Chapter 13:
"Hey Matty."
"J-town, wassup? This is my date, Rebecca"
Jenna looked down and saw Rebecca clinging onto Matty's arm like a lost puppy.
"Nice to meet you, Matty's told me all about you!" Rebecca extended her arm to Jenna.
"Oh really! How long have you two known each other?"
"Well I actually met Matty almost two months ago and then last week he contacted me and we've hung out a few times." Matty took his arm away from Rebecca and put it around her shoulders. Jenna pictured the timeline and realized that Matty had met her about two months ago and put her on hold until now, was it possible that Jenna and Matty's spontaneous almost romance was the reason for that? Matty raised his eyebrows and smiled at someone coming up behind Jenna, it was Jake followed by Tamara. Jenna was standing in-between the two new happy couples and she was all alone with nothing but her empty shot glass.
"I'm going to go get myself another drink." Jenna mumbled with a polite smile. She was feeling pretty worth less; Jenna hadn't seen Matty with a girl since they got to know each other. They had been flirting with each other more frequently and Jenna loved being around him, she was disappointed to realize her chances were finished, there was nothing left to do but move on. Matty watched Jenna hunched over the drinks table while Rebecca was talking to him.
"You with me babe?" Rebecca said trying to grab Matty's attention.
"Yeah sorry, want another drink? I'm dry." Rebecca shook her head and Matty walked over to the drink table where Jenna was.
"So, what do you think of Rebecca?" Jenna quickly faced away from Matty and took a deep breath before answering.
"Yeah she seems great, she's really pretty." Rebecca was watching from a distance trying to make out what Matty and Jenna were saying.
"Yeah, she's a nice girl… I don't want it to be awkward that's all" Matty's face was in between his adorable puppy dog face that made Jenna's heart drop and his charming smile that made Jenna's heart jump. She wasn't going to say anything to ruin his night, she was the one that said 'just friends' all those weeks ago.
"No! Of course not! Go! Don't stand here with me, go have fun!"

Jenna had spent a little while making small conversation with different people before she took a seat on the couch. She could see Tamara laughing as her and Jake danced together. Jenna was sincerely happy for Tamara, she got to be her loud, crazy self with Jake who Jenna would catch staring at Tamara just smiling as she rambled on about something she over heard in the library. Jenna was watching them joke around and a smile spread across her face.
"Sickeningly sweet, isn't it?" Jenna looked up to a face she didn't recognize.
"Unbelievably!"
"I'm Collin, and you?"
Jenna introduced herself to a handsome rugged looking guy with a lip piercing he kept flicking with his tongue.
"I'm Jenna." She batted her long eyelashes.
"So, what is someone as cute as you doing sitting here alone?"
"Just relaxing observing people." Her eyes flickered to Matty then quickly up to Collin.
"Anyone in particular?"
"Nope, just people ha-ha, so Collin where do you go to school?"
"Northridge!"
"Ha-ha fancy boy then?"
"Do I look it?" They both laughed. Jenna looked over and saw Matty give Rebecca a quick kiss and jealousy briefly shot through her.
"Want to get a drink?" Collin nodded and him and Jenna stood near the staircase talking for an hour joking and flirting. Collin explained how his parents sent him to Northridge as a way to try and straighten him out; he said he had a knack at doing the opposite of what people wanted of him. Jenna was excited by his attitude. Collin leant in and grabbed the back of Jenna's hair and pulled her forward. Their lips over lapped each other, Collin was a rough kisser at first, but Jenna didn't mind. She cupped his face and put her other hand down the back of his shirt. Matty walked through from the kitchen and saw Jenna. He recognized Collin and his eyes widened; he knew Collin had a bad reputation. Rebecca ran up behind Matty and jumped on his back kissing him on the cheek.
"Hey," Matty looked over his shoulder at Rebecca forcing a smile.