A Little Bit of Everything and Everyone

Brother's Best Friend (Jack Gilinsky pt. 4)

A couple of hours later Kelsi and I are sitting in the parking lot of Dairy Queen because she insisted I needed ice cream.

"Ya wanna talk about it?" she asks.

"Not really. I just wanna eat my candy bar blizzard and pretend I'm okay even though you can probably tell I'm not." A few traitor tears escape from my eyes and I wipe them away angrily.

"Emily, Jack Gilinsky is not worth your time, energy, or tears. He's a freaking idiot for dating that child instead of you. Now, we're gonna go get ready for the party of the year and make you so goddamn sexy that every single guy will be drooling over you." I smile a little.

"You're the best you know that?" I ask my best friend. She nods.

"Yeah, I know!" she says. We pull out onto the road blasting Jake Miller and singing at the top of our lungs.

We pull into my driveway a little while later and Gilinsky's car is parked there too. Ugh.

"Just ignore him Em. And Madison too," Kelsi says as she turns the  car off.

"I'm home!" I call to JJ as I walk in.

"Great. What'd you buy and how much did you spend?" he asks with a grin.

"A new dress and some makeup. But Kelsi and I are going upstairs to get ready. Call us if you need anything!" I peck JJ's cheek.

"Wait! I have to talk to you! Uh, alone sorry Kels," JJ says pulling me into the kitchen.

"G said he ran into you at the mall," J says.

"Yes, and?"

"Ya wanna talk about it?" I punch my brother's arm.

"Ow! What the hell Em?!" he yells.

"No idon't want to talk about it. I want to have a party, get drunk, and forget the whole thing happened." I walk out of the kitchen and up to my room, ignoring G's and Madison's stares.

"What did he want?" Kelsi asks when I slam my bedroom door.

"To talk about Gilinsky. Like I'm gonna talk shit about my brother's best friend to my brother. No thanks." I connect my phone to my Bluetooth speaker and Machine Gun Kelly starts blasting.

"I'm gonna jump in the shower," I tell Kelsi who nods.

"'I just hung up with the dopeman....he just pulled up in the old van...'" I sing as I shower. MGK always makes me feel better.

Kelsi isn't in the room when I come out. I head to the kitchen for water and to look for her.

"You haven't told her yet?! I thought that's what you were doing in the kitchen!" I hear Kelsi whisper-yell from behind JJ's bedroom door.

"I was going to! But I chickened out! I don't want her pissed at either of us for sneaking around behind her back!" Jack tells her. I fucking knew it. I run back upstairs, slamming my bedroom door and locking it. I wouldn't have been pissed if they had just told me instead of sneaking around.

Kelsi knocks on my door a couple minutes later.

"Em?"

"Hang on I'm getting ready!" I yell. I finish my makeup in record time and open the door. I walk past Kelsi and down the stairs. I'm really not feeling this party anymore. Everyone's pissing me off.

I walk into my backyard, hoping no one will follow me out here. I'm pretty sure JJ and Kelsi are too busy sucking face and Gilinsky is too busy babysitting Madison to even notice I'm gone.

"Hey friend, Jack said you'd be out here," I hear a guy's voice say. I turn around to see Sam standing there. I smile a little. Sam has been my best guy friend since forever.