Everybody’s waitin’, everybody’s watchin’
Even when you’re sleepin’
Keep your ey-eyes open
Jennifer twisted and turned to the music of Taylor Swift’s Eyes Open, her eyes closed as she danced out the rush of emotions she was feeling.
“Hey Jen! Oh, sorry.” Jennifer heard, and fell from the complicated spin she’d tried to master. She turned to see Anna standing at the doorway, and immediately glared at her.
“What do you want, Anna?” Jennifer asked coldly, causing Anna to smirk.
“You can drop the tough act, sweetie. We both know you couldn’t hit me even if you tried.” She said, and Jennifer felt anger sweep over her, coursing through her veins.
“What makes you think that?”
“I’ve known you almost all your life, Jen. You don’t have the balls to hit me.” Anna said smugly. “Anyway, I just came in here to let you know your old friend is dropping by.”
That brought Jennifer up short. She felt her fists unclench as her eyebrows furrowed in confusion. “Who?”
“Oh, you remember her? Your best friend!” Anna exclaimed in mock excitement, a fake smile plastered on her face.
“I only have one best friend.” Jennifer replied, anger once again flooding through her veins.
“Oh that’s right, Maribelle. No, I was talking about your other best friend. You remember Selena, right?” Anna said with a smirk, and Jennifer felt the fight leave her body as Anna’s words cut through her brain. “Yeah, she’s coming to visit me, and we’re gonna have some fun.”
Anna walked over to Jennifer, her fiery red hair swaying in a ponytail behind her. “I’m gonna make you wish you never put your hands on me, Little Miss Sunshine.” She said in a low voice, causing Jennifer to reclench her fists.
“Get out of here before I make you cry like a little bitch again, Anna.” Jennifer said in her low voice, letting venom lace every word, bringing Anna up short. Jennifer never cussed, in all the times that Anna has talked to her.
“You just watch your back, Barbie.” Anna cried as she was leaving the dance studio, and Jennifer fell to the floor, the adrenaline that had coursed through her veins seconds earlier immediately leaving her body, making Jennifer feel drained.
All Jennifer could think was, she’s coming back. She’s coming back, and she’s gonna make my life hell.
When Jennifer had calmed down some, she went back to the room she shared with Justin and took her hair out of its bun.
“Hey babe I just got the news, and—hey, what’s wrong?” he asked, when he saw Jennifer’s painful expression.
“She’s coming back, Justin. Selena’s coming back.” She mumbled, nibbling on her thumb nail. Justin immediately took her in his arms, and buried his face in her neck.
“It’s okay, Jen, she’s not gonna hurt you. I’ll make sure of that, okay?” he said, and Jennifer nodded. “You just come back from the dance studio?”
“Yeah, why?”
“I can tell.”
“Oh yeah, how?” Jennifer challenged, and Justin chuckled as he lightly gave her a kiss on her forehead.
