Candie could tell that the way she was dancing with Kaleb was irritating Nena. Her jaw clenched and she tried to make her own dancing sexier but Candie just smirked because Nena had never really been good at seduction the way her and Tansy were so she just came off looking childish. She knew she should feel like shit about the whole thing. She'd been letting Kaleb use her for the past month and that night wasn't any different, but she couldn't make herself stop. The drugs made it feel too good.
At some point though, Kaleb was pulled away from her and she turned to see him and Collin disappearing into the crowd. She took a step forward, to go after them, but before she'd even made another move, someone grabbed her wrist and her whole body tensed. She knew instantly who it was. Reed dragged her through the dance and she struggled to twist her wrist from his grip and get away, but it was pointless. He was holding her too tightly.
Before she knew it, they were out in the hall and he threw her hard against the lockers, her body hitting them with a loud clang, causing her teeth to clash together painfully. It was clear, just by the way he'd thrown her, that he was different. Where the past month without each other had made her numb, it had made him angry. The only men she'd ever really been afraid if were her father, her mother's boyfriends, and Dimitri, but the look in Reed's eyes put him damn near close to that list. Though not quite on it. He might be angry, but he was still Reed. She didn't think he'd ever really hurt her.
“Not even a fucking explanation!” He screamed at her and she rolled her eyes, jaw clenching. “Jesus Candie, I at least expected you to beg for my forgiveness. To fight for us, not just give up.” He scoffed and she just raised her eyebrows at him and watched him. “Oh but that’s right, I forgot you don’t give a flying fuck about anyone else’s feeling but your own!” He spat and she jumped a little when he punched the lockers next to her head so hard they dented and the sound, right next to her ear deafened her for a second.
"Fuck off Reed!" She screamed right back. The heat between them was incredible, but the drugs in her system made it impossible to be anything but angry right back at him so she shoved him away hard and stood up straight, eyes burning holes in his. "You don't get to be pissed at me." She spat with a shrug like seeing him didn't faze her at all and his anger didn't scare her. "You dumped me." She reminded him bitterly, taking a step forward. "I begged you not to that night, but you drove off anyway. It's your own damn fault if you miss me now." She spat angrily, dipping her head to light a cigarette.
"I'm not yours anymore, I don't have to answer to you so why don't you get back to your blond slut Lea," she hissed the name with a breath of smoke "and I'll get back to Kaleb." Candie shrugged and slipped back down the hall, headed back towards the dance, knowing, even as she walked away, that Reed wasn't even close to done with her. She wasn't going anywhere just ye but she wanted to let him think she could walk away from him easily.
Tansy didn't waver. She was too good for that, she'd never physically show anyone but him her pain, which was why her body stayed confident while her eyes looked wounded. Only he could read her well enough to feel the pain in her eyes and he instantly felt like shit for what he'd said. He wanted to sweep her into his arms and kiss her, regardless of Lauren's presence. He needed her so bad it was killing him.
“Yeah, guess I’ve always been full of shit.” She shrugged calmly and he just sighed. “You use to like that.” She breathed, before a wicked smirk came to her lips and she stepped towards him, body a breath away from his, lips tantalizingly close. The heat that radiated between them was so intense he was afraid Lauren would be able to see it. It took everything in him not to kiss her. “If you kiss him here…” Tansy trailed off before kissing the corner of his jaw and his whole body tensed. Her lips were like heroin and he couldn't help but want more. “It really gets him off.” She smirked before pulling away like nothing had happened.
Donnie was still too focused on the way her lips had felt to even hear what she said next before she was gone, leaving him and Lauren alone. "Baby." Lauren breathed softly, grabbing his arm tight, fear in her voice like she was afraid she'd just lost him. "Please just forget her, she's no good for you." She whispered softly as she leaned up, kissing along his jaw.
Donnie just sighed and kissed her lips, placing a hotel room key in her hands. "I got us the nicest room they had so tonight would be great." He shrugged, gesturing to the key that belonged to one of the best hotels in town. "You go on ahead, I'll be there soon okay? Promise. You can trust me." He smiled at her reassuringly, kissing her one more time and slipping back down the hall after Tansy, knowing it was a bad idea, but needing to follow her.