winter breaks || m.e.

10

ch. 10 ; girlish giggle

Jade

omg. omg. omg. im kissing matthew espinosa. my fourteen year old self is screaming. and so is current me. he pulled away, and his eyes were still on my lips. this is awkward.

i pulled from his grip and took his hand.

"we should probably get back, this was supposed to be a family day," i chuckled pulling him out of the water.

matthew took this as a chance to twirl back to him, and we were close again. oh, how bad i wanted to kiss him again. but i shouldn't. i can't. he was just having sex with another girl last night.

"no matthew, let's go," i said letting go of his hand and walking towards the exit of the beach.

i grabbed my phone and his keys on the way out, and he grabbed his phone before jogging next to me.

it was a quiet walk. he took my hand again, and intertwined our fingers. where the hell is this coming from? he wasn't ever like this, not even when we were best friends.

i went to the closest boardwalk store and used apple pay to buy us both towels. we were dripping and i don't think he would like his car wet.

so on the way back to the car, we used the towels to dry ourselves off before getting back into the car. it was completely silent and nobody dared to break the tension.

-

we arrived back at the house. i didn't see kristen's car, so i didn't think they were back yet. i always end up alone with matthew.

we were just sitting in the car alone, nobody got out or spoke. the radio was turned off from the start. matthew was just staring at the garage and i was just looking down at my hands.

"jade, can we please just ta-"

"we should probably go inside, my hair is wet, i should dry it," i opened my door and got out before he could lock the doors and trap me inside there.

i hurried into the house to my room. i wasn't going to face matt for a while. i don't even want to remember that the kiss ever happened. nobody can know.

maybe talking to shawn will get my mind off it. actually no. he's probably too busy.

i heard a knock on my door.

"matthew, go away," i didn't want to talk to him right now.

"it's theo," he tugged on the doorknob.

i quickly got up and walked toward my door to unlock. once theo came in, he locked the door and opened up his arms for a hug. i instantly hugged him back. sometimes my brother sucks and other times he's better.

"so i heard what happened," he trailed off.

"matthew told you?" i questioned.

"well he told kristen, who of course told me," he explained.

i really have a thing for staying quiet.

"do you like him?" my brother asked out of the blue.

"no! never!" i think i'm lying.

"maybe, i need to talk to him about the kiss," i pulled away from theo's hug and started to unlock my door.

"no jade, he's probably busy right now," theo told me.

weird.

"busy doing what?" i chuckled starting to walk towards matthew's door.

then i heard giggles from his room. it was definitely a girl. then i heard him.

"you're beautiful, baby," i heart matthew say followed by another girlish giggle.

i didn't even want to think about what was happening in there. i turned around to see my brother with a sorry look on his face. i just took a deep breath and shook my head. i walked back towards my room and didn't open it for anybody. i fell asleep and hoped i could stay that way forever.

-

it was wednesday, three days into my first week and i hate california. well not california itself, but my life in california.

"jade, let's hang out!" dylan walked into my room.

"really? just you and i?" i asked in excitement.

it felt nice being able to hang out with somebody other than matthew or theo. or my parents.

"yeah of course! we can go get some coffee and go to a movie," he told me.

"ah yes! let me just get ready," i began pushing him out to get ready.

though, i hate it here, i'm going to make it worth it.

-

i was in the car with dylan, he took kristen's car and we began driving towards starbucks.

once we got there, dylan opened the door for me and i claimed a table while he ordered for us. i scrolled on my phone while i waited for dylan to come back. i heard somebody sit in front of me, and i found a really funny meme.

"dylan, look at this meme," i laughed before looking up.

not dylan. it's-

-

Matthew

"dude, it's weird that we always meet up at starbucks, you don't even like coffee," cameron began.

i heard the bell ring meaning somebody just entered. my eyes trailed over to the entrance to see who just entered. it was jade. she was with dylan. maybe it's time to make my next move.

"matthew, i just asked you a question," jack gilinsky said.

"sorry didn't hear it, what is it?" i asked obviously distracted.

"do you want burnie back yet? i think he misses you and i'm over my ex now," he said

maybe jade likes dogs. would burnie impress her into bed with me?

"matthew, listen," jack johnson said.

i wasn't paying attention. i was too busy watching jax sit in front of jade. i think the fuck not. i began to get up.

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