Yours, Never Again

Eloise’s pov

My head hurts, I grabbed my head from my sleep and tried to recollect what I was up to. I went to the club with Tory and Emmanuel, they left me by the bar to dance. A man groped me at the bar, another man rescued me. I bought drinks for us and we danced.

I sprang up as I remembered what I did. Did I kiss him? Holy molly. I gave my first kiss to a stranger. I looked around then I realized I wasn’t at home. My clothes were intact on my body, my Jordans were still on my feet I guess nothing happened. Shit! Shit! I checked the time it was 10 am already. I got up quickly, pick my cross bag I saw lying on the couch and rush out of the room.

“Whao, where are you running to?” A voice, it was the guy I kissed last night. Is his name Sam? I paused to reply to him.

“Look here man, whatever happened between us last night was a mistake. I was drunk,” I think I blabbed instead of talking normally. He left the kitchenette and came to the living room. There was no barricade between them. “I am supposed to be on a road trip right now, I am late already. I have to go.”

“That’s fine. Let me drive you,”

“Thank you man,” I patted him on his shoulder. He grabbed his car key from the table and we headed outside. His car was a beautiful piece of junk and I love it. I told him where I lived and he drove on. I turned on my phone and I saw multiple texts from Tory, Emmanuel, Victor, and David.

“Nothing happened last night,” His voice clashed with the notification beeps that were coming from my phone.

“What?” I asked him because I didn’t hear what he said. “We didn’t have last night, You wanted to kiss me then you passed out on my shoulder,” He laughed. Gosh, this is embarrassing.© 2024 Nôv/el/Dram/a.Org.

“We are here,” He stopped his car, and I got out of his car.

“Thanks for the ride,” I thanked and I went inside my house. I heard him Zoom off as I locked the door.

“Did you pop your cherry?” Tory wriggled her eyebrows at me. “What cherry? Why are you in my house?” I asked her and I went into my room, she followed me of course.

“You are silly, I didn’t see you at the bar so we came back here to find you, so what happened with the boy that dropped you off?”

“You don’t want to know,” I stripped and entered the bathroom, she followed me in. “Could you call David for me, tell him I will explain when I get there,”

“Hehehe, you have to give me the details of what happened first,” She insisted and I didn’t want her to waste more time as I was already late for the trip.

“Fine, I thought I kissed him after I had liquor, turned out that I passed out instead,” She burst into laughter and slipped into the bathtub filled with water out of embarrassment. She left the bathroom to call David. I hasten up my bath, got out, did my skincare routine, and wore the clothes Tory picked out for me.

“Fuck you, Tory, since when did I own this flowery dress?” I yelled loud enough for her to hear me.

“You will thank me later El, but right I need to get your ass here, Emmanuel is waiting for us outside.” She yelled back.

“Okay, where is my suitcase?” I said as I came out of my room.

She pulled my hand and we walked out, after locking the door. “Your suitcases? I put them in the car outside,”

“Tory, you are scaring me, suitcases? ” We entered the car and Emmanuel started driving to David’s place. Thank Goodness, he lives just down the street.

“I told her she over-packed.” Emmanuel said.

“Over-packed? I packed the necessary things, don’t mind him EL” Tory defended herself. They are so cute.

“Did you pack my Laptop?” I asked her.

“Sure,” She replied. Emmanuel parked behind a mini bus, The bus seemed like it was full. The three of us got out of the car, it was like they were my parents and they came to drop me off for a school trip. Emmanuel helped with my suitcases to the van and Tory was me giving a short pep talk. What am I? 15?

David came out of the bus and he helped to put my suitcases in the bus.

“Hi Eloise,” He greeted me grudgingly. “You were the earliest,” He said sarcastically and I beamed at him. I bade Tory and Emmanuel goodbye and they left. I followed David to the bus,

“Someone unexpectedly joined us for the trip, now there is no space and we can’t leave you behind,”

I smiled. “It’s fine,” I tried to assure him.

“Nah, it’s not. Since I am sitting in front, how about you sit on Victor’s lap? He is the only one you are familiar with here.” I peeked my head into the

bus and saw him sitting at the back, Maybe sitting on his lap was not a terrible idea.

“Okay,” I agreed and we entered the bus.

Victor’s pov

Victoria showed up suddenly yesterday, she said something about auntie Steph asking her to move in with David and me. I also heard her mention something about an arranged marriage between her and David. Victoria has something to do with that I knew she had a crush on David but this is wild.

That’s for David to solve anyway. I was bothered about Eloise, she didn’t reply to my text last night. She was even running late, David managed to calm his friends down. I don’t know anyone on this bus except David and Victoria. I sat at the back of the bus, beside the suitcases. I don’t know why the girls on this bus packed so much.

At last, Eloise arrived. She came with her best friends. I don’t think David invited them, good for me anyway. I get to spend time with her alone. David got down from the bus to help Eloise, he sat in front with the bus driver and my sister so it was easy for him to get down. He and Eloise walked towards the bus, she smiled when he said something to her. I am so jealous.

“Someone unexpectedly joined us for the trip, now there is no space and we can’t leave you behind,” David said to her. She smiled at him again and said. “It’s fine,” Don’t tell me she is trying to change her mind.

“Nah, it’s not. Since I am sitting in front, how about you sit on Victor’s lap? He is the only one you are familiar with here.” David said. My heart did a little dance. This is the first time David made me so happy. Now, will she agree? She took a peek into the bus and we had eye contact. I think I saw her raise the corners of her lips.

“Okay, ” She said, and guess what? My heart thumped three times faster than usual. I hope it wasn’t so obvious.