Jade remembered. She remembered their aniversery. Every month, on the twenty-first, Jade got that feeling of sorrow and need. After they broke up, she almost couldn't stand not being with him on their aniversery. She didn't want to be near him, because she didn't know what she would do.
So she wouldn't. Once a month, on their aniversery, she would play sick and stay home from school. She would sit on the couch and watch those sappy love stories in a specific order. Dear John, The Time Travelers Wife, The Last Song, A Walk To Remember, and The Notebook. In order of sappiness. She would sit there crying through each movie, almost like a normal teenage girl. But what she also did was scream at the television about how stupid those girls were. She would yell things like 'You're so dumb! Why would you keep writing to him? He doesn't love you! He's a liar! He's just a big stupid liar! Why would you love him?' or 'You stupid whore! Why would you love some guy who time travels? He's just going to die! Then he's going to keep coming back and playing with your heart! He's such a jack ass!' She would also occasionally throw popcorn at the screen.
Before her sappy movie fest, she would text Cat and ask her to bring her homework after school. She never wanted to get behind in school, but seeing Beck on this day was unimaginable. And today was no different. 3 years and 6 months today.
She was just finishing up watching The Last Song. She was throwing popcorn at the screen and screaming.
"Why? Why would you believe his stupid apology? He's lying Ronnie! Sorry honey but he's never going to love you!" She hit the stop button on her remote and cried into her pillow some more. Then she heard her doorbell ring. She grabbed a tissue and dried her eyes. She got up from the couch and opened the door without thinking. She stood there in pajamas with red eyes and hair that looked like it belonged in the eighties. And she had been expecting Cat to be standing there with her homework and a glass of pink lemonaid for her. But it wasn't. Standing in front of her was Beck holding her homework and a coffee.
"B-Beck." She stuttered.
"Hey." He smiled.
"Where's Cat?" She asked, looking up and down the street quickly.
"Well, she said she had to go home to give her brother his medicine because her mom forgot to, so she asked if I could bring you your homework. She said to bring you some pink lemonaid, but I thought coffee would make you feel better." He handed her the warm paper cup. She took it and gulped some of it while she thought of what to say.
"Thanks." She muttered.
"Mind if I come in? There are some things I thought you might need me to explain." He asked.
"Umm, o-okay." She said, stepping aside so he could step into her house. He took one look at the couch and stopped. She sat down and hugged her pillow.
"Poor baby. Look at this, you must be really sick. There are tissues everywhere, and your eyes are all puffy and red. Do you want me to make you some soup?" He asked, looking around the trashed living room.
"No. I'm fine." She said.
"Why is there popcorn everywhere?" He asked.
"I sneezed while I was carrying the bowl and half of it went flying." Jade mumbled.
"So, umm," Beck cleared a spot on the couch and took out some of his notes, "I thought you might like me to explain some of the things we learned like in, umm, in our movie editing class, they were explaining about elemental effects. Like water splashing or a really big wave or and rock avalance or stuff like that." He said. He went through his detailed notes, and soon realized she wasn't listening.
"And then they send a snake through the camera film, so it eats some of it and thats what gives it the cool effects." He made up. Jade remained unmoved.
"I hate snakes." She said in a monotone voice.
"Jade, you're not listening." He said, setting his notes down on the table. "Do you just want me to call you later and go over this stuff?" He asked.
"Whatever."
"What is up with you?" He asked. She took a deep breath.
"Nothing. I'm just fine and dandy." She growled.
"Jade," He placed a hand on her shoulder, "I know you're not feeling very well, but is everything else ok?" He asked.
"Yeah, I'm great. You should go home now." She mumbled.
"Alright." He kissed the top of her head. "I'm gone, feel better!" He yelled as he ran out the door.
Jade stared at the black screen for a second, then threw a handful of popcorn and screamed some more.
"Why? Why do you have to act like that! Why can't you just get over him? Why are you acting so Stupid?" She cried into her pillow. She got up, switched the discs in the DVD player, and went back to her seat. She carried on the rest of her day as she normally would, but this time she was crying for two reasons.