If anyone was to ask Jenny how the rest of the trip went. She would have told you it was great and she would do it again. When in all honesty she didn't really remember. What she did know is that they had stayed a week and that today was the last day. As she walked down the street to the club to visit Safaree one last time. She smiled when she looked up and saw the name Wicked in crazy letters. Walking straight in she didn't see anyone so she went over to a door on the other side of the bar and wrung the doorbell. She leaned against the wall waiting but straightened when it was open.
"Yes?" A woman said opening the door.
"Oh sorry I was looking for Safaree." Jenny said sheepishly.
"Oh that's ok. I'm her wife Melony." Melony said holding out her hand for Jenny to shake.
"That flirt has a wife!" Jenny said surprised as she shook her hand. She gasped realizing what she said but before she could apologize. She was suddenly pulled forward into Melony's arms.
"I'm a flirt to." Melony said with a predatory smile as she looked her up and down. "And she was right. You are cute." Jenny blushed as the woman laughed.
"Babe who was it?" Jenny heard Safaree ask before she popped up beside Melony. "Oh hey Jenny I see you meet my wife." She said kissing Melony on the cheek. "Baby stop teasing her." She said slapping her on the ass.
Melony grumbled as she loosened her hold on Jenny. Jenny giggled but she didn't move to make more space. "Most people would of been half to the door by now." Melony said ushering Jenny inside.
"Well I'm not most people." Jenny said giving them a smile. There was only a second before she was knocked over. When she looked up there was a panting girl on top of her. The girl barked twice and licked her face.
"Tac no! Bad girl get off her!" Melony said hurriedly grabbing the pup by her collar and pulling her off Jenny.
"Sorry about that." Safaree said helping Jenny up. "I should of warned you about her but I forgot." She said motioning for Jenny to take a seat in the arm rest chair.
"It's alright." Jenny said waving away their concerns as she sat down. "Come here girl." Jenny said patting her knees.
Tac whimpered looking up at Melony as her tail wagged. Melony rolled her eyes with a smile. "Well you heard her. Don't be rude pup." She said going to join her wife on the couch.
Tac barked again as she made her way over to Jenny. Jenny gave her all the scratches she wanted. "Just try not to be so eager next time Tac not everyone is like me." She said to the pup curled up at her feet.
"She isn't always so comfortable with people she just meets." Melony said looking at her pup.
"So all of you are together?" Jenny asked looking at them and back down at Tac.
"Yes." Safaree said giving her a soft smile. "But I'm sure that's not what you came over her for was it Jen? I thought today was your last day."
"It is and we're leaving today." Jenny said biting her lip. "And I did come over for something else." She was feeling nervous and uncertain now that she was here. "You remember the first night I came here?"
Safaree nodded her head. "Yeah the next day you should up looking like shit."
Jenny laughed dryly making Tac whine and bat at her leg. "Yeah well there was a reason for that and why I'm here is."
"Hey kid I mean it." Safaree said walking Jenny outside the door to the club. "The minute you feel ready to get away. You should start here." Jenny looked down at the card in her hand and nodded her head. "Wait." Safaree sighed putting a hand on Jenny's shoulder. "Look I'm not trying to make up your mind for you but you're young. You're not going to college so you've got time to start your life. You know live a little explore some. You don't even have to go there. You could go anywhere you want. I only suggested it because I they're friends of ours and it'll give you somebody to know while you're out their away from friends and family."
"Thanks a lot for this you've been such a great friend to me every time I come here. I don't know how to repay you." Jenny said looking at the older woman.
Safaree pulled her into a hug with a snort. "Just don't be a stranger, come visit when you can and we'll also visit you, and Melony has already set up a group chat with all four of us. I'm sure with the two of them they'll talk you head off." Jenny laughed as she hugged her back. "But Jenny even with the way things are now never lose sight of your heart."
And with one last squeeze Safaree pulled back and they gave one last wave as they walked. Jenny was just going to head back to the hotel and sleep since she hadn't had much of that this week. Instead she headed for the nearest casino. She was surprised that she didn't see a door person or someone to check her ID as she walked in. She whistled as she walked through the doors. It was definitely bigger than what she had thought it would be.
"Uh ma'am can I help you?" A man at a huge round information desk asked her.
"Uh I was looking for you actually." Jenny said with a laugh as she pulled out her wallet.
"Well I guess it was just your luck that I called out to you." He said taking her ID and checking it. "First time at a casino or gambling period?"
"Yeah that easy to tell?" Jenny said putting up her things.
The man shrugged handing her a cup of quarters. "The starring and going in circles was a big give away." Jenny smiled looking around again. "The is cup is twenty dollars. My suggestion would be to stay from the tables and just stick to the slot machines and big money you win hold on to it."
"Thanks." Jenny said handing him the money. A little over a hour later Jenny was back at the desk with a empty cup.
"Any luck?" The man asked her. Jenny just smiled as he pulled out a five hundred dollar slip out of the cup. "Nice! Plus it's your first time. You must have some good luck on your side."
Jenny fingers drummed on the wood as she shrugged. "I don't think so. I think it was that one in a million thing." The man laughed shaking his head as he handed her the money. Jenny took it but noticed a slip of paper with it. "What's this?"
"It's a scratch off. Since you know the one in a million thing might actually work for you." The man said turning the paper over to the back. "If you win you call this number right her and tell them your name and address so they can send you the check after they check you out."
"Check me out?" Jenny asked scrunching up her face. "Yeah to make sure you are who you say you are." He flipped the paper back over. "And these are your lucky numbers they just need to match whatever you scratch up." He laughed at his own little joke as Jenny looked over the paper once again.
"Don't I have to pay for this?"
"No consider it on the house for making my job less boring for the time that you were here." He said smiling at her.
"Thanks man." Jenny said waving as she left.
Jenny had almost forgotten that she had turned her phone off. Almost. But the minute she saw her sister pacing in front of the truck she knew she was in for it. Steven spotted her first giving her a wave but making sure Kiki didn't see it. She smiled putting a finger to her lips. She was going to take whatever her sister was going to give at her. She flinched when Kiki saw her since she walked close enough. Kiki just starred at her letting her eyes travel from around the parts she could see of her sister.
"Your phone is off."
Jenny shrugged looking away. "It's been off since the second day. I haven't really needed it since I've with you guys."
Kiki nodded it looked like she wanted to say something but choice not to. "Where have you been?"
"The casino."
"All day?!"
"Well I won some money?"
"Oh yeah how much?"
"Five hundred dollars."
The others stayed quiet not wanting to interrupt their conversation and because you could cut the tension around them with a knife.
Kiki shook her head. "It's just like you to keep us waiting over nothing."
"Well dinners on me."
"You are not even hungry." Kiki said cutting her eyes at Jenny daring her to challenge her.
Jenny bit her lip as she looked away grin falling from her face. "You, Steven, and Greg need to eat something and Amethyst is always hungry." She said weakly.
Kiki huffed dejectedly. She tried not be angry because Jenny wasn't reaching out to her but it was hard not to. Kiki turned to their silent audience and held out her hand. "I'll drive."
Greg tossed her keys with out a second thought. "Ugh I'll ride shot gun." Greg said looking around nervously.
"Me and my little man will get in the back seat." Amethyst said picking up Steven and making him laugh. She opened the door and threw him in jumping in after him.
"I think I'll get in the back and lay down as best as I can." Jenny said dragging her feet to open the trunk.
"I'll tie the luggage to the roof." Garnet said making Jenny look at her. "What? I need somewhere to sit to."
Pearl gave the teen a little push forward. "Help me pass her the luggage?" She asked with a soft smile.
Jenny followed her and in no time they were on the road. Jenny passed money for food through the car before she laid down between Pearl and Garnet. She sighed as she through her arm over her eyes and thought about what she was avoiding. After a while some band music started flowing through the car mixing with the voices coming from all around her. She tsked as she pulled her phone out. She still didn't look as she turned it on. For several minutes she just listened to the different notifications going off and feeling the vibrations all through her hand. She braced herself as she turned on her side and pulled her phone up. She jerked back at first because of the blinding brightness. She blinked it back into focus. There were fifteen missed calls and seventeen texts from her sister, group messages from Safaree and her family, and over a hundred text from her group chat with her two best friends and seven calls from them each. She would read Kiki's text later and she sent a quick message to Safaree's group chat. Jenny held her breath as she clicked on the other group chat. Then it was there. More proof just starring her in the face. She wanted to throw her phone and scream. Out of all the things that could happen it just had to be this. She really wanted to look away but she couldn't. It was like she had to see if there was any chance that this wasn't real. That it was a sick cruel joke but it wasn't. Her vision become blurrier with every inch that her thumb scrolled. Suddenly her phone was snatched from her hand and that's when she realized she was crying. She didn't even know her other hand was covering her mouth so her sobs would be muffled. Jenny didn't fight it when Pearl laid down and pulled her into her arms. She just cried it out on her shoulder. Pearl passed the phone to Garnet when she was done looking through the messages. Garnet read them and gently put Jenny's phone back down. There wasn't really anything that could be said to make this better for Jenny. She huffed turning to look out at the sky instead. The others cheerful mood clashed with what was going on in the trunk but they didn't notice.
"Okay if you need sleep go in the house and get some sleep. We'll take everyone home in the morning." Pearl said ushering people in the house.
"What about the luggage?" A sleepy Steven asked.
"We're just going to leave it tied up until tomorrow." Garnet said ruffling his hair and pushing him towards the steps.
"Greg you know where the sleeping bag is and can you get stuff out for Kiki and Jenny?" Pearl asked.
"Sure thing Pearl." Greg said with a small yawn as he made his way up the stairs.
"Where's Jenny?" Kiki asked them.
"Oh she's asleep in the car. One of us are going to bring her in." Pearl said smiling at her.
"Thanks." Kiki said heading up into the house. When the door shut Jenny sat up and got out of the truck. She wobbled but caught herself by sitting down. For over four hours she laid awake just starring at Pearls neck letting her mind wonder.
"How are you feeling?" Pearl asked her carefully.
"Like I have a knife in me." She could tell one of them was going to talk but she held up her hand.
"No there's nothing to say. No matter how much we all want this to go away like it never happened." She got up and slowly made her way down the beach.
A sigh made them jump and turn around to see a quiet Amethyst hanging out the car. "I'll go handle this." She said flipping from the car.
"Do you even know what's wrong?" Pearl asked her crossing her arms.
"Nope but I'll figure it out." Amethyst walking past them. "And by the way the two of you might want to wait a while before going in so they won't want to go look for us."
Amethyst found the teen sitting on a rock watching the waves slap away at the sand. "Yo." Amethyst said sitting down beside her.
Jenny didn't say anything but she did glance at the young gem. They sat in silence for a couple minutes. "You know what helps me get everything out that's trapped inside. All the stuff I can't yell at Pearl. Shout at Garnet. Scream at Steven." Amethyst said keeping her eyes on the ocean. "I walk up to the edge of the waves and I just let them have it. Have all of the pain I can't keep inside. Because the ocean is endless but I'm not. And neither are you so give it a shot. Your sad but I can tell there is angry just bubbling in there waiting to spill out."
Jenny didn't move right away. She sat there a little longer before getting up. She stood in front of the water. Waves just about touching her shoes. Her fist clinched and unclenched at her sides. "You lied to me. The both of you fucking lied like I wouldn't notice! We're best friends and do everything together! So I don't know what I did wrong for the two of you to just push me to the side like this! You don't think that I'm struggling as well! That I didn't find it unnatural at first! But I don't anymore because love is love dammit. So how can you not give me a chance!? Didn't either of you think I deserved that!? But that's not even the worse part! You want me to give you a fucking congratulations and tell you I'm happy for the both of you! Well excuse me for not celebrating the knife in my back or the broken pieces of my heart that are litter the fucking ground!" Jenny huffed as she took a step back pulling on her hair. She screamed into her hands and rubbed her face into her palms. "I lied that wasn't the worse part." Jenny said turning back to the waves. "It's both of you are acting like none of it happened. I have to give it to the both of you for your acting skills that morning. I bet after I left you two decided officially agreed not to say anything." She paused closing her eyes. "I bet it's when the both of you admitted your feelings for each other. I'll never be happy for you. I'll never want to see you to together that way. I wont ever wish for you two to stay together. No. Not if it means your going to do all of that with out me so you can count me out." Jenny said furiously wiping at her face as she went back sat beside Amethyst.
"Thanks."
"No problem." Amethyst said looking beside her at the teen. "So?" Jenny sighed as she handed the other her phone.
"Wow." Amethyst said after reading some of the messages and from listening to everything Jenny just let out.
"Yeah but that helped a lot." Jenny said taking her phone back.
Amethyst hoped off the rock stretching. "We should hang out sometime."
"I'd like that." Jenny said smiling at her.
Amethyst gave her wave before heading back towards the house. Jenny was going to go back but not now. She needed a little more alone time. Putting her hands in her pocket she found the scratch off and pulled it out. "Good thing I keep my nails done." She joked as she started to scratch away. She blew on it to clear the stuff away and then just starred in awe before falling back on the rock laughing.
"One in a million." She held the scratch up above her with it's matching numbers. 4121.
"You remember the first night I came here?" Safaree nodded her head.
"Yeah the next day you should up looking like shit." Jenny laughed dryly making Tac whine and bat at her leg. "Yeah well there was a reason for that and why I'm here is." "
Sour Cream and Buck are in a relationship now. They acted like they didn't know what happened that night and out right lied to my face. I was so shocked I could only roll with it you know? Why fight a losing battle. So it's ripping me apart inside that they have the audacity to tell me and be happy about it like I'm not stupidly and helplessly in love with them."
FB- Buck Dewy and DJ Sour Cream are in a relationship together.
S: Since you didn't text us Im guessing you didnt hear?
B: Sour Cream asked me out!
B: I said yes!
B: Why are you not replying
S: Are you ok?!
S : Jen!
S: How dare you not answer your best friends when we just did something life changing!
B: *Picture of Sour Cream and Buck kissing and holding hands.* Don't we look good together!
B : I've been in love with him for so long...
S: This won't make things weird between us will it?
B: Youre probably super busy on your vaca so when you get time wish us good luck but for now have fun sorry for bothering you best friend
S : Yeah we couldn't have better best friend than you
B: love you jen jen
S: Yeah love ya jenifer
