HAVE A LITTLE FAITH: PART 2 (HARRY STYLES FANFIC)

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"I changed my mind." Jake says nervously; his light brown eyes darting back and forth between my face and the empty bowl in front of him.

"Why?" I press.

"I don't want to be away from everyone I love." He challenges back.

"But you busted your ass trying to keep your grades up just to get in. What the hell?" Now I'm the one who is confused.

"I busted my ass because I thought you were going with me but you're not and now I have one more reason to stay around here." Jake says as he glance over at Callie...wow...he really does love this girl...he's willing to change everything just for her...I just hope he doesn't end up regretting his decision.

"Am I that one more reason?" Callie asks in shock as she looks at my best friend.

"I love you Flynn...I don't want to be away from you." He says quietly as he waits for her to start screaming in protest but the screaming never comes...Callie just looks at him for the longest time and then she leans over and kisses his cheek before she gets up from the table.

"Come on Jake; I need to get home and take a shower so we should probably get going." Callie says as she hands Faith her dirty bowl.

"You can shower at my house." Jake says with a sneaky grin on his face as he slides his hands around her waist from behind. 

Callie just laughs as she pulls him out of the house; they say their goodbyes as they leave and Faith and I both say goodbye back to them.

"Don't be surprised if you get a phone call in a little while." Faith says as she starts towards the laundry room.

"Phone call from who?"

"Jake." She says simply as she shoves her bedsheets into the washer.

"Why do you say that?"

"Didn't you see the way Callie was looking at him?" Faith questions.

"Yeah...wait, did I miss something?" Now I'm really confused.

"I know Callie pretty well Landon...the way she was looking at him, didn't look good. Don't be surprised when Jake calls you crying because she dumped him." Faith says with a dismissive shrug.

"Oh no! No! Damn it, no!" My voice is a mixture of shock and sadness. 

"I...I don't understand. They are so in love...why would she break up with him? Why would she do that? He wants to stay here for her and shouldn't she be happy about that?" My voice is high as I begin to pace the floor.

"Hey..."Faith whispers as she grips my arm to stop me from pacing.

"You are really upset about this." She says softly as she looks up at me.

"I don't want them to break up." I whine.

"Neither do I but it's not like you and I have any say in what those two do."

"Maybe I should go talk to Callie. Maybe she'll listen to me if I explain this all to her." I say feeling hopeful.

"What exactly are you going to explain to her Landon? You looked just as confused and shocked when Jake said he wasn't going to Stanford."

"Yeah I know but that's just because it came out of nowhere. Jake doesn't care where he goes to school; he just wants to go somewhere and graduate so he can get a decent job but he doesn't care; not really. I had a feeling he might back out of going just so he could be around me but now he has Callie too...no wonder he doesn't want to leave." I say with conviction.