It's been a week since that fateful day, I haven't went a day without talking to Jeff. Seems like he's a lot more than that little boy that made my life a living a hell.
"…So that's when I slapped him." I said, completing my story.
"He's an asshole for doing that."
"Yeah…I'd like to kill him right now, but it's not really that easy."
" I'll kick his ass."
"No…you don't need to." I said, smiling. Shannon scoffed from the back room.
"Shan' are you okay back there?" Jeff yelled. He'd made himself comfortable on top of my desk.
"I fucking guess." Shannon yelled angrily.
I rolled my eyes, "I'll be right back."
I got up and walked into the back room, I closed the door behind me. Shannon turned his back to me, he picked up a box of ink. He dropped it angrily and turned around, his hands on his hips, like our mom used to do.
"What the fuck is your problem?!"
"Problem?!" He gasped, his eye twitched a little causing me to give him a weird look, "Oh no, I don't have a problem, my little sister is just banging the biggest man-whore around!" He said before picking up a box.
"What! I am not banging him!"
"Mhm, sure, Jess, don't think I'm stupid. I see the way you look at him…the way he looks at you. He's always around and you two flirt constantly." He said sadly, like it was the end of his world.
"I don't see why you're so worried. Wait, do you really think he looks at me like that?"
He sighed, "You like him…I don't want you to have anything to do with him."
"What?!" The last thing a girl wants to hear is that she can't see someone she likes. It's like…telling a cow they cant be milked…okay, awkward comparison.
"You heard me, now…get out of my sight." He said then opened the door, pushed me out, and quickly slammed the door behind me.
"Fuck you, Shannon!" I yelled, fighting tears so hard that Jeff shot me a concerned look.
"Let's go." I sighed as I walked behind my desk. I grabbed my backpack and the keys to Shannon's hummer.
I pressed the button on they keychain that unlocked the doors, the headlight's flashed. I opened the drivers-side door, threw my back pack in the back and climbed up into the vehicle.
"What happened in there?" Jeff asked, he was already sitting in the passengers seat.
"Shannon's an asshole. We got in a fight," I said as I put the key into the ignition. We sat there for a minute in silence.
"He is an ass sometimes…"
"Sometimes?"
"Come on, Jess, don't make me talk bad about my best friend."
I smiled, "Okay."
I started up the vehicle and backed out of the parking lot.
"Let's go swimming," Jeff suggested.
"Uh…I'm not going to that shitty place you, Matt and Shannon drag me to all the time."
He laughed, "No, this one only me and Matt know about…Shannon might know. I don't think he does."