-It is four am right now and I have school in 3 hours, so this isn't the best I've done, I apologize-
Katelyn's point of view
I could still taste him in my mouth.
I brushed my teeth nearly ten times, had four breathmints, used mouthwash about eight times, but it wasn't working.
I hated it. It was disgusting and it made me want to cry again. I just finished my make-up, again, and I was about to ruin it, again.
I looked in my mirror and gulped a bit. Jacob was waiting for me downstairs, wondering where I was and it'd be selfish of me to just hideaway in my room all night.
I took a deep breath and popped a few more mints into my mouth before walking out of my room. I looked around but I couldn't find him.
I sighed and then looked for Luke or Michael. I had pushed through bunches of people and accidentally engaged into a conversation with some dude I didn't know about batman and his bat-mobile.
I soon found him and I grabbed his arm. "Luke?" I asked and he turned around, a small something between his lips. He breathed out some smoke and I coughed since it was like right in my face.
That was not a cigarette.
"What do you want?" He asked rudely, seeming upset that I interrupted his time with his friends. "Go to Michael, he'll deal with you."
"I just want to know if you've seen Jacob..." I said quietly, flinching slightly at his glare. "I'm sorry..."
"You should be. You ruined Michael and I's relationship." He said and I gulped. "Go find him yourself, I don't care about him." He said and waved me off before turning to his friends.
"Oh... uh okay. I'm sorry." I said and walked away. I saw the guy who dragged me to the bathroom and shrieked before running back to Luke, holding on to him.
"Now what?" He asked as he ripped his arm crop my grasp. "Jesus christ, can you leave me alone? I want to be around my friends too you know." He said and the two around him laughed.
"I just... I'm sorry." I said as that guy made eye contact with me. He winked and I gulped, unable to move.
"Couldn't you have given us another dare?" Luke groaned and pushed me away slightly. "One that doesn't involve a clingy child?"
"What?" I asked him and he looked at me as he held a small rolled up something between his fingers.
"Oh yeah, we never told you. You were just a dare babe. If I wasn't scared of Michael and I's nudes getting leaked, we wouldn't have done this." He told me and he blew the smoke right in my face again. "We got slight benefits though, you made the media love us and our album became the most pre-ordered all year."
"So... You're telling me that this all was a dare? On top of that, you only kept me here longer because it brought your band more publicity and nice comments from the press?" I asked him, my eyes filling with tears.
"Yes."
"Wow, nice to know how much you fucking love me." I mumbled to him and he laughed, clearly being able to hear me.
"No, there's no love. You're just a little broken girl who doesn't know love. I thought you'd be smarter than to think we'd actually want you around when our lives were perfect without you." He said and his friends laughed with him.
Tears fell a bit and I pushed him into his friend, who ended up swallowing that small rolled up thing. I ran upstairs to my room and the wiped the tears away as they fell.
I grabbed my backpack and then shoved a few things in there like some sweatshirts, some skinny jeans, that lilac teddy bear, a comb, my phone, and the money I was given but never spent.
The only thing that they bought me was the phone, the rest was gifts from Bryana or my own personal items. Besides the bear, I don't know where it came from but I'm taking it because I love it.
I angrily wiped my make-up and fake blood off before changing into a more comfortable outfit. I took these contacts out and then grabbed my bag before slipping on some boots.
I slung it over my shoulder and then left my room, making my way out of the house. No one questioned me, not even Luke. He actually just told me to keep the door open so it doesn't get stuffy in the house.
I slammed the door shut and then stopped as I saw Jacob leaning on the trunk of his car, smoke leaving his lips. I could smell the cigarettes and it was weirdly comforting, not like what Luke was smoking. That was disgusting and strong.
I sighed as set my back down before walking towards him. I wrapped my arms around him and he wrapped a single arm around me. "I was looking for you but I couldn't find you so I decided to have a cigarette." He told me.
"I don't want to be with them anymore." I said and he ran a hand through my hair. "They're assholes Jacob."
"Who love?"
"Michael and Luke." I said and he rubbed my back. "They used me. They only adopted me because they were dared too." I said and he sighed.
"Is that why you changed and have a bag?" He asked and I looked at him. "I heard it hit the floor, I'm not an idiot. I've ran away a few times aswell." He said and I nodded, seeing no point in lying.
"I wasn't going to run away, just go to Calum's house since no one is home. I know where the extra key is and I doubt they'll mind." I said and he nodded.
"Want to go on a drive? Maybe being alone isn't the best idea." He said and stomped his cigarette out. "People do idiotic things when they're alone and upset."
"Sounds fun." I said and he chuckled. "Do you want to clean your face up a bit before you do?" I asked and he nodded.
"Let me wipe this all off and take these damned wings off. I can't handle them." He said and I laughed as he kissed my head.
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"Where are we going?" I asked him and he looked at the gas meter on the car.
"First, I need gas and some more cigarettes because my idiot friend forgot to put gas. Second, it's just somewhere I go to calm down. I think you'd like it." He said and I nodded.
I grabbed his cigarette pack and I opened it, seeing one left. "Do you mind?"
"Yes I do." He said and took them from me. "It's not good for you, please don't. I'm being a hypocritic, I know, but don't smoke."
"You said it's a stress relief and it helps you clear your mind." I said and he looked at me. "Right now, all I want to do is break down into tears and tear my hair out and scream. Can't I just try it?"
"No." He said and I sighed, sulking a bit as I slouched in my seat. "I'm sorry but you can get lung cancer and ruin your teeth and everything. It's not cute and it's not cool. I don't want you doing it." He said.
"Then why so you smoke? If you know the dangers, why do you still do it?" I asked, knowing that I was acting bratty and bitchy. "I'm sorry, I'm just frustrated and stuff."
"Don't worry, I understand." He said as he turned on his blinker so he could turn into the nearest gas station. "I'm going in, I'll be back in maybe five minutes, depending on the amount of people in there."
I nodded and he left after he turned his car off and parked it by a pump. The door closed and my phone rang in my bag. I grabbed it and then saw it was Michael calling me.
I laughed and then turned my phone off, knowing full well when I turn it back on it will have hundreds of messages and missed calls.
I yawned and then stretched a bit as I set my feet on the dashboard. I grabbed the choker Jacob took off and then put it one since it would go with my outfit.
I closed my eyes and then the drivers door opened. I looked and it was Jacob. He set the pack of cigarettes in the cup holder and then a few bags of gummies and a few cans of tea.
"Thoughtful."
"Always." He said and I smiled. He left and I watched as he began to pump gas into his car. I yawned again and closed my eyes.
Jacob's phone rang and I grabbed it. I looked at it and noticed it was Michael texting him to see if he knew where I was. I dismissed the message and then set his phone back.
"Who was it?" He asked me from outside. "Luke? Michael? My idiot friends?"
"Michael." I told him and he nodded. He put the pump back and then closed the hatches. He got back in the car and then buckled up.
"I'm too broke to be doing this." He said and laughed as he started his car. "I have twenty bucks left."
"I have three hundred." I said and looked at him. "If you need it, we can use it." I told him and he shrugged, saying that it probably wasn't necessary.
I watched as he plugged the auxiliary chord into his phone and then went to his Spotify playlist. He put it on shuffle and an unfamiliar song played.
"Guess what?" He said and I hummed as I looked at him. "I don't give a damn about my bad reputation." He sang and did some weird dance in his seat.
"You're a dork." I said and laughed as I shook my head. I shivered a bit since this wasn't my thickest sweater and he turned the heater on as he left the gas station.
He hummed along and I saw him reach into the backseat. He grabbed a black case and then flipped it open. He pulled out a pair of glasses and then put them on.
"I only use them when I drive at night." He said and I nodded as he hit a red light. "I'm blind as shit during the night." He told me and I nodded.
"You look cute with glasses on." I accidentally said outloud and he chuckled. "It makes you look like those Tumblr boys."
"Thanks." He said and I nodded. "My sister loves when I have my glasses on because I usually take my piercings out then. She says I look less scary when I have them on."
"That's adorable." I said and laughed. "You're just a big teddy bear at home then?" I asked as I frabbed his phone.
"You can say that. At home I'm always in really big sweatshirts and black skinny jeans with my glasses. I look less... intimidating." He said and I nodded as I went to his spotify.
"Do you have pictures of your sister on your phone?" I asked and he nodded. "After I change this song, can I see them?"
"Yeah, go ahead. I have nothing to hide." He told me and I skipped this song. I left the app and then went to his pictures.
I laughed as I saw the last picture saved was us and Jack Barakat. I scrolled through them and smiled because his pictures were so cute.
Half of them were of us and the other half was of his family and other friends.
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Question of the chapter:
-Do you think Luke is such a saint now? *Dory's voice* Do ya? Do ya? Do ya?
Author's answer:
-*evil laughter* He never was
Reader's answer:
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