Twelve
Josh's POV
I was stood with Megan waiting for Miss Gooden to finish setting the scene. "no!" Jessie shouted. I swung round to look at her. She was staring just behind me towards Rick and Alex. I looked over and both were looking at her as confused as I was. We all looked at her expectantly. Keeping her eyes trained on Rick and Alex she spoke. "I mean no. They should be on the thrust so they can be seen more," she said. Her eyes flickered to Miss Gooden. "Urm, I need to go outside quickly. I'll be back in a bit," she said before fleeing the hall. Charlie ran after her and I was extremely confused. Alex and Rick came and joined me and Megan.
"Any idea what that was about?" I asked them. Alex shook her head and that was good enough confirmation for me. I grasped Alex's hand and we went and stood in our places on stage behind Blake and Tee. We did the ballroom scene and then once finished I hurried out after Charlie and Jessie. I was determined to find out what was wrong. I found them sat outside the front of school. Jessie crying uncontrollably into Charlie's shoulder. I sat down on the other side of Jessie. "What's up?" I asked.
Jessie looked up. "Alex kissed Rick," she said before bursting into fresh floods of tears. I pulled a face.
"no she didn't Jessie. You're overreacting. They were just talking. Of course they wouldn't kiss they both have partners," I said ignoring her sobs. I knew Alex wouldn't hurt me like that and I was almost a hundred percent certain that Rick wouldn't hurt her like that.
"No they definitely did kiss Josh. I saw it," Charlie told me. I shrugged it off.
"Wrong angle. They didn't. I was there. They didn't kiss," I said. I stood up angrily. "And if you think you can go around spreading that then stop. It's not nice. It's just attention seeking and it's not going to win you any friends," I said before walking away. I sighed. My sister had reached new depths of extreme but this was never going to be resolved. I walked back into rehearsals. Rick was sat with Blake and Tee and Alex was sat near Elektra and Megan but far enough away to not get involved in the argument between them. I want and sat next to Alex.
"you alright?" she asked. I nodded.
"just Jessie spreading rumours. If there are rumours you are cheating on me tomorrow. It's Jessie. Just ignore them," I said. She nodded and rested her head on my shoulder. Rick looked over at us and his eyes darkened. He turned back to Tee. I frowned. Rick was acting suspiciously. I ignored it and watched the scene with the two stepsisters. Jessie and Charlie came back in and the first thing they did was go over to Rick. Jessie started talking to him and Rick responded both getting quite animated until Jessie slapped him. The group froze. Even Jessie looked stunned with her actions. Miss Gooden still hadn't noticed and Jessie walked away and sat on her own. The others all sat together.
I sighed. I wanted to help her but I wasn't going to get involved with her stupid petty arguments and attention seeking actions. 'She deserves it' I tried to convince myself. The scene finished and we were all dismissed. We all walked back to the car. Jessie trailing at the back. We got in the mini bus and Jack drove us back to Elm Tree. As we were getting out he stopped Jessie. I hung back to listen.
"hey what's up?" he asked. I didn't hear her reply. "Come on. You can tell me," he said.
"Rick. Alex kissed him and he didn't stop it and know I've hit him in anger and lost all my friends," she said after a long pause. Jack pulled her into a hug.
"I'm sure you haven't. Just talk to Rick and find out what happened?" Jack told her. I heard their footsteps approaching and quickly hid. Jessie really was convinced. I went and joined everyone in the living room. Megan was cuddling up with Rick which made me think that Jessie had called that relationship off. Charlie was dithering, unsure if he was on Jessie's side or Rick's side. He finally sat down and when Jessie walked in we all looked at her. She took one glance at all of us, spotted Megan and Rick up close together and fled the room in tears. Jack wandered in after she ran out. "Nice. Talk to her don't just ignore her," he said walking back out. I glared at his back.
"So we all know what Jessie said and did. Are we agreed to keep ignoring her?" I asked. Everyone nodded, Rick and Charlie the last out of everyone. Everyone started leaving the room. "did she break it off?" I asked Rick. He nodded and looked at Megan who was still attached to his arm.
A/N: Poor Jessie. She really isn't having a good time of it and even Charlie has turned against her after she hit Rick. Indie :)
