After we talk, and you never want to see me again, I promise I’ll leave you alone. But please Serena! I deserve this,” he said pleading with his eyes. I can’t help but give in. He’s right. He deserves to know why I turned my back on him. I wasn’t expecting him to come to this dance but I need to face this. Now or never.
     
    “ Fine. Ill meet you outside. Let me go tell Larissa,” I said.
     
    “ Thank you,” he said and walked outside.
     
    It took a while to get through the mob of people on the dance floor, but I finally located Larissa. “Hey, Aiden’s here. I’m going to leave here and we are going to talk. Are you okay here alone?” Her eyes just got bug-eyed. She must be surprised.
     
    “ Go ahead. Go talk to him. I’ll find a way home if you’re not back.” She hugs me and turns around and shakes her ass at someone. At least she’s having fun.
    I leave the school and go up to Aiden’s car. He opens the door for me. “You don’t know how much this means to me. I’ve been dying all week.”
     
    “ Yeah well let’s make this quick.”
     
    “ Where do you want to go? We can go to our waterfall place, that way no one will be able to listen to our conversation,” he suggested.
     
    “ Whatever. That’s fine.”
     
    I know I’m bitter, but I want more than anything to just get this over with. He starts up the car and all I can seem to do it look out the window. I can’t even look at him. I stare out into the night sky, just hoping for this night to end. I’m done