Wildest Dreams [ON HOLD]

❝ it's always cloudy except for when you look into the past ❞

Been looking forward to the future,
But my eyesight is going bad.
And this crystal ball,
It's always cloudy except for,
When you look into the past.

"Thnks Fr Th Mmrs" -Fall Out Boy

The next two days passed surprisingly easily.

Though that was probably because I hadn't ran into any encounters with Jacen and because Dad had worked late most days, so I didn't end up fighting with anyone at school or at home.

Then an announcement on Friday ruined it all.

"Could all seniors please make their way to Gym C for the Future Planning Program assembly," our scretary's voice crackled over the speaker.

Fuck, no.

Future Planning Program...

If that meant talking to Jacen...

Well there goes my good day.

Not that I had expected it to be all that great since I had planned to ask Mom and Dad about visiting Nik today after school. Devon had said he could take me to see Nik, and that he could even open up Nik's list of approved visitors so that I was included, but I still needed parental permission because I was under age.

I could've at least had a peaceful morning.

Maybe he won't be at school today, I hoped as I trailed behind my classmates on the way to the Gym.

That hope was crushed when I walked in to see him leaning against the wall on his phone.

"Find your partner!" An all too cheery girl in a bright orange Future Planning Program T-Shirt instructed me. Seriously, who's this excited about about other people going on road trips?

Oh, and we're supposed to find our partners.

Kill me.

I walked over to Jacen and awkwardly stood beside him trying to avoid getting shoved by the overly excited girl on the other side o me. Jacen glanced up, scowling immediately at the sight of me. "What do you want?"

"We're supposed to be with our partners," I told him.

His scowl deepened. "You're not my partner. I don't have one."

I blinked. "My packet said you were my partner."

"And mine said I didn't have one," he countered.

What the hell?

"They couldn't find me one because I signed up late," he explained.

"You weren't here last year?" I asked.

He shook his head. "I was here, I just didn't think I was going to be able to go."

I moved to stand beside him, leaning against the wall. "Why'd you change your mind?"

Jacen turned to look at me, a skeptical expression marring his face. "Have you decided to be nice today or something?"

"No," I said. I was supposed to make him hate me. "I was just...Bored."

He gave me a sardonic smile. "Why don't you go bother someone else, sweetheart?"

Before I could respond, a guy in the bright orange Future Planning Program t-shirt at the front of the room, silenced the crowd. "Alright I hope you've all managed to find your partners by now," he called, his voice echoing through the gymnasium.