The Exception// Jack Avery [1]

CHAPTER 13 [happy]

But I'm glad Spencer is better. It had messed his head up badly having those two things happened all in the same day. Spencer took time ot recover and didn't actually know my dad had passed until he woke up hours later. He tried to forget the day as hard as he could, I tried too, but Spencer resulted to drinking. He'd come home some night completed wasted and woke up not remembering a thing. Some nights he didnt come home at all. That worried my mum. She hadn't known if he was safe, or passed out in the middle of no where, or even possibly dead. One night stood out the most as the worst, Spencer did come home, but he was angry, and violent. I dont want to go into it in detail but he did some nasty things he now regrets and hates himself for doing it. That's when my mum had decided enough was enough and told him to leave. Within a week Spencer had seen what he had become and agreed to move away to build himself back up again. And I guess it worked, because now he's back, better than ever. I missed him so much. He's now happy, and I'm glad to see him like this.

"Well I'm going upstairs to chill for a bit, but I'll be down for dinner" I say, "me too" Spencer says, "wow I haven't heard that in a while" my mum laughs. I smile. I head upstairs and Spencer follows. I start to run up the stairs, scared that he's going to try and drag me down or pull my feet like he did when we were kids. "You still afraid" he laughs, "always, you used to do all the time" I laugh when I'm finally at the top. "Dont worry I'm not that childish anymore" he says, when he reaches the top of the stairs and I can tell what look he has on his face. In a split second he pushed his fingers into my sides, causing me to jump and runs towards him room with me chasing behind. He shuts his door before I reach him and I roll my eyes in defeat. "This isn't over, I will get you" I shout, "I'd like to see you try kid" he says, I laugh to myself. I've miss my brother. He was like a best friend I could tell anything too and was always there for me when I needed him.

I walk myself into my bedroom and flop onto my bed. I look at the photos taped to my ceiling and smile. I'm glad my dad made me do this. Not a day has gone by where I haven't looked at it and smiled. Everyone up here loves me for me and would always love me, because we're family. One picture catches my eye. One of Spencer and Sydnie, where you can see Jack in the background. It's blurry but somehow, it's clear to me that it is him standing there. I rip the photo off my ceiling and throw it in the trash. It was a reminder I kept up there that some time in the future this family feud could be over and we could live a care free life not having to worry about their family. But I can't have that up there now. Not after what Jack had said to me today. What I had hope for had all be erased when me and Jack spoke. It will not ever happen. Our families hate each other and that just how it's going to be. Always. And I'm okay with that. I dont care anymore. I'm happy without him. I'm happy.

I lay on my bed for a while just thinking about everything that happened today, the good and the bad, when my phone beeps and breaks me out of my thoughts. My mum gave it back when I went back to school, with everything Jack erased off of it and im guessing Spencer had to help her since she has no sense of technology in this era. To my surprise it's Zach. It's a snapchat which means that I can't see what he has sent me unless I actually unlock my phone and open it. I stare at my phone screen for a few minutes just debating whether or not I should see the snapchat or to just ignore it. But I'm curious as to why him out of everyone could possibly want to talk to me right now. The guys hate me and blame me for breaking up their friend ship and no one at school has either gave me another look if it wasnt to secretly judge me.

I unlock my phone and click on the snapchat. It was a chat.

Zach: did you see Jack

I guess he should know I saw him. Right? I should at least tell him, and if I just say yes maybe he would leave me alone. So, I reply...

Me: yes I did

Zach: what did he say

Me: we're not friends anymore, you can be friends with him now since that's what you wanted

Zach: that's not what we wanted

Zach: well not me at least

Me: well he's all yours

Zach: I'm sorry for being so mean

Zach: truth is Daniel is the one who persuaded us to hate you and I'm the only one who's having second thoughts about it

Me: well good for you

Zach: I'm just saying sorry

Me: and I'm saying that's good for you

Me: look you have your fuck boy best friend back okay just make up with him and don't talk to me again

Zach: if that's what you want then fine

Zach: Daniel was right about you, you really are a bitch

Me: fuck you

zachherron has deleted you as a friend

The message made me mad and maybe I took it too far but I don't care, I don't want to be involved with Jack or any of them again. He ruined me. I'm finally happy. Happy without them.

JACKS POV

I hear a knock at my door and at first I hesitate to answer it since no one has knocked on my door to talk to in just under a week. "Who is it" I ask, "it's Sydnie" I hear my sister say from the other side. I take a deep breath and let it out before I opening my door - not knowing what she's going to say to me. We stare blankly at each other for a minute in silence. "Can I sit" she manages to say, gesturing to my bed, in which I nod slightly and close the door. She sits on bed for a few seconds before I manage to say something, "I'm sorry" I say, and she just looks at me as if I had exposed her secrets under my breath, "I am" I say, walking closer to her. "I've practiced what I've wanted to say to you, you know" she says, "no, I didn't" I say sitting next to her on the bed. "I don't want to shout" she says, "I want to resolve this because it's not good for either of us and mum has been telling me to do so for days" she continues to my surprise. "Mum said that" I say, "she doesn't hate you Jack, I told her not to talk to you" she says, "I can understand that" I say.

Then there's a moment of silence and I take it to, finally, apologise to my sister, "I really am sorry you know" I start, "you warned me, and I didn't listen, I was manipulated and lost some of my best friends all because I refused to listen to you" I say, "you fell for her didn't you" she says. I go speechless. "I can tell when you like a girl Jack, and the way you act about her and towards her whenever you have said anything about Grace to me, I could just tell, you like her" she says, "and I don't want to be the one to stop you from going for her" she says, "well you don't have to" I say, feeling as though I meant what I said at the time, but then again, not really knowing if It'd stick. "I think, you should know what happened between me and Spencer" she says, finally looking me in the eye, and all I can ask is, "why?", because, why now, why after all this time, "because, I cant let you believe that everything that happened between us was his fault, he was a good guy in the beginning and things got complicated, it was never like what it ended up like" she says, "he got, angry, and upset about some things I did, which made him do what he did, which is why I did what I did and it just got foggy and I want to explain it to you because you deserve to know but I don't want you to think any differently of me" she says, "I'm never going to think different of you Syd" I say, "you are my sister, and I love you, nothing that you say could change that" I say.

She looks at me, and I can tell by her eyes that she hasn't spoke about what happened in a while, and that, there might be a few tears. "I want to tell you" she says, "then tell me, if you end up changing your mind it's fine" I say, "you deserve to know, therefore I'm going to tell you everything that happened, so you can finally understand why everything is the way it is now, between our families" she says. "Okay" I finally say, "and I don't want to be a soppy shit like this because I never normally am" she lets out a small laugh, "Syd, its fine" I say. After her waiting a few seconds to compose herself, she finally starts talking, and she tells me everything.