"Jess? We're out of chips here!" Aleen called out to me. It was a few day's later and I was in the kitchen with Grace. I was having a small get together with my friends and Zac. Zac wasn't going to be home for very long and my friends and I wanted to spend as much time with him as possible before he went back on tour.
"Ok! Comming right up!" I called back and Grace laughed. "What?"
"Nothing... just the sound of your voice then... it was cute" Grace told me.
"Oh... ok then" I said, grinning. I got a new packet of crisps and walked into the den. I handed them to Aleen and she grinned at me.
"Thanks" She said. She then opened them and took a handfull. She then passed them to Crystal, who was sitting next to her. I went back into the kitchen and saw Taylor in there, talking to Grace.
"TAYLOR!" I squealed as I ran forward to hug him. I hadn't seen him or Isaac since they had come home. Taylor jumped and then turned around. He grinned when he saw me and opened his arms. I gave Taylor a long hug. "Why haven't you seen me sooner?" I demanded.
"Sorry Jess.... I've been very bad... also I've just been plain lazy... but you could've came over to see me." He pointed out.
"I have. But you were never there. You were alway's off with Angeline" I said. Angeline was Taylor's long time girlfriend of two years. No one besides our group knew about the couple. Even people at school didn't know about the two of them. We had all been sworn to secrecy. Along with Zac and Grace. It was to be known to all Hanson fans that the boy's were single. The only Hanson boy who acctually was single was Isaac.
"Aww... Jess, I already said sorry... what else can I say?" Taylor asked me. I shrugged and pretended to be hurt.
"I dunno... think of something real quick or I'll cry" I said jokingly. Taylor gave me another hug as he laughed.
"Hey.. what are you doing?" I heard Justin demand angrily from behind Taylor and me. Taylor and I broke apart and faced Justin. I also saw that Grace had left.
"Nothin... Justin, he was just giving me a hug" I said.
"Only I touch Jess in that way." Justin said, ignoring me. He glared at Taylor.
"Hey, calm down. I haven't seen Jess for a long time and she's my friend. I can hug her if I want to. You don't own her." Taylor said, stepping infront of me as if to protect me from Justin. Did he know? He couldn't know.
"Don't touch her like that again" Justin said warningly and then walked out of the kitchen.
"I'm sorry Taylor... he can get a little jelaous sometimes" I apologised. Taylor shook his head.
"Don't worry about it. Are you ok?" He asked me. I nodded, not wanting to get into anything with him.
"Yeah, I'm fine." I said and then walked out of the kitchen. I walked into the Den and saw that the only spare seat was next to Zac. Justin was nowhere to be seen.
"Hey sweetie, come sit next to me." Zac said once he saw me. I grinned and sat down. Zac then put his arms around my shoulders and Grace's (who was sitting on the other side of him) and grinned. "Ahh, this is great... two of my favourite gorgeous girls in my arms... life can't get anybetter" He announced. Grace and I laughed.
"You are such a suck up sometimes" Grace said as she rested her head on Zac's shoulder. I looked up and then saw Justin standing in the doorway, looking at Zac's arm around my shoulder. I suddenly reached up and pulled Zac's arm off of my shoulders and set it down by his side.
"Hey, what's wrong?" Zac asked. He didn't need me to answer. He looked up at Justin and then rolled his eyes. Zac then leaned in close to me. "You can do so much better Jessi" He whispered. I turned and glared at him.
"Shut up Zac" I snapped. Zac looked surprised and then hurt. I got up and walked out of the room. Everyone else was watching (or listening to in Graces case) the movie.
"I want to talk to you" Justin said quietly as I passed him to go up to my room. I ignored him and continued up to my room. "Jess!" Justin said a little louder. I spun around and saw him at the foot of the stairs.
"What?" I hissed. I was in no mood to be his personal punching bag. Justing caught up to me and he took me by my arm and lead me to my room. Once we were in there, he closed the door. As soon as he did that, he turned around and slapped my bare arm, hard. Justin was usually careful not to hit me on my face or places where I couldn't cover up. I let out a yell of pain.
"Shut up! My god, how much of a fucking slut do you want to be?" Justin said casually. He wasn't going to yell because he knew the others were downstairs. I held my arm where he had hit me and bit back tears. "First I caught you with that Taylor. Then you just move right along to Zac.."
"I was huging Taylor! I haven't seen him for ages. And Zac is my best friend. You know that! Justin, I love you. Not Zac, and not Taylor and not anyother guy who you think I'm after. Why wont you believe me? Why don't you trust me?" I cried, not caring if the others could hear me.
"Keep your voice down! I want you to tell Zac and Taylor to leave. Tonight was meant to be just you and me but nooo, you had to go and invite everyone else!"
"What? Justin, no, I can't tell them to go! They're-"
"I SAID TELL THEM TO LEAVE!" Justin yelled, grabbing me by my arms and violently shaking me with every word he said. He then shoved me to the floor. By this time I was sobbing.
"Ok... I'll tell them" I said quietly, not intending to. I knew that if I stayed with Zac or anyone else then I would be safe from Justin.
"Good. Now stop crying and cover up your arms. Fix yourself up, you look like shit" Justin said as he opened my bedroom door and walked out, closing the door behind him. I didn't move.