Two months had passed. Today was Jessie's day off. Jay was coming over for dinner tonight. Jessie's cell phone rang.
"Hello?" She said.
"Hi." Molly said.
"Hi mom." "Sorry I haven't called I've just been busy."
"It's ok."
"How's dad?"
"Good." "Anything new going on with you?"
"Yeah actually, I have a boyfriend."
"Really?" She said a little surprised.
"Yeah."
"How long have you been seeing each other?"
"Two months."
"Well me and dad have to meet him."
"You already know him."
"We do?"
"Yeah." "Remember Jay?"
"Jay Sonnenfield?"
"Yes."
"I'm surprised you'd go back out with him."
"I know but he's changed a lot." "We get along great."
"Well, as long as you're happy."
"I am."
Later that night Jessie was standing at the stove stirring pasta sauce. The front door opened.
"It's me." Jay said. He was carrying a case with his laptop in it.
"Hi sweetie." She said.
"Hi."
He turned and kissed him. "Dinner will be ready in about ten minutes."
"Good." "I'm starving, it smells great."
"How was your day?"
"Good." "I sold five houses."
"That's great."
"How was yours?"
"Good." "I'm beta testing this new website I want to show you after dinner."
"Ok."
After dinner they were sitting in the living room drinking wine. Jay got on his laptop.
"I want to show you this website." He said. "It's called MySpace."
"MySpace?" "That sounds silly." "What is it?"
"A place where you can connect with old friends."
"So it's a chatroom?"
"No." "Here look." He said showing her the screen. "It's in the very early stages of beta testing but it'll give you an idea." "This is a profile page." "You can put in facts about yourself and pictures."
"How is it supposed to help you find old friends?"
"See the search bar at the top?"
"Yeah."
"Say if you wanted to get in touch with someone who used to be on the cheerleading squad with you." "You'd type her name in there." "If she has an account you could see her profile page and send her a friend request."
"Sounds interesting."
"Yeah it's probably not gonna be done for one or two more years but I think they have something." He put the laptop anyway.
"So." She kissed him. "Wanna have sex?"
"Sounds good to me."
They were laying in bed.
"I'm glad you gave me another chance." He said.
"Me to." "It's definitely better this time." "The sex especially." She said smiling.
He laughed. "You can't fault me for that." "We had sex once."
"Right." "I didn't enjoy it the first time." "Do you remember what I said?"
"As I recall the only thing you said was." "Ow."
"Right." "I don't say that anymore."
"I like what you were saying just a couple minutes ago."
"I bet."
"How many men have you been with?"
"Seven."
"Was John Cena one of those seven?"
"Yes." "I regret it."
"Why?"
"Our friendship was never the same after that." "I had a miscarriage and tried to kill myself." "We got closer and had sex."
"You tried to kill yourself?"
"Yeah." "See?" She said holding up her wrists.
"How old were you when you miscarried?"
"Sixteen."
"I'm so sorry that happened to you." He kissed her. "I love you Jessie." That was the first time he'd said that to her.
She smiled. "I love you too Jay."