Jessie Jones

Chapter 23: Do you want to know why he chose me over you?

Hey, I am really sorry for the long wait.

Recap: *Nate had been suspicious of Jessie and her friends.

* He really liked Jessie and wanted to ask her out.

*Jessie and Team BBNM secretly went to Nate's house to find Jessie and Nate's scrap book.

*As soon as she found it, Nate entered the room, catching them unprepared, he took the scrapbook and asked, "Is this me and is that you,"

"Is this me and is that you?"

Nate kept quiet for a few minutes trying to process everything. I looked at him through my lashes because I couldn't look at him directly nor answer his question. He wore a big frown. He was trying to understand everything but couldn't. He put his hand through his hair then shook his head violently. "Get out". His voice quiet but cold. I stood there frozen to my spot. Nate repeated louder pointing to the direction of the door.

"Get out of my house!"

It was then I understood what he meant but I still couldn't move. Rivers reached for my hand but I pulled it away ,"Nate please , I can explain everything."

"I said out." he repeated more calmly pointing to the door.

"Let's go" Rivers whispered holding my hand again. And that was how he pulled me out of the room. Jason, Evan and James followed behind us. We met a surprised Mr brown downstairs. He opened his mouth to ask us what was wrong but we didn't even wait to hear his question. We went straight to the door and out of the house. Alice was waiting for us at the door, she had a hopeful look on her face but from seeing our expressions no one needed to tell her we failed.

That was when it hit me. We failed, our plan failed, our fantastic plan failed. And we didn't only fail but also made Nate furious. Of course who wouldn't be angry. We left him in the dark. He must be thinking I had been deceiving him since we met. I remember our talk in Hakoona Matata. He told me he hates hypocrites, those who pretend to be something they aren't. Those who scheme with their friends to take something from you instead of just asking you themselves. He must be wondering who the hell I am. And why he didn't have the slightest idea that I was once his best friend. I was trying to sympathize with him. I wonder how he is feeling now. Angry?Confused?Surprised?

I had no idea but I know whatever he is feeling right now couldn't be good.

No one needs to be told that team BBNM had failed. We had long agreed that if this didn't work we won't do anything else. I took my phone to check the time and saw the wallpaper which was a picture of Nate and me, that was taken last Saturday in Hakoona Matata . Nate had his hand on my shoulders and I was resting my head on his. That was when the waterworks started. I knelt down in front of the car trying not to attract too much attention. I started combing my hair with my hands, the tears were flowing down slowly on my cheeks. I took another look on my phone and bursted out crying. I felt my world crumble right before my eyes. I realized I didn't only loose Nate's scrapbook or Nate's memories but also his friendship. Rivers knelt down in front of me and hugged me, stroking my hair and whispering soothing words in my ears. When I looked up from Rivers neck I saw we already had many spectators. Am sure some people thought there were shooting a film there. Because you don't normally see a girl kneeling down in the middle of the street crying.