Chapter 1
"Nix!" Mina yelled when she saw him swimming in the pool.
At the moment she didn't care who saw her and made up some crazy rumor. She had just begun to love again just to have it taken from her. Seeing Nix alive was the only thing keeping her from completely losing it. The only sparkle of happiness in the all the crap that happened. When Nix saw her he jumped out of the pool and ran up to her. Mina pulled him into a hug. Nix hugged her back.
"What happened Mina?" He asked when they pulled away from their hug.
"Jared's dead and its all my fault." Mina whispered.
She wiped at her eyes when she felt tears starting to manifest.
"Mina, I am so sorry. It's all going to be okay." Nix said while holding her close.
Mina felt a hand on her shoulder and turned to see Brody.
"What happened?" He asked concerned.
Mina couldn't bare the thought of admitting once again that it is completely her fault that Jared's dead. A couple moments of silence passed before Nix whispered to Brody "Jareds dead."
Brody immediately looked over at Mina with a sad expression on his face.
"Mina I am extremely sorry. That is horrible. Is there anything I can do for you?" He asked.
Mina suddenly felt a wave of anger come over her. How dare he act like he cared?
"Yeah, stay away from me. You never even liked Jared in the first place. You have no right to pretend you give a crap. So stay away from me you ignorant jerk." Mina said as she stormed off.
"Give her time." Nix said to Brody before he walked off to follow Mina.
Mina ran up to Jared's locker. She quickly dialed in his locker combination. 7-38-14. She opened it to see Jared's jacket sloppily folded in the corner. She picked it up and held it to her face. It smelled like him. She slammed his locker loudly. The sound echoed throughout the entire hallway. Mina walked quickly down the hallway with her head hung low. She was fighting back tears. Her fast walk slowly turned into a run. She looked down at the dark black floor. It reminded her of Jared's dark black hair. She felt a tear leave her eye and slip to the ground. As she sprinted down the hallway She ran into someone.
"Sorry." Mina muttered and continued quickly walking away.
"Mina wait," Mina heard Nan's voice."Whats wrong with you. People have been saying that they saw you hanging all over Nick and then lashing out at Brody and yelling at him." Nan began to say excitedly waiting to here the whole story. Her smile faded when she saw Mina's face.
"Are you okay?" Nan asked concerned.
"First off, Nick was my best friend at my last school so don't just assume stuff. Now leave me alone." Mina pushed past Nan and quickly walked into the bathroom.
She sat down on the bathroom floor sobbing. Not being able to hold back her tears any longer.
At least Jared isn't here to see how pathetic I am. Mina thought to herself. She wrapped herself up in Jared's jacket. It was the only thing that was bringing her even the slightest bit of comfort. She couldn't help but think regretfully of all the time she had spent hating Jared. Now her heart ached for him. Jared; my lovely, amazing and snarky Jared. Gone. Forever. She heard the bathroom door slowly swing open. Mina looked up to see Nan walking over to sit beside Mina.
"Mina, whats wrong?" Nan said barely above a whisper.
"Jareds dead" Mina whispered as she sobbed into Jared's jacket.
"Mina, I am so sorry. I know how close you two were. Its going to be okay." Nan said as tears started to form in her eyes.
Mina didn't believe that it would be okay but she didn't have the energy to argue. She sat with Nan in the bathroom till the bell went off. Her and Nan slowly walked out of the bathroom. When Mina looked up she saw Ever heading towards her red puffy eyes. Mina could see the anger within them.
"What did you do you stupid Gimp! You killed him! This is all your fault!" Ever spat out with disgust. Before Mina could say anything Ever slapped her. Mina felt her face sting.
"You should be the one that's dead you ignorant bi-" Ever was cut off by Brody who grabbed her an pushed her aside.
"Goodbye." Mina whispered before turningcand running out the door.