In Omnia Paratus (AU) - Book 2

Help?

Double update? What is this madness? No seriously though I don't think I've done a double since book 1. I have drama coming up in like 50 chapters and thought we could get there a bit faster. Well here it goes.

"Diary?" Victoria asked me holding out her hand after finishing my blood test and sending it off.

"Here." I hummed handing her the black book.

"This isn't a joke Jenna." Victoria said seeing the first two pages filled of writing and everything else blank pages.

"I don't have time to document what I eat." I rolled my eyes.

"If you don't start taking this seriously I'm going to heavily involve both the school and your father." Victoria said and I knew I was done for there. I had no desire to be watched at my every move.

"You used to be my favourite Doctor." I said closing my eyes painfully.

"You used to be my favourite patient. When you took things seriously and turned up to important appointments." Victoria mocked.

"I'll take note of my food if that's what you really want!" I snapped closing my eyes and clutching onto the bed.

"Jen, you alright?" She asked leaning forward and grabbing my arm.

"Yes I'm fine." I sat up straight and smiled. "Okay do you want the absolute truth?"

"I'd like it but all you do is lie to me." She moaned.

"No this is the truth. I don't want Richard knowing any of this and he found out when we were Paris and now he'll think something wrong if I keep coming to all these appointments."

"But there is something wrong." She snapped. "Jenna you're underweight, you don't eat normally your deficient in many vitamins causing the chronic pain and weakness in your muscles."

"But I can't feel it." I said going quiet.

"Jenna!" She shouted getting impatient. "If you don't start listening to me your condition is going to get worse. I can recommend an eating plan to get you back into the swings of things and regular appointments to make sure you don't--" she paused and looked at me.

"Sorry--" I said quickly clutching the bed.

"Are you in pain?" She asked frowning at me.

"I'm fine." I laughed leaning back and smiling at her.

"This is what I mean. Start taking this seriously and then we'll talk. Are you still on the tablets?" She said noting things down on paper.

"I ran out." I mumbled.

"That's okay we can get you some more." She smiled up at me and I shook my head smiling at her. She knew I didn't like it but she was insisting I go through all this.

- - - - -

"Articles." Oliver said shoving them on my desk that evening.

"Articles?" I said as if I was genuinely confused.

"You told me to bring you my first articles Monday." He smiled as if he knew best.

"Oh articles, as in the ones you were meant to bring Monday morning?" I scoffed thumbing the paper and glancing at them.

"Sorry I'm a little late. I was late to class this morning I never would of made it here as well." Oliver apologised.

"That's okay I'm just kidding, I was only here for half an hour this morning anyway. You probably wouldn't have caught me." I laughed lightly.

"Ah right, so I'm off the hook?"

"Indeed." I raised my eyebrows as I started looking through some things Victoria had emailed me. The things about getting back into eating regularly.

I think I might have to tell Lily, she'd back me up if i ever needed it and I need someone on my side. She knew everything but the eating side of things so it really wouldn't be hard to run a few emails in her face.

"Busy?"

"Yes." I mumbled closing down the computer and picking up a pile of things. "I've had an awful day and I just want to go to dorm and chill. Well and do work." I smiled.

"We're eating out tonight?" Oliver offered.

"No thanks, I have too much work to do." I said walking past him and gathering up my things. "You're welcome to come to dorm if you want and chill with Lily and I though?"

"I've gotta get changed." He shrugged as I examined what he was wearing. It was a bit too casual, jeans and a hoodie but I never really notice to be honest.

"Well, I'll see you tomorrow maybe." I offered a small smile and left him as soon as possible, too awkward to make any conversations.

- - - - -

"Do you think she's okay?" Matt asked watching Lily as she gazed through the crack between the door and the doorway into Jenna's room. She had headphones on and was working.

"I don't know, I need to talk to her really but it's so awkward lately." Lily shrugged.

"Why?"

"I don't know," Lily kissed Matt before sitting down next to him. "The new members of the group is one thing. Plus I feel like she's hiding something from me or doesn't want me knowing something about her life. Whether it's past or present."

"Well we know hardly anything about her before she came to Ashford but her life must of been dull compared to the two years we've spent with her. She had a kid for gods sake!" Matt scoffed and Lily hit him as he raised his voice and they worried she could hear.

"I feel like she needed to tell me something when she came home today but the minute she saw you were here she backed off." Lily moaned pushing Matt and then leaning against him.

"Oh thanks." Matt said annoyed. "Shall I go ahead and meet the guys while you two chat?"

"It couldn't hurt." She said glancing at Jenna's door and frowning. "If I'm longer than 20 minutes just assume I'm not coming and go on without me." She smiled kissing him gently.

"Alright, I'll text you anyway." He said standing up tired and heading for the door.

I heard the click of the door a mile off. It was the loudest door in the world so I knew we were finally alone. I removed my head phones and quickly neatened my desk before I turned around in my chair about to get up and tell Lily but as I turned in my chair I saw she was stood in my doorway.

"That's creepy." I raised an eyebrow and we both let out a little puff of laughter at my joke.

"You alright? And when I say that I mean that...seriously." Lily asked sitting down on my bed and I remained in my chair.

"I'm...ok. But uh--" I kind of choked up a little bit and I didn't really know why. Asking for help wasn't really my kind of thing and I knew Lily would help but I couldn't bring myself to do it.

"Jenna?" She asked in her sweet timid little voice.

"I need your help." I mumbled sniffing a little bit.

"Right." She moved to the end of the bed and sat directly opposite me almost placing her hands on my knees. "How? What's the matter?"

"Please help me." I said breaking down completely. I was never very good at keeping the tears back when they came. I looked like a total idiot but I couldn't help it.

"Hey, Jen come here." She said moving my chair closer to her and she placed an arm around me whilst I buried my head in her shoulder.

I told her about my meeting with Victoria and asked if she would help me and Lily agreed. I could sense the shock in her voice when I said I hadn't been eating properly.

She never would of guessed, I was good at hiding certain things.

Though the only reassuring thing was, that she would help me.