Chapter 06
It was a couple of months later. Jane and Casey went to the same College and even shared a dorm room. Of course every now and then they even fought but it was perfectly normal.
Jane was sitting on a bench on campus, holding a book in her head, while Casey laid across the bench, her head in Jane's lap, reading in her own book. It was such a beautiful sunny day and none of them felt like studying inside.
Casey shifted from time to time, but was a book worm for the most part. She wore brown boots, leggings, a short skirt and tank with a sweater over it and a thin scarf. Her hair was a little shorter now. She was happy. She always had someone.
"Hey...there's a party down the block tonight. Did you want to go? Or just stay in," she asked, without looking up from her book. She turned the page.
"No I think I wanna go. Would be something different." Jane said to her and closed her eyes, letting the sun warm her face.
"I mean it's College, we are supposed to go to parties and do stupid things that we can laugh about in a couple of years, right?" Jane asked.
"Sure," she said and yawned, finally sitting up. She closed her book and stretched. Then she blinked and looked around for a moment. It was quiet. She liked that.
"You talk to your mom lately? How is she doing," Casey asked. Casey's mother talked to her everyday and since she found out her daughter was fully into girls had come to accept Jane.
"Oh Ma is good, still misses me but it's alright. I think she started dating again." Jane said smiling and got up from the bench, stretching herself.
"So who hosts this party tonight?" Jane asked her interested. "Anyone I know too or someone from your course?" She asked.
Casey smiled and shrugged.
"Some big shot. Should be good though. She owns the house...lots of room to move around and do stuff. Should be a good time. We haven't been to one yet... You could wear that dark green top that I like soo much...huh?"
Jane looked at Casey and couldn't help but laugh. She laid an arm over her shoulder and slowly made their way back to the dorm.
"Did you know that we start to sound like an old married couple already?" Jane asked amused. "I like it though." Jane whispered and kissed her cheek.
Three hours later, Jane was dressed in that dark green top that Casey had mentioned and a black pair of jeans. Her long hair was open, easily covering her small breasts.
"Cas you ready?" Jane asked, while she just finished her make up, closing the lid of the red lipstick.
"Just a minute..." came her voice from inside the bathroom. She was finishing her make up. She came out soon with a smile. She wore a black leather tank, red skirt, and black thigh high boots. She batted her eyes at Jane.
"Ooooo, you look sexy...loving it," she said, walking up to her and tickling her stomach lightly. Casey had curled her shoulder length hair.
Jane flashed her a dimpled smile and grabbed her hands to stop her from tickling her. "Look who's talking." She said and kissed her lips.
"Gorgeous as always. Let's go, shall we." Jane grabbed the keys and then left the dorm with Casey. "You lead the way, I have no idea where the party is."
Casey winked and grabbed Jane's hand as they headed around the corner and then down the block.
"You have to limit me, promise? I can't be drunk...not tonight...I have to work tomorrow..." she said with a snorted laugh.
"God I hate having to work on a Sunday..." she said and walked with Jane down the block toward the large burgundy house on the corner.
"I'll keep an eye on you, I promise." Jane said smiling. The music could already be heard from the street. As they got closer they saw a couple of students outside the house, drinking, chatting, having fun. They passed them and entered the house. People were dancing like crazy. They all seemed to have a good time.
"Wow...so many people." Jane said stunned but smiled.
"Like a lot of people...but that's good. The house is sweet," she said and took Jane's hand once they moved further inside. Casey was protective of Jane. She knew some things about Jane's past... They had talked late one night. It felt good to have her know...felt good that she had not ran away.
"Oh good! soda! Well I won't starve of thirst," she snorted a laugh and walked with Jane to get a drink.
Maura was over talking to a group of people as Jane entered and her left eye twitched. She smiled and continued talking.
Jane didn't see Maura, not even as she almost ran into her. It was just some blonde talking to friends. A year ago, she would have recognized her because she would have been still paranoid. But since she had moved to another city she just felt save, especially with Casey on her side. Jane poured herself a vodka and orange juice and handed Casey a soda.
"Ah it's nice being able to drink." Jane teased her and drank a huge sip. "I wonder who the host of this party is...It's a great house."
Casey gave Jane a look for drinking without her, but just smiled a moment later.
"Mmm I don't know... Someone said she is really rich...considering she has the house..." she said and walked next to Jane. Maura turned around just as Jane passed and a chill ran up her spine. She had been through hours of therapy and her medication was carefully regulated.
"It's funny how we are at a party and don't even know the host. You sure you got invited here?" Jane asked her amused and then drank another sip.
"Oh wait, lemme pour some more juice in it, I used too much vodka." Jane said and turned around, that was when she saw Maura. She froze in an instant and dropped her cup.
Casey was about to reply to Jane when she saw her stop. Maura turned around and caught Jane's eyes. She smiled at her, but didn't make a move to approach her. She simply turned back around and continued her conversation. Casey grabbed Jane's arm and Jane yelped.
"Hey...Jane! God, what's wrong?"
Jane didn't wanna worry Casey or ruin their good time.
"I just...thought I saw someone I knew...I was wrong... Let's go, come." Jane said, and took her hand, almost dragging her into another room. Jane didn't even bother to get another drink. Her heart was beating like crazy. She sat down on a window sill with Casey, trying to calm down. That couldn't be true. She had hoped she never had to see this woman again.
Casey looked into Jane's face, seeing that something was visibly wrong. She sat with her in silence for a moment, hoping to calm her down.
"Hey, talk me Jane...who did you think you saw? It wasn't her was it? Does she even go here?"
Jane shook her head and then looked into Casey's worried face.
"I...I think I saw Maura..I am not sure...I mean it's impossible right? I moved away and now...I am in College. What are the odds? It must have been someone else." She said.
"God, you want me to go ask who she is," Casey said and took Jane's hand. She was worried very much so and that was visibly painted over her face. Neither of them would have a chance to move, before Maura would poke her head into the room.
"Hey...There isn't sex at the party. You can go home if you want to do that... no offense," she said and Jane would recognize that soft, dark voice anywhere. It was Maura...
Jane immediately looked at the direction of the voice. She was glad it was dark in that room. She knew that this room was probably off limits, hence why it was dark in there, but she needed to go somewhere quiet.
"We're just talking." Jane replied truthfully.
Maura laughed.
"That is what they all say. Now, get your clothes back on before I turn on the lights and I invited a few more people into the room," she said and still laughed a little. Casey looked at Jane to the dark outline of Maura.
"Seriously...we aren't doing anything."
"Check back in two minutes and we'll be gone. Promise. Now could you let us alone again?" Jane asked, getting frustrated. She didn't wanna leave the room with Maura standing there. She didn't want her to see her. Jane knew that Casey had no idea that they were talking to Maura, after all she had never seen her before.
"Fine...two minutes..." Maura said, but didn't shut the door as she moved away from it. She walked over to talk to a few girls and kept her eye on the door. Casey took Jane's hand and held it tight.
"You going to be ok, hon...I mean...you want to go?"
Jane nodded. "I'll be okay. Please don't worry about me. We came here to have fun, okay? I don't want our moods to be ruined." Jane said and got up from the window sill. She pulled Casey up as well. She kissed her softly.
"C'mon let's mingle. Don't forget your soda." She said teasingly.
Casey felt the subtle tremble of Jane's lips, but she didn't argue with.
"Ok, I won't," she said and walked out the door and into the crowd of cheering people that had all stopped to face the door. She froze and then smiled, pulling Jane with her.
"Awesome...somebody got it on...how unfair of them when no one else could even watch," Maura said and the crowed booed. Casey looked at Maura and rolled her eyes.
"Can-it honey. Nothing happened..." Casey said back.
That surely wasn't a kind of attention that Jane wanted. And Jane knew who was responsible for it.
"How about you mind your own business?" Jane snapped at her. "And two minutes isn't enough to make anyone go even if I had a dick so just drop it." Jane said to the crowd. She was just angry, mainly at Maura of course.
Maura chuckled and shrugged. "Of course it's not enough time, but so what. It's just a little fun. Calm down, " Maura said and the crowd started to break up. Casey was starting to figure something out about the blonde that talked to Jane.
"Besides... We all know that a dick is just not as much fun as a cunt," she purred to Jane and them smiled. The voices hummed in farthest reaches of her mind.
Jane gave her a look. Some people were still paying attention to Maura and the two girls that had gotten outta the room.
"Your idea of fun and my idea of fun are clearly different." Jane mumbled. She didn't wanna be known as someone who ruined a party.
"Perhaps, but this is a party...if you wanted to play a game...we can," she said with a smile. Her eyes were different and even Jane would noticed that. They were flat and held little emotion. Casey narrowed her eyes and shook her head. She pulled at Jane's hand.
"Nuh uh. I don't want to play a game. Let's just got outside and drink...ok Jane?"
Jane gave Casey's hand a soft squeeze.
"What kind of game are you talking about?" Jane asked Maura and held eye contact with her, wanting to show her that she had changed. She wasn't a timid little girl anymore like she used to be. Maura still frightened her but not as much as she used to.
"A drinking game...that's fun right?" Maura said and moved over to the kitchen table where things had already been set up.
"You say the alphabet backwards and when you mess up, you drink..." she said to Jane and Casey. "Simple enough, right?" Casey looked at Jane and subtly shook her head.
Jane looked into Casey's eyes and saw that she was against it. She didn't just wanna ignore Casey.
"Yeah sounds like fun but no thanks." Jane picked up a cup from the table and drank a sip, screwing up her face lightly.
"C'mon Cas." Jane said. Going outside and drink there wasn't such a bad idea.
Once Jane passed her, Maura narrowed her eyes and the brunette that was protective with Jane. She didn't like her. She left eye twitched again and she blinked a few times to ignore it.
"It would have been fun! Guess you will never know," she called out to them as they headed outside.
Jane's heart was beating like crazy - like always when she talked to Maura. She sat down in the grass and leaned against the tree.
"Sorry about that. I should have said no right away." Jane said apologizing. "That was Maura...but I think you figured that out by now..."
"I did and they should have told you that she was here. This should never have happened. God I am soo pissed right now. We should just go." She said as Maura looked out the front door to see where Jane had gone. She half smiled and then shrugged. Her body shuddered out of her control.
"You're right, we should." Jane agreed and got up again. She took Casey's hand and helped her up as well.
"You think it's just co-incidence that she's here too?" Jane then asked Casey in wonderment. "It can't be co-incidence right? I mean, what are the odds?"
"I don't know...but someone should have told you..." she said and took Jane's hand. She looked back at the house, caught Maura's icey glare and then looked forward again. She walked back to their dorm hall, holding Jane's hand protectively.
TBC
You guys guessed right... Of course Maura would find Jane ;)