Tale of Two

3. I'm Only Me When I'm With You

I'm only up when you're not down
Don't wanna fly if you're still on the ground
It's like no matter what I do
Well, you drive me crazy half the time
The other half I'm only trying
To let you know that what I feel is true
And I'm only me when I'm with you

~♥~

Reign's P.O.V. :

Saturday's party at Paul's house had been a blast like everyone hoped it to be. That's all Reign could sum up from hearing the excited chatter as she walked on the hallways of Preston University on Monday.

Clearly, twenty-four hours of Sunday weren't enough for them to get over it. Truthfully, she didn't expect anything less.

It was first party of the senior year and even though many people failed to understand how that was occasion  every senior attended it. Students waited for this day as devotees wait to see God and worshipped the party host as the mentioned God.

It was bound to be scandalous. And anything scandalous, as rules of the society, was always talked about. So, the scandles of the party being the new hot topic of the Preston University wasn't a surprise either.

She could hear the newly turned seniors and few juniors who attended the party whispering about the slap she gave followed by the choking and the punch Nikolai gave, as she passed by them.

She even heard some exaggerated versions of the story.

In some, she was about to be raped and Nikolai saved her. In some she was drunk and was forcing herself on every boy she laid her eyes on. In some, she had denied Nikolai sex and agreed to another boy which led to the riot.

The rumors made her laugh and the fact that they would have made her cry and lock herself in her room for eternity, had this happened in high school, made her laugh harder.

She had played the protagonist in the fair share of rumors passed in high school. Now in college, she is used to it.

With her head held high, she walked through the corridors towards her class as the people murmured.

By the time her free period rolled by and she was going through the hallways to the cafeteria, she knew that her's wasn't the only scandal that happened.

It was followed by two drunk people having sex in the pool which was also recorded and was circulated in the college. Cherry on top, the guy has a girlfriend (had, if the girl has something other than shitty boyfriend, that thing being called self-respect) and she wasn't the one he was fucking in the pool.

One of the popular kids coming out of the closet as a lesbian, followed by the revelation that her best friend is a homophobic. Even though it was a great gossip among the students, it was also heartbreaking.

Lastly, Paul puking all over this girl he was making out with which led to a lot of mess as she felt humiliated, and as revenge she held his trousers and pulled it down. Reign wasn't very sure if it was with or without boxers.

She wasn't interested either.

The only thing about the party that she wanted to know about was Nikolai. She wanted to know if he had fun after she left. Nikolai wasn't a party animal and the only reason he agreed to go was because she insisted.