Handcuffed to Zander

"I've never had that much fun in my entire life."

I had found a place near the wall that was supporting me to rest for a bit, my heels digging into my aching feet.

I hate heels and yet here I am wearing them, how funny.

"I told you, the party life is where it's at."

Using that time to look around, I couldn't help but be amazed at all the human interaction happening at that moment.

"Yeah well, it's something else."

My eyes then caught something from across the room and my heart couldn't help but accelerate.

That's weird, maybe all that alcohol was getting to me.

His eyes held a mystery to me as he held my gaze, a neutral expression on his face.

My eyes then glazed over his attire and I couldn't help but gulp.

Why have I never noticed how freaken attractive this boy really was? My emotions were running wild and I was scared out of my mind.

My fear increased then when my feet started moving, having a mind of it's own.

Wasn't my feet killing me not so long ago? Why was I walking towards him?

I then seemed to stop, right in front of a confused Zander. His eyebrow rose and I screeched internally.

What was I doing?

"Aria, why the hell are you drunk?"

Now that wasn't the greeting I was hoping for. I stepped back and frowned, disappointment clear in my features.

"I am not drunk. I'm tipsy!"

My body seemed to sway as I looked around to see if we were on a boat or something.

I'm dizzy.

"Woah. Aria you are clearly fucken drunk."

Yeah alright, I might of been wasted. So what?

I felt warm arms tightly wrap around my waist, my hands automatically wrapping around his neck.

Oh god, he smells so good.

"Are you sniffing me?"

Pulling myself back a bit, I gave Zander a lazy grin, my head shaking a bit.

"No! I'm collecting dust with my nostrils."

Zander gave me an amused smile as he lifted his head back letting out the most adorable laugh ever. My gaze couldn't leave his face as it reddened lightly from the laughter.

"You have a cute laugh."

He seemed to pause his laughter a bit as he examined me, not before letting out a couple more chuckles as I felt him tighten his grip on my waist more.

"You're cute."

My cheeks boiled up at his comment.

"Doesn't mean I'm not still mad at you princess."

My frown returned and my grip also tightened.

"Why are you mad at me?"

My eyes seemed to focus on his lips as a frown took place on them. I like his smile more.

"Why didn't you tell me about your date with Chuck?"

His question had caught me off guard as I felt my frown widening. How did he find out about that?

"There was no date with Chuck."

"But there was going to be one."

"Yeah, but there never was one. Why are you so upset about this anyway? It never happened."

His jaw twitched as our hold around each other never loosened, not even one bit.

"No need to know why I'm upset okay? Just know that I am."

My eyebrow rose and his eyes seemed to wander down my lips, which were in the process of being bitten off by my teeth.

"You didn't seem upset earlier."

He furrowed his eyebrows as he ever so lightly lifted up his thumb pulling on my bottom lip, making me release it from my mouth.

"That's because you won't remember any of this in the morning."

He then released me, taking a hold of my hand instead, pulling me towards a different direction.

"Now come on, we need to get this alcohol out of your system before you confess your undying love for me."

Rolling my eyes, I couldn't help but laugh, my legs willingly following him, thinking about a life where I actually could love Zander Bue.

It was scary that that life only seemed a hand reach away. It also scared me that I was some how willing to make that reach.

With two open hands.

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AHHH I'm sorry, please don't kill me for this cliff hanger, I just wanted to make the story more interesting 😂. Just trust me the next chapter is really worth it, the truth is coming out soon. Just wait for it. 💛

-Slave2gravity

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