vexatious (infuriating sequel)

chapter eighty-seven

colby

although i expected to wake up to my phone ringing, it's the sunlight beating through the windows that breaks me from my sleep.

i groan a few times, hoping to relieve my agony, before getting up of the bed and finding myself in front of the mirror. i look awful. i slept deeply, but my dreams terrified me.

julia: wtf did u do colby

julia: u have got to figure ur shit out

julia: u have no idea how she's feeling right now

i narrow my eyes on my screen and debate a response. i should yell at her for butting in, but my heart hurts at the last message she sent. did she see my andromeda cry? did i make her cry? she's right, i do need to figure my shit out. but i want to figure it out with her, i don't want to have to leave her to stop being such a fuck up.

me: did u guys take my car home

i know i offered them my car, but i'll be pissed if they actually left me here without a way home. it's an hour drive, i can't walk it. i could always walk back to sams and ask him for a ride, but until i hear from julia i can't do that. if andromeda is still there, fast asleep, i can't go there. i can't face her right now. not after the things she said to me last night. i can't handle seeing her after the way she so cooly let me down. i need more time before i do that.

julia: no. we all stayed at sams

me: how the fuck am i supposed to get home

julia: i'll be there in 10

me: u don't know where i am

i don't want andromeda's best friend to come here just to piss at me for leaving last night. i don't want to hear her opinion on my stupid shit. i don't want to have to deal with any of this. i just want andromeda in my arms right now. i don't need anything besides her.

julia: andro does

me: no she doesn't

i wonder where andromeda thinks i went. she probably filled her poor mind with the worst case scenarios. she probably thinks i went out and fucked some girl. i wouldn't do that, though. i could never do that to her. nobody even compares to her, it'd been an absolute waste of time to even try. i can't run from her, i see her in every girl that speaks to me.

julia: house behind a park?

fuck. so she does know where i went, but she didn't come here herself. she doesn't want to see me, she didn't want to come after me. she might not even want to work this out, and i don't think i'd blame her. i should've never told sam anything, and all of this would've been avoided. i just can't keep my damn mouth shut when it comes to her. i want her all to myself, but i know how fucked up that is. i know i can't steal her away, as much as i'd like to.

julia: be there in 10

i groan and throw my phone down on the bed. i rub my eyes roughly until i am actually awake and pick my stupid phone back up. i shove it into my pocket and leave the dreadfully decorated house. i bet andromeda loves this old lady's decorations, i bet she wants our house to look like this one.