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When Janelle moves to California, she must part with everything she had.
Especially her best friend, Jack. But what happens when fate br...
"Lucky Charms or Coco Puffs?" I asked myself while looking at cereal.
I honestly had no idea why I was looking for cereal, but I needed something to get my mind off of Jack. I continued walking down the isle until I came to the supply of Apple Jacks. I sighed, why does every little thing remind me of him?
I looked away from the cereals and continued walking with my head down. My thoughts kept drifting, blocking the outside world out. Suddenly, I felt a sharp pain in my stomach, knocking me down. It felt like I got ran over by a car, but then I looked up.
To my surprise, I saw a brown haired, blue eyed boy. He held his hand out, pulling me back onto my feet.
"Omg, I'm so sorry. I wasn't playing attention to where I was goin-" I cut him off.
"It's fine, really. I wasn't paying attention either." I looked up at him and he looked at me.
"Janelle?" I head voice call to me. I looked over at the grocery cart that had ran into me. I couldn't believe me eyes.
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Earlier that day...
I was casually sitting on my couch, watching Disney Channel (I'm still a kid at heart). My phone started buzzing like crazy, I looked down at. I had a repeated notification from Paige.
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I rolled my eyes and opened up Instagram. There was a long chain of messages from Paige that I couldn't ignore. It was a post from some Instagram profile. I opened up the post, and there he was. Right in the middle of picture.
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It was him. The curly haired friend I lost so long ago. It was true, he is in a band. I couldn't contain myself, I was proud and mad at the same time. He really didn't tell me? I know we haven't talked in so long. I honestly don't know why I'm so surprised that he didn't tell me.
I clicked on the band Instagram. It had two other photos on it. One being the same as I saw on Jack's insta yesterday, and another black and white picture of the five boys laying on the ground. I rolled my eyes. It's actually happening, Jack is actually in a band.
My stomach started growling, I realized I haven't at anything all day. I got up and went to the kitchen, there was nothing that looked satisfying. I decided to grab my wallet and car keys and drive off to the store to get some food. I left a note for my mom on fridge since she will probably come home when I'm still shopping.
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And that's how I ended up here. At the local grocery store, face to face with my worst nightmare.
"Jack?!" I shouted.
"You two know each other?" The blue eyed boy said.
"Who are you?" I snapped at the boy Jack was with.
"Nellie, chill. He's my friend.."
"My name is Janelle, you got it right the first time." I said annoyingly.
"But I always call you Nellie."
"Not anymore." I looked straight into Jack's eyes, letting him know that I was not happy.
"I'm Daniel, thanks for asking." The blue eyed boy said with a nod.
"Nice to meet you. I'm Janelle, as someone has made clear." I rolled my eyes staring at Jack.
"Listen, Nells-" I cut him off again.
"I said you can call me Janelle, only my friends can call me Nellie." "But I am-"
"If you were my friend you wouldn't blow me off and forget me."
"I'm gonna go find the other boys..." Daniel said awkwardly.
I turned around and started walking away. I wasn't dealing with this right now, not here. I could feel Jack watch me, giving me the chills. I turned back around to see his head down low. Even though I was mad at him, I could tell he was hurt.
I started walking back towards Jack with my arms crossed.
"I'm not gonna pity you, that's just stupid." I snapped.
"I wasn't asking for you to pity me." Jack mumbled.
"Then why are you facing down like that. I know we haven't talked for over a year but that doesn't mean I can't tell your signs." Jack looked up at me.
"Listen Janelle, I'm sorry."
"Sorry for what. Ignoring me, blowing me off? Do you have any idea of how hurt I was because of you? I have spent hours everyday this past year, hoping you would come through to me. I have cried myself to sleep plenty of enough times where I can't cry anymore. You weren't there when I need you most, Jack. You lied long ago when you said you wouldn't forget me, but I guess you did. I don't think sorry will work this time." "You won't let me explain, Janelle. And it's not like you have done any better."
We finally made eye contact. I mean, it's true. This entire time I have been complaining about him, but really I have been doing the same. Not once did I congratulate him or wish him a happy birthday. I'm such a hypocrite.
I sighed, "Yea yea, I guess it's true. But at least I never had anything to share, you didn't even think about telling me about this band of yours." "What do I have to tell? Obviously you know what social media is, why can't you just go there instead?"
I hesitated a bit, "Because, Jack. I thought that you would of been a decent friend and at least texted me something. You know I'm not the kind of person who is online 24/7."
"Do I Janelle? Do I really?"
He was right. We haven't talked in so long, I guess he really doesn't know me anymore. I sighed again, with tears starting to run down my face.
"I thought you said you couldn't cry anymore." Jack said sarcastically. I let out a little laugh. "I know you probably don't want to see me after this, but my bandmates and I are going live tonight. I would love it if you joined."
I looked up at him, seeing a smile begin to form on his face.
"Yanno what, Avery. Maybe I will." We looked at each other with large smirks on our faces, a classic of ours.
