Like Home (An Eminem Fan Fiction)

No Love

Thursday 22nd February 2018
Jess's POV

I've been a ball of nerves all morning and now that it's lunch, I can finally confide in Lexi and Alex. I spot them both waiting for me outside and head out.

"Hey Jess, you okay girl? You look so pale." Lexi greeted.

"Yeah, you good? You're literally shaking." Alex added to what Lexi had said.

Wow, I really thought I was hiding it better than that. Am I really that obvious?

"I'm meeting him." Was all I could offer in response.

"What? What the hell are you talking about?" Lexi and Alex were looking puzzled, although they suggested I email Paul, I never told them I had.

"I emailed Eminem's manager. He responded earlier. They're on a jet right now to come and meet me."

"Holy shit, Jess if this if a prank then I hate you." Alex was going into full fanboy mode.

"You sure you want to meet him? I mean he did leave you and now 15 years later decides to get on a jet once you find out the truth." Lexi reasoned.

"That's the thing, he claims he never knew I existed. His manager Paul said he wants to talk to me, give me his side of the story and I guess meet the daughter he never knew about."

"You believe that?"

"Who cares, she's meeting Eminem." Alex practically screemed.

"Shhhhh, the whole school doesn't need to know Alex. If Jess wanted the news public, she could easily go to the media with it. She doesn't need you to scream it."

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I went home, nerves still building and was greeted by Dan and Eloise waiting for me on the couch. Eloise hadn't been home since she walked out on us on Monday.

Eloise looked smug and Dan seemed subdued, I had an uneasy feeling building in the pit of my stomach.

"Jessica, take a seat. We need to talk." Eloise said, whilst Dan refused to make eye contact with me.

"Ok, what about? Can I help you?"

"Packing your bag would be a great start. We've decided that you're 15, you can look after yourself. You said it yourself that you were an outcast, so go be one. Adopting you was a drunken decision but letting you go is a completley sober one. I hate you Jess, always have and when you came home and started acting mad at us for hiding your adoption, that was the last straw. How dare you!"

Was she being serious right now? What the fuck have I done wrong?

"I took you in, raised you and you have the nerve to be angry that you're not ours? Get out of my house." Eloise finally said as she walked in to the next room.

Tears were threatening to fall but there was no way I was granting the two of them the pleasure of watching me cry.

I glanced up at Dan to see him still looking at the ground, only now there were a few stray tears on his own face.

"Why? Why am I not good enough?"

"Please Jess, don't say that. You know I'll always love you but Ellie says you have to go." One thing I'd noticed as I got older was Dan had always seemed to be under Eloise's control and this only confirmed it.

"You know I can't let you stay here if she says you need to go but please don't hate me. Don't tell her but I've got some money out the bank to help you find your feet, I'd love you to stay in contact with me. And I can't stand up to her but if you ever need me in the future, I'll do everything I can. I love you baby girl."