Chapter 29: Awkward

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Sitting crossed legged on the floor rummaging through a box full if stuffs that's never been touched. There's some old stuff that I didn't even know I had. Then I came across a paper that's burned half leaving only few words to read. I look at it closely and realised that this is a divorced paper. Looking at the bottom I saw my own signature,but it didn't give much information about who was my ex-husband. My mind is going haywire. Santa Maria I was bloody married and nobody bothered to freaking tell me.

Feeling the rage inside me forming I didn't know whether I was mad at myself for not remembering such an important detail or why didn't anyone tell me. Why is the paper burned half,did I burn it myself or did someone tried to hide the evidence but didn't have time to throw it away. I was beyond mad I wanted to go down and confront Abigail but my conscious stopped me.

Brain:Hold on Jenna,lets not make rash decision without thinking it through.

Me:what's there to think about? They should have tell me. I mean I am a victim of amnesiac.

Brain:What if they did this to protect you? There has to be a great explanation. Look at the paper your holding forgoodness sake, it's a freaking divorced paper. Surely nothing good comes from that memory right?

Me:Fair point brain. You win I won't confront this I'll forget about all this.

Quickly putting the paper back underneath the box I put it under the bed. Feeling that it's like a bomb that's about to explode if I explore deeper into the box. I didn't want everything bad flooding back to me like the divorce thing. A knock from the door quickly brought me up on my feet. turning around to see Abigail's head peeking out if the door. Giving me a grin, she come in to sit on the edge of my patting beside her for me to sit. I did as I was told.

"How ya doing?" She wasn't looking at me but at the wall that I decorated with pictures that hanging by a thread and some clips. It's just few rows of pictures that's hanging by a thread and the other walls are covered by manilla card that I pasted with quotes and nice pictures. It's basically full or random pictures of me and some other things.

"I'm ok,I mean maybe I'll get my memories back,maybe I won't"

"But do you want to get your memories back?" She turn to look at me her face serious.

"Yes of course I do"

"But what if it's something that will hurt you?" Hah I knew there's a reason for why they hide something from me. I'm mentally grinning at myself right now.

I start to think about her question carefully wondering about it "it don't know" I said dumbfounded "it depends on how bad it is? I mean it's still a part of me right. I'll have to know sooner or later right" it sounded more like a question than a statement.

"Maybe your right" giving me a half smile that didn't reach her eyes. I could she was gonna tell me something but she's holding back "maybe when the time is right you'll know somethings" she started to stand up and walk out the door.

I sat there and look at the door closing wondering what was that all about. Why would she ask such sudden question. Then my phone started to buzz on the table beside my bed. Taking my phone and looking at it seeing that it's a call from Justin

I slide to answer "Hello"

"Hey" his voice sounds sexy even through the phone.

"What's up?"

"I was wondering if you.....you know"I could tell he sounds pretty nervous

"Know what?" I asked teasingly. It's so funny to tease him most of the time.

"I was wondering if you want to have dinner together?"

"Sure. Why not"

"Great I'll pick you up at 7"

"No no no... it's ok. I'll drive myself"

"You sure?" I could imagine him with his eyebrows knitted together right now.

"Yeah I'm sure" I smiled through the phone.

"Ok. The usual place ok"

I said ok,after hanging up I went to the drawer and find something suitable to wear. Looking through my closet looking for something thats not too over and not too boring. I finally settled on a white sleeveless dress that hugs my curves. Wearing flats since I'm not a big fan of heels cause I'm tall enough and I don't wanna look like a giant wen I walk.

I went downstairs and saw Abigail sitting on the couch watching 'The Fault in our Stars' with a pack of tissues on her lap. She gets super emotional watching Gus die, when I watched it with her I didn't really cry but just felt sad. I went over and told her I'll be out to dinner with Justin. She replied by giving me a smug grin which earned a smack on the hand from me.

"Have fun"

"Get that smug out of your face or do you want me to help you wipe it off?" Squinting my eyes at her.

She raised her hand in surrender "ok geez. I'm just teasing. No need to get all cranky" I laughed at her and grabbed my car keys.

Saying goodbye to her one last time and close the door behind me. The drive to the place wasn't that far. It took only few minutes.

I went inside the restaurant and saw Justin waving his hand at me. I walked over to him giving him a polite smile. He seems pretty nervous.

We ordered our food and soon it was pretty silent. Silence can be pretty deafening sometimes.

"Hey" I said trying to clear the awkwardness.

"Hey"

"So why did you invite me out?" He seems to be taken aback to my comment "not that there's anything wrong about us going out on a dinner. I'm just wondering is there something you wanna talk about or something? Cause it seems like you wanna say something but at the same time your reluctant"

"Wow" he chuckled "you sure are pretty straightforward huh" I shrugged

"Yeah. Come to think if it I'm am pretty straightforward"

Just as he was about to say something the waiter come to put or food on the table interrupting us. Justin seemed to be annoyed by this but he just kept quiet. We ate our dinner quietly the awkwardness haven't yet dissipated. After finishing up our dinner,Justin suggest walking at the park which is not far from the restaurant.

Walking side by side hearing only our footsteps on the pavement and the wind whistling. I mentally cursed myself for not bringing a jacket or a cardigan. I shivered a little and Justin took of his jacket to put it around me. I look at him thanking God that he's wearing a long sleeved buttoned shirt.

"So I wanted to ask you something" finally

"Yeah?"

When we saw a bench he asked to sit down and talk about it. Sitting side by side me leaning on the bench him putting his head on his hands.

"As you were saying?" I asked

"Ok. Here goes" he turns to look at me "Jenna... I've liked you the moment I looked into your eyes. But back then there were a few things stopping me from confessing to you. Now all that has been cleared away" my head was thinking maybe he was talking about me being married. But I just stayed quiet wondering where is he going with this. "I really like you Jenna and I would do anything to protect you. Will you be my girlfriend "

I was taken aback by his question,my mind was not functioning well. I was speechless,shocked,bewildered by his confession. I didn't know what to say,he's a very sweet guy but I'm not sure if I feel that way for him.

I inhaled a sharp intake of air "Erm... I... Well.."

"It's ok if you don't know how to answer now. It's probably hard for you to take in. I hope that you'll really think this through and give me a good answer" he said smiling but inside those eyes you could see disappointment.

"Thanks for understanding" I smiled and lean closer to him giving him a peck on the cheeks. I saw his cheeks getting red and he quickly stood up and hold his hands our for me.

I put my hands on his and he pull me up causing me to stand up abruptly making our face just inches away. We just stayed there for awhile then a sound of a twig made us break free.

"Shall we go now?" I just nod and we start to walk back to the restaurant.

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