Chapter 4

"I'm actually really excited that you told me to come to this, Stella. I feel like I haven't been to a party since all the bad stuff that happened at Alfea," Musa said as her smile turned into a frown. Stella could see that she was losing her friend to her thoughts of the past.

"Good! That's why we need to get in there already!" Stella said hugging Musa, which made her smile. "Come on, Teeth check!" Stella and Musa both smiled as wide as possible to let the other one make sure that none of the Chinese food they had for dinner was stuck in between their teeth. Both knew that nothing could be more embarrassing than having a conversation with someone with noodles stuck in your teeth. Good thing both of them had mouth washed before coming because their smiles were brighter than ever. Both of them looked flawless tonight. Musa was wearing shorts and a muscle tee with gorgeous black pumps. Stella wore black high waisted shorts and a red crop top tank top and black strappy heels.

Musa walked up to Adam's dorm room door and she could hear the music loud and clear which was getting her super pumped. Just like Stella had mentioned that she knew nothing more comforting than the rays of the sun, Musa felt the same about beats from a song. She knocked on the door hard and made sure it was loud enough to be heard over the music. Both of the girls stood there until Adam opened the door.

He looked pretty handsome in his button down and blue jeans. Stella couldn't help but smile when he looked at them with a happy look on his face, completely excited that the two girls finally made it, "Hey girls! I'm glad you guys chose to come!" Stella could see why a lot of girls thought he was cute; his smile was pretty on point. 'If only he could learn to be a little less of an ass,' she thought to herself.

"Thanks for inviting us! Cool dorm room!" the blonde said as he showed her and Musa around.

"OMG! Is that the DJ 2000? (Idk, lmao I just had to come up with a name…)" Musa ran over to the DJ booth with a smile bigger than any Stella had ever seen before. She couldn't help but laugh at the love her new friend had for music. She hoped to love something as much as that some day. Stella looked around and saw probably ten other people in the room, well it was more like a small apartment since four guys lived here so there were two rooms, a small living room and kitchen. She was starting to realize that this was more like an intimate gathering than a party. There were two couples making out on the wall and most of the other people were pretty drunk. Stella rubbed her arm uncomfortably and thought about getting Musa and leaving.

She felt Adam take her hand gently, "Come on, I'll get you a drink and we can go sit down." She looked at Musa and saw her DJing with some guy from their English class. She had a drink in her hand and seemed like she was letting loose and enjoying herself. Stella didn't want to be the one to ruin her night. Plus, they just got here maybe it would turn out to be fun she thought to herself. She smiled and nodded while Adam returned the smile pulling her along to the drink table.

"Here you go. I think you'll really like this," Adam handed Stella a cup and she took a sip.

"Woah this is pretty strong," Stella scrunched her nose as the alcohol seeped down her throat. "I don't think I should drink this. I have to go home and my dad will kill me if he finds out I drank," Stella said picturing her dad's face once he smells this stuff on her breath. She wanted to piss off her dad as much as she could for leaving her at such a young age, but she definitely didn't want him to murder her. Guess she was just going to have to stick it to him and show him that he lost the right to ever have an opinion on her decision the second he left her.

"Cheers!" Stella said lifting her glass to hit Adam's.

"Bro, I'm killin this game! I'm on level 47! I've never made it this far before," Brandon grinned not taking his eyes off the TV for even one second.

Riven rolled his eyes at his best friend, "That's cause you won't give me a chance at all to play." The two boys had been playing video games for the past three hours. Even though the boys had decided to stay in for the night instead of having a wild night out, Riven was content with their choice. Brandon's always been his best friend and the two haven't gotten the chance to spend as much alone time together since before they started to date their girlfriends even though the two were roommates. Brandon always made an effort to hang out with him and Musa, but he did get a little tired of being the third wheel all the time since he didn't always bring Mitzi along. He knew his friends weren't too fond of her, heck even he wasn't after being with her.

"So where's Musa tonight?" Brandon watched Riven go to the mini fridge and take out two sodas from the corner of his eye still trying to focus on his game.

"Spending the night at Stella's. They wanted to have a girls night," Riven grunted.

"Sounds like someone's gonna miss their cuddle buddy Awh," Brandon joked

with a pout and emphasizing the words in his best baby voice. Wanting to shut him up, Riven threw the soda bottle at Brandon's arm. "Bro what the hell, you almost made me lose."

Buzz. Buzz.

Riven went to the coffee table and took a seat next to Brandon as he picked up his phone.

"Who the hell is texting you at 2AM? Is it Musa ? " Brandon wiggled his eyebrows.

Riven suddenly got up from the couch and grabbed his jacket from the coat hanger and then ran to Brandon's bed and grabbed his.

"Musas drunk. Let's go!" Riven gritted through his teeth. Brandon still hadn't taken his eyes off of the TV.

"Bro no way! I'm not going anywhere. I'm almost on level 50. Plus she's probably drunk at Stella's so don't sweat it. She's a big girl, she'll be fine!" Brandon reassured his best friend who looked like he had seen a ghost.

Buzz. Buzz.

Brandon looked at riven from the corner of his eye and it looked like someone had just punched him in the stomach fifty times. Riven clutched his hands and made them into fists, "They're at Adams."

"let's go," Brandon threw the controller next to him and grabbed his jacket from Riven and ran out the door. Well Riven was happy that Brandon's hate for Adam actually got him to come help him out.

"Wait for me man!"

"Why the fuck would Musa come to Adams? And why would she not tell me," riven ran his fingers through his hair.

"Well she does know we hate him so..." Brandon stated matter of factly. He couldn't help but wonder why Stella would want to go to Adam's after he was such a creep to her. He was clearly interested in her and hit on her in front of everyone. Maybe that just meant she was into him too and for some reason Brandon couldn't help feel a little hurt by it.

Riven walked up to the dorm room and instantly heard the music blasting which only made him even more pissed. "If they even touched her a little bit, I will kill them all."

"I'll probably kill them first, Riv," Brandon smirked. Musa was like his best girl friend and like a little sister and he would never hesitate to break someone's fingers if they hurt her at all. But he also couldn't help but be caught up with the fact that he'd break someone's fingers if even one strand of Stella's blonde hair was out of place. Except this feeling wasn't very sisterly love like he had for Musa.

Brandon covered the peephole in the door while Riven knocked. One of Adam's bozo friends opened the door and stood there with a shocked expression not expecting to see their two enemies on the other side of the door. Before he could even object to them stepping inside, the brunette and magenta haired boys brushed passed him.

The two scanned the room and looked around to see everyone pretty much drunk. They noticed Musa leaning against the wall behind the DJ booth and one of Adam's friends trying to hug her. "Get the fuck away from my girlfriend before I break your face."

Brandon knew Riven could handle the situation judging by how heated he was so he wandered off to find Stella. Most of the lights were dimmed to the lowest setting. He made his way into what seemed to be the living room. He scanned the room and was instantly drawn to the blonde in the room. Stella was sitting on the couch and she seemed wasted while Adam was sitting cozily next to her rubbing her thighs and attempting to kiss her neck. Brandon couldn't help but clench his fists. He eased down a bit when he felt Riven step beside him while holding a very clumsy Musa. The three of them walked over to the couch that Adam and Stella were sitting on. As Brandon made eye contact with Adam, he saw Adam shift in his seat and pulling Stella a little closer to him.

"Woah buddy, I'm a little offended that we didn't get an invite!" Brandon smirked while picking up the red cup that Stella was holding in her hands.

"What the fuck are you doing here Brandon. Get the fuck out," Adam yelled as Stella leaned her head on his shoulder clearly not being able to keep herself up.

Brandon took a sip from the cup and instantly gritted his teeth as the harsh flavor seeped down his throat roughly. "You gave them witches brew? Are you fucking insane?"

"What's it to you? Just get the fuck out."

"Musa is a fairy. You know witches brew affects fairies way faster and more roughly than a witch. No wonder she's so drunk and not to mention that Stella is a human so god knows what the fuck it's gonna do to her," Riven yelled stepping forward to punch this kid in the face. Just like that, all of Adam's friends stood up to defend their friend as if he was their chosen leader. Brandon stopped riven in his tracks by pulling his shoulder back telling him that he needed to hold onto Musa and relax.

"Let's go Stella, we're gonna take you home," Brandon took her hand trying to pull her up.

Adam slapped Brandon's hand away, "she's not going anywhere. She wants to be here, right Stella?"

Everyone turned to Stella and saw the blonde having trouble keeping her eyes open. She smiled as her head leaned on Adam's shoulder, "mhmmm."

"see! She wants to stay! So will you guys fucking leave already?"

"I don't care if she wants to fucking stay. She's going home with us," Brandon said through clenched teeth. He leaned over the coffee table to grab her hand again, but Adam stood up and he could see his goons walking closer to him. Some of them had grabbed their weapons. Brandon was growing more pissed.

"What are you gonna do Brandon? She's not your girl so why don't you just leave. I'll tell you all about my night with her tomorrow if you want to hear all the details." Brandon just wanted to wipe that stupid smirk off his face.

"I wouldn't even let you touch her. I'm taking her home," Brandon continued even though he saw a bunch of guys surrounding him and Riven.

"It's two against ten so if I was you, I'd leave now Brandon," Adam said letting Stella sit on the couch while he stepped closer to Brandon about to punch him. Before he could even do anything Brandon began to glow bright red orange all around.

Adam took a huge gulp knowing that he was in trouble now, but there was no way he'd show anyone that he was scared of what Brandon could really do with his magic. He smirked, "Go ahead Brandon, use your magic. The second you do, I'm pretty sure you'll be expelled for using your magic unsupervised at this hour with no professors around against a fellow student." Adam thought this would get Brandon to stop glowing, but instead he continued to get brighter red orange which only meant that his attack would be that much stronger.

Brandon had a grin on his face, "I'm not so sure about that. I'm sure the headmaster will understand that I did what I had to seeing that you were about to take advantage of his daughter, which I can assure you seems to be his prized possession. So if I was you, I'd let Stella come with us." Brandon confidently stopped summoning his magic and brushed past Adam who was cursing under his breath clearly defeated. He took off his jacket and put it around Stella's shoulders and got her to stand up long enough to get a good grip on her waist to make sure she was stable enough to walk.

Brandon followed riven, who was still holding on to Musa to give her support, out of the room. He couldn't help but feel Stella's weight on him. She was dead weight and could barely keep her eyes open. The witch's brew seemed to affect her to a whole other level than he had ever seen before. He had to tell himself not to go back and beat Adam up for doing this to her and Musa. It made him sick.

"So Musa is gonna crash at our dorm. I definitely want to be there for her through the night just in case she needs me. Hope that's cool," riven said finally breaking the silence.

"Yeah I'm cool with that." Brandon also wanted to make sure Musa was okay thru the night.

"So I'll take her to our room and you take Stella home."

"Oh hell no. Do you realize that Maxwell would kill me if he saw me with her and I can only imagine what he would do to me if he saw his daughter drunk with me," Brandon yelled as he pictured the type of torture he would go through if Maxwell saw him with Stella again. "He hates my guts and she's super drunk so you take her."

Riven shook his head as fast as possible, "no way am I trying to feel Maxwell's wrath when he finds out she drank witches brew. She can just stay in our room for the night."

"As long as her dad doesn't find out, I'm cool with that," Brandon said as the two boys made their way to their room.

Once they finally made it to their dorm, riven turned the lights on. Their room was huge. It was just one big room where there was a living room type section and then each boy got half the room for all their stuff.

Brandon got both the girls a water bottle. They weren't really able to stand much but their balance was getting better and they were able to stand on their own now. The boys couldn't help but feel relieved as they saw the witch's brew was slowly starting to wear off and they would be fine in the morning. Riven got into his bed with Musa and put the blanket over her and hugged her tight. He couldn't help but feel a weight lifted off his shoulder just knowing that she was with him again and safe. He even forgot that he was mad at her for going to Adams in the first place. While Brandon had gone to the bathroom, Stella had made her way to his bed from the couch and fell asleep instantly as her head hit Brandon's pillow.

Brandon appeared from the bathroom shirtless and in just a pair of basketball shorts and saw the blonde in his bed sleeping soundly, "you've got to be kidding me." Riven laughed at his best friend. "There's no way I'm sleeping on that small ass couch. I'm way too tall for that and I refuse to be sore for Levi bike practice tomorrow." Riven nodded in agreement knowing that the big match was coming up and it was vital that Brandon be on his A game. He slowly moved the blonde to one side of the twin bed and got into the vacant side. He forgot how small this bed really was and knew it wasn't meant for two people. The school probably thought the twin beds would stop guys and girls from engaging in inappropriate activities, but that never stopped anyone. Brandon never really slept in this bed with a girl before tonight. He wasn't much of a cuddler, even Mitzi left pretty fast after sex and if she didn't he'd come up with an excuse to leave. He pulled the covers over him and Stella, but even after that he felt her body shiver. It was a little chilly in the room but not enough to make someone shiver. He figured it was an affect of the witches brew. He shifted to his side facing her face and put his arm around her to warm her up. He was gentle with every movement making sure he wouldn't wake her up. He let out a breath of relief when he still found her asleep, until she shifted suddenly making him close his eyes tightly. He peeked one eye open and saw hers still closed. She had shifted closer to him snuggling her head under his chin and into his neck. Brandon smiled a little to himself as he drifted off to sleep with her soft breath hitting his skin.

The sun streamed through the window causing Stella to stir in her sleep. She slowly opened her golden eyes and tried to take in her surroundings noticing that she was definitely not in her bedroom. She tried to shift, but she realized there was a strong muscular arm wrapped around her waist and she realized that there was a body behind her hugging hers perfectly.

She shut her eyes tightly trying to figure out what happened last night but all her headache reminded her was the drink she took from Adam. Then it hit her that she was probably in bed with Adam. She turned her head to take a good look at her bedmate and was surprised to see a handsome brunette sleeping next to her.

"Brandon, wake up," Stella whispered since she noticed Musa and riven sleeping in the other bed.

Brandon opened his eyes weakly and looked at the clock that read 6:30AM, "go back to sleep Stella. Class doesn't start for another two hours." He closed his eyes again pulling her closer.

"No tell me what the hell happened last night! Did we...?" Stella asked dreading the answer and prayed she didn't sleep with him. Don't get her wrong, she thought he was insanely attractive, but he had probably slept with half the student population.

"Yeah we did, now please go to sleep," Brandon smirked. Even though he was half asleep, his smirk still managed to annoy the crap out of her.

Stella sat upright in bed and yelled, " What is wrong with you? Did you not realize I was drunk? What the hell is wrong with you, you perv. How could you take advantage of me like that? I know we aren't good friends, but I'd think you'd have some sort of respect for me!" By now the whole room was up and her yelling spree had informed riven and Musa of exactly what was happening.

"Stella shut up. Nothing happened last night. Brandon can you stop messing with her? Some of us would like to sleep," Riven groaned. Stella was so pissed that he lied to her about something so serious that she pushed him off the bed!

"Ow what the fuck Stella that hurt," Brandon groaned fully awake now.

"You deserved it," Riven and Musa both laughed. The boys filled the girls in on everything that happened. Stella sighed, " Well thank you both. Never trusting that asshole Adam again."

"I don't get why you girls even went over there in the first place. Especially you Musa! You know how much I hate him. I'm really pissed at you." Riven was so heated and you could tell he was pretty mad at her. "You know what he does to girls like why would you even think to..." Riven was interrupted by Musa crashing her lips on his.

"Are you still mad?" Musa smiled. Riven shook his head no and gave her a few more pecks.

"Okay before you guys start to do it right in front of me, I'm gonna use your shower. I need to get to school and pretend I left the house early before my dad notices I didn't come home last night," Stella said putting her hair into a bun. As she left the room, Brandon sprawled out all over his bed welcoming all the new space he had falling back asleep, while the two lovebirds went to the couch and ate some cereal while watching TV.

In about twenty minutes, Riven and Musa were laughing about a TV show, until they heard someone at the door knocking. "Brandon, baby open the door! I want to get breakfast before class." Riven's heart sank as he recognized Mitzi's voice.

"Oh hell no. The bitch is back!" Riven cried throwing a pillow at his best friend to wake his ass up to make the scary girl go away. "Brandon, get her out of here."

Brandon instantly got up without hesitating and started to think of a plan to get rid of her, but the knocking kept going. "babe let me in!" Defeated, Brandon let Mitzi inside.

"Hey babe, I didn't expect to see you right now," Mitzi kissed him on the lips before he could speak any further.

"I just figured we could do breakfast or something. Your friends can come too if they must," Mitzi scowled clearly not wanting them to come. Riven shook his head no quickly agreeing with her.

Meanwhile Stella was in the bathroom in the shower where she heard Mitzi's ugly and shrieking voice. She couldn't stand that girl and she could hear the nervousness in Brandon's voice as she shut the shower off. He clearly wasn't in love with her and wanted to get rid of her. She suddenly smirked as a light bulb went off in her head. She figured she'd help him out since he did save her from Adam last night.

Stella grabbed the green towel in the bathroom, which she assumed was Brandon's between the two since it was his favorite color and she wrapped it around her body. She walked out and the second she stepped out of the bathroom she saw the anger boiling on Mitzi's face. "Hey Brandon, I hope you don't mind, but I used your towel," she smirked taking in everyone's stares as compliments.

Brandon couldn't even form words. Instead he just nodded. He took in the sight in front of him. Stella was standing with his green towel wrapped tightly around her body and it revealed a good amount of cleavage. The towel stopped just a little past her butt and he couldn't help but think that she had a killer body. She stood there with her hair semi drenched, it looked like she had towel dried it a little in the bathroom. She let all her hair fall to one side as she ran her fingers through her hair to get as many knots out as if it was a hairbrush.

"Damn Stella!" Riven wolf whistled finally breaking the silence. This time instead of being annoyed, Musa laughed along.

"Seriously you look so hot!" Musa joined.

Brandon couldn't help but still be awestruck. A beautiful girl was standing half naked in front of him in his towel while his current girlfriend was in the room. He took a gulp as he finally realized how awkward this was and how bad it must look to Mitzi. She looked like her head was going to explode and Brandon knew that he would never hear the end of it. He looked at Stella and saw her smirking as if this is what she wanted.

"Oh Mitzi, I didn't see you. How's it going?" Stella asked. Mitzi was fuming and at a loss for words.

"Babe can I borrow a t-shirt?" Stella asked innocently as she approached Brandon. Brandon went into his drawer and gave her the one on the top in his drawer. "Thanks you're the best!" She hugged him and kiss his cheek. Brandon had never been so confused in his life. She put her arm around his waist and the other hand laid flat on his muscular and perfectly chiseled chest.

"What the fuck do you think you're doing? Get the fuck away from my man you whore." Mitzi looked like she was about to pounce on Stella until Riven got up and held her back.

"Trust me Hun, after last night he definitely isn't your man anymore," Stella grinned looking up at Brandon as he met his eyes with her. He felt her run her finger sexually up and down his abs and he looked into her eyes with confusion. The glint in her eye finally dawned realization onto him. He knew what she was up to now.

"Brandon what the hell is she talking about? Get your hand off of him you slut," Mitzi yelled.

"Oh I don't think we can ever keep our hands off of each other. Right Brandon?" Stella continued looking into his eyes trying to urge him to finally speak up.

He smirked and put his arm around her waist. He was kind of enjoying Stella being all over him, even if it was just pretend to get rid of his girlfriend. He figured he would take it a step further and let his hand slide down to Stella's butt. Stella tensed up a little at the feel of his hand on her ass, but relaxed quickly as she realized that she was acting and trying to help him out. He was really enjoying this especially because her ass was the epitome of perfection. It was firm and he could tell she did squats on the regular and it was a huge turn on. "Right! Mitzi, I'm really sorry you had to see all this. But I think we need to break up. I hope that we can still be friends." He apologized as he rubbed his hand from Stella's waist to her ass continuously. Mitzi couldn't keep her eyes off of how he was touching Stella right in front of her face.

"UGH! How can you leave me for this whore. She's not even pretty. You will so pay for this bitch," Mitzi yelled as she finally stormed out. Musa did not hesitate one bit to slam the door behind her.

Instantly Riven and Musa started cracking up and in unison, they said, "OMG! Guys that was amazing! Finally we're free from her." They both retook their positions on the couch and went back to watching their show.

Stella realized that Brandon's hand was still on her ass and took it off of her, "Alright Romeo, enough of that. Don't ever say I didn't help you out! I think we're even now."

"Please don't even pretend you didn't enjoy that even a little bit gorgeous." Stella couldn't help but think his grin was the sexiest thing she had ever seen. She had to admit that his touch was pretty enticing. But she decided to laugh his statement off.

"I'm keeping the shirt! Can't see my dad in yesterday's clothing." She laughed as she took the t-shirt and her shorts from the previous night into the bathroom to finally collect her thoughts hoping her dad didn't know she had snuck out. Brandon couldn't help but watch her the entire time as she left.

Never did she think that her first night away from new home would be to spend the night in Brandon McCullen's bed.

AN: So sorry for not updating! Also, sorry for all the cursing! I'm currently on a road trip with my family so I typed most of this on my phone. I know there are a lot of mistakes! Hope you guys enjoy. Please read and review! Love you all and thank you for all the support!