My head was spinning. Did Ember even realize it was a school night? Better yet, did she realize that what happened between me and Morgan has absolutely nothing to do with her? We're over, finished. There's nothing there anymore but bad memories and mixed up feelings. That doesn't mean I'm going to drop my current girlfriend to run off with my ex.


I have no idea where she is or who she's with. Hayley was the only friend I'd known her to gain recently, and being that she's Hayley, there's no telling where they could be. Wherever it was, I'm guess she left Ember to fend for herself, but I couldn't come after her this time because she didn't want me to. She was drunk and pissed, there's no telling what she would do to get back at me.


Fuck it, if she can go out with her friends, I can go out with mine, too. I grabbed my keys off of my dresser and darted down the stairs, telling my mom that Alex texted me about some project that was due later this week and we had to work on it. She believed my story and reminded me to pack my toothbrush. Typical mom.. However, she was right. I ran back upstairs long enough to shove some items in a bag, and left.


When I arrived at Alex's, Isobel answered the door with a large smile on her face. She went through the normal greeting, hey, how are you? but I was in too much of a rush to be overly polite.


"Can I borrow your son?"


"Sure," Isobel nodded, leaning away from the door to call for her son. "Alex! Jack is here to see you!"


She left me standing alone by the door, awkwardly shifting my weight until I heard Alex coming closer. He stepped through the door and closed it behind him. He could tell something was bothering me so he motioned for me to sit down on the front steps.


"Where's Ember?"


"Uhm, off getting drunk with Hayley and grinding on random dudes?"


"Shit," Alex sighed, shaking his head. "Did you guys break up?"


"She told me to go be with the Barbie and leave her the fuck alone. So yeah, I think that was her way of breaking up with me."


"Did you ask her to talk to you? Or at the very least come home and hear what you have to say?"


"Of course I did. She pretty much told me to go to Hell while she offered her body to a bunch of horny fucks."


"I'm sorry bro. She'll come around when she sobers up."


"I don't want to be in this kind of relationship again," I mumbled, playing with the hem of my jacket. "This is exactly what Morgan did to me. She left me for a brand new scene and didn't even give me time to process what was happening."


"Yeah, but you live with Ember. You'll have to talk eventually."


"Oh yeah? Like tonight, when she locked me out and snuck out to go be with God knows who at God knows where?"


"Jack," Alex warned, getting to his feet so he could stand in front of me. "I know that tone. Please tell me you're not going to go do something stupid. We have school tomorrow, for fucks sake."


"I'm not doing this shit anymore," I stood up, pushing past him on the sidewalk. So much for spending the night with Alex tonight. "I'm not going to sit here and wonder where the fuck she is and who the fuck she's with. If she wants to act like a child then that's exactly how I'm going to treat her. If she doesn't want to hear my side of the story then I'm not going to give her an explanation. If Ember decides to come around, great, but she better make sure it's not too late."


"Jack!" Alex whipped out his phone the moment I started to walk away from his house. He's probably texting Ember, telling her about my behavior in attempt to stop me from doing something stupid. "Please tell me you're not going to Morgan's house?!"


"If she wants me to go be with the barbie," I spun around long enough to throw my arms up in the air in a 'I don't give a fuck,' fashion, "then I'm going to be with the fucking barbie! Everyone gets what they want! Ember can go do whatever with anyone she wants to. If she doesn't want to be with me anymore, fucking fine!"


Alex was calling after me, his voice going hoarse from yelling, but I didn't stop. The walk to Morgan's house was all too familiar and leaving my car at Alex's meant I didn't even have to see Ember in the morning. I hope she's fucking happy, wherever she's at, because her wish is coming true.

Notes

Jack obviously does not handle heart break well.
Can we get some more love for this story?!
-Jess.