Chris FanFic - Enough With the Lies

ENOUGH WITH THE LIES 

“So how was Beverly Hills?" Ben asked. "As fun as Paris?" he said, showing a picture he had found of his sister Jane under the Eiffel tower. Her heart sank.

"Where did you get that?"

"I went in to your room to see if you were there, and found it lying around. You need to stop lying. What is going on, Jane?" Ben said.

Jane sighed. "Well, what do you want to know?"

“I want to know the truth. I went in to your work the other day and spoke with some guy who said you were in Beverley hills attending a meeting.” 

 Jane sighed, patting the couch beside her. Her brother sat next to her, ready to listen.

"Okay. You know how I had an interview with Donovan Decker for my internship? Well Grey who is the director of the company got confused and thought I was there for the executive assistant position. I got the job on the spot and was going to tell her the truth, but…"
"Yes?" Ben urged her.

Jane rolled her eyes and started to explain. “I only took the position because, that was when you didn't have a job. And we really needed the money, and Grey offered me $34,000 salary, and I just… I couldn't turn her down. So, ever since then I've been running around the city, leaving school early and getting Billy to drop me off. I would quit or even tell them the truth, but I can’t!” Jane said, looking at her brother with innocent eyes.  "This is all I’ve ever wanted to do with my life. This job just came, out of the sky landing itself in my lap, and if I tell them the truth about me, I may never find a way back into the fashion industry.”

Ben looked at Jane, feeling sorry for her. He loved his sister, but he needed to punish her so that she understood that she couldn’t keep lying to him like that. If he made her give up this job, she would never forgive him. He sighed. "Jane, you're only seventeen. It feels like you’re growing up too fast and I have a job now so I can afford to pay the bills.”

Jane bit her lip. "But, this isn’t about the money anymore! It's my dream job and you know it!  I am not keeping it because we don't have any money. I'm keeping it because I love it! Please don't make me give it up!" she pleaded.

Ben sat there a moment. "You do realize I have to punish you. You're my little sister. It's my responsibility to take care of you. You can't just run around the city pretending to be an adult!"

Jane sat back, guilt bubbling in her chest. "I'm so sorry, Ben! Ground me, take away my phone, my computer, just, please, don't make me give up this job!"

Ben decided to drag the conversation along more. “Hmm so what makes you think that you deserve the right to keep the job? You lied to me and I don’t like liars and it’s going to be very hard for me to trust you now.”

Jane stood up and started to cry. “Why do you have to treat me like this Ben? Just because I lied to you once doesn’t mean I will lie to you again. I had a legit reason behind my lies and just explained why, but it looks like you don’t give a shit!”

Ben stands up in anger. “Excuse me but do I need to remind you who the adult is in the family? Don’t you give me attitude! I know I’m your brother but I have also been your legal guardian since dad left. So if I were you I would just sit down and shut up.”

Ben takes in a deep breath and calms himself down. “Oh and by the way I was just kidding around with you. Do you really think I would take away your dream job from you? That would just be insane and unfair. I understand your reason but I’m still angry at the fact that you lied to me about it.”

 Ben sighed and pointed at Jane. “You’re grounded for two weeks. No partying, or going out for anything other than work. And when you go out for work, you tell me where you are going and don't do anything illegal or that you know you shouldn't do. I will let you keep your phone but not the computer. You should consider yourself lucky that I am being nice to you.”

Jane screams. "What? Are you serious? Please tell me you’re not lying? You don’t know how much this means to me, I love you so much! Thank you, and I’m so sorry for being rude, I was just upset.”

Ben then gets ready to drop Jane off to school and waits for her while she packs her bag.