Hey everybody. This is part of a brand new series I've been working on for a while. This is actually one of the first stories I had ever tried to write, but it was horribly written. It has taken a while to bring it to this point. I am going to have to create the next chapters from scratch, but I think this is good basis for a story. I guess only time will tell. I'll let your replies decide whether or not I continue this story line. There is no sex, but as always, that will come along eventually. It just doesn't make its' appearance here. I hope you enjoy it. Please leave some feedback if you could. Positive or negative, I do not care. All of it helps me to grow as an author. All characters are 18+ years of age.
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"I think my waist makes me look fat." Jenna spoke into the phone as she looked into the mirror. "Hold on."
Jenna stepped closer to her dresser and laid her phone upon it, placing it on speaker mode before returning her gaze to the mirror.
"God, you are so lame." The soft feminine reply came over the phone.
"I am not lame, I am just being honest." Jenna whined.
"That is why this is so lame."
"I am not!"
"Are too, sweetheart. Look, I love you and all, but you need to just learn to accept that you are a babe."
"You're just saying that because we are friends." Jenna said, folding her arms.
"Quit it, Jenna."
"Quit what?"
"I know you're folding your arms across your chest right now. You do it every time you get defensive."
"I am not defensive! I'm just stating facts." Jenna said with a roll of her eyes, dropping her arms to her sides.
"You're getting defensive and boringly predictable."
"Lauren, really? You call me, tell me Happy Birthday, then proceed to tell me how boring I am?"
"Sorry, that's not what I meant."
"I'm such a fat cow." Jenna whined grabbing at her waist.
"You are not a fat cow, Jenna."
"Will you go out with me?"
"No."
"Then obviously I am not good enough." Jenna said turning in the mirror to view herself in profile.
"Jenna, my God. What is wrong with you today?" Lauren asked.
"I asked her to come tonight." Jenna replied somberly.
"Natalie?" Lauren asked, her tone clearly conveying her shock.
"Yeah." Jenna answered, her tone getting breathy. She couldn't help it. The mere thought of Natalie was enough to send her body into hormonal overdrive anymore.
"Ummm-, Earth to Jenna? Weren't you the girl who after your birthday last year said you weren't inviting her to anything from then on? Or how about the Christmas before that where you declared you were finished trying to get her to come along? Or any Christmas or Birthday before that? How about all of those times we went to bars or clubs where she did not show? Or those late-night movies or concerts you always try to drag her out to, and she stands you up? Every single time ended in tears, you getting impossibly drunk and me having to hold your hair out of the way while you tried your darnedest to vomit your dinner from the week before into a toilet bowl."
"You know she is always busy. She tries really hard. How about some of those other things we have done together? The fairs, the movies or the concerts where she did go, we all had a lot of fun."
"She was always the one who suggested those things. You have to wake up sometime, Jenna. She knows you will go to those things because she asked you too. She has been using you. You need to realize that no matter how much you love her, you are never going to be anywhere near as important to her as she is to you."
"This time is different, Lauren."
"How? What did your little idol say to get you hyped on the idea that she might actually happen along this time?" Lauren replied, her tone getting bitter.
"Why do you hate her so much?" Jenna replied, her tone starting to match Jenna's.
"Why are you defending her!?" Lauren shot back.
"Look, I don't want another fight over this. I need to know what to wear. I want to look classy, but sexy. You probably know my wardrobe as well as I do given how much we borrow each other's clothes. What could I wear?"
Lauren sighed. She knew Jenna was madly in love with Natalie, and that was starting to affect how she looked at her. They were childhood best friends, and the day Jenna came out to her was a turning point in her own life. She never had a clue how she would react if anyone she knew ever revealed they were gay. Somehow, her reaction seemed natural. She had known Jenna since fourth grade, and she loved the brunette to death. That was the only secret Jenna had ever kept from her. It was not difficult to tell, Jenna was an open book, her emotions always on the surface. More than that, she was just a plain horrible liar. For some reason, that was the one and only secret Jenna had ever kept from her, even if it was only for a few hours. That is another reason why she loved Jenna so much, she was honest and loyal to a fault. Sometimes, that sense of loyalty became misplaced and Jenna would often wind up being taken advantage of. Natalie was a prime example of that situation.
"Look, I am done with my study group." Lauren sighed. "I can be there in fifteen minutes, just try not to go crazy and blow my phone up in the meantime, okay? We will have you looking nice just in case she actually follows through this time."
Lauren rolled her eyes as a high-pitched squeal erupted over the speaker of her phone. She knew she really shouldn't feed into the cycle of let-downs Jenna had to go through and always at the girl's expense. Still, she had never been able to deny Jenna a thing. It was almost the same situation as Jenna with Natalie and Jenna knew this, but never really took advantage of it. Lauren always caved to her best friend because Jenna was just one of those rare personalities that come along usually only once in a lifetime. Lauren appreciated Jenna's sometimes brutal, but unerring honesty, her ability to see small details that Lauren would never notice, and her unusual kindness. Jenna had become an indispensable part of Lauren's life, and she knew it. They had been through way too much together.
So, whenever Jenna needed help, Lauren was only too happy to help her friend. Most often it was for situations like these where Jenna had no idea what to wear for an occasion. For someone who had such a sense of fashion and appreciation of beauty, the girl was completely clueless when it came to selecting one of the many amazing outfits the girl had compiled over the years. Half the time she wondered how Jenna ever left her room dressed at all. Still, it was always the simple things like that which mattered to Jenna the most. For being an amazingly beautiful woman, she was incredibly down-to-earth.
"Thank you, Lauren! Oh, my God, you have no idea how much I owe you for this!" Jenna exclaimed happily.
"Yeah, yeah miss shorty, just try to keep your head screwed on for the next fifteen minutes, will you?"
"I'll see you then!" Jenna said enthusiastically. Just before Lauren hung up she heard Jenna squeal excitedly, and closed her eyes. She swore to herself that if Natalie did not show she was going to do something about it this time around. She was getting tired of seeing the heartbroken look on Jenna's face every time Natalie did not show.
She began the walk across campus, which really wouldn't take long at all. It wasn't a particularly large school, and she preferred walking anyhow. She made decent time, and in twelve minutes she was knocking on Jenna's door.
