With Faith & Love

After her devasting heartbreak Janese seemed to make it through the first month of school. She didn\'t know how but she seemed to be able to make the best of it. Mostly with the help of her friends Keevia and Michelle.

\"Are you going to the homecoming dance,\" Vickie asked, peeling a potatoe.

\"Yea. This is my senior year, my best year. I\'m not going to sit around like a couch potato,\" Janese said.

\"I\'m glad to hear that sweetheart. Don\'t sit around and wait for no man to take care of you,\" Richard said, walking into the kitchen.

\"When are you going to get dressed,\" Vickie asked.

\"It doesn\'t start \'til eight so I guess about seven.\"

\"Are you going with anyone,\" Richard asked.

\"Nope. Me and the girls are going to enjoy ourselves.\"

\"I\'m proud of you,\" Vickie said, kissing Janes\'s forehead. Janese reached out and rubbed her mother\'s stomach.

\"It hasn\'t been easy but I\'m still young. I\'m going to do my homework.\"

\"All right, I\'ll call you when dinner\'s ready.\" When Vickie heard Janese walk up the steps she picked up the phone. \"She\'s going...at eight...okay...bye.\" She hung up and Janese popped her head around the corner.

\"Who was that?\"

\"Grandma. Now go do your homework.\" Janese disappeared back up to her room.

\"Is he coming,\" Richard asked in a whisper.

\"Yup.\"

~*~*~

Three and a half hours later, Janese walked into the gymnasium at Frederick Douglass High. She had on a knee lenght burgandy sleeveless dress and matching shoes. Her hair was swooping around her face. Janese looked around the room for her friends.

\"I thouhgt you weren\'t coming,\" Michelle asked.

\"Janese don\'t lay down for no nigga,\" Keevia chipped in. \"Especially one that\'s going to say fuck her. Naw nigga fuck you. I don\'t care if he is fine, got a whole rack of money, and can paint her from left to right, sideways, from the front to the back, and could eat p\"
\"

\"Okay Keevia,\" Janese said, holding her hand up. \"That\'s between you and me.\"

\"Sorry. Are you gonna dance with Jordan? You know he wants you to be his baby\'s momma.\"

\"I don\'t know if I\'ll dance with him but I\'m not going to have his kids.\" The trio stood by the punch table, moving to the music. Then, Get Busy started playing.

\"Get it,\" Keevia hollered, throwing her hands up.

\"I gotta find a bun to push up on,\" Michelle said, walking. J. Janese saw Keevia peeking at her from the corner of her eye.

\"I\'ll be fine.\" Keevia didn\'t need another hint. Janese walked to a chair sitting up against the wall. She sat and watched her peers dancing and having a good time.

\"Hey Janese,\" Jordan said, walking up to her. She just smiled. \"You\'re too beautiful to be sitting her by yourself.\"

\"I\'m resting my feet.\"

\"You haven\'t been here long enought.\"

\"So you\'re watching me now?\"

\"No. I was just waiting for the right moment to approach you.\"

\"That\'s nice.\"

\"Not looking for a realtionship, huh? I know I\'m not rich like that Jackson guy but-\"

\"Money isn\'t an issue I want respect! Excuse me,\" Janese said, walking out.

\"Janese wait. I didn\'t mean it,\" Jordan said, catching up to her in the hallway.

\"What Jordan?\"

\"I really like you.\"

\"That\'s too bad because she already got a man,\" Jett said, walking up behing Janese and putting his hand around her waist. She looked up and saw a biscuit and gravy fine man holding her like she was a million dollars.

\"Janese why you in the hallway,\" Keevia asked, coming out in the hallway with Michelle right behind her.

\"Naw nigga you got the game fucked up. She dumped your triphlaunt black ass,\" Jordan said, stepping up to Jett. Jett moved Janese behind him and stepped up to Jordan. Michelle snuck around and grabbed Janese with her and Keevia.

\"Man don\'t try me. I didn\'t come here to fight but I will kick yo ass if I have to.\" Jordan shoved Jett into the wall and grabbed his shirt. Jett shoved him back and hit him in the jaw. Jordan fell on the floor from the blow. Jett jumped on top of him and started hitting him some more.

\"Fight,\" someone yelled. In the blink of an eye people started running in the hall.

\"Help me,\" Janese yelled to Michelle and Keevia. The three of them pulled Jett off of Jordan and ran outside. \"Jett what did you come up here for?\"

\"Why do you think? I wanted to make up with you,\" Jett answered, out of breath.

\"Could you guys give us a minute,\" Janese said.

\"Call us if he needs to get stomped,\" Michelle said.

\"Yea, and if you ever say fuck you to my sister again I\'m going to get my brother and he\'s gonna kick your ass,\" Keevia warned.

\"Jett-\" Jett pulled Janese close and put his finger up to her lips.

\"It\'s not your fault. I was wrong for doing what I did and I was even more wrong for saying what I said.\"

\"Jett it is my fault. I shouldn\'t have talked about your father and I\'m sorry. I never meant it. I was just upset.\" They stood in silence in each other\'s arms. \"Baby I missed you.\"

\"I missed you too, Janese,\" Jett said, kissing Janese on her forehead and running his fingers through her hair. \"I know we\'re going to have arguements. But I don\'t want to have anymore like this.\"

\"I know pooh bear. I don\'t either. And my name is Nessie.\" She smiled and kissed him on the lips.

\"Okay, Nessie,\" Jett whispered. He leaned down and kissed her long and hard.

\"I missed that, pooh. Kiss me again.\" Jett happily obliged Janese\'s request. \"Let\'s go inside and dance.\"

\"I was hoping we could go make up.\" Jett rubbed his groin up against her pelvis.

\"I wanted to show off first and then we can go mup.\up.\"

\"That\'ll work too.\" They walked back inside hand in hand. When they entered the gym, Jordan approached them.

\"Jordan don\'t do anything stupid,\" Janese said.

\"So you back with his punk ass?\"

\"I\'m not the one that got my ass kicked,\" Jett said through clenced teeth. \"And yea she\'s back with me.\"

\"Jordan go get a napkin. Your lip is bleeding,\" Janese said. \"Come on baby, let\'s dance.\" Jett and Janese moved to the middle of the dance floor. The d.j. decided to slow the mood down and played Brandy\'s He Is.

Prince charming my angel
My king and my friend
My lover my one
He is he is
The beat in my heart the kiss on my lips
My lover my one
He is he is

\"Don\'t ever leave me,\" Jett whispered.

\"I won\'t baby, I won\'t.\" Janese said.