interview • jalen hurts

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november 28th, 2022

liv was currently on her home from gabby's house, they hung out for a while and of course gabby begged liv to tell her what happened with jalen.

while she was driving home, that sam car that followed her a couple of weeks ago was once again following her.

she went around a block a couple of times, made a couple wrong turns, but they didn't stop following her.

she couldn't see who was in the car, because the windows are tinted, and since she was being followed, she couldn't read the license plate.

she wasn't super worried, not to tell jason or miles. she did the first thing that came to her mind, she drove to a police station.

once she got to the police station, the car drove away, she drove back to her house.

321-293-6481

hi

hello?

it's jalen

oh

what's that for?

what's what for?

your attitude

i don't have an attitude

yes you do

if you texted me just to
argue, then don't text me

liv turned her phone off and plopped down on her bed. she has no clue why jalen was acting so weird. never in a million years would she think he would act like this.

maybe she doesn't know him as well as she thought she did, maybe he acts different on the field and in conferences than in real life.

the only ounce of hope that she had was how much her brother cares for jalen, she knows that jason loves jalen, and jason only surrounds himself with good people.

miles :)

can you come to my house
rq?

is everything ok?

yeah, can you come over?

yeah, sure be there in 15

liv was quite confused why on a random monday miles asks her to come over, she's only been to his house twice.

she actually hates driving to miles' house because it constantly takes her on windy back roads and it is super annoying.

once she arrived at his house, she knocked on the door. almost immediately, he answered it.

"good to see you." miles said with his signature smile hugging the girl.

"you too, miles." liv said as he motioned for her to follow him inside. "what did you need me to come over for?"

"sit here, give me 30 seconds." miles said walking out of the room. it wasn't an open space, like a guest bedroom but with no bed.

liv furrowed her eyebrows in confusion before sitting down on the couch.

she waited for a bit, around 3 minutes, and the door opened back up, but it was definitely not miles.

"jalen?" liv asked standing up from the couch. miles set her up, he planned for this to happen, or at least was in on it.

"hold on, before you freak out and get angry, just let me explain." jalen said with a pleading tone.

"explain what?" liv asked dryly. she drove all the way here just for this? a waste of gas and time. jalen didn't respond. "no, i'm being serious, explain what? anything i ask you deny." olivia said.

"why do i make you nervous? because i'm a perfectionist." liv said recalling the conversation they had yesterday. "why do you want my number? in case of emergencies." the girl said.

frustration grew throughout her body. "what kind of dumb excuses are those? you don't tell me the truth and it's getting on my nerves!" liv said, trying to not let her emotions get the best of her.

"what do you want me to tell you then?" jalen asked putting his hands in his pockets nonchalantly.

"the truth, jalen!" liv exclaimed. "all i ever wanted was the truth." she said with a huff. "so say it. tell me the truth."

jalen opened his mouth as if he was about to say something, but he never did. liv scoffed. "what are you so afraid of?" she said.

"why are you so afraid of telling the truth? do you think it's going to hurt your precious ego or something? just tell the truth for once! one time, jalen. that's it. but you can't even do that." liv said with a scoff.

"i should've known. you asked miles to get me here, just for you say nothing?" liv said. "what happened to the confident jalen who would speak his mind without being afraid?" she asked.

"because this is not him." liv said. jalen just stood there, not saying anything. "this is going to come back to hurt you later. you can really hurt someone by not telling the the truth, and i know you want to say it." liv said.

liv walked pass him to leave. "liv, wait." he said, she turned around with her hand still on the doorknob.

she waited for him to say something, anything. she wished he would say something.

and then he kissed her. he placed his hands on either sides of her cheeks and kissed her.

almost as quickly as it happened, liv pushed him away. "what are you doing?" she asked frustrated.

"i asked you to tell me the truth, not whatever that was." she said flailing her arms around. "i can't believe you just did that. you didn't even ask me." she said, voice laced with betrayal.

"i, i'm sorry." jalen said, trying to fix what he had just done. he wasn't thinking.

"save it, jalen. seriously just save it." liv said before walking out of the room.

jalen knew he screwed up badly, and he needed to fix it, but he didn't know how.

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