CHAPTER 2
the next day...
Jessie came out of the elevator to pick up the mail when she saw Tony opening the door for Mrs Chesterfield who just came back from her morning jog.
"Good morning, Mrs Chesterfield," Jessie said as politely as possible.
"Bessie.." Mrs Chesterfield responded coldly and jogged directly into the elevator.
Jessie shook her head and walked to Tony who was now behind the counter.
"So.." she started while resting her elbow on the counter. "How did you sleep last night?"
"Pretty good, and you?" Tony answered, smiling, when he leaned his elbow on the counter too, leaning closer to Jessie.
"Good too, but.." she paused for a moment and looked at Tony. She didn't want him to go. She has had many failed dating stories, she didn't want this one to be just another one on that list. She truly cared for Tony. She never felt like this before. And she definitely didn't want this to end. Not now, not ever. She couldn't tell Tony to stay, though. This was his life, his future, and she had no right to tell him what to do. That would be a selfish thing to do.
"Jessie?" she snapped out of her thoughts when she heard his voice. "You were saying?" he asked her with a worried look on his face and took her hands in his.
"Huh? Oh," Jessie smiled at him. "It's nothing important."
Tony smiled when he saw her smiling. Gosh, she was driving him crazy. He was completely in love with her. He loved her witty humor, and how pretty she looked, even when she had sauerkraut in her hair. He didn't want to leave her. He never wanted to hurt her. He could tell by the expression on her face that him leaving was making her worried, but he didn't want to bring it up and ruin the mood in those last few hours before he was going to leave. He wanted to leave those feelings until the end.
"Hey," he said, breaking the silence. It wasn't an awkward silence. It was more comfortable than you could imagine.
"Hm?" Jessie said, letting him know he has her attention. Not that he didn't have it before. He was always on her mind.
Tony smiled again and held her hands in his a bit tighter. "How about you and me go to a dinner tonight?" he whispered while leaning closer and kissed her cheek gently.
Jessie looked down for a moment, then looked back at Tony, nodding.
"I wou-.."
"No!"
Tony and Jessie both looked the way the sound was coming from and saw Luke standing in front of the elevator, holding a map full with papers.
"Jessie can't go anywhere tonight," he said proudly while walking closer to them. "She has to help me with my project."
"Another project?" Jessie said and looked at Luke confused. "Didn't you just make one earlier this week?"
"Yes, that was for Biology class.. This one is for my Science class."
"Right.." Jessie said with disbelief and put her hands on her waist. "When is this project due?"
"Uhh.. tomorrow?" Luke said, followed with a nervous laugh.
"Tomorrow?!" Jessie repeated his word a bit louder. "Why do you always wait until the last day to do them?"
".. Am I supposed to answer that?" Luke asked himself more than he asked Jessie.
"Up!" Jessie pointed to the elevator. "To your room."
Luke ran to the elevator and Jessie looked at Tony with an apologetic look.
"Sweety, I'm so sorry.."
"No, it's fine. I understand. You have a job to do.. Just like I do." He faked a smile so Jessie wouldn't feel bad but she noticed it wasn't sincere. He didn't want to make a big drama out of this, but the thing is that this was their last day together and he didn't know when will be the next time he's coming to New York. He didn't have any right to blame her, though. Her job is keeping her away from having a date with him, but his will keep him away from seeing the girl he loves everyday. He sighed to himself when he saw Jessie walk into the elevator and got back to his work.
A/N: next chapter will be a bit longer, I promise. (:
also, I don't own any of the characters.
