Chapter 1: Waking Up and Giving Up
Laura's alarm went off. It's loud, constant buzzing jolted her from her dreams. Jay was there again. Will these dreams ever end! She thought to herself. "Laura, get out of bed and ready for school!" Tyler, her older brother, yelled up from downstairs. "Yeah, yeah…" Laura grumbled, rubbing her eyes. I hate Mondays…
Her cell phone chirped from her nightstand. It was Jay again. "What do you want Jay?" Irritation hung in her voice. "I'm sorry to call so early L, but, umm, I was wondering if you would meet up with me so we can talk about this?" Laura sighed. He just can't take no for an answer… It had been about a month since Laura had stopped seeing Jay…and he had called her practically every night trying to apologize or get her to listen. "No Jay, I can't. And don't call me L…" She hung up and turned her phone off. "God. I need to change my number."
Jay groaned and rested his head on the steering wheel of his civic. His heart was pounding against his ribs. Talking to her was so hard now. "Didn't work huh?" Sean asked, shifting his weight in the passenger seat. "What do you think, Sean?" Jay snapped, not even bothering to lift his head. "So now what, Jay?" Jay turned his head toward Sean in confusion. "What are you talking about Sean?" Sean leaned back in his seat. "You know, our next brainstorm on how to get you and Laura-bitch-a lot together again." Jay slugged Sean in the shoulder. "Screw you Sean!" Sean rubbed his arm. "Well? It's been over a month now Jay! You've gotta let her go man." Jay was silent for a moment, then sighed. "I can't Sean. She's still got a death grip on my heart." Jay ran a hand through his dark hair. "I want her back so bad…" Someone knocked on the window of the car, so Jay rolled down to the window. "What happened in here?" Ko, Jay's best friend since they were little, asked seeing Jay's solemn expression. "She basically said screw you Ko." Sean answered since Jay wasn't. "Oh…hey, maybe we could-" "Forget it guys." Jay said, cutting Ko off. "She hates my guts. I give up. Fuck it!" Ko and Sean exchanged worried looks. "Ok, whatever man."