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Just when I thought I'd breeze through detention, I find myself stuck with a bunch of pervs who tried to sneak in the girl's locker room (which seems typical) and a gay couple making out in the back. Gee, just when I thought things were bad enough getting detention for helping someone else. You would think that kind of thing would get you awarded. Just goes to show how messed up things can be sometimes.
At the same time, I don't understand how it all happened. I'm not even the type of person who would go as far as get into a fight, and what's even more unlikely, is that I did it for a girl who I've never met. But anyone could see that jock was really out of line. I mean, I had to do something, right? Things like that just can't go unnoticed, yet it happens to someone everyday. And most of the time, no ones there to help.
'Aemilia' I mouth her name quietly. There was something about her that was so.. I dunno. I can't seem to find the words to explain her. Why am I even thinking about her?!! It is her fault I'm here wasting away..
How long has it been? DAMMIT!! 10 Minutes?! Am I just a really slow thinker or has time just stopped to piss me off?
.........
Man, that couple's still making out.
THIS SUCKS.
"Hey Vicky, what's up?" I ask as Vicky walks to our table pulling the pencil from his graying hair and looking down to smile at us.
"Not much Johnny, hey, new girl? But I just met the last one a couple of weeks ago!! Gee, pretty quick dontcha think?" Vicky said in disapproval and surprisingly with a hint of awe.
Oh god. I steal a look at Jenna, and I just see her calmly staring out the window, as if she didn't hear anything. "Vicky, just 'coz I have a girlfriend doesn't mean I can't be friends with girls anymore. Anna doesn't rule my life. And Jenna's just a friend, really." I manage to mutter and see that Jenna is looking at me right now, with an expression I can't really specify so I turn back to Vicky.
"Oh, right. Sorry about that." He says and gives Jenna an apologetic look. "So what do you guys wanna have?" Vicky changes the subject and grips his pad paper.
"Well I'll have a cheeseburger, chili fries and a rootbeer, The usual." I say and turn to Jenna.
"I'll have a bacon cheeseburger please and just plain fries. Oh and a Coke." She says to Vicky as we both give her the I-thought-girls-never-ate-anything look.
"What?" She says noticing my expression.
"Nothin'". I say breaking our eye contact.
"Alright kids, I'll be back in a few minutes." Vicky says as he rips the paper and walks over to the counter.
"So." I say.
"So, aren't you going to ask me those annoying 'ice breaker' questions?" She looks at me amusedly, while leaning on the cushioned side of her booth and crossed her arms.
"Wow, that eager huh?" I smirk at her and she raises an eyebrow. "O-k. So. Why'd you move?"
"Umm, my mom got a promotion." She said beginning to play with the salt shaker.
"And your dad was okay with it?" Oh oops. I forgot she told me he ran off.. But I wasn't supposed to know that anyway so I guess it's okay since I'm not j_greene.. "I mean, uhh, what about his job?" I tried to supply. Dammit. She looks so uncomfortable.
"Um.. I never really knew my dad.. My mom said he could never umm, handle being a father, he told her it wasn't the direction he wanted to go.. um, so he left us when my brother was only 5 and I was 6.." She muttered quickly, looking down.
Whoa, whoa. Wait a minute. Didn't she say he ran off? Well I mean technically, he ran off now, but she pretty much meant ran off with another girl to j_greene. This is all too confusing.
"Oh. I'm sorry." I said flatly.
"So you like to draw huh?" I said trying to change the subject.
I can't believe this.
Was she lying to me or j_greene?
"Yeah.. it's probably one of the only things I can do a bit better than other people." She says shrugging and looking up at me with a hint of a smile.
"A BIT better? You're drawings are awesome." I say smiling and finally letting go of the "dad" thing, for the meanwhile at least.
"How nice of you to comment about how, what was it-- Demented? My bunnies were." She says smiling and pretending to think really hard.
Just then Vicky comes with our orders, the strong aroma of unhealthy 'junk' food filling the air. Just the way I like it. I thought and looked across at Jenna who was hungrily eyeing her bacon cheeseburger as the plate was being put down before her.
"Mmm, I'm starting to think you were right about this place. This looks really good." She says, happily reaching over to get the ketchup.
I looked around the diner. It was a pretty small place, simple, and predominantly black, white and red. It's been a part of my life here, tons of memories took place here, it's almost like a second home for me.
There were actually a lot of people I recognized from Westmount. Most of them were jocks and cheerleaders though, with their dad's credit cards and whatnot. I noticed a couple of cool seniors though, twins, Matt and Billy Harrison, with a couple of more seniors that I don't know by name. I wonder what happened to their band? I asked myself as they began laughing hard about something. Their band, The Lost Marbles, were usually the band we'd team up with during gigs and stuff. They were always fun to have around.
I talked more to Jenna about random things, mostly about music and bands, but it seemed the more she talked about herself, the more interested I became in her. Talking to her made everyone else seem.. well, unimportant and everything was pointless unless I was with her. And even though I was still bothered about her dad, I couldn't resist having a great time with her.
It's hard to explain the feeling you get when you've been surrounded by so many different people that you supposedly know well, yet when you meet a specific person or a bunch of awesome people, you get this refreshing and genuine feeling of exhilaration. That's how I felt when I met my band, that's exactly how I felt with her.
"Well um, thanks again for the meal. It was..." I began to say.
"Was....?" Johnny looked at me with amusement.
"Strangely fun." I say finally, after some thought. That was exactly how it seemed. Strangely fun.
"Yeah." He says smiling. For a moment, I almost got lost into those forest green eyes, I could see hints of teal around them, that made it look somewhat aquamarine.. but I knew better than to come off as desperate or even lustful. Ahem.
"Well I better get go-"
"I have one last annoying icebreaker question for you Jenna Lane." He let go of the wheel for a moment and put his hands on his thighs. And looked at me deeply, as if searching for something.
"W-well.. uhh... what is it?" I said starting to feel inferior as his eyes burned through my skin. It's amazing, the power those things can contain. Hah. I finally brought myself to look back at them when he suddenly leans over, still failing to look away.
"Are we friends now?" He says softly, his breath tickling my face. God, it's intoxicating. He's intoxicating. He smiles again, and I would've suffocated if I hadn't remembered to inhale again.
"I think we are." I managed to say smiling. Today was absolutely awesome. I began to open the car door when I turned around once more. He was still looking at me, and god, everytime I looked at his eyes I felt like he was sending me these subliminal messages that I couldn't fully understand yet. Keyword here, yet.
"It was great.. thanks for taking me to Vicky's.. that caramel mallow sundae was truly awesome.. um, listen, I know you would've preferred to take Anna.. but-"
"Anna? Oh." For a second there, he looked like he completely forgot about her, but then smirks at me before saying, "Are you suggesting that you wanna comfort little old me?" He wiggled his eyebrows.
"Oh god! Never mind!!" I started laughing and got out the car. "Thanks again!" I said bending over so I could look at those pools of green one more time. "Anytime Jenna." And drove off.
I slowly walked up to the front porch and noticed a silver Audi and a graphite BMW sedan parked in the driveway. Ah, mom's home early and Dave got out of detention. I thought happily as I pulled out the keys and opened the front door.
I had such a great time with Johnny, but something troubling popped into my head. Was I getting way over myself? I mean, I don't want to get too involved with Johnny.. umm, emotionally. I mean, this was like, the first time I really spent time with him despite our little meetings at school. I don't want to end up like Tracy and Steve.. I mean, I dunno... I'll just take this one step at a time.
"Jenna dear, come in the kitchen!! The food's ready!" I hear my mom say from the kitchen. I begin walking towards the kitchen as muffled laughs of Dave and my mom get louder.
"Hi bro, hi mom." I greet them warmly and sit at the table. Mmm, spaghetti and meatballs.
"Hey Jenna." My brother says before stuffing his mouth with a forkful of spaghetti.
"How was detention?" I ask only to be answered by a groan. "That bad huh?" I replied laughing.
"You know David, I still don't understand how you can get in trouble for saving someone's life!" My mom says with disbelief.
"I think you're exaggerating mom." I said amused by her reaction.
"Why Jenna dear, you haven't touched anything yet. Eat! Come on, Dave helped make the noodles." Mom encourages.
"Nah mom, that's ok. I just ate." I told her, almost allowing a smile to creep into my face.
"Ohh, that explains why you're home late then! Did you have fun?" She looks genuinely interested. Dave just keeps eating. Men!
"Yeah I did.. Hey mom, would it be okay if I excused myself from dinner? Since I ate and all.." I yawned. Today was pretty tiring you know.. having to sit around all day and pretend to listen.. It can take a lot of energy out of you, seriously!
"Oh, sure dear. Go ahead." She smiles warmly. I love my mom.
"Thanks mom. I'll be in my room if you need me." I say getting up and giving her a hug. I ruffle Dave's hair on the way too. He hates it, and I love doing it.
"Arghh! Jenna!" He screams, his mouth still full of meatballs and spaghetti.
I was laughing all the way up the stairs, and then sigh. What I need is a warm shower and a visit to my favorite place........
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