Free Jenna's Promise by Rebekka Wilkinson Page B

said, “Oh my god – I’m interrupting your night, aren’t I?”
    “Don’t be silly.” Jenna said.
    “Well I’m not going to intrude. I’ll just let you two get back to your little celebration and I’ll talk to you tomorrow.” Shannon said as she started to head towards the front door.
    Jenna stopped her before she could get out of the kitchen and said, “Shannon, don’t go. How about this? You join us for dinner and drinks and Scott and I can celebrate a little later after you’ve gone home?”
    “Thanks Jenna but I’m fine really.” Shannon continued to protest as she tried slipping past Jenna.
    “No you don’t. You aren’t going anywhere.” Jenna replied stopping her from getting by. Jenna then looked at Scott and gave him a look of needing help.
    “Hey Shannon, don’t go. Really – we have extra food and we always have plenty of wine. Join us for dinner at least and then you can leave if you still want to.” Scott broke in.
    Shannon stopped and looked back over and Scott and then at Jenna. “Ok if you insist but right after dinner, I’m outta here so you guys can have some alone time.”
    “Great!” replied Jenna as she took the bottle of wine from Shannon. “We might as well get started with what you brought over.” as she walked over to the counter and grabbed the corkscrew and started opening the bottle. Pouring all three of them a healthy glass of wine, Jenna handed both Shannon and Scott a glass then took hers and toasted, “To a very relaxing night.” and held up her glass for the others to do the same. Reaching out their glasses they all heard the familiar clink of the glass and then took a drink.
    Scott finished barbecuing the steaks while Jenna and Shannon made a salad and some baked potatoes. And by the time dinner was ready, they were well into their second bottle of wine. They enjoyed the cool summer night outside eating their dinner as well as some good conversation.
    When everyone had finished eating, Scott began to clear away the dishes and took them inside. Shannon started to help when Scott said, “Don’t do that. I have this all taken care of. You two just sit there and I’ll have this done shortly.”
    As Scott took everything inside, Jenna noticed that they were out of wine and said, “I’ll be right back. I’m just going to grab the bottle for a refill.” and then headed inside.
    As Jenna made her way over to the bottle of wine, Scott caught her from behind and wrapped his arms around her and asked, “So are you ready for our celebration yet?”
    “Ohhhhhhhhhhh god am I.” Jenna replied. “But I don’t feel right letting Shannon just go home to an empty house just yet.”
    “I thought you were raring to go? You were the one ready to rape me when I walked in the door?”
    “I am ready baby, but we have all night to scratch that itch. I just know if it were me without you that I wouldn’t want to go home alone to an empty house.”
    “Yeah I guess you’re right. But how are you going to convince her to stay?”
    “I think I have an idea but I’m going to need your help. Just go with my idea ok?”
    “Ok”
    Walking back out with a new bottle of wine, Jenna showed Shannon and was just about to pour her another glass when Shannon put a hand over her glass and said, “I don’t think I should. I’ve had my share already and feeling pretty tipsy. Plus I really need to get going so that the two of you can have some time to yourselves.”
    “Oh come on Shannon, the night is still young. We have plenty of time to ourselves later. Have another glass with us.” Jenna said. “As a matter of fact, Scott and I were just talking about jumping in the hot tub for a little bit and wanted to know if you wanted to join us?”
    Shannon started to protest when Jenna looked over at Scott. Scott knew this was his cue and said, “Yeah Shannon, just for a little while. We just opened a new bottle and can use the help finishing it off and we would love for you to stay