jennifers body

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Two weeks past, the school and town kept mourning the tragedies while that band that had kidnapped Jennifer had become a hit and their song was all over the place. It annoyed me to no end but Jennifer didn't seem to care she was back to untouchable iron bitch mode being a little more hostile and vicious than normal, as usual I was the only person spared her wrath. At the one month anniversary of the fire Jennifer got sick.

That morning Needy noticed right away Jennifer looked worse than ever, well bad for Jennifer anyway. For the last two days Jennifer had begun to look sick, this morning she looked bad. Jennifer was haggard, thin, cranky, pale and impatient. The class had been talking about that band Low Shoulder yet again infuriating Needy who seemed to be the only one who could see the hypocrisy of it all as everyone else was lost in there worshiping haze that ignored all logic and facts. As they were packing up their stuff at the end of class Needy commented how she hated Low Shoulder's song that had become the unofficial song of the tragedy.

"Yeah. It's poorly produced. Could the bass be any lower in the mix?" Jennifer replied looking exhausted.

"No offense," Needy began then lowered her voice, "You looked drained or something. Is everything all right?"

"No! I feel like boo-boo. My skin is breaking out; my hair is dull and lifeless. God it's like "m one of the normal girls!" Jennifer replied as they walked out of class together into the hall. Needy tried to be sympathetic asking, "Are you PMS-ing or something?"

"PMS isn't real Needy. It was invented by the boy-run media to make us seem crazy." Then Jennifer added mostly to herself, "It's just like wearing off."

"What's wearing off?"

"Nothing." Jennifer sighed as Collin; the Goth boy Needy was friends with approached them. Needy immediately smiled but Jennifer looked put out and bored practically staring through Collin who said hi to them both.

"Oh hi Collin. Listen can I copy your bio lab again? I never got around to doing the lab." Jennifer replied walking with Needy who continued to smile at Collin though Collin was focused on Jennifer.

"Sure, actually I sorta wanted to ask you something." Collin stammered.

"You want to know if I'll go out with you." Jennifer replied looking unimpressed.

"No! Well…yeah….how'd you know?"

"Just go ahead with the pitch." Jennifer replied with an impatient huff. Collin asked, Jennifer blew him off Needy watched it commenting, "That was random."

"I'm used to boys asking me out Needy." Jennifer replied bored. Needy shrugged commenting,

"He's a nice guy."

Jennifer stopped turning to look at Needy replying with a disgusted expression. "He listens to maggot rock, he wears nail polish and my dick is bigger than his."

"I would if I wasn't with Chip." Needy replied with a shrug her eyes on Collin as he slowly made his way down the hall. Jennifer watched Needy's face carefully making a snap judgment she called out. "Collin, wait."

Collin stopped turning to see Jennifer approaching him telling him. "How about you meet me at my house tonight. I'll text you my address."

Shocked, surprised and excited Collin readily agreed. Needy watched this with a frown, she didn't like it but she didn't know why. Usually she didn't care about Jennifer's conquests but his felt different somehow. Chip walked up surprising Needy, Jennifer watched Chip put his arm around Needy then walked over to them acting flirty with Chip, "Hi Chip."

Needy immediately pulled Chip into a kiss that made his eyes go wide, Jennifer smiled then told Needy as she walked off. "I gotta go parlez French. Slam you later."

"Talking to your good pal Collin again?" Chip asked jealous. Need rolled her eyes correcting him. "No. He was asking Jennifer out on a date."

"Really?" Chip replied looking a little relieved adding. "You want to come over tonight?"

"Sure. I'd like that." Needy replied smiling sweetly at her boyfriend. It was easy to love him.

"I went to the Super Target and bought more condoms." Chip told her eagerly.

"Thanks." Needy replied feeling all the romance of the moment drain away.

"Not that, that has anything to do with your coming over." Chip quickly tried to cover.

"I didn't assume that." Lied Needy.

"We'll I'll see you tonight."

Needy grinned happy nodding in eager agreement, the moment Chip walked away her thoughts returned to Jennifer.

That night started off well I had no idea that it would be my own turning point. I was happily hanging out with Chip things as they always did turned intimate and we started to have sex. Only the moment Chip entered me it was as if he opened my connection to Jennifer because I could see and feel what Jennifer was doing at the moment. It was the stuff of nightmares, it scared me. The images of blood, death, and a demonic Jennifer was more then I could bare and I started to cry and hyperventilate. Chip was worried, I completely freaked out leaving. I tried to tell him but he just looked at me like I was crazy. What I didn't learn till much later that night what I saw was Jennifer killing Collin eating him like she did that other guy.

I jumped in my car still reeling from what I felt from Jennifer. Hysterical I sped down the street when I came across a figure on the side of the road hunched over covered in blood. It was Jennifer, she grinned at me I screamed then swerved to avoid her. I ran a curb stalling the car for a minute. I thought Jennifer was gone but she landed on top the windshield shattering it looking like some gangly bug giving me a demonic grin. I completely freaked slamming on the gas getting the car started and peeling out knocking Jennifer off the hood in the process. I raced home ran into the house searching for my mom but she was working another swing shift at the Hormel plant. I was home alone.

Sobbing frightened and freaked out Needy searched the house then sat down on the couch lying down for a moment. She pasted out for a few minutes dreaming of when she was a child playing in the sandbox with Jennifer, of the time Jennifer cut herself and she sucked the blood clean it was the moment when they became best friends. Waking up Needy was more confused than ever. She KNEW Jennifer inside and out but seeing her earlier covered in blood looking inhuman contradicted what she knew. If it was not for the shattered windshield of her car she would have said it was all a hallucination. Exhausted Needy headed up stairs to her bedroom. Needy walked through her dark bedroom throwing off her top shirt pulling off her pants lifting up the covers to climb in the bed when a warm body and familiar voice startling her with a simple greeting.

"Hi."