CHANGING MATT

Stranded

JENNA

"Where's Carolina?" Flora asks, as I approach. She seems a little less vicious than usual, and that puts me even more on edge.
"She's out with  Jones. She couldn't..."
"Of course she's out with him" she cuts me off through gritted teeth, staring straight ahead. "Carolina is really just a mean bitch. Seriously, I give her just one instruction, and she sends you over as a substitute" she scoffs, strolling ahead of me and heading towards Carolina's Peugeot.
"Don't get me wrong, really, I'm a nice person" she says, flashing me a smile that reveals her thirty two glowing teeth. I almost gag.
"...but I just don't want you getting in my business"
"I'm not getting in your business" I reply flatly, positioning my long frame in the driver's seat of the car.
"Get off the wheels. I want to drive" she snarls, holding the car door wide enough for me to step out.
"I'm driving"
"Don't be ridiculous Julienne. You can't even overtake a toy car"
"It's Jenna"
"What?"
"I'm Jenna, not Julienne" My tone of voice is so calm that I realize I'm almost at my peak of anger. One more word, Flora. One more word and I'd rip your intestines apart.
"Thanks for that relevant piece of information Julienne. You've made your point. Now get off the fucking drivers seat" I almost squirm under her gaze, and I scramble out of her way in just split seconds.
The silence on our way home is really deafening, and in more ways than one it gives me a sense of peace. I'm so peaceful and happy that I dance to the lyrics of my favourite song, which I'm playing in my head. Until Flora's words tear that peace into shreds.
"I'm branching off at a club. Mind if you get off from here?"
"Of course I mind. I..."
"Great for you. Get off"

And that's how I ended up stranded on the streets of North Carolina.