It Was Always You

Chapter Twenty Six

Jared was laying on his bed throwing a baseball up in the air when Selena walked in.

"There you are, where have you been lately?" She complains as she sits down at his desk looking at him.

He doesn't say anything but stares up at the ceiling throwing his ball. She was worried about him. It's been two weeks since Mila and Evan told everyone they were together, officially. And Jared...well he went into silent mode ever since then. They all still hung out together, it was just their conversations were limited where Jared was concerned. He only spoke when either asked a question or when someone said his name. Other than that he doesn't say much else.

He stopped putting his own opinions in or thoughts, and he didn't join in anymore It was downright depressing. Selena felt for her brother, knowing he was hurting inside. She would be in a dark mood too if she had to watch her best friend be with the person she was in love with.

She sighs when he doesn't answer and turns to look at the papers splayed all over his desk instead. Sitting right in front of her was a packet that read, "Project Three: Hypothesis on Memory Interactions of the Brain." Opening it she looks to see nothing was worked on and the pages completely blank. Frowning she looks to see when the due date of the assignment was just to have her eyes widen to see it was due tomorrow.

This was more serious than she thought. Jared never missed a deadline for homework. Getting up she goes to sit on the bed that was used for Evan most nights and stares at him.

"Jared, you need to talk about this." She states only to still not receive a single reply.

Sighing again she grabs the pillow and throws it at him to get his attention causing him to miss the ball that he had thrown up just in that moment, hitting him in the face.

"Ow! What the hell Sel?!" He barks at her, looking pissed as he rubs his cheek where it landed.

"Answer me!" She barks back hotly, getting angry at his silence.

"There isn't anything to talk about! It's done, there's nothing I can do, there's nothing you can do! So, what's the point?!" He sits up on the bed and faces her.

"You didn't even try!" She yells at him, starting to get angry herself.

"Why should I? It's obvious on who she likes and wants to be with. And it isn't me! It's just better to leave it at that!" He gets up and walks away from her

"So, you're not going to say or do anything?" She scoffs wanting to slap him behind the head for being such an idiot.

Opening his bedroom door he looks at her. "I'm not going to lose my best friend over something that's not going to happen. Just let it go Sel." He walks out leaving her alone in his room.

Sighing in defeat, knowing things couldn't just end like this she leans over to his nightstand and picks up his cordless phone and dials a number she knew by heart.

***

Mila was sitting in the swing in Selena's backyard looking out at the pond down below. It was beginning to get really cold as the weather had changed into the fall season. The trees were almost completely bare getting themselves ready for the upcoming winter. She was waiting out here hoping to get the chance to talk to Jared.

She needed to know if he knew what was going on with Evan lately.

When they first started going out everything seemed to be going okay. She found that Evan liked to touch a lot and sometimes it became a little too overwhelming for her at times. It wasn't that she didn't like him touching her it was just she knew she wasn't quite ready for that next step. Especially when they haven't been going out for very long.