Different side of Jennifer

"Where are we?" I ask her looking around, but I paused when I see her take out a little glass bottle where you keep pills. "Are you fucking serious? I'm done with you, I'm taking a cab home, how can you be popping pills when you're with me? After you know, that is the reason why I don't like you in the first place." I angrily tried to get out.

"Calm down,man." She says taking two pills. I was going to get out of the car, but she locked the door again, and grabbed my wrist causing me to look at her. We're face to face now and I see her swallow in whatever it is she took. My blood boiled at the sight, how can she be so beautiful, so genuine only seconds ago, and so stupid at the same time to get high that too right in front of me?

"I have a medical prescription. I'm not a drug addict, Richard, I-I don't do drugs, I do drink but not drugs, no drugs. I-I am told that I have depression and anxiety and these pills help me when I'm about to lose it or when my anxiety is getting worse. Sometimes when I enter crowded places, I feel suffocating and  find it hard sometimes . These pills help me at that times. I don't like taking them either, and when I get better, I will stop taking them. I don't do drugs, but I don't hate people who do drugs like you."

"I didn't-" I am speechless at the moment. Who is this person and more importantly, who is been living with me for the past three years!? This is not how I thought Jennifer is.

"You didn't know me. There is still a lot you didn't know about me, now let's go inside the bar, so that you can try out as a singer at Rock n Roll's bar." She laughed as she unlocked the doors and walked out of her car, I followed her.

"Woah, woah, now?" I grabbed her arm and she turned back. Not actually believing we are about to do this. I mean it's Rock n Roll bar. City's most popular one. Many celebrities come here.

"Are you serious? Like, you meant everything you said with the music thing?"

"God,you are unbelievable.." she pinched the top of my nose with her fingers which made me frown at her.

"What if I refuse the deal? What if I don't want to do this relationship thing?"

"Then we don't do it," She shrugged with a smirk. "I'm not a total freak, Richard. I am  going to tell you about this genuinely even before I came with this deal."

"How do you even know this Rock n Roll bar guy?" I asked her.

Jennifer sighed "The bar owners ,Carlos and his brother, Patrick, they are friends with my brother. After he passed, I stayed in contact with some of his friends. Carlos had a tattoo shop then, Kay used to help him plan out the whole business thing. Carlos drew my brother's first tattoo. He did mine too. My brother was scared of needles."

She laughed and it's a genuine happy laugh . Then I realised that I've never heard Jennifer laugh until now,  just like I had never been to her room before that day when we made out for hours, and I've never talked to her for more than 5 minutes, never talked to her for any other thing than insulting each other. I never imagined that I'd be in some sort of relationship with Jen, much less that I'd be interested in getting to know her because it seems that everything I know until now has been a little wrong.

We made our way inside the bar and were greeted by two boys, twins. One of them was covered in tattoos, the other one had a clear skin.

"Patrick, this is Richard, my boyfriend," She introduced me to the guy without tattoos. I couldn't help but choke at the word. For a moment, I didn't think she would say that. I mean I haven't even said yes yet and here she was, introducing me like that.

"Oh shit, boyfriend? And here I thought you didn't have that word in your vocabulary. I'm Carlos, nice to meet you." The guy with the tattoos greeted me.

Carlos and Patrick explained to me what they wanted . What kind of song to sing and not to sing, nothing racist or offensive stuff .one or two sad songs, They didn't want me to make people depressed. Also Some requested songs and if I wanted to sing their song then I could.

With that, I went up to the stage, the lights are on me and to be honest, I wasn't even nervous, I've been signing all my life, singing is what I've always wanted to do,. I took the guitar from the guy and sit in front of the microphone. Far away at the VVIP lounge of the bar, Jennifer and four other guys, along with Patrick and Carlos is drinking and chatting very lively.

She smiled at me, something inside me thumped . I had to look away confused because of what I felt.

I don't even like her!

Ignoring what I just felt at seeing her smile, I sing like I always did and then Patrick asked for another one, and so I kept on singing and singing while people are showing up, sitting down and drinking. Just like that, I had a new job... Once I finished I heard clapping, I looked over at the crowd there are a lot of people, but Patrick and Jennifer are still sitting in the same place, now there are more people with them. Everyone was clapping but she isn't, she just looked at me with a weird expression on her face, and it made me feel uneasy.

Did she not like it? What did she think about it?