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Chapter 30

Jessica stayed up in her room as she heard her brothers and sisters return home from school. She really wished she could talk to one of them about how she was feeling and how she was stuck in trying to decide between Ryan and Elliot but she knew she couldn't speak to Kim because Kim has a crush on Ryan and she couldn't tell Sarah because Elliot was her ex and then anyone would probably tell Sarah.

Jake walked into Jessica's room, "What is wrong with you?" Jake asked wondering why Jessica came home from school early.

"I was tired because I never got much sleep last night," Jessica replied, "So I took a nap when I got home," Jessica lied because she didn't want to mention that Elliot was round.

"You sure you did because you still look pretty tired?" Jake asked.

"Well I tried too but I didn't get much sleep to be honest," Jessica replied.

"Are you sure that everything is ok with you?" Jake asked looking concerned.

"Yeah everything is fine," Jessica said with a fake smile.

Jake went to leave her room as he knew that Jessica wasn't going to share anything with him.

"Okay everything is not ok," Jessica blurted out.

"Well what is wrong then?" Jake asked as he turned back round to speak to Jessica.

Jessica stalled for a second, "Oh it's bad," Jessica said. She really wanted to tell Jake but she was scared that he would tell Sarah, "If I tell you do you swear that you won't tell anyone?"

"I promise I won't," Jake replied.

"Okay well I'm in a situation where I really like two boys and one of them told me yesterday that he wanted to be with me and the other one told me today. But the thing is I think I like them equally and I really don't know how I am suppose to choose which one I like more," Jessica explained.

"Well just follow your heart I'm sure deep inside you know who you prefer," Jake said, "But if you don't mind me asking one of these boys is Elliot isn't it?" Jake knew that there was something going on between Elliot and Jessica so it was obvious to him that one of the boys had to be him.

Jessica didn't want to answer that question but her face gave it away that it was Elliot.

"So who is the other boy then?" Jake asked.

"Ryan Scott," Jessica replied.

"What Kim's crush?" Jake asked.

"Yeah but I didn't choose to fall for him I just did while we were working on our project," Jessica said.

"Your right this is bad," Jake said. He really wished now that he never asked what was wrong because now he felt bad because he couldn't tell Sarah and she has her suspicions about Jessica and Elliot. What made it worse was that Jake promised that if he found anything out he would tell Sarah.

"I must honestly be the worst sister ever!" Jessica said as she knew what she was doing behind both her sisters backs was really two faced and basically she was stabbing them both in the back.

"I get the feeling that all of this is going to explode into a huge family argument and again who is at the centre of it – Elliot," Jake said.

"You can't blame him, it's mostly my fault. He hasn't done anything to Kim, that is all me," Jessica said as she tried to take responsibility.

"You do know that this will all get out somehow and Sarah and Kim will both be hurt," Jake said, "I think its best that you tell them before they find out from someone else. Even if you decide you want to be with Ryan you still need to tell Sarah that you and Elliot had a thing and if you choose Elliot you need to tell Kim or even if you choose neither of them you still need to tell Sarah and Kim before they find out from someone else".

Jessica knew that Jake was right and once she made her mind up of who she wanted to be with she was going to have to speak to both Sarah and Kim.

"And it's not just them you owe an explanation to. You will need to explain to Ryan and Elliot because if you choose Elliot then Ryan will be hurt and want an explanation," Jake said.

"Well actually Ryan sort of knows about me and Elliot's situation so if I choose Ryan then Elliot doesn't have a clue about him so I would have to tell him everything," Jessica knew that it was just a matter of time until everything was going to come out and she would have a lot of explaining to do.

"Look you know that Sarah is not just my sister but like also my best friend and I don't want to keep this from and then it cause an argument between me and Sarah, but if you don't tell her then I will," the last thing Jake wanted was for Sarah to fall out with him, "If you don't tell her by the end of the week then I will and I'm giving you until Sunday because I know you are confused and I want to give you time to think about it but even if you haven't come to a decision by then, Sarah will know about Elliot by the end of the week. I just hope it comes from you and not me".

"I understand and I will tell her, I just need to get my own head around this all first, but I will tell her before the end of the end of the week," Jessica said nervously as she knew that this would not go down well with Sarah, "But Jake you know as well as I do that Kim and Sarah are both going to hate my after this. What am I going to do because everyone will take their side because I am the one in the wrong. Everyone in this family will hate me and even people at school are going to hate me".

"Look I don't mean to sound harsh but you should have thought about that first then maybe. The second you started to have feelings for Elliot you should have told Sarah and the when you started to have feelings for Ryan you should have told Kim," Jake said.

"Do you not think I wish I had done that. I just wish I could go back in time and change that," Jessica replied.

"I mean if you told Sarah that you liked Elliot, she wouldn't have hated you because I understand that you can't help who you fall for and I am sure she would have as well, but now she will be annoyed because you have kept it secret," Jake said. He knew that now there was no way that Sarah was going to be ok with it and as much as Jake didn't want to see Sarah get hurt he knew that she has to know the truth, because he made that mistake of trying to protect her at the lake by not telling Sarah about Sophie and all that done was make things worse.

Later that night Jake was playing the Xbox with Mike and Sarah came in to join them. Jake felt really awkward around Sarah because he wanted her to know the truth but was giving Jessica time to tell her.

"Jake did you find out where Elliot disappeared to this afternoon since he didn't appear to be in school?" Sarah asked as Elliot was missing from her Maths and Biology class.

"He said he just went home because he wasn't feeling well," Jake felt bad lying to Sarah because he knew that Elliot had been here with Jessica during the afternoon.

"There must be something going about because Jessica also came home from school in the afternoon because she wasn't feeling very well either," Mike commented.

"She did?" Sarah asked, "I never knew that. She seems fine to me". Jake could see by Sarah's face that she was suspicious.

"Yeah she had a little sleep in the afternoon and now she feels a bit better," Mike replied.

"Find it a bit weird that Jessica and Elliot were both missing from school in the afternoon and were both apparently ill when they both appeared fine to me in the morning and Jessica seems to have made a quick recovery this evening," Sarah said.

"Yeah your right that it is a bit odd," Mike agreed, "Maybe they were skipping school together".

"That's what I would think," Sarah said.

Sarah left the room and decided to go speak to Jessica herself.

"Hey Jess how are you feeling? I hear you came home from school ill this afternoon," Sarah said as she came into Jessica's room.

"Yeah I'm feeling better, I just couldn't sleep last night, so I just came home and had a little sleep," Jessica smiled.

"It's funny you know because Elliot went home ill as well. Must be something going around," Sarah said as she tried to suggest in a sneaky way that there was nothing actually wrong with Jessica or Elliot and that they had been together.

"Yeah," Jessica agreed as she felt awkward since she spent the afternoon with Elliot. Jessica knew that now would have been a good time to tell Sarah about Elliot but she just couldn't being herself to do it.

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