Jade:
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I couldn't believe it. I couldn't believe what I saw. It's Friday so he'll be here tomorrow, probably morning. No. He must be off to somewhere first. Where was he again? Although this is his hometown, Mullingar, Ireland. Why now? Oh I'm losing my mind over this again. Over Niall Horan.
"Jade! The phone's for you! It's Rosie!" Mum shouted from downstairs.
I sat on my bed and composed myself. Okay, breathe in. Breathe out. What could go wrong, right? He wouldn't even remember me. Plus, he might have a girlfriend right now. I have a boyfriend, and I love Julian. Why am I freaking out over him? It's not like I'd loved him from the start. But in reality, I did. Although what are the odds of him liking me back? I'm just his best friend. An old friend. Surely, he had forgotten about me. The media hadn't mentioned anything about Niall struggling in life as he always remember his old days. Niall having a hard time moving on from his past life as he moved on to fame. Niall trying so hard to cope up with his life 'cause he misses his freaking best friend. I closed my eyes.
The door slammed open, and my big brother, Jason, peaked in with his headphones on, book in hand. He looked at me, annoyed, and said, "Telephone. Didn't you hear?" He groaned in frustration and went back to his room. Although I'd never done it too, of course. If I'd been sulking over that, then I wouldn't be a Junior now, would I? So maybe I'm just scared. Of what? Of getting those feelings back again.
I picked up the phone, said, "Hello", and indulged in whatever topic Rosie had us in. Topics that include this:
"Okay, what's up with you?" She broke off. We were in the middle of discussing that Trig test and how we got almost the same possible wrong answers. I wasn't how I used to talking with her. I was distracted. Again. How can you not? Finding out your childhood bestfriend is coming back, surely you would be bothered. I sighed and said, "It's nothing."
"You're holding back something, aren't you?"
"Why would I do that?" I asked incredulously.
"Why wouldn't you? You were quiet a while ago. Julian kept on asking me - and you - what's wrong, but you didn't seem to hear. You didn't eat the mashed potato you ordered. I'm thinking it's about the tweet. Why?"
I didn't know if I was ready to tell her about the case. I trust her, but this is something, I don't know. I feel like it would begin to get out of hand if I told her, especially since she's a massive One Direction fan. I shook my head. Maybe she didn't need to know. She wouldn't find out about it, no matter how insisting she would be. Besides, it's not like he would be going back to the house they'd lived before. It was sold to the Doyle's.
So I just said, "Okay, you got me. I'm just worried. You'd be wanting to find out where he'll be, leaving me alone here."
"What?" She said, then laughed.
I stood and leaned on the wall of my room. "Oh, so that's something we should laugh about, yeah? Okay. I understand. You don't want to be my friend anymore. You'll just find him, and when you did, he's your new best friend, and maybe the two of you will end up together. You won't even remember me. I'll be stuck here in Ireland, friendless and -"
"Jade!" She cut in. "I'm NOT gonna replace you! Why do you even think about it? That's crazy!" A brief pause. "Well, except for the fact that Niall might fall in love with me." I could imagine her smiling evilly. I just shook my head.
"See? Nothing's wrong with me. I wasn't just feeling alright then."
"Why? You got sick of the mashed potato you didn't eat?"
