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Chapter 31
It was Wednesday and Ryan was suppose to be coming round to spend time with Jessica but now she felt really bad because she didn't want to be leading him on when she wasn't sure if it was Ryan or Elliot who she wanted to be with.
"Is Ryan coming round tonight to finish your project?" Kim asked Jessica as they ate they got home from school.
"Yeah hopefully we'll get it finished or just about finished anyway," Jessica lied as her and Ryan had already finished their project.
Jake glared over at Jessica as he heard that Ryan was coming over. Jessica knew that Jake was trying to remind her that she had until Sunday until the truth would be out.
"Well if you need any last minute help with anything you know where I am," Kim offered.
"Yeah well if we do have any problems I'll come find you," Jessica replied, "Well I better go make sure that my room is clean because Ryan will be here soon".
Jessica sat in her room and fidgeted with her ring as she was anxious because she really didn't know who it was that she really wanted to be with and in a few minutes Ryan would be here. As Jessica looked out her window to see if Ryan was coming she seen Jake, Sarah and Mike heading over to the Murtaugh's house with their boards, obviously away to meet Elliot. Two minutes later a car stopped outside the Baker's house and Ryan got out before waving goodbye to the person who was in the car and who had dropped him off.
Jessica hurried down the stairs to get the door for Ryan but her mom had bet her to it.
"Nice to see you again Ryan. Are you wanting to stay for something the eat tonight since Jessica had tea at your house the last time she was at your house?" Kate asked Ryan.
"Yeah if you don't mind Mrs Baker?" Ryan replied.
"Of course it's fine and call me Kate," Kate smiled back. Jessica looked a little concerned now that Ryan had said that he would stay for tea this evening as she knew that Kim would be there and it would be awkward.
"Just come upstairs my books are up there," Jessica smiled to Ryan even though she didn't have any books as they had finished their project.
When they got up to Jessica's room Ryan sat on the chair by her windowsill and Jessica sat on the edge of her bed.
"You ok?" Ryan asked Jessica.
"Yeah," Jessica replied.
Ryan could tell by Jessica's face that there was something bothering her.
"Are you sure you are comfortable with us and that this is what you want?" Ryan asked.
"Yeah I do really like you it's just, it's nothing," Jessica said as she decided not to tell Ryan that she still liked Elliot.
"What?" Ryan asked he wanted to know what Jessica was going to say," You can tell me you know".
"I'm concerned what Kim is going to think and she will hate me," Jessica said instead of telling Ryan about Elliot.
"She will accept us eventually," Ryan said, "Look Jessica if you're not ready for this then I'll wait until you are ready because I can see the uncertainty in your eyes. I like you a lot and if I have to wait until you can tell Kim or once you are over Elliot then I will wait".
Jessica loved how sweet Ryan was and she could tell that he did generally really like her maybe even more than Elliot did or at least he showed his affection more than Elliot did.
"I don't want to make you wait though and then I decide that I can't tell Kim because I know that if I tell her than things will never be the same again but I suppose she'll know by Sunday anyway," Jessica replied.
"Sunday?" Ryan asked.
"Yeah Jake sort of knows about me and you and told me it is unfair on Kim and if I don't tell her before Sunday then he will," Jessica replied as she slightly changed the story by not mentioning Elliot or Sarah.
"Well it would be better if it came from you," Ryan advised.
"I know".
"I'll be there with you if want," Ryan said as he got up and held Jessica's hand before he smiled at her to show her that he was here for her.
"I think it might be best if I tell her myself to be honest," Jessica replied. She knew that Kim would be really mad and she didn't want Ryan to be there to witness it.
"Well you know I'm here," Ryan said.
"Yeah," Jessica smiled before she leant forward to kiss him.
Kim was downstairs speaking to her mom.
"Mom have you seen my calculator? I need it to do this math homework," Kim asked Kate.
"Jessica borrowed it yesterday, she said her one had no battery," Kate replied.
"Oh did she?"
"Yeah she is up in her room right now with Ryan studying , I'll go get it if you want?" Kate offered.
"No I will go," Kim said as she didn't want to turn down the chance to go if Ryan was there.
As Kim was about to head up the stairs Sarah, Jake, Mike and Elliot came in the front door and started to take their shoes off.
"Hey guys," Kim said as she ran up the stairs.
Kim burst into Jessica's room without knocking and was shocked to see Jessica and Ryan were sitting on the edge of Jessica's bed passionately kissing.
"You Bitch!" Kim shouted at Jessica, "How could you do this to me?"
Jessica was speechless, she couldn't believe that Kim had walked in and seen her and Ryan kissing.
"What is going on up there?" Sarah said to Jake, Mike and Elliot as she heard Kim shouting. The four of them headed up the stairs to see what was wrong.
"Look Kim, I know you have a crush on me but the truth is I really like Jessica she is the most amazing person I have ever met," Ryan said to Kim as he held Jessica's and to show to Kim that they genially liked each other.
" I am so sorry Kim. I have been freaking out trying to tell you," Jessica said as she finally spoke.
"What is going on?" Jake asked as they walked into the hallway. As Jessica seen Elliot she pulled her hand away from Ryan's before Elliot could see that they were holding hands.
"Why don't you ask Jessica," Kim said to Jake. Jake was able to figure it out for himself what had happened as he knew that Jessica liked Ryan as well as Elliot.
"Look Kim is annoyed because she fancies me but I like Jessica and she walked in on us kissing," Ryan said as he tried to explain the situation.
"Kim to be fair you didn't really even know Ryan," Sarah to Kim.
"You two are together?" Elliot asked looking shocked.
Neither Ryan or Jessica replied. Sarah could tell by Elliot's face that he was upset.
"She is such a bitch though," Kim said still angry.
"But it's not like anything ever happened between you and Ryan before, you have like never even spoke to him," Sarah said to Kim as she tried to explain that what Jessica had done wasn't that bad, "It was just a little crush that you had!"
"A crush. A bit like the one that Jessica had on Elliot. Bet she never told you that," Kim said.
Jessica's jaw dropped to the floor as Kim told Sarah that, "Now who's the bitch?" Jessica said.
"Bet she also never mentioned that her and Elliot had a little thing and that they kissed at the lake and that they have basically been secretly meeting behind your back," Kim revealed in her fit of anger she had at Jessica.
" Actually I did know I seen them at the lake, I was just waiting for them to tell m because it has been pretty obvious that they have been secretly together as the two of them meet alone together all the time," Sarah said as she relieved that she knew all along.
"You knew? All the time?" Elliot asked.
"Yeah I did. Why did you two not tell me?" Sarah shouted as she let out the anger she had had in her since the first time she seen them at the lake.
"What you and Elliot are secretly together?" Ryan said as she stepped away for Jessica and looked almost as if he was heartbroken.
"No! We haven't been together we are just real close friends. Or at least we were until a couple days ago. When I finally told her that I wanted to be with her and she said she wanted to be with me and we kissed and that and yet she is here with him," Elliot said as he pointed at Ryan.
"You told him that when the day before you kissed me as well and told me how you felt about me. What the hell Jessica!" Ryan began to get annoyed at Jessica as he felt that he had been played, "I'm away now. You're not who I thought you were Jess," Ryan said as he ran down the stairs and left.
"Ryan wait I do really like you!" Jessica said as she tried to chase after him before Jake and Mike held her back and stopped her from going.
"So if you like him does that mean that you don't like me?" Elliot asked.
"You know that's not true," Jessica replied. Jessica knew that this was the worst possible situation that she could be in right now.
"We are suppose to be sisters!" Kim shouted.
"She obviously doesn't know the meaning," Sarah added. "Why didn't you two just tell me? I even asked you both if anything was going on and you both lied to my face and said no!"
"Sarah you need to understand that since I moved here nothing had been going on. I tried to ignore my feelings for her, I even told her that we couldn't be friends but the other night then I realised that I couldn't live without her and told her how I felt but obviously she felt differently," Elliot said.
"Elliot you know it is possible to have feelings for two people at once," Jake added as he knew that Jessica did like Elliot but she also liked Ryan.
"I can't believe that all this time I promised not to tell Sarah about you and Elliot but then you did this me?" Kim said as she began to cry, "Why?"
"Who else knew?" Sarah asked. "I need to know now because I'm sick of looking like the stupid one who is always the last to know,"
"No one," Jessica lied as she covered for Jake as he knew.
"Sarah please I didn't want to hurt you that is why I didn't let anything happen between me and Jessica when I first moved here," Elliot said.
"You just can't keep yourself out of trouble can you Elliot?" Mike said as he got involved, "Yet again your lying has caused more problems for my family!"
"It's just as much my fault as it is his," Jessica said.
"More your fault," Kim butted in, "You didn't just have this thing with Elliot you then get with Ryan behind Elliot's back! What is wrong with you? Did you just want to upset me and Sarah," Kim tried to hug Sarah and comfort her but Sarah pushed her off.
"Get off of me! You knew about Elliot and never told me which makes you just as bad," Sarah said to Kim.
"That is hardly fair Sarah! I told you that I thought I might like Ryan but you never mentioned anything to Kim now did you?" Jessica said as she thought it was unfair that Sarah was blaming Kim for something that she did.
"So now you're trying to cause an argument between me and Kim now?" Sarah said.
"I think you were already trying to do that before I said anything!" Jessica replied.
Jessica felt terrible she couldn't believe how this all came out and now Ryan hated her and had stormed off and now she could tell by the look on Elliot's face that he wasn't upset too. She could also see the disappointment on Jake's face as he tried to tell her that she should have told them before it got out and caused a big argument like it now had.
Even worse now Sarah and Kim hated her and were really upset with her.
"Kids what is going on up there?" Kate shouted upstairs as she heard all of the arguing and raised voices from downstairs.
They all looked at each other and waited for someone to tell Kate the truth as to what was going on.
"Ok then don't tell me then, "Kate said as no one replied, "But whatever it is you better sort it out yourselves since you don't want to tell me!"
"I have to go," Elliot said as he left as he felt really awkward as he knew that he was pretty responsible for this big argument that just happened and that he was also shocked to find that Jessica had a thing with Ryan.
All of the Bakers left to go to their own room as they had nothing else to say to each other at the moment and they all felt they needed to calm down and think about things.
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