I'm a mess (on hold) :: kian a.u

chapter 18

krista

after school, jack texted me the address of his apartment. I drove over to his apartment building, which looked quite expensive.

I always knew jack had money but I didn't think he was filthy rich.

when I knocked on his door, I was greeted by jack johnson.

"hey krista!" he said, gesturing for me to come inside.

"I'm nate." said a scruffy looking brown haired boy. he was covered in tattoos. I didn't expect jack to hang out with someone like that. he was quite attractive.

a whistle interrupted my thoughts. it came from a boy with his hands in his pockets and a slight smirk on his face.

"I'm sam wilkinson. you can call me sammy. or wilkinson. or dadd-"

I coughed slightly. "nah, I'm good." I rolled my eyes.

"fiesty, I see. I like it." he said, his eyes scanning my body.

"back off, wilkinson. she has a boyfriend. or not a boyfriend, I don't really know." jack suddenly appeared.

"it's complicated." I said quietly.

"well, if it doesn't work out, you know who to call." sammy whispered in my ear, causing me to blush.

"enough with the flirting. we're gonna go get food, okay?" jack asked me and I nodded.

we piled into jack's car and I got into the passengers seat. the drive took literally an eternity, but we finally pulled into the parking lot of a small diner.

"jesus, that took forever." johnson said from the backseat.

"not my fault that you guys wanted to go somewhere on the complete opposite side of town." jack said, slamming the car door.

we ordered our food and sat in a small booth. I got stuck sitting in the middle of sammy and johnson.

someone's hand was on top of mine and I discovered it belonged to sammy. I gave him the 'what the heck are you doing' look and attempted to move my hand.

jack gave sammy the worst death look I've ever seen and he finally removed his hand from mine.

"so," I said. "what's up?"

johnson started laughing. "you're awful at starting conversations."

"well someone had to say something." I replied.

"bro, who are you texting?" sammy asked jack, who had been staring at his phone for the past five minutes.

"andrea." he said quietly. I looked away.

"wait, didn't she date kian?" nate asked.

"yeah. coincidentally, he's sort of dating me now." I said and everyone looked surprised.

"you didn't have to tell them that." jack said quietly. I just shrugged.

"how are you and the hot witch?" johnson asked, causing me to laugh.

"she's really nice, okay?" jack said.

"whatever you say, man. she gives me bad vibes." johnson said.  jack was silent after that.

"well that just got awkward. sorry." sammy said.

"I'm gonna go to the bathroom. I'll be right back." I said and johnson slid out of the booth.

I stood outside the bathroom and I heard footsteps approach me. it was sammy.

"I want to be alone."

"I don't really care. what's wrong?" he asked.

"it's nothing. it's really stupid actually." I mumbled.

honestly, I didn't really know what was wrong. it just sort of bothers me that jack acts really nice to me and then has to bring up andrea.

"I'm sure it's not stupid. tell me."

"I don't know. I'm the one who messed up things with jack so it's dumb for me to be jealous. it pisses me off that he ignores me for a while and then all of a sudden starts dating one of my best friends." I pause, waiting for his response.

I don't think I'm jealous, either. I have kian. yeah, he's taking things slow, but he's still the one for me.

"you can do so much better than jack. he's cheated on a lot of girls, you know. and even though your current relationship is complicated or whatever, it's better for it to be complicated and for you to be happy than what jack is doing to andrea." sammy says.

"wait, what is he doing to andrea?" I question.

"oh, nothing. well, I'm not supposed to tell you. I will anyways. he's just dating her to make you jealous. stupid right? but you need to promise that you won't say anything, okay?" wow. I can't believe he would do that.

"I won't say anything. thank you for telling me. we can go back to the table now." I said to him.

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after we all finished eating, jack drove me back to my house. I said my goodbyes to everyone and got their phone numbers. of course sammy entered his contact as daddy.

jack walked me up to my porch.

"this brings back memories, right?" he said. I just nodded.

"look. I know that we still aren't on good terms and I'm sorry about that. I just need to ask this: are you jealous of andrea?" he asked.

"why would you think that? I mean, you two aren't even really dating. I know why you're doing it and it's not working." jack muttered a curse word under his breath.

"who told you?" he thought for a second and then said, "sammy. damn, I knew I shouldn't have told him."

"stop using andrea, okay? I know that I'm the one who messed up things between us but you haven't helped matters. she's been nothing but nice to you. she doesn't deserve this. today was really fun and all, but I need to go. goodnight." I said and shut the door in his face.

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I'm sorry that kian wasn't in this chapter but I really needed to add some character development. but guess what? PROM IS THE NEXT CHAPTER!!!!! YAY!!!

love you guys!

-amanda