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Chapter 12: "You wore red."

If there's any mistakes, I'll change them in editing. Above is Jacey's outfit, I think it's pretty cute.

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Jacey Summers

Do you know what it feels like, to find out everything you knew about someone, was a lie? Well let me tell you now, it sucks. It makes you question things you never thought you'd have to question, people you never thought you'd have to question. It's a pain in the ass really; it makes you over think, which leads to stress, which then in turn leads to anxiety. And at that time, anxious didn't even begin to cover what I was feeling.

I should probably start from the beginning if you're going to understand why I was a bundle of nerves. I had every right to be, if you're thinking that I was overreacting, I wasn't, thank you very much.

It started as a not even close to normal day...

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It was a Saturday, and I woke up around 9 to my ringtone. Waking me up on a Saturday is not a good idea if you don't want permanent ear damage. And I had no idea who it could be, Meghan knows not to do this kind of thing, and Zack had been a little distant for whatever reason. I hadn't seen him around as much, and when I went to their house, he just stayed in his room.

"What?" I growled into the phone. Staying up until 3 in the morning reading was really going to bite me in the ass, especially if I couldn't get anymore sleep. Definitely not a morning person, who would have guessed it? A better question is probably, who wouldn't have?

"Well aren't you chipper today?" An amused voice spoke through the line. God, I know that voice, and it belongs to my best friend's smug brother. Normally, I could deal with him, but having just awoken, I had no filter to stop whatever insults were going to be said.

"Aren't you annoying today?" I mocked. "You're going to have to be in a better mood when you meet our mother tonight." He warned. For a second my mind went blank, before the fog lifted and I realised the bomb he had just dropped. "Sorry, what now?" I demanded, he can't just say things like that and not explain. "Me and Meghan will pick you up at 6, wear something red." And with that, he hung up. Really? He couldn't explain a little more? Such an irritating person. A hot irritating person. Don't you just love the way my brain works?

A call to Meghan helped to fill in some of the blanks to the plans for tonight. Their Mom had apparently recently returned from a business trip, and the reason Zack had given me this dare, was because their Mom could be a bit overbearing, and Zack didn't really get along with her all that well. But she had no idea why he told me to wear red, but anything she said held a suggestive tone, and I could just imagine her wiggling her eyebrows at me. I had to remind her that we were talking about her older brother a couple of times, which seemed to temporarily make her stop with the innuendos.

I had to find something to wear in preparation, or I wouldn't be ready in time, choosing an outfit takes too long. Meghan suggested a casual dress, because their Mom preferred to have family dinners on the more formal side. I managed to find something at the back of my closet that did fit these specifics, and it happened to be red, aren't I just a people pleaser? Although I think the last time I wore a dress was when I was 9 at my cousin's wedding, so I had to mentally prepare for it.

This consisted of eating the pancakes Jackson made, which were pretty good to say he can't cook to save his life, and the house was still standing, so overall a job well done. I then sat beside him on the couch, where we apparently have all of our heart to hearts.

"Morning." I said when I had gotten comfortable. "How's Zack?" He asked smirking knowingly, not bothering with small talk, which is one of the things I normally loved about my brother, but this time it wasn't really a topic I wanted to discuss.