by gessica album lies and secerets who will you trust? 
 
 
   
 “Right then class, of you go and I will see you Monday” I pack my things away and go, as soon as I step foot outside Lucy is waiting for me with a goofy grin on her face, “O M G. guess who just asked to hang out with me on Saturday?” I looked around to see if anyone was around but it was just us left, “umm, Jason?” she had a crush on Jason for months; until she found out he hated sports. Sports are really important to her, “no! I wouldn’t be this happy if he had. It was jack Jacobs, he wants to hang out on Saturday, isn’t that great?” the whole way home she wouldn’t stop talking about what they might do, where they could go and the fact that he was the most popular guy in school. When we got to my house I told her that I wasn’t up to going to the juice bar, we usually go there Friday after school. “Okay I’ll call you later bye” when she was gone I went inside and straight for the kitchen; there was a note on the table from mum saying she went to Aunt Maria’s and will be back before lunch, just as I was scrunching it up to throw away my big brother Taylor and his friends, mike and Joe come through the door making a lot of noise “…that was shit funny mate, we should do it again” says mike dumping his bags and coat on the floor “what up sis, where’s mum?” Taylor says ruffling my hair “she went to Aunt Maria’s for a bit” I walk out the kitchen when something hits my bum “woo! Keep it up jayla” I turn around and Joe is smiling at me I slap him right on the cheek “do that again and it won’t only be a slap your getting” I made it to my room without any more butt slapping, I can’t believe jack Jacobs wants to hang with Lucy instead of me, I know its selfish of me to say this but I am prettier than Lucy, I mean we are both slim because we go running together sometimes and were on the girls football team, but my hair fiery red-even though I dyed it- and hers is boring black, I'm tall and Lucy is a little bit shorter than me and both our eyes are green but mine are still better. Evan Taylor says I'm prettier than Lucy and Taylor is never nice to me. I'm about to figure out what to wear when my phone rings when I answer it it’s my little brother kai, “what do you want kai?”  
“Nothing, just called to say that you’re now my new favorite” whenever kai says something nice to me it always means that he wants something from me. “And that I need you to ask Taylor if he can bail me out of jail?” 
“WHAT! Kai what did you do? Why did you do it? And mum is so gonna kill you.” This is not the first time kai was in jail, he was in for shoplifting, but got away with by saying he didn’t have enough money for it so he thought he could borrow it then pay later and putting on his baby face mum always falls for it. “Oh come on sis, I would have called Taylor but he hung up when I asked for a favor and I can’t tell mum” it’s really hard to resist kai sometimes it’s like he can control people whenever he wants. Either that or since he is the baby of the family he also has a cute little baby face whose cheeks you feel like squeezing all the time. “Fine hold on” I run down the stairs where Taylor is in the kitchen still with his mates, “Taylor, kai says he wants you to break him out of jail, again.”  
“What’s he done now?” 
“I dunno. Maybe graffiti? Anyway he wants you to break him out and he says not to tell mum” 
“Well he has to pay me back this I'm still a little short from last time” he stands up from the table and beckons Joe and mike to follow, “don’t miss me gorgeous” says Joe slyly. “I’ll be back for you”.  
Mum got back before kai and Taylor and was getting seriously worried, I couldn’t lie to her because mum always knows when I'm lying, “Taylor went out to meet kai” that’s all I tell her, just then the door opened kai and Taylor came in laughing “where the hell have you two been?! Jayla and I was worried sick!” both of them just stood there and stared at me -I'm not the sort of person to worry about things- “I ran out of money to get the bus so Taylor came to pick me up” kai makes his way to the stairs then stops and looks at mum who is open-mouthed “what? It’s no big deal” 
“No big deal? I gave you 50 quid two days ago what did you use it on?” kai just tells her he spent it on cloths, food and stuff like that, then mum starts shouting about keeping money and how one day he will need it and it won’t be there. After mum had calmed down and was sat on the sofa with her evening cigarette and magazine. Kai and Taylor had gone upstairs doing god knows what, so I sat down next to mum watching TV “what was my dad like?” I’ve never asked her that before until I saw a picture of him and me as a baby the other day, “he was a cheating, two-faced cow.” Says mum taking a drag of her cigarette, “but he did always make me laugh, and he was really good with kids” I sat wondering if he ever was good with me, if he ever feed me or changed my nappy all the time or if he just left me to cry when mum was out. “He really loved being with you. He always used to read you a story before bed and when you fell asleep he would back out of the room slowly but you always woke up again when he stood on that one creaky floorboard by the door.” We was both silent for a while, until kai came down stairs and sat on the other side of mum, “what are my favorite ladies talking about?” just by him saying that I knew he was gonna tell her he was in jail, “I was just telling our jay about her no-good farther” me and Taylor had the same dad but kai had a different one, “what was my dad like then?” kai’s dad died in a car crash before he was born that’s when mum started smoking and drinking but she only drinks so little now, mum hadn’t told kai that his dad was dead she told him that he ran off and now she didn’t know where he was. Mum looked at me then she looked at kai and took hold of his hands “kai, honey your dad didn’t run away, he died in a car crash before you were born.” She waited to see how he would react “why didn’t you tell me before? Why did you keep this from me?” he stood up and looked down at mum, “well… I didn’t want to hurt your feelings” mum stood up and looked at kai “I was protecting you; I didn’t want you to turn out like me, drinking and smoking” mum was near to tears you could tell by her voice “yeah well it’s too late, Taylor didn’t come to pick me up from the bus stop, I was in jail for insulting a policeman and he bailed me out. So I am I bit like you” kai ran up stairs and banged his bedroom door shut, mum sat back down and started to cry so I hugged her tight then made her a cup of tea. 
* 
I woke up to a message on my phone, from Lucy: 
 Hey babes out with jack Kyle and Sara can’t hang out Sunday goin beach with them aswel u won’t fit in the car soz xxx 
 I can’t believe Lucy is having a more fun weekend than me, I especially can’t believe she’s hanging with Sara, Sara was the one who cut my hair at a sleepover while I slept when we were in 2nd  grade that’s when I met Lucy then in 6th grade she told everyone that I had slept with every guy in high school, which was not true, and everyone started calling me jay the whore , while she’s of at the beach and hanging with the cool kids I'm here making sure mum and kai don’t shout at each other to death. “Jayla, honey could you go get me a pack of ciggs and a bottle of vodka please?” mum’s in one of those moods where she just wants to be left alone and where you could get away with anything. “I'm too young, mum, the shop won’t let me get alcohol or ciggs at my age” mum ends up making me go to her best mate, molly, for some so I go get changed out of my pj’s into a black vest top, a Minnie jean skirt with net tights, converse and I tie my hair up into a messy bun I also add dark purple eye shadow, red lipstick to match my hair, mascara and foundation. “What you all dressed up for?” kai asks when I come done to the kitchen “getting stuff for mum” I take the money that’s on the counter and my coat and go. I only dressed up nice because most of the people from my school live on molly’s street, when I get to her house Cameron, lily, Fiona, joy and harry come running at me with chocolate covered mouths, they are all molly’s kids, “jayla! Jayla! Your hear” I give them all a hug careful not to get myself dirty, then I walk to the living room where molly and some of her friends are sat smoking and watching TV she turns around and smiles at me “oh, hey jay mum alright?” she turns back around and faces the TV, “yeah, she wants to know if she could borrow a pack of ciggs and vodka?” I walk to the kitchen and make myself a drink, molly’s always been like an aunty to me, ever since I was born mum would take me here and I would play with molly’s son Tommy while they got all dressed up then we would go out together. “Yep. But only one bottle” I take the bottle out of the fridge and the pack of ciggs out of the drawer, “here’s a tenner for all this”  
“No, its okay love you have it, go buy yourself something nice” 
“Aw thanks molly” I walk out the door and to the shops with the bottle in one hand the cigarettes in the other, my jacket doesn’t have pockets so I had to hold them. 
I end up going to Kylie’s which is my favorite accessories shop; I’m looking at a bracelet with matching earrings, “still eating your friends?” I turn around and see Jake, we used to be good friends till Sara told him I was a vampire who eats all of my friends “oh, hi what are you doing here?” 
“Buying a prezzie for my mum, it’s her birthday tomorrow” 
“You should get her this bracelet, its nice” I pick up the bracelet and hand it to him. Jake’s pretty hot, I mean not as hot as jack but with his jet black hair and long eyelash’s and sparkly eyes he must have had a lot of girlfriends, “it is nice but not really my sort of thing” he puts the bracelet back and picks up a pair of big gold hoops, “well I know it’s not your thing but its every girl’s thing. And those earrings a disgusting” I take the earrings out of his hands and put them back then I give him the bracelet instead. “Ok, but if she hates it I'm blaming you. I didn’t know you smoke…or drink” Jake takes the bottle out of my hands “you drink vodka?”  
“No, but I do drink but not vodka. It’s for my mum, she’s feeling a bit down” I pick out a pair of silver earrings and a makeup bag then me and Jake walk over to the counter to pay, “what’s wrong with her?” he asks once we’re outside, “family issues” I look at him for a moment and relies that he actually is pretty cute “maybe you could tell me about it Friday night?” he smiles at me and looks right into my eyes, “cheesy, but ok” I smile at him then turn around to go when he grabs my arm, “I haven’t got your number” 
“Oh yeah, its… 555-741, call me” I walk away towards my house which is just down the street from Kylie’s, when I get home I get text and think it’s from Jake but it’s from Lucy: 
O M G!! Got back from beach an jack jus asked me 2 b his gf. I'm so excited, can I cum over? I can give u the deets 
I really didn’t want to speak to Lucy right now, all I wanted was to get some rest and find something to eat, I hadn’t eaten all day yet it didn’t come to me. I told Lucy I was tired and I was just going to bed, which was true I really was tired, but I didn’t go to bed I was checking my email, which I hadn’t done for like weeks now, I had a couple emails most of them from relatives I hardly talk to, and an email from someone called,  
dj-all-the-way@hotmail.com, I don’t know anyone with that email but I open it and it says: 
From: dj-all-the-way@hotmail.com                                                            
To: la-la-jayla@hotmail.com    
Hey. My name is drew, I live in Sydney and I kind of just typed stuff in the search box and your name came up so I thought why not. Anyway I’m bored and I'm kind of hoping we could talk and get to know each other, like I hate jelly and I think it’s wrong that people could make up different flavors and stuff. Or if you something really interesting Last week I found out that my head teacher was cheating on his wife with the music teacher. Email me back quick I'm bored. 
I’m amazed how people you don’t know can just open up and tell you things, I end up emailing him back, I have nothing better to do anyway. 
 From: la-la-jayla@hotmail.com   
To: dj-all-the-way@hotmail.com 
My name is jayla but you probs know that already from my email address. What school do you go to?  I go to Mayfield high in year ten. I can’t believe you head teacher cheated on his wife when I'm married and my husband cheats on me I’ll throw all his stuff in our big swimming pool then hire two guys that are stronger than him to beat him up. And btw I luuuvvveee jelly especially strawberry flavor.                                                         
 From: dj-all-the-way@hotmail.com                                                            
To: la-la-jayla@hotmail.com    
God! I’d hate to marry you when I'm older. I go to ridge gate high in year eleven; your school is not that far from mine maybe we could meet up sometime?  I work at MacDonald’s trying to save up for the summer holidays to go Milan with my mates. Tell me about yourself now. And another thing I hate sushi, I can’t stand it       
From: la-la-jayla@hotmail.com   
To: dj-all-the-way@hotmail.com 
Okay first of congratulations on your hating sushi I throw up every time I eat it and I can’t believe you go to that all boys’ school down the road. It’s not fair my mum won’t let me go on holiday with my mates I mean she’s cool and all but she thinks you only need to work if your poor no offence or anything.hey! Maybe you could come down to my house and tell her how mean she is then she might let me go. 
I check the time on my clock and it’s nearly twelve in the morning, then Taylor burst’s in through the door “hey, hey there sis” and he’s drunk “want a b-b-beer?” he walks over to where I’m sitting and looks at the screen, “oh you busy? Chatting to your boyfriend? Mum will be sooo mad when she found out that you are drunk” then he just kind of staggered out of through the door singing “we are the champions”. I decide to just go to sleep since I have school tomorrow anyway. 
I wake up at half seven, take a shower and I'm down for breakfast by 8 o’clock and surprised that mum is down drinking tea and reading a magazine “you’re up early, like really early” I pour a bowl of cheerios and milk “well I want to go get a job and I don’t think I’ll get one if I wake up six at night” mum looks tired, she used to work but when kai’s dad died she kind of just gave up, on everything, kai comes down after ten minutes and sits down next to mum “ sorry, I was angry with all weekend, I love you really mum” and for the first time I think he actually means it, I would have literally cried if he wasn’t so cocky.  
When I get to school Lucy isn’t waiting for me like she usually does, she’s stood near the canteen with Sara, Kyle and holding hands with Jake, when she sees me she just smiles at me awkward like and looks away, I wonder why she didn’t invite me over or at least come over to say hi, so instead I walk over to her, “hey Lucy how come you didn’t wait for me?” she doesn’t answer my question just looks down at her feet, “why should she wait for a tramp like you?” Sara cringes up her nose like she ate something bad “she don’t have to do what you say you know, she has her own life too” jack puts his arm around Lucy then looks me up and down, “no offence but you look like you got your clothes from the old folks home, or are those just your mums clothes?” I walk away towards Amy and Gemma and decide to wait for class with them instead. Once we were in first lesson everything was ok but I couldn’t help thinking about how Lucy let jack insult me like that, we always stand up for each other no matter what. “Still up for Friday?” I turn around and find Jake sat behind me; I smile and nod then turn back around as Mr. Gregory walks into the classroom, “right, first of I would like to say that it’s great to see you all up and ready to learn, and second of all I am giving you all a project to work on in pairs.” Mr. Gregory beamed at the class then started to hand out two sheets of paper to everyone. “You will have to make a presentation on any country of your choice, and tell us what made you pick that country, and you may pick how you want to present it” everyone looked excited about the project and was already picking out partners, but all I could I think about was Lucy and how she just stood there and watched me, “do you want to be with me?” Jake was leaning across his table smiling at me “I mean do you want to be my partner for the project?”  
“Yeah. Okay, but only if you come up with most of the ideas because I’m just clueless at the moment.” I turn around to face him, that’s when I notice Lucy and Sara come in to the classroom laughing and talking.                Mr. Gregory takes them outside and shuts the door, “how come your not Lucy?” I turn my mind back to Jake who is still looking at me, “well… it’s complicated” 
“Mm. So you two haven’t fallen out?” 
“Well, I don’t know she didn’t talk to me this morning or all week” 
“So, what country do you wanna do?” 
   “I was thinking¬¬¬”- “oh! Jayla nice t-shirt can I borrow it sometime? Oh never mind I forgot, I don’t fit anything between large and xtra large” I was cut off by Sara who ended up sitting in the chair next to me with Lucy on her other side, I decided to just ignore her so I turned round and just listened to Mr. Gregory. 
My last lesson was P.E and I was the last one left in the changing room because I couldn’t my t-shirt, I was meant to be half-way home by now, I was just about to go look in all the lookers again, in case I missed anything, when Jake came’s in through the door, “whoa! Sorry I didn’t know it toke you this long to get dressed” Jake covers his eyes when he sees that I haven’t got a top on, he sits on the benches up against the wall still covering his eyes, “I can’t find my t-shirt, I think someone toke it, what are you doing in the girls changing room?”  
“I came to clean up (!). Isn’t it obvious I was waiting for you?”  
“Sorry, for being dumb, anyway you might be waiting a while coz like I said: I can’t find my t-shirt. Oh and you don’t have to cover your eyes I’m not really that bothered whether you see me like this or not.” I watched Jake uncover his eyes and look at me, he watches me not saying a word while I look for my t-shirt. I think he’s looking at me and not my boobs any way; I'm wearing my favorite one which is bright pink and has a black lace over the pink and it has frills along the top, it’s also padded and a push-up. When I finally give up and went to sit next Jake he reached into his bag and bought out black hooded jumper, “here, you can wear this. Don’t worry its clean” I put on the jumper and thanked him. 
Once we outside and walking home, it started rain so we ran for the café that’s near my house. We sat at the back by the window trying to dry of, “see anything you like on the menu?” I look up and see this blonde girl with really big boobs; she’s looking at Jake with this big smile on her face. “Actually, yeah can we have a big strawberry smoothie, with two straws?” the blonde looks at me and her smile fades quickly, she gives me a look as if I’m a stray cat with patch’s of missing fur. She goes off to get our smoothies, “well, think she liked what she saw” I couldn’t blame her though Jake is extremely attractive with his coal black, blue-grey eyes and long eyelashes he is quite a catch. The blonde girl comes back with our order, I can tell she likes Jake because this time she is wearing make-up and her top button is undone, “order up” she placed the tray down in front of Jake and stood there for a while “you can go now” I said with a little wave of my hand.       
"do youi wanna go back to my place to work ojn the project?" asked jake he was standing up by now. 
 
 
 Publication Date: September 19th 2011 https://www.bookrix.com/-xhot.stuffx