Because of Lauren ✔ Jenzie

12. "I'm not grieving."

A/N: Okay, I wrote this whole chapter in the car ride. I thought I wouldn't get good wifi on the trip, but I do! I honestly really like this chapter. There's a little bit of a time jump, be prepared!

MACKENZIE'S POV:

(9 days later, Friday morning).

Today was the day. The day Annie would ask out Hayden.

It's been over a week since the whole falling out Johnny and I had.

We haven't talked at all since then. We refuse to look at each other.

I was hurt for the first few days, but I got over it. I got over him. I realized that I shouldn't be thinking about him so much because I knew he wasn't thinking about me.

While I was crushing over him for the past 4 years, he probably hasn't even thought of me once.

I don't hate him. I could never hate him. But I don't really like him either. My crushing days are over. I lost all interest I had in him, and I was glad to too. 

I don't miss him. Now that I see him for who he really is-- a player--, I don't see a reason to.

I'm surprised how one conversation could change my mind about him so easily.

I try not to think about Johnny, but it's kinda hard not to when all Annie does is talk about Jenzie. 

As for Lauren, she hasn't talked to me or pulled any stunt since her presentation. She passes me a few dirty looks here and there, but that's basically it. Lauren and Lexi didn't get in trouble for pulling that stunt on 'obsessive stalkers' since Lauren and Johnny's parents paid off the principal to keep her at school.

Lauren's parents were--quote on quote-- 'disappointed' in her. They never knew she was bullying me.

As for my mom, she had no idea about the whole situation, until the principal called her.

I'm the one that got in trouble for walking out of class. While Lauren didn't even get a suspension.

Our parents have been friends for so long, they work together. So we go over to the Orlando's every once and a while. I never entered their bedrooms (up until last week) considering they hated me for 4 years.

I don't miss Johnny.

How could I?

I don't feel interested in him anymore. He's just some REALLY cute bad boy that I happen to know.

I'm going to forget about Maddie's mission to get closer to the Orlando's, I'm going to try to get as far away from them as possible.

Maddie now despises Johnny. Annie told her the whole situation and Maddie didn't receive the news too well--she screamed my ears off about how 'Johnny was never good for you'and 'The Orlando's are bad people'.

It felt weird to have Maddie, of all people, hate the Orlando's.

Annie didn't handle the news too well either. She broke off the 'ask out Hayden' mission just because Johnny and I had a falling out.

She had this whole fight with Johnny and just walked out on him.

She said she wouldn't ask Hayden out if it meant working with Johnny. But I knew she was dying to ask out Hayden, so I gave her approval to team up with Johnny. 

I really didn't mind, it wasn't like I was talking to him. I was just glad that I had a friend like Annie, one that would stand up for me no matter what. She's always there for me and I'm lucky to have her.