John's POV
Ok, so saying all that stuff to Samantha and then slapping her really didn't help me out. I can't believe she actually kissed that freak she calls a best friend. Now she definately won't give me the time of day. It's time for a new plan.
"Hey, Melissa?" I asked as I pulled her over to the side of the hallway.
"What do you want, John?"
"I want you to help me get Samantha and her friend apart."
"Who?"
"Her and Jeff, look!" I said as I pointed to them walking down the hallway laughing, as usual.
"One:They're not even dating, and two; why would I help you out?"
"I know they're not, but she spends all her time with him. And because I know that you don't like her and if we get them apart, she'll go back to being alone and unhappy all the time."
"What do you have in mind?"
Jeff's POV
I was at my locker waiting for Samantha to get here, when this girl walked up to me. She was clearly one of the 'popular' girls around here, dressed in as little clothes as possible with a snobby look to her.
"Hi!" She said cheerfully.
"Hey." I said, not looking away from my locker.
"What are you doing?"
"Waiting for someone."
"Oh. So you wanna go do something?"
"Didn't you hear me just say I was waiting for someone?" I sighed as I closed my locker.
"Ok then, how about some other time?" She asked. Then she made a disgusted face so I turned around to follow her gaze and seen Samantha coming towards us.
"Don't count on it." I told her as I walked off to meet her.
Samantha's POV
As I was walking to Jeff's locker I seen the school slut, better known as Melissa, talking to him. As soon as he seen me though, he left her.
"Hey."
"Hi, why were you talking to Melissa?" I asked as we started to walk towards the parking lot.
"She just came up and started talking to me, tried to get me to go somewhere with her."
"Oh." I said quietly.
"Whats wrong?"
"Nothing....It's just that she was the first one to start teasing me all the way back in elementary school and everyone just joined in with her, so we don't really get along."
"Well if it makes you feel better, I turned her down. As soon as she walked up I could tell there wasn't something right about her but she wouldn't leave. I won't talk to her anymore if you want."
"Thanks Jeffy."
It's been a week now, and every time Melissa sees Jeff, she tried to attatch herself to him. She's always asking him to go places with her, and to walk her to her class and every time, he says no but she just doesn't give up!
Jeff's POV
"Hey!" Melissa yelled. I turned to see her running up to us and waving at me.
"Alright, that's it." Samantha said frustrated.
"Just leave it alone, let's go to class."
"No! She's been like this for a week now, obviously she doesn't get it."
"Get what?" Melissa said as she stopped in front of us.
"You don't get that Jeffy doesn't want to hang out with you."
"Oh really? He's never said that."
"Don't you wonder why he always turns you down?!" Samantha said.
"I think you're just jealous."
Oh no, this can't be going anywhere good.
"Why would I be jealous of you?!"
"Maybe because I'm actually healthy and take care of myself?"
I knew it. We have to get out of here.
"Well then if your so confident, let Jeffy chose. And when he doesn't pick you, you have to leave him alone."
"Anorexic bitch." Melissa muttered.
"Melissa!" I exclaimed, angry that she would say that.
"Ha!" She said. I looked at her confused and seen her smirking at Samantha.
"I can't believe you." Samantha said quietly. I looked over at her to see shock clearly written across her features and tears gathering in her eyes. Then she started walking away.
"Funsize, wait!" I called and started walking after her. She quickly turned around.
"Save it Jeff. I have a bus to catch." She said as she started running down the hall.
Jeff. She called me Jeff. What happened to me being her Jeffy? She's been calling me that since the first day we met, and now she's gone. All because of a misunderstanding.
"Come on Jeffy, we don't need her." Melissa said as she started rubbing my back. I quickly pushed her off.
"Don't call me that." I said through gritted teeth.
"Why not? She got to call you that."
"Exactly. She's the only one that calls me that. Did you actually think I'd pick you over her? Just leave me alone." I said as I started to run in the same direction Samantha went.
I got outside just in time to see her get on the bus, so I got in my car but I couldn't go home yet, I need some time to think.
Samantha's POV
I can't believe Jeff actually picked that bitch! I thought I was his best friend! As soon as I got off the bus, the tears started pouring down my face. I went in my house and started moving all my pictures into a drawer. By the time I was done taking down all the pictures that included Jeff, the drawer was full and my walls were empty. I thought I was done when I looked on my bed and seen my Jeffy bear and his sweatshirt. I want to keep the bear, it's my favorite stuffed animal. I love his sweathsirt too, but obviously he must want that back. I folded it and walked next door. I was releived to see that Jeff's car wasn't in the driveway, so he wasn't home yet. Probably out with her. So I went over and rang the door bell.
"Hey, what are you doing here? He's..." Gil started.
"I know Jeff's not here."
"Jeff? Since when do you call him that?"
"Since apparently, he doesn't want me anymore." I said as I started crying again.
"What are you talking about, what happened?"
I looked over as I heard a car and seen Jeff pulling into the driveway.
"Can you just give this back to him for me?" I said as I gave Gil the sweatshirt and ran across the yard into my house before Jeff got the chance to get out of his car, leaving Gil standing there confused.
Jeff's POV
I shut off my car and walked up the steps to my house. I was in my own little world so I didn't even notice that I walked by my dad as I went inside. I flopped down on the couch and closed my eyes, thinking about what happened about an hour ago when my dad threw something on my face. I immediatley got the scent of Japanese Cherry Blossom and opened my eyes. It was one of my sweatshirts.
"Where did you get this?" I asked him.
"Samantha was just here and dropped it off."
"Oh." I said quietly as I played with it.
"You mind telling me what's going on?"
"What do you mean?"
"Like why that poor girl shows up here handing me your clothes, crying that you don't want her anymore, and then running away as soon as you pulled up."
"She said that? And was crying?" I felt terrible. "Man, this sucks! This girl at school keeps bugging me to go out with her, but she's the one that started everything bad that's happened to Samantha, so I kept turning her down. They made me chose between them today, and of course I was gonna pick Samantha. But Melissa mumbled about her being anorexic, so I said her name out of disbelief. She thought I was picking Melissa and ran away to get the bus."
"I didn't know that Samantha's anorexic."
"She's not! She's perfectly healthy. That melissa girl started the rumors cuz she's always been so small and all the other kids just followed along."
"Well you better fix it Jeff, because that girl looked like she just had her heart broken, and I hate seeing her like that."
I tried calling and texting her a couple times, but of course she wouldn't answer. What am I suppose to do now? I don't want her to think that I would choose Melissa over her, and I deffinately don't want to loose my best friend. I have to get her back.
I was up in my room and decided to look out my window. I looked over into Samantha's yard and seen her sitting on the porch, with her knees up against her chest with her head resting on top of them. She was just staring off into space. I noticed her phone lying next to her, so I decided to give texting her another try.
'Talk to me?'
After I sent the text, I seen her look down and pick her phone up. I was happy to see that she was writing something back. I ignored my phone as it began ringing, and watched as she burried her head in her hands. After about a minute, it looked like she was wiping her eyes before she stood up and went back in the house. I looked down at my phone to read her text.
'Go talk to Melissa.'
I guess this is going to be harder than I thought.
The next morning, I was sitting on my porch like I usually do while I wait for Samantha to come over. Maybe she'll actually talk to me now.
I looked up as I heard her front door open and seen her walking down her driveway. She looked over at me as she tucked some hair behind her ears. I could see the hurt and confusion in her eyes before she turned and started walking to the bus stop.
She ignored me for the next couple days, which was pretty hard considering we have every class together. If I tried to talk to her, she'd look the other way. If I tried to get her in the halls, she'd either walk faster or go into the bathroom. If I went to her house, she wouldn't come to the door, and still wouldn't answer my calls or texts. There was no way she would listen to anything I had to say.
"Still no luck?" My dad asked as I walked into the kitchen.
"Nope." I sighed.
"Well hurry up and get her back, I miss her around here."
"Yeah, don't you think I miss her too?"
"All you seem to do is mope around the house, its depressing. You need to let her know what really happened!"
"How am I suppose to do that if she won't stay by me for 2 seconds?"
"I'm sure you'll think of something, Jeff."
"Well there is one person I know she'll listen to..."
Samantha's POV
It's been so hard ignoring Jeff this week. I'm so use to being with him basically 24/7. Now it's back to the way it was before I met him; don't go out anywhere, don't have anyone to talk to, and never have anything to do. I came to the park and was sitting on the swings. It was getting pretty dark, and I would have to walk home sooner or later. I was barley swinging and off in my own world, when my phone started ringing. I was hoping it would be Jeff, althought I don't know why. He's been trying to talk to me nonstop for days and I don't listen. I was surprised when my caller ID flashed 'Anna'.
"Hello?"
"What did you do to him?" She asked.
"Him who?"
"Jeff."
"How do you know anything about Jeff?"
"He called me about 10 minutes ago."
"What? How did he get your number?"
"I don't know, that's not important. What is important is that I just had a teenage guy I've never met before, calling me trying to get my help with you."
"What did he say?"
"Oh not much, just about how you've been ignoring him and won't listen to what he's trying to tell you. What happened?"
"Well you remember Melissa?"
"Ugh, yeah. I hate her."
"Yeah, me too. Anyway, she kept trying to get Jeff to go out with her and stuff but he kept turning her down and she just wouldn't get the hint. So a couple days ago we had a little confrontation and we were gonna have Jeff pick between the two of us, the the other had to leave him alone."
"Yeahh.."
"Well after I said that, he said Melissa. So I left and haven't talked to him since."
"Well he said you haven't been answering his calls. How many voice mails has he left you?"
"About 3 or 4 a day. Plus a bunch of texts."
"Do me a favor?"
"What?" I sighed.
"Stop running away from him, trust me. Ok? He misses you." She said softly.
"Yeah, well I miss him too." I said as my eyes started tearing up again.
"Then listen to him next time he comes around." She said as I heard movement. I looked at the swing next to me so see Jeff sitting down and looking at me with a soft face.
"Ok. Hey, I have to go." I said quietly, looking away from Jeff.
"He's there right now, isn't he?"
"Yeah."
"Do what I said, ok? And call me later."
"I will, bye." I said as I hung up and slowly looked back up at Jeff.
"Just give me 5 minutes, please?"
"Well you went through all the trouble of calling Anna, so I guess I can stay." I said, smiling slightly.
"Ok, well first off, you need to know that I would never choose Melissa over you. Or anyone for that matter. When I said her name, that was just because she mumbled a comment that she really didn't need to, so I said it out of disbelief. You both took it the wrong way. After you left she was on me right away saying that we didn't need you, I told her to leave me alone. When I tried to explain it to you, you just ignored me. " He said.
"I know I've been ignoring you, it's just that Melissa's had it out for me since we were in elementary school. When she started trying to get you away from me, it just made me more mad. But then when you said her name, I just thought that she won again." I said as a couple stray tears fell down my cheeks.
"Don't worry, no one's ever going to keep me from being friends with you. And you know what I realized?"
"What?"
"We spend an awful lot of time together. These past couple days have been so boring, I had nothing to do!" He said smiling, causing me to giggle and nod before he pulled me up.
"I missed you Jeffy." I said softly as I hugged him.
"You have no idea how much I missed being called that." He said, hugging me tighter. We started walking towards his car, when he broke the silence.
"Hey, Funsize?"
"Yeah?"
"I missed you too." He said, looking at the ground.
"I know." I said, causing him to look at me. "Anna told me. How did you get her number anyway?"
"I went over to your house when you weren't home and asked your mom for it. I knew she was the only person you'd talk to, so I thought that I might as well give it a shot."
"Yeah, well she called me like 5 minutes before you showed up."
"I know, I told her to. She knew I was here already."
"Sneaky, sneaky!"
"Well let's go. You wanna go to my house? My dad's been bugging me all week about getting you back."
"Sure, let's go." I said, laughing.
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