Jennel's POV:
I walk out of school in between Wes and CeCe, Jillian is walking on the other side of Wes, while Marleigh follows us and attempts to place her hand in mine, I turn to face her and glare at her. She just smiles at me as we make our way into the parking lot.
"It's the end of school Marleigh, you can fuck off now." CeCe says, causing me to laugh as Lauren jumps off the wall she was sat on and then walks towards us. She runs towards me and then jumps on me, wrapping her arms around me before pulling back and then glaring at Marleigh.
"Hey Marleigh."
"Hi Lauren." Marleigh bitterly replies as Lauren keeps her arms wrapped around my neck, I just roll my eyes before waving bye to Marleigh and then turning to face Lauren.
"Well I'm going to work." Jillian says, quickly kissing Wes and then walking towards her car and getting into it.
"And I have to go and be the perfect child again." CeCe groans, rolling her sleeves down and then tying her hair up as we walk out of the parking lot and on to the side walk.
"But is badass CeCe coming back for the party tonight?" Wes asks, winking at her and then wrapping her arm around her as Lauren jumps on my back and wraps her legs around my waist.
"Hell yes she is." CeCe replies, winking at him before pulling away from her and sighing as she spots her mom's car on the opposite side of the road. "Sorry guys Satan is waiting for me." She mumbles, walking away from us and then crossing the road before getting into her mom's car.
"So we're going to yours, you're picking your shit up for this party and then we're going mine to get ready." Lauren says, jumping off my back and then walking next to me as the three of us make our way back to Demi's.
"What if I want to get changed?" Wes asks, pouting at us, causing both me and Lauren to start laughing. "What's so funny?"
"Wes you never care what you look like anyway so stop pouting and shut up."
"Fine, I just need a joint and a beer." He whines as we cross the road, I just glare at him while sliding a cigarette box out of my pocket, pulling one out and then lighting it before stuffing the box back into my pocket. I place it between my teeth and take a long drag, passing it to Lauren as I blow the smoke out.
"You can have them one we get in." I say to Wes as I unlock the door to the apartment block, holding it open as Lauren and Wes walk inside. We makes our way towards the apartment and Lauren passes me the cigarette back, I place it between my lips again, taking a drag as I unlock the door, pushing it open and then walking inside with Wes and Lauren following me.
All three of us walk towards the kitchen Wes open the fridge and pulls out a can of beer while I sit on the worktop, hanging my feet over the edge. Wes stands next to me and Lauren sits on the floor in front of me, I reach behind me and grab the box that has my skins and weed in it. I throw it down to Lauren and she begins to roll a joint while Wes passes me a can of beer.
"I need to get my clothes." I say, opening the can and then drinking a mouthful.
"Go and get them then." Lauren says, looking up at me while dragging her tongue across the rolling paper before sealing the joint and then passing it to me as I jump off the worktop. I place it between my lips and light it, taking a drag and then smirking at Wes as he attempts to get it off me.
"This is mine, back off Wesley."
"Fucking hell Jennel, share." He whines causing Lauren to laugh as I blow the smoke in his face before taking another drag and then passing the joint to Lauren, who is now stood next to me. "This isn't fair at all."
"Shut up whining Wes, you'll get a joint soon." Lauren says, flipping him off as I wrap my arms around her and she rests her head against my shoulder. She places the joint in between my lips and smiles at me before pulling the joint out of my mouth as I blow the smoke into her face.
"Um…Who are you and why are you here?"
I turn around and there is a family stood in the living room. A short woman and giant of a man, who are staring at the three of us, with confused expressions. Stood next to them is a girl with long brown hair, ripped black jeans and a Cowboys hoodie, holding her hand is a girl with bleach blonde hair and a black snapback on.
"Fuck." Lauren mumbles under her breath before stubbing the joint out in the ashtray and then passing it to me, I just stand there holding it as Lauren runs her fingers through her hair. Can someone please explain why there is a random family stood in the middle of the living room? And why Lauren is the only one that seems to know who they are?
"Hey Lauren." The girl with long hair says, running towards us and pulling the blonde girl with her. "What are you doing here?"
"Um, hey Maddie, I'm…um I came to get something off Marissa, yea that." Lauren mumbles, looking around the kitchen for something to grab hold of, I just stand there with a joint in my hand and Wes is just staring around the room while still awkwardly drinking out of the beer can.
"Where is she?"
"She's probably with your sister." Lauren replies, walking out of the kitchen and pulling me with her, because I was just stood there with my mouth open at the fact that Demi's family just watched me drinking and smoking a joint.
"Yea but which one?" She asks, laughing slightly while her girlfriend (?) eyes up the joint that I still have in my hand. I quickly grab the box with my weed in off the counter as Lauren pulls me towards the front door. On the way she picks up Demi's fruit bowl and I have to attempt to hold in a laugh. "Bye guys."
Lauren drags me out of the apartment, slamming the door behind her and then leaning against the wall.
"Why the hell have you got a fruit bowl?" I ask and Lauren just flips me off before glaring at me.
"It was the first thing I saw, anyway you better tell Demi that her family are here." Lauren replies as I slide my phone out of my pocket and then dial Demi's number. Fuck where the hell is Wes? Oh shit I think we left him inside with Demi's family.
"Um Lauren we left Wes inside." I say to Lauren who just bursts into laughter before opening the apartment door and walking inside, Demi answers the phone as Lauren shuts the apartment door.
"Hey baby." She says and I instantly smile before remembering the reason I was ringing her. "I'm just leaving work now."
"Um Demi your family is in the apartment."
"They're where?!" She practically screams down the phone, I let out a sigh as I run my fingers through my hair. "What did you say to them? What happened?"
"Well I went in with Wes and Lauren and we went straight into the kitchen so we didn't even see them. And we may have been smoking joints and drinking before they actually said anything to us." I mumble knowing that Demi is either going to scream at me or have a mental breakdown in the middle of the school parking lot.
"D-do they know who you are? D-do they know about us?"
"No they don't know who I am; they just think that I'm one of Lauren's friends. Lauren practically saved the day, but she does have your fruit bowl and we did leave Wes inside." I say into my phone as Lauren walks out of the apartment with Wes behind her.
"How did she save the day exactly? And why the hell does she have my damn fruit bowl?"
"I don't know she just kind of did, well your family obviously know her because of Marissa and Dallas so Lauren just made up some bullshit excuse as to why we were there that included a fruit bowl." I reply, walking out of the apartment block with Lauren and Wes. I glance towards Lauren and notice that she's holding one of my bags and she mouths 'clothes' to me and I just grin at her.
"Remind me to thank her and that she is now my favourite person ever."
"Excuse me, what am I then?" I whine, pouting even though I know that she can't see me.
"Stop pouting and don't even say that you're not because I know you are. And you'll always be my favourite." She says as Lauren, Wes and I make our way towards the bus stop that's down the street.
"Shut up, I love you."
"I love you too; right I'm getting in my car now, if my family are at home where are you going?"
"I'm going to Lauren's and I'm going to that party tonight but I don't know where I'm going after the party." I say as Lauren calls her mom to come and pick us up.
"I'll call you later, they're probably staying at a hotel or at Dallas' so you can come home after the party." She says and I smile at the fact that it's my home, but it's also strange, Lauren kinks her eyebrow at me and I flip her off before replying to Demi.
"Are you going to tell your parents who I am?"
"I-I don't know, I mean they're totally fine with the whole gay thing because both me and Dallas are gay-"
"And your little sister." I say, cutting her off.
"Wait, what?"
"Yea she was all holding hands with a blonde chick and they looked pretty cute together." I say into my phone as Lauren's mom pulls up next to the side walk and the three of us get into the car.
"Well then this is news to me, and I don't know if I'll tell them yet. I have a feeling that they won't be as accepting as Dallas was." She says, letting out a sigh before starting her car.
"Demi if you're going to start driving I am hanging up."
"Why?" She whines and I roll my eyes because she knows exactly why I am going to hang up if she starts driving.
"Because I don't want a dead girlfriend thank you very much, I'm hanging up now Demi. I love you."
"I love you too." She says and I smile before ending the call and then locking my phone, stuffing it into my pocket and then smiling at Lauren as she glances at me.
"What?"
"God she's made you all cute and loving, I hate it." She says smirking at me as her mom rolls her eyes and beings to drive back towards their house.
"Whatever."
~~~
I'm currently sat in Lauren's room while she gets ready and Wes sits on her bed smoking a joint, I roll my eyes at him because he's trying to blow smoke rings and he really can't do it so I don't even know why he is even trying.
"Stop it, you look like a dick." I say to him, walking towards him and sitting next to him before taking the joint from between his fingers and then placing it between my lips. I take a drag and then breathe in the smoke before blowing a perfect smoke ring which causes Wes to glare at me and then snatch the joint off me before attempting to do it again.
"This isn't fair, how do you do it?" He asks, glaring at me.
"She's got a skilled mouth Wesley." Lauren says, smirking at me as she turns around, holding a flannel shirt in one hand and a red jumper with the word 'WANTED' across the front that she cut across the middle to make it shorter.
"Lauren put a top on." I say because Wes is currently staring at her like he is about to forget that Jillian is his girlfriend. She winks at me and I cover Wes's eyes causing him to groan and Lauren to laugh.
"How does that not affect you?" He asks, moving my hands off his face and then looking at me.
"Because I know what she looks like when she's naked Wes and I've seen her naked enough times for it not to affect me anymore." I reply, taking the joint off Wes and then taking a long drag as Lauren slides the flannel on.
"Damn right she knows what I look like when I'm naked."
"Lauren shut up please." I mumble, glaring at her as she begins to button her shirt up, she just winks at me and I roll my eyes at her. "You need to get laid."
"I am getting laid; she's just working all the damn time. When she's not in work she's fucking marking books." Lauren whines, sitting on my lap and placing her arm around my shoulder to keep herself steady. I place my arms around her waist before resting my head against her shoulder.
"Let's get our partying on mother fuckers!" Wes yells, standing up and dragging Lauren off my lap before pulling me off the bed and then pulling us both out of the room.
"I have no shoes on you asshole." I say, stopping at the front door and grabbing my boots, I slide them on and then walk out of the house with Lauren and Wes. We begin walking towards the house that the party is at, Wes is making up random raps while we walk down the street and Lauren is attempting to roll a joint while walking.
"Hey baby." I hear as someone wraps their arms around my waist, I let out a groan when I realise that it's Marleigh, she removes her arms from around me and stands next to me, placing her hand in mine and then linking our fingers together.
"What do you want?" Lauren asks, glaring at Marleigh before doing a small celebratory dance because she finally rolled the joint and it actually looks like you can smoke it.
"I want to go to a party with my girlfriend." Marleigh replies, smirking at Lauren before bringing my hand to her mouth and pressing her lips against it.
"Well we're not at the party yet so I'm not your girlfriend so back off." I say, pulling my hand out of hers and then moving closer to Wes, he wraps his arm around me and I quietly thank him, he just giggles slightly and Lauren passes me the joint, I place it between my lips and she lights it.
"You better keep away from her." Marleigh says to Lauren as she pulls the lighter away from me, I take a drag and then pull the joint out from between my lips.
"You can't make me stay away from her Marleigh; you're not her actual girlfriend."
"And does her actual girlfriend like you?"
"She's my sister best friend and I'm her girlfriends friend so yes she likes me, and before you say anything she knows about me and Jennel and she knows that we're not doing it anymore!" Lauren screams at Marleigh before she stops walking, standing in front of Marleigh and glaring at her.
"What are you going to do Lauren? Hit your friend's girlfriend?"
"She's not your fucking girlfriend, and I actually like Demi. She's good for Jennel, unlike you; you're just a scheming bitch!" Lauren yells into her face before shoving her backwards, I just sigh because I know that even if I tried I wouldn't be able to stop Lauren once she's got like this.
"Lauren come on." Wes says in an attempt to pull Lauren away from Marleigh but he just gets shoved away. "Lauren, she's not worth it."
"She doesn't get to blackmail Jennel and keep the fucking act up when no one is even around us. All of us here know that she is just a blackmailing bitch that should keep away from Jennel and Demi!" Lauren screams at him and I just run my fingers through my hair. I place my hand on Lauren's shoulder and she turns her head to look at me.
"Lauren just drop it, we'll get drunk tonight and forget all about what she's making me do." I say, looking into Lauren's eyes, she moves away from Marleigh and places her hand in mine.
"Marleigh, Jennel is with Demi and this blackmailing bullshit has to end soon."
"It's being three days and you want me to end it, ha no, not until I get what I want out of this."
"What the hell do you want out of this?" Lauren asks, pulling me down the sidewalk with her while Wes follows us, grinning like an idiot because he's smoke far too much weed far too quickly.
"I want Alex to be mine and being with Jennel will make her realise that she wants me, it's already working. I know it is." Marleigh replies as we get to the house, Lauren drags me up the drive and I know it's because she needs a drink.
"How would you feel if I brutally murdered her?"
"I would love you forever." I reply as Lauren pulls me into the kitchen and rips the fridge open, grabbing two cans of beer and then shoving one in my hand.
"Drink, now."
~~~
"Lauren please get off the worktop you idiot." I whine, attempting to pull Lauren off the worktop for what feels like the seventh time tonight, but she just pushes me away and continues to dance in the beat of the music that is blasting from the speakers. I roll my eyes at her as she bends down to grab her drink before standing up again and then slut dropping.
"Okay now I want to get down." She groans, holding her drink out to me, I take it off her and place it on the counter behind me before holding my hand out. She places her hand in mine before jumping down and then wrapping her arms around me, smirking at me as she grabs her drink and then drinks a mouthful of her drink. I just glare at her because I can't handle a drunken Lauren when I'm not as drunk as she is; she just smiles at me before prancing out of the kitchen and into the garden.
I lean against the worktop because I can't be bothered chasing after her and CeCe is probably out there anyway, therefore it's her turn to look after the highly drunk and annoying Lauren. My phone begins to vibrate against my leg, I pull it out of my pocket and smile when I see Demi's name on the screen, I answer the call before bringing my phone to my ear.
"Hey baby." I say into my phone while looking into the garden and attempting to hold in a laugh because somehow Lauren got stuck in a tree.
"You need to get to mine, now."
"Um okay but why?" I ask, walking out of the kitchen as I make my way to the front door.
"Dallas is a fucking idiot and told my fucking mother about us."
"Yea Demi is a whore!" I hear someone shout in the background before hearing Demi groan.
"Maddie I swear you better shut the fuck up before I fucking kill you!" Demi yells as I grab my jacket off the pile on the chair next to the front door. I slide it on as I leave the house, shutting the door behind me and then walking down the driveway.
"What?! It's true."
"Jennel just please hurry up and get here before I have to listen to another rant about how I could get into major trouble."
"You do realise that I am super high and slightly drunk right now?" I ask, stuffing my empty hand into the pockets on my jeans as I being to make my way back to the apartment.
"I don't care, I just need you here because I can't do this alone, I need you here."
"I'm walking now." I reply, stopping at the edge of the road and looking both ways before crossing to the other side.
"Dallas is coming to pick you up, where are you?"
"I'm on Portland Street." I say, leaning against a wall and then resting my head against it.
"Stay there, she's leaving now."
"Okay, I love you."
"I love you too." Demi whispers into the phone before ending the call, I ring my phone away from my ear and lock it before stuffing it back into my pocket.
I lean against the wall until Dallas pulls up in front of me, rolling the window down and then giving me a small smile as I pull the door open and slide into the car, slamming the door and then bucking the seatbelt.
"Sorry about this."
"Demi is going to kick your ass."
"She already did, Marissa had to pull her off me." Dallas mumbles as we make our way back to the apartment.
When we pull up outside the apartment block I get out before Dallas and let myself into the building before walking towards the door of the apartment, leaning against the wall behind me and taking a deep breath before pushing the door open and then walking in. Demi is sat in the living room wither family, she looks up at me and smiles before looking back down at her feet when her mom glares at her.
"I'm going to get changed." I mumble, walking through the living room and then making my way towards the bedroom, I hear Demi stand up before following me into her room. I walk into the room, leaving the door open as Demi walks in behind me, shutting the door behind her and then wrapping her arms around me. I turn around in her grip and place my arms around her waist while resting my head against her chest.
"I don't want to lose you; I've only just got you back."
"You won't lose me Demi, I'm not going to let anything happen, and do you really think that your parents will tell the school or the police?"
"Probably not but I will get more rants off them as well as disapproving looks and glares off other family members. I think the only one that might actually like you is Maddie because she knows Lauren." Demi replies, removing her arms from around me before I pull my shirt over my head and throw it on the ground, grabbing the t-shirt off Demi's bed that I slept in last night and then pulling it on. Demi passes me a pair of her sweats and I kick my jeans off before sliding the sweats on.
"Can I wear one of your hoodies?" I ask, pouting at her, she just lightly shakes her head while quietly laughing at me as she grabs her Texas hoodie out of her closet. She throws it at me and I slide it over my head, leaving the hood up as I place my hand in Demi's linking our fingers together. Demi pulls her bedroom door open before letting out a sigh and then pulling me into the hallway with her.
"Whatever happens tonight remember that I love you and that I will always be yours." She whispers, shutting the bedroom door and then pressing her lips against mine. I slightly smile against her lips while gently squeezing her hand.
"I love you too."