Chapter 32: Turn This Mother Out
"I can't believe you didn't see anything," Jay said while looking out of the window for the umpteenth time since that morning.
"Jay stop being so paranoid," Spinner said. "It was probably someone at the house taking a dip in the pool, don't forget we're the ones who aren't invited here."
"Yeah, I know that but I wish Jenny would've warned us." Jay closed the verticals tightly. "What if we would've stepped out for a second or someone stepped in."
"Besides Jimmy's dad, Issac, and Jenny were the only ones with spare keys to the pool house and Jenny already made up some lie to the guys about the place being under construction."
"When you told me this place was a dump that didn't stop me, so what makes you think one of the guys won't find a way to get into here."
"They won't, Jenny made sure of that."
"Just like she made sure not to warn us." Jay replied."Where is she anyway I thought you called her."
"I did," Spin peeked through the closed blinds."She should have been here by now."
"Hey! Wait up!" Craig ran after Jenny who was walking towards the pool. "I've been looking everywhere for you. Where are you going, swimming?"
"Uhhh,yeah." Jenny replied.
Craig looked Jenny up and down she was in a full length outfit complete with heels. "You're going to go swimming in that."
"No, silly." Jenny giggled. "I was going to the pool to..to..sunbathe."
"Oh." Craig said unconvinced. He couldn't figure out why Jenny would want to sunbathe every time he turned around she was putting on some new kind of sunblock and she didn't need a tan her skin was bronzed enough. "Do you mind if I tag along?"
"Ummm, you know what? I changed my mind. I'm going to go back to the house." Jenny made a complete 180 turn back to the mansion steps.
"OK," Craig said as followed after her.
"So why were you looking for me? You need help with something?" Jenny asked. She raced up the back steps and sat on a nearby couch on the patio.
"Yeah," Craig paused trying to catch his breath. He never knew Jenny was so fast in heels none the less and he was so out of shape."I wanted to talk about the song." Craig stopped to catch his breath before finishing."I'm having so many problems and I know it's a matter of time before I get the phone call from Kev..." Craig realized his cell phone was ringing. "Jenny," Craig pulled his cell phone out. "I have to take this."
"No problem." Jenny mumbled.
"Hey, Joey is everything okay?...That's good how's Angie?...Good...No, every things fine here I'm having a great time...What about?...Oh, have you heard from Caitlin...Oh...No I haven't heard from Ashley...Kevin called...What did he say?...Oh.." Craig put his hand over the receiver and whispered. "Tell him I need a little more time."
Jenny realized the conversation Craig was having was getting a little personal, she mimed to him that she was going inside which Craig understood and nodded his head. Jenny walked further down the patio until she saw Jimmy and Hazel sitting by the pier on the patio which overlooked the nearby Peconic Bay. She tried to tiptoe carefully without disturbing the two but Hazel has already spotted her.
"Hey, Jenny," Hazel exclaimed rather cheerfully.
"Hi guys." Jenny strolled towards the two. "I hope I'm not disturbing you."
"Of course not." Hazel replied.
"That's good." Jenny smiled. "So, Jimmy how are you enjoying your stay so far."
"Couldn't be better." Jimmy mumbled coldly.
"Jimmy are you feeling okay," Jenny asked concernedly. Jimmy didn't look to well it was as if he was coming down with something. BTT, her mother always called it Bored to Tears. "Maybe I can help. I can take you guys out, show you the nearby sights, I've been spending too much time with Cra.."
"You don't have to explain yourself, I'm fine." Jimmy replied. "In fact I'm better then fine, I'm great, I'm here with my girl," Jimmy hugged Hazel. "I got a great view of the bay, the oceans not too far away, I'm great just great."
"OK," Jenny mumbled. "I'm going to go inside, I have to..."
"What do you mean, we have to come back!" Paige walked outside while screaming to someone on her cell. "OK, just stall, we'll be on our way in two days, bye." Paige closed the clam shell cell. "Haze, we need to talk."
"What is it," Hazel asked.
"We have to get going ASAP or were going to be in so much trouble the next time you see Jimmy you'll be graduating from the University."
"What did you do Paige," Hazel exclaimed.
"I didn't do anything," Paige answered. "Our parents still think we're at the campus but we'll they won't for long."
"What do you mean?" Hazel gave Paige a questionable look.
"You're cell's off."
"Yeah."
"Maybe you should turn it back on you might have a message."
Hazel blankly stared at Paige before she slowly turned her cell on. She dialed her voice mail box and listened to it. Her face lit up with a range of expressions from surprise, to restless to happy and finally to worried very very worried.
"Oh my God." Hazel hung up the phone.
"What is it?" Jimmy asked.
"You're mom. My mom. Oh No." Hazel said with the same worried expression frozen on her face. "Paige, why didn't you tell me sooner?"
"I just got the message five minutes ago," Paige replied. "Just like you, I had my cell off, I didn't turn it on until Dylan called here screaming at me for not leaving my cell on." Paige rolled her eyes. "We'll after he calmed down he told me everything, he told me to turn my cell on and to check my messages and call him back. We'll I did and I called Dylan back and screamed at him for not calling us sooner but he didn't get the message from mom until this morning since he was out all night at a Frat party."
"Oh, no this is not good." Hazel stood up and shook her head while mumbling "This is not good" over and over again.
"Hazel," Paige yelled as if that was the only way to get her friend out of her nervous worried repetitive trance. "What day is your mom visiting the university?"
This is not...What?" Hazel asked. "Oh...Wednesday afternoon my mom said a week and I guess she's sticking by it she said she's picking me up and taking me home but not before I give her a tour of the campus. Can you believe that?" Hazel said an octave higher. "How can I give her a tour of the campus when I've barely been on it yeah we went their a couple of times to visit Dylan and for a couple of parties and such but that's nothing. What am I suppose to say? Hey mom hi this is Dylan's room and over here is the building I've seen a couple of frat guys wasted from a fraternity party and this is where the vice president of Zeta Pi -you know the sorority I almost wanted to join but changed my mine- pucked in the grass by the Lucy Maud Montgomery memorial library, we'll now you know why I changed my mine and this oh this building is..."
"Hazel my mom's visiting on Wednesday too so you know what that means?"
"It means we have a couple of days to live it up before we're dead?"
"No it means we have plenty of time to get our things, pack, hit the road and spend a day at the University cramming in as much information about the campus as we possibly can."
"Oh," Hazel sighed. "That's a relief we'll all we have to do is pack our things and lets go. I'll tell Emma and Manny and...we''ll be on...Oh my God what about Manny's mom!"
"I forgot about her." Paige realized. "We'll we gotta go find her." Paige ran a few steps before turning back around. "Where's their room?" Jenny opened up her mouth to inform Paige but before she could utter a word Paige interrupted her. "Never mind, I'll find it, this house isn't that big." Paige pulled Hazel by her arm. "Let's go. Time is of the essence."
Jimmy waved at Hazel who was being whisked away by Paige until they were nowhere in sight. "We'll I guess that means their vacation is over and I guess that means mine is over too without Haze this vacation isn't much of a vacation." Jimmy glanced at Jenny who looked rather surprised but hurt and Craig who had just strolled into the room after the girls left. " I'm going back to bed." Jimmy left the patio.
"Hey what's going on?" Craig asked.
"So much, you will never believe.." Jenny said before she was interrupted.
"Jenny are you OK?" Craig asked but didn't wait for a response before speaking again. "I'm in soo much trouble you will never guess who I was on the phone with I only have fi.."
Jenny put her finger over Craig's lips in order to silence him. "I'll speak to you later there's something I need to do?" Jenny said before she ran off.
Note: Everyone's getting angry that I haven't updated in a while but time's have been rough. It's hard to update like I planned with my now topsy-turvy schedule. I haven't suffered from block or anything it's just going to take longer then I thought two to three chapters will follow sometime this week all I ask for is your patience. :)
