New Town New Life

Alone Again (7)

I wake up slowly because my eyes hurt from crying from last night. I check my phone to see a text from Jack.

Jack: Kate please it was a mistake ik i messed up bad but i promise i will never touch a drink ever again just please don't give up on me

I just ignore it and decide to take a shower. After my shower i choose something to wear. I decide to wear black ripped jeans with a black long sleeve crop top. I go downstairs to get something to eat for breakfast. I look on the table and there's a note from my mom. It says 'Had to leave quickly this morning i have to go on a buisness trip for two weeks i'll be home as soon as i can. Behave for me please. I love you'. I leave the note to sit there. I make myself a bowl of cereal and while i'm eating i hear the door bell ring. I groan and go to answer the door. I open the door to see a sad looking Jack. I didn't say anything. "Kate please let me talk" he begs. I still stay quiet. "I never meant to do that to you i should have never drank i should have never let myself do that" he says desperately. "I'm sorry Jack" i say as i shut the door. I go back to the kitchen and just stare at my food for a minute before picking it up and throwing it across the room. I start crying and start cleaning up the broken glass. I finish cleaning up and decide i should do something to get my mind off of things. I grab my black Nike shoes and put them on. I walk outside and start walking to the cafe. After about 5 min i arrive at the cafe. I go in and get a vanilla capiccino. I get my coffee and find a seat. I sit there looking through instagram. I notice at the corner of my eye a group of kids walk in. I glance up to see who it was and of course it's who i don't need bothering me right now, Black Dragons. I continue going through instagram hoping they didn't really notice me or for once just ignore that i was there. But again of course i see them start to walk my way. "So i see Jack got turned down by the new girl in town" Frank says as he chuckles with his friends. I just sigh and continue scrolling. "Hey! I'm talking to you" he says again getting angry. "And i wasn't speaking to you" i say as i finally look up at them. "I really don't like your attitude Kate but this isn't why i came over here. I was just saying that my sensai saw what you did to Jessica and me and he wants you to stop by our dojo and maybe think about joining us. You're really talented and you don't deserve to be at that loser dojo" he says. "I don't deserve to be in any dojo. So thanks Frank but no thanks. I'm done with karate" i say standing up. "Alright but that's your lose. You're throwing away a chance of being a member of the best dojo in town" he says. I just walk passed him and out of the cafe. I then decide to just go walk around the mall. I walk around the mall by myself for like an hour. When i went around a corner i see a group of friends. Specifically Jack and his friends from the dojo. I just try to act like i didn't see them and try to walk by without being noticed but i immediately fail. "Kate" Jack says trying to catch up with me. I just keep walking still acting like i didn't see or hear anything. Then he grabs my arm and yanks me into the dojo that is right in the same complex. He turns on the lights and walks back to me. "What the hell Jack!" i say. "Kate you've gotta finally let me talk" he says with a desperate face. "No i don't" i say turning around to leave. He grabs me by my arm. "Listen please, just for a minute then you can just run away if you want but at least let me talk" He says. I stay quiet gesturing for him to talk. "Okay last night i really wasn't planning on doing anything with you i really wasn't, but i guess i just kept on going to get another drink i didn't realize how bad it would have turned out. If i knew that was gonna happen because i was drunk i wouldn't even had a sip of anything. Please Kate I really like you, like a lot and i can't stop thinking about you, your just stuck in my head. And i don' think i can live with myself if you stay mad at me" he says. "Jack, you knew my trust was shallow. You knew how easy it was to hurt me. I just don't wanna risk my feelings again i already was risking it dating you i don't need to risk it by taking you back" i say. "You don't have to take me back. I don't really deserve you but i at least wanna be friends and maybe one day you'll give me another chance" he begs. "Jack i don't know..." i say unsure. "Please Kate" he begs more. "Fine. But no acting different. We are gonna act like friends and act like nothing ever happened" i say giving in. He jumps up and hugs me tight. "Thank you Kate, I won't let you down. I promise" he says still tightly hugging me. I start feeling the butterflies from before so I pull away from the hug before they can continue. I just smile a little bit trying to hide my true feelings. I end up joining them with walking around the mall area. We were walking and having a great time until i hear someone behind us say something to Jack. "How does it feel to be a perv" Franks voice says following with laughs from his friends. We all turn around to be faced with them. "Go away Frank" Kim says. He chuckles and ignores Kim's comment. "We all knew Jack wasn't as perfect as he tries to act" Frank says. "Frank leave him alone, your just mad because he's always been better than you with everything" i jump in on the conversation. He looks over at me and his face of joy in the situation fades away. "So you like pervs Kate?" he says walking closer to me. "You take him back because let me guess, he made a big apology that he didn't even mean, and he begged for your forgiveness and you were dumb enough to believe him. Am I correct?" He says right in front of me now. Jack pushes him away from me. "Get the hell away from her she didn't do anything so if you want a problem with her your gonna have to deal with me" he says. Frank looks at him angrily. "This isn't over Brewer" he says as he walks away with his friends following after. "Thank you Jack but i can handle myself" i say. "I know but you don't deserve to be hated on for what i did, that's my fault and i should take the responsibilities for it" he says smiling. I smile back at him as we keep walking through out the mall. It was starting to get late so everyone parted ways to go home. Me and Jack end up walking together since we live right near each other. We part ways when we get to our houses. We say goodbye and i go inside my house. I take off my shoes and go make something for myself to eat. I also notice i haven't seen my brother in a while. I pull out my phone and text him asking where he is. He texts back a few minutes later telling me he's staying with a friend for a while. I just shrug it off and continue to make food. I eat my food and sit on the couch. I turn on the tv and watch my favorite show for a while. A little later my eyes felt heavy and i eventually fell asleep. I wake up hearing loud banging at the front door. I stand up slowly and tip toe over to the door. The banging stopped. I look through the peep hole but i see nothing. I slowly open the door and look out. No one was there. I step out onto the porch and take a look around. No one was even around. I turn to go back inside but stop when i see something very disturbing. There is a squirrel nailed to the door all bloody like someone just killed it. I scream and run inside. I lock all the doors and windows. I go back to the living room and call Jack. 

Jack: Hello?

Me: Jack can you please come over something is going on and i think it's Frank trying to mess with me

Jack: I'm on my way. Are you okay?

Me: I'm fine but please hurry and be careful

Jack: I will I'll be there in a second

Me: Okay thank you

Jack: no problem

We hang up and i wait sitting on the couch for him to arrive. He lives like right across the street so he won't take that long. A couple minutes later i hear a knock at my door as i jump a little, I calm down when i realize it Jack. I open the door and let him in. I lock the door again and we go sit on the couch. "Why the hell is there a dead squirrel nailed to your door?" he says shocked. I don't know. I heard banging coming from the porch then when i went to look no one was there and then that was there" i explain. "Frank I'm guessing" he says with a little bit of anger in his voice. I just stay in silence. He notices my expression and calms down. "Hey" he says lifting my head up with his finger. "It'll be alright he's just being a jerk, he probably only did this to scare you" he says still looking me in the eye. "Are you sure?" i say. "I know this seems bad but i don't think Frank would go any further" he assures me. I smile and nod as he pulls me into a hug. "Please don't leave" i say. "Won't you're parents mind" he says. "My moms out of town, my brothers at a friends house and my dad isn't around anymore" i say as we pull away from our hug. "I'm sorry i didn't mean to-" he says but i cut him off "Jack it's fine" I say. I smile at him as he looks at me worried. "I'll stay with you" he says. "yayyy" i exclaim. "Sleep over!" i yell. We both laugh. "What do you wanna do first?" i ask. "What do you mean?" he says. "When people have sleepovers we always do stuff like paint nails..." i say smiling at him. "You are not painting my nails" he says as we laugh. We finally decide that we were gonna get some snacks then watch a movie. We walk down the street to the closest store that is open this late. We got a bunch of skittles and M&M's, chips and pop. We got back to the house and started watching "Greater". We decided we would also order a pizza some of the money that my mom left me before she left. "I love football" i say as we are watching the movie. (The movie is about football). "Me too" he says still focused in on the movie. "Do play?" i ask. "Yeah, actually I'm trying out for varsity in a couple weeks when try outs start" he says looking at me. I smile in return. We go back to watching the movie. A couple minutes later the doorbell rings. "Pizza!" i say running over to the kitchen to grab the money. I go to the door and open it but it's not the pizza. "Hi Kate" Frank says with a creepy smile. "What the hell?" i say to him.