Speechless (Jarry Fanfic) [slow updates]

Chapter 1 - "It'd be suicide to go in that thing"

~ Jade

"Ugh, Jade your such a sour puss. Come on, just one night. Tell your parents your coming to my house to help me look after my baby cousins," Amy whined, grabbing my hands and shaking them violently. We were sitting in her somewhat messy room, which her mum had come in and berated her for not cleaning when she'd asked her to, her gold bangles jingling as she expressively used her hands to describe her disgust.

"I don't exactly feel safe around Joey," I said, my face turning into a frown. I'd also recently been grounded for breaking curfew a few nights ago. But Amy had been relentlessly bribing and begging me. But, I told her I would not get in a car with a guy who probably stuck his penis in more holes than a master key. I got a slap in the face for that.

Joey was 2 years older than us, I felt like he was using Amy and didn't really care about her. This broke my heart because you could easily see how infatuated she was with him.

"Oh come on, not this again," she growled, rolling her eyes melodramatically, "can't you just live a little?"

I looked around her room, long gone are the posters of Justin Bieber and Katy Perry. They'd been replaced with photos, photos of me, Joey and all her other friends. She'd given away all her Barbies years ago, only keeping the expensive ones which she claimed she'd "sell for hundreds of dollars" in the future. The only thing that remained her in room that was pre-puberty was her stuffed dog, Pancake, which she'd received when she was born.

I missed the days when it was me and her dancing around her room, using hairbrushes for microphones, singing along to whatever her favourite song was at the time. Everything else was now post-puberty. Now it was all about boys, parties, smoking, drinking and sex.

I looked up to her, a lot. We'd been friends for a long time, and I'd done everything to make sure of that. Amy was part of the popular crowd, she had been for her entire life really. Ever since she was caught kissing Justin Hamilton in the playground during recess, she'd been the most popular girl at school. I'd only been accepted into her bubble two years after her infatuation with Justin. We'd been assigned seats next to each other in year 4, at the time I wasn't known at all at school, I think that's when she decided to make me her project. Turning me from the lonely, timid girl I was into who I am now. It became exclusively me and her after she'd found out that our other friend, Kristen, was cheating with her boyfriend at the time, Ryan Anderson. Amy had epically exiled her from hanging out with us anymore, which ultimately led to Kristen's social demise.

I glanced up at her. I bit the inside of my cheek. Was I really going to agree to go in a car with a complete whore bag? I really did owe her. I mean she was my only friend. Well my only close friend. She was loud and wild. Confidence just dripped off her. She had gorgeous sky blue eyes, and long brown hair that trailed down her sleek figure. People ask me if I sometimes get jealous of her. I mean I try not to let the way she actively turns every head when she walks into a room, but I like to think they're staring at me as well, after all, I'm not that ugly.

"So, are you in?" She pushed, leaning forwards, her eye twinkled in a way that made my insides churn. Amy was very good at manipulating people into doing what she wanted.

Not wanting to end up like Kristen did, completely isolated from everyone at school, I replied.

"I'm in."

"I'll pick you up in the morning, Jade. We are having lunch at Ali's at one. So be ready by then," my mum said through the phone.

"Yeah, don't worry about me," I said, smiling at Amy. She was grinning like the Cheshire Cat. "It's just gonna be me and Amy looking after her cousins, I promise I won't stay up too late."