"You should go out, Jenny, buy some stuff for the summer." Alison suggested, after breakfast the next morning. "No, I'm fine I have everything I need." Jenny told her, she didn't want to go out. She wanted to stay inside, for as long as she could. The outside scared her, the people, ready to judge her at any moment, scared her. She never thought about 'the outside' until Alison had to bring it up, she planned to Skype Eric, and well, she didn't know what else she planned to do. "Come on, Jenny. Go to the mall, make some friends. Friends, Jenny thought, she didn't need friends here. Friends just turned into enemies. "I have friends." Jenny said, trying to convince her mother, or rather herself. "Like who?" Alison questioned. Jenny thought, "Eric." All Jenny needed was Eric, even if he was all the way in the Upper East Side. "Eric isn't here, Jenny." Her mother said, for some reason that hurt Jenny. She really had no one here. "Fine," she decided, "I'll go to the mall." She had pain in her voice. Alison didn't want to force her, but she wanted her to be social, happy, if she was alone who knew what would happen. Jenny decided she wasn't going to sit, sulk and miss Eric for the whole summer. Plus, she hadn't been to the mall in ages.
Jenny never considered herself selfish or spoiled, but the mall was disgusting to her. The people running around, looking for sales on cheap, worthless items, made her sick. And the constant staring from the people around her annoyed the hell out of her. Yes, she wore a lot of makeup and didn't exactly dress her age, she was an individual. She never wanted to be normal, but sometimes she wished she would blend in more. She had been there for almost an hour, bought a cheap bracelet, and now all she wanted to do was leave. She got up from the bench she was sitting on and began to walk towards the exit. She reached in her pocket to call Alison, telling her she was on her way home. As she looked down at the small screen she bumped into someone. "Sorry." Jenny said, still looking down at the phone. The petite brunette scoffed, "You should be." Jenny stopped, she looked at her. She seemed to emulate Blair; it scared her how much they looked alike. She didn't need another Blair in her life. Jenny didn't want to start a fight, she just wanted to leave. She began to walk away, "Stop," she said to Jenny, "are you, Jenny Humphrey?" She said her name like it was a curse word, a sin. Jenny was confused, "How do you know my name?" The brunette stepped forward, almost like she was inspecting Jenny. "Wow, it really is you. Gossip Girl did mention how bad your extensions are looking these days." She laughed, and so did the two girls behind her, a red head and a blonde. Minions, Jenny thought, just what I need. The blonde stared at Jenny, with superiority; the red head stared with wonder. She looked so familiar to Jenny, but she couldn't put a face to her name. Jenny sighed; she didn't want to cause problems, already, "Look, I really don't want to deal with you right now, could you please leave me alone." She said calmly. The brunette rolled her eyes, "Look," she began mocking Jenny, "I don't need you corrupted my town." She said, smirk on her face. "I'm queen here, so get out of the mall; you can find somewhere else to set up your drug dealing business." Jenny giggled a little. This girl was not at all threatening. "Of course, your majesty. I'm so sorry to have bothered you." She said, sarcastically, as she walked away. Jenny thought Hudson would be a clean slate, a new beginning, looks like she was wrong. There were mean girls everywhere she turned.
TBC.
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