In Omnia Paratus (AU) - Book 2

Meetings

"I need to go, I have the staff meeting." I grumbled as Lily was stood next to me.

"The staff meeting is cancelled Jen. We'll do it another night." Lily said squeezing my hand.

"No, I can't cancel. Everyone came to me with excuses this morning and I said 'no, you have to come.' Now I'm making excuses?" I grumbled. "There's nothing anyone can do anyway! I just need to go home."

"I know you think that but they have to be sure." Lily smiled.

"Where's Matt?"

"With Oliver getting us a drink." Lily smirked as I laid back uncomfortable and irritable.

"Everything okay?" Holly walked in and smiled at me gently holding an iPad in her hand and glancing at Lily.

"I think she just wants to leave." Lily laughed lightly looking at me.

"Yes I do." I mumbled throwing my head back angrily. I was so angry for some reason, I think I really did just want to get out of here.

"Well, good news you are free to go. Your bloods came back normal nothing we're too concerned about and obviously we'd like you to keep attending the appointments with Victoria when possible. But otherwise I think we can discharge you." Holly said.

"Thank god." I smiled at Lily.

- - - - -

It was raining outside, pretty typical weather so Oliver gave me his hoodie and I threw it on over my top and leggings. It was way oversized but it was warm and I was pretty cold.

"Come on." Lily chuckled throwing an arm around me as we walked out of the hospital. "You can sleep in the car." She smiled as we walked out into the rain and got into Matt's car.

"Thank you." I said as Matt held the door open.

"No problem." He smiled and then shut the door.

Lily and I sat in the back and as it was a 20 minute drive without traffic I slept for a while because I was so tired.

"Why is she like that?" Oliver asked.

"She didn't get much sleep last night. Buried herself in work since the appointment with Victoria. It upset her." Lily smiled brushing her hair back and Jenna slept.

"It's not healthy." Matt said.

"We all know she isn't healthy at the moment but we're sorting it out." Lily smiled.

"What's wrong with her then?" Oliver asked completely oblivious to the whole situation going on.

"A lot of things Ollie." Lily laughed but then proceeded to tell him the basics nothing too personal as it was pretty private stuff Jenna shared with her.

- - - - -

"Woah woah woah." I said coming out of the dorm to see Lily and Matt making out on the sofa. "Nobody wants to see that at this time in the morning."

"Morning? It's almost afternoon." Matt smirked.

"What?"

"It's almost 12, you slept like a baby." Lily smiled at me. I was wearing the same clothes as yesterday. Legging and Oliver's hoody.

"That's late, and fuck I missed class." I said clutching my forehead.

"It's fine we covered your ass." Matt laughed.

"I never sleep that long." I said standing there holding onto the chair near the corner.

"Well you did I had to carry you from the car last night you wouldn't wake up." Matt smiled looking over at me.

"Ha, thanks. Can you give this back to Oliver?" I mumbled pulling the jumper over my head and placing it over the back of the chair before I went to get a drink from the mini fridge.

"Why can't you?" Lily protested.

"Cause You'll see him before I do." I mumbled.

- - - - -

"Blah blah I'm sorry I missed the meeting blah blah blah next Tuesday?" Oliver read out to the group.

"The email from Jen? Already? God take a break girl." Lucy groaned laying back on the sofa in Lily and Jenna's dorm room.

"She's at the paper now." Lily sighed.

"I don't blame her. If she didn't do anything people would tear her to pieces for milking it." Jack defended her adding his point.

"Whatever. Let's change the subject before she walks in." Oliver laughed. They had all met to plan the Halloween party at the end of the month.

"Can we start without her?" Olivia asked.

"She won't mind." Matt added quickly.

- - - - -

"Of course I don't mind, I didn't even want to do it in the first place." I laughed sitting down with everyone else after turning up late to the meeting with Marty alongside me so I wasn't alone at least.

"We haven't done much anyway. Everyone just argued about how we're going get unpopular's to come to the party." Lily sighed.

"They don't want to come, they hate parties why bother inviting them?" Jack complained and I shook my head.

"If they come we get more money. This is a charity thing right? That's what we decided last week? More people that pay for a ticket the more we raise." I said interrupting.

"She has a point. But we still don't know how to convince them to come." Matt shrugged.

"Well speaking from experience, it's daunting to walk into a room full of popular seniors. You need to change that." Marty said.

"How? We socialise with them?" Lucy frowned.

"Don't make it sound so horrible. They're people Luce, it's not like that. We're not like that." I shook my head.

"No so seriously what do we have to do?" Olivia asked.

"Uh talk to them?" Oliver said.

"Show them that they're group of friends is invited too and that they're going to have a good time and if that doesn't work we lie." I huffed.

"Lie? How?" Matt asked.

"Tell them stuff they want to hear." Olivia said nodding along.

"Yeah exactly. Like make it up, say there will be free gourmet food or something." I smirked.

"Good idea." Emma hummed.

"I know. I'm good at lying." I smiled and I caught Lily's eye and I felt guilty straight away.