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Game of Hearts 018
Jenna Brooks POV “Olivia?”Immediately, she lowered her head, “Would you like me to get you anything?” She asked again.“I…”I still couldn’t believe my eyes. How could she be a maid? From what I’ve heard, she was from a wealthy family. Had she been lying to me all these while?“If you don’t need anything, I’ll take my leave now,” she added and turned to leave.I sprung up and quickly grabbed her wrist, “Wait, Olivia. You have some explaining to do.”She slowly turned to me, and as if on cue, she suddenly sunk to the floor and started sobbing. I was taken aback. ‘The’ Olivia Downs was sobbing.“This is all your fault, Jenna! You’re a terrible friend.” She said admist sobs.My eyebrows scrunched together and my head tilted to one side, almost like a puppy who heard a funny noise. How was it any of my fault?“I don’t understand Olivia,” I replied as I helped her up but she yanked my hands off.“A good friend would notice what the other friend is going through but you didn’t! You
Game of Hearts 019
Jenna Brooks’s POV “Exactly, Jenna. Olivia’s really manipulative.”How could Olivia try to gas light me? I thought we were friends! I pursed my lips and clenched my fists into tight ball. Try as I might, I could not contain my anger. Within seconds, I erupted like a volcano.“How could she be so shallow? How could she try to manipulate me? I thought we were friends? We had lunch together! We skipped PE together! We made fun of the art teacher’s bulging glasses together! I tell her literally everything! I stopped wearing glasses because she said I was way more pretty without them…oh my God! Was that a lie to?…”Conrad didn’t say anything. He just glared at me. “Why aren’t you saying anything?”“Let it all out, shortstuff.”I felt a familiar flutter in my stomach. He called me shortstuff? That was his nickname for me when we were kids. He hasn’t called me that since I came to Fox Lane and i thought he had forgotten about it. But I was wrong! I have never been more happy about b
Game of Hearts 020
Jenna Brooks’s POV It was a feminine voice, I raised my head to catch her gaze. The first thing I noticed were her sparkling eyes. She had a rare eye color I couldn’t quite describe.She had long blonde silky hair with extremely long lashes. Her hair was parked in a loose bun. She had full lips, and her golden skin was smooth and flawless. Her posture exuded some kind of confidence.“How do you know I’m desperate to join the drama club?” I asked her, furrowing my eyebrows.“I heard your conversation with Liam. I didn’t mean to eavesdrop or anything.” She replied slowly, her voice was smooth on every syllable.Shit! Did she hear me talking to myself? She probably thinks I’m weird.“You know, I also talk to myself once in a while. I have this tiny voice that actually resonates with me quite well.” She said to my surprise.Finally, someone that matches my level of weirdness.“Really?”“Yes. And sometimes, I’d rather talk to it than talk to people. One of the reasons I don’t h
Game of Hearts 021
Jenna Brooks POV What? No, no, no, no, no!!!I don’t wanna be Cinderella. Cinderella requires a lot of work, Cinderella has dialogues, Cinderella doesn’t just stand by the sidelines and make funny hand gestures. I don’t wanna be Cinderella. I want to be a tree, a freaking tree!!!“Congrats, Jenna.” Liam yelled, pulling me away from the crowd, “You got the lead role.”“What? I don’t wanna be the main lead, Liam. I want to be a minor character. For example, a tree.” I vented in a low tone.He leaned in, “What? Jen! You should be happy. You get to be a significant character! ““But I don’t wanna be significant!”“Cut the whining. I auditioned for the prince’s role and got casted as a mouse! A freaking mouse, Jenna!”I pouted, “So much for bad boy charm!”“I wonder who the male lead is.”“I don’t wanna know, Liam. I don’t wanna be Cinderella. Mouse also works. Let’s trade places.” I said with desperation.The thought of standing on stage and talking for too long was unbearable, t
Game of Hearts 022
Jenna Brooks’s POV How was it possible? How could Conrad be the prince? No, no, no, no, no! He’s not even the type to be interested in stuffs like this. Conrad being the prince was going to ruin my whole plan. With him as my prince, I would never want to ditch drama club after finding Pstar7. This is bad, real bad.My palms suddenly grew clammy and I took a deep breath, “I…I’m not even sure I’ll take the role.” He cocked his eyebrows, “Why? I think you’ll make a great princess.” he said, softer than I had expected.Why does he have to say it like that?!“I’ll think about it, Conrad.”“Alright, shortstuff.”********** At dinner, Jeanette was the first one to talk about the play to Auntie Laurel. Conrad wasn’t at the table to stop her, he had left minutes ago for a run but only he and I knew he does a lot more than running. How did Jeanette even find out about the play in such a short period of time? Auntie Laurel was excited to hear about it and now that she knew, it
Game of Hearts 023
Jenna Brooks’s POV “No!” I replied blandly.The smile on Liam’s face suddenly disappeared, “I understand if you’re too scared of losing.”“What? No. I’m confident you’ll never be able to pull it off.”“Then our deal is on?”“Deal.” I replied.He brought his face a bit closer to mine and whispered, “Good girl.” then my breathing seemed to stop entirely when one of his hands moved from above my head, traveling hesitantly down to stroke over my hair. As soon as I felt him take a strand between his fingers, shivers broke out over my body and butterflies swooped around my stomach.Oh my God, Jenna. What is this new feeling? You need to make it stop.“Aren’t you going inside?” I heard that familiar voice say. It was undoubtedly Conrad, standing there and watching us. Had he been there the whole time? Liam dropped his hand and I nervously walked into the club room to avoiding any questions. Luckily, first rehearsals were mainly table reading and talking. Our scripts were handed out t
Game of Hearts 024
Jenna Brooks’s POV “Do you always have to close your eyes shut?” he whispered and I felt him pull away.I slowly opened my eyes and he was now standing a few meters away from me, a smirk on his face. Why did he pretend like he was going to kiss me? Why did he get my hopes up?“I…”He cocked his eyesbrows as he stared down at me, “You didn’t think I was going to kiss you, did you?”My gaze shifted slightly as I nervously tried to avoid eye contact. Of course, I thought he was about to kiss me. Why else would he bring his lips so close to mine?I let out an exaggerated “What,” then told him I was used to closing my eyes whenever someone was too close to my face. I wasn’t sure if he bought it because his face was too unreadable. With clammy palm, I held on to my script and bade him a quick ‘good night.’ before dashing off to my room.************ The following day, I tried to avoid Conrad because of what had happened last night. It was kind of embarrassing for me. That morning,
Game of Hearts 025
Jenna Brooks’s POV I slowly stared up at him and even through my tear filled eyes, I could see that it was Liam. He had a cool headband on and he was in his football jersey. What was he doing here? Wasn’t he supposed to be at his football match?He led me out of the classroom, our steps were measured until we finally got to the rooftop. The welcoming breeze was soothing as Liam handed me a bottle of water. I took a seat on a bench and gulped down. He dropped down to sit beside me and pulled me in for a hug. I snuggled into his chest and cried. “I don’t deserve to be anyone’s friend.”“That’s not true, Jenna. I know you didn’t do it. You’re a great friend and anyone would be lucky to have you.” I nodded against his chest. When I couldn’t cry anymore, I sat up, wiping my cheeks. I looked at Liam, who was watching me. I tried to smile. When I did, he took hold of my hand and brought it to his chest.“I’m sorry Olivia was so mean to you. She’s also dealing with a lot,” Liam sa
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