The Only Exception

24

Well, I had nothing for this chapter if I'm being honest, but TonixxJanet Birthday is today, and she's legal legal, so this is her gift! Happy Birthday Child. 🙂

Jo

Letoya laid in bed asleep as I sat in a chair watching her. My hands were shaking as I tried to not do what I so badly knew I was capable of doing. Deciding that I needed to move, I got up and walked out the room, closing the door behind me softly. Walking down the steps, I saw Essence and Shawn talking. They stopped when they saw me.

"Everything alright? Where's Letoya?" Shawn asked me.

I raised my eyebrow as I replied. "Sleeping."

"I thought she and Shawn were supposed to be studying." Essence spoke.

Shaking my head, I clarified. "She's sleeping because she's sore and bruised up from the fight her and Kelly got into. So I ran her a bath and now she's sleeping."

"Fight?" Essence asked as she stood. "So where Kelly at?"

"I don't know, but I'm going to find out."

Shawn put her hands out in my direction. "Damita Jo. Don't do it."

I tilted my head. "She's not getting away with this."

"It was a fight. I'm pretty sure whatever girl you two are talking about has more bruises than Letoya does. So leave it alone. I know you and we've gotten pass that person." Shawn tried to reason with me.

Sighing, I nodded. "Yeah.. yeah you're right."

"Uh, what person?" Essence asked in confusion.

"Janet ain't always been so mature and put together." Shawn teased.

I shook my head. "That's true."

"Whose Janet?" Essence asked us. "That's the second time I've heard that name. That's your nickname or something?"

"No. That's my government." I informed her.

"Janet Damita Jo Jackson." Shawn filled in completely. "Everybody just calls her Jo since Janet took a exit back in the day."

"Okay, so this is figuratively. I've gotten that much, but can you expand on the depths of this?"

"Janet was sweet. The pushover child that would give you the clothes off her back simply if you asked and wanted them." Shawn explained.

"I'm not that person anymore... I mean sometimes you'll catch me being vulnerable but not a lot." I mumbled. "Then there's Damita, which is my defensive person. Damita is crazy, it's lovely when she comes out but hell when she goes back in."

"Damita and I then done some shit. Remember we bust the windows out that girls house because she was sleeping with your boyfriend?" Shawn asked me.

I laughed. "Yeah. Then we spray painted his car and put that girls name on it. Geez, I'd do anything to get thrill like that again in my life."

Essences eyes widened. "Oh you were crazy crazy back in the day?"

"Oh yeah, my tempers gotten so much better since. I would be fighting just because somebody said something that pissed me off." I replied.

"So Jo?" Essence asked. "What's her qualities?"

Shawn motioned for me to answer and I hesitated before replying. "Jo is the person that does what she has to do but not what she loves. She's strict, and blunt and sometimes an asshole when need be. Jo is the person Janet hides behind because the world wouldn't elect Janet, they would elect Jo."