The Lovers Connection: Volume 1

Chapter 13

Jessies POV:

It’s all my fucking fault. None of this would’ve happened if I wouldn’t have gone to that dumbass party. I knew something was up and it dragged Fritz with me and now he’s hurt along with Jules and now Riley’s is probably upset too. Fuck fuck fuck! Why do I always fuck shit up? I was on my way towards my next class which was now journalism, the last class of the day, and all I was thinking about was Fritz. My sweet little  fox. My kindhearted fox. God... He didn’t deserve that hate. I made it into class and saw Fritz already sitting down, his head with rested on the table in his arms and his ears were down. My poor baby... The bell rain for class to start and I made my way over to the desk he was at. I went around him and sat down in my chair. His tail was stiff and he looked so sad. He didn’t even say hi. “Fritz?” I asked him. He hummed in response. “I’m sorry I wasn’t there to help you. I got distracted and was being dumb. I’m sorry I wasn’t there for you or Jules when you needed me.” I apologised. “It’s ok. It’s not your fault.” Fritz said. “But it is my fault. None of that would’ve happened if you didn’t come to that party because of me. I was stupid and I dragged you into something terrible that you didn’t wanna do. It’s my fault.” I said. He just sighed. “I’ll fix this. Ok?” I told him. He looked worse now. I think I just made him more upset. Fuck. I shouldn’t have said anything about the party. God dammit. The teacher started to talk and I tried to listen but Fritz was the only thing on my mind. I’m sorry my love.

Time skip:

She talked to the whole class. I didn’t get to speak to Fritz once. The bell rain and that was our cue to leave. I grabbed my stuff and Fritz grabbed his. I wanted to walk with him in the hallway. “Hey. Can I walk with you?” I asked him. “S-sure.” He said. I smiled and we both got out of our seats and started our walk out of the room and down the hallway. He didn’t speak, nor did I. We just walked. But after some time, I tried to start up a conversation, “Hey, so um...” I started, catching his attention. He looked at me and I looked at him. His poor eyes were shattered and his ears were down. I tried to think of something to talk about. Then something popped into my head. “Have you finished your book yet?” I asked him. He looked down at his bag and pulled out the book. “It’s not done yet. Riley and Jules read it so far. They said they loved it. I just haven’t really gotten the time to work on it because they were reading it.” He explained to me. “Well, when you do finish it, you should definitely let me read it.”, I said, surprising him. “You’d like to read it?” He asked me, confused. “Of course. I know I don’t look like a person who would read books but if it’s something you made, I’d love to check it out.” I said. He smiled, “Sure! I’ll finish it and let you read it.” He said. I returned the smile and we continued our walk. I made him smile. Good. That’s what I wanted. As we continued to walk, someone called my name suddenly. I looked around to see who it was and it was the gators. They were on Fritz’s right side so I had to look over his shoulder. The Gators were in a different hallway waving me over. Fritz’s ears that were somewhat up fell back down. Shit. I want to walk with Fritz but I also wanna see what they want. Shit. “You heading over to them?” Fritz asked me. “Um...” I said. I could always talk to Fritz tomorrow. I’ll just tell him that. “I just wanna see what they want. You could wait if you want or we could talk tomorrow.” I said. “I gotta get to my bus. We could talk tomorrow.” He said. “Ok. Cool cool. I guess I’ll see you then.” I told him. “Yea... I’ll see you then.” He said before beginning to walk away. His talk was barely wagging and he was hugging that book up against his chest, walking down the empty hallway. I sighed and made my way toward the gators to see what they wanted.

Fritz’s POV:

Jessie and I split up and I started walking down the hallway while looking down. I just felt terrible. Terrible about what happened. Terrible about what happened to Jules. Terrible about myself. I just didn’t feel happy at all. As I continued walking, I suddenly heard someone’s footsteps in front of me. I didn’t look up to who it was. Then suddenly I saw someone’s feet near me. Whoever it was bummed me hard as they walked past. “Watch where you’re going punk-. Oh, wait a minute.” The person said. I took a slight glance to see who it was and it was that bird. I felt a chill go down my spine as I saw him walk over. “Where ya goin fox?” The bird said. I was gonna try to walk away but the guy grabbed my back and pulled me slightly back. Causing me to stumble a bit. “Next time watch where you’re going, mate.” He said. After he pulled me and I stumbled, I dropped my book in fear. “I turned around to him. “S-S-Sorry. I didn’t see you.” I apologised, trying to avoid eye contact. “You better be sorry fag.” He said. I looked past him and saw that my book slid across the floor past him. He noticed what I was looking at and he smirked. “Oo~ what’s this~?” He asked, bending down and grabbing it. My heart started to pound. I need an excuse so he wouldn’t read it. “I-I-Its just notes,” I said. He smirked looking at me. “Then you wouldn’t mind if I looked at it.” He then said, turning away from me and opening the book. I jumped in fear. “No! Wait!” I shouted in fear, trying to get it back. He just dodged me and continued to try and read it. I desperately tried to get it back but failed. “Writing a book? Fascinating.” He said, stepping away from me and towards a water fountain. I didn’t know what he was doing. “But the words seem a little dry. Let me fix that.” He held the book out under the water fountain and my heart skipped a beat. I ran at him to stop it but he turned it on. I was too late. Water splashed on the open pages and by the time I was able to stop it by grabbing his arm, he just threw the book down at the lockers across from us. I stepped away from him. I was heartbroken. “There, problem solved.” He said. I just stared at my destroyed book. I had no movement, no thoughts, just sadness. “Maybe that’ll teach ya to not fuck with me.” The bird said, passing me now and walking down the hallway with a laugh. I felt shattered. So much work and time spent writing that. Shit... I felt like I was gonna cry. I wanted to cry. God dammit, why did you have to leave me Jessie...