(written by Lacy) Jade sighed to herself as she entered the kitchen to get another glass of water for Jess. I can't believe this, she thought to herself as she got some ice out of the freezer. From all that Jess had told Jade in the past hour-and-a-half, she had gathered that Jess really wasn't happy in Orlando with her. Jess had even gone to the extreme lengths of telling her best friend exactly what she thought of her and all of her "flings." I had no idea she had so much on her mind, Jade thought as she filled the glass with water and started to head into the living room where Jess was sitting on the couch with a mountain of tissues piled up beside her. But, changing her mind at the last minute, she turned and headed up the stairs. I just need to stay awake a few more hours... for Jess, Jade thought to herself as she picked up the bottle of Speed pills she had left on her dresser that morning and swallowing 2 of them with the help of Jess' water. Placing the pills safely back under her notepad and a package of condoms that she kept in the top drawer of the nightstand beside her bed, she grabbed Jess' glass of water and headed back down stairs.
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"Thanks," Jess said as Jade sat down on the couch beside her and handed her the glass of water. "Did you get a little thirsty on the way?" Jess asked light-heartedly, noticing that the glass was only half full. "A little," Jade said, picking up some of the tissues and walking into the downstairs bathroom to dispose of them. Jess took a sip of the water and set it down on the endstand beside her. She sighed and rubbed her hot eyes. She felt so much better after getting all her pain and aggravation out of her system... although she did feel a little quilty about letting it all out on Jade, "But hey," as Jade had said before, "what are friends for?" Jess smiled and started searching for the remote when the doorbell rang.
"I'll get it!" Jade yelled from behind the bathroom door. Jess laughed. "Jade, finish what you're doing, I'll get the door," Jess yelled back. She smiled in amusement as a growl of frustration came from the bathroom. You piss, you miss, Jess thought to herself as she opened the front door. "Hi," she said, startled to see who was unexpectedly standing infront of her. "Hey," Kevin said from his position of leaning against the door frame, smiling at her. "Uh, come in," Jess said, standing back to let him walk past her. "How's she doing?" Kevin asked, reffering to Jade.
"Jess, you didn't have to get up, I would of gotten the door," Jade said as she came around the corner, not paying any attention to who was there as she was looking down and tucking in her shirt. "Speak of the Devil," Jess said; causing Jade to look up and turn red in embarassment as she saw who her audience was. Huh? Is that Jade blushing? Jess thought to herself as she watched and Jade's cheeks turned a slight shade of pink. Jade never gets embarrased, especially not infront of a guy, Jess thought, throwing Jade a what's-wrong-with-you look.
Jade shrugged it off and smiled at Kevin in greeting. "Hello," she said. "Hi," he said in return, smiling back at her. "As you can see, she's still in one piece," Jess said, looking from Jade to Kevin and back again. "I see this," Kevin said, trying to hide his eyes as they roamed Jade's denim-clad body. *Ahem,* Jess cleared her throat loudly, "Would you like to stay for... uh, dinner?" she asked, breaking the trance that seemed to be going on between Kevin and Jade.
"Dinner? Oh, uh, I can't. I have to get back to the--uh--Nick's. I have to get back to Nick's," Kevin said, dodging what he started to say in the first place. He wasn't sure if they knew that they where the Backstreet Boys or not, and he wanted to avoid any confrontation that would mark Jade and Jess as obsessed fans at any cost. "Tell Nick and Brian I said hello," Jade said, running her fingers through her long blonde mane and walking back into the living room. Kevin's eyes followed her as she dissapeared around the corner and Jess rolled her eyes. "Okay, I'm gonna go now," he said, opening the door and stepping back out onto the front porch. "Well... bye," Jess said, still trying to figure out Jade's weird behavior in her head. "Bye," Kevin said, giving a quick wave and jogging back over to Nick's yard.
Jess shook her head and closed the door. What the Hell just happened here? she thought to herself as she took off for the living room in search of Jade. She found her sitting in the recliner upside down with her feet in the air and MTV blaring Christina Agalara's "Genie in a Bottle." Jess chuckled at Jade and grabbed the remote; shutting off the TV. "Hey!" Jade protested, doing a flip as she rolled off the recliner and landing on her butt with a thud.
"Hey yourself. Now what was that?" Jess asked, standing above Jade like a mother scorning her child and crossing her arms. Jade gave her a weird look and started crawling on her hands and knees toward the TV. "Oh no you don't," Jess said, running behind the TV and unplugging it from the wall. Jade sat Indian-Style in the middle of the floor and pretented to pout. "Meanie," Jade said. Jess laughed and threw the remote onto the couch. "Jade, come on, will you just talk to me?" she begged.
"What do you want to know?" Jade asked, laying back on the floor and closing her eyes. "Who are you and what have you done with my best friend?" Jess asked. "What are you talking about?" Jade asked, opening one eye just enough to see Jess' facial expression. "You! For one, you have never blushed any shade of any color in your life until now, and secondly, you're always beating around the bush... until now," Jess said, not exactly knowing how to explain it. "I don't know what you're talking about," Jade said, standing up and pulling her hair back into a messy bun with the hair tie she had had around her wrist.
With a confused and shocked expression on her face, Jess watched in silence as Jade walked out the back door and headed toward what she had dubbed as "her hammock." "What is up with her?" Jess wondered out loud between a loud yawn. I guess Jade can fend for herself, Jess thought to herself as she turned around and headed upstairs to bed
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