Beyond the Reasons || JUSTIN FOLEY

Nine

PRESENT TIME
JUNIOR YEAR
JUSTIN FOLEY'S HOUSE
TAPE 2, SIDE A
THIRD PERSON'S POV

"Is Justin here?"

When Justin's mother opened the door, she of course had a cigarette in her hand. Imogen hated coming over here, because his mom is a bitch, and Seth is an asshole and he makes her uncomfortable, but Justin's mother looked the girl up and down before giving her an answer.

"Haven't seen him for days. I thought he was with you." She said back, and Imogen rolled her eyes because that wasn't the case. He told her that he was going home after leaving Bryce's and now she knows that was a lie.

"He told me he was going home last night." She said.

"Yeah, well. . he didn't." She said.

"Who is it, Am?" Seth's voice rang and Imogen rolled her eyes.

"Justin's girlfriend."

When Seth came to the door, Imogen took a step back. He's always made her uncomfortable, and she doesn't like the way he treats Justin, but all of Justin's mother's boyfriend's have treated him the same way, horribly and she's a horrible mother because she lets them treat Justin that way. If anyone ever laid a hand on her child?

She would kill them.

"Girlfriend, huh? Tell that little shit that his mother is worried sick, alright?" He asked, and Imogen rolled her eyes.

"One, he's not a little shit. . and second, she sure looks worried about him." Imogen snapped, before turning back the other way and walking down the stairs, but Seth still called out after her.

"Tell him, call her today or don't bother coming home." He said. Imogen rolled her eyes, without turning back and walked out, before putting her headphones back in her ears, and letting Hannah's next tape play.

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"You've heard of the butterfly effect, right? That if a butterfly flaps its wings at just the right time in just the right place. . it can cause a hurricane thousands of miles away. It's chaos theory. But, see, chaos theory isn't exactly about chaos. It's about how a tiny change in a big system can affect everything. Chaos theory. Sounds dramatic, but it's not. Ask a mathematician. Or better yet, ask someone who's been in a hurricane. Alex Standall. You caused the hurricane. It's your turn."

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"Well shit." Imogen mumbled to herself, but she wasn't surprised that Alex would be directly after Jessica, because of the reason that Jessica got pissed at her, she should've known that Alex was next, because he pulled the biggest asshole move which Imogen thinks ultimately sealed Hannah's downfall. Justin letting Bryce send that picture started the downfall, but what Alex did, it sent it into a full downward spiral. Imogen knew exactly why Alex had a tape.

The hot or not list.

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"Little did I know, you would F. my L. forever. Little did I know, you would be my hurricane. Maybe you think I'm being silly. I'm some stupid girl who gets all worked up over little things. But little things matter. For instance, you never told me when you started dating Jessica. But I remember just how it ended. With your list. Alex, we hadn't talked since you two got together. And then it seemed like maybe you might not be together anymore. Is that why you did it, Alex? Maybe you say it's nothing, Alex. It's just words."