Different Worlds

Chapter Twelve

                  Mackenzie had called Johnny, as soon as her mom had told her, and I quote, 'leave me the fuck alone.' He was the only person she wanted to see.
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⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀Kenzie had been sitting out on her porch waiting for him to get to her house, because for starters her car still wasn't fixed. She had gotten it back, but it wasn't done getting repaired.
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⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀Also, she did not want to be inside. Her mother didn't want her there, and her father was gone. Her sister was away at college, so basically the whole family was falling apart.
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⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀Just as Kenzie was about to pull her phone out to text Johnny, she heard the engine of a car and looked up. He was pulling up right in front of her house.
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⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀The girl swiftly stood up at the sight of him, and began walking down her steps. She had been so wound up and upset, that just a glimpse of him made her feel a little more calm.
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⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀Kenzie approached the car and Johnny unlocked the passenger side door, as he looked at her with a mix of confusion and happiness.
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⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀"Hey." Kenzie said as she opened the door. She sat down in the seat and buckled herself up, as Johnny just looked at her confused. She hadn't really explained to him why she needed him to pick her up, but he still came because he was such a good friend.
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⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀"Hey..." Johnny answered, and Kenzie bite her lip because she knew that he wanted to know what was up.
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⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀"So...uh your probably wondering why I called you." Kenzie said nervously, and Johnny just nodded his head as he took his car out of park. He didn't mind picking Kenzie up, he just wanted to know why. It seemed like there was something big going on with her, and she wouldn't tell him what.
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⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀"Yes." He answered, and Kenzie looked down at her feet nervously.
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⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀"Can we go to your house? I'll tell you everything there, I just need to get away from my house." She asked, and Johnny agreed to that.
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⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀Kenzie and Johnny both got out of the car after Johnny pulled the keys out of ignition. They were outside his house, and it was a lot smaller than the girls.
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⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀Mackenzie liked it though, it was cozy and it seemed more...lived in than her home. The house looked like a simple two story house, with a pretty average sized yard and deck. It was a light brown color, as well as the porch.
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⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀Johnny lead the way up the walkway as Kenzie trailed behind awkwardly. They got onto his patio and he opened up the door. He held it ajar and let her walk through first.
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⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀"Sorry its kind of a mess in here." Johnny said scratching the back of his neck nervously as soon as they were both inside. Kenzie looked around and compared to her spotless house it was kind of messy, but she liked it. Like she said before, it looked lived in, like a home should.
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⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀They were in the living room, where there was a large couch, that a coffee table sat in front of. There was a TV on the other side of the room, next to a door she assumed lead into a kitchen.
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⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀"Where is everyone?" Kenzie asked, because she knew Johnny had a particularly large family, and the house seemed to be empty.
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⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀"My parents and sister are visiting family in Canada...it's where we're from." He answered, and Kenzie nodded slowly as she looked around a bit more.
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⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀"I thought you had three sisters." She said still looking at everything, and not meeting Johnny's eyes. He was looking at her though.
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⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀"You remembered that?" He asked surprised, and in a way itmade Kenzie feel bad that he was surprised that she cared about something else besides herself.
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⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀"Yeah of course." She answered meeting his eyes. They locked eyes for a moment, and it was weird. They were both looking at each other in this way, that neither of them could explain, until they both suddenly broke it.
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⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀"Uh...you can sit down if you want." Johnny offered, as he began to walk to his couch. He sat done near the middle of the sofa, and Kenzie walked over as well.
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⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀She nodded slowly and sat down a little bit away from him. Kenzie knew she needed to tell him everything, and it wasn't because she felt obligated too, she just wanted to. She also knew if she ever wanted to be good friends with him, she couldn't keep secrets such as the fact that he had no idea why she had kissed him still.
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⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀"Um...well I probably should tell you what's been going on...also you should know you're pretty special because I don't tell anyone anything." Kenzie laughed jokingly trying to break the sudden awkwardness that had formed. She bite her lip in hesitation, as Johnny smiled at her small joke.
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⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀"You don't have to tell me if you really don't want to...I'm just worried about you. I feel like there's nothing I can do either because I don't know what's wrong." He answered, and it made Kenzie feel grateful to have him in her life, grateful that he had been the one she chose to kiss that day. If she had never met Johnny she didn't know how her life would be at this very moment.
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⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀"Thank you...for caring about me, even though I don't deserve it one bit." Kenz giggled trying not to get emotional because it had been a hard day.
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⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀"I'll always care about you, and you deserve it more than anyone." He said grabbing her hand. Usually with most guys she'd pull her hand away or get snappy, but she didn't she just intertwined her fingers with his. Her heart felt like it could beat out of her chest.
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⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀"Before you really think that I should probably tell you why I kissed you last month...I uh...I caught Haden cheating on me. I was really mad and hurt, I didn't know what to do, but make him jealous. So I kissed you. Of course it didn't work and it was super selfish and stupid of me...I'm so sorry." Kenzie sighed as a tear fell down her check, and she expected Johnny to get mad at her. She just confessed that she used him, and he didn't deserve that.
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⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀"It's okay." He said after a minute or so if silence. At first he did feel used, but at the same time what did he expect? For her to say she randomly kissed him because she liked him, he had to have known that wasn't the case. Deep down he also knew she wasn't the same girl she was a month ago.
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⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀"No, it's not."
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⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀"Yes it is. I don't care, Hayden deserved it and... I had a feeling it was something like that all along. I'm still you're friend, I'll still be here for you, as long as you want me to be." Johnny answered, and Kenzie smiled. She suddenly moved closer to him and wrapped her arms around his neck in a hug.
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⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀She buried her face into his shoulder, as his two arms went around her waist. She hadn't told him everything yet but she knew she could, she knew she could tell him anything now. It felt amazing, to have someone who truly cared for her. She never wanted to pull away from the hug.