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Jess — Plan B; pt. 33
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Outside my room, I could hear mom working on the door lock. One more thing she’d yet at me about.
I’m really not in the mood to be yelled at.
But I also wasn’t in the mood to talk about what happened with Bette Porter, so I had to lock the door, right?
Whatever.
Mom’s going to come in. She’s going to kill me. She’d explain to the court why, and she’d get off with justifiable homicide. The judge would probably be the parent of a teen and give her a medal or something. It’d start a trend. She’d make a fortune on t-shirt rights alone.
When she’s rich and alone, I hope it was worth it.
Then again, she wouldn’t be alone, would she? Not with Bette Porter waiting in the wings.
As if things couldn’t have gotten worse. Jake I could have handled. I didn’t need Bette Porter as my savior.
With about three seconds remaining until mom burst in, I said my goodbyes to Mr. Goofy Bear. I didn’t think stuffed animals were allowed in the slammer.
The door burst open and mom stood there. Arms crossed. Mom gaze in full annihilation mode.
I guess that whole idea about asking forgiveness being easy is just a theory after all. I don’t suppose it’d do any good to suggest that it’s Aunt Shane’s theory.
Might as well lead with an old classic. “Im sorry.”
And I am, too. And not just for getting caught.
That wilted her a little. Not enough to really prevent the damage, but enough to take the edge off.
“You know how disappointed I am.”
Yes, that was apparent.
“And you know that you’re going to be punished for this.”
As if I could get around that bit of sunshine.
Mom sat on the edge of the bed. She took my hand.
The crying started before she even spoke again. For both of us.
“Jess, are you okay?”
Unable to respond, I nodded.
Mom pulled me into a hug.
How can I be so stupid? She’s shaking. I really scared her tonight.
Releasing me, she gave me a smile. “I’m afraid I’m not too popular with your friend Jeri right now.”
Yeah, momzilla bursting onto that scene? I can only imagine the damage left in her wake.
“S’okay. I’m probably not popular with any of them, after Bette Porter’s screaming match with Jake.”
“Jake?”
Mom’s a little behind.
“He’s this boy, he gave me a ride home.”
“And he’d been drinking.”
Okay, so she wasn’t that far behind.
I nodded.
“And you’ve been drinking.”
I bypassed the nodding and went straight to bursting into tears. I can’t help it; it’s her genes.
She took hold of my hand. “I’m angry, Jess, and I’m disappointed. You know better.”
Yeah, like that burst of honesty was going to make the crying stop.
“He didn’t,” mom paused. I knew where she was going, but I didn’t want to take that trip, either. “He didn’t hurt you, did he? Force himself on you?”
I shook my head ‘no.’ While he wanted to go quite a bit further than I did, I really don’t think he would have done much more than felt me up.
Another bit of honesty that mom doesn’t need right now.
“You know you can talk to me about these things, right, Jess?”
“Yeah.” I was staring down at the comforter, not really wanting to look at her eyes. I didn’t want to see the disappointment.
Mom placed a kiss on my temple. “Anytime, I mean that. And if not me, please talk to your Aunt Shane or your Aunt Alice. Anyone you feel comfortable with.”
I didn’t feel comfortable with myself right about now, let alone with another person.
“How much did you drink?”
Okay, I was really not getting off that light tonight.
“About two beers.”
She gave me the once over. “Okay. Get ready for bed.”
I did. Part of me didn’t want to brush my teeth. Maybe it was the beer and toothpaste. Or maybe it was that I didn’t want to get the taste of Jake out of my mouth. I mean, the whole tongue thing was weird when it started, but it wasn’t totally horrible.
Still, that was a lapse in dental hygiene I didn’t want to have to explain. I ran the electric toothbrush through two cycles. I deserved it.
When I got back to my room, mom was waiting with some ibuprofen and a big glass of water. “Take these, and drink that.”
If I drank all that water, I’d never sleep through the night. Maybe that was her plan. A bit of discomfort for the rebellious teen.
“You’ll feel better tomorrow, trust me.”
Yeah, like mom ever did this to herself. Ms. two-glasses-is-my-limit Kennard. Can’t teeter in sensible shoes, anyway.
Would I, mom? What about Monday, when I went back to school and had to face them all? How would I feel then?
I threw my arms around her neck. I did mean thank you, even if I didn’t say it. And I think she heard me.
Didn’t mean I was looking forward to hearing about this tomorrow.
(tbc)
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WOW P that was great, I hope tina talks to bette and tells her she was mad and scared, and thats why she went off. Jess is such a great kid, Well I guess jess hasn’t found out how much better it is to kiss a girl yet. LOL I think bette and shane should have a talk, I always have liked when they talk to each other.
Thanks for the update P, Tina did good she didn’t rant and rave at Jess which sometimes happens when these situations arise. I just hope Bette is still at the house.
‘I bypassed the nodding and went straight to bursting into tears. I can’t help it; it’s her genes.’ That was so funny. Thanks for the great post!
I also prefer Tina’s current style of dealing with Jess’s rebellion & misadventure than the Melvin’s parenting style.
You are portraying a very good and real mother/daughter relationship here. Even when they are angry with each other, they can still convey love and recognition of each other’s position.
i do wish that jess could talk to tina… before telling shane or alice… being a mom myself i know it would hurt me if my daughter talked to my friends before talking to me about these things…. esp. since its beem the two of them against the world…. they do have a good relationasip…so jess should talk to tina and tina alone… it would be different if she had no one else…but she has her mom and from the picture you are painting here… tina has always been there for jess…
just my homble opinion… i have a 9 year old daughter and it would kill me if she counldn’t confide in me…about anything and everything…
Oh and i know tina will feel bad about saying what she said to bette…
love your story… ite the mother in me that made me write so much…please continue
This part is just SO classic: “The judge would probably be the parent of a teen and give her a medal or something. It’d start a trend. She’d make a fortune on t-shirt rights alone.”
I hooted out loud upon reading that one!
Great job portraying the relationship. I have a ten year old and know that these years are coming just a bit too soon for her two moms!
just to let you know, still around – reading and enjoying
So Bette gave her bad advice eh? Seems to me like she listened. I love the story, but I think you have to lighten up on Bette, just a teensy bit.
I´m glad mom and daugther work things out but is good Tina knows that if Bette dosent stop the guy something bad maybe could be happened to Jess and wanted or not Bette is her mom too and by the way where is Bette???..amazing chapter post soon please i wanna know the rest ;-)
P – I thought this was just wonderful. Especially the mother/daughter talk. Please don’t change the way you write. It really is good and I can’t get enough of this story. Cetainly don’t listen to things about getting rid of Bette. Tibette RULZ…
(LWordFanatic) great post. Very honest and realistic. I think Tina did take Bette’s advice, that’s why she was able to calm down so fast. I hope Bette is waiting in the wings this tyme and getting an ear full on this mother-daughter interaction. It would help her in the future.
I just caught up on this story, after finding it the other day, and I totally love it! Can’t wait for the next update!
K
Great chapter. Really love this story.
Another awesome chapter. I really hope Bette has the balls to stick around and not run away this time. I’m hoping the next chapter has her waiting to speak to Tina and she can explain her self and her remark about Melvin. Love this story!!!!
“Can’t teeter in sensible shoes, anyway.” OK, that line just leveled me! Good thing I have a screen protector.
Jess is being a true teenager, giving some info but keeping the stuff she knows would send Tina ballistic to herself. I hope that Tina sees that Bette was only trying to help…out of love for them both.
I have enjoyed every word of this series from the very start…please continue, and continue, and continue………
Another wonderful chapter. How do you manage to get in each character’s head so perfectly for their POV? Waiting impatiently for your next post.
You continue to dazzle with the various pov and emotions they all carry. Love your story.
Glad they work thing out!