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Wishing On The Stars {c.h}

E I G H T E E N

I fumbled for my keys. Jenna leans on the wall behind me.The door unlocks and I swing it open. At least I cleaned up.

"Come i-in." I insist, but she doesn't move. "Jenna..?" Her eyes filled up with tears again. I was about to put an arm on her shoulder when she all of a sudden she plopped herself on me, causing us to fall again. Good thing I had put carpet in my room. She lies on top of me, still sobbing, so I shut the door with my foot.
She rolls over, sniffling. "I hate the world." I sit her up and prop her on the side of my nightstand.

A few minutes past by of silence and the slurping sound from Pepsi bottles. Sun rays beam inside the room, blinding both of us. As I stand up to shut the blinds, Jenna finally speaks.

"Tell me," She says. I turn around and said, "About what?"

"About you, Ashton." She takes another sip from her drink.

"I-I..." I stumble on my words, forgetting all about the sunlight. "I don't know, I'm not interesting."

"Yes you are!" She defends. "You made me laugh in the library didn't you? Someone who's not interesting couldn't have done that."

"Well, Ashton is not interesting."

"Who are you, Dan Howell?" I laugh at her comment. "C'mon Ash!"

"Um... I'm a student here at this university--"

"Uh, no shit Sherlock!"

"Fuck off, Watson!"

Before I knew it, we were laughing about my life. Funny how one minute she's depressed and the next she's laughing her head off.

"I'm a drummer by the way." I said and raise my eyebrows up and down.

"Oh, sexy." she laughs.

"I'm also allergic to cats."

"No! I love cats!! Aw, Ash, if we got married we wouldn't be able to get a kitten. Oh, fuck!" She laughs. I would have too, but I was too caught up on the fact that she said: 'Ash, if we got married..'

"Hey," I say changing the subject. "Enough about me, what. About. You? What's up with you Jenna Ackles?"

She comes in real close. "Okay, you are not allowed to tell ANYONE. But, Jenna is not my real name." I gave her a dramatic gasp. "Shut up!"

"What is it Ackles?"

Jenna, or should I even call her that, takes a deep breath. "I've never told anybody, except Deeliah... But now, I'm telling you so you better feel good about yourself." I nod and cross my heart. "So, you've probably known me as Jenna Bea Ackles. But, my legal name is.. Genevieve Fai Ackles." She purses her lips.

"Mm, elegant."

"That's why I hate it so much! So, from the age of thirteen and on, I've gone with Jenna Bea because that sounded like Genevieve."

"Did you change it because you thought Genevieve wouldn't get you into anyone's pants?" I tease.

"Oh my god, NO! And even with Jenna... I'm still....a virg..." She trails off at the end.

"Wait... you're a... Virgin??"

"Yeah.." She says in a shameful tone.

"That's okay, I am too."

Jenna's phone buzzed shortly after our "life stories". She groaned and rolled her eyes.

"What?"

"I just got a text from Izabel saying that I need to go to Hallery and Holly's party tonight."

*Hallery is pronounced Hal-ery, it rhymes with calorie*

"Who's Hallery and Holly?"

"Holly Wood and Hallery Maynard. Best friends since kindergarten, both really bitchy, but Hallery is a bit nicer. Ring a bell?"

"Oh yeah! Them." I remember they asked me to do their Calculus homework in high school once. Holly asked me to do all of it, Hallery only wanted me to do half. "So.. you wanna.. go?"

Her face tightened with unease. "It gets pretty crazy."

"I'll go if it makes you feel better."

A thin smile grows on her face. "Get ready."