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Chapter 4: Crossing a Line

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It had been days and Jayden was getting moodier. Lauren and Ji just couldn't figure out why. Jayden had sunk into a deeper state of depression. "He's getting worse Ji, there's got to be something we can do to help him."

"I'm afraid I'm at a loss at what to do Lauren, the only thing I can think of is having him talk to a therapist."

"You know as well as I do that he won't tell a stranger what's bothering him, he can't even talk to us about his troubles." Lauren looked down the hall and saw Jayden heading into the bathroom with a change of clothes. "He's going to take a shower, that gives me about ten minutes."

"Ten minutes for what?"

"I'm going to see if I can find anything in his room that gives me a hint about what's bothering him."

"You better hope he doesn't catch you snooping around in there."

"I'll be quick." Lauren waited until she heard the shower running before going into Jayden's room. It was all spick and span, he would easily notice if anything was out of place. "Does he spend all his time in here cleaning?" Lauren asked herself. She saw a small red notebook peeking out from under Jayden's pillow. She lifted the pillow and saw the book. "He keeps a journal?" She picked it up and sighed. "I'm going to hate myself for this," She opened the journal and turned to the last page.

"Lauren made me help her decorate the Christmas tree and go to the mall. She and Ji don't understand the concept that I want to be alone. For years all I had was Ji so yeah, I was pretty lonely, but now I have him and Lauren and I'm lonelier than ever.

It's been months since I've seen her, since I've heard her voice, since I felt alive. I need to see her, even if it's just for a moment. I need to tell her in person what exactly she means to me."

Lauren closed the journal and put it back under Jayden's pillow. "Who is he writing about?" She was about to leave when she heard the laptop beep. She looked at the screen and saw Jayden had gotten a new e-mail. Then she noticed his inbox was full of e-mails from the same person.

"What are you doing in my room?"

Lauren jumped with a gasp and turned around. "Jayden!"

"What are you doing in my room?" He asked again.

"I was going to go to the grocery store for some more eggnog and wanted to ask you if you wanted to come with me."

"Why do you bother lying? You know I can always tell when you lie. You were snooping weren't you?"

Lauren shook her head. "No!" She answered quickly. "Why would I do that?"

"Because you and Ji keep thinking I have a problem and you thought you'd take advantage of the short time I'm not in here."

Lauren could see Jayden getting madder by the second. "Jayden I'm sorry."

"Get out," He said giving her a hard look.

"Jayden-"

"I don't want to hear it!" He yelled. "You went too far Lauren. Get out before I do something I'll regret."

Lauren left the room and Jayden slammed the door behind her. She sighed heavily and leaned against the wall. "What did I just do?" She went into the kitchen and sat at the table.

"I heard yelling," Ji said. "I take it he caught you?"

"He did, and he was very angry about it. I don't know how I'm going to make it up to him."

"Did you at least find out anything?"

"He keeps a journal. I read a page from the other day and he wrote that even with the both of us here he's never felt so lonely. He misses someone. He said it's been months since he's seen her and since he felt alive."

"Who?"

"I wasn't sure, but then he got an e-mail. His inbox is filled with e-mails from only one person."

"Who?"

"Emily. Is there something I should know about them?"

"If anything was going on between them I knew nothing about it."

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