RANDOM QUESTION:

Crossing The Line (Two Dares Down).

I kept rereading the letter I had written Jerko all day and every time I started again, I would burst into tears. Every fifteen minutes, I used to look outside the window to see if Jerko's car had pulled up in his driveway. I didn't have the courage to face him but I knew I needed to see his face because seeing my best friend broken was my punishment. This was, after all, my doing.

Mom and dad were still in the hospital and I had the entire house to myself for the whole day. The house telephone rang the entire time, flashing different names. Simon. Kelsi. Sky. Jamie. Even Roy. I simply assumed that he came to know about everything that had happened from one of them. The person who called the most, however, was Xavier who left a ton of voicemails, all of which I ignored for the time being.

As the sun set and evening started creeping in, loneliness hit me like a ton of bricks. I was in dire need for a hug from my dad, for a mug of my mom's delicious hot chocolate, for Jen to lecture me about all that I did wrong and for Jerko to sit with me, kiss my forehead and tell me it was all forgiven but none of them were here and none of it could happen.

Right now there was only one person who could make me feel better and that was my boyfriend. Wiping my tears away, I finally decided to call him back.
He picked up on the first ring.

"Veronica?" his voice sounded distant but full of concern. "You have no idea how worried I was, love."

"Are you somewhere outside?" I asked with furrowed eyebrows.

"Uh, yeah," he said, sounding unsure.

"Oh," I said, dejectedly. "Never mind then."

"What happened, love?"

"It's really nothing. I was just hoping that maybe you could come over since there is no one home right now and I'm feeling really....alone. But I understand if you're busy-"

"Open the door," he cut me off as I heard the sound of a door close.

"Huh?" I asked, perplexed.

The doorbell rang at that as he said, "The door, Veronica. Open it."

My eyes widened in shock at that as I rushed to the window only to see Xav at my front doorstep wearing the same clothes he wore to school, as usual topping it off with his black leather jacket.

I immediately ran to the closest mirror and tied my knotted hair into a messy bun. I was in my pyjama shorts and an oversized Pokémon tshirt, my eyes were swollen and my entire face was ridiculously red. My light complexion always made it obvious whenever I cried or had a cold and as usual, it was very obvious that I had bawled my eyes out but I didn't have time to rectify all of that now since Xavier was legitimately on my front door.

Making sure that I had wiped all my tears away, I heaved a sigh and opened the door.

"Xav," I breathed as I tried my best to muster up a smile for him.
Relief washed over his face as he strode in without wasting a second and gave me a big hug.
"You have no idea how worried you had made me," he whispered.

I shut my eyes as I put my hands around him and returned his hug. No matter what, Xav was always a person I could bank on. He always felt like home.

"I got you this," he said as he pulled away and showed me the starbucks cup he had in his hand. "Figured you would need it."

Sadness crept onto his face as he finally took in my dishevelled appearance, frown lines showing all over his face.
"I don't like seeing you like this," he muttered to himself and turned to shut the door.

"I don't like being like this," I said as I shrugged my shoulders with a sad smile.
His head snapped towards me, not expecting me to have heard him.