Sport festival

A few days had passed since Jenny had gotten Mr. Mureau to agree to reserve the watch and Jason still had no idea. Since then she had been very busy every day to prepare for the sport festival that was planned the week before Elizabeth's engagement party. She hadn't seen much of Jason these days and hadn't found a way to gather the remaining three thousand pounds for the watch either, so Jenny was feeling a bit down. She was starting to miss Jason and her mind was occupied with all that she still had to do. If she had known that being a class representative was this much work, she would have thought twice before accepting the position. She now understood why no one wanted this ungrateful job.

All you were was a glorified lackey for the teachers and you were in charge of all the odd jobs for school events. No wonder it looked great on you resume, if you were able to deal with a year of this you would be able to deal with anything that a job threw at you. She felt sorry for all the class representatives that were in a relationship. Even though she was living with Jason, the only times she had seen him this past week was for a few minutes between dinner and bedtime, which in her case was much earlier than Jason. She had to leave early to try and get things done before school started and she had to continue when classes were over. Even her breaks weren't free. Because of this they didn't get to go to school together nor go home together.

To try and have some time with each other Jason would come with her when she prepared for bed and laid in bed with her till she fell asleep, before heading back into the other room or downstairs to wait for it to be time for him to go to bed as well. But no matter how much they were telling themselves that it was just for a week and a half, it was really getting to them. If the lack of time for each other wasn't enough to put a strain on them as a couple, when Jenny would come home she would be exhausted and wanted nothing more than to throw herself on the sofa and do nothing. So, most of Jason's requests to go out for a few hours or for her to go to bed later one day would be rejected. She would be in no mood and who could blame her when she had almost no breaks all day every day. Where normally they would have Saturday or Sunday to make up for a busy week, right now weekends were no exception either.

And while Jenny was not being in the best of moods throughout these days, logically Jason wasn't a being a sunshine either. Though his dispositions wasn't the friendliest to begin with, he was having a hard time keeping even that up now that he barely saw Jenny. He had promised to be supportive, but that felt pretty hard to do these days. But despite his unsatisfaction he hadn't complained once and had gritted his teeth as he counted down the days till the festival. However, just because he said nothing, did not mean that the people around him could not see nor feel the thunderclouds that were surrounding him. He seemed like a volcano ready to erupt. The smoke was already coming out the top and people weren't going to stand by it and wait for it to blow, so they kept their distance for the moment they had to evacuate.

No one wanted to be the one to be the trigger that would make the smoke turn into lava, burning them all alive, so they were extra careful. Clearing his path before he had the chance to give them a glare. Asking him nothing, even breathing as silently as possible,waiting for Jenny to free them of this suffocating prison. Though most of them had stopped disliking Jenny and had started to support her relationship with Jason, they never thought they would see the day that they would actually miss her presence. Right now friend and foe were wishing for the days where they were in each other's arms to return. So much so in fact, that they had decided that they would help Jenny and Max to prepare for all future events, because even the thought of having to spend another week like this was a downright nightmare.

While the people on the other side of the door were suffering in silence, Jenny was lost in her own thoughts as she was thinking about how well Jason had been acting during these days. Not only had he been behaving a lot better than she had thought he would, he had been dealing with all of this even better than she was. This though had triggered a cascade, where she went from one thought to another and had ended up getting stuck on the thought of wanting to spend time with him, while absentmindedly moving her paintbrush back and forth. Unknowingly she let out a sigh every few seconds while she and Max were working on the banner for their class and seemed listless in general. After a few sighs Max couldn't help himself and asked, "What's wrong Jenny? You seem down. Am I such poor company that it makes you want to sigh so often?"

Jenny was clearly startled by his question and had seemed to forgotten that he was present as well. She quickly shook her head and said, "No, of course not. I was just lost in thought. I am starting to miss Jason. I thought I would get through these days with no problems, but I guess this non stop working has gotten to me and to add to that I still have to find a way to make a big sum of money in time to buy a watch that I have reserved." Max laughed awkwardly as he was reminded that Jenny was already taken and decided to focus on something else she said. "Well I can't help you with Jason, but I might be able to help you with your money problem. If you are interested, I know a place that is looking for someone and they pay quite well. If I recommend you, getting hired should be no problem at all. Do you want me to call them?"