Forever and Always • cel

Chapter 5

“love, I've come to understand is more than three words mumbled before bedtime.” 

                                                                           ― Nicholas Sparks

||Chloe's POV (from now on it'll all be in Chloe's POV)||

I've been avoiding Josh ever since Monday even though he still pulls up in our driveway every morning and wait at my locker every chance he gets. I think mom's getting a little irritated. This morning, she told Josh to go away in a very vulgar way. That's how mom always is. I feel a little bad for Josh, but most of all, I feel bad for Paige. She's caught in between her twinnie and her brother. She chose me, of course, but she's been complaining about how Josh is always trying to ask her to tell me this and tell me that or trying to get information about me like am i still mad, or am I alright. "I told him, 'isn't the answer obvious? It's NO and YES!'" That's what Paige told him. 

I get to my locker to see Josh there as expected. "I hope I don't have to repeat what mom said to you this morning." I say flatly, avoiding eye contact. I push him aside roughly and yank open my locker. "Woah, someone got up on the wrong side of the bed!" Josh's attempt at humor pisses me off even more. "You know what Josh? Mom was right! Just fuck off okay?!" I yell as I slam my locker close. Josh looks geniunely shocked. I'm not surprised since i don't think he's actually seen this side of me before.

I feel a hand on my shoulder and my head immediately spins around. "What?!" I bark without checking who it is first. "Woah there. It's just me." Kendall says. I mumble my apology. "Good job with the jerk back there." Kendall pats my shoulder proudly. "Thanks. He really is getting on my nerves." I reply, tossing my fresh curls over my shoulder. "Hey Chloe!" someone yells. I turn in the direction of the voice and see Mikey. Josh is still hanging around my locker, so I yell hi back and wiggle my fingers at Mikey. "Just to make him jealous." I say to Kendall, narrowing my eyes. "That's the way to do it! He is so going down!" Kendall punches the air, which makes me laugh. "Oh and Kendall, what's with the dress?" I ask as I eye Kendall's dress. It's white all the way down to the waist, where there's a belt, then it's pink from there all the way down to just above the knees. I swear I hear Kendall's voice quieten a little when she says, "I just felt like it." I'm suspicious, but I don't ask anymore.

 Kendall and I have first period together again since it's another Monday morning. We enter the classroom to find Paige already there. She's almost never early. "Brooke needed to get to school early today. Thank god you two are here! I've been having to bare with Maddie's evil glances ever since I got here!" Paige whispers to us before I can ask. I secretly glance at Maddie. She's in the corner flirting with some boys, as usual. Maddie is basically the school slut. She hooks up with every guy she can get. I don't even know why she want Josh. Maybe she just wanted to get at me. But what did I ever do to her?

The bell rings, signally 5 minutes before class starts. I sigh as I slump down in my usual seat directly behind Paige. I happen to look over to Maddie's corner while I was taking out my books. She was looking straight at me, her mouth slightly curved into a half-smile. I turn back to face front, shuddering. Maddie can really get creepy sometimes. But she isn't just creepy today, she's revengeful. I could already feel it in my bones that it wasn't going to be an easy day for me.

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*A/N: Yay! I've written 5 chapters already! I feel sorta bad that I haven't been writing 'Mother'. i might put it hold coz i wanna do this fanfic first. Plus I have my ig fanfics to write too. I know it's sorta boring right now, but I can guarantee that it'll get better soon. I attached Kendall's dress in the multimedia bar too btw. (sry for the abbreviations. I was trying to be quick with this.)*