Joanne didn't bother to stay at work for the full day like she was supposed to. Instead, she packed up all of the things she that needed to work on and by lunchtime she headed out not bothering to stop by her father's office to inform him that she was leaving. She went to her mother's office to tell her that she wasn't feeling well and luckily got the rest of the day off.
She decided that she was going to find Jaynaia without the bother of 'their' father and hopefully discuss a few things without any complications. She wanted to know what Jaynaia knew, hopefully try to figure out a few more details herself, and possibly do a little sister bonding she thought to herself has she headed down the streets.
Soon enough she was standing outside of the NYU campus looking up towards the building wondering what she was about to get herself into. Just hoping that maybe she caught Jaynaia in time before her and her friends went to lunch like she seen them do the other day.
She had walked inside not to sure of where she was headed until she felt a strong hand on her shoulder. She quickly turned around soon face to face with Collins.
"Hey Jo!!!" he exclaimed with that infamous smile of his, "What are you doing here?" he asked curiously.
"Well, actually, I'm looking for someone," Joanne replied a bit nervously as she started to walk with Collins down the hall as she scanned a few of the faces hoping to pick Jaynaia out of all of them.
"There happens to be a lot of someones in this building. Care to elaborate a bit more on that," Collins replied with a chuckle catching a faint smile from Joanne.
"I'm looking for Jaynaia Jefferson. Have you heard of her or maybe at least seen her?" she asked curiously.
Collins stopped walking and thought for a minute to himself, "Jaynaia Jefferson?" he repeated out loud. "Actually I have. I meant to ask if you two might be related," he stated.
"I just found out she happens to be my sister," Joanne clarified. "I mean, not that I didn't know I have one," she begun and then just figured to give up on it knowing that Collins might end up getting confused, "Long story."
"Sounds like it. Hold on, I'll see if you one of the students can help you out," Collins said.
Joanne smiled at him, "Thank you," she said as she watched as he took off in another direction. Soon enough he was coming back with a student.
"Danica, you think you can show Ms. Jefferson to Jaynaia since you two are always hanging out?" he asked.
"Yeah, I think I can handle that," Danica said looking towards Joanne, remembering her from the other day.
"Alright Jo," Collins said and looked at his watch, "I have a class to teach. I'll see you at the Life tonight?" he asked.
Joanne nodded, "Yes, Maureen and I will be there," she stated watching him walk off again before turning her attention to Danica who was watching her. "What?" she asked curiously.
"You're that shorty that Jay ran into in the Life Cafe?" Danica asked.
"Shorty?" Joanne asked raising an eyebrow. "No. I'm her sister," she stated.
Danica chuckled softly and nodded, "Yeah, yeah, yeah. She told me about that," she replied leading Joanne out the building towards the dorms.
"And you are?" Joanne asked curious about Jaynaia's friend.
"Oh, my bad. I'm Nica. Jay's best friend by the way," Danica replied.
Soon enough the two of them were standing in front of the door to Danica and Jaynaia's dorm room. Danica looked over at Joanne seeing the nervous expression and just laughed at her as she opened the door wondering what Jaynaia think. "Oh Jay!!! I brought home something for you!!!" she exclaimed as she stepped inside seeing Jaynaia typing away at her laptop.
"I hope you didn't bring some girl to get freaky with in here," Jaynaia replied without looking away from her laptop too, too focus in what she was doing.
Danica frowned slightly, "Then that would be for me not you, but... she's more like a woman though," she replied.
Joanne soon stepped through the door and looked over at Jaynaia, "Hey, Jaynaia!" she said softly.
Jaynaia heard the second voice and turned her head catching the view of Joanne, surprised to see her standing there in her room. "What are you doing here?" she asked furrowing her brows a little.
"I thought that maybe we could have lunch and possibly talk a few things over," Joanne replied hopefully.
Jaynaia looked over at Danica, who was looking between the two and gave Jaynaia a shrug not really caring if she agreed or not. Jaynaia looked back at Joanne, "Okay," she said simply.
It's short, but I needed to update before I let this story go to waste. The conversation will be in the next chapter. Don't worry. ;)