berkley
a.j. and i headed to my house after school, only because her mom and soon to be stepdad were doing wedding planning. when we stepped into my house, it was dead silent. my brother was sitting in his wheelchair asleep. "percy?" i whispered to my 12 year old baby brother. he slowly woke up. "hmm?" "m gonna take you to your room, ok?" i smiled. he nodded. with that, a.j. and i rolled him to his room. i dimmed the lights and closed the door once he's tucked in bed.
i started to cry. he's s such a perfect little brother, he didn't deserve his fate. but that's a different story for a different time. "hey, berk, cmon it's okay. don't be upset. he's ok, he's ok." a.j. comforted me. i slowly stood up and hugged her. she's been my best friend forever. she knows exactly what to do when am i'm down and i appreciate that.
after hours on end of studying, we decide to go on a late night trip to the 7eleven. I wanted a slushy and a.j. wanted some candy. and yippee ky yay guess who we saw there? the one and only:
taylor caniff.
he was with some guys and they were laughing and talking in the corner by the slushy machine god damn it. a.j. was just as shocked as i was. "what do we do?" i whispered. "i dunno...i guess we have to go over there..." "but taylor-" "i know...we're just gonna have to deal with it yeah?" "yeah i guess." and with that, a.j. and i walked over to the slushy machine. i see the boys and almost collapse when i see one of them looking at me. he's really attractive--i'm surprised he noticed i was in his prescence. i turned away from him and filled my cup.
a.j.
these guys were staring at us like we were meat or something like that. i was disturbed. like really disturbed. but there was this one guy...this one guy who was staring, and i didn't mind it. he was...like...god damn....he was beautiful. his face was face sculpted like a freakin greek sculpture. i can't believe he exists.
"hey, taylor, you know those two?" one of the guys asked. taylor nods his head. "those two are the two sluts of the school man. they've dated everyone around here at least 4 times. except for me of course, i don't roll with hoes." that struck a chord around my heart. i really shouldn't have cared but...wow.
i teared up. i broke. i was so done with all of that shit. i quickly grabbed berkley's hand. "let's go. i can't stay. we shouldn't stay." i whispered in her ear. she nodded and with that we left.
hayes
"taylor, dude, they looked so done with you," matt said. i had to agree. the taller one looked like she was gonna cry. "they're fine espinosa. chill. they deserve it anyway. they always break hearts." taylor said. "yeah man but i think that was a bit too far. especially because they were standing literally 3 feet away." cameron argued. "yeah but they're always less than an inch away from someone's d-" "nooooo don't say it we have hayes standing right there you crap head!" nash over exaggerated. i rolled my eyes. my brother is just too much sometimes.
later that night, i heard soft crying from taylor's room. i knocked on the door, only to be greeted with a "leave me the fuck alone." "hello to you too," i chuckled, walking in anyway. "what's wrong caniff?" "i-i...promise not to tell the guys?" he asked, eyes watery. "you have my word." "i'm in love with a.j. man...the tall girl we say at 7eleven? yeah." wait. hold. te. fucking. phone. "dude then why the hell are you so mean to her?!" "like i said before," taylor said, wiping his eyes.
"they always break hearts."
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