The Boy Two Doors Down

Chapter 5 - Fallout

(A/N) : So I kinda hit a block both in life and in writing. I sort of have a rough idea of what I want to do with this chapter but actually writing it will be the tough part. Anyways, hope you enjoy the chap.

(Italics means this is in the person's thoughts.)

Jessica's PoV :

What. The. Hell. Is. Going. On. From a week I've gone from being assaulted to becoming friends with the FBI's most hated. Truth is, other than with Hunter and Matthew at a stretch, I don't want to be friends with them. But if Tyler Norton wants to be friends with you, you can't say no.

"Umm...wanna get dinner with us?" I was snapped out of my thoughts by the dirty-blonde sweet talker, Matthew. I looked around and saw Hunter, Tyler and Danny staring at me. This was weird as I didn't notice the latter even entering the room. After taking a second to process the question, I shook my head. "Thanks but no thanks. I have my own food anyway." The guys seemed understanding and I left them with a wave.

As I dragged my feet towards my dorm, I realised I forgot to take my set of keys. As I begrudgingly knocked on my door, I was greeted with silence. After multiple other unsuccessful attempts, I dialed Yasmine. "Open the damn door before I break it down. I forgot my key." I heard Yasmine sighed. "I'm on a date now. Mel's in the library. So unless you wanna join her you're on your own for now. Serves you right for forgetting your keys." I could practically hear her shaking her head as she said that. I sighed. Suddenly, dinner with the FBI'S most hated didn't seem so bad.

If I was a group of four idiots who came back from a fight and was hungry, where would I be? I paced around the hallway until I got an idea.

"Yasmine? What do you want?"

"Heey, Josh. Do you have Hunter's phone number?"

I stood outside door 62 while awaiting Josh's answer. He shrugged. "Sure. Just don't call him at 3 a.m. or whatever it is you two will do." I flashed Josh a quick smile as he gave me Hunter's number.

Hunter's PoV :

"Hello. Who is this?"

"The bane of your existence."

I let out a small smile, confusing the others.

"Well, 'Bane of my existence', what do you need?"

"Are the four of you eating somewhere?" asked Jessica.

"Nah, the doctor wouldn't let Tyler out yet. So we're just having some sandwiches."

"Which tastes disgusting by the way!" Shouted Danny into my phone.

"Was that Danny?"

"Mhm."

I heard Jessica laugh, which sounded like the sweetest melody. Damnit Hunter. Just focus.

"If your dinner offer still stands, I would like to take you up on it."

"Technically, it was Danny who proposed it but I wouldn't mind replacing him. Where do you wanna meet?" After we agreed on a location, we cut the call.

"Ditching us for your new love interest are we now?" I snapped my head around as Matthew grinned. "Jessica is a friend and frankly Matthew, I don't understand how you can laugh at this days after we almost sent her to the hospital!" Matthew pushed himself off the wall. "You're one to talk, what have you done, Hunt? We were both responsible for that, I agree but have you done any better?"

Tensions between Matthew and I were rising when Danny stepped in. "Hold on, what did you guys do to Jessica? Going to the hospital? Explain yourselves." I could feel the venom in his voice as Danny commanded us to brief him on this update. Matthew explained what happened. How Jessica emptied water on Tyler and how we pinned Jessica to a wall while Tyler started punching Jessica. Danny's face grew dark. "You...you did that? Are you out of your fucking minds?! You hit a girl?!" Danny pointed an accusing finger towards Tyler who slumped back onto the bed. "You and Hunt have sisters! What would you feel if that had gone through the same? Or they saw you commit this..,this beating?! You know what? Fuck this and fuck all of you. I'm out. Done. Finished. The rest of you can do whatever you want but don't involve me in this! Danny got up and slammed the door as he left."

I felt rage boil within me as Danny left. "You know." I scoffed. "I'm out too. I'll be forever grateful for what you've done to me but I'm not doing this anymore. Goodbye." I mimicked Danny's actions, flipping off Matthew as I left. I decided to take a nice walk to the diner where I planned to meet Jessica.

"Hey, you OK Hunter?" I looked up from my food. "Peachy." Jessica sighed. "I don't want to pry but I know something happened. If you don't want to talk about it, I'm fine. Just, don't beat yourself or me up over it. "Don't beat yourself or me up over it? A bit too late, Ms. Sanders, a bit too late. We finished our meals without much conversation, as we walked to our dorms, I decided to ask Jessica something important. "If you and your roommates fought, how would you resolve your arguments?" Jessica looked at me for a few seconds before returning her gaze towards the chocolate ice-cream I treated her to. "It depends, sometimes we watch a movie in silence we both love. Or we let out all our feelings towards each other be known. No holding back, y'know? I raised my eyebrows. "Won't you feel worse then?" She smiled. "Not really, it feels like revealing a secret to someone who you know won't judge." Jessica knocked on her door however, the others were still out. She sighed.

"Umm..wanna Netflix and Chill at my place then?" Jessica started choking on her ice-cream cone and looked at me incredulously. "F-First of all, we aren't dating. Secondly, I'm not ready to be taken yet." I raised an eyebrow. "What do you mean? People do it all the time. You haven't watched Netflix as a way to relax?" Jessica looked perplexed. "You do know what Netflix and Chill means right? Like, having umm... sexual intercourse?". My cheeks blushed a furious red. "No no no no no no no. T-That's not what I meant. I was talking about genuinely watching Netflix while relaxing. You know, to pass the time." Jessica looked at me suspiciously. In the end however, she shrugged. "Sure. Why not?"

(A/N) : So I just checked and I surpassed 50 reads?! I know it may not seem much when compared to other great stories which have thousands of reads but considering that my original goal was 10 reads, this seems like a dream come true. So thank you, from the bottom of my heart. As always,

Until the next chap,

Nyx Out.

P.S. I realised that Jessica's crush and the person Tyler & co were fighting were both named Derek. Whoops. Not the same person. So I'll be changing the crush's name to Xavier.