"Come on Jay, you can't cancel the party," I whined at him.
"Just let it go, Jess. Why don't you go to my room? I will grab some drinks for us." Saying he walked into the kitchen.
I'm lost in my thoughts sitting on Jason's bed and thinking about my relationship with him.
I'm the cheerleading captain and Jason is the most popular guy in our school. It only made sense that I dated him. Not to forget the fact that he is the heir to Elite Constructions and his goddamn good looks.
All the girls envy me, but I still feel that something is missing in our relationship. Many guys want to date me and give me whatever I asked for, but still, I chose Jason. Jason got the looks, money, and everything except I don't feel like he gives much importance to me in his life.
It only made sense that my boyfriend picks me up at school. But no, he has to drive his little brother and Amelia every day. Just when I think I have his full attention, Amelia comes into the picture and his total attention turns to her, he tries to do something to irritate her or prank her. His eyes shine whenever he sees her with mischief.
Once when Tony pranked her by using superglue in her chair in the cafeteria because Jason always pranks her and irritates her. He thought Jason would appreciate it, but he received a black eye and warning to never bother her again.
He never bothered even if some guys flirted with me or passed comments on me. He used to chuck them saying it's all part of high school.
Even at the time, I want to go to a friend's party with him. But he decided to go to an amusement park for her birthday to babysit her. When all my friends agreed to go to the amusement park, I thought I could go and spend some time with him. The entire time he keeps worrying about his brother and that little bitch.
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The day in the amusement park had been going well till Jason Saw Amy with Ryan and Sophie at the twist drop ride.
"Running away like a chicken?" Jason said looking at Amy walking away from the ride.
Amelia turned back looking pissed with his mere presence.
"I'm not, I just choose to not get into this ride" she snarled at him.
"Yeah, because you are scared" he continued to irritate her. I don't know about her but I'm the one getting irritated here.
"No, I'm not," she said crossing her hands at her chest.
"Yes, you are" he mocked her.
"Get lost you pig" saying she turned away from us and going in the other direction. Thank God finally.
"Aww, little kitty is scared!!" He looked amused and it made her stop again in her tracks.
"Oh let her be darling, she is too small for this ride and she is probably scared, let's go" I insisted snaking my arm around his. I don't want him to give unnecessary attention to her.
"I'm not scared and I would ride this one" she growled at us placing her hands on her hips.
"I dare you" he challenged her looking at her with a mischievous glint in his eyes.
God! Tell me why I'm dating this guy!!
"Amy, no need let's go," said Sophie her best friend pulling her away from us.
"There is no need to prove to him, let's go Amy and you Jason just stop bothering her at least on her birthday," said Ryan
I saw Amelia walk towards the ride with flared nostrils and an annoyed face but her legs seemed shaky.
I looked at Jason to see him looking at Amy with an amused smile on his face.
"Let's go," I said tugging his arm to get him away from this goddamn bunch of kids.
"She will be hell scared to ride alone." Saying he walked behind her smiling. I felt a pang of jealousy hit me so hard at that moment.
Cindy smirked at me saying. "Did your boyfriend ditch you to sit with a kid?"
"It's nothing like that. I want to go to the washroom." I hurried away from her feeling embarrassed and angry at the same time.
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It's gone worst when her parents died and she became an orphan. First, he skipped school so that he can stay in the hospital by her bedside keeping his mom company.
Even after she gets her consciousness, he starts attending school, but all he ever talks about is about her and how withdrawn she has become. I couldn't do anything but listen to him. He is so worried about her.
I never saw him getting worried about anyone much. When she finally started attending school. I finally breathed a sigh of relief.
I had to use my tears to tell him that I miss him so much these days and he was not spending his time with me and how it's been a long time since we went on a date. At last, we planned a day out together.
That day Jason picked me up from my home. He took me to watch a movie first. After the movie, he picked a high-end fancy restaurant. I was so happy. I think he understood by now that I only like fancy restaurants. Last time he took me to In and Out. I had to give him so many subtle hints about it.
He pulled out a chair for me to sit. My heart beamed with joy at the way he is treating me. He was so sweet to me the whole day.
I smiled and sat down. After he sat across me. He looked at me and asked, "What do you want to have?"
After ordering our food we sat talking with each other. He made sure everything is to my liking.
We are talking to each other and getting to know what happened in the past 1month. And suddenly our talks were disturbed by the loud ring of his mobile.
He takes the mobile from his pocket. He looks over at me and mumbles "mom".
I nod at him. He picks up the call.
"Hey, mom."
"What happened? Are you okay?" He asks, panicked. I can't help notice the change in his mood drastically.
"What? Okay, I'm coming right away." Saying he stands up from his seat.
He looks at me guilty mumbling "I'm sorry Jess, I have to go."
"Everything okay? Do you need me to come?" I ask him.
"No need. I can manage." Saying he placed
a kiss on my cheek and dashed out to his car.He left me in the restaurant without paying the bill. I have to call the jock from Crestview High, who is trying to get my attention and made him pay the bill.
At night he called me to say sorry again but only then I understood the reason why he left me halfway through lunch and it made my blood boil in anger.
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And today is the worst, Mrs Brown, who always spoke to me with a smile on her face, ignored me twice!! She didn't even look at me or even replied to me. All she can talk about is Amy, Amy, take care of Amy, don't trouble Amy. It's as if the whole world revolves around Amy in this house.
"Jessica, where are you lost?" Jason snaps his fingers in my face.
I saw that he brought some drinks and chips for us and placed them on the table."Nothing, Let's watch something." I grabbed a bottle and plunked myself on his bed, where he joined me and we started to watch Netflix from the flat tv on the wall across his bed.
I noticed that he is lost in his thoughts. I asked him what's bothering him.
"I think what my mom said is right, I couldn't hold a party, with Amy and Sophie in the house. You know how drunk high school boys behave. How wild they get with alcohol in their systems."
There he goes, thinking about Amy again. I want him to think about me all the time instead of her.
I tried to move closer and snuggle with him. He placed his hand around my shoulders, but still lost in his thoughts.
Kristina always gave more love and affection for Amelia than me, but today, whatever happened is too much. I need her away from Jason and his family.
"What happened to your mom today? She was so rude to me? All she cares about is Amy only. It hurt me today that my boyfriend's mom gave more importance to some stranger than me." I said cautiously looking at his face. I observed his jaw clench at the word stranger.
"Amy is not a stranger Jess. Don't say that again." He said in a serious tone but again added, "I noticed how mom behaved today, I will talk with her when she returns."
Annoyed with the way he is behaving, I stepped out saying I need to make a call.
I saw Amelia getting down the large curved staircase and going towards the kitchen. I followed her to go talk to her and ask her to stay away from my boyfriend and his family.
I went and saw that she was calling out for Martha, but neither Martha nor the maids appeared before her, maybe everyone is in the servants quarters behind the mansion. She switched on the light for the pantry and walked inside. She is searching the racks for something and calling out for Martha.
"You are claustrophobic right? Let's see" I thought to myself smiling.
Once again, after making sure that no one was coming, I immediately locked the pantry door and switched off the light.
I know that there is no other light source in the pantry except for the one light bulb which I turned off. Amy came banging the door.
"Who is it? Open the door!! Jason this is not the time to pull a damn prank. It's so dark here. I'm scared. please open the door." She shouted while banging the doors. I even made sure to turn off the lights in the kitchen and walked back to Jason's room.
"Dad called me Jason, some guests are visiting. I have to go home." I told him. I don't want people to doubt me.
"I thought you were going to stay a little more time?" He asked casually.
"Yeah, but dad called, his old friend is coming over for dinner with family. I don't want to but I have to go." I told him.
"Okay, let me drop you then." He said standing up.
"No, it's okay. I will take uber."
"Don't be silly, wait I will ask the driver to drop you." he walked me to the main door and asked the driver to drop me safe and come back.
I kissed him on the cheek and left in the car. I don't care if she gets a panic attack or cannot breathe or even die in there. I sat feeling accomplished in the car.
I asked the driver to drop me at the convenience store saying I have to get something. After making sure that the driver left I made a call.
"Hey Lee, Jessica here. Did you forget me after lunch the other day?
" How could one forget such a gorgeous girl? I am going to a party. Do you mind accompanying me as my date?"
"Oh, sure, I would love to come as your date."
"I will send you the location."
"Okay thanks, will reach in 20." I smiled victoriously. Many guys are next to Jason in looks, fame, and wealth.
That's Jessica guys
I don't know what happened to Kristina, she didn't particularly love Jessica but she didn't hate her either. She is always polite and cordial. But today I noticed that she ignored Jessica completely, which made Jason angry too. After Peter and Kristina left for the airport, not wanting to spend another minute watching Jessica and her tantrums, I walked back to Ryan's room with him. "I hate her so much" groaned Ryan plopping himself on his bean bag as I sat on the other bean bag. "I know, I wonder what Jason sees in her to date her." "Even though she is manipulative, arrogant, and irritating kind, she is so HOT like smoking HOT." "Shut up idiot" I smacked him on his head. Both the Brown brothers are idiots!! Ryan got a call from Sophie saying she can't come. She has to babysit her nephew because her uncle and aunt are stuck in a work emergency. She promised that she w
After finishing my food, Martha left with the tray. Ryan asked me to get some sleep. "But I don't feel like sleeping. I'm fine now and bored too." I told him sitting on the bed and removing the blanket from me. "Please go to sleep Amy. You need to rest. Tomorrow Sophie is coming so we can have all the fun even Karaoke. For now, I want you to take a rest." I can't help but nod at him. He wished me goodnight and left for his room. I changed my jeans to my comfy plaid pajama pants. I tried to sleep, but sleep is very far from my eyes. I tossed and turned around in my bed. All I could think was about Jason's angry face as he left the room. I don't want him to stay angry at me. He loves to irritate me but I know deep down he cares. He wouldn't lock me after knowing about my new condition.Right? I walked towards Jason's room which is on the further end of the
Jason's POV I want some fresh air to breathe and calm my nerves. I walked into the balcony and saw a slender figure sitting on the wooden swing in the garden. No need to guess who it is, it can only be one idiot who does this in the middle of a cold night.She is hugging herself and rubbing her arms. Why is she still sitting there if she is feeling cold? Anger and irritation soaring through me. I grabbed a jacket and walked into the garden."Have you gone mad? What are you doing here so late in the cold? You will fall sick." I yelled wrapping the jacket around her shoulders.She jumped at my voice, her expressions changed from scared to happy to annoyed in a matter of seconds. I can't help but get entertained at her antics, she is always like an open book to read. Her eyes are like windows to her soul."My wish, I can be wherever I want." She stated angrily, her nose flar
The 18hour flight journey is pretty boring.One of my co passenger, Jason, made it his mission to ignore me and flirt with the air hostess and the other one, Ryan, are like a pig and then spent half of his time in the washroom puking and the other half passed out.By the time we reached Delhi, India it's almost 2 in the morning. We walked out of the airport and saw my Uncle Raj waiting for us at the Arrival Gate.He gave a warm smile to me and nodded at the guys.We walked towards the car. I and Ryan followed my Uncle and Jason who carried all the luggage."He scares me," Ryan whispers and I giggled at him. I can understand how he feels. I noticed the disapproving looks my uncle gave me whenever I'm near Jason or Ryan be it talking or fighting during his stay with us.It's an hour drive from the airport. The house is lit up with lights and a big rangoli at the front. Grandma stood by the door with an aarti in hand.
The next day grandma kept a puja(prayer) in the house and invited all the relatives. Grandma gifted me with a lehenga choli to wear. It's a beautiful powder blue lehenga with an intricate design and baby pink mono net dupatta.Dia braided my hair to lose fishtail braid and adorned it with tiny flower clips. Dia wore yellow and pink silk lehenga choli. She looked beautiful. Her brown eyes adorned with kohl and jet black hair in a half up half down with curls at the end.As I walked down, I can feel all the eyes in the living room staring at me. Grandma invited around 40members for the pooja mostly close-knit family members. I was standing awkwardly at the bottom of the stairs. I can't see any known faces. All the new faces and the way they are gawking at me is making me very uneasy.A middle-aged lady in a red silk saree and heavy gold jewelry walked over to me scanning me from top to bottom. I tried giving her a small smile despite my nervousne
I told Dia that I would like to go shopping and she suggested we could go to the Chandni Chowk market. It is one of the oldest and busiest markets in Delhi. Aunt Seema called Sameer to come and escort us.I got ready in my floral print mustard-colored cold shoulder dress with bell sleeves and made a messy bun. The dress reached my thighs. I took my sunglasses, a mobile, hat, and wallet in my tote bag. I tossed a scarf in at the last minute. The weather in Delhi is strangely hot in the day and cold at the night.Dia wore a simple white tunic top and olive-colored pants. She tied her hair in a high pony. Arjun didn't want to come because we have a lot of walking to do. Ryan came dressed in a red polo shirt and khaki shorts."Are you two coming dressed like this?" Asked Dia looking at me and Ryan back and forth with her mouth slightly open and raised eyebrows."Yeah, what's wrong with it?" Ryan asked checking
"Amy wake up" Dia jabbed me."Let me sleep for some more time." I groaned in my sleep."We have reached home. Let's go to the room and you can sleep all you want.""Shhh go away" why are they hell-bent on waking me. I'm having the best sleep of my life."You are all over Jason and hugging him Amy. Do you want me to click pictures? You both make quite a sight. Mom would be thrilled to see it." I heard Ryan's voice.That was enough for me to wake up from my sleep. I'm leaning over Jason's shoulderhugging him and gripping his graphic tee with my hands. And his tee wet with my drool. I jerked back to create some space between us and tried to wipe the drool from his tee.Dia and Ryan are standing by the car door and giggling at us. Jason is not even looking at me. He is looking out the window with his cheeks colored, is he angry or embarrassed? I can't make it out.
I went to the living room wearing my tank top and jeans with long black and white striped shrug. Ryan and Jason already waiting in the living room. Dia walked moments later."I called Sameer to come to pick us. Harsh is coming to the movie theatre directly." Dia said walking down the stairs and brushing her hair."I'm here Dia, let's go." Said Sameer walking to the living room.He grabbed the car keys and we all followed him out. I could see Jason staring at me but I chose to ignore him.We reached the top floor of the mall, people are scattered over the lounge waiting for the movie to start. We sauntered over to Harsh."Hey, I booked the extra ticket as you said. Who is coming ?" Harsh asked Dia."Sameer is coming, we can't let him wait for us to finish the movie," Dia replied to him."Sameer? Didn't I tell you to stay away from him?" Harsh said with a frown on his face."Yeah but he is the one driving us around and dad