Academy Of Mates novel Chapter 49

Chapter 49

Chapter 49

I only move when the alarm goes off again, reminding me that I was now officially late.

But I still take my time, drinking champagne directly from the bottle as I washed away the remnants of the garden shack from my hair and my skin. I was thoroughly tipsy as I was slipping into another beautiful dress. Black this time and made completely out of lace.

Doing my makeup quickly and pulling my hair in a tight bun, I take off Mister W’s leather bracelet. I was feeling a little drunk out of my mind as I cursed every male in the School of Love.

Jeff, Benedict, Andrew… they were all the same.

When I stumbled out of the room an hour later, Sebastian was already waiting for me like always. He smirked at the sight of me, his eyes dark and wanting. “You look like you’re ready to break hearts tonight.”

“I’m certainly not getting my heart broken.” I chirped, trying my best not to stare too long at him.

It might just be the drinks, but he looked mouthwatering.

Too mouthwatering.

Just as I’m about to walk towards the staircase, he takes my wrist. “You’re not wearing his bracelet.”

Andrew.

It was wrong for me to do so.

I was the other woman after all.

Liquid courage fueled my erratic beating heart when I leaned close and said; “I’d wear yours if you had one to give.”

The breath is knocked out of my lungs as well as all the courage that the champagne brought when I’m shoved into a wall, a hand catching the back of my head to stop the impact on the marble.

Sebastian was upon me before I could think, his other hand was on my waist, clutching me tight.

His mouth was so close and when he spoke, his lips touched mine with every word he said. “You should be very careful with the way you speak to me. You have already pushed my limits well enough today.”

I could only swallow, speechless by the deliciousness of our bodies pressed together and the way his lips seemed to touch mine, but not enough to give me the pressure that I wanted.

“You’re late.” He whispered, his leg shoved between my own before pushing himself off the wall and taking me along with him. “Again.”

He steadies me by putting his hands on my back, but this only further pushes my mind down the gutter.

Hurriedly, as if I could escape him and the feeling he was eliciting from me, I walked quickly out the hallway, heading towards the staircase where multiple people were already making out.

Maybe that’s what I needed to shake this feeling off me.

The thought of this makes me think of Sebastian almost instantly and I curse myself as I feel his warmth on my back, his breath fanning my bare shoulders.

Oh.

I almost ran down the stairs at full speed, trying to get distance between us and I’m glad he didn’t follow.

Because he had his own Bachelor party to attend.

Tonight was about the girls.

Kelcey was a breath of fresh air when I saw her downing shots by the entrance. She was in a red dress that hugged her well and the moment she saw me, she already had a drink ready for me.

“Hey, girl!” She screams, already sounding drunk and extra happy like they promised this night would be. “Are you ready to party?”

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I didn’t have to be told twice, taking the drink and tipping my head back to swallow it one go. “Yes! What kind of party is this?”

She smiles at me widely, before taking my hand and dragging me inside. “It’s a hen party! Get ready to see a lot of dicks.”

“Wait, what?” I almost fell on my face but her hand on mine kept me up.

I didn’t need an explanation anymore as we walked through the doors because the decoration alone was enough of an answer.

The room is a smaller version of the grand ballroom from yesterday, having an entire wall made completely of glass that overlooked the gardens with the thick red curtains open to let us see the moon and the stars.

It was dark with only neon lights in the room, but it was bright enough that I could see everything was decorated in these cartoon like dicks. From balloons to banners to candles and even cakes, everything was of the male body part.

And we were all girls.

And everyone was just happy to be there.

I held Kelcey a little tighter as we got deeper into the party, all while laughing at the top of our lungs. The entire thing was silly, decorated horribly, but it was done so playfully that the party was mood lifting in my otherwise sad week.

The staff were quick to place tiaras on top of our heads, giving us drinks and sashes over our dresses.

There was a rock band playing in front and they were all male and shirtless, which is not surprisingly where we found Christy, shouting to take their pants off.

“If only I had money to throw at him.” She tells us, forgoing the usual greetings. “Do you want to see my boobs instead or what?”

“Enough of boys. Tonight is about us and how this might be the week we’ve all been waiting for!” Kelcey, the mother goose that she is, takes Christy’s hand as well, dragging us to the middle to dance. The music was loud, my heart following the beat as we cheered and laughed.

For the rest of the night, the three of us stay there, dancing and jumping and drinking from sparkling glasses that the staff always refills.

My vision blurs as I get drunker and drunker. And I was hot, broiling under my dress as I drank some more. With each drink I finished, my worries slipped away.

“Fuck them!” Christy shouts, equally drunk as she mumbled about her options and the boys of the Academy. “I concur!” Kelcey shouts back, throwing back her head to drink some more. “I’m going to be single forever and I’m going to love it.”

I don’t know how long we’ve been there, dancing and drinking, but girls from all around me start screaming when the partition between the walls is pushed open and the male attendees that were having their party beside ours start pouring in. I was swaying too much to bother about them, gracelessly stumbling to the other end of the room to try and catch my breath.

“Hey, you alright?”

I smiled, expecting Kelcey, but the smile quickly disappeared when I saw the man I was trying to forget; Benedict. He was walking towards me, pushing against bodies that were in the way.

Benedict is handsome as always, even in the dark, even if I couldn’t see. I just know.

Having him close is all it took to reverse everything. The hair, the eyes, the face I was so familiar with. He was home for me. He has always been that.

Home.

The comfort.

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But then he tugs something out of his pocket. A wolf figurine. Almost identical to mine if not for the color of the fur and the color of the eyes. He pressed it to me like a sign of love- the way it should be. “Know this. You have my heart. You have my soul. All of me. Forever. Even if we can’t be together.”

He was shaking, his arms around me unsteady.

But that didn’t stop him from holding, keeping me close.

My thumb glides through the wolf he carefully and meticulously made, feeling the carvings that he did.

I thought he didn’t make anything.

I distinctly remember him in that class showing everyone he was above such a thing.

He must have… he must have asked for the materials in his room and made the wolf there.

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