This is my last evening in LA with Britney and her girlfriends. We decided to have a huge meal and went to the same Italian place that Wade had taken me to. I dig into my plate of spaghetti carbonara with relish. I haven’t eaten all day. Britney, Courtney, Laura Lynne and Jensen are sat by me eating with similar relish. We spent the day shopping and in the movie theatre and totally forgot to eat. We have one day left in LA then we all fly off to separate places. I’m going back to Tampa, Britney is going to New York for tour rehearsals and the other three are going back to Kentwood. It’s been a great week. Very girly and chilled.
“My God, this is SO good,” exclaims Jensen.
“I know!” Courtney giggles. “And I totally have my eye on the fudge slice for after.”
“Chocolate?” Britney asks hopefully and then moans when Courtney nods. “Oh yes!”
“I’m goin’ for the cheesecake myself,” I tell them as I finish my pasta.
“They got cheesecake too?” Britney widens her eyes. “Would two desserts be too much?”
“No way!” I giggle and stand up. “I need to go wash my face. I’m sure I have spaghetti lash all over my face!” I head off to the bathroom just as my cell rings. I lean against the tiled wall and answer it. “Hi.”
“Hello Jade. This is Jackie, Brian’s mom.”
“Oh hi! Everything ok?”
“Oh sure! I’m just calling to ask you something,” she says.
“Oh, ok,” I say curiously. “Go ahead.”
“Has Brian mentioned the Lexington Ball on Saturday?”
“Yeah, he said he’s singing.”
“Yeah, I volunteered him. He’s not happy,” she laughs.
“He said that too,” I laugh.
“Well, it’s like a couples thing and I know how much he would love for you to be there with him. He’s been missing you awfully Jade. I was wondering if maybe you would come?”
“To the ball?”
“Yes. You can stay as long as you like. I have a room for you and everything. I just thought it would be nice to surprise Brian if you wanted to…”
“Sure. That sounds good. Thanks Jackie, I’d love to come.”
“Great! Ok, it’s Saturday night so… When can you come?”
“Say I catch a flight out in the afternoon?”
“That would be perfect. I can get Harold to take Brian someplace so he doesn’t see you until the ball.”
“Ok, great.”
“Call me with your flight times and I’ll pick you up. It’ll be good to see you again Jade.”
“You too. Thanks Jackie.”
“Take care. Bye,” she hangs up.
Britney waves goodbye to Jade as she walks through the departures gate on her way to Kentucky. She has already said goodbye to her three other girlfriends who right now are halfway to Louisiana. Her flight to New York isn’t for anmother hour and she decides to amuse herself in the VIP lounge. As she walks she thinks about what Jade had said about Justin and sighs heavily. After telling her he was busy, he had turned up at the restaurant where Jade and Wade were at. And then had gone on to do something with Wade. Britney’s not sure what’s going on. She had called him after finding out and he had totally brushed her off. He had said that his plans had fallen through at the last minute. Britney orders a drink and sits on a couch in the lounge, closing her eyes. She shakes Justin out of her head. She has more important things to worry about – like bungee jumping in her live show.
“JADE! OVER HERE!”
I turn in the direction of the shouts and see Jackie grinning at me. I walk over and hug her. “Hi Jackie! Thanks for meeting me.”
“My pleasure,” she smiles. “The car’s out front.”
“Ok,” I follow her outside and into the car.
“Brian’s playing golf with his dad and Harold. They won’t be back for ages so I thought we’d have a coffee together and then you can get ready for tonight before they get back.”
“That sounds good,” I smile.
“So, how was LA?”
“Well…” I start to tell her about my week.