Chapter 2
Anxious
Disclaimer: I don't own 6teen or their characters. I also do not own the song Recessional or the movie Eternal Sunshine from the Spotless Mind. (But I do own Johnny Smith. Way to be anonymous Johnny! laugh.)
Yay! It's the second chapter! ^_^
Thank you so much for all of your reviews! I'm happy that my first is at least good and readable. Right now I just wanted to reply to a review I had.
Artsygirl613 - Yup, thanks for noticing. I named this series Hey Jude because I wanted the story to follow the song, sort of. It is one of my favorite Beatles songs so I'm happy I get to write about it.
Okay then, lets get on with the story...
"Jen! Hurry on down or you'll miss the bus!" Jen's mother called up the stairs.
Jen was a slump in her bed and looked to be dead, but her moan confirmed she wasn't. She turned her head and glanced at her alarm clock. Her eyes widened as she sat up in surprise. She grabbed the clock and brought it to her face as she read the flashing numbers.
7:38
7:38
7:38
7:39
"Gaaaaaaaaahh!!" She screamed as she crashed to the floor. "I'm going to be late!!"
She quickly got dressed, brushed her teeth, and grabbed her soccer bag. When she raced it downstairs, she took a piece of toast that just popped out of the toaster and stuffed it in her mouth. "Ssshorri. I Gchatta gcho! (Sorry, I got to go!)" She cried as she hurried out the door.
Mrs. Garcia sighed in disbelief as Diego and Robbie snickered at their stepsister.
I can't believe it!
I have never been close to being late!
Maybe I shouldn't have done all of my homework yesterday night.
I could have left at least a little bit to do after the trip.
Jen didn't want to worry about her spring break homework after getting back from the trip so she did it all in one night after she got it. But that wasn't the real reason she couldn't sleep last not. Her mind has been distracted ever since a couple of weeks ago with many feelings of anxiousness. Anytime her mind was free, Jude would just pop in and say one of his catchphrases. Her face began to turn pink again as she tried to forget about it. She could not put her finger on why this was happening and it was driving her crazy. She gave up trying to figure it out and concentrated on getting to the school on time. Maybe Rita would know why?
"Jen, you're finally here!" Rita exclaimed. "I never thought I would ever see the day that Jennifer Masterson wouldn't come as early as usual."
"Umm, yeah, me neither." Jen quickly remarked as she plopped her bag in the aisle and sat down trying to catch her breath.
She had started to hang out with Rita who surprisingly was a good soccer player. She didn't want to join our group though because she still had a great grudge against Jonesy for breaking the bad news about Jude not returning her feelings. At least she wasn't going after him anymore. Although she has a little bit of a rough patch, she is actually very nice once you got to know her.
"Hey, you look wiped out. Did you not get any sleep last night or something? Or was some guy keeping you up?" Rita asked.
"Uhhh, no..." Jen's face changed from pink to red as Jude popped up in her mind again and she averted her eyes away from Rita's.
Rita gasped at the new realization that Jen would like a guy. "You do?! Who is it? Who is it? Who is it?"
"No, it's not like that! It's just one of my friends. He's just-"
"Jen, if you are not getting any sleep because you are thinking about a guy then face it, you like him."
"No! That's not true!" But Jen couldn't help but look to the floor. "He's just having a hard time right now with his parents being divorced so I'm just worried about him."
Rita could tell that she liked him but she could also see that it wasn't the right time for her to admit it. "Well, whatever you say. Hey guess what! Johnny said he would go out with me!" She cried.
Jen rolled her eyes and turned around to see Johnny Smith gazing at Rita with a smile on his face. He was a cute guy that played right mid on the boys soccer team (Note: I guess the guys teams rides the same bus as the girls team). She saw him wave and found that Rita was waving back. She elbowed Rita and whisperer to her "Why don't you go sit with him then?"
Rita seemed at her a bit surprised as she answered. "Are you okay with that? I always sit next to you..."
"It's fine, I need to catch up on my sleep anyway." Jen replied sluggishly.
"Thanks Jen!" Rita exclaimed as she hugged her quickly and skittered over to Johnny's seat.
Jen smiled and leaned back into the window to get some sleep. But Jen's anxiousness kept her awake. Jude popped up into her mind again and said his usual catchphrase again. She knew she wouldn't get any shut eye if she continued to think of it so she got out her iPod and listened to something that would calm her down. A beautiful, woman's voice sang softly in her ear with only the piano to accompany her.
'It's so beautiful here,' she says
'This moment now and this moment, now.'
And I thought I would ever find her here:
But she's looking at me, straight to center,
No room at all for any other thought.
And I know I don't want this, oh, I swear I don't want this.
There's a reason not to want this but I forgot.
This song always reminded her of the movie Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind even if that wasn't the meaning of the song the artist had intentioned. So as she listened, scenes from the movie seemed to be projected from behind her eyelids as she finally drifted asleep.
I'm sorry if it wasn't as interesting as the first chapter.
Do you guys remember Rita? When I first saw her on the show she immediately became my second favorite character (of course my first being Jude).
I chose the song Recessional to play on her iPod because... well because I was listening to it at the time and it's my favorite song by Vienna Teng. :3
Also, if you have never seen the movie Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind then I really recommend it. It's a great movie with the loved actor, Jim Carrey. When I hear this song, I always think of that movie no matter what. I don't know why but it fits that movie perfectly in my mind.
Anyway, REVIEWS PLEASE!!!