by Beck, J. L.
“No thank you. Thank you for loving me. Thank you for giving me a love that is bittersweet to the end.” I whisper to him, giving him one last peck on the mouth before leaving him in my bed to get ready for the day.
I try and be as quiet as possible as I tiptoe out of my room, not wanting to disturb Mimi if she’s still sleeping. I grab my flip flops out of the bin to put them on my feet when I hear “Well this is awkward” The voice scares me, and I hit my head on the wall trying to come up and look at her.
“Ouch.” I mumble while holding my forehead. A smile the size of Texas is on her face and I’m sure she’s already made every assumption she could possibly come up with.
“You little fucking snatch, you did it, you finally lost your V.” She says shocked but happy for me at the same time. My face grows red and even though we are best friends this is kind of a foreign conversation to be having with her.
“How could you tell?” I ask. Her face grows impassive, and I feel myself growing confused. Then a cheesy grin forms.
“Oh how about the, “you tell me how you want it baby, do you want it hard…” I stop her before she can finish the sentence, my face getting redder by the moment.
“Enough, don’t give me any shit.” I say trying to hide the embarrassment. I’m not really embarrassed, but like I said what I do with Rex in my free time I’m a bit self-conscious about. It’s kind of like talking to your parents about it; it’s a no, no, no.
“Well from what I could tell it sounded like it was good, but then I just kind of walked away to my room and turned on some music.” Fabulous, I didn’t think I was loud really.
“It was amaze-a-balls I’m a little sore today but it’s a good kind of sore.” I say smiling, remembering all the feelings Rex stirred in me last night, and the way he imprinted his soul into mine.
“Well are you happy? You’re officially a woman now.” She says all jittery.
“Yeah, yeah I am. Because in the end I got revenge, I got Rex, I got love and all those things? Well I guess you could say they’re bittersweet.”
We both smile at one another knowing things couldn’t get any better.
Epilogue:
Two months later
I rolled over feeling for my phone, instead my hand collided with Rex’s body and a shudder ran through me. Sleeping next to him every night would never get old. I smiled down at his angelic face, how he could sleep through my phone ringing a million times was beyond me. I finally got a grasp on my phone, missing the chance to answer the call.
I looked down at the screen, the light blinding me. It was nearly four am, and Mimi’s name popped up on the screen. She had texted me fifteen times in the last twenty minutes and called me ten times. My heart rate picked up as I realized something could have happened to her. I pressed the send key and called her, she picked up on the first ring, her voice meek and full of hurt. Why was she hurt?
“Hey what’s going on are you okay?” All I could hear on the other end was shallow breathing, and then something along the lines of a muffled cry.
“Mimi what’s going on, are you okay? Talk to me, you're scaring me.” Silence again, and then a deep breath.
“I’m not okay, I need you to… to… come down to the police station.” She mumbles her voice is hoarse, and it sounds as if she’s been crying.
“What the fuck happened… Don’t go anywhere I’m coming right now.” I say fumbling with the sheets, trying to get out of bed.
“I’m not going anywhere Jenna and please bring Rex.” Her question has me pausing, wondering what the need for Rex is.
“Why do I need to bring Rex?” I ask cautiously.
“Because Corey’s in jail.”
The End…
If you loved Jenna and Rex’s story you’ll love Mimi and Corey’s coming October 2014.
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Acknowledgements
This book would have been nothing without my street team. Literally, those girls are just amazing. They help me in so many ways from making teasers to, pimping, to just being there when I need a shoulder to cry on. They keep me going, and make sure that I’m always delivering what I plan too. Thank you girls you have no idea how much it means to me to have each and everyone one of you as a friend. Love you all. Xoxo
To the blogs. Every single blog that helped with the cover reveal, and the release blitz. That answered my private messages and shared things for me. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. I know you all take time out of your lives to help so it means a lot to me.
To my mom, for listening to me ramble nonsense about the book. For inspiring me to continue to write. I love you.
To my hubby, and daughter. I can’t say thank you enough. Someday the work will pay off, I promise you that.
& lastly but most definitely not least YOU. The reader. Thank you for loving Rex and Jenna’s story. For taking a chance on me, the new author on the block. Thank you, thank you. xoxo