Two weeks later
Grayson was thumbing through her roommate's magazine and saw a picture that brought a tear to her eye. AJ was pretending to choke Nick at some awards show. She remembered that show. They had gone together. She was excited to be on AJ's arm in public. He whispered to her through the entire show. Grayson closed the magazine.
She was tired of crying. She had put the green teddy bear in her closet, she couldn't stand to get rid of it. She hid all the pictures of AJ and herself. She put the shirts and hats she had borrowed from him in a box, but couldn't seem to send them to him.
"AJ how could you do that?" she asked herself for the millionth time. "I thought you were real."
"What up Bone?" Nick asked. They were in AJ's living room. AJ had a small package in his hands. He held it up for Nick to see.
It was a personalized license plate frame that said "Electric blue" on top, and "and Clover" on the bottom.
"Did you order that?" Nick asked.
AJ nodded. "About three weeks ago."
"I'm sorry Bone," Nick said.
"I can't get over why she didn't understand why I couldn't see her anymore," AJ said. "She made it seem like I only wanted to sleep with her."
"Maybe she never did anything with anyone," Nick said.
"What do you mean?" AJ asked.
"Did you ever ask who the guy was?" Nick asked.
"Hell no!" AJ answered.
"Maybe it was a close friend or something," Nick said. "Maybe you jumped to conclusions."
"What does it matter?" AJ asked.
"You've been miserable for the past couple weeks," Nick said. "And I don't think Grace would've cheated on you. She's not like the girls that do that."
"I've been telling myself the same things," AJ said. "But I don't know."
"I guess you've gotta figure it out for yourself," Nick said, shrugging his shoulders.
"How'd you get so smart for a 19 year old?"
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