"I'am so screwed!" Shouted Jim after he had looked at his calendar. 19 April! "How will I ever get a gift for Jessica? When every store, in the town is closed!?" He slammed his door and leaned against to the wall.
"What's going on Jim?" It was Katyuna; she was on her way to her room, when she saw Jim slamming his door.
"You know what day it is tomorrow?" He asked.
"The 20 April, why? Oh!"
"Yes, oh! I have forgotten to look after a birthday gift for Jessica! I'm the worst boyfriend ever!"
"No Jim you're not. Come on, I'll help you, to get a gift for her before tomorrow." She putted a comfort hand on his shoulder. Jim gave her a smile.
"Thanks."
"You're welcome.
Time passed by, and Jim and Katyuna sat in his room. They talked about what he should give Jessica for her birthday present. Katyuna had bought a lot of special pencils, where there was different thickness. Jessica had wished them in long time, so she thought it would be a great gift.
"So have you even thought about what to give her?" Asked Katyuna.
"To be honest, no."
Katyuna sighed. "Well what does she like besides drawing?"
"Well, swimming, reading, painting and…."
"Come on boy pull yourself together!" She pushed to Jim arm.
"Okay, okay fine… I don't know what to do." Jim leaned defeatist back on the chair. If he didn't find a gift for Jessica before tomorrow, she would think he didn't care about her. He had to figure out of something.
In the mean while were Selaura and Jessica heading down at the hall and talked about Jess's birthday.
"So are you excited, about tomorrow?" Selaura asked.
"Hehe well a little are you always, right?" chuckled Jessica. Selaura smiled.
"Do you think that Jim, have bought you something special? After all, it's your first birthday in Interstellar."
"To be honest I don't really think he has remembered it, he hasn't talked about it. So I don't have many aspirations." Jess blushed a bit.
"Come on Jess, you must have been thinking about, if he was going to get you something, for tomorrow." Teased Selaura and gave a gentle push on her friend arm.
"Okay I admit it."
"I really hope, you will like my gift."
"I can't wait to see it." Both girls grinned and went back to their room.
"Come on Jim! Think!" shouted Katyuna since Jim still didn't have any ideas what to get for Jessica.
"I'm trying! Okay!? Gezz why are girls so difficult to give birthday gift too?"
"Jim you know just as well as me that Jessica doesn't expect any big from you. Ok?"
Jim thought about it. She was right. Jessica had never been the kind of girl, who expected much from him, and always said with a smile if he had forgotten something or if he was late, that it was okay. A smile appeared on his face. It was that why he liked her. Plus she was girl who could kick buts.
"I have it!" Shouted Jim out of sudden and jumped up from the chair.
"What do you have?" Asked Katyuna.
"I know just what to give her."
As it was time for the student to get into their rooms, Jessica sat up and read she was reading her most favorite book, Vampirates book 2, again. She really wanted book 3 and 4 but it was difficult to get, so she never bought them. She looked at the clock 11:00 pm. Somehow she hoped that Jim didn't had forget her birthday, but tried to be understanding as well. There were a lot of things going on lately. Even though that Dive was gone, there still were bullies who loved to tease her and her friends, whenever if the times was right or not. Plus they were booked with homework's. After the fight Jim and Jessica had with Dive, were her ribs going fine, but she still needed to be careful with her foot and make some exercises. Even though that she forgot it a lot of times.
Jim sat inside his room to getting done with Jessica's present. Why didn't he think about it before? Finally he was done. And the time showed 12:09 am. He grinned.
"Happy birthday Jess." He whispered.
It was now 6. In the morning. Selaura, Katyuna and Jim agreed to meet outside the girls' room. Jim was rubbing his eyes as he walked out of the door.
"Jim, what did we tell you about to get early to bed?" Said Selaura but just then she gave a yawn.
"Well it seems that I'm not the only one who are tired huh?"
"Shh! Be quiet you two. Ready to go?" Said Katyuna.
"I think so, but you know it's not the best time to get her up." Told Jim them.
Katyuna rolled her eyes and stepped inside the room. Jessica was sleeping peaceful in her bed. Her right arm was hanging over the beds edge. Jim smiled at her.
"Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you. Happy birthday dear Jessy, happy birthday to you." They sang and slowly Jessica opened her eyes, she rubbed her eyes and looked up to her friends, who were surrounding her.
"Happy birthday Jess!" Everyone shouted. Jim gave her a kiss on her forehead as she sat up.
"Thanks." She gave a smile.
Katyuna was the first one who gave her gift.
"WOW! Thank you Katy!" Jessica hugged her friend. "I have wanted these pencils, like forever!"
"I know." Katyuna laughed and sat beside Jessica on her bed.
"This is from me." Selaura reached her present as well.
"Oh my god! Vampirates 3! But how?"
"Hehe I got my sources." Winked Selaura.
Everyone laughed at her. Jim then told Jessica that she would get his present later, after class. They were supposed to meet on the beach, after the classes. That day had everything in the town open. Of course. So he asked her if she wanted to go there too and she said yes.
The day went fast. Jessica walked down at the beach. 17 years old? How could the time been going so fast? So much good and bad had happen for her. Great friends, a new boyfriend, new pet, got beaten and had lost someone. Wow.
She took her shoes of and walked closer to the sea, there was some small waves, and while she stood on the shore she felt the cold water under her feet. It was nice and relaxing.
"Jess!" Jessica turned around and saw Jim. "Ready to go to the town?" He asked.
"Yep!" she stepped on his solar surfer. Jim wrapped his arm around her and started the surfer. "Hey, Jim. This time you may fly a little bit higher." She gave a smile over her shoulder. Jim gave a grin and did it.
"Woohooo!" The teens shouted.
As they walked through the town, Jim and Jessica were eating an ice cream and talked about how fast the year had been pasting by.
"How is it to be 17 years?" Jim asked taking another bite of his ice cream, which was chocolate and pistachio, his favorite.
"I don't feel any changing, to be honest. But you are going to be 17 in the next month, right?" She gave him a gentle push. "2 weeks older huh? Isn't it nice to be young?" Jessica gave him smirk and then after took a bite on her ice cream, which was with pineapples and apple.
"Hey remember who's the shortest of us." Jim then pushed back. They laughed. He had been very surprised that he figures out that his girlfriend was older than him.
"I'm not that little." Jessica protested.
"Yes you are."
"Are not!"
"Are too!"
"Are not!"
"Are too!"
"Jim I'm not that small, you are only a head taller than me." She finished her ice cream and sat on a bench.
"You mean a head and a half taller then you?" He winked and finished his ice cream as well.
"Would you knock it off? I'm 170 centimeters.
"And I'm 190 centimeters." He began to laugh.
Jessica couldn't help but laughed back. She walked over to him, wrapped her arms around his neck and gave a smirk.
"You are so annoying."
"And that's why you love me."
"I have never said that I loved you."
"That was harsh… you know I'm actually feeling hurt." Jim pretended to looked hurt. Jessica took her hand and pulled Jim into a deep kiss.
"Maybe I love you more than you think." She said after letting go. Jim gave a grin, and wanted to kiss her one more time, but suddenly they heard a voice.
"Hey you two! Where the hell did yeh do to my dog!?" it was Scooters older owner who yelled.
"Time to go?" asked Jessica.
"I think so, run!" and they ran. Jim had hided his solar surfer some place near the town, but after a little while Jessica felt a big pain in her ankle, which made her almost fall, but she managed to get steady and ran again. Jim had not notice that she had twisted her ankle again. When they reached the surfer they hurried flew away.
Later were they on the beach again. They sat silently on it the shore and looked at the calm fully water.
"Hey how are you ankle?" Jim suddenly asked. He could see that she was limped when they got of the solar surfer.
"Fine, its going fine, still hurt a bit though."
"Do you even remember to make those exercises with your foot?"
Jessica blushed a bit. She knew that she was bad to remember them, and that his friends, special Jim was always after me with them.
"Well… I kind of forgot." She admitted.
Jim sighed and knew he couldn't say anything to her, because she already knew.
"Okay then, but there is something I didn't forget. Here." He took his hand under his jacket and then there a gift appeared. It wasn't a big present, but it had the same form like a book. "Happy birthday Jess."
Jessica smiled and took the gift. Jim moved a little closer to her, and looked as she packed the gift up.
When she was done she looked curiously at it. It was a scrapbook. On the front side, it said 'Our Memories' and there was a picture of her with her friends, they smiled. She remembered that picture; it was Katyuna who took it. Jessica opened up the scrapbook and began to browse in it. There were pictures before they got friends with Selaura, after the fight with Dive. She laughed when she saw the picture with Jim and his splint on his nose. When she was done looking, did she see there still were some pages left. Her eyes were watering, but somehow she could hold them back.
"Thank you Jim." She said when she hugged her scrapbook.
"You're welcome. I'm glad you liked it."
"I love it. Let me tell you something… I actually thought you had forgotten my birthday."
"Well let me be honest… I did…" Jessica smiled and laid her head on his shoulder as they looked over the horizon.
"You're forgiven. Thank you for an amazing birthday." Even though she got a lot of gift from home, could none of them win over Selaura, Katyuna and Jim's presents.
Jim smiled. He was so happy that he had found the perfect gift for her.
Some small facts here: In my story Jim have birthday the 13 May. I had a hard time to figure out if, he should be younger or older then Jessica... and then I thought, younger. It hasn't been many times, where I met people who was younger then me, so yes.
