Between Carolina's heartless taunts regarding her eating disorder and hearing from someone other than Sydney, that Sienna had invited people out to her Long Island house, Jane's face sported a very obvious scowl. Not only did she feel like Carolina was being mean for no reason (which wasn't exactly true), but she also felt like the way that the insults she were using weren't fair game. Her disorder was something that had been ignored for years and it was only when Nicole had come into the picture that she was forced to address it. In many ways, it was something to be thankful for, but at the same time, Nicole, and now Carolina, had used it as a tool to scare Jane into doing things. Nicole had turned it into the ultimate threat by convincing her father (with good reason) to send Jane away for the summer, but Carolina using it as a dig, especially in front of Charlotte, made Jane feel equally bad. She hadn't like Carolina before this, but she didn't think she would ever like her now. She wanted to tell her to fuck off but Jane was caught off guard by the low blow that she wasn't thinking as quickly as she wanted to. Luckily, Charlotte excused herself for a reason that Jane was too preoccupied to hear, and now, she pressed herself to the island that separated them. "Who do you think you are? I swear to God, I will make sure that you and your whore of a sister are back on the streets if you ever --"
"Shhh, don't threaten me, Jane." Carolina pressed a finger to her lip to show Jane that she needed to silence herself. She didn't mind that she was addressing Jane as if she were a child, because that was all she was. A spoiled little brat who started kicking and screaming when she didn't get her way and Carolina would be damned if she let that scare her. She would have been able to deal with that, had Jane not tried to act big and bad in the process. Maybe what she had said about the McDonald's was unnecessary, but Jane had started this little war days ago and this was really the first time that Carolina had stood up for herself. She couldn't help it if maybe all of those little digs that Jane had sent her way were pushing her to react now. "I promise that you're the only person who'll suffer from doing that." Maybe Jane was trying to take a page from Sydney in an attempt to be intimidating but it worked even less coming from Jane than it would have from the blonde. With Charlotte only a room away, and Sydney and Tori lingering elsewhere, Carolina decided that it was best not to really get into it with Jane here. Not only was she not trying to make a scene, but she didn't feel like having to explain to her sister why her fist forced Jane into the hospital.
Jane was reeling, trying to formulate some retort that would be cold enough to shut Carolina down, but it didn't come to her by the time that Rosie reentered. She informed them that Rosie was there, and Jane was quick to respond. "Of course I'll let her up, Lottie!" she volunteered, darting towards the kitchen's intercom box. She quickly gave Rosie access to the apartment and then spun back around to look at Carolina. "Do you even know how to use one of these? I mean, it's not like you needed one wherever you used to live. No one's going to try to break into an apartment building in the projects, right? Like, it's you people who try to break into our buildings." To stress that this was her house, and to also avoid furthering the dispute with Carolina, she spun around as soon as the words had left her mouth to wait for Rosie in the foyer.
Jane was gone before Carolina could respond, and it was probably for the best. She didn't appreciate Jane acting like she knew anything about her upbringing, especially when she spoke about it so ignorantly. Carolina certainly had not grown up in a home like this but she was not brought up in the projects, and Jane's ignorance regarding her own words rubbed her the wrong way. The same probably could have been said about her regarding her eating disorder comments, but Carolina was still set on the idea that Jane had started this petty feud and she was only responding to defend herself. "Sorry that you have to deal with this," Carolina rolled her eyes, though trying to be sincere with Charlotte. She was sure that the blonde had experienced more of Jane's antics than she had, but still, with their new relationship, it felt necessary to apologize on Jane's behalf. "Sia's on her way, thank god. Is Rosie coming out with us?"
It was probably time to return to Sydney but Jane had no desire to spend an afternoon with Victoria Walsh. She didn't know how to get rid of her, since Sydney apparently wanted her around and neither Carolina nor Charlotte seemed like they were willing to tell her to go away either. The only option left was Rosie, who Jane impatiently waited to arrive in the elevator. Rosie was just as pretty as Charlotte, but in Jane's mind, ten times more fun and ten times more bitchy. She wasn't exactly a bitch, but she definitely wasn't as nice as Charlotte and Jane would never describe Rose as being a pushover like she would Charlotte. As she waited for Rose, she searched through the texts she had received over the last few minutes and Piper's stood out more than any of the others. Jane was feeling even more feverish than earlier so it was impossible for her to resist replying with that same irrational influence.
To: Piper
omfg she's having a big party on long island tonight and she invited charlotte and carolina.... yes CAROLINA.... and not any of us? you know that's rude pipe!
and i need you to bring me the ones that he gave you. he must've given me a really low dose bc i can tell mine are def not working at all
Jane, of course, was unaware that Sienna had also invited Piper out to her house, and though no one had ever suggested that Sienna was having a party, it was in Jane's nature to exaggerate it. It wouldn't make much sense for her to be offended if she believed that Sienna really was just having a few girls over to console Charlotte over the rumor. If she spun it into Sienna hosting a party to establish herself in a new group of friends, and purposely not inviting Jane or Sydney, or with her knowledge, Piper, it made it easier to believe Sydney's accusation regarding Sia. Jane didn't necessarily want to believe that, though. Sienna had become just as good of a friend to her as Sydney and in the same way that Sydney betraying or disrespecting her had never been enough to turn Jane against her, the same could be said for Sienna. Jane was too reliant on her friends emotionally and physically to actually cut anyone out on her own. With Sydney in her ear though, it was proving to be easier than she wanted.
The elevator door opened soon after she sent the text and Jane barely gave Rose a moment to step out of the elevator car before bombarding her with a hug and words. "Hey girly! Okay, I know you're here for that government stuff your sister does, or whatever, and I know you guys are leaving to go to Sienna's party soon, but before you go, you have to tell Victoria to leave too. Sydney and I are trying to have a peaceful night and like, I don't like her and I don't want her in my house but obviously Sydney's going to get mad if I tell Tori to get out when she said she could stay. So, will you make Lottie get rid of her for me? Pleaseeeeeee?"