Chapter 16: Waiting
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"What do you mean you're dating?" Yolanda asks.
"We're boyfriend and girlfriend." Jayden says. "I like her.. a lot. And more than just being her friend."
"Do you feel the same way?" Nathaniel asked.
I shrugged. "I'm pretty sure I do."
"What do you mean you're sure you do?" They all asked, including Jayden.
I honestly don't know how I feel towards Jayden. Do I like him?
"Uh.."
"Well..?" Yolanda asks, tapping her feet.
"Well.. Don't you need my biological parents to sign the paper?" I asked. "Isn't that how it works?"
"We got in contact with them." Nathaniel said.
"How about Mina?" I ask. "Mina's my biological sister. She and I have to be together."
"No we don't." Mina says. "They only want you. Not me."
"But you can still come with." I clarified.
"Do you want to get adopted?" Jay asks. "By my parents?"
"Jay-"
"How do you feel towards me anyway? Do you even like me?" He ask. "I've been so nice and chill to you. What happened-"
"Just because I had gotten prettier, you got interested in me, Jayden. You don't like me for my personality. You only go for the looks." I told him. "You honestly, don't care about me. You only want one thing. And that is-"
"That's not true, Mallory." He said.
"I know how you are, Jay." I said. "You bully me. And don't say that I'm playing hard to get because I'm not. I'm tired of all of this. Why did I agree anyway?"
"What do you mean by that?"
"I mean that, I'm going to get adopted by your parents and we're going to be brother and sister. Biological or not, we are." I told him. "So, this little relationship between us, is over."
I hung up after that and ran upstairs to my room.
"Mallory!" I heard Yolanda and Nathaniel called me. I ignored them and cried.
I cried so hard, I could barely see anything.
I took off my contacts quickly and eventually, fell asleep.
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I woke up with 18 missed calls and 39 texts from Jayden.
He also left 7 voicemails.
I decided to listen to them.
Voicemail 1: 'I'm sorry, Mallory. But that's not true. That is not true at all. I really like you.'
Voicemail 2: 'Please, answer me. I really want to talk to you and clarify all of these misunderstandings.'
Voicemail 3: 'Mallory, I can't take it anymore. Please, reply to my texts and answer my calls. I really need to talk to you.'
After those 3 voicemails, I couldn't take it anymore. I didn't want to listen to the rest. It'll only make me more upset and cry.
I just remembered that we had school and I was not in the mood to go at all.
Jayden's POV:
"Stay with me." Aspyn says.
I moved her arms. "Aspyn, you know that this is just a one time thing."
"But we didn't do this one time." She said. "We did it more times. I don't care, we could be friends with benefits."
"Aspyn, I was drunk. Okay? I was drunk." I clarified. "Now, I gotta get ready for school."
"Let's just ditch."
"No." I said. "I have to get ready."
Mallory's POV:
"Want me to take you to school today?" Angelica asks.
"No, it's okay." I answered.
I dressed normally. A hoodie, with leggings, my vans, my glasses. The usual.
"Are you sure?"
"Yes, I'm sure."
"Mallory, I can take you." Brett offered.
"I said no to Angelica and I'm going to say the same, Brett. I don't want to be a bother." I said.
"You aren't a bother." Angelica said.
I went out the door and waited for my bus. Surprisingly, the bus stopped and the students on the bus just glared at me without saying anything.
I sat down on the left side, and on the second row.
I felt things being thrown at me.
"The nerd's back to normal!" Everybody laughed.
The bus driver didn't do anything. He just continued driving.
We got to school and I got out.
"You have something in your hood." Somebody said.
I turned around and thanked the person but I realized that it was Jayden.
I didn't want to say anything else to him so I just turned around awkwardly and walked in school.
He grabbed my arm.
"Mallory, can I talk to you? Please?" He asked.
"Hey!" Somebody shouted. It was Brett.
"If she doesn't want to talk to you, leave." He said.
"She didn't say no." Jay told him.
I released my arm from his grip.
"I'm pretty sure that was a no, Willings." Brett said.
"Mind your own business-"
"Jayden!" I shouted. "Let's go, Brett."
I turned around and so did Brett. We both walked in the building.
"Thanks for back there." I said to Brett.
"It was nothing." He said.
"Oh!" I said.
"What?"
"I just remembered, I have to tutor him after school."
"Just ditch it." He told me.
"You think so?"
"Yeah, don't even tell him. Just come straight home. I'll take you."
"Really?" I ask.
"Yeah, meet me outside of the building." He smiled.
"Thanks, Brett."
At the end of the day, I waited for Brett outside.
He came out and I quickly walked to him.
"You ready to go?" He asks.
I nodded. "Quickly."
I wanted to avoid Jayden at all time possible.
We got home and I went straight up to my room. I didn't want to see anybody.
Jayden's POV:
It's been an hour and Mallory has not showed up for tutoring. I wonder where she could be.
I was getting worried and tired.
30 minutes has now passed.
I got up from the chair and walked out of the library.
I waited for her for an hour and 39 minutes.
I've been waiting for another 30 minutes.
"Waiting for me?" Somebody asks behind me.
I turned around and saw that it was that slut, Aspyn.
"What do you want?" I asked harshly.
"You, baby. Let's go to your place." She said seductively.
"Somebody needs to tell you this, Aspyn." I said. "You're a slut."
"Yeah, but you're a man w***e. We're the perfect couple." She smirked.
"That's different. I'm different."
"Oh, no, Jay. It's exactly the same."
Mallory's POV:
I was still in my room. Just doing homework and studying.
Somebody knocked on my door.
"Who is it?" I ask.
"It's Brett."
I got up from my bed and unlocked it.
He came in with a plate of hotdogs.
"You hungry?" He asks.
"Yeah, actually."
He gave the plate to me and I took it.
I picked up a hotdog.
"Thanks, Brett."
He replied with a smile.
He closed the door and sat down with me.
"How are you holding up?" He asks.
"I'm fine." I answered.
"Do you want to get adopted by the Willings?"
"I honestly don't know."
"I don't mind you being adopted, but by the Willings? Jayden? That's gonna be bad." He said.
"Yeah." I took a bite.
I put the hotdog back on the plate.
He grabbed my hand.
"We should go on a vacation." He suggested.
"For what?" I ask.
"Just the two of us. For some fresh air. Get away from all this chaos and drama."
"That's not a bad idea.."
"We could have some alone time."
"We are alone." I said.
"Exactly."
He started to lean forward and I realized, I did too.
Our lips touched and moved in sync.
That's weird, when Jayden and I kissed, I had butterflies in my stomach and I swear, this might sound cliché, but there was fireworks and I liked it.
With Brett, I didn't feel anything.
We stopped kissing.
"I've liked you ever since, Mallory." He says. "Please give me a chance."
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