The Truth
Second part. The last day at Nut Camp.
Joan was there for the whole summer, all summer long spending every day with Judith. Judith is different then her friends back home. She doesn't quite know what it is, that makes her so different. Maybe because she feels so strong for her. They never left each other longer then necessary. If Joan had her weekly talk, then Judith would be sitting under the tree waiting for her to come back. And vice versa. Even the doctors noticed it, and how Judith had changed when Joan had arrived at the camp. She even had joined in the activities, like making lamps. But the time that Joan liked the most was the time that they were in their room. Just talking, sometimes about nothing, but they were always talking.
One day the subject was about boys. Joan heard her ask the question 'do you have a boyfriend?' And she wont forget the look on her face when she said yes. Her body language changed, like she was disappointed. Judith didn't think she noticed it, but she did. But decided not to get into it. 'How about you?' she asked as well, trying to forget the look on her face. 'What about me?' Joan chuckled a little. 'Boyfriend' she just said. 'Oh right' Judith sighed 'no. not really interested in them lately' Joan turned on her bed to look at Judith, who was lying on her own bed. 'Why not?' she asked curious. 'Because…' she just answered, not wanting to go deep in it. 'You can tell me' Joan reassured her. Judith nodded, but still didn't tell her why she didn't have a boyfriend.
Before they even realized it, it was the end of the summer. And Joan had to go home. They sat in their room for almost the whole morning, cause Joan didn't have the weekly talk till 12, and her parents would pick her up at 2. So they just sat there for a long moment on the bed, just staring ahead. Till Joan realized she should probably be packing her stuff. 'Will I ever see you again?' Judith asked sadly. Joan sighed 'we better. Otherwise I'd go crazy' she joked. Judith smiled lightly and stood up, helping her best friend packing her stuff. 'Here' and she pulled out a little box of her pocket and gave it to Joan.
'I never really had a reason to make it. But I knew this day was coming. So I made this' she explained. Joan opened the little box, and pulled out a self-made bracelet. Made of string and a few red and blue beads. 'I love it' Joan says, holding her wrist out to Judith, so she could put it on. 'Is this too tight?' she asked her and Joan shook her head. She looked at her bracelet in joy but then realized something and turned quite red. 'I didn't get you anything' she whispered. She just smiled and said that it didn't matter, cause they would find a way to find each other again, and she'll just wait till they do. And that made Joan giggle. 'I'm gonna miss you so much' Joan sighed, dropping her hands that were busy folding a pair of jeans. 'I'm gonna miss you to' Judith replied putting her arms around her waist.
Joan relaxed in her arms, some how she felt safe when she was lying in her arms. She felt like that when Adam did that, but she always tried to live up to his expectations. But she never had to around Judith. They stayed like that for a good 10 minutes, till Joan continued packing her bags. 'Hey, I cant find my t-shirt' Joan said annoyed 'have you seen it?' She saw the guilty look on Judith's face. 'Where did you put it?' Joan asked, eying her friend suspiciously. But instead of saying where it was, she held her sweater up, just enough so Joan could recognize her t-shirt. 'You little thief' Joan exclaimed laughing. 'It was cold' she argued 'and I was out of fresh t-shirts' she said shrugging her shoulders. Joan just laughed at her and said 'you can have it. I have plenty of it anyway' But neither of them was keeping an eye at the clock, instead the just lay together on the bed. Nuzzling. Neither of them wanting to move or say anything.
There was a knock on the door, and the 2 girls looked up. 'Hello Joan. Its 12 o'clock' the nurse said, who was standing in the door opening, looking at the girls who were nuzzling. Joan looked at her watch. 'Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't notice the time' she apologized to the nurse and got up. 'You're gonna wait for me by the tree?' she asked Judith. She nodded 'of course JoJo' she giggled, Judith had nicknamed her JoJo because she liked that name so much, and she said it was easier to remember. But she never really believed. But she didn't care as well, she loved that nickname, even more then Jane. She smiled again at Judith and walked away with the nurse.
It was 1 o'clock by now, and the session finally ended. So Joan could finally go to the big oak tree in the middle of the yard. But when she arrived Judith wasn't there. There was only a note, pricked on the tree. 'Hey Jo-Jo. I know I was supposed to wait for you here, but come meet me in our room. I have a little surprise' She read the little piece of paper again, a surprise? I really hope she didn't do anything to crazy. She turned to walk to her room, but saw Him standing there again. Watching her. 'I'm ignoring you!'
'I'm used to that' God answered. She rolled her eyes. 'You're not real, so stop coming here' 'People keep telling me that yeah. But I'm not going anywhere' He told her. But since Joan didn't answer anything and kept on walking he said 'I just wanted to say that I'm happy your going back home' She stopped in her tracks. 'You're what?' she said unbelievable. 'I'm happy you're going home. Is that so weird?' She rolled her eyes again 'usually you are just annoying me and giving me some weird assignment' He just smiled and said she should hurry up, since she only has 1 hour left with Judith.
She walked up to her room, and to her surprise she saw all her friends she made while being in Nut Camp. Jody, a girl with long brown hair and dark eyes. Rick, a boy with short blonde hair and blue eyes, but they always looked sad. And Jeannie, a girl with raven coloured hair. She looked around the room and noticed a banner hanging between the walls. 'Turn around and walk away'. That would seem crazy to anyone else. But hey, we're in Nut Camp. Joan laughed and Judith walked up to hug her. 'I hope you like it' she said grinning 'I wanted it to be a surprise for you'
Joan couldn't say anything, she was just amazed that someone actually did this for her. Adam never did it, not even when it was her birthday. It was always her parents, but never Adams idea. She looked at Judith and back in the room, and she just gave her a big hug as a answer and joined the rest of the people.
Until that horrible moment. Her parents got in the room, they have been brought there by the doctor, to help Joan with her stuff. She ran to them to give them both a big hug. 'Hey, do you mind if I'd stay here, for lets say. Forever?' her parents looked at her quizzically. 'What? Why?' her mom chuckled. 'Because I made a really good friend and I don't want to go' Judith walked up beside her. 'Hey, if you just give me your address we can still keep in contact. I'll write you as often as I can' and she put her arm around Joan's waist. Her eyes lit up 'yeah ok. I' love to'
They walked to car, Joan's parents carrying the most of her stuff. They stopped at the car. They didn't know what to say at that point. Cause neither of them wanted to say goodbye. So Joan took the first step. 'I cant wait to read the first letter' she smiled 'neither can I' Joan's father cleared his voice 'hey girls, we have to get moving. We left Kevin and Luke alone' Joan rolled her eyes. 'yeah who knows how hard they are partying'
Joan gave her a kiss on the cheek and then a hug. Her fingers intertwining with Judith's hair. 'Don't forget me' she softly said. 'I wont remember anything else' Judith whispered back and then pulled away from the hug to get in the car. The first time she arrived, she didn't want to go. And now, she didn't want to leave. She stared at Judith for as long as she could, and waved when the engine started. She saw Judith standing there, until she was out of sight.
She looked down and laid back in her seat. 'Found many friends?' her father asked her. Joan just huffed, arms crossed. Wondering how she's gonna have fun, now that Judith isn't here with her anymore. When they got home she grabbed her stuff and walked to her room almost immediately. Because her brothers first wanted to hug her and ask her how it was, and how she was doing. But she just said fine, and walked upstairs.
She let herself fall on the bed and sighed. 'I miss you already Judith' There was a soft knock on her door, and she said come in. It was her mother, wondering if she was feeling alright. She just nodded 'yeah sure. I'm peachy' she said sarcastically. She saw the look her mom was giving her. 'Look, I don't want to talk about it' she shot at her, her mom gave her an apologetically look, said sorry and walked back downstairs. When she was downstairs she walked to her husband and softly said 'I think Joan fell in love there' and her husband looked at her in mild shock.
A/N
Hiya guys, hope you liked it. I know a lot of people don't write about Joan/Judith. So I figured I'd do it. Since I always thought there was more then just the friendship. I decided to write it almost immediately after the first chapter, so you would know what was going to happen. Next chapter is when Joan meats Judith again at her school, and how she is feeling towards Adam. If you read it, and you want to, please a review. Flames are welcome as well, just as long as it doesn't involve 'girl and girl is wrong' cause I'm kinda sick of that. See ya soon!