The Getaway (jelena)

Chapter Two

PART OF THE EDITING.

The Getaway- Chapter Two•

"Hey, that was quick," My mom said as I entered the house. "How'd it go?" She asked wrapping me in a hug. I buried my head in her chest as I hugged her back. The tears starting to roll down my cheeks silently.

"He..I don't know." I trailed off, not wanting to even say it. I pulled back as she searched my face. I wiped my eyes once more, realizing that I obviously looked horrible right now.

"Sel, I'm so sorry." She apologized for his mistake, and I saw the pity in her eyes. Using both of her thumbs, she wiped under my eyes and sat us down on the couch.

"We need to talk."

"Okay," I replied with a nod. So all along, there was something going on. There was a different reason for her change of attitude. I should've known..at least should've been more persistent when asking. Now I know that she knew, but why wouldn't she tell me?

"When you were, well, gone.." She trailed off, trying to find the words to use while explaining. But before she could get a reply in, I stopped her.

"You knew, didn't you?" I looked in her eyes, and she looked away, slowly nodding. I shook my head and looked up, refusing to keep crying. "Why didn't you tell me then? It would've been a lot easier than walking in on them together, mom."

"I know, and I'm sorry for that." She sighed and pursed her lips. "But you wouldn't of believed me, you would've went to his house anyway. There was no no point in stopping you."

"Yeah, okay.." I trailed off and looked behind me, licking my lips. "I'm going to Alex's." I said as I got up and grabbed my keys off the table in front of me.

"You sure?"

"Why? Is there something else I should know about before hand?" I snapped, probably a little too harshly, but I couldn't help it. Shaking my head, I slammed the door behind me and got in my car.

The drive there was quick, and before I knew it, Alex was standing in front of me, about to shove an oreo in her mouth. But once realizing it was me, she dropped it on the ground and quickly pulled me in for a hug.

"Selena..I-I, can't believe it." She said into my hair. I smiled slightly and pulled back as she looked me up and down.

"Yeah," I wiped under my nose. "It's me,"

"Well, come in. We have a lot of talking to do." Her tone became serious as she shut the door behind her and began walking up the stairs. I followed, looking at the house I used to be at so frequently. They've done a lot of changing, but for the most part it looks kinda the same. I smiled,  remembering all the memories here and shut the door to Alex's room behind me.

"So.." I started, looking around.

"So, wanna start out by telling me why the hell you're crying?" She asked, folding her arms across her chest.

I looked up slowly, her eyes hard, and on me. I didn't think anyone could still tell, I tried my best to fix myself before coming in. I thought I looked fine, but I thought too soon.

Sighing, I looked back at her, trying to find the words to say. How could I tell her that I just walked in on Justin with another girl? Well, it would be easy to just say it, but I'd probably end up crying again.

"Oh shit," Alex's eyes got wide and she stood up, pacing the room. "You know, don't you?"

"What? That Justin was cheating? I got the honor of walking in on it." I breathed out, trying to rid the image out of mind as best as I could. Also the fact that she, along with my mom, knew. Now just how many more already know?

"Sel.." She said softly, pulling me into another hug. "I'm going to kill him. I told him you'd find out, if not by him, yourself."

"You knew? How long has this been going on?"

"I don't know..I think a month. The girl just showed up out of nowhwere." She explained slowly, trying to remember all of the facts. I nodded, trying not to cry or get angry.

"I told him off, plenty of times, but he never listened. He just always told me to go away and that I didn't understand," Alex added as she kept her gaze on the floor. "But what didn't I understand? He was a cheating idiot, who was going to get busted sooner or later." 

"I guess four months just changes everything then, huh?" I asked, shaking my head. Feeling more stupid as the seconds passed.

But I guess my lessons learned.