The End of Me

Chapter 2

Today was Tuesday and I was actually looking forward to school. I got up and brushed my hair and teeth. I put on a floral knee skirt and a white v-kneck. I went downstairs and grabbed a bowl and put cereal in it. After I finished I washed the bowl and drove to school. I saw Jack getting off the bus and walked up to him. "Hey."
"Hey, so there's this party Friday, everyone's gonna be there, you're invited. Taylor knows an old abandoned house and were throwing a small party."
"Cool, yeah, I'll be there."
"Great." We walked to first period together and he walked off. "Bye, see you in third." I waved and walked in to first period to see Taylor already there.
"Hey Taylor." I said trying to soften him up. "I heard about the party."
"Who told you? Or who invited you, I should say."
"Jack, why? Is there a problem?"
"Oh, nothing, it's just, you see, I don't like you."
"Ouch." Jack Gilinsky pokes my arm, but I shake it off.
"Okay, what is your deal? Why are you so mean to me?"
"I just told you, I don't like you."
"But why?"
"Because you're, actually I don't know. I just don't like you."
I roll my eyes because that is the stupidest thing I have ever heard.
The bell rings and school starts.
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"Maggie, I found out why you hate bio so much." I say sitting down at lunch.
"Yesss." She says taking a chip from her tray.
"Do you have Quincy for history?" Kaitlyn asks me.
"Yeah." I nod taking a bite out of my sandwich.
"I hate him."
"He's not that bad to me, he just hates everyone else."
"Hah, wait until you have him for a while."
I laugh and turn to Johnson.
"I'm not sure if I can come to the party Friday."
"Why?" He scrunches up his nose all tiny. Then turns to Taylor.
Taylor is silently having a party over there because I might not be going.
"I just don't know if I can come. I think I have somewhere to be." Johnson's on to me.
"Taylor." Taylor stops having a mini party. "You told her not to come didnt you?"
"I never told her not to come."
"Whatever." Johnson turns to me. "Come, it'll be fun. I promise."
"Okay." I say as the bell rings and I start walking off.
"Wait up." Maggie hustles over to me.
"He likes you."
"What?" I say looking around. "Who?"
"Johnson. It's obvious."
"I don't know Maggie, I just met him yesterday." I start walking off again.
"Just think about it." And with that we go our separate ways.
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"Hey mom!" I say walking into my house.
"Hi baby." She kisses my head.
"There's this party I wanted to go to, on Friday."
"Be safe."
"Okay, what's for dinner?"
"Grilled cheeses. I'm tired."
"Okay." I walk down the hall and a picture catches my eye and I stop. It's me and my dad. He died when I was 6.
I start walking again and grab my phone. A text from Kian.
Yo, I'm skipping tomorrow, want to come?
I reply:
Kian, I can't just skip class.
K-
Fine, buzz kill.
I roll my eyes and take down my braided hair. I jump in the shower for 15 minutes and my mom knocks on the door. "Honey, dinners ready."
"Okay." I shut of the water and dry myself off. I go back to my room and put on some pajamas and walk downstairs. "So any more of Grier boy?" I say smirking to Jenna.
"Actually yeah, we were partners in lab today."
"Is he cute?"
"Oh yeah." She smiles. "Any boys for you?"
"No. There's this one that my friend thinks likes me, but no, no boys for me." I laugh and finish my sandwich. I wash the dishes and go upstairs. I go on Instagram and check my feed. Everyone followed me but guess who. Taylor.
I fell asleep and dreamed about Jack. Weird.
~~~
"Tenley, wake up." My mom shakes my shoulders and I rub my eyes. "It's a snowy day, schools cancelled. I'm still going to work. Love you."
She walks out and I lay my head back down on the pillow.
My phone rings and wakes me up. I look at the clock, 10:00.
"Hello?"
"Hey, so you coming with me today?"
"Where are you Kian?"
"In your driveway."
"How did you know where I lived?"
"Lucky guess." I laughed.
"Give me 10 minutes."
"Can I at least come in?"
"Nope." I hung up my phone and put on a jacket and some jeans.
I went outside and got hit with a snowball. "Hey!"
He rolls his window back up and honk the horn, gesturing for me to get in.
I get in his truck and we back out of my driveway. "Glad you finally decided to meet me."
"Shut up Lawley." I say smacking his arm.
"Where are we going?"
"Well, I figured we could get starbucks, then play in the snow."
"Sounds awesome." I say smiling. We go threw the drive through and get out coffees.
We drive to the snow play area and I throw a snowball at his head and the snow gets stuck in his brown, shaggy hair.
"Not cool, bruh."
I laugh. After about an hour we got cold so we went back to my house and I let us in. Jenna was upstairs in her room on the phone with Hayes, I could hear her.
We build a fort in the living room and watch Netflix for the rest of the afternoon in front of the fireplace.
~~~
At 6 o'clock my mom came home and Kian left about 30 minutes later. I jumped in the shower. I came out and put on pjs and socks. I went downstairs and sat at the dinner table. Tonight we were having Ravioli. My mom told me she had already eaten, but it didn't look like it to me. I didn't push it though.
"So, Jen, I heard you on the phone with Hayes."
"Would you shut up about Hayes?" She smiled.
"Nope."
"Who was that boy you were with, your boyfriend?"
"No, that was Kian, I literally met him two days ago."
"I see sparks."
"How would you know, you were in your room on the phone all day."
"Whatever, he's cute."
"Whatever, stick to boys your age." I say getting up and washing my plate. I head upstairs and she stops me.
"How do I know if a boy likes me?"
I thought about it for a while, "if he'll go to any extent to make you happy, even if it means showing up his friends, then he likes you." And I realized, at that moment, that Maggie was right.
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A/N
Hey guys! So I have an idea and I need to publish this story more often and write more often and I can't continue to do that with both this book and my Jack Gilinsky Fan fic, so I've decided I'm switching things around. I will be publishing this story everyday and I will publish that other one every other day. It's just honestly too much work to do both. And don't think I've forgotten about my other one, I kinda have writers block but I've got an idea and I'm editing, so I need time to do all that, so please work with me here.
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