SUNDAY

*Maddie's POV*

"Maddie, please unlock the door!" my dad begged, knocking on the door.

"Leave me alone!" I cried, angrily.

"Come on, Madikins, we're worried about you!" It was Mom this time.

"I'm fine, you guys! Just go away!" I snapped and there was silence on the other side of the door.

"Well...come find us if you need to talk," Mom said, quietly and I heard them walking away.

Yeah, right, I thought, sourly. If I need someone to talk to, I'll just call up Bianca or Vicky or Sara.

The shrill ringing of the phone interrupted my thoughts and I picked it up. "Hello?"

"Maddie? Is that you?" I sat up, alarmed.

"Vern! I told you never to call here!" I cried.

"I know...but I wanted to talk to you, and it seems like you're avoidin me...I dunno, maybe I'm crazy. Anyway, are you sure you're okay with the whole thing with Chris and Jayme?"

"I-no," I admitted and there was silence on the other end of the phone. "Vern, I think we should break up."

"What? Why?" he asked, panicky and I sighed.

"Because I'm obviously not completely over Chris and I'm just not ready for a boyfriend right now. I'm sorry, Vern. And I mean, we're not right for each other, anyway! We have nothing in common and we had to have seen this coming-"

"Bye, Maddie," he murmured, and hung up. I sighed and hung up, too. Now that that was taken care of...

"Uncle Roger? Aunt Melinda, are you guys home?" Jayme called, the door slaming shut and my hands curled into fists.

"Oh, hi, Jayme! Where have you been?" Mom asked her from the kitchen and I crept out of my room and down the hall to eavesdrop.

"At the diner for my shift," she replied.

"I thought your shift ended a few hours ago!" Mom cried.

"It did, but I was hanging out with some friends afterwards." With Chris, probably, I thought, angrily.

"Oh, good!"

"So, where's Da-?" Jayme started, but I walked out into the kitchen.

"Maddie! Are you alright?" Mom asked.

"Yeah, yeah, I'm fine, Mom," I said, brushing her off. "Jayme, can I talk to you in my room?"

"Umm...okay," she said, uneasily and followed me to my room. I slammed the door shut and turned to face her.

"What the fuck is the matter with you?" I shouted and she froze.

"What?"

"I know you're dating Chris! How could you do that to me? Chris is my ex, you can't date my ex!"

"Maddie...I didn't know..." she stammered.

"Well, I'd better not see you with him again!" I threatened and stormed out.

The next day I seatched for Chris in the hallways: two pests down, one hottie to go. I finally saw the blonde head walking through the halls and I dragged him to the side.

"Wha-? Maddie?" he asked.

"Why are you dating my cousin?" I snapped and he frowned.

"I didn't know she was your cousin when I asked her out."

"You asked her out? It's only been three months since we broke up!" I cried, hurt.

"Yeah, Maddie. It's been three months since we broke up! I don't mean to sound like a jerk, but I've moved on and you should, too." He turned to walk away, but I grabbed his arm.

"Who do you think you are? I am over you! But excuse me if I'm a little hurt to find out that my ex is dating my cousin!"

"I'm gonna date Jayme if I want. You can't stop me," Chris said and broke away from my grip to walk away from me.