Whispered Dreams - Chapter 4, Playing with Fire

Jake’s pov

I don’t know what the hell is wrong with me. Looking at Zoey and Rick flirting at the beach just made my blood flow the wrong direction. What the hell is Rick’s problem? Why was he spending the time with Zoey rather than Sarah? What’s up with them? And why in this freaking world am I still bothered by it?

I didn’t sleep all night; I was planning to play with fire; landing the news about me and Annie today, the girl I’ve been secretly seeing for a couple of weeks now. When they see her they’re surely gonna flip out. It was hard keeping Annie a secret, but it’s worth it. She is this amazing little girl, I mean she has long black wavy hair, the first thing I noticed, amazing body but not better than Zoey, and just so amazing to be around with, she makes me laugh not the same way Zoey can though. What the efff??? Why am I comparing Annie with Zoey? What’s wrong in my system???

I reached school; the first thing I see is Sarah, "What the fuck is your problem Rick? You’re leaving me for that piece of shit? That bitch? That slut who wanders from you to Jake? You’re dumping me for that worthless two faced slut Zoey?"

Woah what???

I heard Rick reply, "leave Zoey outta this Sarah… this has nothing to do with her, I don’t want your fucking drama anymore… I took you for something better than a cheating whore… but you turn out to be worse than that"

"What the hell is that supposed to mean?"

Rick was right; Sarah was flirting around with the guy from basketball team. I was the one who caught the bitch making out with him. Rick said he’d take care of it; guess this was what it meant.

"Think from your hollow mind what I'm talking about. And if I hear another word about zo, I swear bitch I won’t take it" Rick walked away with that warning, echoing the exact thought I wanted him to say.

I was about to follow Rick but someone grabbed me from behind. I knew definitely who this was, definitely Zoey. It took me by surprise to see Annie.

"Hey babe! I'm so excited to meet your friends today!"

"Hey babe" I said with much less enthusiasm.

"What’s wrong?" she asked immediately. Now this was the reason why I liked this chick, she knew exactly when I'm tensed or when in happy even though some could never tell the difference.

"Umm… Rick and Sarah just broke up, Sarah created a scene, you just missed it…"

"Oh, so that was the yelling about? Poor Rick… seemed like he was the one who hated drama"

"Oooohhh you remember about my friends huh?"

"Of course… they’re your friends and they’re important to me"

Annie was a rare kinda girl. She’s just my kinda girl. I'm happy to be with her, I'm just annoyed that I missed rick coz of her.

I left Rick alone all morning and I am not sure why but I was definitely avoiding those paths where I could cross Zoey, so I didn’t meet up with Mel either. During lunch I walked to the cafeteria, to find an angry Rick right in the front seat.

"Hey, why crushing the soda can Rick? Wassup with that?"

"Sarah…" Mel warned me. No Zoey to look for.

"What happened? Where’s zo?"

"Sarah met up with zo… and embarrassed her in front of her class. I can’t find her anywhere." Rick replied without even opening his mouth. His voice could so tight; he could strangle Sarah with his voice if it were possible. "I am gonna kill that bitch." He said in that same tone.

I was about to leave the cafeteria, but Annie came from behind holding me in place, I wanted to throw her hands out of the way, but I couldn’t do that. She was excited about meeting my friends. Damn her!

"Umm Jake, there’s a girl holding you …. You better open your eyes" Mel said confusion clear in her voice.

Annie had the worse timing in the world. Damn!

"Hey guys…. This is Annie… umm my girlfriend." I said awkwardly. How can I be jolly about this fucking situation?

Mel and Rick both looked up and said in unison, "hello Annie"

At the same time, they both looked over us, to something behind us. And both stood up with a shock in their face, "Zoey?"

She had clearly been crying. Her eyes were all red and she was again about to break down. Zoey looked down and cleared her breath, she mouthed the word, "hello" looking at Annie, but her voice didn’t come out. She hated crying in public, tried so hard to keep it to her. She tried to disguise a smile, but a tear fell down from her eyes ,she was about to break down, instead of crying her heart out she ran away from us, Rick and Mel followed her.

At that time Annie or no Annie, I was going to kill Sarah. She is going to suffer for breaking Rick’s heart first and then for making her, making our, making my Zoey cry. She is going to pay. I stood there; picture of Zoey’s breaking down playing again and again in my mind, blinding me of the people around me.

I felt like I played with fire and ended up with an electric shock. This is so not what I had been expecting today.