He you go hopefully you are still interested in reading this. It still may be a few more chapters until the world goes to shit but I gotta add a few friends first. :)
I Own nothing other than Beth and Jenna.
When she woke up the next morning she was alone. She knew he had left so he wouldn't have to come face to face with her mother and she didn't blame him. Once she got to talk to her mother she would go into town and start her new self-defence classes. The instructor was a police officer and his partner that needed some community hours to get through their schooling. She did not know their names yet but she knew they were only a few more years older than her. Then she would go to her singing lessons. She was told she didn't need the lessons but she agreed to teach others for no charge. She wanted to make sure everyone could enjoy their talent. Jenna was changing into a more compassionate person but then there was the side of her that just wanted to kick the shit out of someone and soon she would be able to.
She got up and got ready for her mother's return. Two hours it took her mother and Ron to walk though the door calling for her. She was with Beth and she carried her out to greet them. Her mother hugged them and asked about their week. Jenna told them it was fine.
She told her mother James would be back on Monday. Her mother was mad but understood why she sent him away.
" once you two get comfortable, mom can I talk to you." Jenna said as they walked though the house.
" Sure darlin, give me about an hour." She said and they went their separate ways.
Ron took Beth from Jenna after a while and went to play with his baby girl. Jenna waiting in the living room for her mother. She walked in with a list in her hands and her reading glasses on. Jenna knew it was now or never.
" alright what would you like to talk about dear?" June sat down. She wasn't looking at her daughter she was marking things down on her list.
" About my future. Mother I do not want to work for the family business." She said flat-out grabbing June's attention.
" What?" She said in an annoyed tone.
" I want to go to medical school and he a doctor." She said to her mother. " I wanna help people. I don't want this life. I don't want to marry someone I do not love." She pleaded to her mother.
" But Jackson was just getting ready to ask you out." her mother said walking away. Jenna followed.
" Mother listen to me when I say I am not going to go out with him." Her mother shot her a look. " I have already fallen for someone else." Jenna said with a smile.
" What! Who!?" She asked.
" His name is Daryl, mother I like him very much."
" Dixon!" She yelled. " that rough redneck who lives with that abusive drunk Jack and good for nothing brother Merle!" She yelled.
" hey! You don't know them. Daryl isn't like his father at all. He is kind and he cares about me mama."
" Baby all he cares about is getting into your pants." June spat out in anger.
" That isn't true." she looked away. " Look I don't care about your opinion about Daryl I like him and I plan to keep seeing him. You can't stop me." Jenna said.
" Young lady! You will end this silly infatuation and grow up!" June yelled.
" Excuse me! I am grown up! You can not force me to do anything. I am my own person." Jenna yelled back.
" No. You will stay here and continue the family business." Her mother said looking back at her list.
" The hell I will! Are you that blind that you can't see that I hate this life style and don't want to live the rest of my life-like you!" Jenna said.
" Do not talk to me like that." June said in an annoyed tone.
" Well maybe if you would fucking listen to me! You are so blind! You don't care about anything other than money and how things affect you!"
suddenly Jenna was silenced by a hand smacking her across the face and then a sigh. " Oh Jenna.. I'm…" June tried to take back what she just did.
" Forget it." Jenna said feeling how red her cheek was. " Look I'm going to be 18 in a few months and when that day comes I'm gone. I do not want to stay here and be dragged into this world anymore. I care about Daryl and I will not be forced to marry someone I do not love for a stupid reason. I don't know why your mind is stuck in the old days of arranged marriages but you better get used to the fact that I'm not some dog you can order around anymore." Jenna said. She looked at her mother who looked sad and angry. She stood up straight and then walked right out of the door.
Jenna had decided to walk into town to get rid of some frustration. The walk was not long into the small town near her house. The city was still another hour walk but she had lucked out when she was told the officers teaching the self-defence classes were in the small town along with her vocals coach. She smiled when she walked up to this small gym with a few people in it. There was a total of seven men including the instructors in the gym. The instructors stood in the front looking at the men. They were all big and strong. The instructor she saw first was tall skinny and had a kind face. He look younger than the other. The other was much bigger in body comparison. He had bigger arms and think wavy black hair. She looked at them when the skinnier one walked up to her.
" Can I help you miss?" He asked with a polite accent.
She smiled up at him. " I'm Jenna, I believe this is a self-defence class am I correct?" Her voice obviously carried because the rest of the room looked over at her. She looked at them as they started at her. " What?" She asked.
The other instructor rolled his eyes. " I'm Rick." The skinny one smiled. She shook his hand. " That's Shane. Don't mind him he isn't used to teaching girls." He laughed and
Shane rolled his eyes again.
" Well it's nice to meet you." She said to both of them.
The next three hours was filled with Rick and Shane teaching the five men and Jenna how to over power someone in an attack. Shane seemed to always demonstrate on Rick. Jenna noticed a bit of tension between then but then noticed how close they seemed. Rick was very kind to Jenna but Shane was tough on her. They both pushed her to do better and were proud of how far she had gotten with just one class.
" I just realized how I know you." Jenna said as Rick and her walked out of the gym.
" Is that right?" he said smiling at the young girl.
" Yeah, Your Sheriff Grimes' son right?" She answered.
" How did you know that? I never told you my last name?" He said as they walked down the street with Shane following talking to some blonde women who had joined them.
" You father and my step father do business sometimes. He has been to countless fundraisers he hold." She said.
" Yeah…." he paused to think. "Ron and June? I believe they are." He said smiling. She nodded. " Well its refresher to see how normal you are compared to that sister of yours." he rolled his eyes.
" Come on man just cuz you don't approve don't mean others don't." She spoke up nudging Rick. They laughed.
" Well I like to believe I'm not really related to any of them I was just dropped off there by my real parents." She joked.
" Well a word of advice don't change. People should be more like you and your brother, down to earth and realistic." Rick winked at her as him and Shane walked off.
Jenna smiled and could tell her and Rick could be friends. She had an odd feeling about Shane though. She couldn't quite place it but there was something off about him. She forgot about him and walked away toward the vocal school deeper into the small town. She stayed there for a few hours and then went home to face what ever her mother could yell.
