Five Takes

"Jennie McGee"

-Take One-

After I turned five, my love life went downhill. In all honesty, it wasn't even a 'hill', per se. It was more like a wall. Hills have bumps, and flat places (they have places where you can stop and rest); but my love life was a wall. It was a tediously long downward spiral.

In first grade, there was Christy Cass. She had red hair and glittery green eyes and a crooked smile; yet I still couldn't help but to like her. In fact, I went so far as to share my peanut butter and jelly sandwich with her. She didn't get it, though. She didn't fall for me. Instead, she went for my friend, Bobby, (the cootie vaccination guy), and dated him.

In the first grade, I lost my best cootie-free (no more) friend, and the crooked-teethed girl of my dreams. I was your average day Dumbo, and I hated it.

In middle school, there was Macy Misa. She looked like a little pixy, with long eyelashes and a petite figure. But she could play sports.

Oh boy, could she play sports.

I remember my first encounter with her. I accidentally slammed into her in the hallway, but she just (thankfully) laughed it off. Then her ex boyfriend, Joe, came up to her – yakking about how he wanted to get back together with her.

Macy Misa was a sporty girl. She liked soccer, and basketball, swimming, and gymnastics. That day, unfortunately for poor ol' Joe, she had come back from playing soccer.

The conversation went along the lines of:

(Joe) "Macy, I'm so sorry that I cheated on you with Stella. I'd love to get back together with you, though."

(Macy) "Joe, go away."

(Joe) "But Macy, one day, I'm going to be a rockstar, and I'll buy you lots of cool things. Just give me another chance!"

(Macy) "Joe, I just came back from playing soccer. I'm still in the ball-kicking mode. So if you don't go away, I'll gladly kick yours."

(Joe) "But, Macy…"

(Macy) SLAM!

(Joe) –limps away whilst crying-

After that little ordeal, Macy turned to me, laughing. I got away before I was her next victim. I learned that, a few weeks later, Macy took up to dating Joe's younger brother, Frankie or Nigel or something. Either way, I was actually glad I got out of that one.

Around my sophomore year of high school though, another heart-stealer came along. Jennie McGee.

She had that long, wavy blonde hair, with icy blue eyes. Icy blue eyes have always scared me.

Granted, I have blue eyes, but, (and not to sound gay, 'cause I'm completely straight as hell), mine are more of a calm, cerulean blue.

Not icy blue.

Icy blue eyes always look like they can slice right through your soul. I probably wouldn't have given a flying flip if Jennie McGee cut through mine, but still, her eyes scared me.

Besides the icy-blueness of her eyes, they have that white behind them. I know what you're thinking. All eyes have white behind them. But the white behind her icy blues made her look lifeless. Kind of like Casper in the body of a Victoria Secret's model.

Yet somehow, I fell for her.

For some unknown reason, I had wanted to be an actor; therefore, I made sure that I was in all of the school's plays. She was an actress, and she often got the lead in plays as well. (Lucky me).

One month, the play was Peter Pan, and I got the role of Peter, while Jennie had the roll of Tinkerbell, Pan's BFF.

Between rehearsals, Jennie and I would walk to the local java shop, and grab cups of coffee with my friend, Tobey. It was wonderful. Her laugh was contagious, and her smile had my heart.

I had definitely, definitely fallen head over heels for Jennie McGee.

But the problem was that Jennie McGee went for jocks. She liked tall, muscular football/basketball players with only one thing on their minds. I was a pastor's son with relatives in Wisconsin that liked a good steak, and wanted to be an actor. I wasn't her type. Tobey was her type.

And he was always with Jennie and me, wherever we went.

I was pretty positive that they were going to fall for each other, and leave me in the dust. It was only a matter of time.

Then one day, something amazing happened. Tobey got sick, and it was just Jennie and me at the coffee place. It was snowing outside, and all of the Christmas lights were up, so we decided to take a stroll.

Jennie was clinging to me, and I gladly wrapped my arms around her.

After a while, Jennie came to a halt, grabbed a hold of my tie, and slammed her lips into my own. She was kissing me!

The prettiest girl in school was kissing me!

And I happily kissed her back. It was my first real kiss, and I was going to make the most of it. I was going to show her that sometimes, an actor was better than a stupid jock.

All to suddenly, Jennie pulled away. She was smiling, which made me happy.

"That was…"

She pressed her finger to my lips, causing me to shut up right away.

"How did you think I did, Chad?" She batted her blonde eyelashes, and I nearly went weak at the knees.

"Great, Jennie," I whispered hoarsely.

"Great!" She finally let go of my tie, and bounced back. I wondered if it would be okay if I kissed her again. "Then I guess it'll be okay for me to kiss Tobey," She pulled my into a hug, "thanks so much, Chad!"

Jennie McGee quickly spun on her heels, and skipped down the street, taking my heart along with her. I was left standing there, in the cold Christmas snow, feeling so utterly stupid.

I went home that night and dreamt about a little girl with pigtails who had a love for parks and Capri Sun. And I wondered…what had ever happened to little Sonny from Wisconsin?

A/N: So this chapter was the life and death of me (mostly the latter). I re-wrote it three times before I finally decided to go with this version. First, Jennie was going to go with Chad to prom, then leave him for his brother. This version just seemed to fit better, though. Besides, I got to mention JONAS, hehe!

I do hope you know that you all are amazing; and I appreciated ALL of your reviews! I was shocked and happily surprised at how well little Chad was taken in. The next chapter was much easier to write, and I hope to have it up soon!

Thank you for reading =)