lungs

part 36

as i'm sitting on jacobs bed, i hear the doorbell ring. jacob and jeremy finally noticed something besides the enemy's on the fortnite game.

i know that it's joey because he doesn't take long to be at places when i'm there.

"i'll get it." i said, getting up from the bed and about to leave the room.

jeremy looked at me and nodded. "okay."

i open the door and make my way downstairs to the front door. i open the door to see joey standing there in his champion hoddie, one of his other favorite hoodies besides the one i'm wearing right now.

he looks at me wearing his sweatshirt. "is my hoddie comfortable?" he asked.

i blush, "yea."

he smiles and i move out of the way of the door frame so he could come in. i know that it's kinda rude to invite someone into someone else's house but jacob and joey are basically best friends, depending on that jacob has a picture of joey and him in his room.

i lead him upstairs to jacobs room and open the door. jeremy looks away from the game and looks at joey, he looks annoyed in a way. joey noticed it too but just let it slide.

joey and i sit down on the bed, i finally get to be not lonely. "jacob it smells like sweaty balls in here." joey said taking the neck line of his hoddie and putting it over his nose.

jacob scoffed, "no it doesn't dumbass." he said, "anna does it smell like sweaty balls?"

everyone looked at me with a questionable face. how am i supposed to know what sweaty balls smell like?

i playfully shook my head and chuckled. "what does sweaty balls smell like?" i asked.

"like this room." joey jokes, and low key putting his hand on my thigh.

"it doesn't." jeremy said sternly.

someones a n g r y

i could tell jeremy wasn't enjoying joeys company, and i could also tell that joey wasn't enjoying jeremy's company. either way, they aren't enjoying each other.

"how would anna know what sweaty balls smell like?" jeremy went again.

"she has a 14 year old brother." joey said backing me up in a way.

"true but i never go into his room." i said, kinda going on jeremy's side of this argument but not at the same time. "and why are we even arguing about weather i know what sweaty balls smell like?" i said, trying to end this heated up argument.

"we aren't arguing, it's just a disagreement." jeremy snaps at me, kinda in a mean way.

joey points at jeremy with his other hand that isn't on my thigh, "watch the way you talk to her." he said to jeremy with some anger in his tone of voice.

"what are you gonna do about it, huh?" he challenged, "you going to beat me up like you did to zach?"

i could feel joeys hand getting tense as it was on my thigh. i look at his face, he wasn't looking at me, he was looking at jeremy with his jaw clenching.

i look at jacob, he was just as concerned as i was about what was to happen.

i go to joeys ear, "it's fine." i whispered.

joey didn't listen to me. he stood up from the bed and got in front of jeremy. he's taller than jeremy a little, but he got really close to his face.

my heart is beating fast right now because i don't know what joeys going to do. i look at jacob again, i wonder if he can hear my heart beating.

he sets down his controller and stands up, "look guys, i think it's time for all of you to go home."

joey looks at jacob, "now you shut up!" he said, "everyone is trying to mess with anna." he said again.

"nobody's trying to mess with her, dipshit." jeremy said.

joey took a big breath, "that's a lie, i see the way you look at her."

"and? i can look at her anyway i want." jeremy says, taking a step back from joey.

jacob puts his hand on joeys shoulder, "you need to clam down bro." he said.

"no i'm not calming down okay? you're messing  with her too. i saw you hugging her when i was suspended." he says, "i drove by."

so that's why i felt watched when we were hugging.

jacob looked at me and then looked down, he was probably remembering when he told me that he was gay. "it wasn't like that, joey." he said.

"i even saw you guys pinky swear on something. i saw everything. i told you she was off limits." he says.

"yeah, i know she's off limits." jacob said.

"then what were you pinky swearing on?" joey asked.

my heart was beating so fast at this moment that it could probably come out of my chest.

"it's not your business." jacob stated.

"it is because she's my girl, and you have something going on with her." he says. "tell me!"

my girl

i look at jacob, he has his head down. he looks up at joey and takes a deep breath, "i'm gay, joey."

i look at jeremy and his eyes widen. "man fuck outta here, don't ever talk to me again." jeremy says, and just like that, he leaves.