Convincing her

Jen was startled when the door to the penthouse was suddenly opened. Laura didn't even bother to say anything to Jen and tiredly walked back inside. Jen was slightly confused but when she went inside she finally understood why Laura looked annoyed.

"Hi Brian," Jen said the minute she spotted him in the living room of the suite. She could already imagine how Laura walked out of her room half naked only to see Brian sitting in the living room.

She wouldn't be able to blame Rachel at all since she was the one who came out of her room half-naked.

In Rachel's defence, she did not think Laura would wake up early. It was not early but she had been so swamped with work she would not have been surprised if she slept for all twenty-four hours.

The good thing was that Brian had not seen her as Rachel was coincidentally passing in front of her door when she wanted to get out. 

Laura was already disoriented from her sleep so when she was suddenly pushed back inside and told to get out only when she looked decent she knew they had a guest. 

"Hi Jen," Brian said and gave Jen a polite smile. He had not gotten the chance to talk to Jen with the exception of Lucas' birthday party where they just exchanged a few words. 

He had at least managed to bump into Laura a couple of times and he was able to at least understand her personality. Jen however as still an enigma to him.

It was not like he wouldn't have been able to run a background check on her but at the end of the day, she was his best friend's girlfriend. 

If he took such liberties he would be crossing a line. Especially he would not want someone to run a background check on Rachel. He felt strangely protective of Rachel for some reason, and since he wasn't the type to hold back, he did not refrain from expressing himself.

Their relationship was progressing slowly and even though Rachel was very reserved in the beginning she had started opening up to him and depending on him as well.

She had talked to him about her job and asked if he could help her look for a place to stay since she was not very familiar with City X. He was quite satisfied with how everything was moving between them.

He did not get bored with Rachel since there were so many layers to her personality. She would be cold one minute then after some time, she would become shy.

He found it quite amusing to watch. Especially the difference in how she acted when she was in public and when they were together. It was the difference between a tigress and a kitten. He watched as Jen followed the two girls to the kitchen.

"Am I intruding?" Jen asked the two girls.

"Not at all, please don't feel uncomfortable," Rachel said as she bit her lower lip. She did not expect brian to pop up at the hotel so suddenly. She didn't mind, but it felt like everything was working against her that day. The feeling got worse when she looked at Laura's sour expression. 

"Don't mind me, I just need some coffee. This is my happy face cause I don't have work today" Laura said as she pointed her index finger towards her own face. Unfortunately, her face was not very convincing. Rachel thought that Laura was angry but it looked like she was just waking up.

After Rachel made sure that there were no misunderstandings with her friends she went back to the living room with Jen following closely behind her.

"I'll be out soon, give me a minute," Laura said as she went back to her room with her mug of coffee.

Brian made some small talk with Jen before his phone vibrated in his pocket. He pulled it out and looked at the caller before he excused himself and went to take the call in Rachel's room.

"Are you sure i'm not intruding?"Jen asked again when Brian left.

"Don't worry about it. He came two hours ago so we talked about everything we needed to talk about" Rachel reassured. She was not trying to comfort Jen but was being completely honest with her. After Jen was finally convinced she was not being a light bulb she was able to be at ease a bit.

Before she could say anything else, the door to Rachel's room opened and Brian walked out wearing a grey cardigan. Jen's eyebrows raised but she refrained from saying anything.

"Are you leaving?" Rache asked when she saw that Brian had worn the cardigan he had come with from before.

"Mmh, I have work. I'll call you later" Brian said and naturally bent forward and kissed her lips. Jen had to exercise a lot of restraint so she would not say anything unnecessary.

"It was nice seeing you Jen" Brian said and Jen could only nod in his direction. Brian kissed Rachel's forehead once more before he left the suite. After the door closed Jen finally released the squeal she had been holding the whole time.

Rachel's face was so red Jen thought she would be able to collect blood if she pinched it. Even though Lucas practically had a full-blown make-out session whenever he said goodbye that would occasionally end up with them back in bed, she couldn't help but think that the two of them were being sweet.

She should really tell Lucas to learn from Brian, although she could already predict that that conversation would land her in bed so it was not worth it.

"Can you not be so loud? I'm already embarrassed to death and you aren't helping at all" Rachel complained. Jen just laughed at her embarrassment, she was also slightly embarrassed it was like seeing your sister kiss her boyfriend it was quite awkward for her as well.