'Ugh, I really should get some sleep' Jonesy thought. But he couldn't sleep, not after what he had learned earlier. 'Why would mom do that? The pieces just dont fit.' He was getting frustrated with the whole situation. He couldn't talk to Jessica about it, because he's not supposed to know, but he couldn't just forget the whole thing either. He wanted to tell dad, he knew that was the right thing to do, but he couldn't. He was utterly confused.
Jonesy looked at the clock. He wondered if Jessica was still awake. 'I'm going to take a chance.' Jonesy climbed out of bed and opened the door. He was going to tell Jessica everything. Little did he know that just down the hall his twin was thinking about the same thing. Must have been some kind of twin telepathy thing.
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'Can I really trust Jude?' That was the thought that played in her mind like a broken record. Each time it went through she got more nervous. She wanted to spill everything to Jonesy so he could help her. She wanted to tell her dad the real reason she came back, not the fake reason. She wanted to let everyone know about her poor self-esteem. But of course, she wasn't going to do that. If she did she couldn't be 'normal'. People would think they had to act different around her.
Jessica looked at the clock, 2:43 A.M. She wondered if Jonesy was still awake. Jess climbed out of bed and opened her door. She was going to tell Jonesy everything.
Halfway down the hallway she saw a tall figure. She stopped, unable to tell if it was Jonesy or her dad.
"Jess?"
Relief washed over her. It was Jonesy.
"Yeah, it's me. I need to tell you something."
'I wonder if it's the same something I was going to talk to her about. We'll just find out now, won't we.' Jonesy thought. Then he spoke. "Okay, come on to my room." Jonesy motioned for Jess to follow, and she did. They walked down the hall and into Jonesy's room. He sat on the bed and she followed suit.
"So, what did you need to tell me?"
"This is extremely private, and if you tell anybody I will have to take extreme actions."
"Okay, I promise."
Then, as Jen was walking out of the kitchen and up the stairs she heard something. It sounded like it was coming from Jonesy's room. She stood still in the middle of the hallway before advancing, just to make sure she wasn't crazy. When she had confirmed her suspicions she walked up towards the door. When Jen got there she realized the sounds she had heard were voices. Jessica and Jonesy's voices. She pressed her ear to the door and began to listen in.
Jessica inhaled, then she starting having second thoughts. 'Can I really trust him? I mean yeah, he's my brother, but I've been here for one day! What do I do if he tells?' Slowly she started to exhale. Her big brown eyes looked up towards Jonesy, and she started. "I've been lying to everyone. I didn't come back because I wanted to catch up with my siblings, not that I didn't want to, it's just.. Well, I had to come back, no, wanted to. Jonesy, I didn't feel safe with mom..." Her voice trailed off.
'What? Woah! Blackmail!!' Jen thought.
"What do you mean you didn't feel safe?" Jonsey asked, even though he already knew.
Jessica told her brother every little detail. Everything that she had told Jude she told Jonesy. By the time she was done she was sobbing into Jonesy's chest. "Just please, don't tell anyone!!" Jessica begged.
"I promise Jess, I won't." Jonesy reassured her, patting her back.
Even though Jessica got some stuff off of her chest, Jonesy was just as confused as before. He had promised to keep this a secret, but could he? What his mom had done to Jessica was unfair, and she deseved punishment, but Jessica pleaded with him to keep it a secret. Nobody else could know.
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Jen had decided to go back into her room when Jessica started to cry. She stuck around long enough to get most of the story though.
'Oh Jessica, you have just givin me the best way to ruin you.' Jen thought as she climbed into her bed. 'I'm going to wait until you're perfectly happy here, then I'm going to ruin everything. Jude will be mine.'