The Bad Boy (Jack Gilinsky)

Chapter Twenty Eight

I spent the majority of the next day waiting for Jack to come over. I didn't know how I was meant to tell him. It seemed like every time we were just starting to become a normal couple, something would get in the way. I decided my only chance of getting my Mom to change her mind was to give her the silent treatment. That would really show her how upset I was. Thankfully Lexi hadn't even attempted to talk to me all day. Which was probably for the best, I would hate for her to have a bruise right before Spring Break.

My Mom barged into my room at around 2pm. "There's a thing called knocking?" I said sourly. "Kendall! why haven't you packed yet? You're leaving in 2 days!" She exclaimed. "I know, but I thought, if I don't pack, there's no way you can make me go" I said lying down on my bed. "Kendall you can either pack yourself, or I'll pack the ugliest clothes you have" She threatened. I laughed at her sad attempt to scare me. "Fine, I'll pack" I said rolling my eyes as I stood up. "Kendall, I know you think I'm trying to ruin my life, but in the long run you'll thank me" She told me before walking out of the room. "We'll see about that.." I said under my breath.

I heard a knock on my door at around 4. I ignored it the first time, thinking it was Lexi. When there was a knock again, I finally gave in. "Who is it?" I called out. "It's Jack" The voice said. I quickly got up, grabbing my crutches and opened the door. "Hey" I said, jumping into his arms. "Hey" He said carrying me over to the bed so I didn't have to lean on my foot. "How was school?" I asked sitting down on the bed. "The usual you know" He said shrugging and I nodded. "How's Sam?" I asked leaning into his chest, "He's better, he seems to remember pretty much everything now, so that's good" He said kissing the top of my head.

We sat in silence for a moment. "Want to go take a walk?" I asked him. I thought it would be better to be in a neutral environment when I tell him. "Yeah sure, are you sure you're okay to with your leg?" He asked frowning at me. "Yeah, we'll just walk to the bench and sit down" I told him. "Yeah okay.." Jack said helping me up from the bed. I told my Mom that we were going for a walk and she was okay with it because she knew why. I limped as slowly as I possibly could, trying to delay what I was going to tell him. Jack helped me onto the bench. Sitting beside me, letting out a deep sigh. He wrapped his arm around me and I leaned my head on his shoulder. "This is great" Jack said during the silence. "What's great?" I asked looking up at him. "Us right now. Nothing's in our way, we're in a good place and it's great. No drama just us" He said leaning down to kiss me. Which only made me feel more guilty.

I kissed him back hesitantly. "Something wrong?" Jack asked, furrowing his eyebrows at me. "I have something to tell you.." I said taking his hand in mine. "What's up?" He said brushing the loose strands from my face. I sighed loudly, giving myself a moment. "This is really hard to say.." I said looking down at the ground. "Babe, it's okay just say it. I'll understand" He said squeezing my hand.

"Okay...When I came home after Sam's yesterday, my Mom staged like this stupid intervention thing...I don't know and she told me that..that after everything that has happened this year, she thinks I should go away for a while" I told him still not able to look him in the eye. "Go away where?" He asked me with worry in his voice. "Like to..emm..boarding school" I said quietly. "Boarding school?!" Jack said loosening the grip on my hand. "Yeah, but it's most likely just going to be for like 5 months or something. It won't be forever and..You can come visit at Spring Break and whenever else we have days off" I said trying to show him it's not that big of a deal. He said nothing, just looked forward into the distant. I gave him a second to reflect on my words but the silence became deafening. "Jack please same something" I said taking his hand in mine.

"I don't know what to say, what do you want me to say?" He said in an anxious tone. "I want you to say that we can make this work. That you'll be here for me" I said starting to get irritated at his lack of support. He sighed deeply. "How could you do this to me?" Jack said raising his voice at me. "What? you think this is my fault? I had no control of this. If anything it's your fault. You're the one who is always getting me into trouble" I yelled back. he stood up abruptly. "Hey! You're accident was not my fault" He said defensively. "I know..I know, that's not the point. The point is I'm going on Friday and I don't have a choice, so what do you want to do about it?" I asked him.

He stayed silent for a moment before kneeling down in front of me. "Run away with me!" He exclaimed at I laughed at how absurd he sounded. "What?" I asked. "Run away with me!" He repeated. "We can get away from everyone, your Mom, Lexi, everyone" He said placing his hands on my knees. "Jack, I can't, my relationship with my family is bad enough as it is. This will make it 10x worse than it is. Besides when they find us, they'll just ship me off for even longer" I said placing my hands on his cheeks. "So this is it? You're leaving me for 5 months?" He asked. "It's not like I want to, please tell me this isn't going to effect us" I asked beginning to get upset. "Look, I don't know. I just need some time alone. To think" He said standing up. "Well I'm leaving on Friday so that doesn't give you long to think" I said. He nodded. "Look I just need some space. I'll talk to you late-I'll talk to you" He said before strolling away. "Jack!" I called after him but he kept walking.

I limped all the way back to my house, barging through the door. "How did he take it?" My Mom asked from the counter. "How do you think?" I said sourly, holding back my tears before going into my room again to pack.

DRAMA DRAMA DRAMA! What do you think will happen next? Will they break up or do you think Jack can wait for her?