Noah’s POV
So, I’m sitting here with a depressed, sad, crying Jenny in my lap. Her eyes were red and puffy, and I have no idea why she’s crying. I guess we’re going to have a heart-to-heart.
“Jenny, hun, listen to me.” I used my index finger to tilt her chin up so she’s eye to eye with me. I feel so bad, she has tears streaming down her cheeks. I’ve never seen her like this. “Are you ready to talk about it?”
She sniffles and nods her head. I reach over and wipe away one stray tear, and nod at her to start.
“Noah, I can’t do this. It’s too hard for me! I want to be with him so bad, but at the same time I don’t. What do I do? I can’t even stand being ten feet away from him.” She explains, looking down. She then looks up at me, with the saddest face I’ve ever seen, bottom lip sticking out and tears brimming her eyes.
“Jenny, don’t worry about him. I’ll talk to him. I’m sure Perrie has already done so, knowing her. Do you wanna stay over here tonight?” I ask her.
“Um, yeah sure, let me just text my mom and let her know.”
While she texted her mom, I went down to tell mine.
“Is she okay?” my mom asks, with a worried look sketched across her face.
“Yeah she’s fine,” I answer.
“… Is it Zack again…?” she questions.
“Yeah, I don’t know what his deal is,” I answer her honestly.
“I’ll talk to Shelly, I wonder what’s gotten into her son nowadays.” She talks to herself, and partly me.
“Sounds good to me, so is it okay if she stays?”
“Yes, honey, that’s fine.” She says with a small smile. “She’s pretty much part of the family, you shouldn’t even have to ask.” She ends that with a quiet giggle. I smile and walk back upstairs to see Jenny sprawled out on my bed.
Jenny’s POV
“Ayee babe, whatcha wanna do now?” Noah asks me with a grin.
I sit in a thinking position. “Hmm, I’m not sure.” I tell him.
“Hey Jen-” He stops talking when he notices what I’m doing. “Get off Twitter! We’re trying to spend some quality time together here! Not social network! Do that on your own time!” he declares, trying to be strict.
I giggle, “Okay!” I respond, jumping up and kissing him on the cheek. I walk downstairs and immediately stop in my tracks at the bottom, seeing Zack’s mom, Shelly.
“Shelly, I don’t think he’s treating her well!” She got quiet, then responded again. “Do you see how she’s always devastated? He’s your son, do something about it!
Oh shit, that’s Zack’s mom! Jenny, quick, run back up the stairs before they see you!!
Although my plans change when I run into Noah.
“Oops, sorry Noah,” I say with a sheepish grin. “Let’s order a pizza.” I say, the idea popping into my head.
“Sounds good to me,” he agrees with a smile. “The usual?”
“Yup! I’ll wait in the den.” I walk to the den and sit down. A few minutes later Noah comes in and tells me the pizza will be here soon. As he’s starting to play Black Ops 2, the doorbell rings. Since he’s setting it up, I get up to get the door. I faintly hear his phone go off in the den. I hear him gasp and he drops his phone and the controller. I was about to open the door all the way as he screams.
“Noah! What’s your problem?! Let me open the god damn door!” Without thinking I reach for the handle and swing it open with a smile on my face. Next thing I know, a strong force hit my nose and I scream and grab my nose, blood streaming everywhere. I didn’t even notice who it was. I’m crying by now, and there’s yelling all around me. Everything was a blur, and I couldn’t tell who was who. My head was pounding from all the yelling, and that’s when I blacked out.
Zack’s POV
Holy shit. I just hit Jenny. Noah is pissed, Abbie looks even more mad, and my mom, who’s now in the house, looks like she’s about to kill me. My knuckles are bleeding and my whole hand is throbbing.
“Zach James, go sit in the car now!” My mom shouts at me.
Oh man, I’m fucked. I thought to myself.
I trudged out to the car and plugged my iPhone into the jack. I looked through my playlist. Ah, there it is, Radioactive by Imagine Dragons.
As the song ended, my mom came storming out of the house and into the car, slamming the door shut.
“When we get home, you’re grounded for a month.” She said that, and the rest of the car ride was silent. I think it’s better if I keep my mouth shut so I don’t get in even more trouble.
When we get home, I storm up to my room and slam the door, letting her know I won’t be talking about this tonight. I plug in my black Beats by Dre and blast music, drowning out every other care in the world, just letting the music take me. I didn’t mean to hit her. Noah should’ve been there. He should’ve known. He’s gonna get it…
Shelly’s POV
That morning, I walk up the stairs and bang on Zack’s door. I hope I wake him up.
“You better explain why the hell you did that, now, Zack!”
I was beyond livid. Never have I thought he would hit a girl. Ever in his life. If I were her parents, or even Abbie, I would be pissed. He is so grounded.
“Mom! I didn’t mean to hit her! I thought Noah was gonna open the door! I didn’t even know she was there!” He shouts through the door, not opening it.
“Don’t you raise your voice with me young man!! And why in the hell would you hit Noah anyway?! He’s your best friend Zack!! I exclaim. I need coffee.
“Mom, what’s wrong with me? I feel beyond horrible about what I did. I’m so disgusted with it. I’ll never forgive myself.” He tells me, sighing.
Well there’s a change in feelings… I think to myself.
“There’s nothing wrong with you, hun.” I say more softly. “You know what I think?” I ask him.
“What?” He gives me a weird look.
“You like her.” I say simply.
“Mom I feel really guilty about something… Can I tell you…?”
“Of course, sweetie, just let me get my morning coffee.”
