The New Girl. {Jack Gilinsky}

Chapter Four.

After the first day of school, the week honestly just flew by. As much as I hate to admit it- my feelings for Jack has skyrocketed.

I mean, it's not exactly a bad thing. I just know that if we really do become a thing -which we won't- I'll not only be absolutely hated by my mother, I'll be disappointed in myself because I know I deserve better.

Anyways, Friday has finally came upon us, and I couldn't be more relieved.

"So, any plans for this weekend?" Mahogany asks me with a smile as she stands at my locker.

"Um, if staying in bed cuddling with my pillow and watching Netflix all day counts- than yes! I am most certainly busy." I wink and we both laugh.

"Nope, I'm afraid it doesn't. I wish it did though, because if that was a job I'd defiantly be rich." She added and I smiled brightly, mumbling an 'exactly.'

"But anyways, I was wondering if you wanted to go to the mall with me today? We can grab lunch and get some really cute clothes." Mahogany asks with a smile.

"Yeah- We all want you to look good for Shawn." Matthew smirked at me as him, Aaron, and Jacob joined us at my locker smirking.

"We're just friends," I reassure them with a shy giggle.

"Sure." "Okay.." "Whatever you say Sky." I groan and they laugh, shaking their heads as we walk down the hallway.

"Hey guys." Shawn smiled as he grabbed his backpack, hanging it on his shoulder as he shut his locker.

We all repeat hey's back to him as we walk out the door, joining the loud groups of teenagers.

"Hey Skyler!" Jack Gilinsky hollered as he ran up to me. He looked up at my friends, his mouth shaping a small 'o' shape. You can tell he shook it off and his large hands gripped my shoulders. "Can I talk to you for a sec?"

"Um, I.." I look back at Mahogany, knowing she's the one that'll give the best answer. She shrugged and I nodded, turning back to him. "I guess?"

"Awesome. Come on," A rush of nerves traveled up my arm as his hand gripped mine. He turned back at me and smiled, quickly taking me to the tree that wasn't far, but private enough.

"Hey. Okay, so me & my friends were wondering if you could make it to Jack J's party this weekend? I'm helping host it so it's gonna be awesome." He smirked, "I just thought that maybe if I did this personally it might change your mind a little bit." He bit his lip as he tried to hold back another smirk, his fingertips brushing over the top of my arm.

"I," I couldn't speak. I nibbled on my bottom lip nervously and my eyes were lost in his, falling right under his spell.

He raises his eyebrow and smiles, tucking a piece of my hair behind my ear. "Please? It'll be fun, I promise.." He begged in a slow, calming voice.

It was silent for a moment, the small smile never leaving his lips as nervousness tingled through my veins.

I heard someone clear their throat, Matthew standing on the other side of the sidewalk. "Hey your mom just called, she said she needs you home as soon as possible. Family things."

Jack turns around and try and spot his friends, Matt winking at me and mouthed 'Not really.'

I felt a rush of relief wash over me and I look up at Jack, him flicking his eyebrow up for a quick second to signal a 'Well..?'

"I um, I'm so sorry. I'll try and get back to you later. I really gotta go." He sighs and whispers an okay, him turning around and I run to Matt.

"Thank you for saving me." I hug him once Jack was out of sight and he smiled wide.

"You're welcome. No one else had the guts to come up here and do it so I did." He laughs and I smile. I thank him again and we walk back to the rest of our friends, Shawn looking a little different.

"Hey, are you okay?" I ask as I rest my hand on the top of his arm, sucking on my bottom lip.

"Yeah. I'm fine." He spat and let out a huff, harshly pushing my hand off and walking away. I frown and mentally slap myself, Aaron's eyebrows cocking up.

"Dude, what the fuck?" Him & Matt ran after him, leaving Mahogany and Jacob as confused and hurt as I was.

*Shawn's POV*

Anger boils through my blood as I watch him bluntly flirt with her. I cannot believe out of every fucking girl there is in this school, he has to go to the one I have feelings for. All he's gonna do is take her away and there won't be a damn thing I can do about it.

"She's a wreak, I can feel it." Mahogany speaks up as we all watch them. I hear them all agree, a sigh parting my lips as I cross my arms.

"Yeah.. I'm gonna go and save her." Matthew says finally, my eyes not leaving Jack and Skyler.

I watch as Matt walks over to them, my heart breaking a little more as I watch her hug him. That's it. I roll my eyes and try not to show the anger that was building up inside of me, looking down at the floor.

I hear her approach me and I look up, her eyes and her voice soft as she slowly rested her hand on my arm. "Are you okay?"

I hesitate for a moment as I look into her eyes, but all I could think of when I see her is Jack.

"Yeah. I'm fine." I spit, pushing her hand off of me and I storm off. I ball my hands in a fist for a moment, trying to calm myself down as I walk to my car.

"Dude, what the fuck?" I heard Aaron ask as they caught up to me, turning me around.

"What the hell was that?" Matthew asks with his face in complete shock.

I open my mouth to defend myself, but I think twice and I sigh. "I don't know." I groan quietly, wiping my hands down my face as I try to recover.

"Shawn, you can't just do that to a girl. Especially when you have such strong feelings for her. What has gotten into you?" Aaron lectures and I shut my eyes, taking in a deep breath.

"Jack. That's fucking who." I say with a bit of an attitude, finding my car in the lot and walk towards it.

"Why are you mad at Jack? All he did was ask to talk to her! Are you jealous?" Matthew followed and his voice made me turn around on the heels of my vans, my anger regenerating.

"Yes I'm fucking jealous! What the hell do you think? And you hugging her and showing her some sort of new attention doesn't exactly help the situation!"

I immediately take back what I said, and really how I said it. "Matt I-"

"Save it." He said shaking his head. "Look, I know you're mad. But that still doesn't give you the right to treat Skyler like that. Treat me like that all you want- I could give a shit less because I know you don't mean it. But she doesn't. She doesn't know what she's getting herself into talking to Jack." I sigh, knowing he's right.

"Where is she? I have to apologize to her." I say helplessly, my heart beating out of my chest.

"She's gone, bro. She left with Mahogany- crying." Aaron says as he walks back over to us. My heart stops. No, no no no.

"Fuck man," I groan and lean my elbows against my car window, running a hand through my hair as I shut my eyes tight. "Damn it!"

It takes me a while to come back to my normal self, but when I do, I sigh.

"Look guys.. I gotta go. I have to call her. I feel terrible." I say goodbye to the both of them and thank them for the advise, climbing in my car and running a hand through my hair once more.

"What have I done?"