Promises

Chapter Three

The next morning I woke up for school, not remembering how I got home. I wanted to just stay in bed and reminisce everything that happened last night with Shawn. Last night was just so perfect, I never wanted it to end. I lied in bed for a couple more minutes just smiling up at the ceiling, remembering Shawn's perfect smile. I was startled when I heard my moms scream signaling it was time to get up. I sighed as my smile faded and I got up to go to the bathroom. I decided I was going to curl my hair today, because I was genuinely happy. As I finished curling my hair, I thought to myself if I should wear makeup today or not.. I finally decided on just some foundation and mascara. As I finish my mascara, I stare at my reflection in the mirror.. And I'm not happy with how I look. I try to push all the negative thoughts to the back of my head because I really want to be happy today. I throw on an old sweatshirt and leggings with my white vans, and run downstairs trying to avoid my mom. I grab a water and an apple from the fridge an run out the door. On the way to school, I plug my phone into the AUX on my car radio, and play Shawn's covers. I was singing along to 'Hallelujah' when I got a text from Lexi. The text read: " Shawn told me you and him had a date last night.. DEETS. " I laughed, but didn't text back. I continued to sing along until I pulled into the school parking lot. Once again I heard distant snickers, it happens everyday so I guess I'm not surprised. As soon as I opened my locker, Lexi ran up to me "Jackie!' She practically screamed "Why didn't you tell me you and Shawn went on a date?" she chuckled. " 'Cause I didn't know it was a date. I thought we were just hanging out until he kissed me." I said, instantly regretting telling her we kissed. "HE WHAT?" she replied shocked. "Yeaaahhh.." I replied "I gotta go to math. I'll tell you the rest at lunch!" I said as I closed my locker and walked away leaving her speechless.

As I walked into math, Torii was glaring at me. I wodered if she knew that we kissed, but I hoped not. I didn't have any classes with Shawn planned for today. I sat at my desk and waited for my math teacher to pass out the final tests. After this one is done, I have science. I took all my other finals early just for the fun of it. As my teacher passed out the the tests, I felt a note slip under my arm. It was from Torii. I opened it up and read her words. 'I want you to stay away from Shawn. He still loves me, we were even texting last night and he said he's just being nice to you. stay away from him.' Well, that's not as bad as I thought it'd be I guess. I crumpled it up and shoved it in my bag and started my test.

I finished my test just as the bell rang for class to be over. Torii looked at me and said "I'm serious Jackie, stay away from Shawn." she made sure to put emphasis on the 'stay away' part. God, how I hated her. She was a slut, who has slept with every guy known to man. She always gets what she wants. Unlike me, who is still a virgin & who's life is a living hell.

Shawn called me after school. He asked what I was doing tomorrow, which is Friday. I told him I wasn't doing anything, which I regretted because to be honest.. Torii scares the living hell out of me, and I'm not quite sure I want to mess with her. He called again as time went on. Now it was about 6:30 pm. "You aren't yourself Jackie. Did something happen with Torii today?" he asked. How did he know? Did I make it that obvious? Gosh I'm so stupid. I can't do anything right, can I? I hesitated before answering "You know what, something did in fact happen. She have me a note that said to stay away from you. And I think I might, because to tell you the truth I've had enough of her games. She mentioned that you and her were texting last night. I couldn't imagine what you guys were talking about." I paused. "Jackie, liste-" I cut him off. "Were you two happily making fun of how bad my life is? About how much of a drunk my mom is, or better yet how I'm suicidal?" I think I took it a wee bit too far on that one. "Jackie, you know I would NEVER talk about that stuff. We never even texted last night, and you know that because we were together the whole god damned night Jackie." we both just sat on the line, till he spoke up. "You know what, I'm going to give that bitch a taste of her own medicine." he paused before he spoke again "Talk to you later baby." He said before he hung up the phone.