Chapter Three
Jennie was beginning to get settled in and becoming acclimated to Horizon. She still continued to put on a defiant attitude though. Jennie was sitting under a tree when Sophie walked up to Jennie from behind.
"Jennie can I talk to you for a minute?"
Turning her head, she replied, "Yeah sure, not like I am doing anything at the moment besides homework anyways."
"Great." With that Sophie found a comfortable spot near Jennie. "I just thought that we could have our meeting outside instead of indoors, since you were out here anyways. So how are things going now that you have been here for a couple of weeks?"
"All right I suppose. Could be worse I guess." Jennie shrugged.
"You haven't been speaking up in group much and since you have been here longer than a week you should begin to start talking and get to know your group considering the fact that you are going to be with them for a while."
"Great...why don't you rub it in a little bit more?" Retorted Jennie with a glaring look in her eyes.
"You know it would help if you verbalized or told someone your problems. You know, let out steam. Instead of taking out your anger on someone else."
" Look no offense, but if I wanted anyone's help I would have asked for it. I don't even know why I am here; it's not like I came voluntarily. I was doing fine where I was going before. Now if you don't mind I have homework to do." Jennie snapped as she turned to leave.
" If you were doing fine then you wouldn't be here, would you?" Sophie irritatingly replied.
Jennie glared at her, grabbed her books, and walked away.
Sophie sighed with frustration at not being able to get through to Jennie, and it was starting to annoy her. She decided to go for a little round on the punching bag to de-stress.
"Looks like your day was as good as mine." At the sound of Peter's voice, Sophie paused and turned around to see him standing in the doorway. "Looks like we both had the same idea."
" You too huh?" Sophie questioned walking towards him.
"Yeah. So what's got you so worked up Soph."
Sophie turned back to focus on the punching bag, "Jennie; I can't seem to get through to her. She always cops an attitude with me whenever I try to talk with her and she never talks in group... I wonder how long she will keep this up."
"She will come around Soph. Don't get so frustrated. For some it just takes a little bit longer to crack that's all. Don't worry, she will let it out when she is ready and in the meantime we just need to gently push her to open up."
"You're right." Sophie commented with a sigh as she put her boxing gloves down. Peter walked over to her placing his arm around her waist and walked towards the offices.
"So what are you really in here for? Come on you can tell me...I am your friend." David asked Jennie with a bit of his usual sarcasm mixed with flirtation. David and the Cliffhangers had an hour break before lights out time and they were sitting in the lodge. Scott was chopping wood and Shelby was sitting doing her math homework. Auggie was drawing and Jules was reading a book.
Sorry that this is so short but I have been busy getting in my college applications and finishing papers etc. for school before break began. But I will add several more chapters to this story while I am on break and I will definitely tell the story of why Jennie is at Horizon. I hope that everyone has a wonderful Holiday and a fun filled New Year!!!!!
