The Girl Next Door

Chapter 4

Scarlet's POV

                   I woke up to smell something delicious. Was it my mom? No way. She would not do something like this. I got up and went downstairs. I looked in the kitchen to see Bethany cooking waffles. "Waffles!" I said loudly to make her jump. She moved her finger to her lips to signal to be quiet. I walked over and sat at the table. "What's this for?" I asked not knowing why she was cooking. "Well, mom never does this so I thought I should." She brought me a plate of waffles and they had candles on it. I just remembered, it was my birthday. "Let me guess, you forgot your own birthday?" I smiled at her making her laugh. "It's okay. Mom never does anything anyway. Happy birthday." I smiled at her making her smile grow bigger. "Thanks." She sat in front of me eating away. "You have any plans with a certain someone?" "Oh no. It's 8:50! I need to get going!" I quickly got up and ran to my room. "Ok, I'll eat your waffles!" She shouted to me. I got dressed and ran out the door. I took Bethany's car and drove to Tom's. I got there at 9:05. 

              I walked in and saw my hot boyfriend sitting at our normal booth. I walked over and sat across from him. He moved so he could sit by me. "Sorry I'm late. I woke up late. Bethany made me breakfast and I saw what time it was and hurried over here and," He cupped his hands on my face. "It's your day. Happy birthday." Once he said happy birthday, workers walked over and set food on our table. He leaned in and kissed me. "Don't worry about anything, okay?" I nodded. We ate our breakfast and talked. We sat there for an hour just enjoying each other's company. 

Logan's POV

                 She looked at me smiling. "I love you Logan James. And I will always love you. Whether you like it or not." I leaned in and pressed my lips into hers. "And I love you Scarlet Dean. Forever." She smiled as I pressed my lips against hers. 

                 We left a few minutes after and went to my place. "So this is where you live now. An old apartment? I could have done some-" "No. You couldn't do anything. I tried. This was the only place I could go." She cupped my face. "Logan, it doesn't matter where you stay. As long as we can be together. I love you." She pressed her lips into mine. "Oh Scarlet, you're the best girlfriend anyone could have. I don't deserve you. You're perfect and amazing. I'm a nobody who can't live with his dad and lives in this old place." She put her fingers in my hair. "Logan, I'm the one who doesn't deserve you. Trust me, you are someone that would hate me, but you don't, and that's why I love you." I looked at her confused. She had this look in her eyes that something was up. "Scarlet, is there something you want to tell me? You know you can trust me." She shook her head. "There's a look in your eyes. I know somethings bothering you. What is it?" She started crying. I held her against my chest. "I'm not the perfect girl everyone thinks I am." She showed me her arms. She had cuts and bruises. "Did you do this?!" 

"Some of it. I only did two. The bruises and the other cuts are from, my, mom." I couldn't believe it. Her mom had cut her and hit her. "Why would she do this?" She wiped her tears. "Because. I was a "mistake" in her eyes. She said she never wanted me. She only wanted Bethany. I cry myself to sleep every night. But now that you are here with me, I feel whole and worth living for." I pulled her closer to me so she felt warm. 

"Scarlet, have you told anyone?" She shook her head. "I was scared. I can trust you." I moved her head so we saw eye to eye. I pressed my lips against hers. She kissed back passionetaly. "I love you." I held her for a while. "I love you too." We stayed there for awhile until her phone lit up. "I got to go. My parents are coming home. I love you so much." I kissed her goodbye. "I love you!" I shouted before she couldn't hear me. I lay on the floor thinking of her beautiful blue eyes. All I could think of was her. 

Jack's POV

               I couldn't believe that Logan took Scarlet away from me. She was mine. If I couldn't have her then no one could. "Hey sport. Where's Logan?" I turned around to see my dad worried. "He's gone. He decided to live somewhere else. He didn't like that Jane and I are dating. He was jealous." He looked confused. "Logan? Jealous? Are you sure?" "I know right. That's what I said." He turned around to face his room. "Well, see you in the morning son. Hope you guys get it figured out. Goodnight." "Night dad." As he shut the door I sighed in relief. I didn't want to bring up that I was upset at Logan. My phone lit up to stop my thoughts. A text from Jane. 

'Hey handsome. You look depressed.' I looked out my window to see my sexy girlfriend. I walked over to pull the window up. She climbed in and when I turned around from closing the window, she pressed her lips against mine. I pulled away. "We need to talk.

                "So Logan is jealous of us?" I nodded. "Why? Does he like me?" I shrugged. "Apparently. I guess he tried telling you but then found out about us." "So that's why he didn't talk that day we told them. But what about Scarlet?" "I'm not sure. Maybe she just didn't think we are a cute couple." She shrugged. "Maybe. You know what, I'm just gonna find out." I quickly learned in and kissed her. She stoped her phone and ran her fingers through my hair. She moved her hand up my abbs and wrapped her arms around my neck. I had my shirt off already so she just kept moving her hand on me. I pulled her tank top off so it was just her bra on. I moved her to the bed and we just lay there for a few minutes just holding each other. I kissed her from her lips to her breast bone. She wrapped her legs around my stomach. I picked her up and she squealed a little bit. We just stayed in bed holding each other the whole night. With her there, I forgot about everything that had happened. 

Scarlet's POV

                   I got home through my window just in case my parents were home. As soon as I got in bed my phone lit up. Two texts from Jane and Logan. The text from Logan said:

'I love you beautiful!😘'

'i love you too!😘'

Jane's text said:

'Hey, you ok?'

'Yeah. What's up?'

'Nothing. At Jack's house. Do you know if Logan is ok?'

I didn't know if I should tell her.

'Yeah. He's ok. We are actually dating.'

'What? When? Jackson's saying that he's jealous of us! What's going on?!'

'Logan told me that they had a fight. Jack kicked Logan out of his house.'

'Jack told me that Logan didn't want to live with him. I'll ask him again. Ttyl!'

I put my phone down upset that Jack lied to Jane. She's my best friend. Why would he say that? All of a sudden my door flew open. I acted like I was asleep. "Scarlet wake up! We need to talk!" My mom shouted at me, yanking me out of bed. 

I scuffed my feet down the stairs and sat on the couch. "Where did you go today?" I looked down. "I went to the school to get something that I forgot." She looked at me furious. "And what might that be?" I swallowed trying to think of something. "My laptop." I did forget it at school. I got it back yesterday though. "Ok. You never leave the house again without telling us. Okay?!" I nodded nervously. She slapped me across my face. She stormed away and into her room. Bethany ran toward me and touched my cheek. "Are you okay?" I nodded. "I'm used to it." I walked away and went to my room. I sat on my bed rubbing my cheek. I texted Logan to make me feel better, but instead, I ended up telling him. 

'Hey, my mom just hurt me again. I just want to talk to you.'

'Are you ok?'

'Yeah, just red. Hey, Jane told me that Jack said that you are jealous of them and that you didn't want to live with him. I know its not true but why would he lie? And what happened between you two anyway?'

'Well, I don't know why he would lie but I told him that we are dating and he freaked out. He said that you're his and that I shouldn't have taken you away from him. I don't know why he said that. You aren't an object that can just be pushed around.'

'So, he likes me?'

'I guess so. Lets just talk about this later. Happy birthday. I love you.😘'

'I love you too. 😘'

I still couldn't believe that Jack lied to Jane. I just wanted to forget about the whole day. Except for me being with Logan. Then when I though my day couldn't get any worse, I hear glass break downstairs.