Convincing her (Jen and Lucas)

Chapter 20: Surprise!

Of course, Jen had suspicions that Nancy liked girls, from the night they came to her house and the way her eyes roamed her body when she was wearing just a top and underwear. Of course, she understood that women tended to appreciate each other's bodies but Nancy was feeling bashful and stuck to Leanna for most of the night.

Actually, Jen believed if Nancy was more assertive she would have already told Leanna about her feelings because even though she found other women attractive she never strayed from her focus that was Leanna.

"So nothing has been going on between the two of you?" Leanna frankly asked.

"Well, that's a difficult question" Jen replied drinking Leanna's Juice.

"How is it a difficult question? "

"I'm not sure what exactly you're asking" Jen replied for once making Leanna flabbergasted. She thought she was very clear with her questioning. Even though she might sound shameless most of the time, she did have a normal amount of shame people experienced. After a deep sigh, Leanna decided to rephrase her question.

"Are you two dating now?" Leanna straightforwardly asked

"No, we aren't" Jen replied

"So what is this that I've been seeing around campus? Is he doing all this without even asking you out? Do you two have a purely physical relationship?" Leanna asked feeling slightly puzzled, unknowingly embarrassing Jen.

After Leanna asked her this Jen felt bad. She felt like she has been leading Lucas on and not doing anything about it and therefore leaving their relationship ambiguous.

"No, it's not like that" Jen tried to explain.

"Then please enlighten me," Leanna asked. She sounded forceful when she said this, but it Leanna's personality should be considered. She did not like grey areas and Jen's relationship with Lucas was a huge grey area. She was uncomfortable with the whole situation even though it was none of her business.

"He asked me out, and I told him that I would consider his request" Jen simply said.

"So you haven't given him a clear answer?" Leanna asked

"Yeah. Basically"

"Why? Is he not sincere?" Leanna asked trying to understand why Jen made such a choice, leaving the two of them in an ambiguous situation.

"That's not it, I just need to think things through carefully before I decide on being in a serious relationship with someone.

"Serious relationship? Really? Do you plan on marrying the next person you date?" Leanna asked. After she asked this Jen felt slightly resentful. She realised Leanna is the type of person who could make you feel like all the principles you had on life really meant nothing. Jen became slightly annoyed with Leanna and made up her mind to ignore her.

"How have your classes been?" Jen asked Nancy

"They are interesting" Nancy shortly replied. She and Leanna were both taking law. Which generally needed a lot of reading.

"Oh, wish I could say the same. I'm studying to better manage my business" Jen mumbled as she opened her bag

"Business? You already own a business?" Nancy asked

"Yeah, I own the F.D.E franchise, the cafes and restaurants," Jen said simply as she took out a bottle of water.

"So you're in the food industry? I remember this business has a six-year history" Nancy said while furrowing her eyebrows.

"Yeah, I started right after I finished with High school, it probably would have been bigger if some issues didn't crop up"

"So when will you open a branch in our city? I've gone all the way to city S to have a meal, when will you open a restaurant in City X?" Nancy eagerly asked.

"I'll consider it in the next two years, I'm taking a break at the moment" Jen blandly replied. She knew she needed to discuss things with Alex before she made the choice as unlike her Alex completed her business and management program so even though she had a more hands-on experience she needed people who were more knowledgeable in the field.

She probably needed to transfer her main chef to her new restaurant to train more people before he sent one of the apprentices to one of the branches.

"Aaaw, I'll be anticipating the opening though. I really enjoy the food from your restaurants" Nancy said with a huge smile, reminiscing on the food that she ate at the restaurant.

"Since you like it so much I'll seriously consider it," Jen said as she stroked her hair. Nancy had Elvin features. She was very cute and had a warm personality so it was difficult not to be warm with her. Nancy was very happy when she heard this, she ended up giving Jen a brief hug and looking at Leanna with doe eyes.

"We'll go, but we still don't know when she'll open the restaurant, so don't look at me like that, it's quite burdening," Leanna said with a frown. Her statement made Jen laugh. She was thoroughly amused, she really wished to interfere in the relationship between Leanna and Nancy.

Jen hung out with the two girls longer and managed to convince them to go to the library together. They stayed there studying together for a while, even though they were taking different courses, they managed to concentrate and even though Nancy had a short attention span she managed to seriously study for more than two hours.

It was after 5 pm by the time they were done so they all left the library.

Even though Jen left the library at six the previous day she only did so because she knew Lucas would pick her up, but now that she had to walk home she was more conscious of her safety so she decided to leave the two girls and have them drop her on the way home.

However the moment they walked out of the library they spotted Lucas. He was wearing a business suit that was specifically tailored to his proportions. He was leaning against one of the pillars outside the library.

Jen was definitely not expecting him. He walked towards her and brushed a stray strand of hair behind her ear.

"I missed you today, I had to come to see you," Lucas said smoothly. After Nancy heard his words she ended up squealing in excitement