"Justin, can we go somewhere?" she asked.
Justin turned toward her and looked at her like she was mental. "Are you serious? Libby could die in there, and her sister and cousin are here and you're the only one they really know here. And you wanna leave?"
Jenn looked toward Chris and JC, who were holding the sleeping kids on their laps. "I don't think they care, they have JC and Chris. And us being here isn't gonna help Libby in any way at all. So why can't we go to the mall?" she asked, whining.
Her whining woke up Matthew. "Jennie, can't you go to the mall later?"
"No, I cannot go to the mall later."
"Why not? Do you just wanna look at more Backstreet Boys stuff? Or maybe you wanna pick up a copy of Seventeen?" Taryn said, also waking up.
"Why would I wanna get Seventeen?" Jenn said, laughing nervously.
"Because you are seventeen," Matt said with a confused look on his face.
Jenn's eyes enlarged and she prayed Justin wouldn't believe him. But she was wrong. Justin turned toward Matt and Taryn and asked them, "What are you guys talking about?"
"She's seventeen," Taryn said, yawning. "She just graduated with my sister. She told you she's twenty-three because she wants to get to your cash."
Jennifer was nearing a panic. Justin turned toward her and looked her in the eye. "Is what they're saying true?"
Jenn hated it when people looked her in the eye. She never could lie. She diverted her vision to the other guys, who were grinning. She looked toward Justin who was looking at her with a slightly confused look on his face.
"You are, aren't you?"
"Well..."
"I knew it. Why I didn't realize it sooner is beyond me," Justin said, sitting back on his chair.
"Jennie, I think you should go home now," Matt said, leaning back on Chris. "Libby doesn't you here anymore."
"Neither do I," Justin said, agreeing. "Maybe you should go back home."
Jennifer stood up. "Well, it was nice meeting you all,"
"Stuff it Jenn," JC said. "Just go home."
With that, she turned around and left. The group looked at JC in surprise.
" 'Stuff it' JC? What's that?" Justin said with a smile.
"Libby used it this morning on me and I've been wanting to say it all day," he said with a laugh.
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