Stick Together

Shane

"Do I really have to go?" I practically whine to Blake and he rolls his eyes at me.

"Yes, now get in the damn car." He curses at me.

I frown and slide in the backseat, and yay lucky me. I got stuck beside Jes.

Jes smiles at me but I just ignore her. I know that I'm most likely hurting her by ignoring her presence but she got all touchy feely with Joey yesterday, and completely forgot my existence.

And she's utterly clueless if she doesn't see the way Joey looks at her.

I look at Blake who's in the front seat, where Jes is supposed to be, "Switch seats with me."

He glares at me nodding his head towards Jes who can hear every word I'm saying but I don't care.

I shrug, "No." He says.

I slouch back into my seat and cross my arms over my chest. I know I'm acting immature but I'm pissed at Jes right now, and she's the last person I want to sit next to. 

After a long five minutes we pull up to a resturant called Danny's Diner. Really, this was their 'special place'?

I scoff as Jes' eyes light up in excitement and she gets out of the car, practically running into the building.

"Someone's excited." I mutter under my breath and Brook slaps me.

"What the hell, Brook?" I ask her.

"Could you at least try to be reasonable with her? It's not like she can help how Joey feels about her." She says and walks in the small diner with Blake.

Her words shock me as she leaves me standing out there, and I just stand there quietly, thinking to myself.

I mean, I guess she's right, but that doesn't mean Jes had to act the way she did with him yesterday. All happy and shit.

I just shake the feeling off and walk into the diner.

I have a right to feel this way, right? Right. I finally agree with myself before sitting down at the table silently, ignoring everyone's stares.

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"Remember the time, you almost tripped down the stairs because you spilt your hot chocolate?" Joey asks Jes as they talk about their previous encounters.

I roll my eyes as she nods, "That was so embarrassing."

"But it was hilarious." Joey says.

Eye roll.

"It was not! I practically fell on my butt in front of everybody."

Another eye roll.

Joey starts to say something but cut shorts when I finally stand up, not being able to take this any more.

"I'll see y'all later, I've suddenly lost my appetite."

I look over at Jes and notice she's giving me a puzzled look to which I roll my eyes once again.

I storm out of the diner and take out my phone to call my mom.

She picks up on the third ring, "Hello?"

"Hey, ma." I say.

"Hey, baby. How's the mountains?" She asks me.

Horrible. But instead I answer with a positive answer, not wanting her to worry about me.

"It's fine, I guess. I miss home." I tell her honestly, well, at least the last part was true.

"We miss you too, sweetie. But you'll be home in a little under seven days." She tells me and I mentally sigh.