A/N: As always, I don't own anything but the people I put in it and the ideas.
Chapter 7
Jay's POV
We all watched in muted amazement as we saw Jessie break away from Alex and head out of the ravine without so much as a second glance at any of us.
"Well I guess they've broken up for real this time." Luke mused.
"I'll go check on her and see if she is OK." Marcus said. I wasn't sure if that was such a good idea given the current climate. I outstretched my hand to stop him from proceeding any further.
"Let me, man. I need to... apologize." I admitted reluctantly. Marcus just nodded.
"Hey, Lexi." I spoke softly as I approached her. She jumped slightly. Probably didn't expect anyone to come up to her.
"Me and Jessie broke up for real this time." She told me without having to be asked. "I doubt he'll ever talk to me again." She continued in a numb whisper.
"Alex, don't say that. I'm sure he'll come round, just given time. He didn't seem too mad when he left." I offered, trying to boost her spirit.
"No, because he's not mad at me. It's ten times worse than that. He's disappointed in me. Everything in our relationship revolved around drama. Most of which I started." She said continuing with an unusual soft voice. She paused for a long while, but I wasn't about to go and break this golden silence. With a big sigh, she continued talking. "I'm surprised that your even talking to me. Last time we talked you were beyond pissed off at me."
"Alex come on. I know you were upset, and I was just being an asshole. I shouldn't have been so hostile towards you. I was just pissed off when I found out about you and Marcus."
She looked up at me with a tear stained face.
"I'm sorry. OK? For everything that I ever did. I pulled you into a fucked up situation then I pulled Marcus into it too. I had no clue what the hell I should of done."
"Hey. Come here." I said to her. As I pulled her into a tight hug. As I pulled her in closer she started to cry even harder then she had been before. This wasn't common for Alex. She never cried. Especially not in front of people.
Marcus's POV
"Holy shit, dude. Looks like Alex is fucking crying again." I hissed to Luke. This just wasn't something that Alex did. Earlier on today was the first time I'd ever seen Alex cry. When I looked over at Luke, he was giving me a confused look.
"What do you mean 'again'?" He asked.
"She came by mine earlier and she was crying over the whole Jessie and Jay saga."
"Wow, so she isn't faking all of this? She is really upset that they broke up." Luke came to his conclusion, but I wasn't really interested in what he had to comment on. His opinion was pretty low on the hierarchy of opinions right now.
"Well no shit... They've been together for four years now." I said. Looking back over in Alex and Jay's direction, it seemed Alex was crying even harder now. She was shaking quite violently as Jay held her. She faced away from us, but we could see everything we needed to.
"Hmm that's weird." I thought aloud.
"What's weird?" Luke asked.
"Every time Alex has a problem the first person she goes to is Jay. D'you think they'll get together, now that she's single?"
"To be honest, dude, I think there's a pretty good chance. Why, do you still like Alex?" Luke questioned me. I wanted to say yes, but I knew that I should say no.
"Well its obvious that Alex likes Jay. So it doesn't really matter what I say."
"So you really like her huh?" Luke asked me again.
"Yeah. I do. I know it was just that one time, y'know... but it was amazing." I couldn't think of anything else to sum it up, other than it was amazing.
"Man. I know this isn't what you wanna hear, but you've gotta let her go. If it's not meant to be, it's not meant to be, d'you know what I mean?"
He was right. I didn't want to hear that, but I knew deep down that he was right. It was more than clear that Jay was the one Alex wanted. Even over Jessie. Her other half for more than four years. Jay had always been there, and I'd always thought that they'd be good together. Way back when, when we were in tenth grade, before I stopped considering Alex as 'one of the boys' and started noticing her for what she really was, I'd thought Jay and Alex would have made a better couple than Jessie and Alex. But four years in passing with them still together showed me that perhaps they were meant to be. But then the cracks started appearing, and the rest as they say, is history...
Jessie's POV
I didn't hang about after I left the ravine. I went straight home, trying to keep my head clear. When I got in, John had two suitcases out, clothes scattered all over the floor, one fuller than the other.
"Hey.." I broke the silence. John leaped out of his skin and spun around, looking white as a sheet.
"Oh, Jess! You scared the shit outta me!"
"Sorry." I said bluntly. "How is packing going?" I asked as I strolled miserably over to the fridge to get a beer.
"I'm almost done. You're case is still looking bare though. I'm just looking forward to getting away from here and actually enjoying the rest of my summer." John said as he took a break from packing and flopped down on the couch.
"Yeah. I can get away from all this drama." I replied as I flicked on the TV.
"Speaking of drama, did you see Alex at the ravine?"
"Yeah actually I did. That's sorta the reason why I came home." I said.
"Oh really? What happened?" He asked. This is probably the only time that he has been interested in something that happened with me and Alex.
"Long story short, we broke up." I explained on an out-breath.
"It's over for good this time?"
"Yeah it is. I'm not going back to her now. I'll let her go out with Jay or Marcus. Whoever she wants." I replied like I didn't care, but deep down I did. I still had feelings for Alex. I just wouldn't put myself in that position again.
Jay's POV
"Jay, I think its time for me to go home." Alex said after we had been sitting there for a few moments in silence.
"You want me to walk you home?"
"No, that's alright. You stay here." She said as she got down from the tabletop we'd been sitting on.
"I'll see you tomorrow, Alright?"
"I'd like that. Oh and Jay? Thank you." She turned and said before she left.
"For what?"
"For not hating my guts, and for talking to me about Jessie. It made me feel a little bit better." She replied. She actually then cracked a smile, instead of having a tear stained face.
"You're welcome. Whenever you need someone, you can always come to me, you know that right?" I said as I pulled her into one last hug.
"Bye." She whispered. Then turned around and headed outta the ravine. As soon as she disappeared into the distance, Marcus and Luke were bombarding me with questions.
"What did you guys talk about?" Luke asked.
"Nothing. She thought that Jessie would never talk to her again. I just told her to not give up on him. That he would talk to her after awhile." I replied to him. Then the next question that Marcus asked me shocked me.
"So are you to together now?"
"What? No were not. She just broke up with Jessie. I doubt that she even wants to be in another relationship for awhile. Even if she did, I don't think that I would want to go out with her. I mean yeah I like her, but Jessie is my best friend. Don't you think that it would be a tad bit awkward?"
"Wow... I figured you'd be jumping for joy now they've finally broke up." Luke said.
"Yeah well I'm not. Alex is really upset over this."
"She started most of it though." Luke muttered under his breath, probably so we wouldn't hear, but we did. He earned himself a slap around the head from me and Marcus.
"What?! I'm just telling you the truth. You couldn't possibly blame Jessie for anything that just recently happened." Luke porotested ducking in the possibility of another attack.
After giving this a considerable amount of thought about it for a little while, I concluded that what he was saying was true. Alex was the one that had been cheating on him. He hadn't done anything. But it was difficult to pin the blame on her. Things had been on a downwards slope for so long that the line between Jessie and Alex had become blurred, and it was difficult to distringuish between the two.
Alex's POV
I found it unbearably hard to pull away from Jay. I somehow managed to, against my better judgment, tell him I wanted to go home. I knew that he would ask if I wanted him to walk me home. I declined his offer, cuz I just wanted to be alone. I knew for a fact that I wouldn't see Jessie in along time. He'd be going to Florida with John. I know when he's there he'll go with every girl he wants, to spite me, to forget about me, to cause me the pain I caused him, and just because he can.
When I got home, my mom wasn't there, which was a good thing. I wouldn't have to deal with her yelling at me every two seconds, when I have a million other bigger things to occupy my mind. I got one of Jessie's big t-shirts and a small pair of shorts to wear to bed and headed to the shower.
I collapsed onto my bed, and looked up at the ceiling, the thought of how I fucked everything up had gotten was killing me inside slowly and painfully. I've lost my relationship with Jessie, my friendship with Marcus and Luke, my reputation, my happiness. The only person that is actually here for me right now is Jay.
"Jay." I tried the word out loud. It felt right, and sounded even better. Every time something is wrong, Jay is always close by. To fix it, or hell try and make it better. That's where I fell asleep at. Thinking of Jay.
Well there is the end of chapter 7! Hope you liked it. Please review!
Coming up in the next chapter: Jessie talks to Jay, Marcus and Luke one last time before he heads to Florida.
