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Chapter 5

Jackson

Me and Wes have a 6AM practice and I barely got any sleep.

I didn't think Ryan was this fucking slimy that he would show up to her dorm room.
And apparently this happens pretty often the way that Ameeriah was describing it.

When we get back into the locker room, I'm fucking exhausted.

I'm tired from not getting enough sleep but more so because Coach fucking kills us by working us to the brink of death during the beginning practices. Just to show us that whatever the hell the worked on over summer- it wasn't enough.

I look over and see our center, Elijah and he looks like death.
His girlfriend broke up with him right before this semester started and kid is not taking it well.

Wes is next to me and he's untying his skates.
I bend down to untie mine and there's still sweat dripping from my hair that's falling into my face.

The gears in my brain and turning and I know I shouldn't ask Wes about Ameeriah but fuck I want to.

As I take off my other skate, I look back over to Wes, who picks his head up and makes a confused face at me.

"Why are you looking at me like you're about to kiss me?" He says with his brows scrunched.
"Cause I am, come here," I say as I make a fake little pucker with my lips.

"Fuck off," he laughs as he picks up his bag and turns to his locker.

"No seriously I have a question," I say.

"Sorry Jackson, I know I'm a catch but I'm fully in love with Adare. Better luck next time."

"Fuck you," I shove his shoulder. "No I was gonna ask about Ryan."

Wes doesn't look up from his locker as he's stuffing things into his bag.

"Who's Ryan?" But then quickly side eyes me and continues. "Ameeriah's Ryan?"

I squint my eyes. "She's not his," I say with a frown.

"You know what the hell I meant," he rolls his eyes.

"Yeah whatever so I was gonna ask—" I start, but he cuts me off mid sentence. What a bitch.

"It's none of your business Jackson."

"Well yeah but—"
"Jackson..." he says slowly.

"What! I'm just," I close my eyes for emphasis, "asking, as a concerned friend."
"Yeah yeah," he rolls his eyes.

"Is he really that much of a dick?"
He sighs as he closes his locker. "From what Adare's told me, yeah."

"Fuck," I mumble a whisper inside my head but I guess I said it out loud.
"Jackson.." And I turn to him. "But it doesn't matter, right?" He emphasizes he last word.

I lower and shake my head.

"Because it's none of your business, right?
"Yes," I mumble.
"And it's gonna stay that way, right?"

"Yes! Fuck! You're like my dad. Yes, yes sir I get it," I say and we turn to walk out of the locker room.

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Wes heads back to the dorm and I head over to the dining hall to grab some food before heading back.

As I'm walking over, I see Max, another one of our teammates, and he starts to walk over to me to meet me in line.
"I'm ready to get fucking wasted. I'm so stressed, I need some parties."

"Chill dude, the first week of classes hasn't even started, what the hell could you be stressed about?" I ask as we start to pile food onto our plates.

"Me and Abigail decided to call things off."
"Woah really?" I ask because I thought they were pretty serious.

"Yeah dude, I'm pretty sure she has a thing for another guy."
"Damn, sorry man."

We sit and eat and some of our other friends walk in and eat with us.
After we finish, we start to head back to our dorms.

The other guys stop at our old hall that me and Wes aren't in anymore. We were able to get a new dorm this year and it's so much fucking nicer. It's like an apartment style but technically still on campus.

When I get to our place, I unlock the doors and find Wes laying the couch with one arm propped behind his head and the other playing with Adare's ear as she lays on him.

"You two make me sick," I mumble as I go to set my stuff down in my room and making my way over to kitchen to grab a water from the fridge.

"Hey'd you hear that Jeremy and Emma broke up over summer?" I hear Wes say from the living room.

"What the fuck is going on," I say as I walk over to the couch. "Literally everyone I know is breaking up. Elijah and Katia, Max and Abigail and now Jeremy and Emma?"

"Woah Max and Abigail called it quits? I thought they were serious."
"Dude me too," I say with wide eyes.

"You guys aren't gonna break up right?" I say as I shove myself to lay in between them. "I need you guys."

I hear Wes groan. "I'm about to break you if you don't get off."

"Ugh," I say dramatically and sigh. "Someone love me."

"I love you Jackson," Adare says and Wes whips his head over to her and she laughs.

Wes pushes me off the couch with one hand as he says, "I love you too but just..from a distance."

"What should we watch?" I ask as I pick myself off the ground and slump into the other side of the couch.

"I vote for Hunger Games," I say.
"Ooo me too," Adare pipes up. "But the second one for sure."

"No let's watch the first one," I add.
"Catching Fire is so good though."
"Yeah but—"

"Wes you break the tie," Adare smirks as she looks over to Wes. She knows he's gonna side with her.
This isn't a democracy, this is a dictatorship.

I look to Wes and he has a blank look on his face.
"What?"

I think he tunes us out when we start arguing.

"First or second Hunger Games movie?"
"Uhh," he drifts off.

"Which one did you pick?" He whispers to Adare.
"Second one," she whispers back quickly.

"Oh you guys are so fucking annoying!"
And to that statement, Wes throws a pillow into my face.

"Whatever," I roll my eyes. "Jokes on you cause I actually love the second one too," I say as we start the movie.

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Thanks for reading!
What's your favorite book to movie adaptation?

I absolutely love any of the dystopian (The Hunger Games, Maze Runner, Divergent aka the big three) book to movie adaptations and I guess technically The Summer I Turned Pretty is a show, not a movie, but I LOVE that one too. I'm also so so mf excited for A Good Girl's Guide To Murder show to come out I think the roles were casted PERFECTLY