Chapter Thirty-Six: Summer Nights
Summer loving had be a blast
Summer loving happened so fast
I met a girl crazy for me
I met a boy, cute as can be
Jenny walked down the empty beach, enjoying the feeling of the water lapping at her toes. She started twirling around in circles. That's when she noticed she wasn't alone. There was a cute boy about thirty feet from her, watching her with amusement.
"Hi," she said in an embarrassed tone, smiling shyly.
"Hey," he said. "I don't think we've met before. I'm Jethro."
"Jenny," she said.
Summer days drifting away
To uh-oh those summer nights
Tell me more, tell me more
Did you get very far?
Tell me more, tell me more
Like, does he have a car?
Jenny and Jethro walked along the beach, staring at the sun as it slowly drifted below the horizon.
"Swim with me?" Jenny asked, tugging on his hands towards the ocean.
Jethro just smiled in response. He picked her up in his arms bridal style, making her squeal in response. He carried her into the water until he got to his waist and her back was dipping into the water. He spun her around once before dropping her into the water. She squealed again.
"Jethro!" she yelled when she reemerged, hitting him playfully on the shoulder.
He may not have a car, but he was sure one heck of a guy.
She swam by me, she got a cramp
Jenny dived out of the way of Jethro's attempt to dunk her again. She stuck her tongue out at him and swam by him tauntingly. She stopped suddenly and pain flashed across her face.
"Jen, you okay?" Jethro asked.
"Fine," she said. "I just got a bit of a cramp."
"Let's go back to the beach," Jethro said, dragging her onto the beach.
He went by me, got my suit damp
Jenny laid across the sand on her towel, sun tanning herself. She sat up, looking around for Jethro. She saw him running up to her, dripping wet from running in the water. He ran right by her, getting her wet. She squeaked at the sudden coldness of the water.
"I was trying to tan myself," she said pointedly.
"I was trying to have a little fun," he said right back at her.
She smiled at him, realizing she was deep in love with this boy.
I saved her life, she nearly drowned
Jenny shrieked as she fell off the dock into the deep water. Jethro laughed at her. But he stopped laughing when he realized she hadn't come up yet. He ran off the dock into the water. He looked around under the water, finally locating her. He grabbed her gently by the waist and lifted her back to the surface. When he got her onto the sand, he started doing the CPR training he had gotten last summer. He gave her mouth to mouth and she gasped in air.
"You okay?" Jethro asked.
"Yeah, fine," she said. "I just panicked." She looked up at him and smiled. "That was some kiss right there."
"That was CPR."
Summer sun, something's begun
But uh-oh those summer nights
Tell me more, tell me more,
Was it love at first sight?
Tell me more, tell me more,
Did she put up a fight?
Jenny used to think that romance novels and movies were cheesy when they had the damsels in distress falling in love with the prince of the story right as soon as she saw them. "Love at first sight" was such a fickle thing.
That was before she met Jethro, though. She had fallen in love with him as soon as she saw him staring at her after her little embarrassing number on the beach. Now she believed.
Took her bowling in the arcade
"Yes!" Jethro shouted in triumph as the bowling ball knocked down all the pins. "Strike!"
"Great job," Jenny said with mock enthusiasm.
"Bet you can't beat that."
"There's no possible way to beat a strike," Jenny said.
"You already have one strike from last time. Now I have one strike in a row. First one to get a turkey wins."
"Turkey?"
"Three strikes in a row."
"You're on." Jenny rolled the bowling ball down the lane, hitting all the pins and knocking them down. "You're up."
Jethro concentrated carefully, rolling the ball down the bowling lane. All of the pins knocked down except one, which tilted slightly.
"C'mon, baby," Jethro said to the pin. The pin stayed standing. "Dammit!"
"I win," Jenny said triumphantly.
"You haven't gotten a turkey yet." Jethro said as he rolled the second ball down the lane, missing the single pin.
"Oh really?" Jenny rolled the bowling ball and it knocked down every single pin. "There. I win."
We went strolling, drank lemonade
Jethro casually draped his arm over Jenny's shoulders as they walked through the park. She snuggled closer to him, her arm around his waist.
"Look!" she suddenly exclaimed. "A lemonade stand! Let's go get some!"
They walked over to the lemonade stand where a young man stood.
"Two lemonades, please," Jenny said.
The man nodded and squeezed up some lemons. He then added some sugar and water to the lemon juice and mixed it up, pouring it into two plastic cups before handing the drinks over to them. Jethro handed the man some money and he and Jenny walked off, quietly sipping their lemonade.
She couldn't remember what he said, but something made her laugh so hard the lemonade came out of her nose, effectively making the inside of her nose sting. Bad.
We made out under the dock
Jethro kissed Jenny passionately, as he had been doing for the past twenty minutes. She had dragged him under the dock to see if there were any shells there. He caught her off guard and kissed her, effectively stopping them from doing anything else.
We stayed up until ten o'clock
Jenny drew away from him, glancing at her watch. She gasped. "Oh, I gotta get home!"
"Why?" Jethro asked, his lips moving to her neck.
"It's already ten! I have a curfew, you know."
"What's life without a little excitement?"
Summer fling, don't mean a thing
But uh-oh those summer nights
Tell me more, tell me more
But you don't gotta brag
Tell me more, tell me more
'Cause he sounds like a drag
He got friendly, holding my hand
Their favorite pastime was walking along the beach. Each time they met they would walk along the beach, holding each other's hand. They would stop at one point and watch the sun set. It was a week into August, when they were watching the sunset, when he first said it.
"I love you." It was out of the blue, and it startled both of them. She looked over at him and he smiled, taking the hand he was holding and kissing it softly.
She smiled back at him. "I love you, too."
Well she got friendly, down in the sand
Jenny screamed, giggling at the same time, as she ran along the beach with Jethro chasing her.
"Get back here!" Jethro yelled after her.
She suddenly stopped and turned sharply, pouncing on him and sending them both tumbling into the sand.
"I'm here," she said, giggling again.
He chuckled, pushing her red hair back before kissing her sweetly. He rolled them over so he was on top of her, kissing her again.
"I don't think so," she said, flipping them back over, sitting on top of his stomach triumphantly. Jethro sighed in defeat. She giggled. "I win."
He was sweet, just turned eighteen
Well she was good, you know what I mean
Summer heat, boy and girl meet
But uh-oh those summer nights
Tell me more, tell me more
How much dough did he spend?
Tell me more, tell me more
Could she get me a friend?
It turned colder, that's where it ends
So I told her we'd still be friends
Then we made our true love vow
Wonder what she's doing now
"I have to go back to school tomorrow," Jenny said sadly. "I won't be able to see you anymore."
Jethro gazed at her sadly. "That sucks. We can still be friends, though, right?"
She nodded, smiling unhappily. "Of course we can." She gave him a quick kiss. "I'll love you forever."
"I'll love you, too," he said. "We can make it our vow. To love each other forever and always, no matter what."
"Deal," she said, sealing the vow with another kiss.
Summer dreams, ripped at the seams
But oh, those summer nights
Tell me more, tell me more
A/N: Okay, so I can't take credit for the "That was some kiss right there" and "That was CPR" thing because I got that off of an episode of Eureka. It fit, though. I just had to do this song. Thanks for the reviews I've gotten and please review now!
Quick note: I'm planning to make this into a Fanfic100 thingy. Hopefully I can get this to 100 chapters and then I'll end it there. I've already got a song for it, too, thanks to my wonderful song suggester NCIS7BEXX. So yeah.
Song - Summer Nights from Grease