Addiction

16

Mya's POV

"Mom," I sighed, Joy sitting on the stool beside me, "there's this girl..."

Mom turned around, her blonde hair falling into her face.

"You're bi?" She asked, eyes wide and big smile on her face. I looked at her.

"What? No. Mum, listen."

She nodded, apologizing.

"There's this girl and I think she's trying to get with Harry," I pouted. She snorted, shaking her head.

"Honey, why is that a problem?"

"Why is it not a problem?"

"Have you seen Harry," mom asked, "that boy is in love with you. You have nothing to worry about."

"I'm not worried about Harry," I sighed, "I'm concerned about Julia. She won't stop trying."

"Have you told her to back off?" She asked. I looked at Joy who looked at me and nodded.

"I was going to suggest it," she asked. I sighed and shook my head.

"I don't want to be that girlfriend, you know?" I mumbled, "Harry's even told me that I have nothing to worry about."

"Well if he's told you then trust him," mom said.

I bit my lip and frowned.

"When is Gabbie coming home?"

"Two hours," she replied. I nodded and stood up.

"We'll be upstairs," I called.

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"So me and Jordan are official!" She squealed, falling back on my bed. She smiled and closed her eyes.

"Oh it was so sweet!" She said, "he took me to the harbour and we hung around near the docks and then he grabbed my hand and kissed me."

I smiled and patted her leg as I sat down, "that's pretty fucking cute."

"Isn't it?" She smiled.

"When did this happen?" I asked.

"Yesterday," she smiled, "I was going to tell you at lunch today but I was so caught up with Jordan I forgot."

She blushed sheepishly and I smirked shaking my head.

"It's okay, Joy," I laughed.

"So, how have you and Harry been?" She asked. I nodded.

"Good. But I don't want to talk about boyfriends. Let's talk about other things."

"Like what?" She asked, smiling at me. I smiled back and shrugged.

"I want to figure out what I'm going to do about this whole Julia thing," I bit my lip.

Joy sighed and sat up. She placed her hand on top of my shoulder and pouted.

"You're going to ignore her," she suggested before frowning, "actually...don't. That'll just give her more reason to flirt."

I nodded, "so what do I do?"

"Well I'm sure Harry will be pissed if you actually be rude to her, cause he's always like 'treat people with kindness' and whatnot...but uh, how about you DM her on insta?" Joy suggested.

"Saying what," I asked. She shrugged.

"Back off of my boyfriend you asswipe?" She asked. I snorted and shook my head. I pulled out my phone and opened up my instagram app, seeing a couple of pictures of Jordan and other people.

I smiled when I scrolled through my feed and landed on a picture of Harry standing with Jordan with an arm slung around his shoulder. He smirked lazily at the camera as his other arm was tucked behind his back and he seemed to be smiling at something behind the camera. I frowned when I read the caption.

JordanWoods: photo creds to the one and only @ Julia_231

I frowned at the pic before showing it to Joy.

"So they were hanging out?" Joy asked. I shook my head.

"Harry's not even smiling at the camera though," I bit my lip, "Julia needs to back off."

I furrowed my eyebrows and opened up a direct message to Julia. Joy smirked at me and ushered me to type and I faltered. I looked at the phone unsure before Joy sighed and took it out of my hand before she typed.

I bit my lip frantically.

"Joy, don't," I said, "it's not mature."

"Oh hush."

I tried reaching for my phone but she kept moving it away from me so I gave up and buried my face into a pillow.

This was a bad idea.

Me: hey. We need to talk. I know you have been getting close to Harry and Jordan lately and that's all fine and dandy, but you're kind of making me uncomfortable. Idk if you still like Harry, but I think it would be better if you didn't. He's my boyfriend and I don't want to have to worry about you trying to mess around with him.

She smirked as she hit send and tossed me my phone back. I was about to unsend it when she slapped my hand away.

"Don't you dare unsend that message," she warned, "she needs to see this."

"Joy," I sighed, "They're all still probably at school still. That picture was posted five minutes ago! What if Harry sees and he gets upset?"

Joy made a face, "Why the fuck would he get upset?"

"What you just did wasn't exactly kind," I mumbled.

"Neither is flirting with a dude who's already taken," she pointed back, "Why are you so against this now?"

"I'm just worried Harry will get mad," I mumbled.

Just then, my phone buzzed and I looked over to check who it was.

Harry: I love you so much oh my god thank you.

I furrowed my eyebrows.

Me: what?

Harry: I'm at practice and Julia got your message. She got all upset and showed it to me and I feigned being mad at you and told her I'd talk to you about it but honestly baby...fucking thank you.

I laughed and bit my lip, feeling my uneasy feeling going away.

Me: thanks? I guess.

Harry: :) I'll talk to you later baby girl. I have to go. I love you.

I took a deep breath and showed Joy the conversation. She beamed at me and nudged me mockingly.

"Told ya."

I laughed and nodded only to frown lightly.

Despite Harry's reaction to seeing the text Joy sent her, I was still a bit uncertain. Julia had liked Harry since middle school, and I was certain she still liked him now. She seemed like a snake too, so how was I supposed to know if I had fixed things?

I had a slight feeling I made it worse.

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S.