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Chapter 28

Ameeriah

My eyes slowly open as I feel the sun shining through my window.
I wake up with a headache and roll out of bed to grab some medicine.

I know I overreacted yesterday with Jackson but it just hit a nerve. I know that he didn't mean that and he is actually genuinely sorry but I just couldn't deal with it yesterday.

Today's Friday and I have my exam on Monday morning, but I feel pretty prepared for it.
I slowly get dressed and put on some light makeup before I grab my things and head out the door.

When I open my door, I see a foot on the floor and notice that Jackson is laying on the opposite side of the wall from my door.

He's got his back against the wall and his legs in front of him, but his legs are so long that they're nearly all the way across the hallway. He's got his head slouched to the side a little and his eyes are completely closed with his hair covering a bit of his eyes.

He fell asleep here?
Now I feel even worse.

I walk over to him and bend my legs so that I can lower myself down to him and shake his arm a little.
He opens his eyes slightly, looking dazed before he sits up fully.

Wiping his eyes and taking a breath in. "Did you sleep here last night?"
"I guess I fell asleep," he says in a groggy, raspy morning voice.

He rubs his face, still looking tired when he starts talking.
"I was worried Ryan was gonna try and come by and I knew you obviously wouldn't call me if he did, so I was gonna stay here for a couple hours but I guess I fell asleep."

I feel the regret washing upon my face. "I'm sorry Jackson I overreacted—"
"No I'm just a fucking dumbass Ameeriah I never should have crossed that line, I'm sorry."

I stand up and slightly tilt my head to look down at him while reaching my hand to him.
"Truce?" I ask, and he grabs onto my hand as he stands up.

"I swear to you I'll never do anything like that again," he says, looking at my directly in my eyes.
"Okay," I kinda laugh. "Enough of the sap I've gotta get to class."

"Oh fuck. Me too," he sighs.

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Jackson

I barely got any sleep last night and class was long and I'm currently in the locker room changing after a fucking brutal practice but at least Ameeriah's not mad at me anymore.

I really fucked up.
Like really fucked up.

Seeing her with Gale just made me me so fucking mad and I don't know what got into me.

I send her a quick text and tell her about a party tonight but I don't know if she's gonna want to go since she's got that exam on Monday.

To my surprise, she says she'll go.

Me and Wes get back to the apartment and I walk over to the fridge to grab a water when I notice Adare sitting at the kitchen table with a computer sitting in front of her.

"You scared the fuck out of me," I say in an exhale as I close my eyes.
"Sorry," she laughs.

"Watch your fucking mouth," Wes says as he goes over to stand behind her and puts one of his arms around her while the other is eating the granola bar in his hand.

"There's a party tonight," I say. "You animals wanna join me?" I ask, mainly because I know there's no way in hell either of them are gonna want to go.

"I've got way too much homework," Wes sighs.
"Fucking nerds," I mumble as I walk over to the pantry.

"Woah woah woah there," Adare starts. "Ameeriah told me you were helping her study for biology."
"Ohhh," Wes widens his eyes and laughs. "Who's the fucking nerd now?"

I roll my eyes. "Fuck both of you," I say and see Wes walk over to the pantry too.

"My whole body hurts and now you guys are being mean," I say.
"Stop being a little bitch," Wes says as he hits me in my stomach and then reaches over to grab another granola bar.

I groan before I hit him back and grab the granola bar out of his hand to walk over to the table to eat it.

"What time is it?" I ask Adare.
"Time for you to get out of my face, Jackson, I need to study," Wes says as he sits down and pulls his computer out.

"It's 9PM," Adare says.
"Thank you, Adare," I say as I look over to Wes.

"I've gotta go pick up Am—" but I quickly cut myself off when I realize I can't say that. "Max," I say quickly.

Wes scrunches his eyes slightly at me but I quickly grab my stuff and head out the door.

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