Chapter 36: Something There
Manny, Jessica, and Harper were practicing for their performance. They had just finished the scene where Dr. Dark turns Mighty Bright Knight into a werewolf, and they were all in costume.
"This is going to be awesome!" Jessica said. Manny nodded. Harper didn't respond. She was trying to take off her mask.
"Why- won't- it- get-off?" Her two friends proceeded to help her. At one point, their hands touched.
"I'll make some adjustments to it," Manny said when they finally got the mask off. Jessica looked at him and then away.
"Guys? Can I just have a moment alone?"
"Sure, take all the time you need!" Harper said. Jessica nodded and began to walk away. She looked back at Manny, who was already working on the adjustments.
"There's something sweet and almost kind, but he was mean and he was course and unrefined. But now he's dear and so unsure. I wonder why I didn't see it there before."
Manny looked at where she had left.
"She glanced this way, I thought I saw. And when we touched, she didn't shudder at my paw. No, it can't be. I'll just ignore. But then, she's never looked at me that way before."
Jessica thought back on their rivalry,
"New and a bit alarming. Who'd have ever thought that this could be? True that he's no Prince Charming, but there's something in him that I simply didn't see."
Three out of four members of The Electric Company were staring dumbstruck at each other. Jessica had just told them what had been going on.
"Well, who'd have thought?" asked Keith.
"Well, bless my soul!" added Lisa.
"Well, who'd have known?" Keith replied.
"Well, who indeed," muttered Hector. Unlike the other two, who were hoping that this could help settle the peace, he was completely suspicious.
"And who'd have guessed they'd come together on their own?" asked Lisa.
"It's so peculiar," whispered Hector.
"I'll wait and see a few days more," strategized Keith. He knew that of the three, he could best tell Jessica's mood, so he could look into things.
"There may be something there that wasn't there before."
"Perhaps there's something there that wasn't there before," Hector muttered. Keith sighed.
"Hector, when are you going to realize that Jess is capable of making decisions for herself?" he asked, much more gently than he felt about the matter.
"When she stops making stupid decisions!"
"So, never? Man, people choose things that don't always make sense at the time. Like, that time when you chose to lead everyone in capture the flag. No one understood why. Then, we whipped the Ares, er, other team's butt!"
"Totally different!"
"Not really. I'm trusting Jess. Lisa, what about you?"
"I-I"
"Keith, you can't just end it!"
"Hector, if you didn't notice, I never said I wasn't going to keep my eyes open. All I said was that I'm not going to spy or whatever!" he stormed out. Shock chuckled.
"It's a gift to be able to get two hormonal teenagers mad at you in less than twenty minutes. You must have a gift."
"Lisa, are you with me?"
"I guess. But we won't do anything crazy, right?"
"Right."
A.N.: This was a lot longer than I expected it to be. I love this song, and I had to do something with it. I also put in Keith trusting Jess, which they never mentioned in the show. It was very sweet.
I'd also like to make an announcement. I'm not going to be doing this for much longer. I may have about twenty chapters left, but after that, I won't do this story anymore. I love this story, but it's getting a bit old.