Convincing her (Jen and Lucas)

Chapter 114: The girls meet.

By the time Jen woke up again it was almost 11 am. When she looked at the time she groaned and almost went back to sleep. She had arranged to collect Lucas' birthday present from Carat Jewelries at the mall but she was so tired she was tempted to postpone her plans.

After sleeping for another thirty minutes, she woke up and went to have a relaxing bath. She even turned on the jets in the bath so she could relax her aching muscles.

An hour later she was already dressed and had contacted Nancy and Leanna to check if they were ready. They had planned to meet at the mall but she didn't want to be kept waiting for too long.

After confirming with the girls, Jen went to pick Laura and Rachel since they were going to go together.

They went to one of the restaurants at the mall and waited for Nancy and Leanna to arrive. Since it was hot, they all ordered cold beverages something that brought Laura's attention to Jen's t-shirt.

"Why are you dressed like that in this weather?" Laura asked as she looked at Jen with eyes full of skepticism.

Jen had worn a turtleneck style t-shirt that covered her neck completely, and even though it was short sleeved, it was still too hot to walk around with one. Jen lamented at her predicament and glared at Laura.

"Is there a problem with it?" Jen asked feigning ignorance.

"Are you hiding something?" Laura asked and moved to pull on her collar briefly exposing her neck before Jen could stop her.

"Ooh~" Laura said as she finally understood her choice in attire but before she could say anything Jen stood up abruptly with a smile on her face.

"You two are here" she said as she hugged both Leanna and Nancy before introducing them to both Laura and Rachel and they all sat together at the table.

Although it was slightly awkward in the beginning, by the time the girls were done with lunch it was like they had always known each other.

Laura seemed to find pleasure in teasing Nancy since she seemed to blush easily and although Leanna was not very talkative, she was very blunt and honest with her thoughts so the girls quickly understood her.

They walked around from one shop to another while drawing a lot of attention to themselves since they were all beautiful. Some people even came forward to ask for their numbers something that made Laura feel fluttered and annoyed Rachel endlessly.

As they were shopping, Jen told the girls about Lucas' birthday the next day and if they would want to go celebrate together. As expected they all agreed, especially Laura who heard that his brothers would be going.

When it was 4pm, Jen went to the jewelry store to collect what she had ordered and called Lucas as she was paying.

"Hello?" Jen said and looked at the four girls who were admiring different pieces of Jewelry.

"Having fun?" Lucas asked as he stopped whatever he was doing.

"I am" Jen said after a small laugh.

"That's good, what's up?" Lucas asked.

"I just wanted to let you know that the girls have agreed to come to the party, incase any preparations need to be done" Jen said and smiled when she saw Nancy have trouble picking what she wanted to buy when she looked at some earrings.

"There's no problem, oh, tell them if they are interested in horse riding there are horses so they should prepare proper attire. Oh, there's also a pool, it's summer so if they want to go for a swim they can carry what they want" Lucas said as he remembered what they normally did when they went to the estate.

"Um, okay?" Jen said with mixed feelings. She didn't think that all those things would be there and thought they would just have a houseparty with loud music and a lot of drinks. She could understand the pool, it wasn't abnormal but horse riding?

"You seem surprised" Lucas commented with a chuckle.

"I am" Jen said.

"Don't worry, since we'll be staying overnight if they can't complete what they want to do tomorrow, they can continue on Sunday" Lucas comforted.

Jen couldn't help but wonder what he was thinking about. What did he mean by not complete what they wanted to do?

"I'll let them know" Jen said with wrinkled eyebrows.

"Since we'll be going to my parents' house tomorrow, I'll ask Dave to pick the girls up" Lucas said.

"Mmh, when are you coming home?" Jen asked after deciding she wouldn't think too much. Laura had noticed her talking on the phone and went to stand next to her to listen in their conversation.

"Around 7pm, why? Did you miss me?" Lucas asked making Jen roll her eyes while Laura shot her an envious look.

"I-"

"I missed you so much, I'll be waiting for you tonight" Laura teased and before Jen could say anything she cut the call.

Lucas had heard Laura and couldn't help but laugh, he could already imagine how Jen looked. He continued working while deciding that he would feign ignorance when he went back home.

Meanwhile Jen gave Laura a dirty look and almost smacked the back of her head in annoyance.

Laura laughed as she walked towards the other girls after she sensed that Jen's patience was probably reaching a limit. Jen took a deep breath after glaring at Laura for a while and forgot about it.

When they finally left the store, Jen relayed Lucas' words which prompted another shopping spree and when they finally left the mall,it was almost 6pm. The girls said goodbye to each other before going to their cars and leaving.

At the hotel Jen dropped off the two girls at their room while telling them they can just order dinner and after another bout of teasing from Laura who brought up the whole issue of her turtleneck, Jen was able to finally go back home.