The Ghost Of Us (HWGA sequel)

Ignore

I wake up to my phone ringing and I groan. I put it on silent and turn over ignoring it. I pull my blanket over my head and then my phone rings again.
I groan reaching out bad grabbing it, and I see Sam's name. I stare at the ringing screen, and all the memories of last night's party came back to me and the anger slowly seeps back into me. I put the phone down ignoring the call again. I push my sheets off and sit up and watch as his name disappears when the ringing stops. Then a bunch of text messages pop up and it just makes me roll my eyes.

"Do you always have to be such a bummer?"

That sentence runs through my mind, over and over again. Just reminding me of how he acted.

"You don't always have to be the boring one."

Bummer, and boring. Is that how my own boyfriend thinks of me!? It almost brought tears to my eyes, but I swallow the pity away and shake my head. I'm fine, and crying is not the option here. If he knows me, he knows I need my space. So he better give it to me this weekend, because I didn't want to talk to him.
I get out of bed and head to the bathroom.
I wash my face and brush my teeth and then go back to my room, I grab my phone and since it was only 9:30, it was time for a coffee.

When I get downstairs I hear some talking from the kitchen and I walk in to see my dad talking to Lila and Luke. They all notice me.
  "Morning!" They say.
  "Hey, morning," I reply. "What're you guys doing here?" I ask walking over and hugging them.
  "Jo," dad laughs.
  "You don't want us here!?" Lila jokes and I laugh.
  "No, I'm just wondering," I say and go over to the coffee machine.
  "Just came to see you guys," Lila answers and dad and Luke continue talking and Lila walks over to me. "How's it going girlie!?" She asks and grins.
  "It's going," I shrug.
  "Teenage issues!?" She asks. "I miss those days."
  "Yeah," I laugh.
  "How's Sam?" She asks and I almost roll my eyes at the mention of his name.
  "Don't know," I mumble.
  "Don't know!?" She asks. "That's never a good answer," she gives me a look. "You guys good!?"
  "Yeah," I lie. "We're... I'm just annoyed of him right now," I admit. It was Lila, she was my second mom basically, so I was never scared to tell her things.
  "What did he do!?" She shakes her head.
  "He's just being a guy," I admit.
  "Well, isn't that the statement for every single guy," she rolls her eyes.
  "It's fine though," I mumble not wanting to talk about it again. I was already pissed off as is.
I finish making my coffee and she nods.
  "Well, if you ever need to rant about boy problems, come to me. I've been through enough to know!" She says and I laugh.
  "I know, I will," I nod grabbing my coffee. "See you?" I say and head out the back door to sit outside.

I heard the sound of sirens once I walk out back and I go and sit down at the table. I put my coffee down and pull out my phone. I see 2 missed calls and Ike a billion messages from Sam.
I ignore them and go onto my phone and go through some social media apps that I don't really care about. Then I get a message and Andrew's name pops up.

ANDREW: hey bestie!

ME: how do you do!?

ANDREW: I do fine, how about yourself!?

ME: Eh, could be better...

ANDREW: wanna hang out!?
ANDREW: I could come over or something?

ME: yeah sure
ME: I'm literally never busy. So why not lol

ANDREW: cool! I'll be over in a bit then

ME: yeah! See you soon

I put my phone down and grab my coffee looking around the backyard.
I still had a boiling anger toward Sam right now. But I wouldn't let him affect my whole day. He can think about what he did and realize how shitty it was.

Minutes later, I hear the back door open and I turn to see Andrew there with 2 coffees in his hands and he smiles.
"Hey!" He says.
"Hey," I reply. "You didn't have to bring coffee," I say and he walks over sitting down across from me and handing me a coffee.
"I wanted to, I didn't want to deal with Jo pre-coffee," he adds and I laugh rolling my eyes.
"Whatever," I mumble. "Thanks," I add.
"So, hows it hanging!?" He asks and puts his feet up onto the table.
"It's hanging low," I mumble. "Today's one of those days."
"Yeah," he nods. "Anything from Sam!?" He asks.
"Yeah, a couple of calls and texts," I shrug. "I'm not answering him right now," I tell him.
  "Ah, good ol' silent treatment," he said. "That always works," he adds. "One time I ignored my dad for 3 days because he called me stupid, this was like when I was 5... by the way. But it worked amazingly," he says and I laugh.
"Wow, inspiring story," I nod and he laughs.
"Shut up! I was close to my dad, it was hard to do for 3 days!" He waves me off.
"I'm not judging Geez," I say and he sighs.
  "So..." he says.
  "So..." I reply.
  "You want to play video games?" He asks. "Unless you want to sit and enjoy the sunlight..." he makes a weird face. "That's not like you."
  "Let's go," I laugh standing up. "I actually hate the sun," I add grabbing my coffee and we head back inside.
  "Makes sense. Your soul is dark, I don't expect you to like much more than that," he chuckles and I push him back.

Everyone was still in the kitchen when we walked in.
  "We're gonna be playing video games. Call if you need me," I tell them and we walk to the living room.
Andrew drops onto the couch and I grab the remotes and pass him one as I set up the game.
  "Which one are we playing?" He asks as I sit down.
  "Which one do you wanna play?" I ask. "Either way.... you're getting your ass beat!"
  "Oh, you absolutely wish!" He scoffs. "Game on Carter."
"Game on."

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Andrew spent the whole day with me. It was nice to have his company while I was angry at Sam. Just a little distraction from him and how he has been an asshole. It was hard to ignore him, but I did because he deserved it. I got more texts and calls from him, but I hit decline and didn't even open the messages.

It was later that night that I was sitting in bed and didn't know what to do. I was just thinking about life, Sam and Andrew. Those were the thoughts circling in my mind.
Life is crazy. Sam is annoying. Andrew is a really good friend. There was something really comforting about him. Speaking of friends... I haven't talked to Austin all day! Is he alive!?

ME: hey! Where have you been?

I get a reply within seconds.

AUSTIN: was just gonna text you!
AUSTIN: how are you!? I've had a hangover all day and I'm been in bed hbu?

ME: I'm fine, I didn't drink or anything, so I'm good.
ME: just been bored since Andrew left.

AUSTIN: Hanging out with Andrew and didn't invite me!? RUDE!
AUSTIN: kidding!
AUSTIN: hang tomorrow!?

ME: yeah for sure! Where tho?

AUSTIN: idk and idc
AUSTIN: just need some bestie time!

ME: sameeee
ME: text me tomorrow morning and we can figure it out

AUSTIN: yessir!
AUSTIN: I might pass out soon... I'm exhausted. So...

ME: well okay! Talk to you tomorrow :)

AUSTIN: love ya :)

ME: love ya!!

I put my phone down and sigh still bored out of my mind. I look around the room and go to my window. I remember saying to Sam a while ago when we fight he should just come over for our late night ritual. I wouldn't have gone out... but not seeing his car out front was even more upsetting.
I wonder what his excuse will be.

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A/N

Short chapter :/ hope you still enjoyed! Xx.