Life's Too Short To Even Care At All

Chapter 2

Sebastian waltzed into his room that evening, dumping his satchel on the desk and throwing himself onto his bed. Emily was nowhere to be found, but Sebastian was still too incredibly pleased with himself to notice. Surprisingly, the Warblers had collectively agreed that Sebastian should be the new head... although some were a little harder to convince. Sebastian was pretty sure that he was in David's bad books, if he hadn't been already. Sebastian had also been picked for lead solo at regionals. Life was pretty great.

Suddenly, he sat up and pulled his phone out of his pocket, seeing that he had a text from Emily.

"Gone to Jeff's, be back later," Sebastian read out loud, adding an irritated sigh on the end. He stuffed his phone back in his pocket angrily. It seemed as though his girlfriend was always at Jeff's. He tried not to get annoyed by it, Jeff was her best friend, and if it weren't for him, he would have never met Emily. But Sebastian was pretty sure that no-one would be particularly happy with their girlfriend spending her time with another boy, especially someone who probably hated his guts. He turned on the TV and began to wait impatiently for his girlfriend to return, occasionally throwing impatient glances at his the door and his phone.

Meanwhile across the school, Jeff and Emily were in hysterics. Jeff's room-mate, Nick, had just fallen over, and in doing so landed face first on the floor. He stood up flustGered and stared at them disapprovingly.

"Stop laughing! I'm telling you stop it!" Nick huffed like a small child, practically stomping his feet and whining. It did not help Jeff and Emily's situation however and it just spurred them on until the point that they were nearly crying. They eventually calmed down, and Emily took the chance to check her watch.

"9pm, I've got to go," she said out loud, before jumping off of the bed and opening her arms for a hug. Nick embraced her first, giving her a little tug of her hair as payback. Jeff was next to hug her, grasping her tightly in his arms and allowing her to snuggle deep into his neck. He pulled away soon, offering a high five which Emily accepted gladly.

"See you later Em," Nick and Jeff said, watching her walk out of the door, and then sitting back down on their beds.

Emily soon arrived back at Sebastian's dorm. She knocked on the door twice, and waited for her boyfriend to answer. He answered immediately and dragged her into the room after him, swivelling around to face her as they reached the centre of the room.

"Where have you been?" he questioned. Emily looked back at him terrified, as her hands wringed together nervously. She knew what was coming.

"I was at Jeff and Nick's dorm," she mumbled quietly.

"I know where you were," Sebastian spat maliciously, "I meant what were you doing?" Emily looked back at him confused. First he had asked her where she had been, and then changed his mind and asked what she was doing. He really was sending mixed signals.

"We just hung out".

"Of course," Sebastian replied, not believing her for one second.

"What's so hard to believe?" Emily spoke.

"What's so hard to believe Em, is how you spend more time with Jeff than you do with me," he spoke, saying Jeff's name with disgust.

"I always spend time with you Seb, and even if I didn't, Jeff is my best friend, without him you would have never have met me," Emily replied more confidently, but began to regret her actions as soon as she had spoken. Sebastian looked at her coldly, before moving slightly towards her, so that their faces were inches apart. He grabbed hold of her wrist tightly, digging his nails deep into her skin.

"If I find out that you've told him anything," Sebastian threatened. Emily whimpered as Sebastian's grip tightened on the last word.

"I haven't," she snivelled. Sebastian let go of her.

"Good," He paused to pull down Emily's sleeve and cover up the red marks on her wrist which he had created, "Let's keep it that way".

Emily woke up early the next day. She had had no nightmares, as she had barely got any sleep. She had shared her bed with Sebastian that night as she always did, but they had no contact during the evening, not even a friendly good-night. Emily sat up further in bed, noticing that Sebastian was getting dressed already, and remembered that today they were meant to be going to his cousins wedding, three hours away in Parkson. He had only his trousers on, and was about to button up his shirt when he notice Emily was awake.

"Morning," he spoke calmly, "We're leaving at 8". Emily nodded slowly as she got out of bed and walked over to the dresser. As she walked past Sebastian, he grabbed her by the arm and pulled her into his chest.

"I'm sorry if I scared you last night Em," he spoke quietly, "I just get really jealous when you spend all of your time with Jeff". He pulled away and looked at her apologetically, his hands staying on her shoulders. Emily was tempted to mention that spending time with Jeff was a rare treat nowadays compared to how much time she spent with Sebastian. She cherished the times when her and Jeff would hang out, even if it did irritate her boyfriend.

"I'm sorry," he said slowly, looking at her expectantly. Emily knew what he wanted, and it killed her to know that she would have to agree, for fear of what Sebastian may do to her.

"If it makes you feel better..." Emily paused as she had an inner battle with herself, "I'll see Jeff less often". Sebastian beamed, before kissing her passionately. He really was manipulating. He had managed to get his girlfriend to not see her friend anymore, all by giving his best puppy dog eyes.

"You know I love you right?" he laughed walking away and continuing to dress him self.

"Love you too," Emily spoke quietly, although, with the way she said it, not many people would believe her.