Jennel's POV:
I'm sat in the middle of the sofa, wearing one of Demi's hoodies that I must have stolen a few days ago. I'm staring at the front door while holding Mia's ultrasound image, listening to Jess moving around her room while she gets ready for work. I hear my phone go off and then slide it out of my pocket, unlocking it and then opening the message.
[9:03am] Demi: Where are you? Why aren't you in?
I groan, throwing my phone back on to the sofa next to me. Jess walks into the living room and just stares at me.
"Yes?"
"Why aren't you in school?" She asks, pulling her coat on while looking for her keys.
"I don't want to go in." I mumble, glancing up at her and then looking back down at the picture in my hands. I trace the outline of the faded image while letting out a sigh as Jess walks round to sofa and stands in front of me.
"Tough, you're going in now go and get ready. I'm taking you."
"Jess do you even know what today is?" I ask, looking up at her and watching her stare at me in confusion. That is until she notices what I have in my hands, she realises what I'm talking about and comes to sit next to me.
"Jennel it was two years ago, you need to stop doing this to yourself."
"It still hurts though; she'd be here if he didn't kill her. She'd be in my arms and I can't just forget that Jess!" I scream at her, she grabs my wrist and stares into my eyes.
"Calm down, go and get dressed. I'll ring the school and let them know you're coming in, I'll get them to let you stay with Demi."
"I-I don't want to stay with Demi." I mutter, pulling my wrist out of Jess' grip and then pushing the blanket off me. "Not when I'm like this, I'll just stay with Wes and Jillian." I say, standing up and then making my way down the hallway and into my bedroom.
I shut the door behind me, grabbing my jeans off the ground and then pulling them on. I fasten the button and pull the zip up, while pulling the closet doors open and grabbing a black t-shirt. I pull Demi's hoodie over my head, throwing it on to my bed and then putting the t-shirt on. I place my hand on my blue flannel shirt, pulling it out of the closet, and then sliding it on.
"Jennel come on."
"Yea give me a minute!" I yell back to Jess, picking up my leather jacket and sliding it on while I grab my black beanie off the table next to my bed. I pull it on to my head, running my fingers through my hair. I quickly apply some eyeliner and mascara before grabbing my bag off the ground, sliding a pair of boots on and then leaving my room.
"Finally."
"Shut up, are you making me go in or not?" I ask, picking up my cigarettes and lighter off the coffee table and stuffing them into my bag. I then pick my phone up off the sofa, sliding it into my pocket and then looking up at Jess as she walks out of the kitchen.
"Yes I am, now get into my car."
I grab Jess' keys off the hook next to the door and then leave the apartment, slamming the door behind me and then making my way down the stairs. When I get to the doors of the apartment block Jess is walking up behind me. We walk outside and towards Jess' car; I unlock it and climb into the passenger side as Jess gets in the driver's side. I pass her keys to her and she starts the engine, pulling out of the parking space and on to the road. I slide my phone out of my pocket, unlocking it and then opening my messages to text Demi back.
[9:38am]: I'm coming in now…
The drive to school is silent, well apart from the radio and Jess screaming at cars that keep trying to cut her up. I just stare out of the window, messing with the sleeves of my jacket as we get closer to school.
When she pulls up outside school she glances over at me, I just smile at her. Grabbing my bag from in between my legs and then opening the car door, I slide out of the car and then slam the door shut. Jess drives off and I make my way towards the main entrance of the school, pushing the heavy black doors open and then walking in, letting them slam shut behind me.
I walk up to the reception desk, resting my arms on it while I lean over it. I clear my throat, getting the attention of the blonde girl behind the desk. She glances up and smirks at me, I wink at her before speaking.
"My sister rang, said that I was going to be late."
"I know Jennel, Miss Daniels knows that you're going to be late." She says, handing me a pass to be out of lesson.
"Thanks Sarah." I reply, taking it off her and then winking at her again. She grabs my hand as I go to walk out of the office.
"I've not heard off you in a while."
"I've been busy." I mutter, pulling my hand out of her grip and then walking into the corridor. I make my way towards my Spanish class, going past my locker and grabbing my book out of it and then slamming it shut. I walk past Demi's room, her door is open and she looks up before standing up and walking towards the doorway. I sigh as she grabs my wrist, pulling me into her classroom, kicking the door shut behind her while I walk towards her desk. I lean against the desk in front of her, she turns around and makes her way towards me.
"Want to explain why you missed my lesson?"
"I was busy?"
"Jennel ."
"Demi." I reply, sitting on the desk behind me as Demi glares at me.
"Why weren't you in my lesson?"
"I didn't want to come in, Jess made me. Now can I go to my Spanish lesson?"
"Fine, but I want an actual explanation later. One because I'm your teacher, two because I care about you, and you seem to be distracted today." She replies, leaning forward and pressing her lips against mine before.
"I'll explain, I promise."
"Good, I love you."
"I love you too." I mumble against her lips, and then jumping off the desk before walking out of her classroom and making my way towards my Spanish lesson.
~~~
I'm leaning against my locker, waiting for Wes to come out of Maths. Jillian isn't in today, making it just me and Wes, which is usually fun. I turn around, opening my locker; I stare into it as tears begin to roll down my cheeks. I shouldn't be this affected anymore, why can't I just move on, it's been two years. I turn around, wiping my face as Wes makes his way towards me
"Jennel come here." Wes says, opening his arms as I begin to walk towards him. His arms wrap around me and I rest my head on his chest as he begins to rub circles on my back.
"It still hurts Wes."
"I know it does Jennel, but I'm here to make you feel a little bit better aren't I?" He says, as I grip on to his t-shirt, making sure I don't lose him too. "Why are you in today?" He whispers against my hair while pulling me closer to him.
"Jess made me come in."
"She made you come in last year, remember how that turned out?"
"Of course I remember, I nearly got suspended."
"Come on, it's dinner we're going to Demi's room. It'll be empty." He says, moving away from me but still keeping one of his arms around my shoulders. We make our way towards Demi's classroom, dodging the mass of jocks and cheerleaders that are hanging around in the corridor.
When we get to Demi's classroom Wes pushes the door open. We walk inside and Demi is sat at her desk, tapping on her phone. She glances up and smiles at us, her smile soon fades when she notices that I'm crying.
"Jennel what's wrong?" She asks, standing up and rushing towards me.
"Can we stay in here for dinner; I don't think she's up for going into the canteen." Wes says, shutting the door behind him and then walking me towards Demi.
"Sure, Jennel what's wrong?" She asks, looking at me and then wrapping her arms around me. I fall against her and she kisses the top of my head. I don't answer, I just hold her closer to me. "Wes, what's wrong with her?"
"I think it's better for her to explain, but she really shouldn't be in today."
"Jennel look at me." Demi whispers, cupping my face and then making me look at her. "You're going back to mine, I'll ring Marissa to come and pick you up." She says, pressing her lips against mine and then resting her head against mine.
"Are you sure Dem?"
"Yes I'm sure; I'll write you a note to get you out of here early and then I'll ring Marissa." Demi says, holding me against her again and then kissing the top of my head before she pulls away from me. She begins to write a note on a piece of paper, she passes it to me and then grabs her phone off her desk.
"So you're leaving me on my own?"
"Shut up Wes." I say, punching his chest before her wraps his arms around me. I rest against him while Demi talks to Marissa on the phone. "Demi I'm going to get a drink from the canteen." I say, smiling at her and then pulling Wes outside. We make our way towards the cafeteria, walking down the now empty hallways and into the loud, busy canteen.
"You will have to tell her you know that right?"
"Yes Wesley I know I'll have to tell her." I reply, glaring at him as we get closer to the canteen. Once we're outside Wes pushes to door open and we both walk inside. Once we're inside I realise that everyone is getting quiet. Me and Wes both glance around to room, that is until I spot CeCe stood on one of the tables with Nick attempting to get her down. Everyone is watching them and CeCe just glares at Nick.
"What're you going to do Nick?! Not have sex with me?!" She screams at him, shoving him away from her and then looking around the room. "So you've all probably heard this, me and Nick are no longer together. I cheated on him, with her." CeCe says, pointing towards me, everyone turns to face me and I just weakly smile at them before glaring at CeCe.
"CeCe fucked Jennel?!" A boy yells, sounding slightly confused causing Wes to laugh.
"That's hot!" Another boy screams before getting hit by his girlfriend.
"How was it CeCe?!"
"Amazing, she knows what she's doing, unlike some people." CeCe replies, looking down at Nick and glaring at him. "So now you all know and you can stop spreading rumours about why we broke up." CeCe finishes, getting off the table and then sitting back down.
"I suddenly don't need a drink." I mutter, turning around and pulling Wes with me as I walk out of the canteen. We walk back towards Demi's classroom, she's leaning against the wall outside, holding the note she wrote and her phone.
"Well that was eventful."
"Shut up Wes." I mumble, running my fingers through my hair and then glaring at him.
"What was eventful?" Demi asks as we get to her, she passes me the note and weakly smiles at me.
"Everyone knows that CeCe was fucking Jennel."
"Oh, okay then. Marissa should be outside in a few minutes." Demi says, pushing herself away from the door and then walking me and Wes towards the main entrance of the school.
"Wes you can go and get your dinner now." Demi says, smiling at him as we pass the canteen.
"Okay Miss, bye Jennel." He says, wrapping his arms around me. "Don't do anything stupid." He whispers into my hair before unwrapping his arms from around me and then walking into the canteen.
Me and Demi continue walking towards the main reception and the main doors to the school. I graze my hand against hers and smile at her; she smiles back at me and then giggles slightly as I glare at some jock checking her out. We get to the main doors and Demi walks me into the reception, and then rests against the desk. Sarah looks up at me, winking at them and then smiling before turning to face Demi.
"What can I do for you Miss Lovato?"
"Can you please send Jennel Garcia home; someone will be here to pick her up in a couple of minutes."
"Let me just sign her out." Sarah says as she stands up, taking the note off Demi and then scribbling something on it before sliding it back over to her. She then leans close to me, smirking at me while looking into my eyes.
"What's wrong Jennel, too high again?" She whispers, leaning down so her cleavage is showing. I giggle slightly while Demi glares at me.
"You know I can never get too high." I reply, smirking at her causing her to let out a small giggle.
"So what's wrong then? Got a nice fuck waiting for you?"
"Not this time Sarah. I actually feel like shit."
"Well then text me when you get home." She says, winking at me as Demi grabs my wrist, pulling me away from the desk and then out through the exit while we wait for Marissa. She stands in front of me and I already know what she's going to say, I can see it in her eyes. Anger, jealousy, hurt and a slight hint of lust.
"Her as well?" She asks, her voice laced with bitterness as she crosses her arms over her chest
"No, well maybe…it was one time." I mutter, avoiding looking at Demi while she's stands in front of me.
"Whatever, Marissa's here get in the car; we'll talk when I get home."
"Fine, love you Demi." I mumble, walking away from her and then making my way towards Marissa's car. She's pulled up against the side walk and has the window rolled down while sticking her head out, smiling at me.
"Love you too." I hear Demi mutter as she turns around and makes her way back into the school. I sigh, pulling open the door on the passenger side and then climbing into Marissa's car. I slam the door shut, fasten my seat belt and then glance towards Marissa.
"Are you actually ill?"
"Did Demi say I was ill?" I ask, looking up at her as she nods her head. "Well I'm not; it's just a difficult day today so she said I could go home. Um can we stop off at mine? I want to grab something."
"Would that something just happen to be green and get stored in a plastic bag?"
"Maybe." I reply, smirking at Marissa as we stop at a red light. She laughs and then turns the radio up.
"Lauren's at the apartment anyway, so I'll leave you two there and go to lunch with Dallas." She says, turning the corner and then driving towards the apartment.
~~~
Demi should be home in half an hour, and Lauren is acting like a sugar fuelled child at the moment. She's got the phone hooked up to the stereo and is dancing around the room while singing loudly. I just watch her, smoking a joint while taking pictures of her and then tweeting them. One good thing about Lauren is that she knows everything about Spencer and Mia, but she doesn't treat me like a child on days like today. She just gets my mind of things; she doesn't treat me like I'm fragile.
"Jennel come dance with me." She moans, jumping on to the coffee table and then swaying her hips in front of me.
"Lauren seriously sit the fuck down." I whine from the sofa as Lauren jumps off the table and then proceeds to dance around the living room, wearing my jacket. She stands in front of me and pouts before pulling my hat off my head and then placing it on hers. I glare at her and she just smiles, taking the joint out from in between my lips, taking a drag of it.
"Sup Jenny bear?"
"You, will you please calm down." I mutter, taking the joint off her as she collapses on the sofa next to me, turning the TV on and then swinging her legs over so they're resting on my lap.
"Are you thinking about her?"
"A little bit." I reply as Lauren leans against the arm of the sofa so she's facing me. I glance over at her and she's pouting at me, I roll my eyes, passing the joint back to her and then grabbing the remote off the coffee table. I change the channel and then grab the joint off Lauren causing her to glare at me.
"Stop thinking about her, it makes it harder."
"I know, I just can't stop thinking about how my life would be if she was here." I mumble, taking the joint off her, I take a drag before stubbing it out in the ash tray Demi bought because I kept putting them out in the sink.
"I like your jacket, it's comfier than mine."
"Well it's mine so I want it back."
"Fine, you love me though so you should let me keep it." Lauren replies as I place my hand on her legs and then she places her hands on top of mine.
"Totally love you, idiot."
"I'm your idiot."
"Shut up." I say, sticking my tongue out at her as the front door opens and Demi walks in, carrying some shopping and her bag. She drops the bags on the floor, kicking the door shut behind her and then looking up at me and Lauren. She glares at me, kicking her shoes off, sliding her jacket off before picking the bags up again and then walking into the kitchen.
"Did someone not do her homework?" Lauren asks smirking at me. "Not fuck their teacher correctly."
"Lauren shut the fuck up." I reply, slapping her legs causing her to scream at then dive on top of me before tickling me. I scream, attempting to push her off me while sliding down the sofa, pulling her with me. We both end up on the ground, Lauren is sat on top of me smirking at she continues to tickle me.
"Say you love me and I'll stop."
"Lauren fucking stop it!" I yell, still attempting to push her off me but she just pins me down before tickling me again.
"Say Lauren Jauregui is the most amazing person ever. I love her and she's amazing."
"Fine, Lauren Jauregui is the most amazing person ever. I love her and she's amazing." I say, Lauren looks down smiling at me before getting off me and then pulling me up. I push her on to the sofa and then make my way towards the kitchen. I walk in and Demi is leaning against the worktop, kinking her eyebrow at me while drinking a can of coke. I walk closer to her, standing next to her before taking the can off her. She turns to face me while shaking her head at me.
"What have I done now?"
"Are you seriously asking me that?" Demi says as Lauren walks into the kitchen, handing me my jacket and then quickly hugging me.
"I'm going; Camila is waiting outside for me." She says to me, winking at me and then walking out of the kitchen. Demi waits until she hears the front door shut before she begins to rant at me. She stands in front of me before crossing her arms over her chest and then giving me the scary teacher look.
"I thought today was a rough day for you? I thought it would be best for you to go home. Yet when I come home my apartment smells like a fucking crack house and you're getting far too cosy with Lauren on the sofa."
"She was here when I got in; if she wasn't here I would've got high anyway! Because I fucking need it today Demi, she got my mind of what was bothering me. She did the same last year, so did Wes so don't give me that fucking bullshit!" I yell back at her, she steps back looking me up and down and then shaking her head at me while still glaring.
"I still don't like how fucking close you are too her, you two have history Jennel and I don't fucking like coming home and finding her all over you."
"Demi she had her legs on my fucking lap, if that's considered being all over me then I'm glad you didn't see it when me and her were fucking!"
"Not the fucking point Jennel, was there even anything wrong with you today or did you just want to get out of school?!" Demi screams at me, slamming her hands down on the worktop either side of me as she gets closer to me.
"There was something wrong with me today! I didn't want to get out of fucking bed this morning but I did. I made it to the sofa and the idea of going to school made me want to throw up!"
"Bull fucking shit Jennel!" She screams into my face causing me to flinch with each word that leaves her mouth.
"Don't scream in my face Demi."
"Why not? Scared that I'll find out the truth?! That you just wanted to skip school to come here and get high?!"
"Just don't scream in my fucking face, I can't deal with this today Demi. Any other day I could deal with us arguing, but not today." I yell, getting quieter as I continue to talk, until I'm whispering. Demi removes her hands from the worktop and I gently push her out of the way before leaving the kitchen. I walk back over to the sofa and sit in the middle of it, pulling my knees up to my chest as I hear Demi walking up behind me.
She sits next to me, placing her arm around me and then pulling me towards her. I rest my head against her and begin to cry as she runs her fingers through my hair.
"I'm sorry Jennel; I get jealous because I want you to be mine and only mine."
"I am yours Demi; no one can take me away from you." I mumble against her as she kisses the top of my head and pulls me closer to her. I place my arm around her waist while looking up at her; she leans down and lightly kisses me.
"So why didn't you want to come in today?"
"Just things, things that I should've gotten over by now." I reply, slowly sliding my fingers under her shirt and then resting them on her hips. She moves slightly, lying down and then pulling me with her so I'm lay in front of her with my forehead pressed against hers.
"Tell me."
"I-it was two years, two years since I lost Mia." I mumble, as Demi runs her fingers through my hair. She just holds me against her, stoking my hair while I keep her close to me. "So that's why I didn't want to go in today, Jess made me though. Wes knew what was wrong with me the moment he saw me."
"I know she's your sister but I'm starting to dislike her."
"Why?"
"She's never in, she called you fucked up and a mess, she forced you to come in today. She never seems to be there for you and I get the feeling that she just doesn't care. I'm just really starting to dislike her now." Demi says, sitting up and then looking down at me as I rest my head on her lap.
"But I have you now, you care about me. You're always there for me, right?"
"Always."