Will

If Ashley approaches me one more time, I'm going to lose my shit. My patience is running real fucking low right now. I've been busy running around all week to help the girls buy decorations and some alcohol for the party and Ashley has been everywhere.

I'm at the grocery store, she's there. I'm at the campus cafe, she's there. At this point if I blinked and she was in front of me right now, I wouldn't be surprised.

Sienna and Stella mentioned the other day that Thea's only looking for a small function with her closest friends but unfortunately, that wish has been obliterated.

I invited Devon and Quinn (of course) and some of my other teammates but they couldn't keep their mouth shut so now word spread about this party and we're looking at triple the amount of people then expected. Frankly, I have no idea how we've managed to keep this a secret from Thea.

Unless she's just going along with everyone, she still thinks her celebration is going to be a dinner and a night out at the bar. That is not the case. I've been trying to do some damage control and told people to not come but when word spreads like this, it becomes a free for all.

I'm gonna have the freshman on the team man the door at this point. Luckily, people think the party is later than the surprise portion.

I haven't seen Thea much in the past 2 weeks. It's a little odd. I'm getting the sense that she's avoiding me and I have no idea why. I don't think I did anything wrong?

Doesn't matter anyway, I'm going to see her tomorrow when we surprise her and I'll confront her after because I don't want to ruin her day.

The thing about Thea is that she's a little stubborn and stresses out about small things. She just needs a little nudge in the right direction.

She doesn't like to be in uncomfortable situations and although I know some of her boundaries I also try to encourage her to be uncomfortable because in the end, things will work out. Once she overcomes her anxiety, she ends up realizing how much the little things don't matter.

I can't wait to see her though. I feel Thea deprived right now and running around all week and dealing with Ashley's clingyness is worth it.

xxx

Thea

Music is bumping through our house again for our night out ritual. I've never been one to make my own birthday a big deal but something about today and turning 21 is exciting. My makeup is a bit more simple this time with the same winged liner and mascara, minus the foundation today.

Vivi is currently in the process of curling my usual pin straight here and spraying a shit ton of hairspray in it, in hopes that my curls stay intact.

I just hope my hair doesn't become brittle and doesn't break from the amount of chemicals keeping it in place.

When we're all finished getting ready, we pile into an Uber and head out to my favorite Thai place. Their drunken noodles are to die for and the spring rolls remind me of the ones my mom makes at home.

This restaurant feels like a home away from home and the fact that Vivi is here too makes it all the better.

We take our time eating and I order my first legal Thai beer from the place. Soon after that, a few more beers follow and I end up a little tipsy by the time they sing me happy birthday and it's time for us to head out.

It's already a great night and I'm already having so much fun. We're en route to the bar of Kari's choosing (I could care less where we're going) singing some old throwback that's playing on the radio when the driver stops in front of Will's house.

Confused, I ask "Wait isn't the bar around the corner from here. Why are we getting off here?"

"Oops, sorry. I forgot to tell you guys, but Quinn is family friends with the owner of that place and he said that he could get us free drinks, we just need to pick up some kind of ID to show proof that we know him."

"What, really?! Free drinks for the whole night?" I exclaim, wow wasn't expecting that

I look to the dark house, there's only 1 car in the driveway. Will's might be parked in the garage. He hasn't texted me happy birthday today and I'm a little bummed that I haven't heard from him.

"Are you sure anyone is home, seems dark inside." Stella says

"Quinn says he's home. He said the door should be unlocked and to come right up. I don't know about the other guys."

Stella shrugs her shoulders and we all walk up to the front door.

I'm so used to coming over that it's like second nature for me to walk right in.

Their house is too dark to make anything out and as I take another step into the foyer, some colorful strobelights are turned on and In Da Club by 50 cent blasts from unseen speakers. More friends from yoga and class pop out and scream "surprise" in unison.

Will pops out from the corner hallway with a cake and lit candles while everyone begins to sing happy birthday to me.

Oh my god. I can't believe they did this for me. I even see Alana here singing the loudest, almost in competition with Kari.

I've had a shitty few months and I've felt so much guilt towards my friends whom I've declined to hangout with so many times when I was dating Zach and here they are now all here to celebrate my birthday.

My heart swells for everyone in the room and I feel my face contort in preparation for the happy tears that are about to fall. I never said that I was a pretty crier.

As the song comes to an end, I feel Will's gaze on me like the hot sun on a summer day and I can hear him softly say, "Don't cry, sweetheart."

He's standing closest to me since he has the cake in his hand and I look at him like he hung the moon. He hasn't forgotten about my birthday, he probably had the biggest hand in planning everything.

He grins, reading my thoughts on my face "You didn't think I would miss you birthday right, Chan?"

I give him a look momentarily forgetting how I've been avoiding him lately and blow out my candles.

Everyone cheers in happiness and Devon is the first one to hand me a bottle of tequila.

"Birthday shots for the birthday girl!" Everyone whoops and holds up some of their own drinks while I pour some of the foul liquid in my mouth.

From the corner of my eye, I see the cake is placed on a table and Stella gets busy with Vivi, cutting some pieces for everyone. Someone pulls the bottle of tequila out of my hand just as Will yanks me into a bear hug and holds me tight.

His fingers skim down the open back of my dress and he moves us side to side in a little bounce.

"Happy Birthday, Thea. I hope you have a great time tonight."

"Thanks for doing this Will, you're the best. What's up with all the drinks, it's only us?"

He gives me a suspicious grin and scratches the back of his head, "Yeah about that. So word leaked out about this which means there's going to be a bunch of people here tonight. Some you may not even know. I was so mad at my teammates for leaking it that I made them buy the rest of the beers and stuff. They're also on cleaning duty tomorrow afternoon. I'm sorry, Thea. I tried to get it under control but it just blew up."

With the way he's explaining the amount of people that are going to be here - probably arriving any minute now, I'm sure this place is going to be a mess tomorrow.

I give him a reassuring smile, "Don't worry about it. As long as everyone has fun I don't care."

Famous last words.

Two hours later, the party is in full gear and there are probably 50 people who I don't even know who have approached me to say happy birthday. It's a little weird but I'm having a blast and so are all my other friends.

However, the house looks like it's been hit by a tornado. People are dancing along to music playing throughout the house, their shoes tracking in dirt onto the beautiful wooden floors. Plastic solo cups are littered everywhere and drunk people are spilling their drinks on the ground.

I've seen worse but this is still really bad for a house that's meant to be a home. Not a party place.

Some cute guy came named Dylan came over to talk to me (not an athlete, I have too many of those in my life rn. Thank god) and we're chatting about our majors. Turns out, he's a comp sci major too looking to work in the gaming industry. I've personally never been interested in that area but it sounds interesting.

I look over to the beer pong table thats set up in their living room (they had to literally take out a majority of their nice furniture and rugs for this party) and see that Quinn and Kari are playing against each other. Oh boy. This should be interesting.

Kari wiggles her eyebrows at the site of me and Dylan and I try not to give her a reaction. Dylan's back is to her so I'm just happy that he didn't see anything.

"So, do you have any idea who's birthday it is? One of my friends dragged me here."

I choke on laughter, "Uh this party is for me. I'm the birthday girl."

He gives me an incredulous look like he doesn't believe me at first but when he sees that I'm being dead serious, we both burst into laughter.

We're interrupted when we hear Kari yell "Suck it loser! You gave me shit the last time I lost. Don't be a big baby!" I look up to her just as she sticks her tongue out at him and I laugh again.

Anyone who knows these two are use to their antics but I'm sure outsiders think they're loud and weird (which they are).

"Well, Happy Birthday Thea. I'm gonna get us something else to drink." Dylan says grinning and getting up from the spot on the bench next to me at the same time

I admire his ass on the way out, he's got a great build for a nerd. I'm technically a nerd too so don't judge me for throwing out stereotypes.

I look away to find Will frowning at me from the opposite side of the room. He gives me a look before resuming an intense conversation with his "friend". Yep, you guessed it. She's here. At my birthday party. I bet she got a personal invitation from him.

I finally got a good look of her face when she showed up about an hour ago and she looked familiar. 10 minutes later, Sisi came up to me and pointed out how she's the girl that was hanging around Will on that Halloween night that we met.

That made me feel worse, they clearly have history and are probably reconnecting. Or who knows, maybe they've been in contact with each other this whole time.

Since she's shown up, I've been doing my best to be in conversations with other people. Will has tried to get me alone to talk to him but I'm too busy with someone else.

Suddenly, the girl grabs Will's chin and tilts his face down to hers in a kiss. Before their lips touch I look away and abruptly stand up. I can't see the rest. I just can't.

Needing to be alone, I wander outside to the front only to find people outside and smoking. Fuck, this whole place is packed with people.

I make the quick decision to go upstairs into Will's room, bust into his closet and shut the door. Although I'm surrounded by his things and his scent, I sigh in relief. There's still the distant sound of music playing but I'm alone and it's exactly what I needed.

Oh shit, what if he brings her up here? I would be trapped in his closet for who knows how long. I'm panicking and debating on what I should do. Ugh, why didn't I think about this sooner?

A few minutes later, I hear the door to his room open and shut again.

Oh my god. Oh my god. They did come up here. I'm gonna die from embarrassment.

I sit in his chair (who needs a nice chair in their walk in closet by the way?) and do my best to get my shit together. When the door to the closet opens, I look up to see who it is fearing that they decided to do the nasty in here (why in a closet, when he has a big bed out there? I don't know).

Instead, I find Will standing there quietly, watching me. After a few moments he speaks.

"Tell me why you came up here." He demands, voice deep

"Hey, I just needed some quiet for a sec. Too much going on right now." I respond, looking at him and pasting a fake smile

He crosses his arms looking at me with an emotionless face.

"You haven't spoken to me since Ashley showed up. Hell, you've barely even looked at me. Tell me why."

Ah, so that's her name.

"What are you talking about? I've seen you around, I've just had people wishing me happy birthday all night." I feign confusion

He sighs, "Look, I don't know what I've done wrong and I'm tired. I've been trying to get Ashley off my back and you've been avoiding me for almost 2 weeks now. What the hell did I do?"

"What? You've been avoiding her? You just kissed her!"

"If you looked at me for more than 2 seconds today, you would've seen that I pushed her off me before anything happened. Why does it matter anyway, you've been talking to that guy a majority of the night. More than the person who helped plan this whole thing for you."

He throws up his hands in frustration.

I feel guilt pool in me. He's right, I'm jealous and I'm taking it out on him even though he doesn't deserve it.

"I'm sorry I...I...just..." I don't know how to get my thoughts across. They feel scrambled in my head and I'm just absorbing the fact that he said he's been trying to avoid Ashley this whole time.

Will begins pacing the room.

"If I didn't know any better I would think you're...jealous. But that would never happen." He says the last part quietly, almost like he's talking to himself

He takes a seat on the shoe rack/bench in front of me and looks into my eyes. His stare is too much, I've never felt this vulnerable in front of him. I'm scared to know what he's seeing right now.

Looking down to fiddle with my fingers, I take a chance and hold my breath then respond, "I was jealous."

I say it so quietly that I don't think he hears it until he takes my chin and lifts it back up to look at his face.

He wears a confused look.

"Say that again, I'm not sure if I heard you the first time."

I shut my eyes for a second then open them before responding a little louder, "I was jealous, Will. I left to come up here because I couldn't bear to see you kissing her."

I rattle on, not wanting to hear any kind of awkward silence between us.

"I've just been seeing her everywhere, and I've wanted to give you and myself space. I'm sorry that I've been avoiding you, I've been feeling weird about this and-"

All of a sudden I feel Will's strong arms grab ahold of me shifting me into his lap so that I'm straddling him. My dress is form fitting so it rises up as my legs hang to accommodate his body between mine.

My breath sharply inhales as he lifts me up and moves us so that we're sitting in the chair that I was just occupying. He looks me in the eyes and cups my face, moving slowly, almost like he's giving me the time to stop anything from happening.

I barely even know what's happening right now, I'm so shocked I can't even utter a sentence. In the blink of an eye, Will's lips are on mine and like my body has been waiting for this forever, I respond back just as passionately.

There isn't even a second of hesitation.

His hands dive into my hair, right at my scalp as he tilts my head and takes control of the kiss diving his tongue into my mouth. I let out a breathy moan and I can feel his dick hardening in his jeans under me.

Will kisses me like he wants to devour my entire being. Like he wants to absorb me into his skin. He tastes like beer and a little bit of chocolate, most likely from the cake he bought me.

We stop only when neither of us can breathe any longer, our chests moving up in down rapidly to take back the oxygen that we've gone without.

His hands move from my hair and he rubs them up and down my bare thighs. I break out into goosebumps and he grins.

We don't say anything for at least a minute, just looking and feeling each other. My hands are moving around his hair, playing at the ends near his neck. I had no idea they were even tangled in there until now.

The silence between us is comfortable. Just 5 minutes ago I was dreading that awkward silence after admitting my jealousy. What a turn of events. I doubt he was expecting this to happen either.

"I've wanted to do that for the longest time."

He says with glowing eyes and a raspy voice that makes my thighs clench.

xxx

IT FINALLY HAPPENED!! I've been speed writing this because I've wanted this moment just as much as all of y'all. I think this is my longest chapter yet lol. Let me know what you guys think :) Anyway, have a wonderful weekend everyone! Till next time

Ps. I've done some editing to this chapter from my phone so I'm not sure how well the formatting looks. If it looks a little weird I'll be coming back to edit it c: