Jill Valentine
February! Finally! Five months left 'til summer. My birthday is in twelve days. My mom wanted me to have a huge sweet sixteen, I guess living vicariously through me. I said okay, she seemed so happy when planning it. I decided to let Helena pick the music, she did a great job at Piers'. "Do one slow song at the end of the night," Piers had said. I remembered Piers' dance with Chris, he must've been kicking himself that he didn't get a slow dance with Chris because he didn't want slow songs. I decided to listen to his advice, but Helena got to pick it. I had to worry about inviting people and my mom wanted me to pick out a huge nice dress and a whole bunch of other things stressing her out and would stress me out two if I actually cared. I knew it'd be fun even if I didn't do much. I did decide to do candles, that was all I really kept from traditional sweet sixteens.
I had to decide who would get one. I only had sixteen. Mom and Dad decided to leave the party all to me and my friends. While my mom planned it, she didn't want to go. She felt it be more fun without family. They'd have a separate party for all that. So, candles. I debated giving Chris the first one, but ultimately decided on Piers. He was my best friend, even if we'd only met six months ago. Chris would get the second, Helena the third. Sheva and Rebecca would get one. Then I'd give Forest and Richard one together and then I had other people too.
The party was twelve days away I had time. At school nothing had really happened. We were all at lunch when I decided to ask Piers about Dave. "So, have you called your man," I asked. "What," Piers asked. "Your man," I repeat with a goofy smile, "Dave?" "Oh... No," he says. "What!? I thought you called him after that night," I yell. "No, Piers is a chicken shit," Helena smiles. "Fuck you Helena," he says. He doesn't sound like he's joking. "Piers, it's a joke. Calm down," Helena says. "Ugh, whatever," he says before leaving the table. "What's up with him," Forest asks. "I think he's on his period," Helena shrugs before continuing to eat. After lunch, our group splits up and we all go to class. Science, the longest class ever. I walk down the hall and notice a kid standing in the hall with a sheet of paper. "Excuse me," he calls to me as I walk by. He has a spanish accent, but it's clear english is his first language. "Do you know where Mr. Birkin's class is," he asks. That was my class. "Yeah, I'm heading there now. Name's Jill Valentine," I extend my hand, "You new here?" He shakes my hand, "Yeah. Name's Carlos. I just moved here from New Mexico." We walk to class, a little late but by like a minute. I was used to being late now, it was a bad habit. I notice Piers taking notes, or doodling which was probably the more likely of the two.
"Mr. Olivera right," Mr. Birkin asks as we walk in. I take my seat and then see Mr. Birkin begin to point to Jessica and the seat next to me. No! No! No! No! No! No! Jessica could not be moved next to me, I'd kill her. I'm not even kidding. Piers looks at me terrified. Jessica gets up and takes the seat next to me, pouting the whole time. Carlos takes his seat in her old one. Most people knew I didn't like her, so I got a lot of stares. I wasn't going to talk to her, I wasn't going to say anything. I didn't like her, and knew we weren't going to be friends. Talking to her would only cause problems. "Jill," she says with no emotion later into class. "Yes," I ask annoyed not even looking away from my notebook. "I think I can forgive you for everything... I miss hanging out with you," she says. I can't tell if she's being serious, but she's most likely lying. "Why did we split apart," she asked. "Um, because you're a bitch," I say. "What? What did I do to you," she asks. "You told the whole school I liked Chris," I tell her now looking at her with a hostile glare. "Well you did, and look now you're dating," she smirks. "Yeah, and you've been trying to break us up," I add. "I only tried that once," she defends herself poorly. "Fuck you," I say. "Oh come on Jill! We were friends since Middle School," she argues. "And, now we aren't," I smile returning to my notes. "Come on Jill," she frowns. "What happened? Ashley and Excella ditch you for someone better," I ask with pretend sympathy. "... Yes," she says after some silence. "What," a huge smile spreads across my face. "Excella met this guy from that private school. His father is a bigwig with Umbrella and really rich. Richer than me, I didn't even think that was possible here in Raccoon! Her and Ashley flocked to him and then wouldn't call me to hang out anymore. And when I'd try to call them, they'd hang up." She sounds like she's about to cry. Good. "Do you want me to feel sorry for you? Cause I don't," I tell her. "Oh come on Jill! We were such good friends," she complains. "Yeah, and then you turned into a cold hearted evil bitch. Bye Jessica," I say as the bell rings. Great timing, I didn't even plan for that. I leave the class in a hurry, Piers soon catches up.
"Did I see you and Jessica actually talking," he asks angrily. "Her friends all left her," I smile wickedly, "Karma bitch!" Piers smiles, "Really?" "Yeah, she told me the whole story. They dumped her for some rich guy," my huge smile doesn't fade anytime soon, "She wanted to be friends again, but fuck her!" Piers laughs, "She's done so much shit to us. Why would you be friends with her?" "We were friends, back in Middle School and most of freshman year. Then she told everyone about Chris and I hated her ever since," I tell him. "Isn't that a stupid reason," Piers asks. "Yeah... But now she's tried to break us up. Told everyone you're gay and all this other shit! I did the right thing, right?" "Oh yeah," he agrees. We continue on with the day and soon we're home. Chris and I were hanging out in my room, just talking and some kissing later in the night. "You know, Excella and Ashley dumped Jessica," I tell him with a small evil laugh. "Really? Good, serves her right," Chris says. I shrug, "She wants to be my friend again." "And what did you tell her," he asks. "To basically fuck herself." Chris smiles, "That's my girl!"
We're back in school the next day. I had science first, great Jessica first thing in the morning. When I'm at my grumpiest. I take my seat next to Jessica, she's looking at me nervously. "What," I ask. "Nothing," she looks back at her books. After thirty minutes of silence Jessica speaks. "Jill... Can we just have lunch together," she asks, "Talk it out." "NO! We're not friends! I don't want to be your friend! I never want to talk to you! About anything! Just let me pay attention to class." Piers looks over to me, I guess he heard me. Jessica looks really upset and I should feel bad for her but she deserved it. Class ends soon after and next is trig. Chris is still behind me and Chris is still to the left of me. Ms. Chang never changed seats.
Chris began playing with my ponytail. "I'm going to cut my hair if you keep doing that," I tell him. He stops, then I hear him clicking his pen. He knew it got on my nerves and that's exactly why he did it. I thought that since we were dating, we were done with the 'mess with Jill in Trig' thing. Guess not. Piers was drawing, I could see it. It was Dave, I could tell. So, he still thought of him, but wouldn't call him? What's wrong with you, Piers?
Advisory... Ugh, a waste of a period. We should just have class and end after seventh period. "Lunch," I cry with my head on the desk. Ms. Belli came over and sat next to me. "You okay Jill," she asked smiling. "Hungry," I sigh. She laughs, "I couldn't tell." Piers smirks. "So Jill, you're party going to be as good as mine," he asks. "Um, it's going to be better than yours," I say smiling. "Oh yeah... I'm sure it won't," he says. The competitions between us were fun. I mean, they were always little things and they were always jokes but it was fun. I loved Piers, he was just so cool to hang out with. "Helena's doing your music too, right," he asks. "Yeah," I nod. "Well, she'll probably pick the same things," he says honestly. "Yeah, I thought that too," I say. We go to lunch together and meet with Forest, Richard and Chris at our usual table. Helena shows up later, but she's not alone. Carlos is walking with her. "Hey guys," Helena says. "This is Carlos," she introduces the boy. "Hey Carlos," Piers says, "We have Earth Science together." Carlos nods, "Yeah! Me, you and Jill!" "You in Helena's advisory," I ask. He nods and takes the seat next to me. "This is Chris," I introduce him. "Nice to meet you," Carlos says before shaking Chris' hand. Chris doesn't say anything, which I thought was a little rude but okay. "This is Forest. And that's Richard," Helena introduces them and they each shake his hand. Chris is directly across from me, and I catch him eyeing Carlos from time to time. What was that about?
Chris Redfield
I was fine with someone new joining our group, but I didn't like this kid. The way he said Jill's name, that excitement. It bothered me. She's my girlfriend, and then she didn't introduce me as her boyfriend. What was that about? I was jealous, yes. Its Jill. She's the love of my life, I know I'm in highschool and I'm young but... I could marry Jill. She was perfect, having another guy around, a straight guy, just made me cautious. I noticed him and Jill talking, she'd laugh at something he said and I'd try to ignore it, but when I noticed he was clearly flirting with her. I couldn't take it. What the hell Jill! Does she not realize? He wasn't being very clever, he was just flirting with her. Could she be that blind?
When lunch is over, I decide to walk with Piers to his class. "Did you notice that Carlos kid flirting with Jill," I ask. "No, they were just talking," Piers said. "Come on! He was obviously flirting with her," I yell. "I think you're just being overprotective," Piers smiled, "She only cares about you. I wouldn't worry about it." I guess he was right. I mean, he was her best friend. He'd know, right? I was just crazy about her. "So, why don't you call Dave," I ask him. "Why are you getting involved? Did I get involved with your love life," he asks. "Um... Yes, you were the one who convinced me to ask Jill out," I tell him. "Well shit. I guess I did... Anyway, stay out of it," he says. "You're shy, we get that," I say. "Chris, fuck off," he says half joking. "Fine Piers... Have fun in Global.
Jill Valentine
Global with Helena, and Piers on the other side of the room. Helena and I notice Piers enter the room just before class starts. "So, has Piers been talking about Dave," I asked Helena. "No, not really. Every so often he'll say something about how he should call him and then I agree, but then he chickens out. I don't know," she sighs. "What do you think of Carlos," she asks out of nowhere. "He's cool I guess. I don't know," I shrug. "I think he likes you... He was kind of flirting with you at lunch," she says. "Was he?! I didn't tell him I had a boyfriend! You really think he's interested in me? Not that I care, I'm with Chris." "I think so, and I think Chris picked up on it. That's why he didn't talk to him," Helena says. "Yeah, Chris does seem like the jealous type. That's a good reason to date me, no one ever likes me," I joke. "Oh come on. You're hot," Helena smiles. "Thanks Helena," I smile but it was true. I didn't see guys checking me out, hell I kissed a guy for the first time when I was fifteen! That's so nerdy! Well I mean, Piers never kissed anyone either so that made me feel better. He never kissed anyone, I at least got it over with, he still hasn't. He really should call Dave.
School's over and I'm outside waiting for Chris when Carlos comes over. "Hey Jill," he smiles, "Mind if I walk you home?" "Sorry Carlos, I'm not going home," I lie. I could clearly see what Helena said earlier. "Oh okay, well... Are you free Friday? We can catch a movie or something," he says. "Carlos," I sigh, "I have a boyfriend." "Oh," he says surprised, "I'm sorry. I didn't know!" "It's okay," I smile. "Who is it," he asks, "Is it Piers?" I laugh, "No, it's not Piers. It's Chris." He seems surprised. "Oh, once again. I'm really sorry Jill. I didn't know. I'll see you tomorrow?" "Yeah," I tell him and he walks off. Carlos wasn't my type, he was too... I don't know. He just wasn't my type. Chris soon finds me, Helena and Piers are with him. "Carlos just asked me out," I tell them. "What," Chris asked angrily. "It's okay! I told him I was dating you Chris," I calm him down. "Okay," he says putting his arm around me. "I'm sorry I didn't tell him when I introduced you," I tell him. "Don't worry about it," Chris smiles.
We head home, Piers and Helena heading to their house. Chris and I heading to mine. "I love you, Jill," he says. He looks nervous or scared. "Chris, are you jealous," I ask. "What?! No," he says. I can tell he's lying. "Chris, there's no need for you to worry. You're the only guy for me," I smile. He returns with a weak smile, he doesn't believe me. I'd have to prove it to him someway. I pull him into a passionate kiss. "I really do love you, Chris," I smile. "I'm glad," he smiles back before we kiss again.