𝐋𝐀𝐒𝐓 𝐒𝐔𝐌𝐌𝐄𝐑

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johnny's pov
current day

"john, you really need to get out of the house."

i groan. i have heard that sentence all too much in the last week.

"i told you, lauren. i don't want to go out. i'm fine in here. i just finished season three of the office." i reassure my younger sister. the blonde rolls her eyes.

"you're pathetic."

i throw the remote at her.

she ducks, and it lands, thankfully, in the pile of unfolded laundry instead of the floor. lauren sees where it lands and scoffs.

"you haven't even folded your clothes?"

"god, lauren, would you give me a break?! it's been a rough week!"
i snap. she just rolls her green eyes again.

"you've been trudging around all day- scratch that, all week because of your breakup with nadia. there are other girls out there, john! there are other people! you guys were only dating for what- five months? most relationships last longer than that and they get over it quicker than you do!" her harsh words lash at me. anger and sadness both well up in my chest.

"shut up lauren! shut up!" i screech, throwing a pillow at her in rage. the pillow nails her in the face, and she stumbles back a bit.

"you wouldn't even know how it feels. you've never even had a boyfriend, you brat." i yell. she stomps up to me in anger. "whatever, johnny. no wonder nadia broke up with you."

that was the last straw.

i grab her arm and shove her to the floor. she falls back, surprised, and lets out a yelp. once she reorientates herself, she looks up at me from her position on the floor.

"screw you, john." she snaps.

she gets up and runs up the stairs, but i yell up at her, "the only reason you don't have a boyfriend is because nobody wants a little brat like you." she pauses for a moment at the top of the stairs, but then continues on to her room. she storms in, and i catch a glance of her tear-stained expression before she slams her door, rocking the whole house.
thank god my parents weren't home.

guilt nags at me for being so mean to lauren, but i try to brush it off. although her words had been true, i also needed time. nadia and i met and it was love at first sight. when i was around her, i was always smiling, always laughing, always happy. we started dating five weeks after we met, and she broke up with me six days ago.

she said she had to focus on her schoolwork, she didn't want another 'distraction.'
i guess i was just a distraction to her.

she wasn't just a distraction to me, though. call me obsessed, but we hung out nearly every day. i took her to the movies every friday, and we always watched the latest movie, no matter how bad it was. every single friday since we started dating.

i shiver, realizing that this was the first friday in four months that i was curled up on my couch at home instead of out with nadia.

she was my everything. my light, my sunshine, i loved her. she was so kind. she was even kind to me when we broke up, using soft words, sympathetic glances, smooth actions.

i still didn't take it very well.

maybe lauren was right. maybe i need to go out to a party, let loose. to get my mind off nadia.

don't get me wrong, lauren had no place to be so heartless about it, but she was really only doing it for my own good.

i sigh, knowing that i am going to have to swallow my pride and apologize, even though she was just as much as fault as i was. but i really didn't want to go to this party alone. just as i'm about to get up, my phone lights up and starts buzzing uncontrollably. i almost choke when i see the caller id.

calling: mackenzie ziegler.