Chaos | A Ninjago High School AU

Chapter 20

Jay's POV

I look down at my hands, nervously. Next to me, in my passenger seat, is a bouquet of bellflowers, the first flower Nya ever drew for me. That day, she held several colored pencils next to my eyes in order to get the one that matched my eye color the best. Her enthusiasm towards drawing was and still is so pure.

As she told me that day, bellflowers represent constancy, humility, delicacy, affection, and a love that never ends. They're the perfect flowers to give to her when I ask her to homecoming. If anything, they're going to help motivate me to ask her since I can't back out with the bouquet in my hands.

I was going to ask her at her house, but she sent me a brief message saying she was going to ride to school with Kai today. Hopefully that means they've patched some things up, because I can see how unhappy their bickering makes her.

"You can do this Jay," I close my eyes, motivating myself, before getting out of my car. I text Nya, asking her where she is, but she doesn't respond. I start to walk around the school, searching for her. Even when I check all of our typical spots, she's not there.

When I finally spot her, she is standing by her first period class. She seems sad, her face in a gloomy state. She looks drained. She's typically happy or mad, rarely ever sad, which makes me wonder what happened.

"Nya," at the sound of Cole's voice, I freeze. I'm out of their sight, but I can still see them. He walks up to her, and I can tell she doesnt want to tolerate him today.

"Look Cole, my day has already been crappy enough. I don't need..." she sighs. He hands her a bouquet of red roses.

"After I passed out on that field, I started to reevaluate the importance of everything in my life. Even though it's been hard, I'm nearly 3 weeks drug free, and I have no intention of going back to that. Drugs seem irrelevant now. That experience just highlighted how much I need you in my life," he starts a speech.

"What happened on..."

"I know you were there. Kai told me that you were the first one to reach me, the first one to try to get help. Thank you for that, Nya," he answers her unfinished statement.

"I...was afraid you were going to die," she admits, looking down at the flowers in her hands.

"So was I right before I collapsed. It was the scariest experience of my life, but it really showed me what matters. I know you're going to say you've changed since we dated, but I know you're not the same girl you were freshman year. You've matured. You're self sufficient and confident. You don't take shit from anyone," the last part puts a small smile on her face, briefly. "And I know, a lot of that was forced on you by my mistake, which I still can never apologize enough for. I want a chance to get to know this new Nya, and you can get to know the new Cole. It can be a fresh start for both of us."

"Look Cole..."

"I'm not asking you to be my girlfriend. I just want one date to try again. If it doesn't work out, I'll understand, and I promise I'll stop pestering you, but I just want a chance to prove I've changed," he adds in.

She looks down at her phone, turning on the power. She's met with all of the texts from me and her lock screen, a picture of the two of us from one of our movie nights. She pauses for a couple of seconds, looking down at it, before looking back up at him.

"I have nothing to lose at this point. When do you want to set it up?" her words are like a punch to the gut. I look down at the flowers in my hand intended for her.

I feel like a fool. I thought we had something, that she'd say yes, but now here she is, saying yes to her ex who she's made it clear to that she wants nothing to do with him.