Chapter Eight:

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"She's in love with you you fucking idiot." -Tessa

[Two Weeks before Prom]

"So... What color is your dress?" Tessa asks as we walk from class.

"Um... Blue... Sky blue I think." I say.

"Ooh... It'll go great with Jason eyes." She teases.

I smile warmly. I was actually excited to go to prom with Jason. And just thinking about it made my stomach fill with butterflies.

"Are you fucking kidding me?" Tessa says making me look up.

My mouth drops when I see Jason walking hand in hand with another girl. A brunette this time. When our eyes lock, his face turns sad. And I kept my cool as he walked up to me.

"H-hey jay." He stammers.

"H-hi." I croak, looking down from him.

"This is Michelle. Michelle this is Journey and Tessa." He introduces.

"Hi. Nice to meet you." She says, her voice oddly annoying.

"Y-you too." I lie.

"Well... I guess I'll let you get to class." She says turning to Jason and kissing his cheek.

I swear I wanted to throw up.

"Bye babe." She coos walking away.

"Bye." He says, lowering his head.

"So... New girlfriend, huh?" Tessa says in a pissed off tone. He doesn't say anything. He just looks at me with sad eyes.

"J-Jay, I-"

I shake my head, turning away from him. I couldn't stand to look at him right now.

"Journey wait." He says walking behind me.

"You're such an idiot Jason.." Tessa scoffs running behind me.

I run into the bathroom into a stall. I drop my books, reaching into my bag for something I hadn't used since Danny and I broke up.

When I find it, I waste no time starting fresh cuts on my wrist. God it felt so good. It felt like a huge weight lifted off my shoulders.

I stared at my wrist, watching as the blood ran down my arm to the floor.

I know I'm anemic. I shouldn't be doing this. But right now I couldn't give a fuck.

"Jay?! Jay where are you?!"

All I could do was sob. And I felt myself becoming lightheaded. Suddenly, I hear the stall door opening.

"Journey no!" Tessa yells coming into the stall.

She grabs the blade from my hand, flushing it down the toilet.

"Ms. Perry... She's in here." Tessa says to the nurse.

I laid against the stall wall, my eyes heavy as the nurse walked in.

"Journey... Sweetheart." I hear her say, but those were the last words I heard before I blacked.

[Third Person]

As Jason watched them carry Journey's lifeless body out of the girls bathroom, he couldn't help the clenching pain in his heart.

"W-what happened?" He ask Tessa.

"You're so naive aren't you?" She snaps, as tears roll down her cheeks.

"What do you mean?" He asks confused.

"She's in love with you you fucking idiot!" She cries.

His eyes widen. She was?

"What?"

"You're all she fucking talks about. She's madly in love with you and you're so fucking blind you can't see it. She was so excited to go to prom with you. And after you took care of her that night, she thought you and her could actually become more than friends..."

Tears welled in his eyes. He didn't know she felt that way about him. And now that he knows, he doesn't know how to deal with it.

"I-I... I d-didn't know." Was all he could say.

"Well... Now you do. So what are you going to do about it?" She asks, sniffling.

Honestly, he doesn't know. What can he do? He has a girlfriend.

"I don't know."

Tessa scoffs. "You're such a dumbass. I can't believe she actually considered giving you her virginity."

And with those words, Jason was crushed.

He didn't know what to do.

He had feelings for Journey.

But he couldn't figure them out.

So as he watched Journey being carried out on a gurney, all he could do was shed tears. Blaming himself for breaking his 'best friends' heart.

(A/n: tears are streaming down my face.

I need a minute before I update again.

Love you for reading.)

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