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five

"look who made up." asia smiles fondly as we walk into her house. "everyone's in the living room by the way." she tells me and travis.

i nod my head and continue holding travis' hand as we walk into the living room. everyone turns their head towards us as we walk in. one face in particular catches my eye.

jack's jaw clenches and he slightly shakes his head at me. we're twenty one. can he be anymore childish? lizbeth sits next to jack, conversing with him and he gives her a smile. the same smile that made me fall head over heels for him.

"i'm gonna go get something to drink. want anything?" i ask travis and he shakes his head.

i walk out of the living room and towards the kitchen, passing asia. i tell her i'm getting something to drink. realistically, i'm just trying to get away from seeing jack talk to any other female. i'm over him, but i just don't like it.

i grab a can of soda from the fridge and feel a hand collide with my butt, making me quietly yelp and stand quickly.

"hey." jack smirks when i come face to face with him.

i roll my eyes, shutting the refrigerator and opening the can, "i don't want you to talk to my friends." i instruct.

"why, jealous?" he continues to hold a smile on his face.

he knows he's pissing me off. my stomach does a weird flip. i can't possibly be jealous? i shake my head, taking a careful sip from the top, trying not to ruin my lipstick. jack takes the can from my hands, taking a big gulp himself.

"thank you, babygirl." he winks, exiting the kitchen and taking the drink with him.

i mentally groan, walking back into the living room. travis grows confused as he sees me empty handed. i sit next to him and his arm goes around my shoulders.

"where's your beverage?" he asks me.

"he took the last one." i snarl, pointing my finger at jack.

"that can't be the last one. i just bought a new pack." asia tells us.

i purse my lips and dismiss that quickly. i stare at jack, who continues to converse with lizbeth when i told them both not to talk to each other. he would occasionally glance at me. his hand goes to her knee at one point and i swallow a lump in my throat.

"babe, why are you so tense?" trav squeezes my shoulder.

"it's really hot in here." i lie, changing the subject.

i watch as everyone talks. asia's usually the one to not get into the whole relationship stuff and she remains drama free. maybe this works out? me and travis, lizbeth and jack, karina and sam, naomi and johnson.

as much as i hate my current friends communicating with my old friends, i can't stop it without the suspecting anything. i stay uncomfortable the entire time we're here. i speak up to the whole group.

"let's go to the movies." i say and everyone agrees.

"it'll be dark in there." i hear jack murmur to lizbeth which makes my stomach feel more upset.

shit, maybe i am jealous?

*

halfway through the movie, i begin to grow super annoyed. all i can hear is jack talking and lizbeth's giggles. i tap jack's arm and that grabs his attention right away. why did he have to sit by me.

"can you stop talking? i'm trying to watch the movie." i politely whisper to him.

"you're jealous." he quietly chuckles and knowing jack, he's most likely smirking.

"you're an ass." i abruptly stand from my seat.

it was difficult walking through everyone since i was in the middle of the row, but i made it out. i bite my bottom lip, trying to suppress my angry tears. maybe this whole bitchy attitude isn't meant for me.

"kendall." i hear jack's deep voice behind me.

i pick up my pace and enter the women's bathroom. he wouldn't follow me in here, right? wrong. jack enters without hesitation.

"sorry." jack apologizes to the ladies washing their hands.

he grabs my arm, turning towards him before i can walk into a stall. i avoid eye contact with him. he's probably faking being nice to me just because he upset me.

"stop." i demand.

"i was just teasing, kendall." he says.

"i'm sick of your teasing, jack." i emphasize and before i know it, my tears spurt out.

"whoa. why are you crying?" he asks which makes me cry even harder. "hey, hey, hey, please stop crying." he rushes, panicked because he doesn't know what to do.

he's in a women's bathroom trying to calm a crying female. this must look extremely weird to the people coming in and out. he makes me so frustrated.

"kendall, i'm sorry. i'll stop talking to her if that's what you really want." he coos and grabs my arms, probably expecting the crying to cease, but it doesn't.

ugly sounding sniffles escape from me. i wriggle from his grasp and he lets go of me when he sees i don't want him holding me.

"you're so confusing, jack." i confess to him, wiping the running mascara from my cheeks. "ever since i saw you at urth, i've been so confused."

"confused, why? what did i do?" he softly asks, trying to look me in the eyes.

"you're a dick one moment, then you turn nice and playful, and then you're a dick all over again. it's like a cycle." i pathetically explain.

"kendall." asia comes into the bathroom. "what are you doing in here? get out." she says to jack.

"i'm talking to her, you get out." jack commands, protectively putting both of his hands on the tile wall behind me so she can't see me.

"if she's heartbroken again, you can say goodbye to your penis." she gives jack a glare before leaving the bathroom, but i hear her voice still. "she's in there with jack. you can't go in there, travis, she's overwhelmed."

"travis... i need him." i tell jack.

hurt takes over his brown eyes, "talk to me first."

"i did." i bite the inside of my cheek and his arms fall to his side.

"maybe i'm being a dick because i don't like seeing you with someone else." jack says more to himself.

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