8. We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together

Can Jared ever stop being such a douche before he looses his imprint?

I'd always had a soft spot for Jared and he'd used that to convince me to let him have a do-over date. This one was ruined as well. When I went home angry over our third date. I resolved to end things with Jared as much as it hurt me to even think of it.

"Kim!" Jared called chasing me across the parking lot of school.

"Hi." I muttered softly.

"What's up?" He asked as he walked next to me pacing his long legs.

"I've been thinking." I started slowly mostly mumbling to the ground.

"About what?" Jared asked sounding genuinely interested.

"That we should stop. Stop whatever this is right now because it's obviously not working." I said softly.

"What? Kim... no. You don't understand." Jared said after a couple beats of silence.

"What don't I understand? Please fill me in Jared. What else don't I understand?" I asked angrily.

Jared looked at me, opened his mouth to speak, and then shut it again quickly.

"You know what? I don't even want to know. Because the last time you told me the truth. My whole world went upside down. Lie. Lie to me or don't tell me because I don't want to know." I demanded. This time he looked torn. I stormed away towards my locker angrily. After retrieving my stuff for the day, I slammed it shut only to find Paul standing behind it. I squealed and jumped a little in fright but quickly composed myself and tried to walk away. Unfortunately Paul was a freaking giant even before he phased so he could easily keep up with me.

"What did you do to Jared?" Paul asked angrily. I knew they had been friends before phasing but phasing had made them closer in a way I guess.

"I told him the truth." I retorted, attempting to use my lanky legs to walk faster than Paul.

"What truth?" Paul asked frustrated.

"That we don't work. That he has completely screwed up my life since he has entered it. That whatever we were trying to be was failing epically pretty much because of him." I ranted.

"Shit... Kim. Why would you do that?" Paul swore.

"Why would I do what? Tell him the truth?" I asked confused, stopping in my tracks.

"Exactly!" Paul exclaimed, "He knows that he was screwing up and was beating himself up for it. Now that you've told him it's going to be so much worse."

"Whatever Paul. This little guilt trip is not working. Go do something not involving me." I said rolling my eyes as we approached my first class of English.

"You're going to forgive him though right?" Paul asked stopping in front of my first block class.

"Over my dead body." I muttered and ducked into the classroom.

"You can't mean that. Kim, you can't mean that." Paul repeated stupidly, following me into the classroom even though he didn't have class in here.

"Mean what?" I asked innocently.

"You don't mean that you don't plan on forgiving him right?" Paul asked frantically.

"I meant that." I assured him.

"Shit. You've just made my life living hell." Paul swore.

"Paul! Stay away from her!" My older brother yelled from the doorway as he shook angrily. In fact he kind of looked like Jared and Paul when they get mad.

Alarmed I turned to Paul. It was almost like he could read the question on my face because he shook his head, signaling no. I breathed out a sigh of relief because I knew my older brother wouldn't be coming one of them.

Paul walked away from me quickly though because before the transformation into a wolf he and my brother had been close. Like best friends. Now my brother hated him because Paul wouldn't tell him what was going on and there was no way that he bought the 'growth spurt' excuse. It caused a lot of tension at home when I started hanging out with them. And I felt like a stranger around my brother, who I'd once been sort of close with. I knew the one thing that he thought he wanted to know- I didn't know how to be around him anymore.

I could see that Jonathan was watching Paul walk away angrily.

"What are you doing?" he asked turning to me angrily.

"Nothing." I defended myself, "I was trying to walk away."

"By walking into an empty classroom? Real smart Kim." Jonathan retorted sarcastically before walking away angrily. I was angry at him for his sarcastic remark but I ate my anger because he had more reasons to be mad at me.

I sat down angrily and to wait for class to begin but a quick glance at my watch told me I was twenty minutes early for class. I decided to go fill up my water bottle just as a way to kill time but it was already full so I drank it on my way to the water fountain. As I was filling up my water bottle I felt the urge to talk to someone, anybody but the guys they were all radiating judgment these days. Emily was my only option but somehow I knew Jared was there. I walked quickly walked back to class and pulled out my phone.