Jiley the Kare Kano Version

Chapter 12- Back Together Again

by jaymack33

Disclaimer: Ditto on my lack of ownership, with a total emphasis on this being a nonprofit labor of love.

Author's Note: Believe it or not the chase scene in the animated series happened at the end of the second episode of His and Her Circumstances. I did object to some of what happened in that episode and changed it around of course. But, the chase scene is very fascinating to me, because it on the surface is just an ordinary chase scene, but it kind of symbolizes a boy chasing a girl and trying to catch her and the girl getting caught. It is a funny symbol of love. That's all I'm saying.

Previously in Chapter 11:

I run as fast as my legs can take me. Leaving a lot of curious people in our school in our wake. I definitely don't care. I need to catch her. I need to reach her somehow. I need to tell her how I feel. Tell, her why I did the things that I did. And besides I need to get her book-bag, back to her. I have an airtight alibi. I run and little by little I start to gain on her as I huff and puff at our run.

We're now in our school's track and I still feel his feet stomping on the ground fast and furiously. I don't even want to look back and then he's on me. I feel him grabbing at me almost pulling me back in his arms. The momentum kind of swings us around as he kind of pulls me backwards into him as he kind of takes a lot of the impact as we fall in a kind of roll on the ground. Owww! Owww, too!

I huff and gasp for air as Jake does the same. I am too tired to speak, or say much. I try to crawl away as that is all the energy I have left. Jake easily turns me over as I bawl in front of him. I cry hard and then I say...

And Now:

(Hanna)Go away Jake! Please leave me alone? So, I am a fake girl! Who, is arrogant, selfish, and needs praise at all costs! That doesn't mean I'm such a bad person. So I don't keep up my perfectly maintained superstar look at home. That doesn't mean you have to hate me so much. That you had to change how you feel about me! (I bawl crying after every sentence. I don't care if he sees me this way. I am broken. I really have lost everything!) Please just go away Jake. Go to someone who is good looking enough for you to hang around with and just leave me alone!

(Jake)In between me catching my breath her every word cuts at me like a dagger. Her tears like acid inside each stabbing wound. I have hurt a girl I love so much as I hear her crying openly in front of me. She's telling me to go away. A worst nightmare scenario of hell I could not have pondered in my wildest imaginations. But, I come to one final conclusion. Even if I lose her I am going to level with her and I will try to make this right as best as I can! I feel tears starting to well up in my eyes.

(Hanna)I sob! I have no words left inside of me. I am an empty shell. I am at this son of a bitch's mercy and I just don't know what to do anymore. I feel like someone on death row and I'm waiting for sentencing any minute.

(I gently lift her face to face me even as I bring my head down unable to look at the most beautiful girl I've ever seen in tears because of something stupid that I did.) I'm sorry! I am so, so sorry. Trust me Hanna, I never had any intention to reveal your secret. It was a lie on my part. I was just being selfish. I wanted you to be with me. And I thought it was the only way you would hang around with me. I am so very sorry. I never meant to hurt you. Look I understand if you hate me and you never forgive me for what I've done. But, don't you ever think that I don't care about you. I don't just care about you Hanna. I love you! I look her dead in the eyes as Hanna quickly kind of looks away at me as we sort of dance around looking at each other. Yes, I admit it. I did whatever I could think of to get closer to you. I have not changed one iota in how I feel about you. When I found out your secret the only thing it did was make me like you more. So, if you don't want anything to do with me anymore I understand, but don't ever think there is anything wrong with you. Your, wonderful! I'm the only jerk out here on this field!

Even though his soothing words have long ceased my sobbing, I still feel the streams of tears pouring down my face without abandon. Once again I look up and here we go again with our little dance as he puts his head down. I finally understand him, at least a little bit more anyway. He never did stop caring about me. He cares about me! If I wasn't still crying I would be singing right now. I even notice Jake appears to have a few tears. I hate to admit it, but I am almost smiling that he has some tears, but not because I want him to be sad. No, it's because I finally know now that he cares. He never stopped caring about me! And Jake thinks I was just mad about him about that stupid homework blackmail. Aww well, I move closer to him and I hug him. He hugs me. He's crying. I'm crying. And I start slowly caressing his head and he does the same with me. It feels almost like we are two lost souls dancing around in an open field. I never did tell him how I felt about him that day. We kind of held each other for a while and slowly after we both calmed down a little we kind of came to an understanding and agreed to be friends again. Maybe, one day when I figure out my feelings about him I might take a chance and tell him how much I...well you know! But he is so doing my homework for a week to make it up to me as I hand him back my book-bag! I mention it to him and he laughs. I love that laugh of his. My heart does little cartwheels just from the sound of his happy soothing voice. Yeah, I am so glad all of this drama is finally over.

--To Be Continued--

Author's additional note:Yes, I followed up the longest chapter with a short one, but I felt the chapter resolved the last chapter and besides I wanted a clean happy chapter. By the way the next chapter will kind of work backwards from Miley's family dealings during her last dramatic week and then will pick up after the end of this chapter. Basically that and the next chapter coming up will be me establishing a contrast between Miley and Jake's relationship with their respective parents.