winter breaks || m.e.

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ch. 2 ; see u soon

Jade

i'm sure they're just joking around. right?

"so what do you think of the gift?" my dad asked.

"yeah, what do you think of the gift?" shawn repeated with a shock expression still apparent on his face.

"i need to talk to shawn really quick," i flashed a quick smile before dragging shawn by his wrist to my room.

he shut the door behind him before taking a seat on my messy, unmade bed.

"matt. as in matthew-" shawn began

"espinosa. our matthew espinosa," i finished.

"woah, that's crazy. are you ready to see him again?" he asked with genuine curiosity in his voice.

"uh no!" i practically blurted.

i began pacing around my room, anxious as hell right now.

"jade, just sit down. c'mon, let's talk about this," he patted down a seat next to him.

i walked over and plopped down next to him. i began taking deep breaths and closed my eyes. shawn put his arm around me and pulled me closer to him. i leaned into his chest and just relaxed there for a bit. his other hand was playing with my hair.

"jade, if you don't want to go, you don't have to," shawn softly spoke.

"they already bought the tickets. those are expensive, shawn. i don't think they can get refunds," i argued.

"maybe it's time to face him. it has been a while, he is your best friend after all," he argued back.

"you're my best friend, shawn. three years. he left me for three years. don't you remember the first few months after his last phone call?"

"jade, i know. i know you were hurt, but maybe he has a valid explanation," shawn said.

"he doesn't care about me anymore. all he does is party and make out with girls. that's not my best friend. i don't want to spend my birthdays with him again," i was beginning to choke back on some tears.

i used to spend my birthdays with matthew and shawn. we were like the three musketeers. it was amazing.

"then confront him. release your anger. show him what he left behind," shawn spoke up.

i just took a deep breath and just sat a little longer with him. just a little longer.

-

after five minutes, shawn and i decided to go back and thank my parents for my gift. when we got to the stairwell, i heard my family talking.

"i don't think she likes the gift," my mom said in a sad tone.

"she's probably just nervous to see him, it's fine," my brother, theo reassured my mom.

"yeah, it has been three years after all," my dad backed up theo.

i decided to walk back into the kitchen before i could hear anymore.

"thank you mom and dad. it's an amazing gift, and i love it," i lied.

shawn was right, maybe it really is time to face matt.

"i'm glad you like it honey!" my mom pulled me into a hug.

i hugged back.

"well you better start packing soon, saturday is only two days from now,"

i began choking on air.

"um, what?" i said regaining my composure.

"well, your mother and i thought, why not spend winter break with the espinosas?"

"winter break is a month though," i said in disbelief (my winter break is just like a week long, but theirs is a month for the sake of the storyline, don't attack me - ya girl)

"i'm sorry dude, your girl is gonna be gone for a month," theo patted shawn on the back, harder than usual.

"she's not my- um- she's just a frie-," shawn stumbled over his words.

my brother and i shared a weird look before reverting back to the original problem. a month with matt espinosa.

-

it was saturday. it was four am, and shawn offered to drive my family all the way from virginia to philly for the airport. what a true friend.

"are these the only ones? please say they are," shawn pleaded trying to balance all four of my bags.

"repeat after me, shawn. a month. one month," i exaggerated.

he shook his head carrying my bags to his car. i followed him downstairs to see my entire family ready to go. winter break will sure be memorable.

-

we were only two hours into the drive and both of my parents were knocked out in the back, and my brother was just on his phone listening to music on his airpods.

"i'm going to miss you," shawn began.

"i'm going to miss you more,"

"impossible," he held my left hand with his right.

"what do i say, when i first see him? 'hey, thanks for leaving me on read for three years' wow what a conversation opener, right?" i laughed at myself.

"you'll be fine. you'll know exactly what to say when you see him. make sure to call me a lot, but not too much, because i want you to enjoy youreself, but not too much either," shawn put his turn signal on, taking his hand away from mine and putting his hand back on the wheel.

"mmmh," i said closing my eyes and leaning my head on the seatbelt.

suddenly, my phone dinged from a notification. it was an instagram dm from-

@matthewespinosa: see u soon

holy fuck.

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a/n

i hoped u guys enjoyed this chapter. don't worry we'll see some of matthew really soon. please leave a vote, follow, and recommend to friends! also leave suggestions of what i can fix, please. until next update!

~ ya girl