lungs

part 35

(i just realized that there isn't a part 32. lol sorry guys!)

i read his text and left him on open. i don't wanna go downstairs to my parents and siblings, basically my whole family.

not after-

wait

i forgot to tell joey about my decision. god damit. i'll just tell him tonight, no worries.

i put my phone in my back pocket and put the hoodie of joeys sweatshirt on top of my head. i open back up my window and i step out and climb down the tree.

i walk to the front and see jeremy and jacob. jacob sees me and smiles. "hey." he puts his arms out, asking for a hug.

i hug him back. "hi."

i feel comfortable hugging jacob. they're different from joeys but they're warm and caring. but also, you know, he's gay so i know the hug doesn't mean anything to him.

he pulls back and i look at jeremy. i smile, "hi."

he smiles back and chuckled, "hi."

"did you come from your window?" jacob asked, chuckling a little.

i shrug as we began to walk, "yeah, why not."

jeremy and jacob laughed and we walked down the sidewalk to go to jacobs development.

jeremy was on his phone looking at funny videos then he started taking videos of me on his phone.

i covered my face with my hands. "no, stop." i said laughing, "i look bad right now, jeremy."

he scoffed and then stopped recording. "no you don't." he looked at the video and laughed, "hahah look at this."

he showed the video to me and i gasped. i looked so bad in the video. "delete that!" i begged.

he showed jacob the video and jacob laughed. "you don't look bad in it, anna."

i crossed my arms and looked down, pretending to pout like a dog.

jeremy swings his arm over my shoulders. "awe is someone sad?" he asked.

i pushed his arm off of me. "you dweeb!" i laughed and yelled at the same time.

we laughed again all at once. soon we were just walking and looking at things on our phones.

"who's ready for christmas?" jacob asked, "i want santa to fill me up with snow."

i wheezed and laughed at the same time. "you do too?" jeremy asked.

wait is jeremy gay just like jacob? and does he know that jacobs gay?

no he isn't

"what do you guys think you'll get for christmas?" i asked them.

they both shrug, "i just want money so i could buy skins on fortnite," jeremy said.

i playfully rolled my eyes, "typical." i looked at jacob. "what about you?"

"gifts, duh." he said with sarcasm.

"oh." i made my lips go into a straight line, "love that for you."

jeremy looked at me, "well what do you want, anna? the james charles palet?"

i scoffed, "no, i barely even wear makeup dumbass." i said, "i'd probably just want thoughtful stuff from my family and friends."

the fact that i know now that my family isn't going to be with each other for christmas just breaks my heart. every year we would open presents together, and it just crushes me that now i know it will just be me and my mom.

"you good?" jacob asked, putting his hand on my shoulder, "you just zoned out."

i look at him and realized that i lost my train of thought. "oh yeah, sorry. i'm just like really tired."

we soon approached jacobs house. we go up to the porch and we stand there in front of the door, waiting for jacob to open it.

"just don't like be like, extra. my sister is sick and she doesn't like loud noises at the moment." he said, with his hand on the door nob.

we both nodded and he opened the door. we walked in and i looked around. his house was nice, and also big.

a girl comes from the kitchen with a blanket around her shoulders and her hair tied up in a messy bun.

"hey caroline." jacob said, the girl must be his sister. jacob looks at jeremy and i, "this is my older sister." she does look older than jacob in a way.

she rubbed her eyes and let out a soft smile. "hi." she looked at all of us, i could tell she was tired and also sick.

jacob looked at us, "follow me." he said, before he started walking up the stairs.

we followed him to his room. his room had posters all over his dark blue walls. he had posters with old music artists on them.

i sat down on his bed and so did jeremy and jacob.

"you guys wanna play fortnite?" jacob asked us.

i shrug, "i don't care." i said.

"hell yeah." jeremy said, what a dork.

they hooked up the play station and put on fortnite. jacob signed into his epic account and they started playing.

i sat there watching them play. i was get getting bored by every minute that went by.

i get up from the bed and look around the room. i came across a picture of jacob and joey when they were smaller.

joey was so cute when he was smaller. i just wanna squeeze those cheeks.

my phone buzzes in my back pocket.

joey
1:55
"hey"

speaking of him

me
1:55
"hi"

joey
1:56
"what are you doing?"

me
1:57
"i'm at jacobs house with jeremy. jacob and jeremy are playing fortnite while i'm bored as hell."

joey
1:58
"can i come with you?"

i look at jacob and jeremy. they're so into the game that they're not even paying attention. they probably won't mind joey coming over. he could probably not make me bored.

me
2:00
"yeah sure"

joey
2:01
"ight i'm coming"

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who's your guys favorite character in the book so far?