Title: Save This Last Dance
Summary: When you lose one friend, another is there to comfort you. But what happens when you both go off the rails? Who will you turn too for help?
Song Credits: Ashley Tisdale- Kiss the Girl, Elton John- Pretty little black-eyed Susie, Bon Jovi-Always, Save This Last Dance for Me – Michael Buble
Chapter 1- JonesyThere you see her
Sitting there across the way
She don't got a lot to say
But there's something about her
And you don't know why
But you're dying to try
You want to kiss the girl
I sat in the corner of the pub, watching Susie, the love of my life, sitting in the other corner talking to Kelly. Her hair flicked as she moved slightly, laughing at something Kelly had said. That was one of the things I loved about her. She always listened really attentively to who ever was talking even If it was a fruit cake from off the street or Keith Purvis who was always complaining about stray cattle on his property. I loved her so much, and yet she had no idea. We had nearly kissed on countless occasions in the station. I remember when she got smacked in the face for trying to stop a fight I was having with one of the suspects a while back. We were so close but were interrupted by the Boss. And then in the Imperial when Jed Stone asked her out to go watch a stupid game of footy the Hawks were playing. She pulled me into the Parlor and asked me if I was jealous, me jealous…Yeah right! Okay so maybe I was a little jealous but that's not the point. The point is we were so close to kissing. I leant in...
Sha la la la la la
My oh my
Look like the boy too shy
Ain't gonna kiss the girl
Sha la la la la la
Ain't that sad?
Ain't it a shame?
Too bad, he gonna miss the girl
And then I missed her. If I would have two seconds quicker. Chris opened the parlor doors and told us that there was a fight, and if we didn't break it up, they would have killed each other. I looked over again and this time Susie looked up at me and waved. I waved back and smiled. She had no idea the pain she put me through every time she looked at me.
When we had arrested Jed she agreed to come with me to grab a bite to eat. But we never made it because she found out something that she shouldn't of. So we had no date, no date at all.
I looked up and she laughed again. This time at one of Joss's stupid, non-funny jokes. She knows they aren't funny, yet she laughs to keep him happy. I love the way she's always thinking about other people. She looked up at me and I quickly turned away, hoping she didn't catch me staring. I started thinking back to the first time we almost kissed, but my thoughts were interrupted by Chris.
"Oi, Jonesy!" Chris gave me a playful slap on the arm.
"Sorry what?" I looked up at her.
"I asked you for the third time, would you like another beer?" She laughed.
"Yeah, that'd be great." I replied. "Looks like Susie could do with another one too." It was my turn to shout Susie drinks because I had lost a bet that I had made with her. I looked back at Susie; she was giving Kelly a hug. I was so jealous just watching her hug someone else, wanting so much for me to be the one with her arms around me. I've always wanted somebody in my arms like Susie, who cared for everybody else but her self.
"Hey Jonesy, we're heading off." Kelly said as she and Joss walked past me.
"Night guys." I said with a faint smile. Finally I could be alone with Susie. We hadn't spent very much time alone together since that wonderful night of passion we had. I felt so bad for Susie, she was trying so hard to hide her tears, which is probably why she was laughing so much at Joss's pathetic 'jokes'.
She had just lost her best friend Ella, in a car accident, which she attended to. She reported to the scene, not expecting it to be anybody she knew but it was Ella, her best friend from school. She broke down crying, she couldn't even do her job because she was so upset. I wanted too much to just pull her into my arms and hold her. It was raining so much that night I couldn't work out if it was tears or the rain drops that were falling down her cheeks. I called for back up; she sat down on the side of the road crying like she hadn't cried before. I had never seen her so upset, not even when she lost Brad and then Jo. It hurt me so much to see her go through that pain and not be able to do anything about it. She went home and started drinking the night of the accident. Drinking like there was no tomorrow. I was sitting there thinking about her, how she just lost of her friend that she had known her whole life, so I went over to her house. That was when I saw all the empty bottles of alcohol sitting on the cupboard. She looked like she had become a permanent alcoholic, and we just didn't know. She covered it so well, she hid her pain and none of us picked it up, that something was wrong with my Susie. Sure, when she was around everyone else she seemed perfectly fine. She laughed and she joked like she always did, but I could tell that inside she was hurting, more than words could describe. I watched as she left the pub that night, after having had several beers she was obviously tipsy, I could se it in the way she was walking. As she left the pub she didn't even say goodbye, she just walked straight past me and that hurt me so much.
I don't know what made me do it, what gave me enough courage to show up at her place that night, but I did and I'm so glad of that.
I arrived at her house and when I saw the empty bottles and the mess she had made of herself, I knew something was wrong.
Well that's the first installment. it's probably very crappy but it's something new and different. i swear the next few installments are better : D i hope you liked it. Shelby and i pulled several all nighters to get this fic done. we are still working on the final few chapters but we will get there eventually. review and let us know what you thought :D ta!
.::Jess::.