Jessica's POV:

Living with Brianna has been amazing. Well, for the most part. The only bad part is when she brings home girls to fuck. I just put my headphones in, turn up my music, and try and forget what's going on in the other room. I try not to get jealous, but I just can't help it. I've just learned how to keep my jealousy better contained, and to myself.

I've been living with Brianna for about two months now. Christmas is just right around the corner. The only good part about Christmas is that I get a two week break. I won't even be spending the holiday with my family this year. I've talked to my dad a bit since I've moved out, but no word from my mom.

"Good morning." Brianna slightly sits up, her arms still wrapped around me, and kisses my cheek.

"Morning." I intertwine our fingers together.

"Can't we just stay in bed all day?" She kisses my hand.

"I wish. But sadly you have meetings, and I have school." I frown.

"The weekend went by too fast." She kisses my neck softly.

I love when Brianna is in a lovey dovey type of mood. I know, I'm a dork, saying lovey dovey like I'm five. She's just so cute sometimes I can't control my cheesiness. When her lips touch any part of my body, it sends chills down my spine. When our hands interlock, it feels so right. As if our hands were made to fit together.

"Well, we did spend all weekend having sex." I giggle.

"I know. Can't we just ditch or something?" She begins kissing down my arm.

"Would you like a detention, Miss Steele?" I joke.

"I can think of some better ways you can punish me." She whispers softly, her lips touching my ear.

I close my eyes and bite my lip. "You are literally going to kill me."

She slides her hand down my stomach. "I'd much rather make you scream my name."

After I do end up screaming her name, we rush to go take a shower. I don't really care if I'm late for school, because morning sex is definitely worth it. It's like my coffee, I need it to get me through the day.

Once our shower is done, I put on my ugly school uniform. A few more months, I'll graduate. Then I'll never have to wear this uniform ever again. I can burn it. It'll be just a distant memory along with the rest of my high school life. I'll forget all the things ever said to me. I'll forget all the times I've gotten slammed into lockers. I'll forget Amanda. The only two things I want to remember during my years of high school is the memories I've shared with Selena and Brianna.

Brianna presses her lips to mine, and kisses me passionately. "Now come on, we have to go. I'm already late for a meeting." She kisses me again. "You're lucky you're so cute." She smirks.

After she locks up, we head out to her car. She opens the door for me to get in, and kisses me again. Once in the driver's seat, she starts the car.

"There's something I have to talk to you about later." She announces.

"What is it?" I ask, curiously.

"I said I'll talk to you about it later."

What could it possibly be? Is she going to break up with me? I don't even know if that's the right term. In my mind, we're a couple. No matter what she says. But in her mind... Well I don't even know what goes on in her mind. I hate when people do stuff like this. Like can't they just tell me? Why leave me in suspense?

"Is it something bad?" I ask her.

"Maybe. Maybe not." She keeps her eyes on the road as she drives.

I roll my eyes. "Are you trying to torture me?"

She chuckles. "It's called a surprise, Jessica."

I hate surprises. Like one time my parents threw me this surprise party when I was four, and I cried. Don't ask me why, I just did. Also when I was younger, I would find all my Christmas presents early. My parents never did a good job at hiding them. I just don't like surprises.

"A surprise usually has to do with something positive." I look at her.

"Not always. Like it could be like surprise! You have herpes!"

"Do I have herpes?" I ask her.

"I don't know, do you?"

"Well I sure hope not." I respond, looking out the window.

We arrive at my school just as the bell rings.

"DYKE!" I spot Amanda, a few feet away from the car, with her boyfriend's arm around her.

"Say something like that again, and I'll kick your tight little virgin ass so hard, you won't be able to sit down for a month." Brianna glares at her.

Amanda's mouth drops open, and I giggle.

Brianna is officially my hero. Although, she already was. She's like superwoman!

"See you later, darling. Have a wonderful day of school." She smirks at me.

"And have a wonderful day of work, honey. See you later." I giggle.

The final bell rings, and I walk into class about a minute late, and take my usual seat.

"And that's a detention for Miss Owens." The teacher glares at me.

"What now?" I roll my eyes.

"Tardiness is unacceptable, Jessica."

He finds any excuse to give me detention. Last week, he gave me detention for using pen on my homework, instead of pencil. Along with most of the students at this school, even the teachers hate me.

Including this class, the rest of my classes before lunch seem to go on for an eternity. Finally, the lunch bell rings. I walk over to the front steps, where Selena is already there waiting for me.

Selena and I haven't been getting along super well lately, but she is still my best friend. And well, the only friend I have at school. I guess you can call Michelle, Ellie, and Tiffany my friends? They're nice to me, especially Michelle. She knows as well as I do how hard it is dealing with Brianna sometimes. Speaking of Brianna, I can't stop thinking about her 'surprise.' Not knowing is killing me. Did I mention how much I hate surprises?

"What's on your mind?" She asks, taking a bite of her granola bar.

"Nothing."

The last thing she wants to hear about, is Brianna. I don't know why, but she still hasn't come to like her.

"Jessica, I've known you for like ever now. I know when something is bothering you."

"Nothing is really bothering me... I don't know. Brianna just said she needs to talk to me about something. Like, she has a surprise for me."

"How did I know it would be something about her. Oh wait, because she's all you talk about." She takes another bite of her granola bar. "I know you hate surprises, but you have to stop being so paranoid. Maybe she's just doing something nice for you."

"I don't know, Sel. I mean, Brianna already is doing a lot for me. She's letting me stay with her, she's in a way, taking care of me."

"I don't know when you're going to wake up and see that the only person she cares about is herself. I don't even know her, and yet I see that."

"She cares about me, okay? We're meant to be together."

Selena chuckles. "You keep telling yourself that."

"It's the truth."

"Okay Jessica."

"So, was that your girlfriend?" I turn around, to find Amanda standing behind us.

"Excuse me?" I glare at her.

"This morning, in the car. Was that your girlfriend?"

"That's none of your business." I was still glaring at her.

"She's a bit old for you." She has a look of disgust on her face. "Jessica's found a big old lesbian to protect her. How gross."

"First of all, she isn't old." Brianna would have beat her ass if she heard her say that. Besides, twenty-four is hardly old. "Second of all, you're just jealous because your boyfriend is a little pussy and won't stand up for you." I smirk at her. "Third, you're pathetic. Why don't you worry about someone else's love life for a change? Like your own. You know, I've heard some things. Your boyfriend isn't as faithful as you think."

Amanda's mouth, once again dropped open. "Say whatever you want Jessica, but it won't be so funny when you spend eternity burning in hell."

"I'll save you a seat next to me, okay?" I respond.

"I AM NOT GOING TO HELL." She raises her voice. "HOW DARE YOU EVEN SAY THAT."

"Okay. If that's what you want to think."

"I AM NOT GOING TO HELL." She clenches her fists together. "I swear, one of these days someone is going to teach you a lesson." She spits at me. "Someone is going to do God's work for him." She warns me. "Your lifestyle is disgusting. You're sick." She walks off, and Selena and I are alone again.

"Wow, I didn't even know if I should interject, or just let you guys go at it." Selena looks at me.

"It was good to tell her off." I respond.

"Jessica, you better be careful. I know you shouldn't let her talk to you like that, but none of us know what she's capable of." Selena warns me.

"She capable of preaching the bible, and telling me how disgusting my lifestyle is. Oh, and telling me I'm going to hell. All stuff I've heard before, Sel."

"I'm just saying, Jess. You've seen how crazy she gets. I just don't want anything to happen to you."

"And nothing will." I giggle. "She's just pathetic."

Selena frowns. "Like I said, just be careful."

What's the worst Amanda could do? She already outted me to my parents, which in my opinion was the worst thing possible. I lost almost everything. I lost my parents, even my little sister is now turned against me. The only two things I have are Brianna and Selena. And no thanks to myself, I almost lost Selena.

"I love you, you know that right?" I smile at her.

"I love you too. You're my best friend. That's why I worry about people hurting you."

I lean in and hug her.

It felt good to hug her. Like all these months of difficulties we've had, just faded away. She still cares about me. Hell she's even worrying about me more then I worry about myself. As long as I have her and Brianna, things will be alright.

After the bell rings, and lunch comes to an end, I go to my final periods for the day. I mentioned graduation earlier, but no one understands how much I want to get out. I'm so close to high school ending. I'm so close to actually joining the real world, and starting my life. I know I'll get horrible things said to me wherever I go, by people just like Amanda, but at least I won't have to endure it almost every day. I try not to let things get to me but they just do. Sometimes when I start to overthink, words just repeat over and over in my head. They say sticks and stones may break your bones, but words will never hurt you. That's bullshit, because words are forever.

As soon as class is over, I walk down the front steps to find Brianna's car parked, and her leaning against it waiting for me.

"What are you doing here?" I raise my eyebrow, smiling.

"I got off work early, and well I wanted to surprise you."

"This is my surprise?" I ask.

"No, no. But I still do need to talk to you." She opens the door for me, and I get inside.

She gets in the driver's seat, and put's on her seat belt.

"Well, what is it?" I ask.

"Can't you wait until we get home?" She chuckles softly.

"I've been waiting all day!" I exclaim.

"Then you can wait a bit longer." She drives off.

I roll my eyes, and look out the window.

"So, how was your day?" She asks.

Aww, look. She cares about my day. How cute is she?

"It was alright. Just had to deal with that Amanda bitch. But thanks for asking." I reply.

"I wish I could kick her ass. But then I'd go to jail, and I'm too pretty for jail."

I giggle. "Yes, yes you are. I'll give you a hint, make sure not to drop the soap."

She laughs, and rolls her eyes. "You've seen too many movies." She continues to drive.

"Hey, whatever. Go drop the soap and find out what happens. You'll be sorry." I giggle again. "But how was your day?"

"It was good, I guess. I umm... I missed you."

I look at her, a bit shocked that she said that. "I missed you too, Brianna." I smile.

When we arrive home, she unlocks the door and unsets the alarm. I take a seat on the couch, and wait for her to join me.

"So, what do you need to talk to me about?" I ask again.

"You need to learn patience." She leans in and kisses me. "I just had to do that first before I told you." She grins. "Like I've said before, you look really hot dressed up all school girl like."

I kiss her back. "Well then maybe I won't burn this outfit after I graduate if you like it so much."

"You better not."

"So, go on. Tell me!"

"Well, I know you have two weeks off for Christmas break and all... And I was thinking I could take some time off work, and umm maybe we could... Go away together." She looks at me, waiting to see my response.

"You want to go away with me?" I couldn't contain the excitement on my face.

She nods. "I have a cabin a little upstate, and it's really like calm and peaceful there." She sounds a bit nervous. "I was just thinking we could go, just the two of us. You're the only one I want to spend Christmas with, Jessica."

"That sounds perfect to me." I lean in and kiss her.

Some surprise this is. I never expected Brianna to do anything like this. I know she may not always be the most romantic person, but this is just really romantic. She wants to go away with me... I can't get over that. Brianna Steele, wants to go away with me, Jessica Owens. What has the world come to?

"Really?" Her face lights up at my answer.

"Really." I lean in and kiss her again.

I wrap my arms around her, and just hold her. She's cuddled against me all cute like.

"This will be the best Christmas ever." She tells me. "Because I have you."

I kiss her head. "And this will be the best Christmas ever because I have you, baby."

We just stay there for awhile, my arms still wrapped around her. We don't say anything. We don't need to. Just being there with her is perfect enough. Just holding her is perfect enough. She is just perfect.

She breaks the silence. "I was thinking, maybe I can make us some dinner, then we can head to Rusty's, then of course Illusion. We can head home a bit earlier then usual, and I don't know. I just want you. I just want to spend time with you. Just doing anything." She takes my hand and kisses it.

"That's fine with me." I respond, smiling.

She's being super adorable right now. Not to mention, really sweet. You know the song Hot and Cold by Katy Perry? In a way, I feel like that describes Brianna and our relationship. One day she's 'hot', meaning she's all into me and all loving, the next day she's 'cold', and off fucking some other girl. I like the days where she's 'hot' and showing me the real Brianna Steele. I know she's not the heartless bitch she pretends to be. She's my girl. I could go on about her for hours, but to sum her up, she's perfect to me.

She gets up, and I get up with her. She wraps her arms around me, and pulls me in for a long hug. She looks into my eyes, before leaning in to kiss me passionately. Without saying a word, she heads into the kitchen and I follow her. I sit down on a chair next to the table, while she looks through the refrigerator.

"Well, what are you hungry for?" She asks.

"Anything really."

"I can make us some mac and cheese?" She offers, looking through her pantry.

"Sounds great to me." Mac and cheese is her specialty. Usually whenever she makes me dinner, that's it. I don't mind though. It's sweet for her to even bother cooking me anything at all.

She takes out a pan, fills it with water, puts it on hot the stove, and opens the box.

"You're a pro at this." I giggle.

"Shut up. You know I make boss mac and cheese." As the water begins to boil, she pours the noodles in.

"Yes, you definitely do. Best macaroni and cheese ever."

"I know. Thank you!" She smirks.

After her world famous mac and cheese is done cooking, we sit down at the table and begin to eat.

"This is nice." She says, before taking a bite.

"What is?" I ask.

"Eating dinner with you. I know we've done it before, but it's just nice. I like you being here." She takes another bite. "I... I want you around for a long time Jessica." She takes my hand.

I blush slightly as I hear her sweet words, and our hands touch. "I like being here too, Brianna. And I'd like to be around for a long time as well. Maybe forever..."I take a bite of the mac and cheese.

"Forever isn't nearly enough time with you." She smiles before taking a drink of water.

"You're being awfully sweet tonight, babe. I like it." I take another bite.

"Look, Jess, I know I'm not the best. I know that. I'm not going to apologize for my behavior and actions, because that's who I am. But you know, I care about you. I care about you a lot."

"I know that's who you are, and I've learned to accept that. I know I can't have you all to myself." I tell her. "Maybe someday." I say, a bit more quieter.

After we finish eating and cleaning up, we both go and change. She changes into some tight skinny jeans, that make her ass look great, and a crop-top, that makes her chest look great. I just change into some jeans, and a black tank-top. I know, so hot right?

"You look sexy as fuck." Brianna wraps her arms around my neck, and kisses me.

Even when I don't think I look hot, she does. She always knows how to make me feel like the most special girl in the world. Her words make up for all the horrible ones ever said to me. She makes me feel beautiful... I sound like such a geek saying all of this but it's true. She makes me feel loved, even if she'll never say those three words to me.

"As do you, babe." I kiss her back.

"Don't I always?" She smirks that stunning smirk of hers.

"You and I both know the answer to that." I kiss her.

"You ready to go, hot stuff?" She asks.

When she calls me that, of course it causes me to blush. "Yup."

"You are so cute. Even more cute when you blush." She kisses me. "Here I go with using the word cute. Usually that word isn't even in my vocabulary, but with you I can't help it." She kisses me again. "You are cute."

If it's even possible, my face manages to get more red. "Can we go now?" I ask.

"Yes, cutie, we can go now." She giggles.

She locks up, and we head out to her car, where she opens the door for me. We both get in and drive to Rusty's. Once we get there, we head inside.