The Perfect Girl

The Great Confusion

      7 pm.
Jessie laid with her head on Meg's lap and listened to Brandon, Derek, an Meg bicker about which Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle was the coolest; Meg insisted it was Leonardo, Brandon suggested Raphael, and Derek chanted Michelangelo over-top the both of them. Every time they hung out an agreement just like this always happened, though it's usually about Star Wars or The Walking Dead.
Jessie laid, stuck deep in her thoughts; Gracelyn threw her for a loop, she couldn't stop her own argument going on in her head. Should she really consider letting Gracelyn back into her life and should she tell the group?
        10:20 pm.
   She sat up and kissed Meg's cheek before proceeding to go on towards the kitchen and pour herself something to drink. "Ahhh!" She screeched as her whole body flew a foot in the air; Meg snuck up behind her and grabbed her waist. By the time Jessie touched the floor and Meg busted out laughing. "That's not fucking funny!" Jessie implied as she playfully smacked Meg's arm "you're lucky I put my cup down! She chuckled.

   11:55 pm.
They were passing the last joint of the night, their movie "Zombieland"  was just ending; Jessie had been trying to find the courage to bring up what had happened at school, she pondered on how she'd say it or how she'd bring it up. When the movie ended she looked around and no one was in sight, so she sat and waited "Did Brandon and Derek leave?" She thought.

     12:03 am.
Jessie decided to look for Meg, she must have went to bed without her knowing... Right? As she passed the kitchen everyone screamed "HAPPY BIRTHDAY JESS!" Jessie flew back, scared to high hell; she had forgotten all about her birthday, she had been too caught up in the Gracelyn drama. "I... I.. " she stuttered, looking like a deer in headlights "I thought... y'all left"
Meg wrapped her up in a big hug as Brandon brought forth the small cake that Derek made (strawberry with cream cheese frosting, her favorite) and Derek started singing "Happy Birthday".
"How could I forget my own birthday?" She wondered in disbelief. "Is that why Gracelyn is trying to suck up?"
Meg's voice in her ear, snapped her out of her thoughts again "I got you something, but you'll have to unwrap it when we're alone" she whispered.
"Wow, You're the big 1.. 8 now!" Brandon unintentionally interrupted. Jessie put her hand to her forehead dramatically "I'm so old" she shrieked in a granny voice then began laughing along with everyone.
   When the room became quiet again Jessie's mind went back to the Gracelyn situation, she couldn't stop thinking about what to do... Yet she couldn't bring herself to ask for advice now, not today at least. They've done so much for her already, for a day she didn't even remember.