- what am i • daniel seavey • ✔︎ -

-chapter 43-

[Jack's POV]

"Do you want to come over later?" Ellie asked me through the phone.

"Sure!" I responded while taking my pop tarts out of the toaster.

"Ok I'll see you then!" Ellie said. "I love you Jacklyn." She giggled. I let out an exaggerated sigh, but replied with the same thing.

"I love you too E. Bye." I hung up, and started to eat the chocolate pop tarts. Then, I got a FaceTime from Zach, and answered it.

"Can I come over?" He asked immediately. I laughed, but nodded. "Ok bye." Just as quickly as he had called, he had hung up. I finished eating my poptart, and put the wrapper in the garbage can.

I hopped up the stairs to my room, and turned on my Xbox and tv. My family was out of town, so Zach and I would have the house to ourselves. A few moments later, Zach arrived, and we headed up to my room.

He brought a 24 pack of Mountain Dew, and some wings. I grabbed some paper towels, so we wouldn't get the controllers dirty.

We spent the next four hours playing fortnite and call of duty. We were interrupted by a text from Ellie on my phone.

Messages
E♥︎

Hey are you coming soon?

Yeah yeah
Zach and I are going to finish up our game and then I'll be there

Ok hurry

I pocketed my phone and we went back to playing.

"No! No! No!" Zach screamed as he got shot multiple times. "No!" This time he extended the vowel, and his character died.

"Shoot, me too." I joined in as well, when I died. "Well let's be done, I have to go to E's house." I spoke and set down the controller. I grabbed the tv and Xbox remotes, and was just about to press the power buttons, when Zach stopped me.

"Just one more game please! I'm going to beat you in call of duty this time." He said.

"This that a challenge I hear?" I faked a British accent.

"Yes indeed mate. Yes indeed." Zach faked it too. I set down the remotes, and picked up my controller again.
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We were two games in, and Zach still hadn't beaten me.

"One more game!" He coaxed and pressed the start button. I nodded, and we delved into the world of fortnite.

This time, after screaming loud enough to break windows and burst ear drums, Zach finally beat me. I now changed the mode to teams, and invited Corbyn, Daniel, and Jonah to play against us. We secured our headsets over our ears, and began talking and playing.

Five minutes in, Daniel was already dead, and Jonah was halfway there. Zach and I hadn't even taken a bullet. We were just too good.

"We are the champions, my friends. And we'll keep on fighting til the end. We are the champions, we are the champions! No time for losers, cause we are the champions, of the world!" Zach and I sang in harmony over the headsets. I thank Queen for making that song.

"Shut up." Jonah groaned. They would never hear the end of this one. Jonah, Corbyn, and Daniel usually beat Zach and I in fortnite, but not this time.

I glanced at my phone, only to discover I had 6 missed calls from Ellie and at least 13 texts.

"Oh oops. I've got to go guys." I said. They responded with byes, and I shut down the tv and Xbox. "Zach get out of my house." I joked around, as he was still in my room.

"Wow, you make it sound like you didn't invite me here." He rolled his eyes but followed me to the door. We put shoes on our feet and walked out.

"Exactly, I didn't." I replied bluntly. "You did."

"Oh right." Zach face palmed himself and ducked into his car. "Bye Jacklyn!" He said, rolling down his window and then his car zoomed out of my driveway.

I shook my head at his bad driving, and got into my car. I "carefully" pulled out of my driveway, but then sped up and drove the same speed as Zach. I was late, one of Ellie's biggest pet peeves.

I knocked on her door, and was met with an angry girlfriend.

"Hi E." I said with a little wave. I had never seen her angry before, ever. I didn't even know she got angry.

"Do you know what day it is?" She asked, surprisingly calm.

"Tuesday?" I answered, but it came out as more of a question. She pursed her lips, and took a deep breath.

"And what happened seven months ago?" Ellie asked again, with an obvious fake smile. My face fell, as I remembered. It was our seven month anniversary. We always spent almost the whole day together on our anniversaries, but I had gone and messed it up.

"E, I'm so sorry." I whispered, running my hands through my hair.

"You should be." She scoffed.

"I-I." No words came out of my mouth. I was speechless. I looked up as Ellie reached her hands up behind her neck. She undid the clasp from the necklace I had gotten her. I gave her that when I asked her to be my girlfriend.

"Here Avery." She took my palm and placed the necklace in it. Ellie turned to go, but I stopped her.

"Wait. Are you breaking up with me?" I asked, dumbfounded. She nodded, still not turning to face me. I felt a silent tear slide down my cheek.

"Bye Jack." She said quietly and then closed the door.

I stood there for a few minutes, reviewing over and over in my head what had just happened. Were we not right for each other?

I slowly walked over to my car and got in it. I drove home, almost in a daze. I arrived at my house, and went inside. I slapped myself on my bed, and pulled out my phone. I needed to text her.

Messages
E♥︎

Can we still be friends??

Yes
I'd like that
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Bet you weren't expecting that! :)

Emma's POV next...I'm kinda excited for this next chapter just because of the significance :)

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