I'll Always Love You

Chapter 14

"How the hell are you going to tell your dad you're dating me even though you just came out to him as gay not that long ago?" Dylan offered to drive Jennifer to work so they could discuss their 'situation', she still decided to go to work to help out Nathan despite being in the hospital only hours before.

"I'm only eighteen I can just say I'm still a little confused and I don't know, I think I might be bi? He doesn't care who I date anyway he just wants to meet the person I do." Jennifer explained. "But we can't have Ally, Tyler or Eliza in on the deal, we need to convince them too."

"Why?" Dylan furrowed his brows, glancing towards the girl once they got stopped at the traffic lights.

"After what happened with my phone? Are you kidding me?" Jennifer asked incredulously.

"I get it, no need to go on about it." Dylan rolled his eyes with a grumble. "How long are we gonna have to keep it up? Cause it seems a lot like you're trying to win her back."

"I don't know, I'll figure it out." The girl shrugged.

Dylan ran his hand down his face before shifting back into first gear. He had no idea what he was getting himself into.

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"Woah, what happened to you?" Nathan asked, pointing at Jennifer's arm as the brunette disappeared through to the back of the shop to put her bag and jacket away.

"Long story." The brunette sighed as she returned from the back, pushing the sleeves of her hoodie up her arms.

"I'll tell you what. Since you've got a busted-up wrist, I've got a lot of work that needs doing on the laptop if you're cool with that instead of sorting shelves?" Nathan offered and Jennifer smiled softly.

"Thanks Nathan." She followed the man behind the counter and listened intently to everything that needed to be done, following his finger as he pointed around the screen.

Jennifer set to work quickly, still finding it quite difficult to type with both hands but it was much easier than writing with a physical pen. The shop was very quiet that afternoon (Nathan had gone off to pick him and Jennifer some coffee up) only a few customers appearing. There was one customer that appeared, although Jennifer really wished she didn't even bother.

"Jennifer, I need to talk to you." Jennifer glanced up from the screen to see the one person that made her blood boil. Alex.

"Fuck off, I told you I don't want to see you." The brunette spat, scowling at the redhead before returning her eyes to the screen.

"Jennifer please! Let me explain what happened." The redhead pleaded, placing her hands on the counter.

"Let me ask you one question. Did you or did you not sleep with someone?" Jennifer asked, her eyes burning into Alex's as she asked the big question.

There was a moment of silence. "You have to let me explain Jennifer..."

"Who was it?" Jennifer clenched her right fist on the counter, asking the question through gritted teeth.

Alex closed her eyes and pressed her hand against her forehead. "... Tom. I was overwhelmed from what happened between us and I needed someone to talk to-"

"Talking to someone and sucking their dick are two completely different things!" Jennifer yelled out in frustration, banging her fist off the surface.

"You know what? It's completely impossible to get through to you! You don't give anyone a chance to explain anything! Maybe I was wrong, maybe you aren't mature enough to handle an adult relationship." Alex held her hands up and stepped back in surrender.