Free Destroying the Wrong by Evelyne Stone Page A

door on the left.”
    I pulled my towel up to face, pretending to dry off so he wouldn’t try to kiss me. I looked back before heading through the doors as Matt jumped back in with a large splash. Chelle got up and was walking in my direction. I hurried inside, towards the bathroom.
    The door was shut and when I knocked, someone said occupied. Not sure what to do except stand there and wait, I leaned against the wall.
    “You can come use my bathroom,” Chelle said, still smirking at me.
    “Oh, that’s okay. I’m sure whoever is in there will be done soon,” I replied, hoping she would just walk away. I didn’t like the way she was staring at me.
    “It’s just down here,” she said, grabbing my hand and pulling me down the hall. The room she directed me into was a dark shade of red, with black furniture. “It’s right in there.”
    I looked to my side and saw the bathroom. “Thank you.” I walked in and locked the door behind me. I hurried, looking at myself in the mirror, adjusting my wet hair. I hesitated opening the door but I didn’t want to be in there longer than necessary. Chelle greeted me the moment I walked through the door.
    “You know, Matt’s ex is going to be here soon. She’s one of my best friends and if you try to mess with her, I’ll fuck you up.”
    I looked at her stunned, not moving an inch. “I don’t know why you think I would want to mess with her.”
    “Uh-huh. Maybe you should go,” she said and left the room.
    I waited a couple minutes before I left the room and made my way down the hall. Matt jumped out of the pool when he saw I’d returned. He scooped me up and twirled me around, puckering his lips.
    “We should go,” I said.
    “Why? We just got here.”
    I looked around to make sure no one was listening in to our conversation. “Chelle told me your ex is coming.”
    He put me down. “Oh, Chelle told you that, huh?” His face went from happy to angry.
    She was standing next to the cooler when Matt walked up to her. “What the fuck, Chelle?”
    She batted her eyes but didn’t flinch. “What?”
    “You invited her even though you knew I would be here?” he asked.
    “I didn’t know you would be here with some other skank,” she replied.
    Matt turned away, grabbed my hand and walked me to where my bag was. He picked up our stuff and wrapped his towel around himself. Without saying a word to anyone, we left the house and got in the car.
    “What just happened?” I asked.
    “Chelle’s a bitch is what happened.”
    “I’m sorry if me being here caused problems,” I said, grabbing my extra shirt from my bag.
    “No, don’t be sorry. It’s not you, it’s them. I don’t know why I even considered giving them another shot. These people were my friends back when I was a football player but they’re nothing to me now.” He started the car up and drove me back to my house.
    My parents were surprised when I walked in but I used the excuse that Matt wasn’t feeling good after eating a bad hamburger. They bought it and we spent the rest of the night watching movies.
    ~ *~
    Matt picked me up before heading to the gym. He wanted me to get more training time in with Scott during the summer. I hadn’t spent much time with Scott on purpose. After Matt left the pool party for me, I promised myself that he would be the only guy I would dream about.
    He never explained what happened with his ex to cause him to become so angry. I forced myself to stop thinking about it once we entered the gym. The place was packed but we found a spot to work on pull ups. My arm strength was so pathetic that I had to use a box to help me get up on the bar.
    Scott walked up after I pulled myself up a couple times. “Do you want help?”
    “Sure. Can you give me some of your muscles?” I asked, trying not to blush. The moment he’d walked up to us, my body felt like it had been set on fire.
    He put his hands on my hips and helped guide me up and down. I’d watch him helping others,