Jen Lindley stared out of the
classroom window. It was last lesson of the day. She usually didn't
mind english but today she just was not in the mood for listening
to her teacher drone on about Shakespeare's MacBeth. So instead
she watched the clouds slowly float pass the window in the gentle
breeze. She turned and glanced around the class. There was only a
hand full of people paying attention. Everyone else was in his or
her own little world. Her gaze fell on Jack McPhee. Her gay best
friend. Jack was drawing on his english notebook. To a teacher it
would like he was taking notes but Jen knew him better than that
and knew he wouldn't be. In front of him sat Drue Valentine. Her
enemy. Well almost. He just annoyed the hell out her. They had
known each other in New York and he had reappear in her life at
the beginning of their senior year. And he hadn't changed one bit.
He sat there resting his head on one hand and staring at the
floor. Sighing he lifted his gaze and met hers. She quickly
diverted her gaze back to the clouds that continued to float past.
"Miss Lindley?" Drue was crouched down beside her desk.
"Yeah?" She replied vaguely pulling herself away from
the window.
"Lessons over." Drue stood up and walked out, laughing
at her as he went.
Quickly she grabbed her books
and pen off the table and ran out of the classroom, dodging the
chairs and desks as she went. She ran up to her locker
breathlessly. Jack stood by his, locking it after taking out his
things. She opened hers and dropped her books in to it. While
collecting up her books she needed at home she glanced out the
corner of her eye to catch Jack smirking. He was obviously going
to leave her sitting in english as a joke.
"Something funny?"
Jack was still smirking, "It's just not like you to miss the
bell."
He held back his laughter. She smiled slowly realising she must
have been totally unaware of everything that was happening in
english as, like Jack said, she never missed the end of the day
bell. She closed her locker and locked it. She threw her book bag
over one shoulder as her and Jack walked off down the crowed
corridor.
"So what you doing tonight?" Enquired Jack as he held
open the door for her.
"I've gotta cover Joey's shift at the Yacht Club 'cause she's
going out with Pacey."
"So you're leaving me all on my own tonight then?"
"Looks like it" She grinned at him before they went
they're separate ways home.
Jen stood in the door of the
kitchen staring out into the restaurant section of the Yacht Club
at everyone eating his or her meals. Joey was lucky to have
tonight off. It was so busy. Jen was beginning to regret saying
she'd cover. And to top it all off Mrs Valentine, or Cruella as
Drue called her when she was around, was in one her bad moods.
Whenever she was in one of these moods, which was all the time,
everything anyone did was wrong or not good enough. Jen turned
when she heard the chef yell out "6". She collected the
plates from him and carefully walked through the door backwards.
She made her way through the tables to number 6 where she placed
the two plates down.
"Enjoy your meal." She said smiling at the couple who
thanked her.
She started to walk back to the kitchen, collecting empty plates
as she went. She pushed opened the kitchen door with one foot and
started to walk in. Just as Drue was walking out carrying three
plates. Down went all the plates and cutlery. Mrs Valentine came
running to see what the noise was. She stood there yelling at
Drue, ignoring the fact Jen was there too. When she had finished
yelling she stormed off leaving Drue to clear up.
"She always like that?" Jen asked, she didn't know if
Drue would answer or not.
"Yeah, pretty much. And she'll be like that all night now.
It's going to be a fun night at the Valentine household I can
tell you." He said as he swept up the bits of broken plates.
Before she knew what she was saying Jen was asking him if he
wanted to stay at hers tonight on her sofa if he thought things
would be really bad. He looked up at her.
"Really?" He sounds shocked at that fact she was being
nice to him for like the first time ever.
Jen thought for a second, "Yeah, if you want." She was
just as shocked as he was. Never had she thought of having Drue
stay over.
"That'd be nice. Thanks Lindley." He said with a warm
smile.
