Characters: Jenny, Ella, & Hendrix.
Setting: Noon-ish on December 26th at Jenny & Ella's house in Ypsilanti, Michigan.
Content: SFW.
Summary: Aftermath of Sera & Jenny's break-up.
When Jenny actually stepped out of the Floo back in Michigan, she was actually in a sort of daze. Had that really just happened? There was really no sense in denying it, there hadn't been a hint of a joke in Sera's voice and if it was a joke, it was an awfully cruel one. It hurt way too much to be anything but true, and she barely managed to contain herself as she shoved her way past a few people clustered around the street in front of the station. Keeping her head ducked down and her new book still held against her chest, she practically ran all of the way home. She only kept herself from crying by biting hard on her bottom lip, trying not to think about Sera or about what this meant.
They were over, done, and it wasn't something that came with a quick fix. If her father was opposed enough to put one of his own children on the street, then there was really no telling what he could do next. It killed her to let the brunette go, that her girlfriend was just giving up on her, on them. But it killed her even more than she knew exactly where the younger girl was coming from. It wasn't everyone who had parents as accepting and relaxed as Paula and Ron, and Michael Donnelly was a perfect example. In a rare occurrence for her, Jenny felt a sudden flare of hatred for him, for what he had done and how many people he had hurt with it, both directly and indirectly.
When she reached her front door at last, she hesitated for a moment outside, sniffling a bit and finally letting down her guard a little bit. She couldn't pace around outside forever, it was freezing for one and she hadn't even brought a coat with her, but she knew that as soon as she went in, everyone would know something was up. If her mom started asking her twenty questions, she was sure that she would break down in front of the whole family, plus Hen. The only hope she had was avoiding Paula and getting straight to their bedroom, where she could just lay in bed and cry to her hearts content with a good silencing charm on the room.
Quietly opening the door, she bit her lip hard again to keep herself from making too much noise, though her eyes were still wet and puffy. Slipping out of her sneakers, she made her way further into the house and peered into the kitchen and dining room, finding them empty. Ella and Hendrix had been watching television in the living room earlier, and Jenny wasn't sure that she could sneak past the two of them, so she really only had one chance to get by. Maybe they wouldn't notice her. Deciding to go for it, she ran for the stairs, bounding up them two at a time and into their bedroom. Even the door slammed slightly behind her, as she leaned on it for a second before heading over to her bottom bunk, tossing herself down and burying herself under the mess of blankets that she had only gotten out of a few hours ago, back when everything had been seemingly normal.
Letting out a little whimper, it didn't take long before her little sniffs dissolved back into the same hard crying she had been doing back in Maine, shaking her whole body as she held onto the nearest pillow. She needed to do something, but she didn't know what. She wanted to cry, scream in Sera's face, and hold her all at the same time. It was basically the worst feeling the world, one she hadn't felt since Charlie had left her behind.