The Story of Us (JG)

Chapter 13

I hope Kats okay, she's been having a rough week. Johnson finally passed out around 3 o'clock this morning and crashed at my house he left about an hour ago and I think I need to visit Kat. She usually isn't super emotional but I could tell she was going to cry last night.

"87 cents" the cashier says snapping me back out of my thoughts. I dig through my pockets finding a dollar and exchanging it for a large slushy from Circle K, Kats favorite.

I get back in the car driving to Kats house worrying the whole way there. When I arrive her sister tells me she's upstairs.

"She's been showering for like two hours!" She complains. I thank her and make my way quickly upstairs knowing she's not actually showering. She once told me when she's upset she turns on the shower and hides in the bathroom so no one can see or hear her cry. I swiftly walk through her bedroom to the adjoined bathroom and knock lightly on the door.

"Kat?" I ask through the door. The water all but drowns out the sound of her heavy breathing. I grab the key from above the door and slowly open it. I walk in closing the door behind me, to see Kat sitting curled up in a ball. She is wearing a pair of spanx and a tank top as if she started to get undressed but forgot to finish. She stares straight ahead as if she can't even see me. She looks so sad, scared, vulnerable even.

I set the drink down on her sink counter, slowly walking towards her. The water is freezing cold and slowly I turn the knob to the shower until it switches off.

"Kat?" I say softly and she doesn't seem to hear me. "Babe?" My voice cracks as I sit down next to her not even caring that my pants are getting wet. She's hyperventilating and I start to freak out.

Lightly I place a hand on her back and her head slowly turns to look at me. Slowly her breathing evens out and she looks into my eyes. "Jack?" She asks sounding confused.

"I'm here" I wrap my arm around her shoulder and she leans on me. "I'm not going anywhere" she wraps both arms around my waist soaking my shirt but I don't even care. "Are you okay?" I ask.

"I-I don't know" she says her voice trembling. "You know I haven't cried once yet. I don't know what's wrong with me. One of my best friends just moved across the world to an entirely different country and I haven't shed a single tear. I'll hardly ever see her and its too expensive to call internationally all the time and nothing's ever going to be the same but i haven't cried. Plus my grades are struggling, and I could lose my scholarship if i don't get my act together. I need this scholarship. My piano and violin teachers are both mad at me for "not trying" but they don't realize that I'm trying my best I'm just dealing with a lot right now. My coach dropped me down to the bottom of the team because i missed a week because my grades were so bad and she's not even letting me try and improve my rank. Not to mention Zayn left One Direction this morning and I know it sounds stupid but they were my favorite band, when everything else was going wrong they could make me smile and laugh but what if that's all over. I'm not ready for that. Where am I going to find my happiness? You make me happy but what if you leave me too? Obviously your fans wish I'd just disappear" she says her voice slowly fading out until its barely above a whisper.

"What do you mean?" I ask. She slowly reaches out and grabs her phone from the counter entering her password. I couldn't help but notice that her background is a picture her cousin had taken of us kissing. She pulls up twitter and shows me the trending hashtags. The number one is "#Gilinskycandobetter" She clicks on it and there are thousands of tweets threatening her, telling her to kill herself and calling her every name imaginable.

"Kat" I say my voice cracking. "Your beautiful! You know that right?" She slowly shakes her head not looking at me. "They're right" she whispers staring at the ground. "You could have anyone you wanted and I still don't understand why you picked me"

I put my hand under her chin forcing her to look at me. "You are the prettiest, funniest, sweetest girl I've ever met. You have the kindest heart and the most amazing mind. You see the world in the most amazing way. Don't let anyone bring you down like that, not even my fans" I tightly wrap my arms around her kissing her forehead. "Especially my fans"

"I just feel so empty you know. It's like there's nothing left inside. I can't even cry!" She says staring into my eyes.

"You will, trust me. Sometimes it takes awhile for it to fully hit you but just wait" I say, pulling her tight and resting my head on hers. We stay there awhile as I wait for her to calm down "Now lets get you cleaned up" I say standing up and offering my hand to her. I find a towel and wrap it around her shivering body, kissing her lightly on the cheek.

Her family went somewhere so we walk downstairs and get in my car. I drive her back to my empty house and lead her to my room. I hand her some of my clothes and she walks into the bathroom to change as I do the same in my room. She comes back out looking adorable with her hair in a loose messy bun and wearing a pair of my sweats and one of my RVCA shirts.

"Come here" I say from where I lay on my bed opening up my arms. She crawls in next to me and I turn on a movie on Netflix. She cuddles up next to me curling into my side making me smile.

Within a few hours she seems totally fine and back to normal. It's around dinner time and we walk downstairs to eat. Kat grabs a bowl and pours some cereal before opening the fridge. "I'm actually out of milk" I say and she turns around tears in her eyes.

"Hey whoa! It's okay it's just cereal!" She bursts out crying as she leans against a wall slowly her back slides down until she's sitting on the floor.

I sit down next to her knowing this isn't about a breakfast food. I pull her onto my lap as she sobs into my shoulder. "I told you this would happen" I whisper quietly. "Just let it out" we sit there as she vents to me about life and cries until she passes out.

I pick her up and carry her to my room setting her softly on my bed. I text her mom saying she fell asleep and shes spending the night at a friends. She agrees to let her spend the night quickly, seeing as how hard her week has been. I tuck her in and start to leave to stay in a guest room when she grabs my hand.

"Will you stay with me?" She whispers quietly.

"Of course" I say slipping into the bed next to her. She scoots closer to me and wraps her arms around my waist and I pull her into my chest.

"Thank you" she whispers before drifting off to sleep.

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A/N THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR READING! MY STORY HIT 1 K THIS WEEK THANKS TO ALL YOU AMAZING READERS. HONESTLY I NEVER THOUGHT IT WOULD GET TO TEN READS SO THANKS TO ALL OF MY WONDERFUL READERS ILY ALL SO MUCH!