Janie and Jack

13: I heard your story

The dinner is silent but the clinking of our utensils.

"So..." Hunter breaks the silence

"Yes, um Hunter tell us how you met your friend Janie. We would like to get to know her better" Donovan speaks

My hands become shaky and my legs feel like jelly. Why do they want to know me?

"We met at a club" he looks at me, "I had seen her at the bar from the VIP section and wanted to get to know her"

"I see" Annie cuts her steak

"She didn't have interest in me when we talked so she left and I knew I'd never see her again. But the day after, when I was going with Sapphire to her new school I found her, Janie, in that classroom Sapphire was assigned to."

"I was with a friend at the club, I rarely go" I mention

"Anyway, when I saw Janie in that classroom I knew my chances were high so I talked to her again"

"Ah the teacher!" Donovan snorts

"She's teaches well, I've seen her" Hunters said.

What? He seen me teaching?

Donovan chuckles, "I doubt that, look at her, what kind of teacher goes clubbing when she has work the next day"

"Honey, don't say that about Janie. She's our guest and she is sitting right here" Annie glares at her husband.

"You're right," I sit up from the fancy looking chair. "I'm a horrible person for going clubbing but in all truthfulness sir, I love my job dearly and I never take my students for granted. I have been teaching for many years now and I take my job seriously."

"If you did take your job serious then you would have never gone clubbing on a Sunday. How could you go to work with a hangover?" Donovan smirks

Oh this man really wants more wine poured on him!

"If you'll excuse me, this dinner is too fancy for a teacher like myself. I'll just go eat at some fast food restaurant where I can actually afford it." I stomp out of the house

"Donovan! Don't you dare speak to our guest like that! Janie was our guest and she's lovely, why can't you accept the fact that she's not like one of us" I hear Annie back me up

"Janie wait--" Hunter runs after me

"What Hunter? Every time I try to make an effort to talk to your father he always backlashes at me for being me. I think we should just stay away from each other"

Hunter runs his hands through his hair in frustration,"You don't see it Janie."

"See what Hunter the signs are all there! I'm middle class and you're high class. You have a private jet,I sit in the economy section. You have butlers, I have myself!"

"Janie it's not like that" he moves closer to me

"I love being your friend Hunter but your fathers harsh words hurt me" I admit to him. Why was it that I thought his father would be nice to me?

"Friend? Janie you think I'm your friend? Janie I like you and you don't even see it!"

He likes me?

"What are you talking about Hunter? I thought you liked me as a friend"

He sighs,"Janie if I didn't like you why would I ask you to go on dates with me. I've liked you ever since you ignored me at the bar" he stops. "You were too blind to see it, you were always fetching over Jack that you never gave me a chance"