Save Me From Myself
Jealousy Sweet Jealousy
I woke up to someone shaking me softly.
"Emily? Wake up."
Eyes adjusting to the bright light, I groggily moaned and threw a pillow over my head. "Go awaaaaay," I groaned.
I heard a laugh. "Oh, now you're gonna act like me? I don't think so."
"Huh?"
I felt the covers pull off, exposing my body and sending chills down my spine. The pillow I had squished over my head was forcibly taken from me, and I heard it smack against the wall.
Get up! We got a day of fun planned! It's like, 7:30 am! Wake up!"
The time made me jump. I leaped out of bed, and finally focused on Andy. He was already dressed. What. The. Hell.
"Andy..." I crankily said, "it is exremely early in the morning... what the fuck could you have planned?!"
Andy, shocked, raised his hands and took a step back. "Calm down, damn. I was thinking we could go to the mall, walk around a bit, then come back and chill in the basement for the rest of the day with everyone."
"And the day should start at the crack ass of dawn?" I asked.
He smiled. "Yup! Now get ready; it's time to go have fun!" With that, he turned and walked out of the bedroom, closing the door behind him.
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"Are you ready yet?!" Andy yelled as he pounded on the bathroom door. I was finishing up putting on my eyeliner. Today, I was wearing a greyish trench-coat like jacket, black leggings, and tall black and white converse. The black and white kinds that go up to around your knee area. I had styled my hair spikey and looked pretty good in my opinion. The only reason I had these clothes was because Ashley and Paige had went on a shopping trip and had bought a shit load of stuff. Most of it was for them of course but Paige had picked up a few things for me.
"Jesus!" I retorted. "Gimme a sec I'm almost done!" Putting the cap on the eyeliner, I checked out myself in the mirror. [Emily looked like this, but with a lip ring and no nose rings
https://www.flickr.com/photos/black__bloody/14377111774/ ] I sighed with satisfaction, and met Andy on the other side of the door. He gave me a warm smile and took my hand. "You look gorgeous," he said as we walked down the hall and down the stairs.
"Don't look too bad yourself," I replied, giving him a kiss on the cheek.
We walked out the front door towards his black mustang.
"Your car..." I admired. "I love your car so much." I stroked the roof of the car, a large grin on my face.
"Really?" Andy questioned.
"Yes, really." I looked up just as he tossed me his keys. "Alright, you drive then."
I caught the keys, suprise plastered across my face. "Y-you want me to d-drive?"
"Hell ya!" He fist bumped and jumped into the passenger side.
"U-um... alright." I wearily opened up the driver's door and sat behind the wheel. I shakily put the keys into the engine. But, just as I revved the engine and the car roared to life, all of my fear washed away, and was replaced by excitement. I sped off as fast as the car would go. Damn! What a rush! But Andy tapped my shoulder and said, "hey! Speed limit!"
I laughed. "Oh, right." I released the gas pedal and stomped my foot on the breaks. We rolled to a good 25 miles per hour.
"Maybe it was a bad idea letting you drive..."
I nooded, a wicked grin on my face. "Yup! But it's too late now!" We laughed and jammed out to music all the way to the mall.
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We pulled up to the mall around 9ish. Because we were so early, the parking lot wasn't too filled, and we found a spot super close to the front.
"See?" Andy asked when we stepped out of the car, "being early can be a good thing."
"Oh whatever.' I playfully pushed his shoulder as we walked up to the main doors.
"So," he asked, "where to first?"
I grinned. "Hot Topic!" I grabbed his hand and ran towards the store. It wasn't too far from where we were, so I sprinted over. The second we got in, I stopped in my tracks, taking in the large store.
There was everything here. Dresses, chockers, rings, belts, sweaters, band Ts, jeans, hair extentions, colored contacts.... Heaven....
"Alright. You go do whatever," he stopped to laugh, "I'm gonna go check out the belts and music."
"Cool!" I kissed his cheek. "Have fun." He walked off. I kept looking around.
I was about to walk over to the band t-shirts, when a boy around my age came up to me. The nametag showed he worked here, and he smiled as he stopped about a foot away from me.
"Hey. I'm Jace."
I grinned and held out my hand. "Hi, Jace. I'm Emily." He shook my hand.
"Nice to meet you! Do you need help with anything?"
I looked around. "Um... well I was looking for your wallet chains. Help me out?"
He held out his arm. "Let's go!" I giggled and locked arms with him as he guided me over to a corner. There, lines of wallet chains of all lengths and sizes hung.
"Oh my god this is awesome! Thank you so much!" I pulled away from him. Was it me, or was there a slight look of hesitation in his eyes?
The look was gone so fast though, I couldn't be certain. He pulled off a medium length, thin, silver chain and held it out.
"How's this one?"
I jumped, letting out the tiniest shriek. "I love it!"
"Hey, I know this is really sudden, but can I get your number?" He sheepishly held out his black IPhone. I beamed a smile.
"Sure!" I punched my number into his phone, and handed it back. He looked down at his phone, satisfaction on his face.
He half smiled as he kneeled down. Slowly, he started to hook the chain.
Woah... I thought. This doesn't seem right.
Then there was a cough, and I spun around to see Andy, who's arms were crossed, and was wearing a frown.
Andy's POV
Where was she? I looked around, trying to find Emily. She had to have been in the store. This was like her second home. The thought made me chuckle. That was, until I looked into the top right corner of the store, and saw her standing there with a strange guy.
What the hell? I cocked my head to the side. Who was he? And why was he so close to my girl? I tried to push the jealous thoughts out of my head. He was probably just helping her look for something.
He pulled off a wallet chain and I saw Emily jump and clap. That made me smile. She always did that when she was happy. It was cute...
But then, I saw him kneel down, and start to hook the wallet chain on her.
Wait. On her? He was putting it on for her? My last bit of calmness snapped when I saw him lightly touch the back of her upper thigh. Fuck. No.
I stormed over to where they were, and crossed my arms. No guy is gonna touch my Emily like that. I pretended to cough and Emily's head whipped around. Along with the strange guy who snapped up to his feet. The chain, hooked only on one side, hung down, swinging back and forth.
"Hey, Andy! Find anything cool?" Emily smiled, totally oblivious to this boy's intentions. It made me nervous and relieved at the same time.
"Uh, ya. A few things. Who's this?" I pointed to the boy who seemed slightly afraid. Good.
"Oh!" She patted the guy's shoulder. "This is Jace. He helped me find the wallet chains."
"So I see." I didn't want to mention what I'd witnessed in front of this, Jace... I wanted to talk about it alone with her. But just so there was no confusion, I forced a smile, and put my arm tightly around her shoulders.
To my pleasure, I saw Jace's face slightly fall before his smile quickly returned.
"Well," I said, "it was nice meeting you, Jace. Thanks for helping my Em out."
Jace nodded. "No problem. And uh, Emily?" He looked to her. "I'll text you later?" Emily played with the wallet chain in her hands, but looked up and smiled. "Sounds great!" I held in my anger.
"Let's go finish up here," I started to walk away, my arm still around her shoulders. I wasn't letting go till we were home... away from Jace...
Emily's POV
The day of shopping was pretty fun, but it seemed... kind of awkward. Andy kept his arm wrapped around my shoulders the whole time. I wouldn't have minded... in fact, I would have liked it, but it felt, almost forced. I liked the feeling of protectiveness, but this was different. His head was always turning at all sides. And every time a guy even glanced our way, or helped us out, Andy stiffened. He wasn't jealous... was he? Was it because of Jace? I mean, sure the wallet chain incident was a little weird, but I didn't think Andy had anything to be jealous of. I didn't have any feelings for Jace. I wanted to talk to him about it... but he didn't seem open to it.
We didn't even really talk. Well...until we were back in the car. I wasn't driving this time.
"Andy?" I cautiously asked as he started the car. "A-are you ok? Is this about what happened with Jace? Look, I don't have any feelings for him. Honest. He just-"
Andy cut me off as he grabbed both of my hands and his lips crashed into mine. Usually his kisses were passionate, but this one was aggressive. He didn't pull away until I had to myself. But I kept my forehead pressed against his.
"I-I'm sorry," he whispered. "I guess I... got a little jealous. I believe you. I trust you. It's those other guys I don't trust..."
"Andy..." I pecked him on the lips pulling back into my seat. "You have nothing to worry about... promise."
"I sure hope so..." he mumbled, then we started on our way home. There was no music this time, but as soon as we got onto the road, he took one of my hands and intertwined our fingers. And I was happy.
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4/21/15