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Justine's POV

I saw Cat and Jenna and went to join them. I didn't dare look back at Ryan. I'm sure he saw me making eye contact with Toby. Ryan knows we used to be a thing, and so if I ever mention him or even if someone else does, he gets all angry. I'm sure in his mind we weren't just looking at each other, but instead undressing each other with our eyes. He can really overreact sometimes. But then again, he kind of has a right to.

Jenna and Cat weren't saying anything, so I decided to just say hey. They said hey back, and then fell silent again. They were talking before I walked over here, so I don't understand what happened.

"Continue your conversation, please," I said in a slightly bitchy tone.

"We were just saying that maybe you should talk to Ryan," Jenna told me as Cat looked at the ground.

"About what?" I asked curiously.

"Nothing, really. Just talk. You've kind of been ignoring him. Is something the matter with you two?" Jenna questioned nosily.

"Uh, no. Of course, even if there was, I don't think it's any of your guys' business. And maybe you should get a boyfriend yourself before you go around judging the relationship I have with mine." I rolled my eyes at them and turned around.

I had no time to deal with their stupid accusations. They both need to learn to shut the fuck up and mind their own business. I honestly don't care what they think. They'll never understand how I feel. No one will. They'll just tell me to move on. The thing is: I can't. I've tried; I've failed. I'm going to love who I love.

Kassem was standing all alone, so I began to walk over to him. Before I could, I ran into – of course – Ryan. He smiled a little, but not a happy smile. It was more of a forced one.

"Justine. Hey. Can we talk?" he asked, his expression unreadable.

I nodded, trying to imitate his emotionless expression.

He brought me to a part that wasn't as crowded. He opened his mouth to say something, but before he did, I spoke. "We're not going to talk about Toby, are we? Because him and I… we ended a long time ago. You're my boyfriend now, okay?"

"Thank you. I don't know why I just get so jealous of him. It just seems like you and him had something that we don't."

I raised my eyebrows, giving him a questioning look.

"No, no, I mean… we're great. I'm really happy. It's just… You seemed different with him. That's all."

I smiled sadly, and then walked away. I thought he would follow me, but he didn't. So I just stood by myself. He noticed. He noticed that I wasn't the same. I only wished he'd said something sooner.

Toby's POV

I couldn't help but notice Justine standing by herself. I wondered where Ryan was. She looked sort of lost in thought, and I got the urge to go speak with her, but fought it. I couldn't just go talk to her anymore. Things were different now and I had to be okay with that. Even if not being able to be with her made me want to die. Well, that's not really being okay with it, I guess, but I can pretend.

And then she looked my way and there we were again, letting our eyes meet. But this time we didn't look away. We didn't smile or anything. We just looked. I examined her and she examined me. It was a pure gesture; one that held no anger, lust, or sadness. I just wanted to look at her. I hoped she wanted to look at me, too. When I watched her and studied her eyes, it took me back. Suddenly it was two years ago and I was holding onto her waist as she laughed at some stupid joke I made. Her blonde hair smelled of citrus and it was in a tangled mess, but I loved it.

A lot about Justine had changed, but she still had those light green eyes that I had spent so many long nights gazing into.

And that's when we smiled. Both of our faces broke out into huge grins at the same time. I could tell we were remembering the same thing.

I'm not sure what I was thinking, but I started to make my way toward her. She was still smiling and she wasn't taking her eyes off me. I forgot about all the other people in the room, which probably wasn't so good, seeing as Ryan was one of them. But even the thought of him watching me as I got closer and closer to her didn't make me stop. I'm not sure anything would at this point.

When I reached her, I did exactly what I'd been wanting to do for so long. And maybe it was stupid, but it didn't feel like it.

When our lips met, I felt it all. I wanted to kiss her forever, just because I liked the way the feeling. It felt innocent. I knew it was far from that, though.

It was over soon and I wanted to pull her back in and be with her. But when we pulled away, I realized everyone's eyes were now on us. I started backing away by instinct, but I ended up walking straight into Ryan's fist.

I staggered back, hearing the gasps of everyone around me. He was furious. But he paid no attention to Justine. He only saw me. I knew it was my fault, I had kissed his girlfriend, but my fist immediately became clenched and anger brewed inside me anyway. I took a step toward him and punched him in the stomach. I wasn't much of a fighter and wasn't entirely sure I had hit hard enough to do any damage.

I decided I had when he bent over in pain. He looked up at me. He didn't look pained; he only looked mad. I knew that when he stood back up he would hit me again, but he didn't have the chance to. About every guy at the party was coming to break it up.

So it only lasted about a minute and for that I was thankful. I figured if it had lasted much longer I would have lost, because, as I said, I am not a fighter.

I felt someone grab my hand. I assumed it was someone trying to break up the fight, but I turned to see Justine.

"We really should go," she stated.

I was confused, but didn't argue. I just followed her outside.

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