Chapter 6
Tuesday had not gone as well as Monday. It started out much the same as yesterday, but by lunch time, Kate was demanding that Jess tell him about Reid.
"Come on Jess, you promised you'd tell me last night, but you got in so late I was already asleep. Don't even try to tell me that was an accident. I know you were with him again. What did you guys do?"
"We just went to get something to eat, nothing big."
"Details Jessica!"
"Well yesterday we went to that diner up the road and had a really good time. We talked about everything. We were going to meet you guys afterwards, but we were at the diner for like three hours."
"Woah. Ok then what happened?"
"He walked me back to our room and I went to bed."
"Did he kiss you?"
"Kate!"
"He did didn't he? Ok so what, are you guys like a couple or just friends with benefits kind of thing?"
"We definitely aren't just fuck buddies," Jess said smiling.
Kate punched her fist into the air, "Yes, I knew it! I told Pogue there was something there."
"YOU DID WHAT?!"
"Chill out, Pogue isn't going to spread rumors." With that Kate continued to ask questions until Jess couldn't answer anymore, and had walked away kind of annoyed.
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Piled with homework, Jess didn't even get to hang out with Reid that night. She sat in her dorm trying to make it through a mound of homework, but she needed a break. She grabbed her stuff to take a shower, and walked into the hall. For the first time that week, Jess didn't feel nervous walking to the shower alone.
As soon as she walked in the shower room, she noticed one of the bulbs were out. Not wanting to go to another floor, Jess decided to shower in the dim light. As she showered, she felt her old fears creep back into her head. Chill out, you're fine. You're just jumpy because you haven't had Reid around today to calm you down, Jess thought shakily. Not wanting to test her new found strength, Jess quickly showered and wrapped her towel around herself.
In the now darkened hallway, Jess slowly made her way back to her room. Her phone rang, causing her to jump. She answered it as she opened the door to her room.
"He Reid!"
"Hey babe, how is the homework coming?"
"Not good, I still have a lot to do. Why?"
"Oh, well everyone is going to Nicky's tonight so I was wondering if you wanted to come, but I can just come up to your room instead if you want."
"No don't worry about it. Have fun with everyone, I'll see you tomorrow. I'm probably just going to crash anyway."
"Alright I'll talk to you later."
Jess hung up and sighed, pissed that she couldn't just blow off her work to hang out with Reid. She tried to keep working, but was so pissed she decided just to take a nap. Not even bothering to take off her shoes, Jess got into bed, her' mind going over the day's disappointments. As she teetered on the brink of unconsciousness, her restless mind regressed to its old tricks.