Just Friends: The Sequel.

Chapter Sixteen.

Chapter Sixteen.

   REINA:

        The Saturday after my dinner date with Jonah I was back at the frat house with the boys to just hang out for the day. I didn't have any other plans and I just missed Justin. I was waiting for him to text me or something to hang out again but he never did. That's part of the reason I'm over here again today.

            I made sure to wear jeans and a pink sweater, his favorite on me. I figured this would make him want to keep me around a little bit longer. I don't know. It seemed like a good idea this morning.

            "Hey Reina." Scott said, giving me a side hug. "How are you?"

            "I'm good! Where's Justin?"

            He started to laugh at how impatient I was and said he thought he was still sleeping. I didn't waste any time before I darted directly up the steps, knocking three times on his door.

            "What?" I heard a voice mutter rather harshly.

            "It's me!" I said, twisting the handle of the door. "Justin unlock it."

            There wasn't an answer so I knocked again thinking he didn't hear me, the anxiety creeping into my body all at once. A bunch of different images flashed through my mind from a year ago. Him on a stretcher, the foam coming out of his mouth, him lying unconscious in Scott's arms.

            "Justin!" I shouted. "Are you okay? Oh my god please-"

            The door opened and he was fine, his arms bare from having no shirt on but his face having a look of pure hatred almost. I didn't know what was wrong but I tried to make him better, taking a step towards him until he took two more steps back.

            "What are you doing here?" He asked coldly.

            "Um... I came to hang out with you for the day. I figured you'd want that."

            "Oh what? Am I some charity case now Reina? Is that it? Because you feel sorry for me?"

            Rolling his eyes in disbelief, I stood there in shock and gently closed the door to his room behind me. What the hell is wrong with him?

            "Did I do something?" I asked.

            "Oh c'mon." He chuckled. "Don't act dumb Reina."

            "Act dumb? Justin I'm not acting dumb. I have no idea what you're talking about."

            That seemed to upset him even more because he sat down onto the bed, putting his face into his hands before he let out a deep breath. Why is he being like this?

            "You know originally I thought this whole friends thing was going to work out for us Reina. I thought maybe we could build what we had in the past back up but boy was I wrong."

            "Justin I-"

            "It was stupid to try and work this out in the first place. We know we're not possibly ever going to be successful, right? You and I could never be a thing. We're toxic. That's all we ever will be."