To Save You by Rebeca Ruiz

avoid Presley, it’s not like I don’t run into her. She’s with Finn. He always has his arm around her waist and leans in real close to talk to her. It pisses me off that she even lets him touch her.
    “Why not? This is like the best party of the year, aside from our Halloween party. You have to come, it’s mandatory.” I roll my eyes.
    “I have to bounce back from midterms.” I lie. I aced all of my exams, business classes were going great. “I can’t flunk this semester.”
    “I know for a fact that you passed, you’ll do fine this semester. This is about something else, isn’t it?” Gill sits down in front of me and stares me down. Gill is odd, but effective. He doesn’t like no for an answer. “It’s a girl, isn’t it? Which girl on campus has you wrapped around their pretty little finger.”
    I gave him a long look. I contemplated telling him, but he had a big mouth. If I told him, it’d definitely get out to James.
    “No. It’s not.” I knew the only way to get him off my back was to go. “I’ll be there tonight…I need to get wasted.”
    Presley was like a drug. I could not get her out of my system, but it’s not like I have even tried. I didn’t want to let go of her, yet, but she has definitely let go of me. She’s replaced me with Finn.
    “I can help you with that.” Gill says a little too proudly.
    “I’ll see you tonight.”
     
    As soon as I get to the party, I could smell the weed. That was something I never messed with because I needed to pass my drug tests for soccer, off season was a different story though. I did it occasionally. Tonight would not be one of those nights.
    All the girls here were dressed provocatively in the smallest of boxers and the sexiest boots they could find. Some girls had shirts on, others were in bras.
    “Glad you could make it, Matty.” Gill says and pats me on the back and hands me a bottle of beer.
    “No problem.” I try to take a swig, but I just end up drinking it all.
    “If you don’t slow down you’re going to be a mess by eleven. We can’t have that happen for the ladies.” On cue, Leah comes up to me and Gill gives me another beer.
    I sit on the couch and she sits down like my lap is her place even though there is an empty spot next to me. “Finally, it’s been awhile. I really missed you.” I gulp down the rest of the beer and place it on the table when I spot her.
    Presley is dancing with Finn. She’s laughing with him. He kisses her and I notice that she’s not as comfortable as she is with me, but she doesn’t pull away. She keeps kissing him and I feel the anger bubble.
    “Hello? I am right here.” Leah says, annoyed that I am ignoring her, and I bring her mouth down to mine.
    I could taste the pot, and there was nothing nice about kissing her. Not like kissing Presley, her mouth was sweet and I could never get enough of it. Leah, I could do without. I didn’t want her.
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
    Chapter Seventeen
    Presley Masters
    Finn convinced me to give him a chance. I just wanted to stop thinking about Mathew. I put on a smile whenever Finn was around because I wanted to believe that it would help me with my depression.
    When I am alone in my room, it is a different story. I cry most of the time. Dessie comes around when she can, she likes baking so she’s made me many treats to try and cheer me up. She tells me if she sees Mathew, and how he looked.
    I managed to pass my midterms and now I had to worry about finals. We were just a little over a month from this semester ending. I was two weeks away from talking to my parents about dropping out of SU.
    The music was too loud for me, but Finn begged me to come to the Boots N’ Boxers party. I bought my own pair of boxers, I was not asking Finn for some, and I slapped on some old cowboy boots from Dessie. I was also wearing a white t-shirt.
    “You look so hot. Everyone is staring at you here.” Finn liked that people looked at