"Ok, I'll make a deal with you," Jerry finally came up with a solution, "I'll go with you to your friends birthday party and you come with me to my aunt's wedding."

Elaine frowned a little, "a wedding…" she thought aloud. Jerry smiled, "C'mon, I'll go to the birthday, you go to the wedding… there'll be a lot of people to mock," he said knowing it would catch her attention.

Elaine smiled warmly with a nod, "the birthday party is at noon tomorrow, I'll meet you here."

The next day Elaine and Jerry headed over to the restaurant for the birthday celebration. Elaine introduced Jerry to the people at the table then focused her attention to her friend. Jerry listened in to the conversation on the other side of him, but the woman that sat across from him quickly caught his attention. The two began chatting, Jerry was impressed by her, she seemed so down to earth.

"So what do you do?" he asked.

"I'm a lawyer. You?"

"Comedian," Jerry smiled holding his hand out over the table to shake.

"That explains things."

He was actually having a better time then he thought he would, until Elaine turned back to him. Quickly the woman turned her attention back to the other conversation. Elaine was going on about some dream or other, while Jerry tried not to listen.

But just as Elaine finished what she was saying Jerry turned his attention to the other woman again. Elaine watched the two for a second as they shared words, she didn't think it would hurt as much as it did. Seeing Jerry with other women was not something new, but when he agreed to go with her and her alone, it just plain hurt to see him flirting with someone else, and so apparently.

Elaine got up abruptly, she grabbed her purse and quickly walked to the women's rest room. There she hoped to find a little peace. She looked at herself in the dirty mirror, studying herself. She was confused.

I don't get it Elaine, I thought you were over him. What's gotten into you? What's changed? I'm just jealous, that's all, nothing more. That has to be it. What else could it be? I'm not interested in him again, all we did was fight… but there were those good times. And even when we did fight, I couldn't stand to be without him… wait, this is ridiculous. I'm over Jerry, and I have been for a long time.

Elaine brushed off her clothes and straightened herself out. She walked out of the bathroom to see that everyone was getting up. She gave her friend a hug goodbye, just as Jerry did to his new friend. Elaine began to leave before Jerry barely had a chance to catch up, he jumped into the cab she was in, almost missing it.

"You could have waited…" Jerry mumbled. Elaine didn't look at him, she couldn't.

"Is something wrong?" he asked less patronizingly. But even so Elaine couldn't face him, she just couldn't. There was something that changed, and even though she denied it, she knew it was going to eat her alive.

Jerry waited for an answer but when none came he simply looked away. The cab was going to drop him off first, she couldn't wait till he got out- she needed some time without him.

TBC