4 December 2012
Chapter 1 (part 9) The boys eventually went and got food while we were still shopping. I think that they were just bored and didn't want to keep shopping with us. We walked out of a store and there was a guy walking by us. At first glance I didn't recognize him. "Jared?" I asked as he almost walked past. He turned to me then turned away quickly. He wouldn't look at me. "Oh, hey." He said and turned to the side so I could only see his profile. "What are you doing here?" "Just doing a little shopping." He said and looked anywhere but me. "Are you okay?" "Yeah I'm fine." He started bouncing on his heels like he couldn't get away from me fast enough. What's going on with him? "Are you sure you're okay?" "Yeah. Look, I've really got to go." He said. "Jared?" I said. "What?" He asked but still didn't look at me. "Look at me." I said sternly. "I've got to go..." He said and started to walk off but I grabbed his arm. I jerked him towards me but he looked away. I grabbed his face and turned it towards me. "What happened?!" I gasped. He had a black eye on his left eye. "It's nothing." He said. He looked at me now but he looked a little sad. "Who did this?" "It doesn't matter." "Yes it does. Who did it?" I asked more harshly. "It doesn't matter who did it. It's over now, I deserved it anyways." "How could you deserve this?! You will tell me who did it!" "I'm not going to tell you! I don't want to hurt your feelings more than they already are! When you find out, you'll hate him more than you do right now. I don't want to hurt you more than I already have!" He said harshly. I took a step away from him. Why was he being so mean? Then it dawned on me. My feelings are already hurt and there's only one person who's hurt them recently. "Tony did this to you?" I whispered. "Dammit, Morgan! I didn't want to do this." He said and ran this hands through his hair. He squeezed his eyes shut. "Why did he hit you?" I asked more firmly. "Morgan, lets not do this." He said and backed away from me. He was walking backwards and looking at me sadly. I let him go this time though. If he didn't want to tell me, that's fine. I will eventually get it out of him though. "Who was that bangable fella?" Jerica asked and looked at the back of Jared's head as he walked away. "Bangable fella?" I asked and laughed at her words. "That fine ass man works at the bakery with me." I couldn't deny how hot he was. Even if I didn't really like him, I could appreciate how he looked. "Fine ass man? You have a boyfriend." She said but the way she said it made her sound like she didn't really care. Lord knows that she appreciates every sexy guy even if she's in a relationship. "Used to have a boyfriend." "What?! When did that happen? Why didn't you tell me?" "It happened yesterday. I didn't mention it because I knew Dimitri would say someting. I know he would say something about me being single." "That's true. Why don't you like Dimitri? He's pretty humpable if you ask me." "And that's why I don't ask you! He's not humpable. He's more of a dumbass. You're lucky you got Alec! He is one fine man. He is the humpable one!" "Who's humpable?" Alec asked from behind me, "You are, my fine man." Jerica said and looked him up and down. I also looked him up and down and licked my finger and pressed it to my butt. I made the 'tss' sound like water sizzling. Jerica bumped her hips with mine. "Good call, Avery!" She said. "All in a days work, Byers." I said, using her last name. We did a little handshake and ended it with a stomp. We all started laughing. "You are two special girls." He said when we all stopped laughing. "We are just entertaining people." I said and Jerica and I struck a pose. It's a thing we've done since fifth grade. If someone calls us weird, we say we're entertaining and strike a pose. Alec laughed harder. "You are definitely entertaining. Can we head home now?" Dimitri asked. I was surprised he hadn't said anything yet. He was actually standing there looking aggravated. He seemed like the type to always be joking. "Heck yeah!" Jerica and I said together. We looked at each other and bumped hips. "My sista from another mista thinks just alike!" Jerica joked since we said the same thing. We always calls ourselves sisters.
The next day I didn't have work so I just sat in my room when I woke up. I had my phone in my hand, debating on if I should call Tony or not. I wanted to know why he punched Jared. I didn't know if he'd accept my call though. He was the one that broke up with me. Would he even want to talk to me? I guess I'll find out. I dialed his number and he answered on the third ring. "Hello?" He asked as if he didn't know it was me. "Hey." I said. I haven't talked to him in two days. I definitely missed it. He didn't say anything else but I could hear his breathing. We just kind of sat like that until I got up enough courage to ask him. "Why'd you hit Jared?" I got straight to the point. "You called me to talk about him?" He asked harshly. "Of course you would. Of course you'd like Jared. What's not to like about him? He has the looks and now he has my girlfriend. This week has just gotten better." "What are you talking about? YOU broke up with ME, and I do not like him. I want to know why you punched him. You've never had a mean bone in your body. Why would you do it?" I asked softly. "You don't like him? I find that hard to believe. And I guess you didn't know me as well as you thought you did." Why was he being so mean? "I didn't call you to be yelled at." I said and was getting aggravated. "Then why did you call? I'm obviously not going to want to talk." He said and clucked his tongue. Did he really not want to talk to me? "Why are you being such a jerk? Why can't you actually talk to me?" "Maybe it was an act the entire time we were dating." He said savagely. "Then you'd you even date me in the first place?!" I yelled. I was getting seriously pissed off and my heart was breaking even more. Then, my vase on my desk with my flowers bursted. Glass and water flew everywhere. I screamed and covered my face. What happened?! "Morgan? What happened?" Tony asked in a panicked voice. "Like you care!" I said and hung up.
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