First message
I knew I shouldn’t go after him. I knew it the moment Jamie stormed out of the trailer, slamming the door so hard the cheap little cupboards rattled behind him. He’d been furious because you’d spent most of the afternoon with Danny—Danny, of all people, who had done nothing except help you carry groceries and sit beside you when you’d complained of feeling sick. But Jamie had seen something else. He always did when he was jealous. The argument had been awful, loud enough that none of us could convincingly pretend we weren’t listening, and you’d finally snapped that Danny was your friend and Jamie didn’t own you. Now you were inside with the others, and Jamie was sitting alone on the grass several metres away, elbows on his knees, staring furiously at nothing. I should’ve stayed where I was. Instead, I slipped outside. “Jamie?” He glanced up, eyes still angry and wounded, and something treacherous inside me softened. I sat beside him, leaving what I hoped was a respectable distance between us. “She didn’t mean it like that,” I murmured. What a ridiculous thing to say. Of course you’d meant it. Worse still, some ugly little part of me was glad you’d fought. I hated myself for it. Jamie sighed and dragged both hands over his face before muttering that he was probably a shit boyfriend. “You’re not,” I answered far too quickly. His eyes found mine, and my stomach twisted. This was dangerous. He was upset, vulnerable, and still very much your boyfriend.