Jenna takes the gift

"...It's something small, you should know how to wish for what you want..."

Jenna felt more than a bit foolish holding the small rock in her hand as she sat in the parking lot to their apartment complex. It had been another late night and she had cursed herself for missing what had been a promised "family night" with the two of them. John had sounded pretty nonplused when she had called but the notion that she had to cancel on her child again due to work issues was just killing her inside. Hence when Tonya had slipped the small stone into her hand earlier, saying that it had brought several members of her family good luck, Jenna was not about to dismiss it entirely.

She looked off as one of the neighbor girls, Amber, came from her car and was walking to the elevator. She was about to get out and talk with the girl, she rather liked Amber, when the doors slid open and she saw her son John step out. He was kind enough to see that she had some bags in her hands and offered to help her take them up. Jenna smiled a bit as she watched her son act like a gentleman and took the bags from his neighbor, though the smile disappeared as she watched Amber's body react to him. The smile, the eyes glued onto her son's chest as he adjusted the bag load in his hands, or the way she angled her body towards him in the off-chance he would notice her.

"The bitch..." she muttered and Jenna instead just watched as her son returned the smile before the two of them stepped into the elevator and the doors closed. It took a few moments for her to find herself calm enough to realize she was grasping the rock in her hand tightly and then she looked back at the building. The sight had settled the question if she was willing to do it. She had to make sure her son was taken care of, protected from the sluts wanting to get into his pants. He was bound for greater things than this podunk town. 8 months would be a long time without her doing something to protect him.

"How the hell do I do this?" she muttered and then looked at the rock in her hand. "I could be in his school, that would be the easiest way to watch over him...but then again, maybe a slightly older woman is what he wants? That skank Amber was about to get all up in his jock..."