Chapter 14

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Jill's POV /// POV changes a lot!!!

- next morning -

"Why aren't you going to school?" I ask Rachel.

"Because I don't feel like it." She snaps.

"I know you are stuck in a web, but that shouldn't stop you from going to school." I say, calmly.

"Jill, don't you get it?! I have to choose! I have to choose." She says, whispering.

She can either date Nash and Nash no longer be friends with Cameron or she doesn't date Nash and Cameron and Nash can still be friends. Vise versa with Cameron. Cameron is currently staying at the Grier's now. By the way, I don't tutor Hayes anymore! He brought up his grades.

"Rachel, I know this is hard. But, do you want to be happy?" I ask her.

"Yes," she says, pleading.

"Then you need to choose what will make you happier. Look at you! You aren't going to school because boys are stopping you. You can't let that happen." I say, sighing.

"I'm not going to the lake Saturday." She says, totally ignoring my advice.

"Ok, fair enough. I understand that." I say. 

"I just can't believe this is happening. I thought Cameron was out of my life. I had Nash! Oh god, I had Nash. Now Cameron and Nash aren't speaking to each other till I have an answer." She says, rubbing her head.

I knew she was close to tears.

"Who do you love?" I ask her, whispering.

"You can't ask me that b-because..." She says, stuttering.

"Because what?" I say, looking her in the eyes.

"Because I don't know." She says, whispering.

"You don't know who you love?" I ask her.

She shakes her head. "I thought I loved Nash. I thought I really did. But, when I saw those chocolate brown eyes I fell for 2 years, I don't know anymore."

"Rachel, you are playing with two hearts now. Don't you get that? You need to choose soon." I say, grabbing my backpack.

I almost leave the house but Rachel stops me.

"Jill!"

"Yeah?"

"What would you do?" She asks me.

"I honestly don't know. I would go with my instinct. You just need to leave when you're done, happy. You just need your happiness, Rachel." I say to her.

She nods, slowly as I walk out. Right when I shut the door, that's when I heard Rachel crying. Sobbing at the least. I look down at the ground as I continue walking over to Hayes.

"I just thought we could walk today?" I ask Hayes.

"Whatever is good with you." He says, smiling.

I smile back as we continue to walk in silence. It's not like it was awkward. It's was peaceful.

Yesterday was really fun. We went swimming, played Xbox, did a YouTube video(Hayes wanted to do one), and ended the day watching Netflix.

Hayes was sending me mixed signals kind of. I feel like he's flirting, but I highly doubt it. He's not the type of guy to date a girl like me. I just don't know.

"The thing about Nash, Rachel, and Cameron.." I say, trying to start a conversation.

"I hope whatever your sister chooses, she's at least happy. If she chooses Nash, great. If she chooses Cameron, great. She just needs to be happy." Hayes says.

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