Hey guys, long time no see! Okay, so this chapter was re-written 4 times. FOUR TIMES! Each time i wrote something, I hated it. Until I started this. I love this so much now. I'm very very happy about how this chapter turned out, and I hope you guys are too!
Title is from "Best Thing I Never Had" by Beyonce
"We've got six different vodkas, 4 whiskeys, endless amount of soda, two kegs and some of this stuff." Cori said as she held up a box of wine, "So , I think we're set." She laughed as she watched the guys bring in the alcohol into the kitchen. "ANNDDD now i treat the birthday girl to her present," she pulled an envelope out of her purse, "open it."
Hayley ripped it open, there was a card inside, it had Nigel Thornberry, from Nickeloden fame on the front of it, on the inside it read 'Hope your birthday is SMASHING! BLARGGGLAHDAUG' and underneath it, there was a note from Cori; 'Hey bffl, hope you don't think this is actually your present, I'm fooling you, but that's what you get for being born on April Fools day. I also can't believe you took the time to read all this, so now is the time you ask me for your real gift.' She looked up from the card and smiled at her best friend, "That was a total waste of ink, but I'm supposed to ask you for my real present."
Cori smiled back as she handed Hayley a small dark blue velvet box, "It was hard to find you something you didn't have."
Hayley opened the box, inside was a gold locket, she recognized it, it was one her mother gave her on her 8th birthday, and on the inside she saw that Cori had put in a picture of her and her mother on her tenth birthday. Tears welled up in her eyes and she hugged Cori, "I LOVE IT!"
Just then her dad came down the stairs, his suitcase in hand. "Okay girls... and guys. I'm just about to leave. I'm going to be at a hotel downtown, so if anything bad happens, like the cops get called and such, I have my cell phone." He explained, "I'm only allowing this party cause I know its your 21st Hayley-kins, but there is one thing I want to happen. Everyone needs to be gone before I get home at ten am."
Hayley and Cori looked at each other with smiles on their faces, "Yes dad." Hayley stated
"Oh and remember, we're picking up your dresses tomorrow for those kids awards at noon."
Hayley nodded again. She knew today would be a good day.
It was about two hours into the party and Hayley was trying not too drink too much, but it didn't help when Cori kept coming up with more drinks.
"Woman!" Cori said as she approached the birthday girl and Sterling with four more shots, "I come bearing gifts!" she set the drinks down on the side table, just as Corbin came up behind and wrapped his arms around her.
"Seriously?" Hayley smiled, "This is, what, the fifth one in fifteen minutes? You're just trying to get me wasted so you can take advantage of me!" she pretended to 'swoon' into Cori.
Sterling caught her, "You're kidding right? That's my job." He said with a small laugh, she leaned up and kissed him, "Now I can tell you're trying to take advantage of me, and if so, my body is ready."
Hayley laughed as the four of them downed the shots she wiped the little bit that spilled onto her plaid button-up shirt. Suddenly she could hear 'Telephone' starting to play from the stereo. Her face lit up as she dragged Sterling into the make-shift dance floor in the dining room. She started to dance with Sterling, but then noticed a familiar face in the living room. She tried to ignore it while she danced, but just the thought of seeing him there made her sick to her stomach. She excused herself from dancing and walked over to the face, she folded her arms and stood in front of him. "What the hell do you think you;re doing here, David?"
"Um, I was invited." He replied as he sat his drink down.
"By whom may I ask?" She scowled.
"Selena invited me, she said I could come. Why? Was I on the do-not-invite list?" He asked as he raised an eyebrow, "Cause I was never informed of this list."
"Shut up David, you should just leave. "
He reached over and grabbed his drink and chugged it down, tossed it on the floor and stormed out of the room.
A smirk crept across her face as she walked back to Sterling. He smiled when she threw her arms around his neck, the song playing now was "ET" and she danced with him, well that was until Cori came up with a bright red drink, "Sorry for the interruption, but I come bearing more alcohol."
Hayley laughed as she took the drink, "Stop trying to take advantage of me, I thought I told you before Cori, my body just can't handle it all." she joked as she downed the drink in a matter of seconds.
The two others laughed as she let out a small burp. "Does that mean everything went down alright?" Cori Joked, "Or should I worry that you choked on the cherry."
"There was a cherry?"
"No, No, Hayley, There wasn't, I was just messing with you." Cori reassured.
The group had their laugh and partied for a little while longer until Hayley stopped. "I'll be right back, Got to run to the little girls room." she said as she headed up the stairs, and she was five feet away from the bathroom when she was stopped, David blocked her way.
"I thought I told you to leave."
He smirked, "You can't get rid of me that fast." He leaned against the wall, "So, you're dating Ster now I see, ain't ya?"
"Why do you care?" She said as she tried to walk away, but David grabbed her arm and pulled her back, bringing her only inches from his face.
She could smell the overpowering scent of alcohol on his breath, "You didn't answer my question." Hayley tried to push him away, but then he pinned her against the wall. "Hayley, I want to know."
"Fine, Yes, I'm dating him, now get your hands off me." No matter how hard she tried, he wouldn't let go. He kept trying to run his fingers through her hair, but she kept moving her head. "David, stop. Let me go."
"I miss you so much Hales." He slurred
She ducked under his arm, "yeah, but I don't miss you. So if you could, just go away."
He started to follow her, "Hales, I can't go away. I still love you."
Hayley chuckled, "seriously? Did you love me when you hit me? Did you love me when you called me fat? Did you ?" Hayley held back her tears when he didn't answer, "Yeah, didn't think so." She stormed off into her room, closing the door behind her, but his foot stopped it and he pushed it open.
"Hayley, baby, listen to me." He closed the door behind him, you don't understand me." he walked towards her, and she tried to make a run for the door, but he grabbed her and threw her onto her bed, "You really don't understand me." She struggled under his grip and tried to kick him off as he climbed on top of her.
Sterling kept checking his watch, it had been almost twenty minutes, he was wondering where Hayley had possibly wandered off to. He approached Cori, "Hey, have you seen Hales?"
She scratched her head, "No, not for a while... we could ask around."
"Hayley, you need to stop." David protested as she fought against him as he started to unbutton her shirt. "They can't hear you out there, its too loud." She kept trying to push him off, but he just took her hands and held them over her head. She shivered as his fingers slowly touched her sternum down to her belly button. She squirmed under his touch, wanting not a moment more, His hand grazed her neck and his tongue slithered up her neck up to her ear. She wiggled more, but nothing was working against him.
Sterling wandered around the party, but he stumbled across Selena leaning against the wall talking to Demi. "Hey, sorry for the break-up of the chit-chat, but have either of you seen Hales? I know she wet to the restroom, but I thought she'd be back by now."
Demi shook her head, "I haven't seen her since I got here, sorry... what about you Selena?"
Selena took a swig of her drink before she answered, "Yeah, um, I saw her talking to David earlier, but she looked pretty mad.:
He sighed, "Okay, Thanks." he quickly ran up the stairs. He checked the bathroom first, it was empty, but then he noticed the door to Hayley's room was closed. "Please don't be in there with him." he said to himself ask he approached the door, He slowly turned the handle, but he hear a crash come from inside the room. He swung the door open to David on top of Hayley
She could hear the doorknob move and wanted to scream, but her only other option was making as much noise as possible and that meant knocking over her lamp. She breathed a sigh of relief as she saw the door swing open.
"What the fuck?" said an all too familiar voice.
"Seriously? Go!" David said getting off the bed.
Hayley looked up to see Sterling in the doorway., her heart jumped into her throat.
"What do you even think you were doing?" Sterling said as he pushed David out of the way. "What did you think you were going to get out of this?"
"Shut up!" David said as picked his shirt up off the floor.
Sterling walked over to Hayley and picked her up off the bed and walked her down the hall. When they made it out of her room, that was when the tears started flowing and she fell to the floor in sobs, she held her shirt closed as she leaned against the wall.
"Hales, you're fine, I'm here for you." he said as he tried to reassured her.
"I ca-ca-can't believe I let this happened, I can't believe that he was a-able to do that to me." She said to herself.
He rested her cheek in the palm of his hand, "Hales, don't do this to yourself, he is scum, Hales. I love you."
She pushed him away, "Stop, just stop! You lied to me, you said you;d never let him touch me again, " She said between sobs, "You lied."
He sat back in front of her and held her head, making her look him straight in the eyes, "Things happen. I can't protect you from him all the time, and yes, I know you're vulnerable, but his happened behind my back, something I knew nothing about. But I knew something wasn't right. But Hales, I will ALWAYS be here for you, through thick and thin." He kissed her forehead and stood up, buttoning her shirt back up for her. "Now, do we want to end the party or do you-"
"I need a drink." she said wiping the few tears that were left away. " Like a strong drink, I need to erase this night from my memory."
"Hales, you don't-"
"No Sterling. I need to stand up and get over this I need to be strong, and that starts with a drink" She said as she started for the stairs, "Its my party." but before she could make it, she broke down again, and Sterling was right at her side. Her body shook with sobs. Her voice was trembling as she tried to speak, "I tried Sterling, I tried to get him off me, I tried to get away, bu-bu-but, I-" She held her head as she cried into Sterling's chest. He stroked her hair, as he watched and made sure David actually left the house. "I can't Sterling, I can't"
"Shh, shh." he said softly as he held her, "Don't think about it." he wrapped his arms a little bit tighter around her. "Do you want me to talk to Cori about ending the party?"
Hayley pulled away, "NO!"
"Are you sure."
"Yes." She said softly, getting up from the floor one last time. She wiped her eyes then her nose and straightened out her clothes, and fixed her hair. "I need to-" She took a deep breath, "Get better and go back out there."
"Heyyy Girrrll." Hayley slurred as she approached Cori, stumbling a little and held a big glass of a dark liquid, she hugged Cori while she giggled a little, "You're so pretty, you look like a princess with your pretty hair."
Cori peered over Hayley's shoulder during the hug and looked at sterling with a concerned look on her face, when Hayley broke away, she had a huge cheesy smile plastered to her face. "I love you guys." She tried to stand up straight, but in a second, she fell to the floor and completely passes out.
"Holy Shit!" Cori screamed as she watched her best friend fall to the floor. She ran over to her side, Sterling was already trying to pick her up, "How much did she drink."
Sterling scooped her up off the floor, "I tried to get he to stop, she was, well..." He racked his brain for words, "She had a bit of a rough night, so she started drinking more."
"Rough night?" Cori asked as she followed him as he carried Hayley up the stairs, "What happened that I didn't know about?"
He laid Hayley down in her bed, "Well, David was here and he tried to take advantage of her."
"THAT ASS!" She shouted, she was about to storm about of the room, but Sterling stopped her.
"Cori!" He shouted, "He left." He brushed Hayley's hair out of her face as he pulled the covers over her, "And I think this means we should end the party."
"I'll start shooing people out, " She walked out of the room, but turned around , just outside the doorway. "Something went down, and you're going to tell me it before the night is over."
Thanks for reading, I'm currently working on the next chapter, hopefully I'll have the next one before the end of the month.