Of all the things Jane wanted to see, seeing Ryan kissing Steven's girlfriend wasn't on the list. She stood by the entrance, dumbstruck....shocked with her mouth open but she couldn't make a single sound.
Steven was Ryan's friend and they lived together...now Ryan's here kissing her roughly and loudly and can't even notice her presence because they both seemed lost in their kiss.
Jane had two options; quietly go upstairs and act like nothing happened or stop them. But this was none of her business so she took her advice and tiptoed towards the stairs with her heart beating fast like she was the one cheating.
She'd never been in a situation like this before. She'd only seen it in movies and honestly, it sucked. She was moving slowly masking sure to not make a sound. It was going well until...she missed her step and fell. The loud thud startled Ryan and Sarah causing them to jump in fear.
Jane felt a sharp pain on her leg and couldn't help but whimper in pain. Her bag was also on the floor a feet away from her...gosh it hurt.
"Jesus Christ. What are you doing here?" Ryan yelled angrily and was obviously panicking.
"Isn't it time to be home already?" Jane managed to get up and picked up her bag and checked her legs for scrapes and yes, her left knee was bleeding.
"You saw everything, didn't you?" Behind Ryan, Sarah was putting on her clothes really fast.
Jane was the type to seize opportunities when they came and maybe, maybe this was the perfect opportunity to make Ryan suffer even if it was just a little bit.
One would say it would be cruel of her but she knew she wasn't nice.
"You mean...you kissing Steven's girlfriend?" She said to Ryan who was flaring at her like her could eat her right there and then.
Was Jane nervous? Yes.
Was she scared? Absolutely
Was her heart pounding against her chest? Definitely
Was she going to let Ryan go easily? Never.
"Whatever you saw didn't happen. It's going to die here, understood?" Ryan looked directly in her eyes and warned Jane.
Was he thinking she'd shrink because of his the look in his eyes or what? She scoffed and looked at him with the same intensity.
"Oh? You can't tell me what to do" Ryan was getting angrier by the second and she'd thank her maker if she got out of this situation in one piece.
Sarah finally put on her clothes and ran out without even stealing a glance. She looked so funny Jane wanted to laugh but this was a moment of seriousness.
"If you tell anyone what happened today you'd regret ever coming to this world. Just keep your mouth shut and continue being on your own---" he pointed his finger at her and Jane cut in "save your speech. You're not someone I'd waste my energy on. And hooking up with someone's girlfriend...your friend's girlfriend? That's fucking pathetic and ugh..." Yes...slay.
She knew exactly what she was doing and God she was enjoying it. The look on Ryan's face was evidence that it was working.
Ryan opened his mouth to speak but Jane raised her hand stopping him from speaking.
"Don't talk to me" she said and like a diva, she walked up the stairs and headed to her room.
As soon as she closed the door behind her, she dropped her bag and faked cry when she looked at her knee again. The blood already ran from her knee down to her ankle... something sharp on the staircase must've cut her that deep.
She managed to clean the blood, took care of the wound, washed her body to ease tension and put on comfy clothes.
She put music on again and started writing on her diary about her day.
Soon after, she fell asleep.
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Ryan hadn't been okay since the incident. He'd been pacing in his room wondering if Jane would tell Steven what she saw or stay quiet.
He was panicking. Sarah kept texting but he read and didn't reply.
Sarah: hey
Sarah: is Steven home yet?
Sarah: are you okay?
Sarah: what did Jane say? Did she assure you that she wouldn't tell anyone?
Sarah: please answer me :(
He threw his phone on his bed and sat on the sofa. Still thinking.
Suddenly he started wondering if the guys were home yet. If Jane was already talking to him yet....oh no.
He quickly ran down stairs and the only thing he saw was the twins heading towards the kitchen like starved tigers.
Why was Steven not home yet?
He went inside the kitchen and pulled the fakest smile
"Hey girls" he greeted the girls who didn't pay attention to him and we're focus on the refrigerator obviously looking for food.
"Hey uncle" they managed to answer "found it!" Chloe said as she carries the bucket of ice cream and Kiara followed looking satisfied.
Ice cream wasn't what they were looking for but that'll do for now.
"So...how was your day?" He asked the girls that were suddenly taken aback by he's question. Ryan never asked about anybody's day even when he was forced to bond with his own family.
"What'd you want?" Kiara couldn't help but ask him.
"When's Steven coming home?" He finally stopped smiling and cut to the chase. "And Chloe that's gross" he gave Chloe a disgusted look because she licked the cream from her fingers in a funny way.
"Duhh" Chloe didn't care.
"I don't know but they'll be late. You never care if they tell you so they figured it'll be pointless" she said and ran too the living room with Chloe following her.
He didn't know what to do anymore. He shouldn't have done that. He would never admit it but he was scared of Steven a lot. He massaged his temple and said a silent prayer before heading outside for fresh air...