Closing the diary she went up on the rooftop when a bonfire was being held by some residents of the building, the noise was too much to accept she went forth and switched off their speakers "what the heck is wrong with you young lady " spoke the man in front of her "nothing is wrong with me but let me tell you something you don't own this building quit with these disturbances before I report you" she spoke and ran fingers through her locks while the blazes of fire survived
" go ahead and try me if you don't believe me " she added
The man in his late 20s gulped and looked back to find no one there "guess they all left you unaccompanied, tch tch try finding better friends I advise you " she spoke with mockery in her voice, she stepped ahead but twirled back instantly and tossed the diary in her hands in the bonfire startling the man beside her with that she left the rooftop walking back to her apartment
Jane directly went to bed and slept without any irritations
The next day it was Sunday she was strolling down the street to the grocery store when she saw the guy she threatened yesterday, he looked towards her and spoke "oh hi miss frightening jane, nice to meet you again" he greeted her
"Hi Mr scaredy-cat my pleasure to meet you," she stated
" you know my name is Jim maybe you should start calling me by my name because we might run into each other more often now" he pleaded
"Sure Mr Jim" she assured and went ahead
Jim was feeling butterflies, all inside him due to a woman he just met not so long ago he kept smiling to himself when he realised that jane is no longer present he went behind her and kept annoying her throughout her grocery shopping
Exiting the store they started walking back to their building where a beggar complimented them "may God bless you both a son" a pink shade of tint spread across their faces they turned around to clear the misinterpretation but the beggar had left "who told you to hang around me look now people are already assuming things, get away from me " jane spoke
"Why do you care about what people say, we both know what we are doing so what's the problem? Jim inquired
" ahh you won't understand" she sighed and proceeded to walk again entering the building she ran inside her apartment and sat on the couch tiredly shutting her eyes,
A sound echoed in her apartment, the bell was ringing "what does this Jim guy wants from me now" she muttered making her way towards the door, unlocking the door she saw the woman who is connected to her because she's her mother
"Why are you here Mrs Keith," she interrogated her straightforwardly, to which she just grinned and made her way inside "you are not invited here Mrs Keith it will be better if you leave"
Mrs Keith turned around and gave a not-so-satisfactory gaze
"Jane look child I know we have caused you a lot of hassle but you know if you would have told us beforehand we might have stood beside you today eric visited us in the morning he looked very pale and he told us everything, I am sorry for you"
She spoke while regret was slightly visible on her face
" Your sorry won't bring back my lost teenage years"
Jane replied folding her arms
"Jane please-" she was cut off by her daughter " I am better living on my own I am happy without you both, please leave "
She said while holding the door open for her mother to leave
Her mother sighed and left her apartment, jane locked the door and went to the kitchen to prepare herself a meal feeling no remorse for telling her mother to leave
placing the dinner in front of herself she started digging into the food while watching Netflix series a scene appeared where two best friends are enjoying their teenage
she sadly smiled and said "only if you didn't do all that "
flashback :
sitting in her usual place in college she waited for the lecture to start suddenly someone dropped the books on her table which broke her trance she saw Riley sitting smiling at her "what happened Riley? " she inquired to which he retorted "it's the notes I prepared for you for the approaching exams I hope these would be helpful to you" Jane immediately opened took the notes and mumbled thank you endless times
looking out the window, she found Eric and Aria
sitting on the bench, there was an unusual indication on Eric's face which kept enhancing while aria was constantly discussing something.
"Should I just throw away all 8 years of friendship? maybe I reacted way too much in front of him, he is really in love with her I should've not spoken badly about her " she speculated looking at the couple in front of her sight as the class finished off she kept her books and jogged towards the area where she saw them recently, he was leaning against the tree with his earpods plugged in aria was nowhere to be noticed near she went forth and stood in front of him folding her arms against her chest she conversed " so eric we're gonna throw 8 years of friendship away ? She gave him a joyful smirk and sat down next to him before he could speak they listened aria yelling "don't you have some shame jane didn't he tell you that day to not cross paths with him ever again? Or are you trying to seduce my boyfriend? She said earning the attention of the students nearby
Jane looked at Eric but he kept staring at his phone being insensitive to the situation around him jane looked towards Eric in shock " what are you trying to implement aria he is my friend"
"oh please jane I saw it with my own eyes the day Eric asked you to stay away" she went forth grabbed her arm and took her towards the lunch hall where all the students were situated, jane tried to get out of her grasp but couldn't because she was all alone and was surrounded by aria and her minions how much she prayed that she shouldn't have approached Eric, reaching the hall she felt a stinging pain in her left cheek turned out aria had slapped her," you bitch, try speaking a word and watch me ruin you even more" she spoke with rage still visible on her face, "so ladies and gentleman today I'll show you miss jane the boyfriend, seducer " she spoke while opening a pack of milk