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.Sheneeded a cab, and she wasn t aboutto wait for one there. You justdid. she whispered. I just did what, Jenna? You said you were sorry if youhurt me.Well, you just did. Shepicked up the phone to dial a caband then slammed the door behindher as she walked into the night.She could see his silhouette inthe doorway, and hear him call outto her. Jenna, wait.Jenna, please shite, feck. She walked towards his parentsplace and watched as he bangedhis head against the doorway andclosed the door behind him whenhe went back in.She didn t want togo very far.God only knows whatkind of creatures were lurkingaround at night. Standing at the end of thedriveway, she hoped that she wasout of sight in this darkness toeither house.She sat in the dirt, rested herhands loosely over her knees, andjust looked straight up admiring thestars.God, it was beautiful and sopeaceful here.She admired thebeauty, wishing that she had acamera.You couldn t get this viewin the city and the quiet; youdefinitely couldn t get the quiet inNew York.She sighed, wonderinghow her life got so screwed up.Shemissed Jayden, Tyler was gone forgood, Sam was going through enough stress of her own, herparents were far away, and she dgone and screwed it up with Brady.From the corner of her eye shecould see Brady s door open again.He was fully dressed and headedtowards his car.Damn where is thattaxi? She leaned further into thebushes, hoping he wouldn t see her,and watched his tail lights fade ashe drove by.She was in the clear tocome out, when her taxi finallycame, but then what?* * * *Camping out in her hotel roomfor the last two days had gone unnoticed.No word from Brady, andno Sam up until then. Jenna open up; it s Sam, shecalled, banging on her door. You look like shit, she said assoon as Jenna opened the door. How very flattering, Sam.Whythank you for the comment, and ifyou must know I feel like shit, so Ithink I m entitled to look like it too,considering I ve been here for twodays and nobody s cared to notice, she snapped, slamming the door assoon as Sam entered. Two days? Jenna nodded about to breakdown again.God, she hadn t cried this much since the night theydecided to take this trip.It didn tfeel very good. I m sorry, Jenna.I just assumedyou were with Brady.The onlyreason I knew you were here wasbecause Brady asked how you werewhen he came to pick up Caleb tohead to the pub. All Sam had to do was mentionBrady, and Jenna started bawlinglike a blubbering idiot. And what did you say? Shesniffed away the snot that wastrying to leak from her nose andwiped her eyes. Nothing.What could I say? I told him I hadn t seen you in a fewdays and thought you were withhim.He looked like he felt guilty,and then I knew something was up.I m sorry, Jenna.What did he do?Do you want to talk about it? No, she said then changed hermind. Yes.I finally opened upSam, and he threw it back in myface.We were great together, and Iscrewed it up. Aw, Jenna, it can t be that bad,hun.Tell me about it. We spent the evening at hisparents and had a lovely time.Anyway they asked me about Tyler,and I got caught off guard, felt embarrassed, so I excused myselfand then had a wonderful heart toheart with his mother when shefollowed me.We went back to hisplace after our visit, and he wasgenuinely concerned about me.Fearing that his mother might haveupset me, and then I don t know, Iacted on impulse.While makinglove I told him I loved him, and hecouldn t return the sentiment.Instead, he tried to ignore it andthen threw it back in my face with acomment that I seemed to love alot of things.I m such an idiot; Iwasn t thinking. Aw, Jenna, I know it must have been hard for you, and I m sorrythat it didn t turn out as you dhoped.Brady s a shit for handling itthe way that he did, and you shouldhave come to me, instead ofcooping yourself up like this. Now that is an understatement. It never does, Sam, it never does.Besides, I figured that you werebusy with Caleb, and didn t want todisturb you. Would it make you feel betterto hear some good news? Jenna smiled. Good news, ofcourse. Well, it was a false alarm, sheannounced, beaming with happiness. I swear I ve never beenso happy to have a period in mywhole life.And Caleb, that sweetfool, he proposed anyway. Oh, Sam, that s wonderful.Wait.What? Jenna did a doubletake. He proposed? Yes and I m a fool too, foraccepting.Oh, Jenna, I love him,and when he asked, I couldn t helpbut accept.Just because we reengaged doesn t mean we have torush the wedding, right? He s goingto go back home with me for a bit,and then maybe we ll come backand settle here. Jenna began to cry again and couldn t help but feel selfish.Shewanted to say, great, now not onlyam I not lovable, but I m about tolose my best friend too.Instead shesaid, That s great, Sam.I m sohappy for you. Aw, come on, Jenna, Sam said,giving her a hug. It s time tosocialize among the living again.Come on now, wipe those tears, goget a shower, doll yourself up, andget ready. Ready for what? We re going out, silly.I havesome celebrating to do, and you,my dear friend, look like you coulduse a drink. For the first time in days Jennalooked presentable.She had herhair done, a bit of makeup on, andshe even agreed to wear the blackhalter top and slim fitting hip-hugger jeans Sam had picked out. See, now you re beautiful. Sampushed her towards the mirror tohave one more look.Her dark hair was loose, thelayers accentuating her heart-shaped face.Her full lips werepouty, and her green eyes wereglossy from the crying she d doneearlier.Thank God, they weren t aspuffy as they once had been.Jennarolled her eyes and laughed.Once ready, she actually looked forwardto wherever it was they were going
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