Johnnie's pov
I squeeze my wrist as I gasp for air while walking with Tara to wherever she's dragging me. I know she's taking to me, but I tune her out. Fuck, I can't focus or anything. My vision feels so blurry.. what's happening? I definitely took too many pills last night..shit. My heads still fucked up. Tara stares at me as I stand still despite how much she's pulling me. "Come on, I'm taking you to the nurses office let's go-" "I'm fine," I say as I let go of her hand. She sighed as she pulled me to sit down with her. We sat silently on the staircase as she asked to see my wrist. I looked around to make sure there was nobody around as I pulled my sleeve up. Tara gently took off the bandage as she looked up at me. There were marks of Jake grabbing my wrist. I looked away as I pull my sleeve back up. "Give it to me," she asked. I paused,"give what?" "You know what," she said in a stern voice. I gulped as I took the box out and passed it to her and pulled my sleeve back up. She grabbed the bandages and carefully helped me to wrap my wrist before putting it back into the box. I pulled my sleeve up as I snatched the box and shoved it back in my jacket. I avoided Jake the rest of the day but couldn't stop thinking about the fact that he took off our matching bracelet.
~while Johnnie was walking back to Tara's dorm~
I was walking back to Tara's dorm when I saw her typing aggressively on her phone. She looks so serious. I brushed it off and went into our dorm as I put my things down as I grab my jacket and leave.
Tara's pov
I put my phone in my pocket as I calm myself down. I was going to talk to Jake, I need to know what happen. I need answers. I met up at him at the back of our school and staring him. "What do you want?" He asked. "Why?" There was silence. "What happen to you? One day you're sad that Johnnie won't talk to you and now you're so violent and mad? What's wrong with you? You're a jerk, you know that? " I said with a stern face. He just stared at me and whispered,"I could not give a fuck about that guy, now leave me alone." He turned around and started walking but I pulled him back. "Let me go, and don't you have to go and take care of that sensitive emo?" He asked as he pushed me. That's it. "Seriously, what is wrong with you? He isn't sensitive. Do you wanna know why he's so upset? It's not just that you didn't buy him dinner and lied to him but he likes you, why can't you see that? He's liked you for years but knows you're straight. So can you wake up and snap out of it? How blind are you? And either way, Johnnie deserves so much better than some jerk like you, so go back to your little "girlfriend". " I shouted as I slapped him. We both stood in silence as I waited for him to say something.
Jake's pov
"Wait.. did I hear you right? Did you just say that emo freak likes me?" I snickered. No way he likes me, but honestly, she is right. Why am I suddenly so violent and mad? This feels wrong. I looked at Tara as she just rolled her eyes and walked off. I sighed as I lit a cigarette. Does Johnnie really like me? I decided to try to talk to him. I went up to Tara's dorm and knocked on the door. Nothing. Fuck, why do I feel like I miss him? What has gotten into me? I went to a nearby park that me and Johnnie would call "our spot" and walked to a bench that was hidden behind some bushes where we would meet up. I brushed off the leaves on me and was going to sit on the bench but someone else was already sitting there. Johnnie. I stared at him smoke as he slowly turned around to face me. We stayed like that for a minute before he got up and mumbled , "sorry," and was about to leave but I grabbed his arm. "I need to talk to you," I said as I pulled him to sit with me. We sat in silence as I handed him a cigarette and lit it. "...so.. I heard you like me,"
Johnnie's pov
My heard dropped as I froze and turned to face Jake. "What did you say..?" I asked. He wasn't joking. Fuck. I gulped. Before I could say anything, Jake interrupted me, "I'm not joking, Tara said that you've liked me since forever. She also told me that I needed to "snap out of it"? I don't know, but something about that felt wrong. I didn't know who to tell or call so I just came here to find you.. I hope that's okay. And I'm sorry I hurt you earlier today, I don't know what's gotten into to me.. but I'm so sorry," Jake looked right in my eye and put his hand over mine as he mumbled the words "please Johnnie, help me." Wait,what? I stared at him, speechless. I've never seen him so seriously before. "I.. I don't know," I muttered. "It's noisy here, let's go up to our dorm, is that okay? " he asked as he get up. I nodded and we walked back to our dorm. What if that was just all an act and he's gonna beat me up for liking him when he has a girlfriend? My head flooded with thoughts as we sat down on the floor.
"Okay. I'll help you,"
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