limerence [justin foley]

chapter 7

juliette's pov

once my lips reach his, he freezes, clearly taken aback. it doesn't take him long, though, to deepen the kiss and wrap his hands around my waist. our lips move in synch and i can hear all the jocks cheering us on and wolf-whistling in the background. after a few seconds, i break the kiss apart and he plants his forehead on mine, both of us smiling.

take that, justin fucking foley.

the cheery moment doesn't last very long once i hear a familiar purposeful cough behind me. i remove myself from zach and turn around to find a not so happy jeff atkins.

everyone's cheers immediately die down and all you can hear now is a few of the jocks muttering some oooohs.

"ah shit," i mutter under my breath as he glares at me, then at zach, then back to me again.

"listen, atkins i-" zach begins and nears jeff before getting cut off.

"we'll talk later, dempsey." jeff coldly shoots.

"you and i, we're leaving now." he states in my direction. as much as i understand where he's coming from in seeing his sister make out with one of his best friends, part of me is actually quite pissed off at the fact that he feels like he can baby me around all the time even though we're exactly the same age.

"fine." i sigh. i choose to not argue against him and cause a scene, but that doesn't mean i won't leave without a slight bang either. i turn around and peck zach on the lips one last time and pull away. i then turn to face the rest of the guys, wanting to give one last wholesome smirk to justin. except that won't be possible considering he's nowhere to be found in the group anymore. hm, interesting.

i wave goodbye to the rest of the boys before jeff angrily grasps my wrist and begins to pull me away. we make it to the car that happened to not be so far away and i internally groan before getting inside. jeff then gets inside too and we sit there for a minute in uncomfortable silence.

"what the fuck, juliette?" his voice blares, breaking the silence. i turn to look at him and shrug.

"you're not allowed to tell me who i can and can't date." i suddenly snap and see a look of hurt flash over his eyes.

"huh, alright." he angrily scoffs. just when i thought that for a minute my day was finally going better, it has to take its toll.

"next time at least give me a heads up when that person happens to be one of my best friends." he snaps and sticks the keys into the engine. i decide to not answer, not wanting to risk making matters worse and increase my newfound guilt. the car ride home was uncomfortably and awkwardly silent, yet i'd rather have that instead of having to explain whatever it is that went on after school today since i honestly can't even comprehend it myself. we stop by subway's and pick up sandwiches for dinner, still not speaking more than 3 words to each other.

finally, we arrive home and i get inside and go straight up to my room. i plop face down on my bed and let out the exasperated groan i've been holding in for the past hour into my pillow.

it's barely day one in the school year and everything's a mess.

"you got a minute?" jeff's voice emerges from behind me and i stand from my bed and turn around. there he is, leaning against my door frame with both our sandwiches in his hands. i nod and he walks over and takes a seat on my bed, me doing the same.

"listen, i'm not mad that you're with zach. he's a great guy." jeff confesses and i furrow my brows.

"you're not mad?" i question and he shakes his head.

"no, i was just upset that you didn't tell me anything and i had to catch you making out with him in the middle of the hallway," he chuckles dryly. "i thought we were always supposed to tell each other everything."

i sigh and look down, "i know, i'm sorry. it was just an in the moment kind of thing." i truthfully state.

"it's alright, sis. how did it even happen anyway? you and zach?" he asks me and this time i don't really know how to respond. i don't even know where zach and i stand at this point.

"um, i don't know we just, uh, it just happened." i stutter and look down, causing him to look at me questioningly. even though i do like zach, i hate to admit that the reason i did what i did was mostly to somehow piss off justin.

"jules, are you sure you're ready to get involved with someone again?" my brother asks me after a while of silence. "i know you don't like when i bring this up, but i would really hate to see you get all depressed and shit like you did after the whole justin thing." i immediately jerk my head up to face him.

"the justin thing was nothing. it's all stupid, unimportant history that doesn't need to be brought up again, okay?" i snap defensively. he sighs and nods, putting the sandwiches down and wrapping his arm around my shoulder.

"i know i know. i just don't want to see you get hurt again, that's all." he whispers and places a kiss on my head. i scoot in closer to him and hug him back. it was in this moment that i actually somewhat felt at peace again. as much of an annoying pain in the ass he can be at times, i don't know what the hell i would do without jeff in my life. he's a shoulder to cry on whenever i need one and i know that whenever i need him, he'll always be there for me. he's basically my rock and my second half.

"now, i'm gonna go feed noob and then come right back up here so we can eat these together." jeff states as he removes his arm off my shoulder and stands from the bed. i chuckle and nod and he gives me a thumbs up before exiting out of the room.

there i sit, not bothering to move a muscle or check my phone. i don't want to risk doing anything that might ruin the happily peaceful moment, since i'm sure there won't be many to come .

-

quick filler chapter! so, what do you guys think might happen as the story progresses or what would you guys want to happen? i would love hearing your guys' theories, likes, and opinions so comment away! xoxo
- isa