Re: Jasper & Jules (& Gavin)
Clint Nolan? It took a second for that name to sink in and Jules blinked. Initial instinct had her wanting to ask What about him? but that was stupid because it was clear from Jasper's anger that he knew. But how did he know? Did Clint blab? Did Ruby find out? No, because if Ruby knew Jules was positive there would have been some screaming going on. But if Jules didn't try to explain calmly, this could all blow up and become really Bad. If this had been about Ethan, Jules could have said it was none of his business, but Clint came with Ruby and that was the complication. "It was stupid," Jules said simply, though she knew that much was obvious. "We were at the carnival and had been drinking and I just felt... I don't know." Jules released a shaky breath. "I'm sorry it happened. I didn't do it to hurt Ruby."
He certainly wasn’t in a position to be judgmental about doing sexual stuff with other people -- there were two guys in this very building he’d fooled around with -- but Jasper’s anger wasn’t exactly rational. Plus all that felt so different. They hadn’t been girls, it hadn’t been just for the fun of it, he’d been exploring his sexuality with one main person he trusted completely. And Sage ... well, Sage had happened when they’d both really needed something comforting, after going through a huge traumatic ordeal. That was how Jasper justified it to himself, at least. And both Logan and Sage had been single at the time. “So did you do it to hurt me instead?” he wanted to know. The carnival hadn’t even been a month ago, and the timeline was a bit jumbled in his head. “When, at the carnival?”
She didn't know why, but the question rankled her. Jules's fingers curled into her palms before she forced them to relax again. Did he forget how quickly he had sex with Logan after they'd broken up? Did he not think that would hurt her? For her, this had more to do with Ruby than him and that was where the majority of the guilt was. Was that wrong? She hadn't been the one wanting to fool around with someone else in the first place, so why was she getting interrogated? "You and I were broken up," she reminded him, struggling to keep her tone calm, rather than defensive, but it was hard. "You might not believe me, but I didn't spend that whole time thinking about ways to hurt you because we didn't have that kind of break up. I couldn't tell you exactly when at the carnival, but it was before the car accident and it doesn't even matter when. It shouldn't have happened and I know that. I made a mistake."
Jasper didn’t think she’d been plotting against him that whole time -- did he? No, not really. But it had still hurt hearing that she’d just casually fucked Clint Nolan, another Overlook brat Jasper didn’t like, who happened to be dating one of his best friends at the time. It made Jasper want to know who else she’d casually fucked, because that couldn’t be it, could it? Jules mentioning her car accident reminded him that she’d been with Ethan that night, which just stirred up a whole snake’s nest of jealousy and paranoia in his head. “So it was before the accident -- was Ethan next, then? How many ‘mistakes’ did you make, exactly?” Jasper demanded. It technically wasn’t his business and he knew it, but he couldn’t seem to help himself. Thinking about Jules with other guys triggered something basic and angry and possessive in him. It made him sick to think about Jules’s body underneath those entitled, spoiled fucking losers who thought they were so much better than guys like him. Could they even make her come like he could? Jasper wasn’t sure he wanted the answer to that, because what else did he have to offer? No money and a boatload of issues and trauma? Fuck.