jack's pov +

"hey, any letters come for me?" i reached the bottom of the stairs, asking my younger brother.

he sat in front of tv and carelessly shrugged his shoulders. i groaned lightly at his lack of help then started to check the pile of letters that we've received this week.

i began to search for any that were sent by my school as i really wasn't in the mood to take in another lecture from my mom about my endless detentions and almost suspensions.

"i know that you keep letters from your school under your mattress" ayden mentioned.

i scanned through the pile in my hands, "well, you shouldn't since you're not allowed to be looking through my fucking room anyways".

as i continued looking, i frowned and retraced back to a letter i just dismissed. i instantly recognised the address written on the front.

it was sent to my dad's house in indiana but was clearly sent back, unopened with a return stamp.

i placed down the other letters and quickly opened this one, noticing that it was the exact letter that i wrote to my dad a few years ago.

it explains that him leaving affected kenzie, my mom and i a lot and that it was incredibly selfish of him, yet a part of me still wishes that he was here.

i didn't send out this letter and i know i never would, but there's only one other person that knows it exists.

"hey, we bought back mcdonalds for dinner!" kenzie exclaimed, holding up the two paper bags of food.

she had been shopping with my mom, sofia and my other siblings for hours but since my head has only been focused on this letter, it only felt like minutes.

"seriously, jack. you didn't even think to do the dishes" my mom complained, settling a few grocery bags on the counter.

"yeah, sorry" i brushed off, sitting on the bar chair. "lost track of time".

sofia happily came by my side to kiss my cheek but i subtly dodged her gesture as i thought back to the letter.

she frowned in confusion, "hey, are you okay?".

"jack, the funniest thing happened when we were ordering the food" kenzie spoke up in between laughs as she put away the groceries. "sofia, tell him".

sofia chuckled, leaning against the table by me. "okay, so we were—".

"look, i don't really care about what happened" i calmly cut her off.

"um okay, what's up with you?" kenzie inquired.

sofia lightly scoffed, "yeah, why are you being so—".

i interrupted by placing the letter on the counter as everyone stared at it in confusion.

"what is that?" sofia asked.

"don't act stupid" i muttered, pushing my hair back. "i told you sof, i told you countless times that i didn't want to send my dad that letter. it was silly and something that i've put off for years for this exact reason".

"sweetie, what letter?" my mother suddenly chimed in. it's been so long since anyone's mentioned my dad in front of her.

"jack, what are you talking about?" kenzie apprehensively asked.

i ignored them and focused on sofia, "you are the only one who knew about this and you're the only one who was pushing me to send it".

"jack, i—".

"and now my dad has sent it back without even fucking opening it just like i thought he would" i angrily pushed the letter across the table, causing it to fall on the floor as i stood up. "like what the hell is wrong with you?".

"jack," my mom spoke.

sofia sternly folded my arms, "no, go on, say it. because if you have a problem with me then—".

"i do have a problem!" i yelled back. "you act like we both agreed that you could stay over every night, leave your stuff here, do my laundry, meddle into my fucking life, when i never really asked you to be here, sof. this wasn't supposed to be a permanent thing".

her shoulders dropped at my words. she relaxed her confident stance, but clearly tried to keep up the appearances for everyone around us.

"so just...just go home" i added. "you know, to your own fucking house for once".

sofia nodded her head as her eyes started to hold tears against them. a part of me felt bad for being so harsh but she also invaded my privacy without any consideration of the consequences.

the kitchen held a thick silence as i grabbed a beer from the fridge behind sofia. i took a large sip before she purposely pushed past me to head for the front door.

"sofia!" kenzie called out. "what about your mom? jack, are you insane?".

"jack, that is very unfair of you" my mother continued.

i ignored them, heading for the staircase with my open beer and two others that i grabbed from the counter.

"well if sofia can't stay here, then i'm going with her" kenzie announced, taking one of the mcdonalds' bags and hurrying for the front door.

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sofia's pov +

i usually spend my free periods lazying around at home or hanging out with the gilinskys, but kenzie was off sick today and well, i'm not speaking to jack after his outburst over the weekend.

i wish he had just let me tell him the full story but i guess i got to really hear what he thinks of me now.

i walked through the school gates, focusing on my phone. i couldn't be at my house and longer and my parents were driving me so crazy that i actually decided to spend my free time in school.

"sofia, hey!".

i glanced over my shoulder, seeing chanel walking towards me with a wave.

"i thought that was you" she smiled as she reached me. i rolled my eyes and kept up a pace to get rid of her.

"what do you want?" i sighed.

"i just wanted to know if you've seen jack. he hasn't been responding to my calls and texts".

"well, why don't you get the hint?" i retorted.

"i would," chanel tried to catch up with me as we walked through the school doors. "but i don't really feel like having a fatherless baby".

i paused, frowning at her, "you're pregnant?".

"oh, didn't you know?" she gently rubbed her stomach. "i thought jack would have told you or anyone else in this school would have, since you two are so tight now".

"that's none of your business" i said. i walked away from her with my heart now beating as fast as ever to think jack got chanel of all people pregnant.

"well if you see him tell him to contact me, i'd love for him to be at the next appointment for our little one" she called out, although i ignored her and continued down the hallway.

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jack's kinda a dick but i updated wow.

i haven't written in so long so give me time in the next chapters to better my skills a little lmao.

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