All I want (twenty one pilots fanfiction)

Chapter Eightteen

Debby guessed she could just tell me. Just tell me …what..? I felt my curiosity grow, along with my confusion.

"So yeah, uhm, Josh told me most of the story, but Tyler knows that I know it. We've also talked about it, actually." Debby continued. "About a year and a half ago, Tyler got a girlfriend. Leigh. They were really cute together, and according to Josh, it was a great relationship. They took it slow, Josh told me that Tyler took their relationship serious, and didn't want to rush things. I mean, I guess he didn't feel the need to rush it either, whatever. Anyways, Tyler and Leigh spent a lot of time together, and they were together for a little over a year. That's when I met Josh, so I hung out with Tyler and Leigh too sometimes. They were really chill, not showing too much affection in public and all that, but they matched greatly."

My emotions were mixed right now, still confused, still curious, and also, a little jealous. 'Whyyyy Jenna. Why are you jealous. Tyler and you are just friends.' I thought to myself. 

"I actually liked Leigh a lot. She was funny and we could talk about anything, that included Tyler and Josh." Debby was relaxed while telling the story, but I could see that she wasn't extremely comfortable, since she didn't look at me a lot, but at her hands or Josh's bed spree. "So a few weeks or months later, Josh and I were sitting in his room, Josh's room that is, and we were just talking and all that, when Tyler stormed into the room, having a panic attack or whatever. Tears were streaming down his face, breathing fast, all that. He basically was completely devastated. Josh was off course shocked, and I kind of was, too. So when we asked what was wrong, we found out that Leigh had been cheating on him. Big time. The bitch.” Debby didn’t only sound upset, but also radiated it with her body language.

“But… what?” I started. “I mean, why the frick would anyone cheat, especially on a person like Tyler. He’s so sweet and all that.” At that, Debby shrugged her shoulders. “How did he find out about it? Did she just tell him?” I asked. “Oh Gosh, if only it were that easy. No, or basically, yeah, in some way, she did tell him.” Debby said. My confusion grew, and I guess it was visible on my face. Debby saw it and continued telling me the story. “Leigh got pregnant.” She dropped, like a bomb. “She got pregnant from some dude, who also was in college, but a year higher than Tyler and her. I mean, it couldn’t possibly have been Tyler’s, he barely even kissed the girl on the lips. So yeah. When Tyler found out, he just broke down and drove straight to Josh’s. It was honestly terrible to see him like that.” I nodded understandingly and looked at the clock. The boys had been gone for about 10 minutes. “And if it wasn’t bad enough already, about a week later, just when Tyler started feeling slightly better, she decided that it was necessary to tell everyone in school that Tyler got her pregnant and then left her with their unborn child.” I looked at Debby in disbelief, she nodded back to confirm the truth. “Holy shit.” I said. “Yeah, I know. I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but Tyler’s self esteem has never been to high, that’s what Josh said. Having a girlfriend raised it a little, but he never felt, like, extremely good about himself. The poor dude. After this happened, it got pretty bad. It’s part of the reason he dropped out of college, actually. So yeah, it’s extremely hard for him to trust people, especially in that way, you know?”

I wasn’t sure what to say, so I just nodded. I thought for a second, Tyler didn’t seem like the most confident guy indeed. I thought he was just extremely shy, which is also true… “I would’ve never thought all that…” I said quietly. Debby looked at me and said: “Yeah, he’s been through quite a lot. Blamed himself for all of it, horrible. He hasn’t really dated anyone since. Only talked to his close friends and family, barely making any new friends, I guess you’re the first one he’s opening up to a little, since all that. But I don’t know, maybe he’s not ready to date anyone again…” At that, I felt my heart break a little. ‘Jenna, stop acting so pathetic. It’s not like you had any chance with him anyways, and you’re not into him either.’ I forced myself to think. ‘And you’re not going to start falling for him, because you’ll only get hurt and’