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"Stop!" She finally moves from the space I was occupying so closely to her, knocking into me while doing so.
"Did you fuck him?" I ask in a more aggravated tone, eager to get the answer out of her. Because the thought of them being together makes me unfathomably ill.
"That's none of your fucking business, Jaxon!" she yells, her anger turning from red heat to the tip of the blue flames.
"Just answer the damn question!"
“Ugh, I fucking hate you!” Hollis stomps over to the door and I'm flooded with fear, anger, regret, irritation, betrayal. I hate that I’m being tested for something I didn’t even know I needed to study. Why can’t she just tell me what’s going on?
Is this what she expected when she demanded that we talk?
“Hate me all you fucking want Holli, but you know he’s not good for you." I manage to say before she pulls the door open.
“Andyouare?” She glares at me; for the first time tonight, looking me straight in my eyes. I swear the whole fucking world stops dead in its rotation as all I see is the glaze of pain and it shatters me into a million tiny pieces.
“Goodbye, Jaxon.”
six
Hollis
God,heinfuriatesme.Why can’t he leave me alone? And what the hell were those questions about? I’m starting to really struggle seeing why we were even best friends in the first place. He’s an asshole and an entitled one and I remembered all the reasons why I decided to freeze him off like a wart in the first place.
I head back into Willows and dip into the employee only room off to the side. I can hear Jax’s hard steps pass the door as he curses under his breath.
Today is my first day on the job. I applied on Saturday after breakfast, and I got an interview the same day. I didn’t anticipate Jaxon coming in and being a complete distraction on my first day. I take a deep breath and look at the clock. I’ve only got an hour left and I know that if I try hard enough to avoid looking in his direction, I’ll be fine.
I let down my hair and retie my messy bun, slip my apron back on, and head back out there. And as I do exactly what I said Iwasn’tgoing to do, which is look over at the table Jax was sitting at. But I notice that there’s a twenty in his spot for the beer he didn’t even get to enjoy, and I stare at his back as he exits that restaurant.
Unease, regret, and frustration juggles around inside me but I also feel a sense of relief. At least I won’t have to worry about making eye contact with him for the rest of the day. Who knew continuing to ignore him would be this hard.
Did you tell Jax’s brother about me and Liam?
I text Jae. I’m only curious as to how Kylan found out. I mean he hasn’t been back in town that long, but he somehow knew to bring up the topic the other day. Not like our relationship was a secret, I guess I just didn’t expect my personal life to be brought up by my ex-best friend’s brother at family breakfast.
I’m sorry. The person you are trying to reach is no longer available. Please hang up and try again.
I read her text and roll my eyes, having the answer that I expected. She did. Which means that she’s been seeing Kylan since he got back. I don’t really care who she sees or dates or whatever, I wish she’d given me a heads up to let me know that she said something. But then again, it doesn’t matter who brings it up. It was going to be brought up somehow and someway.
By now it’s been a couple of days since my argument with Jax at Willows. Thank goodness no one else overheard or saw, otherwise I might have been in trouble with my new boss. But also embarrassed as hell.
As I lay in my bed, I have a few moments to go over the conversation we had that night. He looked so confused and pained by the way that I treated him but he deserved it…right? I wasn’t trying to be an asshole, or a bitch as he called me. I was simply acting on my feelings and I might have gone a little too far.
In some situations, I can get a little intense, specifically when it comes to voicing my emotions. I told myself I wasn’t going to hide behind my pain anymore, so I approached him at the table hoping to talk to him about needing space but it just turned into a fight for validations and truths.
I didn’t tell him the full truth because I don’t think I can handle reliving those moments, not yet. It’s too much to admit and I can’t betray my self-worth just to appease the likes of someone who decided to leave it all behind. To leavemebehind.
“Mija, your mother and I are on our way out,” my dad says after knocking on the door lightly.
It’s Thursday night which means it’s date night for my parents. They pick a night where they don’t have to wake up early the next day and I love that they still do that for themselves.
“What movie are you gonna see?” I ask, sitting up in my bed.
“You know, I don’t really remember. I'll let your mother pick this one and I guess we’ll see if it’s any good.” Daddy chuckles before tapping the door frame and heading out.
I swing my feet over the side of my bed and drag myself off it. I need to get up and force myself out of my room. I've been laying here all day thinking about the last few days.
What are you doing tonight?
