Wanna Bet?

Chapter Twelve

Jessica sat on the edge of the fountain in the school yard and stared at the necklace Ren gave her. She was done with her test, but really didn't want to go home yet.

"Maybe you should throw that away." Lizzy said as she sat next to her.

"I can't." Jessica let it drop from her hand, making it fall on her chest. "Over the weekend I tried throwing everything away that reminded me of him. But, I just threw it in a big box and hid it away."

"Then what about that necklace?"

"He called me beautiful." He voice shook.

"What?"

"Last week. We got to his place after going to the theme park for our anniversary. We went to his room, and I pulled away when we were kissing, cause I had this stupid sexy outfit. I asked if he could turn out the lights as I got changed, and he just said I looked beautiful. He didn't want to turn the lights off, because he wanted to take all of it in. Everytime I look at this necklace, it reminds me of that exact moment every time. And, then I go do something on my computer and I'm reminded of that damn video, by some disgusting asshat." Lizzy rubbed her back.

"You fell in love with him, I get that." Lizzy hugged her as her tears fell.

"Oh my god. No! No, no! No tears. Not this week, when there's enough stress already!" Nana said as she rushed over to the two with iced coffee. Raina was not far behind. The four shared a group hug for a bit, until Jessica started giggling. The other girls frowned at her.

"This is weird, right?"

"What is?" Raina asked, getting infected by her smile.

"Us being nice to each other. It's almost like we're friends."

"Sweetie, we are. The three of us agree, we have to be nicer to you. I figured the best way for that is to be friends." Nana smiled brightly at her.

"Plus, we actually get to talk about how annoying Ren and his friends are with personal experience." Raina added. They heard a car horn in the distance.

"Oh, that's my dad. I've got to go. He's agreed to take me out for lunch for as far possible this week." Raina stood up.

"Can he maybe drive me home? I still need to get changed for work." Lizzy asked.

"Of course." Raina smiled and hugged Jessica and Nana goodbye. Nana and Jessica were left by themselves, obviously feeling awkward.

"I'm sorry." Nana said after the two said in silence for a while. Jessica looked at her. "About everything. I was really mean to you. Burning that doll and then everything that happened after, I just can't believe I went that far."

"To be fair, I wasn't really nice either. Especially with everything going on with Ren. I was just really jealous of you. Ren said I should stick up for myself more, so I did."

"It's fine. Most of it was in response to me. Plus, it kinda helped me. I actually studied for this week. If I get even one grade above eighty percent, I'm buying your family a new kitchen." The girls chuckled.

"Just buy me a cup of coffee and we're good."

"Oh, that reminds me! I got you this." Nana pulled a small doll out of her bag, resembling Jessica's old doll a lot.

"You made this? Why?" Jessica looked at her in disbelief.

"I didn't make it. I looked up a photo of you in the background of an old Instagram post of mine, and I paid a crafty kid to copy it as much as possible."

"Not Jongho, right?"

"No! No. No. Of course not. That was horrible of me. I'm really really sorry. I should never have told him to do that."