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Ch.4 What About Mine
(OWEN)
I was leaning against the outside banister watching Dallas say goodbye to Clare before we leave for the Ice Hounds game. They've been dating a week now and I've been watching Dallas closely. He's been cheating on Clare as long as they've been dating. Mostly with puck bunnies after practice who he'll spend some time with and then go over to Clare's. He sleeps on the sofa until her parents go to bed and then he goes up to Clare's room. He tells us nearly every morning at practice how he fucked her the night before. Right now he's leaning against the opposite banister and she's facing him, he's got his arms around her waist and his hands resting on her ass.
"Sorry I'm going to miss your game tonight but I have to finish the story I'm submitting to the writing contest," Clare apologizes to Dallas.
"That's okay Baby I'll see you tonight, I think we've perfected fucking you hard and being very silent about it," Dallas comments and even from here with her back turned to me I can see her cheeks turn red.
"Mike!" Clare admonishes hiding her head on his chest but he grabs her with an irked look and pulls her from him forcing her to look up.
"I told you not to call me out that in public, only when you're screaming it out in orgasm," he growls in a low voice but I hear him.
"Then don't embarrass me like that, what we do in my bedroom shouldn't be talked about at school or anywhere," Clare hisses not backing down from Dallas' irate expression. I've seen guys bigger than me back down from Dallas when he wasn't nearly so angry. I have to hand it to the girl she doesn't scare easy and she doesn't back down from things.
"I kept my voice down no one heard me," Dallas replies with a shrug.
"I heard it and he talks about you in the locker room too," I speak up.
"You what?!" Clare shrieks.
"It's just locker room talk Baby," Dallas replies with a shrug.
"What we do in my bedroom is no one else's business Mike I…" Clare's angry exclamation is cut short when Dallas grabs her arm and pulls her to him. It's fairly violent and I start to walk over there to pull them apart but Drew beats me to it.
"Don't call me Mi…" Dallas starts then Drew pushes him away from Clare getting between the two.
"What the hell is wrong with you?" Drew growls.
"Having a conversation with my girlfriend stay out of it Torres," Dallas snarls back and punches Drew so hard he falls back into Clare knocking them both down.
Clare whimpers as she's crushed between the stairs and Drew, Dallas pulls Drew off of her and helps her up just as I get over and help Drew up. We've attracted a lot of attention now including a couple of teachers. They pull us all apart and Dallas is taken by Coach down the stairs and around the banister while Mr. Perino asks me and Drew what happened. By the time he lets us go Clare and Dallas are nowhere in sight and I have to head to the team bus.
"I really hate that guy," Drew grunts with rage when Perino walks away.
"You have plenty of reason to I've been watching him all week and he's been cheating on Clare. She was nothing but a conquest to him and now that he has her he flaunts her while cheating on her. Clare needs to know the truth she deserves better," I tell Drew.
"Better than I was to her, I know that now I took advantage of her and didn't give her the attention she deserved. I was a creep but I'll better for her, I'll be worthy of her and get her back and away from that prick," Drew declares.
"Atta boy that's what I want to hear, I'll help you but right now I have to get on the bus for the game. I'll come over after, I'm sure your brother will be happy to help," I remark slapping his shoulder a couple of times before walking to the bus. Everyone is on the bus except Dallas; even Coach is sitting in his spot. "Where's our illustrious captain?" I question emphasizing illustrious in a snarky tone.
"Dallas will be along in a minute he had a personal matter to take care of, I gave him ten minutes. The bus doesn't need to leave for another four minutes, if he's not on the bus in four minutes then we'll leave without him and he'll be reprimanded," Coach replies.
"I bet if the rest of us had a personal matter right before practice Coach wouldn't let us take care of it," Luke says quietly from the seat behind me and I nod in agreement.
Dallas runs onto the bus a couple minutes later and it takes off. Dallas grins at us and sits down in the front seat. Coach gives us a pep talk all the way to the arena and continues in the locker room as we begin to change. When Coach finally goes out to the bench with the assistant coaches I grab Dallas.
"What did you do to Clare?"
"Nothing but some hot and quick makeup sex, why you want to try her Milligan?" He asks and it's tempting to punch him right there but I don't since we have a game to play.
"No she's my friend and you don't deserve her. I saw how you treated her on the stairs, it looked like you were going to hurt her."
"Don't be ridiculous Milligan I wouldn't hurt her, well maybe during sex sometimes," Dallas laughs putting on his helmet and walking quickly to the ice.
"Does Clare know he talks about her that way?" Cam asks as we begin making our way to the ice.
"I think she does now but I'll make sure she knows, she deserves better than that pompous ass."
(CLARE)
I spent all afternoon finishing a story to submit to a writing contest, the deadline is Friday and Miss Dawes is going to edit for me tomorrow. I even ate dinner in my room to get it done and it's now one in the morning and I'm just finishing my homework when I hear rapping at my window. I get up and open the curtain a little to see Dallas on the other side so I open the window.
"What are you doing here so late? I thought you were sleeping at the Torres house tonight," I comment as he climbs in.
"Yeah well they locked the door. Sorry it's so late I didn't want to wake your parents and we were out celebrating our win," he says and I smile.
"You won that's great! You still could have called and told me you were coming so late," I admonish him.
"Sorry I know I've been a bad bad boy all day, you want to punish me?" Dallas teases scooping me in his arms and nipping my neck. "You want to tie me to the bed and spank me for being bad?" He says with a carnal grin laying me on the bed.
"Dallas I have homework to finish and you have homework too don't you?"
"No we get extensions because of the games," Dallas replies kissing my chest and opening the buttons on my blouse.
"Okay well I don't get an extension and I have homework, besides I'm still sore from this afternoon," I respond pushing him away.
"Sorry about that Baby I know it was hard and fast makeup sex but I didn't have a lot of time," Dallas says.
"Yeah well if you hadn't been so crude to begin with we wouldn't have had a fight," I censure him getting up to go back to my desk but Dallas grabs my waist and pulls me onto his lap.
"I'm sorry, you forgive me don't you? It's just guy talk and I like to brag especially about you," Dallas comments.
"I just don't like being talked about that way but I forgive you if you promise to never do it again," I insist.
"I promise, get back to your homework I'll get ready for bed I played hard tonight," Dallas says kissing my jaw before letting me go.
I sit at the desk to finish my homework and he strips down getting into bed, it doesn't take me long to finish and after going to the washroom to brush my teeth I return to my room. I turn off the light and undress before getting in bed, Dallas likes it when I sleep naked and when I do go to bed with clothes on they always end up coming off anyway. Dallas is already asleep but when I get in bed he rolls over and puts an arm around me, I fall asleep fairly quickly. We both wake up to my alarm and Dallas groans, he reaches over me to grab my phone and hit the snooze alarm.
"We have to get ready for school Dallas and if my mom finds you in here she'll flip," I remind him.
"No she won't your mom loves me," Dallas replies nuzzling into me.
"Dallas we still need to get up," I assert pushing at him. I go out to the washroom and Jake is just coming out of his room.
"If your boyfriend is going to sneak in tell him to keep it down," Jake yawns.
"I didn't expect him to sneak in," I respond in a snarky tone.
I use the washroom and get ready as much as I can, when I return to the bedroom Dallas is getting dressed. When the three of us go down for breakfast he tells my parents he came in late last night because of the game and came to my room when I had a nightmare. My mom says we shouldn't be sleeping in one bed but in the same breath gushes that he's so good to me. Jake drives the three of us to school and Dallas walks in with his arm around me. He walks me to my locker and kisses me before walking to his own locker.
"Clare we need to talk," Owen says walking over to me as I begin opening my locker.
"About what?" I inquire.
"About your boyfriend come on," he insists taking my arm gently and pulling me with him. He takes me to a classroom but it's not empty Drew and Adam are in here sitting on desks.
"What is this about? If you're all trying to convince me to break up with Dallas it won't work," I huff with annoyance and turn to leave the room but Owen's blocking my path.
"He's cheating on you Clare and he has been for the last week. After every practice, last night's game, pretty much anytime he wasn't with you," Owen informs me handing me his phone. I take it and I'm horrified to see a picture of Dallas with a puck bunny on his lap. "There's more and he talks about having sex with you in the locker room all the time, he boasts about every conquest and you're just another one on his list Clare, he doesn't care about you at all," Owen tells me as I scroll through pictures on his phone of Dallas with at least a dozen other girls. In most of the pictures he's kissing them but in a few it's way more. My chest gets tight and my eyes swell with tears and I start shaking nearly dropping Owen's phone.
"He's a jerk Clare and you deserve better, he's been playing everybody," Adam says.
"He only wanted to steal you and once he did you became nothing. I know I treated you pretty bad too but I would never cheat on you," Drew says getting off the desk and stepping toward me.
I hand Owen back his phone and push him out of the way running out of the room with the three guys following me. I'm looking for Dallas to confront him, he's near the end of the hall with one of the girls in the pictures and I stop dead in my tracks. I hide behind Owen and Adam to hear their conversation.
"…I was fine until I slept with you asshole you gave me an STI and I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one," she says slapping him and walking away. I run over and not just slap him but hit him with my backpack as hard as I can and he's felled to the ground.
"WE ARE DONE YOU CHEATING PRICK! I CAN'T BELIEVE I EVER BELIEVED A WORD THAT CAME OUT OF YOUR MOUTH. YOU ARE A LYING, CHEATING, IGNORANT, PRETENTIOUS FUCK AND I NEVER WANT TO SEE YOU AGAIN," I scream at Dallas and kick him in the nuts when he tries to get up which sends him crumpling to the ground again.
Several people in the halls start cheering and clapping but I take off running. I feel like an idiot for ever listening to a word Dallas said. For falling for his lines and even if Drew was taking advantage of me and being inconsiderate and selfish I shouldn't have fallen for Dallas' lines. I feel gross for ever touching him, letting him touch me and for breaking up with Drew the way I did. I make it outside before Drew catches my arm and stops me.
"You don't have to tell me I was an idiot and I fell for sweet talk and I hurt you a…"
"Clare stop," Drew says cutting me off, "all of that is true but not important right now. You heard Chelsea she got an STI from Dallas which means you probably have it too. You need to be checked out at the clinic."
I was already crying but I start crying harder and Drew puts his arm around me, my head falls to his chest.
"We'll go with you Clare," Adam speaks up and I pull away from Drew.
"We can't all miss school I'll go alone," I say trying to walk away but Drew has a hold of me.
"No we'll go with you, we can all miss a class and we're not letting you go alone," Adam asserts.
"Come on we'll take my car, Dallas will be hurting for a while. That was some kick by the way remind me to stay on your good side," Owen remarks as we walk to his car.
"I believed him I never even imagined he was cheating on me," I snivel getting in the front seat of Owen's car.
"He wanted it that way Clare and he didn't think anyone on the team would tell you. He's a manipulative jerk and he had his sights set on you from the moment he met you," Owen says in a reassuring tone and I give him a small smile.
"It's my fault, I drove you to him. I know it was I was being an ass and I didn't even see it. I took you and our whole relationship for granted. I'm sorry Clare," Drew says with a sincere tone from the backseat.
"I'm sorry too I listened instead of talking to you and I went on instinct instead of thinking. I never should have broken up with you the way that I did," I apologize.
"You two can kiss and makeup later, we're here," Adam comments as Owen pulls into the clinic.
I go inside with Adam while Owen calls the Ice Hounds head coach and Drew calls his mom. I sign in and ask for an STI screening, Adam makes me check the box for a pregnancy test just to be safe. I have to fill out some forms and a health history too, which I'm doing when Drew and Owen come back in.
"I told Coach everything he's talking to Simpson right now," Owen tells us.
"Mom's headed there too and she's not even mad we're missing a class," Drew grins sitting down next to me.
I finish the forms and take them over, it's only a few minutes later that I'm called back to a room. They take some blood and urine and tell me it will take 24 hours for the STI results to come back but they'll call me with the results of the pregnancy test this afternoon. When we return to school we only have about ten minutes before first period ends.
"Do you guys mind if I talk to Clare alone for a minute?" Drew requests when we walk into school.
"Come on Adam let's go see if Coach and your mom are still in with Simpson," Owen says and they walk toward the office.
Drew motions for me to follow him and we walk to the memorial garden. We sit on the bench facing each other and Drew takes my hand.
"I know I probably don't deserve it but I'm asking for a second chance. I still love you Clare and this time I know what I'll lose if I lose you. I'll be better for you and actually listen to you, pay attention to you and put you before my friends whatever you want," Drew begs.
"It's not that I wanted you to always put me before your friends Drew it just that I always felt like I came into last to you. That's why it was so easy for me to be with Dallas, I didn't know he was cheating or even suspected he would because when he was with me I did come first and he made me feel good. He still went out with the team and that was fine, of course I realize now that he was probably out with some puck bunny cheating on me," I grumble and my voice wavers with pain on the last part.
"I would never cheat on you Clare," Drew says putting his hand on my shoulder.
"I want to believe you Drew but you cheated on Alli and I never felt like I was a priority to you. You can go out with your friends and hang out after the game but I don't want that to always come first. And when we are together I want to feel like I'm the most important thing in your world. I was always taking care of you I need to be taken care of sometimes too. You never wanted to have sex always using the excuse that I wore a promise ring you knew that had no meaning for me. You also had no problem with me giving you a blow job or hand job anytime you were horny but every time I wanted to be taken care of you were too busy. It made me feel like you don't find me attractive and it hurt Drew," I tell him keeping my voice as firm as possible and looking Drew in the eye.
"I know Clare and I'm really sorry, I was selfish and a jerk and I took you for granted. I see that now, I know I screwed up and you have no reason to think I'll be any different now but I promise you I will be. I still love you Clare, I've always been in love with you and I'm sorry I really sucked at showing it. I realize I drove you into the arms of Dallas and you never would have given him a second thought if I'd just given you the attention and care you deserve. It sucked to be broken up with that way but it made me realize what I was losing," Drew says brushing his fingers into my hair a little and gently kissing my temple.
"And I thought I had everything with Dallas but I found out I was nothing but a conquest and an object to him. I'm now questioning everything he ever did with me or said to me and I realize I have my own issues to work on. All that being said I still love you too and even when I thought Dallas was nothing but sweet to me I still missed you," I tell him and he smiles leaning forward to kiss me. "Wait," I exclaim putting my hand over his mouth to stop him and he arches his eyebrows at me. "First of all we need to make it official if we're getting back together. Secondly we still don't know if I have an STI no kissing on the lips or anything else until I do," I assert.
"Clare will you please get back together with me?"
"Yes but we both need to work at the relationship," I stipulate.
"I swear and as soon as I can kiss you I'm going to do it all over your body," Drew grins and I laugh just as the late bell rings. "Come I better walk you to class before we miss another period," Drew says standing up and offering me his hand.
He walks me to physics and Adam's already in class. At lunch I tell Adam Drew and I are back together. Adam tells me that Dallas' behavior is being discussed between a bunch of adults. He's being disciplined on the team for breaking code of conduct but he didn't break any school rules so he can't be suspended or expelled. He is being billeted with the Baker family from now on however. He's out for the day moving his stuff from the Torres house to the Baker's house so I don't have to face him for the rest of the day at least. We will have to see him tomorrow however which I'm not looking forward to.
The news that Dallas was cheating on me has spread through the school. All my friends, and most everyone else, is happy that I'm back together with Drew. Dallas doesn't really have any true friends, Owen is happy Drew and I are back together and the rest of the team doesn't seem to care either way. Except for Cam who tells me he's glad I'm dating Dallas anymore.
"I have football practice but you should go to my house with Adam," Drew tells me at my locker after school.
"What if Dallas is there?"
"Adam will be there and so will my mom, I'll be home right after practice and Owen is coming over too," Drew assures me.
"Have a good practice I'll see you in a couple of hours," I smile and kiss his cheek.
Drew grins and kisses my forehead, Adam's waiting on the steps for me so either Drew told him to wait or he just knew. We walk to his house and just as we're crossing the yard to the front door Dallas comes out holding a box.
"Clare," Dallas calls setting the box in the back of a truck.
"Don't talk to me, don't ever talk to me again you cheating prick," I snap back and walk into the house with Adam and he grins at me.
We stay upstairs until Dallas is gone then Adam and I go down and start on homework. We only missed broadcast and print production, a class we have with Eli and he filled us in plus we don't have homework in that class today. We're halfway done with our physics homework when my cell phone rings, it's a local number but I don't recognize it.
"Hello?"
"Clare Edwards please," the female voice says.
"This is her."
"I'm calling from the Riverdale STI clinic the results from your pregnancy test are negative. We'll call you back with the results of your STI test."
"Thank you," I smile hanging up and looking at Adam, "I'm not pregnant but we still don't know about STIs yet."
"Well the fact that you're not pregnant is good," Adam grins.
"Yeah very good," I breathe with a sigh of relief. Adam and I get back to our homework, we're practically done and it's nearly dinner when Owen and Drew arrive.
"You seem happier," Owen comments when they walk in the door.
"The clinic called, I'm not pregnant," I grin.
"That's great," Drew smiles setting his backpack down and sitting next to me. He nearly kisses me but stops himself and kisses my temple.
Audra comes down to tell us dinner is ready and we eat together. Audra tells us about the long and unpleasant conversation she had with Dallas' parents. Owen and Drew talk about practice but I'm mostly silent for dinner. Owen does tell me he'll be sure no one on the team bothers me including Dallas. After dinner we all go to the basement, Adam and I finish our homework while Drew and Owen start on their homework. Drew sits next to me and every so often he'll kiss my cheek or my temple and I smile. Audra kicks us out at eleven, Drew says goodnight and Owen drives me home. I sleep okay until I have bad dreams about Dallas cheating on me. I wake up really early and can't get back to sleep so I'm awake when my parents get up. They heard all about Dallas cheating on me from Jake, Mom just says she's sorry and he seemed like such a nice boy. I don't tell them that I might have an STI though. Jake doesn't really say anything on the way to school and as soon as I get to school I see Drew and Adam.
"Good morning Beautiful," Drew grins kissing my temple.
"You look tired," Adam comments.
"Didn't sleep well, bad dreams about Dallas," I reply and Drew kisses my temple again. We go inside and Owen finds us a few minutes later. We start walking toward mine and Owen lockers when my phone rings and it's the clinic. I answer and they ask me to come back in. "That was the clinic they want me to come back in that's probably not good," I tell the boys when I hang up.
"We'll go with you we can go at lunch," Drew says and I smile at him.
I spend my first two classes worried sick over what they want to tell me. My biggest fear is that I have HIV and I'm praying that's not it. We leave at lunch and drive back to the clinic, as soon as I give them my name I'm taken back. Not to an exam room but the office of one of the doctors. The boys all came with me for support and we wait for a doctor.
"Hi Clare thanks for coming back in, I'm Dr. Ford. We called you back in because your test came back positive for Chlamydia," he informs me and my breathing hitches. Drew reaches over and takes my hand squeezing it in a comforting gesture. "It sounds scary but it's one most common sexually transmitted infections. This is an anti-biotic take it one dose and have no sexual contact for seven days, we'll retest you in a week if you're cured then you can start having sex again. Re-infection is very common so you'll have to be careful and there are some risk factors for long term complications including pelvic inflammatory disease and infertility so you'll need to sure you get an annual gynecological exam. Is one of you the sexual partner?"
"No he's not here and I won't do anything sexual until I know I'm cured," I tell the doctor.
"Good, take this now and make an appointment for one week," the doctor says and he hands me a cup of water.
I take the pill; the doctor gives me a pamphlet on Chlamydia. Before we leave I make another appointment and when we get outside I start crying and lean my head on Drew's chest.
"You're okay it's not so bad just one pill and seven days without sexual contact. It'll be over before you know it," Drew assures me.
"The doctor said the complications were only possible they may never happen," Adam tells me in a reassuring tone with his hand on my shoulder.
"I know I'm just…I feel so stupid for ever listening to Dallas or doing anything with him. I feel so stupid for not knowing he was cheating on me. I wish we could take the last week back," I sigh.
"I don't," Drew says cupping my face in both hands to look at me, "it was a wakeup call we both needed. The medicine is already taking effect and you'll get better. I'll be better for you and you know what you want now and what you need. I love you Clare, more now than ever."
I smile and I want to kiss him but I'm not risking it still so I put my hand over my mouth and kiss my hand, "I love you more than ever."
Hope you enjoyed the last chapter this will be replaced by He Lives in Shadow which premiers Thursday March 19th.