I Fell In Love With Tarzan

Chapter 21

"Okay, Lizzie, tell us, how's your job so far?" Emma asked. All the girls and me had been talking for about an hour, it was now 9.40. 

"I love it. Much better than my other jobs." I said. I had become more comfortable in the past hour. The girls here was so sweet.

"What jobs did you have back home?" Fo asked.

"Well, I've been babysitting for quite a few year now, and then I've been a waitress and a shop-assistent. All horrible jobs." I joked. The girls started to giggle.

"How about the boys here?" Jessica asked. I looked weird at her. The girls didn't know that Bryan and I were dating?

"Oh, she already found her Prince Charming." Sam said and winked at me.

"What?" Emma asked.

"Oh, come on, of course, she's the lucky girl dating Bryan." Sam added. The girls gasped. 

"Is this true?" Allison asked. I nodded. 

"Yeah, why?" I then asked. The girls then all giggled.

"Oh nothing, it's just that every girl have had a crush on Bryan. I mean, if I remember correctly, then Jessica is still crushing on him." Emma giggled. I tried to smile and be in on the joke, but it was impossible. I looked at Jessica who, like me, tried to act normal. But I could tell that she was furious. At me? Was she mad at me? Or mad at Emma for telling me about her crush on Bryan?

"Isn't that right Jessica?" Emma giggled again and poked to Jessica. She was about to crack.

"I'm not crushing on Bryan. What we had is in the past!" she then yelled. All the girls, including herself, went silent. I didn't know how to react. What happened between them in the past? I wasn't jealous or anything, 'cause I've been doing some dumb stuff myself in the past years too. But I was really curious.

Jessica then rushed out of the room and into the bathroom. Emma held her hand over her mouth.

"Oh gosh," she mumbled. Allison then tried to cheer everyone up by standing up and putting on new music on the stereo.

"Okay, who's in the mood for facials and make-overs?" she asked. The other girls tried to cheer up, so they agreed on Allison's suggestion. I opened my bags so the girls could borrow some of the make-up and facials I brought. Fo then came up to me.

"If I were you, I'd take a little talk with Jessica." she said and then went over to the bed again with Sofie, the girl playing Wendy. She was right. I went over to the bathroom door. Luckily it wasn't locked. I opened the door and found Jessica in the corner of the little bathroom. She saw me, and quickly buried her face in her palms.

"Don't look at me!" she screamed. I looked behind my back. No one heard her, so I closed the door behind me and sat down next to her. 

"Hey, Jessica, would you mind informing me what's going on?" I asked gently. I tried to seem as supporting as I could. She shook her head. It surprised me how sensible she really was. She acted so tough earlier today, but I guess it was just a facade.

"Jess, please, I wan't to help you. I wanna be friends with you. So, please tell me what's wrong. I want to help you." I said. Jessica looked at me. Her mascara was running.

"You're so lucky, and you don't even know it." she said. Her face turned into a bigger frown. 

"I'm sorry, I don't think I know what you mean." I said and chuckled. Jessica took a deep breath.

"Last year, Bryan and I had a fling going on. Well, I thought we had. We used to hook up after work and during breaks. I really liked him. But I guess I wasn't good enough for him. So he dumped me out of no where. Then... I.. I.." Jessica started to cry again, even louder this time. She almost collapsed onto my lap.