Totally Jinxxed (book 1 of 3)

The star that burned so bright,faded the fastest

i walked towards my room and grabbed my phone.then checked for any messages from brandon.none.

surprisingly.

he wouldve been calling me like crazy by now.since we haven't spoken in a while..

i quickly dialed his number and called him.no answer.i called him again.no answer.third time is always the charm.

i called one last time.some one answered, but it wasnt brandon.

"hello?" she said cheerfully in a some what familiar voice.

"is brandon there?" i asked.

"not right now.whos asking?"

"saphire.his girlfriend." i subtly put more emphasis on girlfriend,to test her reaction.

"oh! do you want me to give him a message for you." she kept the same cheery tone.

"just tell him i called."

"i sure will."she said in a mischievous tone and hung up.

my mind began to wander,to surprizingly depressing thoughts.ones id never thought would ever occur in my mind..

i shook them off and looked through the contacts on my phone for matthews number.

i looked through the long list of names,that i had collected over my high school years. most of them i knew were freshmans,that wanted a chance to become as popular as i was.

i memorized nearly all of them,in alphabetical order,from looking through them soo much.but this time i scrolled past an unfamiliar name.the first one under the J category,jeremy.

it had a nice ring to it.

jeremy. jeremy. jeremy. i repeated it in my mind,trying to remember whos number it belonged to.

was he at the party last night? did i meet him before i woke up in that hospital room? i couldnt remember...shit...did i sleep with him? God..i hope i didnt...

i tried picturing him for a moment.by the sound of his name,he sounded like a jock.or a hot nerd.or maybe both?

i began to fantasize,..tall,dirty-blond hair,beautiful green eyes,perfect skin,maybe some cool glasses.and his body....fuck.

i smiled at the thought of what he mightve looked like.

sighing i scrolled past it,towards matthews number.

i called him,and no answer.

GEEZ! whats with everyone and ignoring me today?

i scrolled up and called gabriel.after the fourth ring he answered.

"hello?" he answered calmly.

"hey! wanna hang out?" i said cheerfully.

"um...yeah..sure.." he hesitated.

"you sound like you dont."

"noo! of course i do." he sighs."meet me at the old park, in about 10 minutes. okay?"

"ok.cool! see you there." i said before hanging up.

the old park...the thought of that place brought back so many memories. especially since that was the place where we'd first met back in the 7th or 8th grade. although i loved that park,i wondered why he picked to go there.

*10 minutes later*

i left my house in a casual white tank top and jean cut shorts.

good thing that the old park was only a 5 minute walk from the house..and i still remembered the way over there.

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i sat at the swings and waited for gabriel to show.

a couple of minutes later i feel arms go around my waist.

"hey,you."gabriel says smiling wide.

"hey!" i replied.

"howd last night go?" he asked.

"what do you mean?"

"your parents called you home or something in the middle of the party. so you had to leave early." he frowned.

"really? i don't remember that."

his frown faded and he chuckled."do you remember anything from last night?"

"not really."

"oh." his mouth formed a straight line.

i smiled."i do remember matthew tried hitting on me."

he laughed,and his eyes darkened.

an awkward silence grew...

after 10 awe fully awkward minutes gabriel started to cough insanely loud out of the blue.nearly scaring me to death.

"are you ok?" i chuckled.

he sighed with a hint of disappointment. "uh..yeah.I'm fine." he frowned.

"whats wrong?" i place my hand on his shoulder.

"nothing,I'm fine." he forced a smile and slowly started stepping away from the swings.

"where are you going?" i grinned.

he faced down as if he'd some something extremely wrong.

"I'm so sorry,saphire." he turned around,but didn't walk away.

"for wha-"

a sudden cold rush of thick black paint,interrupted me. running through my entire body,and ruining my clothes.

i got up from the swing and turned around to see kaylee,vincent,matthew and to my surprise brandon,laughing as hard as humanly possible.

"GABRIEL!!" i screamed.

he wasn't laughing,grinning or smiling.he just stood there,with an utterly pained and disappointed expression on his face.

i couldn't believe he would let this happen.I've done nothing wrong to him.he was the closest thing that i had to a brother.and to think i never would've thought he was the one setting me up on this...

"I'm sorry." Gabriel mouthed and then ran to his car before i could say anything.

"damn babe! i didn't know you looked this good in black." brandon laughed.

"so much for not being an emo,saph" vincent mocked.

proud of what hes done Matthew dropped the empty paint bucket and took a picture of my humiliating new appearance.

"you shouldve helped us and not those worthless emos."kaylee spits at me.

"and we know it was you who told the security guards about the fight." vincent added.

brandon then pushed me to the hard sandy ground.

"my girlfriend would never side with those pathetic idiots."brandon says right before grabbing kaylee and passionately kissing her in front of me.

it was a good thing that the black paint covered most of my eyes because it also hid the pain extremely well too.

i got up and ran back to the house wiping off the black stained tears from my eyes along with the paint on my face.

i never thought this would ever happen. i never thought that id end up like this.....all for protecting my only stupid sister...

as got home i slammed the front door shut and ran into the bathroom to wash off...i looked at myself in the mirror, seeing everything that just happened over and over again in my mind.

i slid down to the floor against the wall with my knees at my chest...tears ran down my face again....

in the back of my mind my subconscious whispered....its just the beginning.

those horrid words now echoed in my mind.my heart sank as it repeated.

over and over again.

...it was only the beginning...