psycho | jaeden lieberher

twenty eight

I run out of the book store, in a state that I could cry any second or I could kill someone any second. Maddie is still in the bathroom, so I text her saying I'm waiting outside. I don't really know what to do but cry, so I let a few tears out while waiting for Maddie. After about thirty seconds of tears dropping like rain from my eyes, Maddie runs out of the bathroom, probably understanding my text was an sos rather than just an update text.

"Corinne, what's wrong?" Maddie hugs me when she realizes where I am. We hold each other in the hug for a minute, all while I try to urge the tears to stay in my eyes. 

"I-I-I saw Jaeden and-" I try to explain in between small sobs, Maddie automatically gets it though, almost like she read my mind.

"Oh my god, that dick!" She shouts a little too loud, but I don't stop her. "It was Emily Skinner wasn't it?"

I nod, "How'd you know?"

"She's always staring at him in gym. Did you see them kiss or something?"

"No but she was like all over him..." I continue to rant explain to Maddie the whole lying-about-plans situation and the touching hands and legs thing. All while tears continue to stream for no good reason. 

"Ok well I don't want you to pull a Maddie or anything and dump him before you know the facts, so I say we go get you candy and I'll drop you off at your house and you take a nice bath and just chill." Maddie says supportively. We walk to her car and she lets me use the aux cord as we drive to my house. She drops me off and I unlock the door to an empty house, forgetting it's my parents date night. I watch Maddie drive away out the window, since her parents developed a weekday curfew for her after she slept of Jack's for three nights straight with no word. 

I take a bath like Maddie suggested, then eat the candy we bought while watching Netflix. At 9:30 my parents still aren't home, which leaves me completely alone with my moms car in the garage. I decide to use this opportunity to take a drive around town, hopefully get my mind away from thinking about Jaeden. Driving in silence has always just made my head hurt, so I put music on quietly just so something is going on. I sing alone sometimes, or I just listen, and I kind of just let myself go wherever. Before I know it I am making a u-turn, going right back to where I started.

"Corinne? What are you doing here?" Jaeden opens the door after I knocked three times. I figured that since the bookstore was closed and everything he'd be home, but I guess I'm kind of mad that I was right. Because now I find myself standing at Jaeden's front door in pajamas with wet hair, maybe about to cry.

"I need to talk to you." I stare up at him.

"Want to come in?" He kind of moves out of the doorway, but I grab his arm to keep him here,

"No, just here." I mumble, not even sure what to say. I open my mouth, completely ready to just close it turn away and walk back down the sidewalk to my house.

"Ok, what did you want to talk about?" He tries to lower my hand from his wrist to his hand, but the second I feel his moment I jolt my hand back.

"Do you like Emily Skinner?" I blurt out, completely not sure what I'm even doing in front of his house.

He sighs, but I can't tell if it's because he got caught or because I'm being crazy for asking. "Of course not." 

"Then why didn't you tell me you were going to be with her tonight?" I sound like a whiney bitch, I hate sounding like that.

"I didn't think I had to tell you everything..." It almost comes out of his mouth as a whisper, like he is scared to say it. 

I don't mention how he lied to me, I don't mention anything else about Emily. "Are we together? Like boyfriend girlfriend."

"I don't know."

And that was it. I turn around, walk down the sidewalk, get back in my car while still wearing pajamas with my wet hair falling into my face, I start the car, and I drive to someone who I at least know will pretend to want me.

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this chapter is literal shit i'm sorry

i'm in a really romantic mood because of my richie pic (go check it out its called i love you)

so that's why this is so shitty

but like the drama needs to happen so yeah

i might come back and fix this chap when i'm in a breakup mood but probably not lol