Over the next three weeks, I managed to keep myself out of trouble. It wasn’t hard considering Jason was forced away and Caden out of free will. Yet every day I went out of my way to avoid Collin.

                At first¸ I had been skirting every corner, trying to avoid him. After the first few days, I realized that I rarely saw Collin in school aside from the few times in between classes and at lunch. Somehow, I managed to keep my distance. I could only hope and pray that he got the message that I wasn’t ready to see him.

                Caden didn’t bother coming over anymore. After the party, he called saying he had a stomach ache. Mom was upset, but that didn’t stop her from going on a date with her boyfriend. The next few times, Caden came up with various excuses.

                The only thing that I noticed different was Mom would come home earlier now that Caden wasn’t around. And she came home somewhat sober.

                Every day I promised myself that I would call Jason and confess what I had done that horrid Friday night. Every night I sat in my room, a phone in my hand, tears pouring down my cheeks.

                My mother had let me visit Chase every day after school for an hour or so. Every day he would ask if I had told Jason yet or spoken with Caden.

                Every day I said that I would tomorrow.

                But tonight, I was determined.

                I sat on my bed, Jason’s number ringing in my ear. My heart pounded furiously as the second ring came, loud in the silence of my bedroom.

                Mason was asleep next door, so I would have to be quite.

                “Hello?” Jason asked his voice groggy.

                “Jason” I whispered so that my voice wouldn’t crack.

                “Joey?” He whispered back, surprised.

                I smiled and nodded before I remembered he couldn’t see, “Yeah, it’s me.”

                “Hold on a moment” He said.

                “Ok”

                I heard noise in the background, but failed at making out what he was doing. It was silent between us for a few minutes until the noise died down.

                “Sorry, I’m sitting in my car now.” He sighed, “Baby, I’ve missed you so much. I’ve been worried sick about you! I’m so sorry about before, Joey, Hannah was riding my ass, and I know that’s not excuse and, look, I’ve been a wreck since then.”

                I laughed slightly “Jason, shut the hell up.”

                “Done.”

                “Thank you.”

                “What did you call for?” He asked curiously

                I took a deep breath, “I did something bad, Jason.”

                “Joey, sweetie, whatever you did I’m sure its not—”

                “No, Jase, it’s bad” My voice cracked.

                “…what happened, Joey?”

                “I wanted to tell you in person, but…” I took a deep breath, closing my eyes “IsleptwithCaden.”

                “Sorry, what?”

                “I slept with Caden.” I winced as I said those words.

                Jason didn’t say anything. I waited for him to say anything at all. I checked the phone to see if we were still connected.

                He didn’t say anything.

                “Jason, I need you to know it was a mistake. I regret it so much.” I said my voice cracking. “I love you, Jason, and I can’t forgive myself for what I did. I understand if you can’t forgive me, but I want you to know. I need you to know that we hadn’t kissed since the last time I told you. And I haven’t seen him since.”

                I took a deep breath, waiting for anything.

                “Jason, please. Say something” I begged, my voice cracking at the end.

                “Joey, I…” He said, unable to finish “I can’t believe you”

                I bit my hand to hold back the sob that threatened to rip through me. This was a lot harder than I had thought it would be. “I’m so sorry, Jason.”

                “I can’t forgive you.” His voice wavered.

                That broke my heart. I loved Jason, but I had hurt him. I wanted to kill myself.

                “I don’t think I can keep doing this” He said.

                “I know.” I closed my eyes, taking in a shaky breath.

                “I need to go.” He said.

                “Jason, wait” I whispered, “Please, just… I’m sorry. I just want you to know that.”

                “Bye Joey.”

                “I love you.” I said, pulling the phone away from my face and pressing the red button. I couldn’t believe this. Were we done? Had we really just broken up?

                I hurled the phone across the room in anger. It hit the wall, bouncing off with a loud ‘thump’. I buried my face into my hands, crying. I couldn’t believe that one drunken mistake had affected me so badly.

                My stomach churned painfully. I felt like throwing up. I felt sick from this.

                I had taken Jason for granted. He had always been there for me. He never let me feel down. Jason was my everything.

                And I fucked it over with Caden.

                I felt sick. I was a horrible person.

                I stood up, quickly running out to the bathroom. I pulled the toilet seat up, my lunch coming up my throat. I grunted as I threw up, the taste of bile lingering.

                I stared at the half dissolved food floating in the water.  Reaching up a shaky hand, I flushed the toilet, watching it go away.

                I retched a few more times, but nothing came up.

                There was a knock on the door, “Joey?”

                I leaned my cheek against the cold edge of the toilet.

                “Joey, are you ok?” Mom asked, concerned.

                When I didn’t give an answer, she opened the door slightly. I glanced at her, breathing in slowly.

                “Oh baby” She said, kneeling down to my level, “Oh my gosh, my poor baby, are you sick?”

                I closed my eyes, nodding my head. I knew that the lie would be easier than the truth. And to be honest, I was sick.

                I was sick of myself.

                “My boss was just saying how there was a stomach virus going around” She muttered, more to herself “Do you want some medicine?”

                I shook my head, “I don’t think it’s that”

                She looked at me hesitantly, “Ok baby. If you think so…”

                “Mom?” I asked “Can you please stay with me?”

                She nodded, taking my head off the toilet and moving it onto her lap. She brushed the hair out of my face, combing through it with her fingers. It felt nice.

                I closed my eyes, curling up.

                ~*~

                I was officially one day into being single.

                And it sucked.

                It was Friday night and once again, Caden was a no show. Mason was asleep and I was laying in my room, playing the radio. I kept it to a level where it wouldn’t wake Mason, but I could still get absorbed in it.

                Mom was still downstairs, waiting for her boyfriend to pick her up. She had been getting fairly serious with him, and I was impressed.

                She hadn’t spoken to me about last night. I was thankful for that. I didn’t want to have to explain to her why I didn’t want her to leave, or why I threw my guts up.

                There was a knock on my door. My eyes flickered to it as it opened up. Mom stood in the doorway, smiling gently.

                “Hey, Joanna, I’m going to head out. Darren’s outside.” She smiled.

                “Bye” I mumbled.

                She closed the door behind herself.

                I sighed, closing my eyes. I missed Jason. I actually did. More than any time that we were separated. At least then I knew we’d be together again.

                Now…

                I groaned, rolling onto my back. I pulled a pillow across my eyes, pressing it down. I breathed in the fabric.

                I didn’t know how I would go on. I didn’t realize how much I needed Jason.

                I just…

                I didn’t know.

                Jason had been so amazing to me. He didn’t blame me for when Caden kissed me. He didn’t take out his anger. He was my best friend.

                The same couldn’t be said for Caden. He had clearly shown his annoyance with Jason. He had continually insulted my boyfriend.

                And he did everything he could to piss me off.

                I had unintentionally chosen Caden of Jason.

                Caden, who would leave me in an instant. Who I wasn’t even sure wanted me to begin with.

                Over Jason, who was my everything.

                I closed my eyes, taking in a deep breath.

                I needed water.

                I stood up, leaving the radio on. I quickly walked out of my room, closing the door quietly behind me. I check on Mason quickly, peeking into his room.

                He was curled into a ball on his bed, his thumb poking into his mouth.

                I closed the door, sighing.

                Mason. Jason. The rhyme in their names brought pain to my heart. How would I ever get over him?

                I walked down the stairs, my hand gripping the railing.

                I nearly fell when I saw the faint blue-ish light poking through.

                “What the hell is he doing here?” I whispered aloud. I took a deep breath. He was in the living room, I was headed to the kitchen. If I was quiet enough, I could get away unnoticed.

                Carefully, I stood on tiptoes, quietly walking down the stairs.  I avoided the squeaky ones, landing softly on my feet.

                I listened carefully for any sign that he heard me. I quietly, but quickly, walked past the living room and into the kitchen.

                Shit.

                Caden stood there, leaning against the counter. A glass of something was in his hand, his other folded across his chest. His eyes met mine, just as shocked.

                “What are you doing here?” I asked with a monotone

                “I’m the babysitter” He said, just as emotionless.

                “I know.”

                Caden didn’t say anything else, holding my gaze.

                “Jason dumped me.” I said, moving my eyes to the ground.

                Caden whistled sadly, “Damn, that sucks.”

                “A lot.”

                “Why?”

                “Why do you think?” I asked with more malice in my voice than intended.

                Caden didn’t answer, fully knowing why.

                I walked forward, sitting down at the kitchen table. “Are you just going to drop me now like you do with every other girl you fuck?”

                “No” He said, frowning at my

                “This doesn’t count, Caden.” I snapped “You’re required to be here because it’s your job.”

                “It’s not my job to talk to you” He said, just as angrily “It’s my job to take care of Mason. If I wanted to drop you, I wouldn’t be talking to you.”

                I snorted, rolling my eyes “Like I’m going to believe you. It’s been three weeks since we slept together and you haven’t talked to me once.”

                “Not like you haven’t tried.”

                “I’m not the one who went out of their way to find the other.” I said, reminding him that he had sought me out, not the other way around.

                “Still, if you wanted to talk, you know where I am.”

                “Oh please.” I mumbled, knowing he was full of crap. Caden walked over to where I sat, standing in front of me. I looked up to his eyes so that I wasn’t staring right at his crotch.

                “Look, Pumpkin,” He started.

                “Don’t call me ‘Pumpkin’” There was more venom in my voice than ever before.

                Caden raised an eyebrow in surprise, “Look, Joanna—wait a minute”

                He reached a hand out, tilting my face up towards him. Caden’s eyes moved back and forth between mine.

                “Were you just crying?” He asked delicately.

                I jerked my head away, letting my hair fall in front of my face. “No.”

                “Look at me.” Caden said sternly. “Were you crying?”

                “I wasn’t crying” I said, trying to sound as bold as I could.

                “You’re eyes are all red.” He commented.

                “Allergies.”

                “You don’t have any.”

                “You don’t know that.”

                “Your mother had to give me the medical information for you and Mason. I know you don’t have any allergies.”

                Shit.

                “Whatever. I wasn’t crying.”

                “How long ago did Jason break up with you?” He asked.

                I looked away from him, hesitating. “Yesterday.”

                “You only told him yesterday?”

                “It was the first time I’ve been able to talk to him.”

                “Wow.” Caden said, surprised.

                “Whatever.” I stood up, pushing my chair in and ignoring how close we were.

                Caden wrapped his hands around my waist, pulling me closer. He pressed my front against his, hugging me tightly. Hesitantly, I rested my head on his chest, sliding my arms around him. Caden gave me a squeeze, resting his chin atop my head.

                I closed my eyes, feeling the water start to flood them. I gripped him tighter, grateful for this huge. There was no tension in it, no awkwardness.

                He was hugging me because he felt bad for me.

                It felt nice.

                “I miss him so much” I whispered, my voice shaky “It’s only been a day.”

                “Break-ups are hard, Pumpkin” He said. I don’t even know if he was aware he called me pumpkin. “I’m sorry.”

                “No you’re not.” I whispered at the sudden realization.

                “I am.” He insisted.

                “No, you’re not.” I pulled away “You’re happy that I’m done with Jason.”

                He opened his mouth, but I cut him off.

                “Tell me the truth.”

                He met my eyes for a moment. Caden’s lips pulled apart to speak, but I already had my answer.

                “You’re a sick son of a bitch, Caden.” I hissed.

                I turned on my heal, storming away.

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