The Boy Next Door

The Voice

I couldn't breath. My heart was hammering so loud against my chest that I was pretty sure Jayden could hear it. What are you going to do Malia? What's Jared going to think of this. My head felt dizzy and light. Jayden's eyes stare at me so intently that I feel as if he might drill a hole through my head. But it's not a cold hard stare, it is more of like an affection stare. Jayden takes a step forward. My head screams at me to take a step back, but my legs are unresponsive.

"Malia?!" A male voice shouts, making me jump. My head snaps in the direction that the voice came from and my eyes fall on its owner. Jared stops walking as his eyes find me and relief floods over his face. Then his eyes fall on Jayden, who is now stepping away from me.

"Jared..," I whisper, bringing myself out of shock from Jayden's speech. Jared flickers his eyes between me and Jayden. His must of seen the uncomfortable look that has taken over my face, because his eyes become cold and they move to stare at Jayden.

He walks up to us and comes right in between me and Jayden. He has his back to me, so he can glare at Jayden with his burning eyes.

"What the hell are you doing with her," Jared snarles. He is towering over Jayden, trying to look as intimidating as possible. Jayden holds his head high, but me being his best friend, I can tell he's scared.

"It's none of your business," Jayden says through gritted teeth.

"Well, I am her boyfriend, so it is my business."

With those words, Jayden's shoulders slumped, his face dropped, and hurt shined in his eyes.

"No....," he whispered. His heart broken gaze falls on me and we just stare in silence for a few moments, not knowing what to say. Then his expression changes to a fierce, angry glare, directed straight at me. I try not to flinch under his gaze, but it doesn't last, because he takes an aggressive step forward.

"You are dating him?! The notorious player who goes around breaking hearts and getting into trouble!" he yells. "I can't believe you would do this to me! After everything I just told you." His voice falters on the last word. He has now taken another step towards me and has tears stinging his eyes.

"Jayden..... I didn't know you felt that way until literally a minute ago. How was I supposed to know that you felt like that when Jared asked me out?!" I yell back at him. My mind is whirling with questions and emotions. Why is he mad at me? He was the one who turned me down and then fricken opened up to me at the last minute. Why is he pinning it on me?

"I don't know. You were just supposed to feel it," he cries. His face is filled with so many emotions that it's hard to read how he's feeling. Movement catches my eye behind Jayden and I see Jared reaching his arm out to pull Jayden back. His other hand is clenched and he has a determined look on his face.

"STOP!" I scream. I rush in between Jared and Jayden, grabbing his arm. As soon as I come into his view he stops, realizing that he would have hit me. Jared's eyes are blazing and his jaw is clenched. I turn to face Jayden, trying not to let the tears that are now threatening to pour down my cheeks.

I can't do this. Not with Emma coming back, determined to ruin my life. I can't handle all this drama. It's tearing me apart. The voices are coming back.

"Jayden, I think you should go," I mumble, hating myself as I let the words out. Jayden's face drops and a single tear falls from his hurting gaze. For a moment he just stares at me, almost as if he can see right through me. Suddenly he straightens himself up and changes his face so that it unreadable.

"Fine. I'll be waiting when he proves who he really is," he growls. He shares a glare with Jared, then turns to leave.

"What was he talking about? What did he say to you?" Jared asks me.

"Nothing," I reply. He look at me as if he's about to say more, but thinks otherwise and keeps his mouth shut.

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"Allison!" Scott screams from the T.V. It's about 8:00 and Ever since I got home, I've been having a Teen Wolf marathon. After lunch today, I just ignored everything until I got home. My friends are all worked up and Jared was giving me worried looks in the car when he drove me home. My mom ended up having to work late, so I'm home alone.

"Come on. This is the way out!" Stiles screams. Usually, watching Teen Wolf takes away my thoughts and pain, but today I can't seem to get away from them.

"You're the reason Emma treats you the way she does, because you're stupid and ugly. Nobody cares for you. Emma is right. You're worth less."

"No..," I mumble. The voices are coming back. I can't do this again. I can't hear it anymore. I turn off the T.V. in hopes of going to bed so I don't have to hear them anymore.

"You can't run from me. I'm in your head. Besides I'm telling you the truth. Unlike when Emma lied to you. You want to know why she did that? Because she didn't think of you as her best friend. She just saw some lost puppy she could toy around with. You weren't good enough to be her friend. You're not good enough to be anyone's friend."

The tears are now streaming down my face and the old, yet familiar throbbing of hurt rises in my chest. STOP! I run up the stairs to my room, but as I get up there my knees give out, causing me to drop to the floor.

"You're weak and worthless. Jared doesn't deserve you. He deserves someone like Emma."

"No! Stop!" I quietly yell. My face is soaked and the throbbing in my chest swells. "It's not true!" I crawl over to my desk and reach for my iPod, hoping the music will drown out the voice. I quickly hook up the bluetooth speaker and blast Not About Angels as loud as I could.

"Your just like a charity case to him. He doesn't feel anything for you. He'll end up leaving you, so why even try. It's not like somethings going to happen."

I run my hands through my hair, pulling down hard. Pain shoots through my head. The music isn't helping at all. This can't be happening. I buried these voices away when I left Emma.

"You know, if you're just worthless. Maybe you should stop breathing."

My jaw falls open and I let out a loud scream that I'm sure all the neighbors could hear. It echoed through my ears long after I stopped. I drop my head into my hands and let out yet another sob.

Suddenly I hear a loud thump and a few moments later the music stops. Footsteps make their way over to me sitting on the floor. I don't look up to see who it is, because I'm so focused on the voice stuck in my head.

"Malia..?" a deep voice says, though it's so quiet compared to the voice. I move to cover my ears with my hands, almost ready to scream again.

"Malia." A hand finds my chin and it lifts my face to look at whoever is in front of me. I open my eyes and find Jared staring at me with worried creases in his forehead. The moment I see him, the voice stops. relief floods over me and a small smile cuts through my tear stained face.

"Jared....," I whisper.