Everything Changes

Chapter 4

"Macy and Jessica" I answer them.

"They weren't even at school today. And what reason would they have to do this to you?" Jake asks me curiously.

"Because Coach gave me Macy's spot on the varsity team. They showed up at the end of practice and Coach blew up on them. Neither one of them were very happy with me." I say with an aggravated tone.

"Congratulations, Kenzie. That's amazing!" Chris says as he wraps me up in a hug

"That's awesome, but I doubt Jessica had anything to do with it." Jake says with a frown on his face.

"Well, if you would've been there you would believe me. Besides, you're just saying that because she's your fuck buddy" I say with disgust. Turning to look at John and Chris I say, "I don't know what I'm going to do now. I was supposed to go get some groceries, and now I won't even have a way home."

"You can ride with one of us if you want, we are going to Jake's house. And we can run you to the store real fast and get a bite to eat." John says to me

"Are you sure? I don't mind walking if I have to. I don't want to ruin y'alls night." I say looking up at John.

"No you are fine, we aren't supposed to do anything until 7 anyways, so you're giving us something to do instead of just sitting around." He says back.

"Well, if you don't mind then okay. Thank you! I will go and call someone and see if they can fix my tires today since I only have one spare." I say to the two boys.

"Don't worry about that either. My dad owns a car shop so I can get you a discount and they'll send someone out to help for free." Chris says.

"You really don't have to do that, I can call myself." I say looking up at Chris with a frown.

"Seriously, it's all good. I'll just go call my dad real fast while John goes to get his car." Chris says as he pulls out his phone.

"Thanks Chris." I say giving him a small smile.

"Well, I will see you guys later when y'all drop her off." Jake says in a strange tone as he walks off without glancing back at us.

When John pulls up in his challenger, Chris walks back up to us and says his dads on his way with new tires. I climb in the back and let Chris sit up front. "You guys are seriously the best. I am sorry if I ruined any of you guys's plans today. I'm almost out of groceries and everything with my car." I say putting both of my arms around their shoulders from the back seat.

"Stop thanking us, you are our friend and we wouldn't leave you stranded or to starve" Chris says with a smile as he turns up the music.

About 20 minutes later, we pulled up to Pizza Hut and get out of the car. The waitress takes us to the back and sits us in a booth. Chris sits beside me and John in front of us. After ordering our drinks and what pizza we want, we go to the salad bar and grab a salad. After eating and laughing, we decide to go to the grocery store and then the boys would take me to my car and follow me home.

At the grocery store, I pull my list out of my bag and apologize to the boys promising to hurry. After getting milk, bread, eggs, and some fruit and veggies, I decide to get the  rest later when I am alone so they don't have to wait. After checking out and putting everything in the trunk with the help of the boys (even though it wasn't much), we head back to the school to pick up my car.

Finally arriving home, I walk over to Jakes to get my things out of Johns car.

"What took y'all so long, and why is she walking over?" I hear Jake asks them rudely.

"Dude, chill. She's coming to get her groceries out of my car" John answers in a slightly aggravated tone.

"Oh, umm okay." He says scratching the back of his head.

As I walk up closer, I act like I didn't hear what they were talking about. I grab my things out of his trunk as I say bye to them before walking back to the house. 'I don't get why he is being this way all of a sudden?' I ask myself.
Walking in the house, I go to the kitchen and start putting things away when my phone rings.

*Unknown Caller*
I decline the call and decide to text Caleb to see if he wants to hangout.

After an hour of waiting for a reply, I decide to just head up to my room. I Bluetooth my phone to my speakers and play "Imagine" by Ariana Grande and decide to do a few workouts. I throw on my sports bra and leggings and crack my bedroom window. I start stretching and singing when I hear a bunch of hooping and hollering from outside. As I look down, I see Chris, John, and Jake standing in Jakes driveway with the basketball in their hands as they look up at my window.

"Y'all are a bunch of pervs looking into a girls window" I say laughing at them

"Keep Singing Mack!" I hear Chris say

"Umm nooo I'm good" I say back with a blush.

"Why would you want her to continue to sing, she sounds like a dying whale." I hear Jake mutter.

"Fuck off Jake, y'all have a wonderful night." I say as I slam my window down. After about an hour of working out, I go take a shower. When I come back to my room, I hear my phone go off. When I walk over to the bedside table, I see that it is Jake who sent me a text message.

"Hey, look out your window." I was skeptical at first, one because Jake never texts me, and two, its nearly 11 at night. Despite these things, I walk to the window. Looking down from my window, Jake is standing with his hands in his pockets, looking up at me.

" What do you want Jake?" I say once I open my window.

"I just wanted to say that I am sorry for how I treated you. I should've believed you." Jake takes his hands out of his pockets and and swings them together.

"Believe me about what?" I say, completely confused as to what he wants.

"I should've believed that Macy and Jessica slashed your tires. And I'm sorry that I didn't." He says to me.

"Why do you believe me all of a sudden?" I ask. He looks down at his feet.

He sighs and looks back up at me. "Because after I left school, I met up with Jessica and she kept gloating about how she slashed your tires."

"Oh." I say, unsure what to say next. "Well thanks for believing me I guess."

"By the way, I just thought you should know that when she told, I stood up for you. I told her that we were done." He says.

"You shouldn't have had to break up with her for something that she did to me. But thank you Jake. I appreciate you for standing up for me." He smiles up at me.

"Goodnight Kenzie." He says, turning on his wheels and walking towards his house.

"Goodnight Jake." I softy say as I close my window.