Left for the Sharks
Chapter 5
Jennette turned her back to Hillary and Claire then picked up a necklace.
"Don't you guys think it's cute?" she asks smiling. "I'm thinking it would go with my white lace dress, or maybe even my cross maxi pencil skirt."
"Jen, this is your chance." Hillary says sighing taking the necklace out of the girl's hand placing it back down where she got it.
"I need a new outfit for the concert next Saturday if we're still going." Jennette says ignoring Hillary looking at Claire.
"Jennette Marie Grace, if you don't stop ignoring me!" Hillary said loudly glaring at her best friend. Jennette sighed and looked at Hillary.
"What?"
"Are y-"
"No, Hillary. I'm not, okay. Just leave it alone! Some things are better untouched." Jennette said loudly then walked out of the antique store with Hillary and Claire not so far behind her. "I don't care anymore, so just stay out of it Hillary! I don't want you worrying about it, it's none of your business!" she shouts once the three of them get outside.
"If that's what you want." Hillary says then signals for a taxi. One stops and she looks at her two friends "I'm going back to the hotel to see Matthew." she says then gets in the taxi.
"Wait Hillary-" Jennette is cut off by the taxi door slamming. Jennette sighs and looks at Claire.
"What's going on?" Claire asks her quietly curious about her two friends.
"Um, I don't know how to explain and I really don't know if I want to explain.." Jennette says quietly.
"Lets go to lunch and talk about it?" Claire asks smiling at her. "If you don't wanna talk about it, it's fine. We could just go for lunch?"
"Thats sounds like fun." Jennette agrees. They walk down and end up at an Italian Resturant. Once they're seated and they order they're drinks Claire looks up at Jennette.
"So what are you eating?" she asks.
"I think I want a meatball panini."
"I want some Fettichine Carbonara." Claire says smiling.
"That sounds good."
"My uncle used to cook authentic Italian food all the time, but stopped once he realized we were old enough to cook for ourselves." Claire says shaking her head. "He can be so unthoughtful sometimes." she sighs.
The waitress comes and they order they're food then Claire looks at Jennette.
"So what's really going on." Claire says. Jennette looks up and sighs.
"I-I'm adopted." she says quietly.
"I know that." Claire says.
"I wanna meet my parents. I've wanted to meet them since I found out I was adopted but, everyone keeps telling me that they won't wanna see me and..." Jennette's voice fades out as her voice cracks and her eyes tear up. She swallows the lump in her throat then continues talking. "I just wanna meet them. Well today Hillary saw my mom or something. I didn't have the heart to go up to her, I didn't want too. I felt like if I did, she'd just act like she didn't know me." she says quietly. "I wanna meet them so bad, but I'm afraid of rejection. I'm afraid of them not wanting to see me. I'm afraid of it. If they reject me, it's just going to hurt me even more." she says tears running down her face. Claire sighs looking down and she looks up at her.
"Well, my dad died about two weeks before graduation from cancer." Claire says.
"W-What? Does anyone know?"
"Just you."
"I had to meet his family for the first time at the funeral, because I had to tell a speech about him being his oldest child. I felt the exact same way you feel. I was scared they weren't going to like me, and they weren't going to let me even tell the speech. I thought that because my dad never wanted me to meet his family, he kept me and my brother away from them. I never found out why. I thought it was because they didn't like my mom. When I met them although I knew that they wouldn't like me, they loved me. I mean my grandma found out that she has a granddaughter, my Aunt Jasmine, told me how much I remind her of my father. I mean it was insane actually. Meeting a family that was kept from you for so long."
"What was the point of that?"
Claire smiles at her. "There's gonna come a time when you have to meet your parents. You won't be kept from them forever. I mean you can meet them now, or you can wait and probably never meet them alive. There's a reason for everything, Jennette. Hillary saw your mom today for a reason. We're in California for a reason, besides our graduation trip, there's another reason why we were led here."
"I don't know..."
"Also the point of my story was that, good things come out of everything."
"I guess." Jennette shrugs as the waitress comes back over setting their food on the table. Claire looks up and smiles at Jennette.
"So, do you want a summer love?"
"I'm perfectly happy without a boyfriend." Jennette says.
"Well because there's a really cute boy over at the table who hasn't stopped looking over at you since we walked in." Claire says quietly motioning with her head to a table three tables down to the right of them.
"Claire." Jennette giggles and look over meeting eyes with the boy. She blushes and looks away.
"You're blushing ah!" Claire squeals quietly eating some of her food.
"You are so embarrassing!" Jennette hisses. "Stop looking at me like that."
"Jennette Marie Grace, if you don't go over there and get that guy's number I'll do it for you."
"Claire Ashley Danes, you better not." she snaps. Claire smirks and looks over.
"Oh too late, he's coming over here." she squeals quietly.
Jennette looks up quickly then back down at her food.
"Um, excuse me hi." the boy says nervous.
"Hi." Claire smiles then looks over at Jennette who's fiddling with her food nervous.
"I'm James." he says looking at Jennette's head then looks at Claire.
"I'm Claire." Claire says then kicks Jennette under the table causing Jennette to jump up. "This is my friend Jennette."
"Nice too meet you two." he says then looks at Jennette. "So I was wondering if I could uh, have your number or something."
"I-I don-"
"Yeah of course you can have her number." Claire answers for her looking at her friend. "She's a bit sick so her mind is kinda confused and cloudy." Jennette shoots daggers at Claire. Claire pulls our her phone and scrolls to Jennette's number showing the screen to the boy. He types the number into his phone then smiles at Clare thankful.
"Thank you Claire, and um I hope you get better Jennette." he says looking at Jennette nervously. He turns and walks away. Jennette shoots daggers at Claire.
"How could you!" she says quietly. "I-I don't want his number, he's gonna ask me on a date or something!"
"Chill out, you'll thank me one day." Claire smirks at her friend.
"You're not a matchmaker, Claire, let it go."
"You're talking to the girl who go Matthew and Hillary together." Claire says frowning playfully. "And about 5 other couples during the last month of school. I think I can qualify as a matchmaker."
"How am I friends with you and Hillary? You guys drive me totally nuts."
"Because you love us." Claire smiles.
How long do you guys want it until Jennette meets her parents, like how many more chapters? I have an idea but I'd like to know what you guys think. kissesss, byee (:
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