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#StaySafe

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AJ's POV

I walked away feeling irritated with the whole damn situation. I didn't want to appear so aggressive in front of Eli but I just couldn't help it. Nobody threathens my friends.

Gosh I didn't know what he would have thought of me but my best friend would always come first.

Where was she?

I followed my instincts and went straight to the toilet near the kitchen. I wish I hadn't open the damn door. A couple was on the verge of taking their clothes off.

Why do it in the toilet?!

I turned around and walked out to the living room. I couldn't spot Cora here of course. It was crowded with people. Most of them were dancing to the upbeat music.

"Hey hot girl!" I turned around confused.

Queen bee?

"Did I already say this? You were amazing out there!" He swayed a little as he held my shoulders. I gripped his hands and pried them off.

"Okay look. Is there any other room or bathroom that's not locked? I mean rooms which we are allowed to use."

"Ahhh, I see what you want! You want what I want." He smirked at me.

Oh shit.

"That is not what I meant! I'm looking for someone!" I shouted over the music.

"What's wrong with me?" He was offended. "I play football, I have a great body and I can take you to the clouds babe. Give me a chance." The smell of alcohol was oozing out of his breath. Sighing to myself. I stepped closer to him and smacked the side of his head.

He shook his head and looked at me. Thoroughly confused.

"I need your help! So please answer me! I'm looking for my friend! Is there a guest room or another bathroom?!"

Please say something relevant.

"Yeah," he blinked and swayed a little. "Rylen didn't want too many people having sex in our rooms so he locked them all except one. It's upstairs." He blurted.

"Thank you," I said honestly.

"Hey hot girl?" I turned around to see him sway to the side. "Can you take me there? I dowana faint here." He whined.

Why me?!

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Dropping the random dude on the bed. I went near the bathroom only to hear water running.

"Cora? Is that you in there?"

"Hey AJ! Yeap, you wanna use the toilet?"

"No I was....I mean I didn't see you at the party. I was just wondering where you were." There was no reply for some time. I was getting worried.

"Cora?"

"I spilt some drink on my dress. I'm a mess AJ." She said sadly. I then told her to let me in and once I saw the damage, I placed both my hands on my hips.

"What happened Cora?" The front of her dress was completely drenched with the raspberry punch.

"Like I said, it was an accident-"

"Did Lizzie do this?" I cut her off.

"What? No, no. She wasn't anywhere near me when this happened. I was being clumsy." She sniffed. I immediately gave her a hug.

Cora was never the clumsy type.

"Don't cry Cora. You still look fucking amazing. Let's just get you a jacket okay." With that, I helped her as much as possible with the cleaning. Of course the stain didn't come off but it was still better than before. She fixed her make up and we both came out of the bathroom.

"Where are we going to find a jacket?" She tilted her head at me. I pointed to the queen bee lying on the bed.

"See that dude? He's gonna help us."

"Are you sure he could? He's talking in his sleep." Cora walked closer to him. Indeed he was talking but the two of us couldn't make out a single word he was saying. I walked towards him and poked his cheek.

"Hey, hey wake up."

"Go away mama." He whined.

What?! How do these guys manage to put on the bad boy act everyday?

"Get up!!!" I yelled in his ear. He jolted awake and almost fell of the bed. Squinting his red eyes, he blinked a couple of times before focusing on me.

"Hey just because you're super hot, that doesn't mean you're allowed to do this to me." He mumbled. Cora raised her brow at me. Then she smirked.

"I need another favour okay. This is the last one, I promise."

"This will cost you, hot girl." He grumbled at me.

"My name is AJ." I said as a matter of factly.

"And who is this pretty lady?!" He suddenly asked in shock, turning towards Cora. She blushed and gave him a polite smile. He picked himself up and sat on the edge of his bed.

"What do you ladies want?"

"A jacket to borrow. A suitable one for my pretty friend over here." I put my arm around Cora's shoulders.

"I have a red one I think or do you want a black one?" He asked groggily. I quickly walked to him and pulled him up before fell backwards on the bed. Can't have him sleeping yet.

"Red one please," Cora answered him.

"What a polite young lady. As you wish, sweetheart," he winked at her and walked out of the room. I turned towards a blushing Cora.

"What? He's so gorgeous. That blonde hair looks amazing on him." She gushed. "Did you see his eyes?" She placed her palms on her cheeks.

Yes, I admit the queen bee was really attractive. He was almost the same built as Noah. However, this guy had dirty blonde hair, green eyes, and he had dimples. He was good looking alright but he's still a cliche queen bee. Five minutes later he came back with a decent looking red jacket. Its sleeves were three quarter and thankfully it was a girls jacket. A stylish one at that too.

We both looked at the guy.

"It belonged to my ex. She doesn't live anywhere near this place anymore." He shrugged and snuggled against the mattress. "I'm sure you ladies can show yourselves out. I'm gonna sle-"

"What's your name?" Cora cut him off.

"Zach." He winked at Cora.

"Thanks for the jacket." Cora smiled at him gratefully. Then she nudged me. I rolled my eyes and turned to him.

"Yeah thanks for everything quee- Zach."

Pheww.

"No problem hot girl," he spoke against the pillow. "Tell your friend that she can call me anytime for anything." I pulled an excited Cora out of the room.

"Don't worry, you can ask for his number when he's sober."

"What? I don't want that. I just think he's handsome that's all. He's not my type AJ."

We walked down the stairs and I got Cora and myself another drink. As she took the cup from my hand, she couldn't stop looking around nervously. She was seeing if anyone was looking at her.

"Cora what's the matter?" She blinked at me like I woke her up.

"N..nothing. Is this jacket nice? Does it match with my dress?"

"Cora you looked in the mirror. The jacket is giving your dress a whole new look. You're look great Cora. Why are you so nervous all of a sudden?" She gave me a smile not knowing that I know it was faker than Kim Kardashian's entire form.

"Thanks AJ. I'm not nervous anymore." I didn't believe her but I pretended like I did.

We spent the rest of the time drinking, playing a few games, and we watched Willow and Noah danced.

Like there was no tomorrow.

I was a little down because I did not get to see Eli after Lizzie interrupted us.

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We came back to our dorms at around 3.30 am. No regrets though. It was a Saturday so we weren't worried about anything particular. Plus, it's not like Eli had classes and it's not like I had to bake another cupcake.

I woke up at a suitable hour. If suitable meant two in the afternoon. We slept like babies.

I woke up to Cora sitting on the bed with her phone in her hands. She scrolled through the screen with a frown on her face.

"Cora?" I groggily called her name. She instantly smiled at me, wishing me a good morning.

"Something wrong?" I asked trying to open my eyes fully. I rubbed away all that dried up shit from around my eyes.

How do they even get there?! What happens?! I mean we just close our eyes and sleep right?

"Everything's fine AJ," she rolled her eyes at me. I knew she hated it if I constantly asked about her well-being. "I just look weird in some of these pictures." She casually said trying to hide her discomfort.

"Cora?"

"Hmm?"

"You're beautiful. You know that right?" I asked with my morning voice.

"AJ, are you still drunk?"

"No I'm not." I seriously spoke. "I'm just telling you this. You are beautiful. One of the most beautiful people I've ever had the pleasure of knowing. So never doubt yourself or your apprearance. No matter how hard certain people in our society try to bring you down. You're beyond beautiful, admirable in and out and never allow others to tell you otherwise." I saw her look at me with surprise. She was speechless and so, without waiting for a dumb denial from her, I went into the bathroom to do my morning routine.

"I can't wait to get our own place. I'm so sick of living in the dorms!" I complained as we waited for our meal in the diner. Since we slept through lunch, Cora and I were starving so we decided to come here. After commanding Noah and Willow to join us of course.

"Did you guys see the pictures Rylen posted on his Insta?!!" Willow squealed all of a sudden making Noah to jump a little.

"Can you chill? Who cares about those pictures? Almost everyone in our university posted pictures from the party." Willow only snorted at Noah.

"Not everyone, stupid. Not everyone was even invited. Only the best. And my dear Noah, Rylen doesn't really post that many pictures on his Insta so this is big news."

"You're acting like one of those sorority girls." I groaned and rested my head on the table. Where was the food?! Is it even coming?

"I don't expect you to be hyped up about this nerdy. I bet you don't even know what these guys look like. You're too engrossed with your other nerd crush. I hope you guys start dating real soon." Willow glared at me while she said this. Was that a good, honest wish or....?

"You need to expand your social circle okay!"

Nope. That wasn't.

"Hey what's gotten into you?!" Cora scolded her. "You know what Willow? She did make a friend in the party. He was a member of Rylen's group actually." Cora straightened up and stared at Willow.

Noah leaned in while Willow squinted her eyes at Cora. "Who?" she demanded.

"His name is Zach and he is super hot. Wanna know what else? He couldn't stop calling AJ hot girl." I swear I could feel my cheeks heat up. Why was Cora showing it off?

"Hey he called you pretty remember?" I nudged her shoulder.

"Own this girl! He was into you!" Willow leaned in this time while Noah had a huge smile on his face.

"When the hell did this happen?" Willow gritted out. She was pissed. Gossips and juicy stories must always be shared with Willow immediately. Waiting will only get you in trouble.

"We'll only share if you take back what you said earlier." I smirked at her suddenly switching to Cora's side.

Willow pouted and lifted a finger, signalling for us to wait. "I have to like a few pictures Rylen posted." She gushed. I personally don't see what's so great about that guy. I don't know who he really is but Eli gets in trouble because of him so I don't like him. Yeap, I just decided on that.

"I'm in two of his pictures. Look how cute I look!!" She squealed next to Noah. Noah massaged his temple. It was obvious that his hangover wasn't over.

"Aaand I'm done! So AJ tell me everything." She ordered me.

I skipped the part about Lizzie and started my story from when I was looking for Cora. I don't get why Willow was so interested in this. There wasn't anything juicy about what happened.

As I narrated the string of incidents that happened, I just realized what a horrible, hopeless storyteller I was. Even Cora eyed me in a weird way. Maybe that's why she took over and made the whole thing sound completely different.

Willow was suddenly all smiles.

"You guys hung out with Zachary Hayes?! That is so cool!!"

"Willow you need to shut up." Noah grumbled but he soon pulled himself together the moment he spotted our food coming towards us. As soon as the waitress left with our food on the table, we dug into our meals.

Noah and I decided to go for some greasy food. We ordered pizza, tacos and a large fries. Noah ordered hot dogs as well. Willow and Cora both ordered cheeseburgers.

"Zach is a hottie AJ. You should totally get his number." I gave Willow a blank stare.

"Right. I keep forgetting you like Eli." She said.

Eli.

I miss him.

I will make a very special cupcake for him this Monday.

"Who's up for a movie tonight? I'm sick of listening about all these crack heads." Noah suddenly spoke up. I gave him a high-five showing him just how much I agreed.

That was how we spent our Saturday.

When Sunday morning came, I decided to catch up on my studying. Turns out there was a lot to do so I didn't go to the bakery until late afternoon.

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It was fluffy, moist, buttery red velvet this time. My smile widened as I poured the striking colored batter into the liner. Once I put it into the oven, I went to work on my blueberry filling. I didn't want the filling to be too watery because he might have trouble taking the note out.

After stirring the blueberry filling enough, I read the note again.

I haven't seen you for some time. It feels like a long, long time. I actually miss you and I've never felt this way about anyone before. I don't know what's wrong with me. Sometimes I tell myself that I should stop. Because you don't even know me and I pretend that you're my guy. Pretend. I know it's wrong but the more I see you, the more I connect with you. Yes, I rambled too much. Anyways, here you go. I hope this delicacy brightens up your day and if it does, that would mean a lot to me.

I rolled the note and put it aside to make my blueberry topping. That would later look like a fluff of cloud on the cupcake. And on that fluff, a yummy gummy bear would sit.

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"Another cupcake? Where is mine?!" Willow whined the second I stepped into my room.

"I didn't promise you anything."

"Hey..."

"Okay okay, tomorrow. I will bring you a cupcake tomorrow."

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Monday morning was Monday morning. No one needs an explanation. It was every type of horror and despair. The only silver lining was my cupcake and my crush.

"Please tell me you finished our chemistry assignment. I need some of the answers!!" Noah cried out. I swear I thought I saw his eyes water a little.

"Yeah, yeah. Can you chill?" I smacked his arm and gave him my file.

Chemistry was interesting in the first hour. After that, my mind refused to take in any more of the equations listed on the screen in front of us. Eli and I were the best equation that's ever going to exist. We can solve each other to create something mind-blowing.

"AJ wipe that goofy smile of your face! I'm getting shit scared!" Noah whisper-yelled. I blushed and started to jot down the damn notes.

After chemistry I ran out of the hall. Noah was all too used to my actions now.

After doing this for some time, I got the hang of it. So like any other day, I smoothly sneaked the silver box in his bag and ran out of the lecture room. I wasn't looking up when I neard the entrance so I almost bumped into a someone. Make that two people.

I groaned and wished to simply slap both these morons.

This girl was trying to make her move on the guy. She placed both her hands on his chest and leaned close to him. He was hesitant for a while. That was before he realized that he too, was just as horny as she was.

I don't have to see this. I did not want to see any of it but hey! They were making out in the middle of the fucking entrance!!

"Can the two of you move?! This is an entrance."

The girl reluctantly stepped away from the guy and glared at me. However, her anger filled eyes only lasted for second. The moment our eyes connected she faltered.

"Come on, Gabby. Let's make some way for the damn dwarf." The guy narrowed his eyes at me.

Wait a minute.

I stared at the girl. Wasn't she Lizzie's close friend? She was always spotted with Lizzie. Like all the time. I slowly turned to the guy.

Alpha Queen Bee??

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P.S The pictures of the cupcakes are not related to whatever AJ bakes.