Don't hurt me alright?

Chapter 41

Anna's POV
"Hi I'm-"

"Jace I know." I said cutting him off.

"First where have you been and second why are you here with him." I said looking at Skylar who was looking at me.

"We've been hanging out." Skylar said and I could feel anger building in me.

"Hold on... before you get angry at her. I'm Jace Hendrix. I've known her awhile. I moved here from Texas." Jace said before I gave him a good hard glare.

"Why are you skipping?" I said as Skylar looked at me.

"Oh my god... the one and only Anna Shumate is jealous!" She said as I shook my head no.

"I'm not jealous. I was just wondering where you were and to make sure you weren't dead." I said has I felt myself lying through my teeth.

"You know the false alarm? You went out the door with no questions. And then this psycho decides to follow you." I said as Skylar looked at me.

"Don't call him a psycho.." skylar said as I shook my head.

"He is a psycho! Who follows someone out the door. And then I find them hanging out with them for the day!" I yelled.

"He's my brother." She said and I wanted to take everything back.

"Well... hes brother like... we're siblings just not by blood." She said as I looked at Jace.

"You must be the protective one I'm guessing." And I looked at him raising an eyebrow.

"Believe it or not she's the other person." Skylar said walking in the warehouse.

"N-No you stay here. I wanna talk to her first." I said as I pushed Jace away.

I walked after Skylar who was in the middle of the room.

"Cmon you always find ways to ruin my life." She said and that... hurt.

"I don't mean to ruin your life..." I said and she looked at me.

"I-It's not you that's ruining my life it's your actions. And the reactions you get when I'm literally hanging out with someone that is just as close to me as you are.." she said looking down at the floor.

"I just hate having my life controlled. And I know having your life controlled means you don't have to do shit. But I wanna do something with my life instead of just suffering in my own head." She said as she started to walk.

I just now noticed the new mural on the wall...

"Like this... I wanna draw and make art that actually represents something that's not just a sun in a corner. Or grass on the bottom with a house in the middle." She said as she took a bucket of black paint.

"Like watch this..." she said as she took the entire can of paint.

She splattered the thing on the wall making a splash effect.

She grabbed a bandanna and used spray paint materials as she started to use it on the black splattered wall.

"And it's not even that hard for me. You just start and use your imagination to create things you simply can't use in real life." She talked as an entire half hour passed.

She finished and there was a brand new mural on the wall.

"You may have seen drawings of you and Ag and random people around the public figure. But I have a gift to make things even if I don't have a real reference." She told me before giving me the spray paint bottle.

"I wanna be able to feel like I'm a person in my own thoughts. And instead of suffering on my own I can have people to help me. And recognize my talent on making things come alive..." she said looking down at the ground.

"But with you and Ag following me around like I'm some child. It makes me feel like I'm trapped. Like I can't do anything..." she said and I started to understand what I did wrong...

"I'm sorry... I didn't mean it like that. I just wanted to make sure you were okay." I said as I set the spray paint can on the table.

"And Anna I love that about you... but sometime it's too much... thank you... but I need some time on my own." She said and I nodded.

"Your understanding... that's a thing I love about you. You always make sure I'm okay before making sure yourself is okay. But it's time that you see doing that is putting damage upon yourself." I smiled at the praise she gave me.

"So take care of yourself first... and than maybe we can restart everything over." She said as she got closer to me.

"Everything is okay... and I hope you know I don't hate you. I enjoy your company but it's time to give yourself time too." She said smiling.

I felt her hands on my waist. She gave me a kiss before leaving me. It didn't feel like she was leaving me forever. It felt like she was giving me a break and barrier in between us.

I was gonna give myself time but the thing is I don't know how to do that...

Skylar's Pov
"Are you okay?" Jace asked me as I let out s big breath.

"Yep. Can we go to your house? I wanna stop by and say hi to your mom." I said and he smiled and nodded.

"She definitely misses you." He said and I smiled.

I stared out the window hearing the cars driving on the road.

The thing about Anna and Ag is there too much. Even if after the bet they try to make it up to me it still hurt me. But they did too much and I didn't feel very comfortable.

I love Anna. And I love Ag but they need a little time away from me. A break to stop worrying about me.

Ag's Pov
"AG!! NYC MAIL!!" I heard as I ran down the stairs.

I tore open the mail as I read through.

"The application is accepted in NYU happy to see you choose our school." I mumbled as my eyes widen.

"I GOT IN!" I yelled as I hugged my mom.