imperfections

chill night

"god. i can't with amber. she drives me insane." josh says taking an angry bite out of his pretzel and strolling along.

"i still don't understand why you're with that bitch. she's drags you around like you're her dog or some shit." jon says walking along next to josh.

we've been at the mall for thirty minutes now. i got a few things from victoria secret and pacsun. now we're just walking around. im kind of already tired and im just holding tim's arm, leaning on his shoulder, listening to josh ramble on about that cunt amber. she hates me so much and same goes for that rat. she's gorgeous though, i will never compare to her at all.

"ugh, please can we stop talking about her. just break up with her already and let that be the end of her." tessa says rolling her eyes.

"i can't just break up with amber guys! i love her so much, she's just a little too crazy." josh says sitting down on a couch in the middle of the mall.

we all look at each other and fake laugh.

"yeah, a little crazy." jon says sitting down next to him.

we all sit down and i continue to lay my head on tim's shoulder. dozing on and off.

"you can't be falling asleep on us now, we're not even at your house watching movies yet." tessa says and i brush her off and continue to sleep.

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after waking me up and basically dragging me out of the mall. we all ride back to my house in jon's car and by now im not that tired. everyone is sleeping over and already in their pajamas. it's been awhile since we've had a nice hangout like this and im glad it's happening.

"what're we watching? something scary for sure." i say flipping through the horror movie section on netflix.

"fuck yes. the conjuring 2. put that shit on!" tessa cheers and everyone else cheering with her. i laugh and put it on, grabbing the remote for the lights and dimming them.

"im going to go change and if you guys want more popcorn or snacks, help yourself in the kitchen. ill be right back." i say getting up and running up to my room. before, i go change, i go check on my mom in my parent's room.

"hey mom. just checking in on you and checking the status of dad."

"yeah, hey baby. your dad isn't coming home tonight. the chief decided he wants to start the surgery today." she says folding some of her gym clothes and putting them up.

"alright, well tell daddy i love him and if you need me-"

"oh baby, ill be just fine. go have fun with your friends and don't ruin the den." she says smiling at me. i smile back and go into my room. i take off my clothes and throw them on the chair in my closet. i put on some pajama shorts, take off my bra, and put on my jacket that zips up to the neck. i put on fuzzy socks and head back down to the den. the movie barely began and tim waves over for me to lay down next to him on the stack of fuzzy pillows. everyone is laying on the floor and put every single pillow and blanket on the floor to get comfy. i lay down next to tim and we cuddle while watching the movie. my text tone goes off and i look at the screen which reads, "are you a thing with tim now? you guys are looking real cute over there." i quickly turn my phone faced down and look at tessa who's making kissy faces. i roll my eyes and pay attention to the movie, trying to keep what tessa texted out of my mind.