vexatious (infuriating sequel)

chapter sixty-four

"you know what i'm talking about!" he spits at me and my eyes go wide.

"corey?" i ask. he can't possibly be talking about that, there's no way he'd be relentlessly angry about that.

"what the fuck? no, the pictures! did you do it just to spite me? fuck that!" he yells and i almost collapse at his aggression. he rushes to my side to hold me up, probably realizing that he is yelling at the wrong person. i clearly have no idea what he is talking about.

"you don't know?" he asks, his voice calmer but the anger still not lost.

"no..." i trail off, standing up and dismissing his helping hand. that was rude.

"oh..." he sighs, pulling his phone out and scrolling until he finds the post he was looking for, turning his screen to me. "i'm sorry i... i am just... i thought you..."

"it's fine."

to my surprise, two pictures of colby and i kissing are posted from a random account. "what?" i ask, my eyes wide.

"andro!" katrina calls urgently from downstairs.

"yes?" i call back to her.

"there's pictures you need to see!" she yells.

"i see them!" i respond quickly, fighting the urge to cry when i see the first response to the tweet.

i knew they were dating, i hate her

"what the fuck..." i groan out quietly. this can't seriously be happening right now.

"you didn't post them or send them to anyone?" he asks me, putting his hand on my side and letting it rest there peacefully. even if i did, i sure as hell wouldn't tell him after he just screamed at me for it.

"i didn't," i sigh. i quickly grab my phone from my pocket, rushing to change my passwords on everything.

"did they hack your icloud?" julia's voice sounds from seemingly nowhere.

"maybe," i sigh, making that my new task. i quickly log everyone out of it, including myself. i change my password as quickly as my hands will allow me to, and make sure that it is secure before setting it back in my pocket and looking up at the group of people that have formed around me.

"well shit," jake comments first, breaking the silence. "what are you guys going to do?" corey asks, and i feel everyone in the houses eyes on me.

"i don't know, there isn't anything we can really do, it's kinda obvious now," colby shrugs. i wish we could've worked things out before having to deal with this.

"maybe you guys should just make a joke out of it. if you don't make it a big deal, neither can they right?" admittedly, jakes suggestion makes the most sense. if we simply laugh it off and don't speak about it any more, surely it will blow over.

"maybe," i shrug. colby wraps his arm around me when he notices the way katrina and julia are staring at us with curiosity burning in their eyes. could this be any more awkward? we haven't even talked since last night and now i have to find a way to make our relationship public without it being a big deal?

"andro you should tweet something vague, like well shit, people will be looking at your profile. good way to gain followers, i guess." i know aaron is just trying to make this feel better than it is, but knowing the pictures that we took in chicago on my childhood bed are on everyone's phones now, is simply a hard thought to digest. i don't want to tweet, i don't care about gaining followers. i don't want to live in colbys shadows, i want to deal with this on my own. isn't that the responsible thing to do?