Chapter Nineteen

"Talk to me. Please…?"

Jen groaned. This was useless. They were not going to give up.

Through gritted teeth, she said, "Fine. Meet me in the park eight o' clock. Don't be late."

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Calm down, Jenny told herself.

People do it all the time. It was not as she was doing anything crazy, or weird. Quite the opposite actually.

She walked into the pool with a pleasant expression on her face. Jenny gave a wave as she saw the gang.

"Hello girls. How was your night?"Jenny asked coolly.

Rose looked down to the ground. "It was…normal."

Jenny smirked knowingly. "I bet it was. The same backstabbing ways, huh?"

"Uh, what the hell are you talking about?"Diane said bluntly.

Smiling sweetly, Jenny said, "Your sweet friend told me of her slutty ways and decided to bring me to it. In other words, get me drunk. "

A little part of her felt guilty for doing this to Rose. However, Jenny was done with being nice. She was getting payback.

"I just tried to get you to loosen up."Rose explained quietly.

"Newsflash. I did not want to be there. However, because I had nothing else to do, I went. Then you lost my trust."Jenny snapped.

Rose glared. "Oh please. You knew what you were getting in to. "

"Yeah, I did. But I did not want my drink to be spiked. Unlike you, I don't go for the first guy that finds me hot."Jenny said.

Tears streamed down her eyes. "Shut up. "She whispered.

"Leave Rose alone. You do not mess with her. Not on my watch."Diane said narrowing her eyes.

Jenny rolled her eyes. "You are such a hypocrite. I know you called her fat the other day and later me. So stop acting like you are so nice. "

Then she strutted out of the pool, without looking back.

Jennifer Ashton was always letting people walk over her. Not anymore.

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J.J stared at Jen, a smile on his face."You wanted to talk?"

Jen nodded. "More like you did. But yeah, I'll take that."

"So what did I do?"J.J asked with a bewildered look on his face.

It was then Jen told him everything. The way Jett would not leave her alone, the lying, and how she felt she could not trust what he might say.

"You're…kidding right?"J.J exclaimed, his eyes with disbelief.

Jen shook her head.

"You don't trust me. When haven't I given you a reason to trust you, and to trust that guy?"J.J asked.

"It wasn't like that...,"Jen stammered.

A bitter smile appeared on J.J's face. "Of course it wasn't. It never is."

"What's that supposed to mean?"Jen asked, narrowing her eyes.

"It means you are just like any girl that came to LA. You start this cool, down to earth girl who has a great future. Then you trust every single guy that you do not even know. That you shouldn't trust."J.J snapped.

She could feel her temper rising.

"Oh really?"Jen challenged, her eyes flashing. "So now I'm fake. Then what are you? Cause I'm pretty sure the calls you made weren't from your darling sister."

Jen could not take it anymore.

The secrets, not being able to trust anymore, or herself. It was all slowly crashing down on her with no way out.

She ran.

Jen: I got to talk to once I get home Jennifer.

Jennifer: K.

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Jennifer grinned.

Ellen was awesome. Dak was sweet. Everything was just so great…Jennifer sighed happily.

Jen: I got to talk to u once I come home.

Jennifer: K.

Weird, Jennifer thought.

Two minutes later, Jennifer got another text but from Jenny.

Jenny: I got to talk to u once I get home.

Jennifer: K.

What the heck was going on?

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It was four o' clock at night once they got home. Jenny had a look of absolute satisfaction and guilt on her face, and Jen just looked terribly upset.

"What's wrong, you guys?"Jennifer whispered.

"I made a girl cry today. I did not apologize. I just stood there. The worst part is…I did not care. I felt happy…"Jenny said, her face revealing no emotion.

"Oh god..."Jennifer said.

"I lied to J.J. I trusted a guy I should not trust. The worst part is, I do not know who I am anymore. "Jen explained, eyes tearing up.

"No…That's not true.."Jennifer whispered, hugging her.

Jenny shook her head. "Maybe not for you. But for us…it did. I threw up because Diane said I was fat. I threw up again because of what a bitchy director said to me."

Jen's eyes widened, as she yelled, "YOU DID WHAT!"

"Don't be surprised. This is Hollywood. "Jenny said.

Jen turned her head away from Jenny. "I suppose you drank too? After all, this is Hollywood."Jen mocked.

"Guys. Don't you see what's happening?"

Jen and Jenny turned back around to Jennifer. Tears were streaming down her eyes and all they could do was watch.

"So what do you suggest we do then? Go to Canada and be a hippie?"Jenny asked sarcastically.

"I don't know."Jennifer said.

Silence was all they heard then. For about forever it seemed.

Jen finally broke the silence. "Isn't it obvious?"She asked.

After no response, Jen continued. "Everyone here either gets by in two ways. Being rich and arrogant, or by letting nothing get in the way of their dreams. "

"So what your saying is that we should be mean?"Jennifer asked.

"The survival of the fittest. "Jen quoted.

"That makes sense.."Jenny said.

Shaking her head, Jennifer tried to tell them, "No. It is not. Jen, you are supposed to be the nice girl who is always there for her friends. Jenny, your supposed to be that fashion iota with a dream. Not this."

"It's the only way."Jen said, eyes pleading.

"No it isn't."Jennifer denied, glaring at her.

It was then that Jennifer remembered. The girls were always there for each other no matter what the reason.

"Fine. I will act fake. "Jennifer finally said, her voice shaking.

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So that is our story.

Judge us, pity us, I do not care. It was a choice.

A choice that will forever be what we are known for. A choice that I regret.

We are the Jennifers.

-Jennifer Woods

And that's the end. I'm sorry it was a bit rushed and stuff, I just ran out of ideas. I hope I still do the Jennifers justice though.

Thank you guys for supporting this story. You are the best

-Heather