Okay I'm back now, and I hope you all like this chapter. I got kind of antsy whileI was away andI wanted to write so bad, but I couldn't. I just had so many ideas in the ole noggin l0l. Well, hope you like this chapter...
Disclaimer: I don't own Summerland or its characters.
Braden continued to ignore Jay's advice and he stayed with Vegas. He was having fun with her and he'd be damned if he was going to stop it just because he had a little crush on her friend. There was nothing that could be done, and eventually his feelings for Sienna would go away, but in the meantime he'd just focus all his time on Vegas.
So the weeks slid on by, and Braden tried to steer clear of Sienna as much as he could. If he didn't see her, then it was easier to forget about her. Once school started though, they would be near each other all the time, and Vegas would be miles away at some private academy.
They had already talked about that though, and Vegas would be flying home every other weekend and they could call and email each other all the time. The long distance relationship thing wouldn't be too hard and plus, they still had two weeks before school started, two more weeks of freedom and happiness.
What he was planning to do with that time, was, for tonight, party it up. Braden was heading over to some rich bastard's house with Vegas on his arm for another party to be remembered. He was starting to get use to all these extravagant things that surrounded Vegas (and Sienna). The mansions, yachts, Gucci purses, he had been experiencing that life all summer. At first he felt awkward and out of place at those parties but now, he was right at home and he was beginning to love every minute.
As the car pulled up to the giant gray, castle-like house, Vegas turned to Braden. "Okay now the guy whose house this is, is Gideon Burrows. And I haven't seen him for awhile and we used to be like best friends, so I might want to hang out with him for a little bit." She looked at him tentatively, "Is that okay?"
Braden didn't know what he was going to do if he wasn't with Vegas but he replied nonetheless, "That's fine. You can have all night to catch up if you need."
She beamed at him and she brushed away a piece of her auburn hair out of her eyes before saying, "Oh thanks so much" Vegas then threw her arms around him happily. Braden was surprised but delighted by this embrace. She withdrew eventually and said deviously, "Now, time for the party to start!"
They piled themselves out of the car and headed up the walkway towards the door. As they climbed up the cobblestone steps, Vegas added, "And anyways, you can just hang out with Sienna all night."
Braden's stomach lurched. He hadn't known that Sienna was going to be here tonight, and now he was probably going to end up spending the entire night with her. He didn't know if he could really go a whole night, with alcohol, without telling Sienna how he really feels. "Oh….yeah."
As Vegas happily knocked on the door, and walked casually inside the house, Sienna came up behind them. "Hey bitches"
They both acknowledged her strikingly beautiful appearance and greeted her happily. Braden looked around at the giant room he was in and was amazed at the huge crystal chandelier that was above him. He was so transfixed with looking at his surroundings that he didn't really notice that Vegas had walked over to talk to Gideon.
"Are you going to have a drink or what?" asked Sienna.
Braden looked around dumbly, "What?"
She rolled her eyes, "Vegas is over by Gideon, do you wanna go get a drink?"
"You don't drink though."
"That's why you are getting the drink….ya know…for yourself." She gave him a crooked smirk and a mocking gaze.
He loved it when she looked at him like that. "Great idea." They both headed over to the bar and she ordered him three shots. She watched him down all three of them and all she could think about was how much she wished she could have some coke right then. But since she was with Braden it would be best not to. He was already suspicious.
"Well what do you want to do now?" questioned Braden, who was starting to loosen up a bit.
Sienna looked around at all the people dancing to the loud blaring music and the few people fucking in the corners of the room. She sighed, "What do you think you do at a party?"
"Drink, I guess."
"Dance, that's what you do, dumb ass." She snickered at him and added, "That blonde over there looks pretty cute. Go over and dance with her."
"I'm taken, remember?" Braden said defensively.
She looked at him and shook her head, "What does that have to do with anything?"
"I don't think Vegas would like it if I was grinding on some other girl!"
"Grinding does not constitute as cheating. Vegas still dances with other guys at parties, so your allowed to dance with other people too." Sienna started tapping her foot impatiently at him.
"She dances with other guys?" Braden asked heatedly.
Sienna was exasperated. "Oh my god!" She turned her back to him and said, "Alright lets get this boy two more shots before getting him on the dance floor okay, Tony?" She addressed the bartender and raised her eyebrows meaningfully at him. He nodded understandingly and Braden was totally confused.
"What the hell was that?"
"Just drink, and then get your ass over by that blonde."
He gulped down the drinks and childishly complained, "I don't want to dance with her."
"Fine then!" She exclaimed while throwing her hands up in the air. "Come here." She grabbed his shirt roughly and dragged him over to the area where everyone was dancing. He let Sienna drag him without too much reluctance and he watched as she started to sway her hips. Sienna had her arms around his neck and was moving to the music as he still stood stock still, not knowing what to do. "This is the part where you start dancing."
"But…Vegas she—" He was feeling particularly woozy. The drinks were starting to catch up to him.
"She told me to dance with you, and make sure your not bored while she spends a little time with Gideon." Sienna rolled her eyes in utter annoyance, "Now put your hands on my waist and dance because I am starting to feel just plain silly dancing all by my self."
Slowly, Braden started to sway and move to the fast beat of the techno music. His hands were tightly on Sienna's waist and he was dying to make them go lower, but he wouldn't dare. Braden licked his lips as he stared down at Sienna's swinging body and looked into her eyes. The both of them danced like that together for who knows how long; they just stared into each other's eyes while moving closer towards each other. Braden could feel himself start to want her. He also started to want her to know how he feels. He wanted her to give him permission to feel the way he does. Braden had a feeling though he would regret it in the morning when all the liquor was out of his system, but right now, with the drinks pulsating threw him, he was feeling confident. "I love you" He whispered it softly in her ear, without even realizing it.
They both stopped dancing for a moment and dropped their hands from each other's bodies. Braden couldn't help but feel like the biggest idiot in the world for saying that to her and he was agonizing what she was going to say to him back, that is, when she finally did speak. He was still hopeful though, that somehow, she could feel the same way that maybe she wouldn't be angry with him for saying that to her; maybe Sienna would fall for him. Her reaction though, was not what he had wanted it to be. It was actually the worst thing she could have done to him in that moment.
She laughed at him.
"You don't love me, Braden." She shook her head like it was some kind of funny joke. She started dancing again, like what she had said settled everything. But Braden wasn't content with this answer.
"What do you mean by that? You can't tell me what I feel.."
"You don't even know me. How can you love someone you don't know?" She answered him, all laughter gone from her face.
"I know you, I've known you all summer, and I've liked you more and more each day." Braden was slurring his words now and he was saying more than he wanted to but he couldn't help but let it out. He couldn't stop himself from saying, "From the moment I met you I've wanted you."
"Is that so?" She replied while pursing her lips.
"Yeah," said Braden drunkenly, "You're perfect. You are funny, gorgeous, nice when you want to be, and you have got a killer ass." He smiled at his comment about her ass; it was funny to him in that moment.
She glared at him for a few moments in rage, but before she could say anything, her gaze changed. She stopped looking at Braden, but was instead looking over his shoulder at something. He was confused so he asked her, "What's wrong?"
"It's Wynnie," she looked pale as she stuttered these two words and she started to run her hands through her hair.
"Who?"
"Oh god, I need a drink." She spun around and raced towards the bar so fast that Braden barely had time to follow her.
"You don't drink though."
"I do when Wynnie is in town." She said this while gulping down her third shot. She continued to get a fourth, then and fifth shot before Braden had to step in.
"I think that's enough for now."
"Oh, bite me. You are a jackass you know that? Telling me you love me when you are going out with my best friend! What kind of person does that?" Sienna was stumbling towards him and her fingers were poking at his chest.
"It's just the way I feel and I thought you should know."
"Don't you think Vegas should know, hmmmm?" when Braden remained guiltily silent, she looked at him in disgust. "That's what I thought. You don't even have the courage to be honest. You know what? I'm done hanging out with you, I think it's time you should be by yourself."
With that she turned on her heel and left the room. She rushed towards the bathroom, eager to get a few lines of coke in, before she runs into Wynnie, and Braden, crushed by his failure with Sienna, rushed towards the bar, eager to get a few shots in, and hopeful that he could forget this night ever happened.
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