Delicate

The party

•Recommended song for this chapter: Gorgeous- Taylor Swift•
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-1989-
Midnights and I have gotten closer every day, we hang out and talk for hours. She also helps me with my eating, which has been slowly improving! However, there is this growing feeling between us, a tension, like we both want to just connect our lips after all this time, but neither of us has the courage to.

-Midnights-
1989 is amazing, she is funny, nice and extremely beautiful. Everyday I feel the butterflies in my stomach multiplying when I see her, when we talk, and when we hang out. There is a tension between us that has grown overtime, and I'm sure that tonight, I want to show her how much I like her, make it a night to remember.

-Lover-
Catherine is throwing a party at her house today to celebrate her birthday, which also happens to be the first 13th of the year, and I am very excited! There is this very pretty pink dress I bought a while ago and I think this is the perfect opportunity to wear it. Everything was going well, until I started doing my eyeliner, I'm not the best at it, but it's still not bad. Today was not the case tho, every time I tried to do it, it looked like the most uneven thing I've seen in my whole entire life. I started to stress, today out of all days my eyeliner skills had to completely disappear.
    "Ugh stupid eyeliner" I said before being interrupted by a gentle knock on the door. I wiped off the previous attempt I made before heading towards the door. It was Rep, she looked gorgeous.
    "H-hey" I said, why am I nervous all of the sudden, as if her beauty is preventing me from being able to say anything to her face. I thought I convinced myself that nothing could happen and I should act normal.
    "Hey, I was walking past and I heard you talking pretty loudly, everything okay?" She asked
    "It's just my eyeliner stressing me out" I said, looking down at my hand and raising it a bit.
    "It's your lucky day, my eyeliner skills are pretty good, can I help you?"
    I nodded and led her to the bathroom, for the better lighting of course. She lifted my chin and started to softly trace the tip of the eyeliner over my eye. Her tongue was slightly outside of her mouth, like I do when I am focused on something, it was really cute.
"There you go, what do you think" she asked
"Omg Rep it looks amazing," I said, truly admiring how easily she made my eyeliner look so good, "you are my savior, thank you so much"
She smiled and I swear I saw her cheeks turning pink, but I'm probably wrong, it could be the lighting, or her makeup. I should not get too excited.

-Reputation-
    After helping Lover with her makeup, we went downstairs and went to the party, we decided to take one car just in case one of us got drunk, for safety...you know?
    When we got there, Catherine greeted us before disappearing into the crowd. We knew all the others would be here, but they were nowhere to be found, so we just figured we were the first ones there. We danced, and hung out before Lover started getting a bit tipsy. She offered to go get some more drinks, I tried to convince her she already had enough, but she still went. I kept my eye on her, the whole time, and that's when I saw John, what was he doing here!? He got close to Lover and started talking to her, I could see she was getting uncomfortable, making me burn with anger. He started getting a bit touchy and that is when I lost it. I went over to Lover and pulled her towards me, grabbing her waist to hold her close.
    "Can't you see she's uncomfortable or are you blind?" I said in a harsh tone
    "Oh it's you again" he replied, rolling his eyes, "we were just talking"
    "I don't think talking and touching are the same thing Joseph" I said, in the same tone.
    "It's John, and I see you can't tell the difference either, you are holding her a bit close, don't you think?"
    "So what? Is there a problem Johnson"
    "No, but last time I checked, you guys aren't dating, so I could technically do the same" he said before trying to pull her away from me, but I held on tight to her, she already had her arms around my back as well.
    "How do you know we aren't? Last time I checked you are not friends with Lover anymore"
    "There is no way you guys are dating, and like I said, I can technically do the same as you. Unless you can actually prove you are dating" he said with a confident expression before trying to pull her away once again, but this time a thought crossed my mind, what if I...it's crazy, but it's the only way to make him go away. John was still trying to pull Lover away from me, but I pulled her more towards me, causing him to let go, and I kissed her.

-1989-
    I was in my room getting ready for the party when Midnights knocked on my door. She looked beautiful, she had a short dark blue dress that fit her perfectly. She smiled and said
    "You look pretty"
    I felt blood rushing into my cheeks so I looked down before saying
    "Thank you, you look beautiful as well"
    She smiled and looked down in the same way I did, and then it happened again, we looked at each other's eyes so deeply that we got lost in them. We both wanted this, right? Unlike last time, she pulled me in and kissed me, it was perfect, just like a dream.

-Midnights-
    I did it, I kissed her, and I don't regret it one bit. It was magical, even better than I imagined. Once we pulled away, our foreheads were touching as we smiled, both of us knew we waited for that moment for a very long time.
    After a smile and a brief conversation, we both headed towards the car, we were taking only one to save gas, and why would we separate after what just happened? During the car ride, we held each others hand, our fingers perfectly interlocked and placed on 1989's lap.
    The party was very fun, I was with 1989 having the best night ever, but of course I had to ruin everything.
    Let me explain, when we got to the party, we got drunk pretty quickly. This is where I messed up, when 1989 went to the bathroom, someone handed me a bag of a weird looking thing I did not recognize. I guess my drunk brain was not thinking straight because I just ate it, all of it, and guess what? I got high. I know it's wrong because of the promise I made with 1989, but I didn't mean to, I really didn't want to break that promise. I was not thinking straight by that point, so I kissed the first blonde I  saw, thinking it was 1989, but I was wrong, and I realized too late.

-1989-
    I came back from the bathroom just to find Midnights kissing another girl. I thought our kiss mattered, or was I just a game? She saw me and her expression changed, but I was already running out. I was on the front porch when she reached me and begged for me to let her explain, but I turned around and just exploded.
    "Let you explain? I think what I saw is very clear, I guess our kiss earlier meant nothing to you, I really thought we were something."
   "1989 the kiss did mean something to me, I am just..."
    "What" I said in a harsh tone, I was done with her excuses.
    "I just...I am drunk and I got high because I wasn't thinking straight, and I really believed that was you"
    "So I wasn't only a little game, but you also broke the promise" I said, in the verge of tears "I guess I never meant much to you at all"
    "No 1989-"
    "Save it. I need to go" I said as I walked away, tears streaming down my face. I could see Midnights crying behind me, but I was too mad to care, she knew how much I value trust and still broke her word.

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Author's note: hey everyone! I'm sorry I haven't posted in a while but my teachers are giving me so much work this semester and I'm so overwhelmed. Anyway, in this chapter I kinda included a bit about myself because January 13 was my birthday! (my name is not Catherine tho) I hope y'all don't hate me after this part and I'll try to update more often! 🫶