The sun beamed right into the room lighting up her face, causing her to stir in her sleep before finally pushing the blanket off of her slender body. Sitting up in place slowly getting up from the bed and making her way to the bathroom she showered and dried off before pulling a uniform on. She could see her phone was going off, quickly going to her desk she read the message.
Please meet me at the Lima Bean…Taking a deep breath she replied and picked up her bag for class before leaving the building and heading towards the coffee shop. Walking in she saw him sitting there with his head in his hands and two coffees' in front of him. Sighing she walked over and sat across from him before placing her hand on his arm.
"You came." Hunter said as his voice cracked.
"You asked. What's this about?" She asked,
"Sadie, I am so sorry about the other night. I don't even know what took over."
She just kept her eyes on his, watching him carefully. He seemed torn apart but this was his way. He'd hurt her, or force himself on her, then come back all hurt and sad begging her to forgive him only to turn around and do it again.
"It's not ok, but as long as you take that to realize we're over… Hunter. You can't just, come around like that anymore. I need to move on, you need to move on."
He lowered his head and nodded; "No. I understand I just felt so horrible. I just got so jealous watching you with Sebastian…"
Sadie laughed; "Hunter; Sebastian likes boys. Everyone knows that…"
Hunter smirked; "Is that the word on the street?" Sadie arched her brow. "Sebastian likes either. He just gets bored with girls because he thinks their all the same and predictable."
Rolling her eyes she stood up and rubbed his shoulder. "I'll see you around Hunter. Congrats on the formal by the way and good luck at sectionals. I'll see you around." She said as she left and began to head back to school.
"Paradise eh? It's a good song however I don't think you'd be able to pull a solo…" Sadie turned around to see Sebastian standing there holding his coffee
"Oh is that what you think Smyth?"
"I wouldn't know; never heard you sing it."
"Is that right?" She asked with a smirk.
"I'd like to. What're you doing after classes today?" He asked her.
She smirked; "Well I was planning on hand washing all of my clothes, and then I was going to smell every flower around the academy." She teased.
"Good; meet me at Breadsticks tonight after classes."
"I'm out at two fifteen today…so I guess I'll see you then." She said before continuing towards school.
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He couldn't help but watch her as she walked away; something about her entranced him. No girl was that perfect, well she was perfect to him. From what he heard she was on her final strike at Sacred Heart, skipping classes, rude in class, to name a few. However despite all that she still manages to hold her head high.
"Sebastian, the men are the other way." Hunter said from behind him.
"Fully aware she's not a man. Where you heading to class today?" He asked.
"No. The Warblers are going to help me get my girlfriend back." Hunter said causing Sebastian to sigh.
"Come we have to find the perfect song. She needs to see not only what she's missing but that I can be soft and sensitive."
"Shouldn't she already know those things?" Sebastian chuckled.
"Besides the point… lets get going."
The boys had been planning and practicing songs all morning until they finally left for their sister school to go attempt to get Sadie back to Hunter. When the boys entered the auditorium they got there in time to hear the girls practicing.
"When you're waking in the morning, what do you hear? What do you hear? When you're looking in the mirror, who do you fear? Who do you fear? No, don't walk away from talking Falling behind inside" One girl had belted out as she attempted to walk around the stage seductively.
"When you listen to their echo, Who do you hear? Who do you hear?" Another girl began to sing.
"When you're playing in their playground, What do you fear? What do you fear? No, it's only yourself you're mocking. Finding the truth inside…" Sadie belted out before the three girls moved together getting ready for the next bit.
They continued singing till they got close to the end of the song. Each girl saying a single number each three times before they got back to the chorus. Slowly finishing the song and ending in all next to one another. The woman in front of them began to clap; "Sadie what was the song you said you wanted to sing for sectionals?"
"I had looked into the rules and it said we could get help of another show choir member… from a different school to assist with a performance as long as they aren't in our sectionals battle…"
The boys began to look at one another in confusion; "Hey Hunter; maybe you don't have to try." Trent teased.
"And what song, School, and member were you thinking Miss Wilde?"
"I was thinking King and Lionheart, … as the song. Dalton Warblers as the Show Choir… and Sebastian Smyth… as the member… I would do all the work myself." She said
All the boys turned to Sebastian who looked more shocked than they did. "Have you spoken to this boy about this?"
"No, but I'm supposed to meet him after classes today. I was going to ask him then…"
"What gave you this idea? Exactly…"
"Duets; We've never done one with a boy and I think it will show us good favor and them… for when they get to the next stage of their sectionals too…"
The teacher stood and gave her a hug; "I like the idea, I'll speak to their teacher companion about it you can ask the boy. I'm surprised however that you didn't pick Hunter."
"They broke up Mrs. Parker."
"Can't say I'm surprised. So why this Sebastian?"
"Well when I sung with him the other night, I liked how well his voice meshed with mine. I thought maybe we could experiment."
Hunter turned and left making the Warblers follow. Storming out of the school he turned and let out a deep growl to Sebastian. "Don't even act like I knew about that Hunter. I had no intention of seeing her, just wanted to help her with her vocals since she gave me this." He said tossing a photo copied version of the note she gave him.
"That's all." Sebastian said before taking off to venture the all girls' school. It didn't take him long to find Sadie with a group of girls in a small clearing. They must have just finished their practice, "Sadie." He said slowly.
"Sebastian, Hey." She said with a smile.
"Are you busy…"
"Not at all, I was just about to get changed for our meet." She said.
She said goodbye to her friends and lead him towards her dorm room. "We're not usually allowed to bring boys up here however, I think boys who don't like girls… are an exception." Sebastian shook his head as he sat down on her bed when she walked into the bathroom to shower.
He decided to look around her room; she was lucky she got a single room. Or maybe every girl got their own rooms, He noticed there were no pictures of her and Hunter anywhere. Tons of pictures on her wall from her show choirs competitions and shows they did.
Her desk was completely organized; papers all filed. That's when he noticed them; she had a tiny mickey tucked next to her desk along with a tiny journal. He picked up her journal and tucked it into his bag before continuing his search. He didn't even know what he was looking for, faults, and imperfections. Whatever to just get her off his mind, she thought he was completely gay for Christ's sake.
She came out of the bathroom in nothing but black boy shorts and a bra, Sebastian just sat there staring at her. "Your sitting on my skirt." She said to him as he quickly sat up and passed her the uniform.
He glanced at her taking in her features, long lightly tanned legs that went on forever. She had a nice round hip, which went up to her smooth belly. Her long slender arms, she had pretty large breasts not over powering but they were nice to look at. She pulled on her uniform before sitting down at her desk and began to do her hair.
"So you wanted something?" She asked him.
"Uhm yea, well see…" He had completely forgot what he wanted to say to her. "Hunter." He said finally.
"Sebastian Smyth; What ever happened to your snarky remarks and bad boy exterior?" She asked with a smirk.
"I feel no reason to be rude to you." He admitted; "You've done nothing wrong to me."
She arched her brow; "And the New Directions have?" She said.
"Yes, well no. They're competition." He told her.
"So it has nothing to do with you being in love with an particular ex-warbler?" She said causing him to slouch in place.
"I'm past that." He told her, she stood up and sat next to him on the bed.
She placed her hand on his knee; "You don't have to pretend with me. I would have figured you would be comfortable talking to me by now its been how many weeks since we started hanging out?" She asked.
"I am comfortable around you. More than I would have assumed I'd be. I just can't explain that part of my life."
She just nodded before pulling him close to her in a hug; "I will wait as long as it takes for you to trust me with that Sebastian." She said before standing up. "Anyway; I have one last class before schools over. Are we still meeting after classes today?"
Sebastian nodded; "Of course. I think you should give Hunter a chance…" he said awkwardly.
"Uhm why?"
"He's a good guy and cares about you so much… he said so." Sebastian knew that was a lie; he just wanted to get Hunter off his back because he was spending so much time with her.
"I guess I can unblock him." She said; "For you…meet me at Breadsticks at three thirty?" She said.
"Three Thirty?" She just nodded; "I don't want to go out in my uniform if that's alright with you. Besides I have a lot to talk about." Sebastian smiled as she and him left her room and walked two different ways.
She pulled the tiny book out from his jacket pocket; there had to be something that made her less perfect. Something that would take her off his mind in the way she had been there for the past few weeks.
Walking back to his car he climbed in and opened the tiny book and flipped to the last entry. It was the night he'd met her; the page had small watermarks all over the pages.
Tears.
'I don't know why I do this to myself. Why I keep letting him back in when I know all he's going to do is hurt me. Hunter is a great guy, but when he becomes drunk off victory or angry from failure I become his emotional punching bag. It's why he broke up in the first place, yet I still let him back. He forced himself on me again tonight; I didn't even try fighting him off this time. What does that tell the world about me? I'm weak and I give up easily. At least this time I didn't turn back to hurting myself for his mistakes. I just don't understand Hunter; he can be so sweet one minuet but then the slightest mention on someone else and he changes. He turns into some monster, he was mad that I had spoken to and been kind to a guy I just met. More angry than happy about the fact that I had jumped up to help, you'd think he'd be happy. He just kept saying how Sebastian's gay. Like his sexual preferences should define whom he's a friend with or something. Maybe it was because I told him I thought Sebastian was charming or something. Maybe he heard the girls and I talking about him. It really doesn't make sense.
I hope things change soon; I don't know how much longer I can take these mind games Hunter plays with me. I think the girls are right. I need to just cut him out completely. That's probably for the best. -Sadie
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I wont be able to make it tonight, sorry Sadie.What? Why not?Warblers practice, sectionals are in a week and Hunter wants us to be ready.Seriously? That's your reason for bailing on me again… thanks Sebastian…Sebastian sat there staring at his phone after Hunter passed it back to him. He just pushed his cell back into his pocket as the guys began to practice the songs for the sectionals. Sebastian couldn't help but feel like she was probably already there waiting on him. He did feel bad but he did promise Hunter he'd do whatever it took to stay in the Warblers after he stepped down from being the leader.
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Sadie sat back in the seat at bead sticks; she tossed her phone back into her purse. Taking another sip of water before getting up and pulling five dollars out of her wallet and placing it on the table before turning to leave. She walked towards her car and climbed in, starting it and driving off to the lima bean. She wasn't going to let Sebastian ruin her entire night with bailing on her again. Twice in one week, if he didn't like being her friend why put so much effort into his lies.
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Hours later Hunter finally let the guys leave from practice; Sadie had ignored every one of his texts ad calls. iMessage told him she'd read them all; it wasn't like her to do that. Maybe she found out he took her journal. Thad and Nick had suggested to Sebastian he join them at the lima bean to cool off. They could tell he was stressed out and figured this was the best medicine. Caffeine.
Sebastian walked by the massive front window of the shop laughing with his friends when he noticed Sadie was in there at a table with a guy. Well not any guy the weird Jesus freak from the New Directions. Did she realize that's whom she was talking to? She looked beautiful; simple off white shirt, soft blue skirt with large flower print on it. With a brown woven belt around her waist, her tan leather jacket across her lap. She had a large smile on her face, with her lips painted a bright red. She seemed genuinely happy with whatever the guy was saying to her.
Thad turned and looked at Sebastian; "She's not going to be pissed at you if we all walk in is she?"
"You did bail on her… again." Nick added; "Not sure why, she looks smoking."
"She looks rather content." Sebastian said. Knowing her she would probably make a spectacle out of him bailing.
The three guys walked in and stood in line waiting for their turn to order. They were close enough Sebastian could her the guys smooth voice, along with her bright cheerful one. They weren't talking about glee club at all, which surprised him after she'd given him their set list.
"That sort of thing never happens at The Sacred Heart… I mean the most we have is typical female catty-ness." She said with a smile.
"Lucky, I would take the girls being super catty, over being slushed in the face any day."
"Who wastes a slushie? They are delicious." She commented.
She was flirting; Sebastian could tell. She did it with him all the time despite the fact that she still thought he was completely gay. It was like she secretly wished other wise of him. He stood there fuming and staring at her until he realized she was looking back at him and Nick was tapping him.
"Sebastian…You getting anything?"
"Oh yea, regular…" he said before turning his eyes away from a sad looking Sadie and towards the counter.
He quickly paid for his coffee and sat down with the guys turning back for a second to look at Sadie. "She left like two seconds ago with that guy." Thad pointed out to him.
"So?" Sebastian shot back at him; "She's just some stupid silly girl."
Thad smirked; "You're Bi… aren't you."
"What makes you come up with things like that?"
"Well for a starters Trent was telling us how you make it a habit to tell her good night before you go to sleep every night." Nick pointed out.
"And you were staring at her for five minuets just off in your own world… just now." Thad added; "And, you sat down and were looking for her."
"All that shows is that; I care for her as a friend. I don't like girls." Sebastian said before turning his attention to his coffee.
"Sure thing." Nick smirked.