Am I Jinxed? Or Am I Just Stoned?, chapter 6
"Manny Jack! MJ? Manny! Where are you?" I shouted. MJ ran off during lunch. The thought of her running home to cut raced through my mind briefly. I gasped slightly and raced towards the office.
"May I speak with Principal Smith?" I almost shouted at the secretary. She nodded and pointed to his door. I thrust the door open and made the doorknob make a hole in the wall. "Oh my god I'm so sorry. But this is an emergency!" I said. Principal Smith nodded. I told her about being worried about MJ. He already knew about her problem, as did all of the school staff. He handed me a pass that allowed me to leave school and I hopped into my car. Only, Tré was sitting in it. "Tré! Why are you in mine and MJ's car?"
"Well, Manny gave me a spare key to the car a while ago... when we were still together... " Tré started sobbing.
"Tré, this is an emergency. Manny is in trouble. Please, sit in the passenger seat." Tré obeyed silently. I slipped into the driver's seat and turned on the ignition. Speeding out of the student parking lot I raced home.
"Yes! Two minutes flat!" I shouted, punching the air. I slammed open the car door and ran to our room, knocking over May, our cleaning lady. "Sorry!" I shouted. I burst through the door and found MJ on the floor with gauze on her wrist, her eyes closed.
Manny Jack's POV
I opened my eyes slowly, my head banging as if I had a hangover. Amy was looking at me from the chair next to the window, he eyes filled with fury. Uh oh. I thought. The witch is mad. Time for a nice lecture topped with anger. Oh joy. I sat up, wincing when my fat butt sat on my wrist.
"Manny Jack Susan Cummings, why did you cut again?" Yup, she was mad. She only used your full name when she was pissed off.
I looked at my feet. "Because I did."
"Why? Why MJ?" AJ's voice was getting softer. Thank god.
I stared at my feet and said nothing. "Manny Jack, please. I just want to help."
Anger bubbled up inside of me. "Help me? You never help me. How can you help me? You have a great boyfriend who loves you and is very romantic, caring, sweet, and an all around nice guy to be with. You don't understand what it's like to have to, no, need to be the one on top. To be looked up upon by a younger sibling."
AJ gave me a blank stare. Typical.
"But... Why?"
I just stared at the ground, thinking. Minutes passed. She waited patiently, twirling a piece of gum on her finger. My clock on the wall ticked, every second feeling like a minute, a minute an hour, a hour an eternity.
Finally, I opened my mouth to talk.
"I couldn't take it anymore. Tre... he doesn't like me anymore. I can tell."
"May I speak with Principal Smith?" I almost shouted at the secretary. She nodded and pointed to his door. I thrust the door open and made the doorknob make a hole in the wall. "Oh my god I'm so sorry. But this is an emergency!" I said. Principal Smith nodded. I told her about being worried about MJ. He already knew about her problem, as did all of the school staff. He handed me a pass that allowed me to leave school and I hopped into my car. Only, Tré was sitting in it. "Tré! Why are you in mine and MJ's car?"
"Well, Manny gave me a spare key to the car a while ago... when we were still together... " Tré started sobbing.
"Tré, this is an emergency. Manny is in trouble. Please, sit in the passenger seat." Tré obeyed silently. I slipped into the driver's seat and turned on the ignition. Speeding out of the student parking lot I raced home.
"Yes! Two minutes flat!" I shouted, punching the air. I slammed open the car door and ran to our room, knocking over May, our cleaning lady. "Sorry!" I shouted. I burst through the door and found MJ on the floor with gauze on her wrist, her eyes closed.
Manny Jack's POV
I opened my eyes slowly, my head banging as if I had a hangover. Amy was looking at me from the chair next to the window, he eyes filled with fury. Uh oh. I thought. The witch is mad. Time for a nice lecture topped with anger. Oh joy. I sat up, wincing when my fat butt sat on my wrist.
"Manny Jack Susan Cummings, why did you cut again?" Yup, she was mad. She only used your full name when she was pissed off.
I looked at my feet. "Because I did."
"Why? Why MJ?" AJ's voice was getting softer. Thank god.
I stared at my feet and said nothing. "Manny Jack, please. I just want to help."
Anger bubbled up inside of me. "Help me? You never help me. How can you help me? You have a great boyfriend who loves you and is very romantic, caring, sweet, and an all around nice guy to be with. You don't understand what it's like to have to, no, need to be the one on top. To be looked up upon by a younger sibling."
AJ gave me a blank stare. Typical.
"But... Why?"
I just stared at the ground, thinking. Minutes passed. She waited patiently, twirling a piece of gum on her finger. My clock on the wall ticked, every second feeling like a minute, a minute an hour, a hour an eternity.
Finally, I opened my mouth to talk.
"I couldn't take it anymore. Tre... he doesn't like me anymore. I can tell."
