Stars In The Sky

Chapter 2

"Do not hold your breath for anyone. Do not wish your lungs to be still."

-John Mark Green

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I looked at the 2 guys. Jayden, my boyfriend, was a bit shorter than blondie, but was broader. Blondie, the guy who interfered and stopped Jayden from punching me or whatever, had a leaner kind of muscle.

"This is a conversation between me and my girlfriend. You shouldn't cut into our personal issues." Jayden tried to act casual, but I could see in his eyes, under all the cute, happy stuff, that he was mad. The cute, happy emotions in his eyes were what made everyone think that our relationship was fine. Those eyes were the same ones that I had fell in love with 2 years ago. Now, though, as pretty as the color was, I hated seeing them.

"Well then, if she is your girlfriend, then why were you saying those words to her? Why did you raise your hand at her? I just want to know why you have to be a toxic asshole." Now, I didn't know how to read people's eyes, like in those romance novels that I use to love to read, but I could somehow I could see the emotions flashing through blondie's eyes. Blondie looked like he was furious, like he had been through something like this before. Huh, turns out, I know how to do the eye reading voodoo magic.

I heard footsteps coming towards me and turned to see Leah and Julian holding 2 paper bags of food. Julian stepped a bit closer and asked, "What is going on here?"

"Her 'boyfriend' is telling her she is a slut because she is hanging out with another guy and is wearing a 'slutty' dress. He also happened to raise his fucking hand at her.", Blondie explains the whole situation.

"Rena, you said that Jayden was't hurting you that day. You said you fell down the stairs, that you hit your knee on the bed, that you fell of your bike. Why did you lie?", Leah looked very, very sad that I hadn't told them about him hurting me.

"Thank you for your help", that was directed towards blondie.

"How about we talk at home?" That was directed towards Julian and Leah.

"And Jayden, I have something for you." I put my hand in the back pocket of the dress, and formed my hand into a fist. I stuck my middle finger out and pulled my hand out of the pocket. I shoved my hand in front of his face. "Fuck you, we are over!"

The people around us were already looking, but now they had sour expressions of their faces and they kept glancing down at their kids. I gave them all sheepish looks. I did not know, at all how I the confidence to tell Jayden that we were over. Maybe it was the fact that my 2 best friends were around me. Maybe it was the fact that we were in public and he could not do anything to me. Or maybe it was the fact that there was another guy who had already told him off. Either way, I was glad that that confidence came to me.

As we walked out of the fast food restaurant, I swayed my hips a little; I felt great to be out of that toxic relationship. But, there was this little part of me that was scared that Jayden would do something to me, that he would hurt me for what I said and did to him today. I pushed that feeling aside.

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When we got home, I was immediately sat down in a office chair that spun around. I used my legs to push off while Leah and Julian got settled on the soft, comfortable, L-shaped couch.

"Why did you not tell us that he was hurting you and saying those terrible, untrue things about you?" The concern in Leah's eyes was evident. Wow, I am getting really good at this eye reading stuff. Twice today! That was kinda of the topic.

"He said not to tell, I was scared that Jay would find out that I told you. He was great at the beginning, but then he changed" I felt vulnerable talking about this. Talking about the way that my boyfriend, the person that I used to love had changed after his mother had dies. He had snapped at her funeral. Hit me for the first time the night of the day that the funeral was held. I felt a fall down me cheek, leaving behind a trail of wet, salty liquid. I truly loved him, until he changed. He was my everything, he was there for me after they went away. He was there for me before I had even met Leah and Julian.

"He started hurting me a bit after our first one year of dating. It was when hi mom had died, after her funeral. He just snapped." They seemed to understand that I didn't want to, or like to, talk about him. They just nodded.

"So, our first day of Junior year of college is tomorrow. What shall we do today as the last day of summer break." Leah's airy, cheerful voice filled the atmosphere.

"Amusement park." I blurted out the first thing that came to mind.

"I was going to say laser tag, but okay. Whatever you want." Julian seemed like he actually didn't care that we weren't going to go to the place that he wanted. That's unusual. He normally started an argument if we didn't do what he wanted, even though the argument was playful and he always lost.

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As we pulled up to the amusement park, which was more crowded than usual, the smell of popcorn and cotton candy filled my nose and lungs. I grabbed Leah and Julian's hands and dragged them to he closest roller coaster. You could even call me a roller coaster junkie, because if we ever went to an amusement park, I rode every single on about twice. Well, I was more like an adrenaline junkie, I loved the feeling of the adrenaline coursing through my veins as I was on the roller coaster.

The long day of fun had just started.

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Chapter 2 is here, it's been a bit, like a week and a half since I have updated. I am trying to work on 2 books at once, so it's kinda hard. I'm thinking of putting one book on hold. Which one do you guys think it should be. I have like, one more chapter up on the other book.

QOTD: What is your favorite pizza topping? I don't really have an answer for this because I don't really like pizza, and it makes me have stomachaches.

Please vote and comment. That would be very much appreciated.

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