Life's Too Short To Even Care At All

Chapter 10

"I'm just coming in to the car park now," Emily said as she spoke to Sebastian on the phone. She was going to stay the weekend with Sebastian at Dalton again, and unlike previous weekends, she wasn't that worried. Things had been perfect with Sebastian the past week. There had been no arguments, no jealousy, and most importantly, no violence. Emily almost thought it was too good to be true. Except for the fact that she had lost her best friend in the process. She hadn't seen Jeff since the argument, and she felt a slight bit of regret, but she was still mad at him.

"I'll be up in a minute, love you," Emily spoke to Sebastian, before hanging up and placing her phone into her bag. It was then that she noticed the familiar figure, sat on the front steps of Dalton, staring straight at her. It may have been dark, but she knew that blond hair anywhere.

"Hey," Jeff said, standing up from the floor and rubbing his hands together. He stuffed them nervously in his pockets as Emily stopped in front of him. Emily didn't know how long he had been waiting there, but she had a feeling it had been a while.

"Hey," Emily replied, crossing her arms across her chest. Suddenly, all her anger was pushed to the back of her mind as she stared at the regretful and sorrow expression on her friends face.

"I'm sorry," Jeff spoke quietly, looking down at the floor and back up again. He had been thinking a lot about the argument that the two had had the previous weekend, and it was eating away at him. He wanted the best for her, he couldn't bear the thought of her getting hurt by Sebastian, but he was selfish, and wanted her for him. He wanted his friend back. He wanted her, and if that meant getting her away from Sebastian, even better.

"I'm sorry too Jeff, but you have to believe me, he's changed, he won't hurt me again," Emily replied, but as she spoke, she couldn't help but glance up to the large oak doors of Dalton nervously.

"Has he said you can see me again?" Jeff questioned hopefully, rubbing a hand over his neck. Emily looked down guiltily. The truth was, the subject of Jeff had not come up for a while, and Emily was hoping to keep it that way.

"Just give him time Jeff, I'll talk to him about it soon," Emily said, causing Jeff to shake his head in annoyance. It was unlikely that she'd ever talk to him, and if she did, Sebastian would say no. He would never change his mind. Irritated, Jeff rubbed his face.

"I better go, you don't want to be caught talking to me," Jeff said bitterly. He hugged her lightly, before walking off towards Dalton.

"Jeff, wait," Emily called after him, but he had already disappeared into the brightly lit front hall of the building. Emily sighed loudly in exasperation, before following in his footsteps into the private school, and walking towards her boyfriend's dorm. There was no point following Jeff, he needed time alone.

"Hey Seb," Emily said, her mind elsewhere as she hugged her boyfriend in greeting. She didn't notice the displeased look on his place, as he shut the door behind her. Neither did she notice his clenched fists, turning red with the pressure.

"So," Sebastian started, turning to Emily as she sat on his bed. "What took you so long? You were in the car park for about fifteen minutes." Emily froze like a deer in headlights. She could see in his eyes that he knew she had been talking to Jeff. But maybe, this was an excellent chance to bring up the subject. He was angry, that was obvious, but maybe if she explained that she was telling Jeff that Sebastian had changed, he would feel guilt tripped in to calming down.

"I was talking to Jeff," Emily replied, quickly continuing speaking as she saw him begin to become more aggravated. "I told him about how you'd changed, about how you didn't hurt me anymore."

Sebastian's fists relaxed as Emily spoke. There had been a couple of times the past week when he had become angry at something, but he had controlled himself. If he was alone he would take it out on a nearby pillow, but he kept it cooled down when Emily was near. He told himself that by keeping himself calm, he kept Emily eating out of his hand. It may have been hard, but seeing the look of happiness in Emily the past week had helped him. That was until he saw her with Jeff. If there was one thing he valued, it was loyalty, and Emily had betrayed his trust. And that made him very angry.