A/N: So this isn't Manifolds! Indeed lol. Right, well this is a Jenna centered One Shot. And the idea was actually born while I had a discussion with Tapat (Actually I was replying to her humongous reviews which I adore). So this is in part dedicated to her ;)

Okay, so I know it has 3 "chapters", but it really is a one shot. The chapters are for aesthetics mostly because I divided it in 3 parts. The story can be taken as being canon with Manifolds' first reality or can be taken as a stand alone. I'm quite certain it works both ways as there are little to no reference to anything stated in Manifolds.

Finally, the other part of this is dedicated to Monkeypen who's read it and told me I should post. Thank you for reassuring my overly paranoid self.

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Part I: Rob

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The first time Jenna sees Rob, she sorts of stares. It's inappropriate and probably makes her look like a creep, but she can't help it. He's just so handsome! He's quite tall which is good because she's not a small woman either, his shoulders are large and strong and he's got these dreamy blue eyes and carelessly wavy brown hair. He's playing football with a few mates proudly sporting a Liverpool FC jersey. He's quite loud and keeps throwing his head back to laugh. She thinks all of this is a very winning combination. When he turns around suddenly and meets her gaze with his own, Jenna feels her cheeks getting red. When he actually sends a bright smile in her direction, she smiles back goofily feeling completely elated. Her friends call her name then and she realizes that she's left them walk a little distance without noticing. She jogs to them feeling a bit embarrassed for letting herself be distracted by that handsome stranger.

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The feeling of embarrassment doesn't last that long when the next day she sees him again in the cafeteria. She's sitting with her friends and he's sitting with his. Jenna notices he keeps glancing in her direction. When she gets up to go to her locker, leaving her friends behind, she doesn't except him to do anything. So when the brunette feels a hand on her shoulder and turns around only to be met with the bluest eyes she's ever seen, she's a bit flustered.

"Hi" He says flashing her a very white and very impressive smile.

"Hi" she says shyly.

They stare at each other for a few seconds, both grinning stupidly. Jenna wishes she could say something, anything, instead of standing there like a twat.

"Rob" he finally says extending his hand.

"Jenna" she replies taking it immediately.

When their hands touch, Jenna feels her heart flutter.

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Turns out Rob isn't just handsome. He's smart and funny and nice. He's really all she's ever wished for. He's from Liverpool and is an absolute nutter when it comes to football, but she actually finds it quite cute. Rob likes her sharp tongue and her determined personality. It doesn't take long before they start dating. Jenna doesn't see why it should. Her friends like Rob and, actually, she knows a few of them are quite jealous. Not that she blames them, he's quite the catch after all. They're only 16 and even though the brunette knows it's rather young, she can tell that they share something special. So she introduces him to her parents. Maybe it's because she was so blinded with love that she thought it would go so smoothly. Well, it doesn't. When Rob goes home that night, slightly traumatized, Jenna is furious. She gets into a huge row with her mom about it too. She can't believe how they treated him. Her parents tell her she should stop seeing him and it only makes Jenna want to stand by him more. Her sister doesn't mingle in the fight and Jenna is quite disappointed and heartbroken that she's left with no support at all.

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Jenna keeps seeing Rob because she loves him and he loves her and her parents can rot in hell if they don't agree. He's the sweetest person she's ever met and she knows he cares about her deeply. Her parents keep telling her he can't be trusted and that he's just a boy, but it only infuriates her. She feels slightly rebellious to be going against them like this, never considered herself rebellious at all before, but this time, she won't flinch.

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When Rob gets down on one knee a year later and proposes to her, she feels like she was right all along. He flashes her one of his brightest smile as he asks, looking hopeful. He's even got teary eyes as he tells her with emotion that he loves her enough to want to be with her for the rest of his life and have a family with her. They weep together out of sheer happiness then when she says yes.

Her parents are ballistic when they hear the news. They threaten Jenna of all sorts of things, but she doesn't care. She knows she's doing the right thing, taking the right decision. She can feel it in her very soul, that they're special.

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On their wedding day, they're only 17. Seeing she wouldn't back down and was ready to alienate herself from them, her parents agreed to let the two teens marry. Not that they agree that they should get married at all though and they make that very clear. But Jenna doesn't care, she's in love and Rob is perfect. She's ecstatic to be Mrs. Fitch now and begin the rest of their lives.

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It happens two years later and it hurts more than anything she could ever imagine. Rob cheated. And not even with anyone mind you, with her bloody sister. Her heart breaks so badly that she fears it won't ever beat properly again. She cries for days after he tells her. She's run away to her parents because she can't stand the idea of being in the same house as him. Their pseudo knowing looks and snarky comments on her husband don't help her at all though. She slightly hates herself for wanting to defend him still after what he's done. But she just loves him so much she can't help it. She spends days, maybe weeks, evaluating their marriage, their whole relationship. She knows he regrets it, can tell every time she looks into his eyes. It helps but it doesn't erase the pain, the hurt. She's not sure if she'll ever be able to trust him again and that's what makes her hesitate in all this. She wishes it would be the mere fact that he cheated but it isn't. She wishes she'd stop loving him so god damn much. She still wants everything she used to before. She wants a family with him and to grow old together. She wonders if it's even sane to still want all this.

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In the end, she forgives him because she realizes she can. She forgives him because he still makes her heart flutter crazily every time she sees him. He tears his heart open for her and shows her just how much he loves her. He explains it all, how he felt trapped and inadequate. How he kept thinking she'd find someone better, someone her parents would approve and then leave him. He tells her how he doesn't think he could survive it if she did. And when she looks into his eyes, she knows he means every word. She's surprised that she can find the strength to forgive him but she does. Her mom always told her she had too big a heart and loved and trusted people too easily. She realizes than that that's probably true, but there's nothing she can do about it. And the funniest thing is that, when she thinks about it, she doesn't regret forgiving him one bit.