Stupid Boy ; George Miller

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1:14 AM

I plop down onto the edge of the porch dock, my legs dangling off between the railing. For a few minutes, I sit in blissful silence, thinking about Joji.

There had always been a piece of me that hoped I'd see him again, hoped that he'd come back and we'd be able to be happy again. Now it's happened and although I'm happy about it, I'm also terrified.

I'm terrified to lose him again, and now that I know about his seizures, the threat of losing him is even greater and much worse.

My thoughts are interrupted by the back door closing loudly.

I sigh to myself and begin getting up when I bump into a girl about my height, with chocolatey brown hair that goes just past her shoulders, leaning against the balcony.

"I'm sorry, I didn't know anyone was out here. I guess I got caught up in my own thoughts." She turns to me and says apologetically. She's standing awkwardly, one hand on the railing and a can of Budweiser in the other.

"You're fine." I reply hurriedly, eager to go back inside to escape conversation with yet another stranger. I turn to grab the door knob, but am hit with a question.

"Hey- aren't you Corinne? Like, Joji's ex, Corinne?" The girl asks, studying my face as if she recognises me.

Oh, wonderful. A Joji stan.

"Don't remind me." I think to myself. Wait- did I say that out loud? Yikes. "Well, not really. I don't know. Complications, I guess." I mumble. "How do you know we know each other?" I've heard of Joji's fans digging deep into his past, but all our collab videos and photos together have been deleted for years. There's no way she could know about me.

"Oh, one of my friends knows Joji and told me about you, and said you'd be here. She showed me an old picture of you two and I recognised you."

That's when I look at the girl, like really look at her, and recognise her, then understand how she knows who I am. "Hey, aren't you Hadley? My friend Apphia showed me some of your videos, they were pretty cool, actually. She said you told her you'd be here but she wasn't sure if you'd actually show."

"Yeah, that's me. So how do you know Phi?"

"Me and Phia? We go way back. How do you know her?"

"We've been mutuals on Twitter for a while and after a few little interactions, we started DMing each other, and then we became friends, now here I am. This is actually the first time we've officially met." She nods, looking down at the porch floor.

"Then why are you out here and not hanging with her?" I ask.

"Inside? It's too hot in there. Too many people in a small building all at once, couldn't very well breathe too easily."

I nod understandingly. "Shit, I feel that." I glance at my phone, which has been blown up with texts from Joji.

Joji, 1:20 AM: where r u i miss u
Joji, 1:22 AM: come back:(
Joji, 1:22 AM: u cant just leave me here alone pls get back here
Joji, 1:26 AM: baby
Joji, 1:27 AM: angel
Joji, 1:27 AM: princess:(
Joji, 1:27 AM: ok u can stop ignoring me i miss u a lot:(
Joji, 1:28 AM: this is bullying i need u to come back stop neglecting me

I sigh and stand up, smiling at her. "I should go back inside. I'll see you around, Hadley."

"You too, Corinne."

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Hello guys I'm actually alive I'm sorry I haven't updated I've just been completely lacking any and all motivation but now I'm back and motivated so yay!!!

Also!!!this chapter is basically Cor's point of view of a conversation between her and one of her best friend's pals and u can find Hadley's pov of the convo in Video Games by my friend girlstalkbeverly !!!!

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