𝓦𝓸𝔀, 𝓘'𝓶 𝓲𝓷 𝓛𝓸𝓿𝓮 ~ 𝓚𝓵𝓮𝓲𝓷𝓹𝓱𝔂 / 𝓒𝓸𝓷𝓶𝓪𝓷

. － Forty Two // Jared － . (Rem;)

Jared's P.O.V (Remade)

Rich stares at me in some sort of disbelief. Of course, I told him everything, as per our deal. (i.e., I get to sleep on his couch for a day or two, and he gets to hear my 'tragic' backstory or whatever the shit.) He blinks, snaps out of it, and taps whatever's left of the blunt he stopped smoking about 20 seconds ago. I focus on the ash falling onto the carpet, then look back up to his eyes. "So." He finally looks down at the weirdly big mess he's making on the carpet and decides to hold his hand under the blunt like a decent, probably high-as-fuck, human being.  

"So.. uh," He's now scooting up closer to me, and now he's fucking next to me, probably zoning out as he stares at his living room. "why'd you leave then? That doesn't... really seem like too much of a, y'know," Rich waves his hands around, and sighs. "good reason?" I shrug, most likely ruining my shirt while I fiddle with a loose end. Something I can most definitely imagine Evan doing. Something that, if Connor were here, he would probably tell me to stop doing.

I don't fucking stop.

"Yeah, it.. it probably wasn't. A good idea." I pull at the thread. I can feel it leaving an indent on my fingers. "But I'm here now." He blows out the last few embers in all that's left of his smoke. "At 1:00 a.m.," He adds, looking toward me. The thread snaps. "Sorry." Rich's eyes widen, for a quick second, then go back to looking way too high and tired. "It's fine. Honestly, I couldn't really sleep, so.." 

"No really, I'm..." I trail off. He shrugs. "Totally fine, man. You can crash here for..." He looks at an imaginary watch on his left wrist, then puts his right arm around me. "Shit, what day is it? I think you can crash here for like, two days till' my mom gets back." I nod. "Thanks. I mean that too." To my surprise, he pulls me into a hug. "I know." I hug back. 

~

"Any.. specific time that you plan on working this out properly?" He hands me a blanket that took him a painfully long time to grab from a way-too-tall-for-him-to-reach cupboard while refusing help from me. "Maybe in a day or two.. I don't know." I take the blanket, and he walks groggily toward his bedroom door. "You better make up your mind, because that Connor Murphy guy really fucking misses you, and it's only been like two hours.." He yawns. "Gnight," I nod. "Yeah. Night."

I sit down on the couch, pulling out my phone. A shit-load of notifications keep coming up. And yet, the first thing I notice is the bold letters,

7 missed calls from connor <3

I slide the notification away as soon as the guilt hits, which is almost immediately. The next thing that comes up, though, is a message from some unknown number. 

321150987: hey this is zoe

321150987: zoe murphy?

321150987: uh so,, i think we met w/ the whole 'connor project' thing

321150987: isthis jared?

jkbitch: maybe

321150987: hi so

321150987: wtf is happening

321150987: r u friends with michael mell?

jkbitch: regrettably, yes.

321150987: why tfuqs he saying you skipped town or some shit

jkbitch: idk why is he

jkbitch: what the actual fuck

321150987: thats what im saying

jkbitch: great. well i did NOT skip town.

jkbitch: michaels an unreliable source, end of conversation, bye-

321150987: wowow wait where r u????

jkbitch: a friends house

321150987: mmmkay

jkbitch: wow you are so much more annoying through text, for some reason

321150987: jfc where did this sudden hatred come from

jkbitch: literally nowhere i just dont like you :)

321150987: your dating my brother

jkbitch: right, yes. i was wondering if you were adopted

 321150987: bitch-

jkbitch: been called that so many times that it has no effect anymore!

jkbitch: congrats.

321150987: i dont remember YOU being this annoying irl

jkbitch: oh yeah sorry that wasn't for you that was because there were adults in the room.

321150987: how tf did evan put up with you

jkbitch:

jkbitch: bye.

321150987: waitwait wait SHI

Number blocked. 

 I try scrolling through the rest of my contacts. A short list, sadly. I mute the group chat without looking at any of their fucking ramblings, and click my phone off. I guess I should sleep while it's still even dark outside, huh?

Word Count : 802 worderoonies <3

Time : 10:52 a.m., another very cool and decently early time. also if yall see me at the fountain valley skating rink today later,,,, yassss

Inspo : aa regained lol!! i needed a minute to change my writing style, haha- sorry, took longer than expected TvT but, i present to you, chapter 42!!

P.O.V for the next chapter : connor- definitely connor :))

Get called out for being amazing sfjjfbwkg : arizonaiceteass & readxr_uwu TAKE MY LOVE AND SUPPORT YOU TWO ARE MY MOTIVATION!!! (do ur hw tho!!)