The Right Time (Together-Part 1)(Completed)

Chapter 17

Zosia

I am so over these people. If my mom would let me, I would take my GED tomorrow and get it over with. Marne and Jenna are upset that we didn't invite them to go with us to Dorien's school. Why would I invite them? I had a nice drama free weekend without them. When Dean and I start talking in class today, he tells me that Jenna has started talking to him. I ask him if he's ready to hook up with her if she tries. He jokingly says that he would take one for the team. Our giggles catches her attention and she makes her way over to us. "What are you guys talking about?" She asks sitting on the other side of Dean. "Just an inside joke." Dean says.

"We need to have one of those." She runs her finger down Dean's arm. He looks at me and rolls his eyes at her obviousness. "Why?" He asks. "Because it seems like fun." Her finger makes its way to his cheek. I guess I'm supposed to act like a jealous girlfriend.

"Why are you touching him?" I ask. She pulls her hand back. "Did that bother you?" I'm sorry." She says not sounding sorry at all. I glance across the room at Se who rolls her eyes at how obvious Jenna's being. Carly is putting her finger in her mouth making a gagging sound. I start laughing. "What?" She says. "Just an inside joke." I say. "You can't have an inside joke by yourself. It doesn't make any sense." She laughs. "Who said it was just mine?" I look at her. Her hand is still on Dean's arm. He's smirking at me. I smile at him.

I glance over to make sure the teacher isn't looking and I place my fingers on Dean's cheek pulling his face towards me. I softly kiss his lips. I feel his hand touch my arm pulling me closer. We kiss a little longer and pull back. He has another smirk on his face and Jenna walks away in a huff. He whispers in my ear, "Well that got rid of the skank." We both giggle again. We are left in peace until class is over.

After school, Carly and I walk a few laps and then decide that we're doing so well, that we should run a lap. When we finish, we fall out on the track and Carly has to call her mom to come pick us up. We tell her what we did and what happened and she laughs at us and asks, "Are you going to do it again tomorrow?" We both say yes. "That's all I need to know. I'm proud of both of you for trying again. It will get easier as time goes on. Just call me when you need a ride."

"Thanks mom." Carly says. I thank her when they drop me off and tell Carly I'll see her later. I walk in the house and say hi to my mom. She tells me hi and walks out the door. I fix myself some dinner and settle in for the evening. When I talk to Dorien before bed, I tell him about Carly and I running today. After he finishes laughing at us, he tells me that he's proud of me and to keep up the good work. I go to bed happy.

The week goes by with Jenna paying more and more attention to Dean. I act jealous and he laughs a lot. Marne tells us that Jenna is planning on hooking up with Dean at the homecoming dance. She asks us what we're doing this weekend and we tell her that we don't have anything planned. She begs us to call her if we do anything. She says that she's going to tell Jenna that she has something to do with her brother and his wife, so she won't come by this weekend. We tell her that we will let her know if we do anything. We decide to plan something and let her know so we can see what happens.

We plan a slumber party. Since my mom is going to be out of town, she books us a suite at a luxury hotel in town. She doesn't want to take a chance of Jenna arriving at our house without an invitation. She picks up everyone and drops us off at the hotel on Friday evening and check us in. She tells me that she has her credit card on file and we can get anything we want. She has me take her to the airport and then bring her car back to the hotel with me to the underground parking just in case.