Pumped-Up Kicks 2

3.1

Telly (oh)
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"What are you gonna get?" Remie asked me still looking at her menu scanning the choices. Her blonde eyebrows knit together as she thought. I shrugged and swished my Shirley Temple in my cold tall glass. "Why don't they have the calorie count on here?" She shook her head in disapproval.

"Maybe because the Hard Rock doesn't care about fat americans." I finally answered her and settled for the Honey Mustard Grilled Chicken Sandwich. I still had a headache from getting drunk last night. I wanted to forget everything that Jess did to me. But making myself forget only made me remember it more. "Is Jase coming?"

"No. He isn't answering his phone or texting back. He wasn't home either. You should know how Jase is. He's a rolling stone." She placed the menu down in front of her and took a sip from her pink lemonade. I looked at the upside down guitar to my left and then out the rain streaked window and outside to the wet asphalt. "Don't worry though Telly. Today's a big day." She reached over and squeezed my hand assuring me. Remie was extra hyper today. I didn't feel very well and thats probably because Remie woke me up and shoved me into my shower still fully clothed. I shivered as my damp hair stuck to the back of my neck.

"Wake up bitch!" She slapped my cheek then jumped up and down on my bed stepping on me purposely. She ripped the covers off of me exposing my skin to the bitterly cold air. Remie slipped and fell down next to me laughing. "Today's a big day."

"Fuck off." I groaned and turned on my side. I heard her roll off of my bed onto the floor. She quickly dashed into my bathroom and yanked the shower curtain back turning on the water making my showerhead cry. She came back to me and pulled on both hands forcing me out of my bed. I tumbled into my bathroom hitting my head on the floor. Remie simply picked me up and shoved me against the wet tiles. I shivered like a wet dog in the cold as my clothes started clinging to my skin. My hair was soaking wet by the time I recovered from my fall. The water was stinging cold and I was covered in goosebumps. "Remie I swear I will kill you."

"I'm already dead." She teased and reached over helping me out of my clothes. "Oh come on don't be shy. We've went skinny dipping before. I've seen you naked then." She peeled my shirt clean off my back and tugged on my shorts.

"You are so gay." I pulled the shower curtain closed before fully stripping as the water started heating up. "You are so annoying." I heard the door slam shut and I was alone with my headache.

The waitress came back and we filled our orders. She placed Remie's refill down on the glass table. The table right now was light purple. There were fluorescent lights that gave off an array of colours. It had been a few days since I last saw Logan. I knew it would be sometime before he reached out. I was the one who told him to get his shit together. "Why is today a big day?"

"Today is Jared's birthday." She sighed and slumped against the red booth seat. Her perfectly manicured nails drummed against the glass, the lights now turning turquoise. I rose an eyebrow clearly missing the big picture.

"If you think that I'm going to a cemetery to visit my dead ex-boyfriend then you can think again." I crossed my arms over my chest.

"No we aren't going to visit his grave. I've already done that too many times.
If I believed in ghosts he would've told me to go away because I was always around."

"So what are we doing today." I finally took a sip of my drink and folded my hands in my lap.

"Jared left a list." She pulled out a crumpled sheet of paper from her purse and smoothed it out trying to read his handwriting. "This is all the things that he wanted to do when he turned 18. Have lunch at the Hard Rock Café. Check." She also took out a pen and made a little mark on the sheet.

"Technically its breakfast.Why are we doing this?"

"Because he's a part of me. And it's only fair. If he can't do these things then I might as well do them if he's alive in my heart. Now he wanted to play football with Topher. Which I tried getting ahold of him but Bryn had her baby and now Toph is busy being a daddy."

"You mean the step daddy." I took another sip of my Shirley Temple as Remie cocked an eyebrow. "Moose told me. Bryn cheated on Toph with Grey. Grey and his big dick got her pregnant so he's the daddy."

"Oh well bottom line is we can't play football with Toph so we have to with Logan." I cringed. "Oh come on kiddie. We have to."

"I told him to get his shit together before the next time we saw each other." Our waitress came back and placed our plates in front of us. I picked up a fry and popped it in my mouth. Remie examined her burger before picking off the onions and tomatoes. "I don't wanna knock on his door, walk in and see Jessa's buttcheeks." I angrily took a bite of my sandwich.

"Are you jealous?" Remie smiled with her jaw unclenched.

"Remie. Lets get real. Jessa is a monster and what she did to me is unforgivable and inexcusable. I am tired of waiting around for Logan to make up his mind. It's not fair to either one of us regardless if she is evil. Logan needs to stop thinking with his dick and become a man. He needs to make up his mind instead of playing with us like we're toys. I am not a toy. I am a woman and I deserve respect. He doesn't have the right to just fuck with my emotions." I gripped my glass so tightly that it might shatter in my hand.

Remie nodded along agreeing with me. She wouldn't say it out loud, but she knew that I was jealous. And not like the jealous because her shoes are cute jealous.

Jealous like the crazy I will kill you kind of jealousy. I didn't want to be but I guess it was my fault. I was the one that always ran away when Logan came close to having me wrapped around his fingers. And that's only because I'm scared. Scratch scared. I'm completely and honestly terrified of how I feel about Logan. It's a burning sensation that I can't ignore. It's not a want. It's a need. If I don't have him I might just explode because the feeling I have inside is too overwhelming.

And that's what terrifies me. I haven't ever felt that way about anyone. Not Jared or Moose or Jase. And I had felt that way about him since hormones kicked in years ago.

"Yeah. You've got it bad." Remie snickered and took another bite out of her burger. I picked up a fry and threw it at her, it getting caught in her hair. "Thanks love." She picked it out and swallowed it, licking the salt off her fingers.

I gave her a cheesy thumbs up. "So we can say no to the football thing." She made another mark on the paper. "Next is to go cliff diving by the Olympic Mountains." Remie snapped twice signaling a nearby waiter.

She slumped in my seat while pushing everything on my plate into a black box, taking my unfinished food with me. "Don't worry Telly. It'll be fun." Remie assured me as she looped her arm with mine and we left the Hard Rock.

to be continued...

(Hey freaks what's up. This is a gift from me to you. I hope you guys are ok. God knows that I'm going through. Always remember one thing: boys are dumb. Stay Sexy. xxx.)