Chapter Ten. 

            Jonah was lying on the ground beneath me and he was in misery. His nose was bleeding, his eye was already swollen, and all I could think about was how stupid it was of me to agree to come here tonight. I didn’t want to in the first place. Scott called Casey and said the both of us were welcome but I knew Justin would be here and I should have known he’d react like this. Just because we don’t have sex now doesn’t mean he can go around and punch the shit out of people for no reason. I know Jonah and I know how much he cares about me. Cheating wasn’t even a possibility.

            “I’m so sorry.” I whispered. “We shouldn’t have come here tonight.”

            “Babe it’s okay. That dude is just crazy. He’s psychotic.”

            “I know and I don’t believe him Jonah. I trust you, okay?”

            Bringing him up from the grass, he pulled me into his lap and he kissed me without thinking, me just smiling as I gently caressed his cheeks and tried to avoid his bloody nose. It killed me to see him in pain and to know that Justin is the one that caused that made me sick to my stomach that I ever started this friend with benefits thing with him in the first place.

            “Good. You know that I’d never do that to you in the first place Reina. You’re a really special girl to me.”

            I kissed him again and we went to kissing for a half hour until Lexi came outside and asked where Justin was and then I explained to her what happened and after she seemed to be extremely pissed off, I told her to tell everyone that we were just going to leave early, standing up from the ground and holding onto his hand as we headed back to my car.

 Justin’s Point of View

              I can’t even begin to describe how I’m feeling right now. Walking the streets of this town in the cold for an hour hasn’t helped like I thought it would because usually people say when you’re pissed a walk helps relieve your stress or you know, clear your head a little at least. That wasn’t the case because I’m still walking on this damn pavement with tears in my eyes and feeling like my head’s going to explode.

             I never should have fallen for her in the first place but as I’m continuously thinking about it I realize that it wasn’t my decision. Falling for Reina was completely out of my control and I knew I never should have fallen for her in the beginning but it ended up happening and now I feel like my heart just got ran over by a damn train. The worst part about all of this is that I’m still thinking about how she’s going to feel when she finds out that asshole is cheating on her and how hurt she’ll be.

            That’s crazy that someone can wreck you emotionally as a person but as much as they hurt you and as much as you can’t stand them, you still care. Why the hell do I still care about her? This has never happened to me before and normally if a girl like Lexi were to get pissed at me or something and a guy was cheating on her I wouldn’t care and as bad as that sounds it’s just the truth. I don’t care about Lexi but suddenly Reina comes into my life and now all I can think about is her crying and it makes my stomach twist up in such a gut-wrenching way because I hated to see her like that. Seeing Reina cry was something I hated beyond comparison.

            I felt led on. Regardless of whether or not she never admitted that she liked me like that, she never should have done the things she did. If all we were to her was fuck buddies then she never should have cuddled with me like that and she never should have held onto my hand like that. She never should have done those things because those memories keep replaying in my head over and over again and no matter what else I try to think about that’s all that’s circulating right now. I’m going insane.

            Another hour passed by until I literally couldn’t feel my hands any longer so I was back at the house and almost up the porch steps until Casey came out and was in shock when she saw me. Probably because my eyes were all bloodshot and I looked like I’d just died.

            “Justin…” She trailed off, bringing her gaze down to her shoes for a second. “Are you okay?”

            “Uh, yeah.” I replied. “I’m sure you heard what happened.”

            “Well yeah, I did but I didn’t hear your side of the story exactly.”

            I looked at her after she said that because for the first time someone had actually asked me how I felt and what I was thinking. She didn’t make an assumption, she wasn’t giving me the cold shoulder, she was just standing here waiting for me to actually explain myself and I don’t think I’ve ever been more grateful for that because if she knew the truth, maybe she could warn Reina or something.

            “I was out in the kitchen getting a drink and Jonah came into the room talking on the phone. He didn’t see me or anything and then he started calling the girl baby and saying I love you and shit and then I punched the shit out of him because why the hell would you treat a girl like that? Anyways, long story short is that she came out and Jonah lied and told her I beat the shit out of him for no reason and she believed him because he saved his side chicks’ contact to mom so it looked like his mom was calling. It’s bullshit Casey. Complete bullshit.”

            “That asshole!” She shrieked, looking at me in disbelief. “I knew he was too good to be true.”

            “She’s brainwashed Casey. I don’t even know if you’ll get through to her but maybe he’ll change his mind or something after tonight and he’ll end things with that girl but he didn’t seem too positive about that. Hopefully that happens because Reina… well, you know. She’s a great girl and she deserves the best.”

            Casey remained silent and nodded her head, letting out a sigh of some sort before she finally looked at me again.

            “Why did you react the way you did Justin?”

            “What do you mean?” I asked.

            “I mean why didn’t you just ignore him and come back out to watch the movie? Why did you beat the shit out of him?”

            “Because a guy shouldn’t do that.” I blurted out, trying desperately to keep my cover. “No girl deserves that.”

            “So you don’t like her?”

            She knew and I knew that I did. She knew the night that I wanted to watch a movie with Reina and I was so stupid because I actually thought that maybe she’d want to hang out some more and at the time I was still trying to deny the fact that I liked her but now I know myself well enough to know I wanted a date. I really wanted to lay with her and talk about things and I wanted her to hold my damn hand again because I loved that feeling even though it was new. I wanted to feel that again.

            “Even if I did it wouldn’t matter Casey because she’s too infatuated with Jonah right now. She’s too caught up in what he thinks of her that I’m not even filling up a section of her brain at the moment. Unfortunately that’s just the truth.”

            “Well maybe if you told her she’d-“

            “I’m not telling her anything. I shouldn’t have even told you as it is but Casey you have to promise me to not tell her, okay? Don’t even tell Scott. I know he thinks he knows but I just don’t need to be teased about this. It hurts enough to know she’s with someone else and I can’t even believe this is coming out of my mouth right now. Oh my god.”

            She smiled after that and I wish she wouldn’t.

            “Why are you smiling?”

            “Because you like her! I can’t believe you like her holy shit.”

            “Casey stop.” I groaned. “This is exactly what I’m talking about.”

            “Okay okay I’ll stop. I’m sorry. I’ll try to work on her alright? I’ll do what I can.”

            It got awkward for a second and I just realized that I completely underestimated Casey. I mis-judged her too. I thought she was some stuck up bitch when in reality she was probably one of the most down to earth and helpful people I’ve ever met before.

            “Wow uh, thanks Casey. Really. Are you leaving?”

            “Yeah. It’s getting late and I have to get up early for class but it’s no problem Justin. I hope you have a good night and honestly don’t think too much about this. It probably won’t last long anyways.”

            “Sure.” I said, opening up the door. “Bye Casey.”

            As soon as the name came out of my mouth Scott appeared at the doorway with a curious expression on his face but the door was already closed so he couldn’t see that she was still there.

            “Were you just-“

            “Yeah. Casey and I talked for a couple of minutes. I already know you want to talk to me about what happened but right now I’m just not in the mood so I’m just gonna go to bed. The girl you’ve got is a real keeper though man and I mean that.”

            Not letting him respond, I thudded up the steps into my room without another word. 

A/N:

Okay so I know not a lot happened in this chapter so that's why i'm updating again on Thursday. I decided to update twice this week for you guys because it's Christmas and everything! I hope you all have an amazing holiday with your families!

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