This isn't where Jennifer Patillo expected to be. To say the least.
When she was little, she used to tell Judy and Morris that she'd grow up and be a famous country singer. She could've pulled it off, too, with her curly blonde hair and freckles. Her voice needed a little work, but she was convinced it would just get better without any effort on her part. Judy was a natural - why on earth wouldn't Jennie be? But she slowly grew out of her dream, the hard work and dedication needed to be a famous singer wasn't something she wanted to do. So she moved on.
When she was starting high school, she used to tell her mom that she'd be off to university before she knew it. She was going to be a scientist. Jennie was the best in her grade at science, and probably better than most of the older students, too. She was ecstatic, thinking that maybe she'd found something easy, enjoyable and profitable. But of course, that wasn't the case when she got offered her first beer and studying just went right out the window.
Partying, booze, weed, the whole shebang followed her like a plague during her sophmore and junior years. Sex with different boys every weekend. She never thought about where that path would take her, but she never really cared. She was having way too much fun to think about the future. But she was brought crashing down to reality when, in the summer before her senior year of high school, she found herself pregnant. She never did graduate high school.
Jennie started having fantasies about being a mother. The perfect mother, who would have cookies ready after school and would always be there as a shoulder to cry on. She lovingly sang to the growing child in her belly, and was so, so happy when she learned that she was having twin girls. Twins, just like her and Judy! She found herself planning things, but Judy eventually pointed out that the family didn't have the kind of money to be perfect. Jennie accepted that with a sad air.
She thinks back on her young and naive years as she lies on her bed. She sees herself so much in her two girls. She sees it in the way Sam sneaks Jennie's cigarettes sometimes, or the way Melanie is graduating a year earlier than everyone else. She feels proud and scared of the two beautiful girls she created. She can't tell if Sam's going to turn it all around or if Melanie will come crashing down, but she does know one thing.
Samantha and Melanie Puckett will take the world by storm.