Wet

7. Sink or Swim

"What's wrong?" I questioned, gazing at Levi's enticingly light brown eyes as he held my arm.

"I-I'm sorry, I have no idea why I just did that." He stammered as he blinked his eyes multiple times, quickly loosening his tight grip on me.

"Okay.." I slowly replied, an awkward silence quickly looming over us.

"Why don't we just stay up he-" Levi was then rudely interrupted by another voice that came from the door.

"Or go downstairs since we're in a fucking party! Levi just stop, I know, you know, and the team knows, she just wants sleep with us." Steven sneered, walking towards me.

"Wait what?" Levi was visibly shocked as I am. "Steven calm down. Where is this coming from?" Levi spoke anxiously as his eyes looked at the both of us.

What he said made my blood start to boil, causing anger to immediately radiate around me. The amount of disrespect I just heard was very hard to comprehend, putting me in a state of shock and complete outrage.

Steven moved closer towards me, his breath wreaking off alcohol. "Listen here slut, we all know you cheated your way into this team so you can sleep with everyone in it. So what about learning to show a sense of self respect and just quit?" Steven smirked, moving a small strand of hair away from my face, completely setting me off like a ticking time bomb.

Before I knew it, my fist had already sent him tumbling down on the floor, causing blood to come out of his nose.

"What the hell is wrong with you slut?" Steven bellowed, placing his hand on his bleeding nose.

God I hate that word so much.

I quickly grabbed his collar again, putting his face closer to mine, so he can hear every single word that I'm about to say.

"Make your bleeding nose, a sign that your nothing but an arrogant coward that doesn't know how to protect himself." I roared, thrashing him back down to the floor.

"Arielle! Wait!" I hear Levi call out as I sprint out of his room.

What the hell was that?

For some reason, I began to feel tears start to run down my cheeks, causing people to look at me weird.

It's hard being one of those people that's easily sensitive and offended to hurtful words that are said by others. Who the hell does Steven even think he is? Just because some girls are willing to sleep with the TigerSharks that doesn't mean every girl would!

I immediately sent my mom a text and rapidly dialed her number.

"You have reached Mary Tesfaye's voicemail."

"Fuck!" I wheezed, causing a group of people to stare at me. "Please pick up, please pick up." I whispered under my breath, feeling my tears smearing my mascara. God I hate makeup.

"Arielle? Are you alright?" A voice appeared, sounded like it belonged to Logan.

I quickly started walking down the street, wanting to avoid talking to anyone.

I cannot afford to let Logan see me like this. Not that I care about what he thinks, but I honestly just look like a black teared mess and I really just wanna go home.

"Arielle! Hold up! Slow down!" Logan's voice sounded like it was getting closer, making me start to run off.

"ARIELLE STOP!" Suddenly I hear Vanessa's voice also appear behind me, making me want to run faster.