Miss Independent [Completed]

Chapter Thirty Seven

I woke up to my phone ringing and caught myself before falling off the bed. I rubbed my eyes before wiping the drool from my face and grabbing my phone that was on the floor.

Rose was calling.

I saw the time that read 9:47 as I picked it up and unlocked it before answering the call.

"Hello?" I yawned.

"You're still not in school?"

Looking at the floor, I yawned again before covering my mouth. "No. I'm sick." I said as I dangled my arm off the bed.

"Kai, you said that for the past week."

I shrug as I stared at the floor before yawning again. "This sickness won't go away." I sighed as I leaned up and sat on the bed.

"You're full of shit.. Kai, you need to come back to school. You're going to fall so far behind."

"I'll be fine. I'll come back in another week."

"Kai."

I groaned before laying down on my bed and staring at the ceiling. "I'll come back tomorrow."

"Promise?"

"Yes."

She sighs. "Alright.. I love you, Kai. You need to get back to yourself and get your ass in school. I know it's hard but you have to try."

I made a noise with my mouth before rubbing my eyes. "Alright. Love you." I hung up afterwards and stared at my phone as I scrolled through all the missed calls and texts that were sent to me throughout the week.

From Paisley and her mom.

After that night, Paisley came over and started screaming at me. I was heart broken from hearing her say she hated me for taking her mom away and it was me all along and not Waylen.

That broke my heart.

Then she threw my bracelet at me and slammed the door.

I cried all night and the next day.

It's been over a week now and I still wasn't getting any better over this situation. I hated feeling like this and wish I could bounce back but after that day, I wasn't sure how.

I never wanted to lose Paisley cause she meant so much to me. I wish I knew all along that it was her mom and I would have stayed away from her to begin with.

When I told Rose about it, I couldn't help but break down. I wasn't sure what to do anything at this point and Rose was trying to comfort me but nothing was helping.

Now I feel like it's all my fault that Adeline keeps taking her attention away from Paisely. I was also pissed off about it and kept beating myself over it.

Then one night I remembered how her phone kept ringing that day and now I know it was Paisley calling, which made me cry even harder.

This whole shit was a mess.

I just had to be in the middle of it.

My phone had many messages and missed calls, mostly from Adeline but I never once looked at them. I did open the ones from Rose but never looked at the other ones cause I just didn't care.

I was falling for that woman and I wish I never did.

It made me look like an idiot on how I didn't put the pieces together. I knew it was all aligning but I never thought it would be the same cause I didn't want it to be.

My mind wouldn't let my heart accept the facts.

Now Paisley hates me for what I did.

The way she screamed at me that night and told me I was the worst person ever to have done this to her, made me realize that things won't be going back to the way they were.