At the Bottom of the Swimming Pool

Chapter 32

Sorry for a long update. I've been doing my college work as this was my last term and I'm glad to say that I have finally graduated! Hopefully this chapter will be a make-up because a lot of stuff goes down~~Reanna.

CHAPTER 33-PIECES OF HISTORY

Jessica had been curled up on her bed, picking at her blanket. It was a room that she shared with Julia as the two girls were forced to share a room. Julia and Pope shared one previously, but Smurf made them split up the older they got. Instead, Baz stayed with Pope and would occasionally sneak into their room. Baz and Julia had been secretly hiding a playful relationship from Smurf for years as they were now in their early twenties. The others guessed that she knew but didn't say anything.

"You know Julia isn't going to be back for a while. She's probably out trying to score again" Jessica spoke, lifting her eyes to look at Baz. She assumed that he was there to talk to Julia as she was on one of her disappearing acts once again.

"I know, I came to see what you were doing. The guys are out surfing, and Smurf said she had some errands to do and was taking J with her. Thought I'd see if you wanted to hang or anything"

"You really want to hang out with a sixteen-year-old?" She asked back.

Sitting up slowly, Jessica hadn't taken her eyes off of him as he stepped over. Baz sat on the bed, in his usual attire while she didn't change out of her pajamas which were shorts and a tank top. The two of them had been bonding with Julia out of the picture. She had been spiraling back into drug addiction territory once more and the two of them were becoming distant. On top of it, she just had J who was taking up most of Smurf's time as well as Jessica's because she was always babysitting the second she got home. Jessica had found it easy to talk to him rather than Craig or Deran as they played everything off as a joke. Pope wasn't a talker and she wouldn't dare telling Smurf anything.

"Why not? We've been hanging out lately or is there something wrong?" He asked back, leaning against on the bed, propping himself on his elbow.

Truth be told, Jessica was starting to like him, and she was doing her best to push the feelings away. Not only was he occasionally seeing Julia, Baz was supposed to be her brother despite them never having that type of relationship. She shook her head no and took a deep breath.

"That guy still bothering you at school?" He asked watching her pick at the blanket for a second.

"No, Pope scared him off when he picked Deran and I up, remember?" Jessica reminded him as a kid from school had been bothering her. She didn't go into any details so none of them knew what it was about but that someone had been bothering her. "So...What do you want to do? I'm assuming the beach is off limits if you're not surfing"

Baz nodded for a moment looking back at her. "Whatever happened to that boyfriend you had? Trevor or whatever his name was"

"I broke up with him and his name was Trey" It had been a couple of weeks since she brought him around which made everyone wonder what happened. "He was better than me. He didn't need to be around any of us. I mean, his family is normal"

"He wasn't better than you Jess, don't ever think that. Just because he has a different life than us doesn't mean he's better than you. You're smart, you're cute and you know how to have fun. Don't waste your time on high school guys"

Jessica had blushed faintly before turning her head. She didn't want him to see it but of course he noticed it. She ran her hair through her blonde locks, her famous nervous habit before glancing back over. They locked eyes for a moment, and they seemed to be thinking the same thing.