So let's say that John is Emily's really good friend. Enough to come as an improv date when Emily's best friend is in trouble. He's talked to JJ on the phone and has come to know her as Emily 'Bug' and her 'Princess'. So with that said, the people making an appearance in this chapter will be:
Emily: 21
John: 21
JJ: 16
JJ's parents.
I'm not sure when prom is since I don't go to any dances at my school. I just don't see any reason too. Therefore I do not know the exact date for prom.
Update on where Emily is: As of JJ being 14, Emily has moved from Italy to Paris, London.
Prom starts at 8:00 p.m. goes until 11:00 p.m.
Prom Night. 7:45 p.m. March 2000. (The ones that know can decide on a date.)
At 7:30 JJ walks down the stairs. She in a dark blue dress that brings the color out in her eyes. She has light makeup on and her hair is curled. Her boyfriend, Kevin, is supposed to pick her up at 15 to eight.
"Oh, baby you look so beautiful!" Sandy says when she sees her youngest coming down the stairs. "Come here. We need pictures."
"Oh, mom. Come on. Kevin will be here any minute."
"I know, I know. Just a few photos and then we'll leave you alone." Sandy promises.
"Fine." After a few pictures it starts getting close to eight o'clock.
At 7:50 JJ is only a little worried. After all it's only give minutes.
'Kevin is five minutes late. Maybe he's not coming after all.' JJ thinks. She doesn't want to be one of those girls, but it's kind of hard not to when her and Kevin have been talking about prom all week.
7:55 JJ is more than a little worried. She's decided he's bailed on her.
JJ sighs. Kevin is officially ten minutes late. Her dad walks back into the room and looks surprised to see her still there.
"Hey, sweetie. Has Kevin not come yet?"
"No. Maybe he isn't coming."
"Wait a minute. You don't know that, honey. Didn't you say he has a little sister he had to watch tonight?" When JJ nods he sits down beside her.
"Well, maybe had to watch her a little later than usual and he's on his way right now."
"Dad, Kevin said his mom was taking off early so he could pick me up."
"Just give him a few more minutes, honey. I'm sure he'll be here." Michael goes back to the kitchen.
And at 8:15 JJ knows it's official. She's been stood up. And by her first boyfriend of all people. She takes her shoes off and leans back into the couch.
Kitchen with Michael and Sandy.
"Mike, honey I think it's time we realize that our daughter…" Sandy stops and takes a deep breath. "Has been stood up. He's thirty minutes late."
"I know. I'm going to go check on her."
A few minutes earlier with JJ.
JJ sighs as she pulls out her cell. She dials Kevin's number and waits for him to answer. She expects to maybe hear him arguing with his sister, Michelle. What she doesn't expect is to hear her best friend, Lacey Maria Robertson's, voice.
She sounded weird, just like JJ sounds right after she gets done kissing Kevin.
"Lacey? What are doing answering Kevin's phone?"
"Uh…well…" Lacey trails off. JJ's heart drops. She really hopes it's not what it sounds like.
"Don't." JJ says getting angry. "I don't want to hear it. You knew he was my boyfriend Lacey. You knew he was taking me to prom. Why would you do this to me?"
"Well…I-" Lacey starts but is cut off.
"No. I don't want to hear it. Don't expect me to talk to you on Monday Lacey. We're done. I no longer consider you a friend."
JJ hangs up and tosses her phone next to her just as Michael is walking in.
"Was that Kevin on the phone, honey?" He asks.
"No, it wasn't. It was Lacey. Answering Kevin's phone." JJ stands and walks to the stairs.
"Jenny…"
"Dad. Don't. Okay? I just want to be alone right now. It was stupid to even consider giving Lacey and Kevin another chance after Bella caught them kissing." With that JJ goes upstairs and slams her bedroom door.
Michael sighs and goes back to the kitchen.
Kitchen with Sandy and Michael.
"So?" Sandy asks when Michael comes back into the kitchen.
Michael sighs and shakes his head, sitting down at the table. "She called him. Lacey answered."
"Oh, no. Not again. Well, what did she say?"
"She wants to be alone."
Sandy nods and pulls out her phone. She's hesitate to call as it is almost three in the morning where Emily is living.
But she also knows how it feels to break up with a first time boyfriend. And although hers didn't cheat on her with her best friend, that person was the one that helped her deal with the sadnes that one Lynn Harper caused her.
"I'm going to call Emily." Sandy announces already halfway through dialing her number.
"Honey, it's nearly three am in Paris. She won't be up at this time."
"I know that Michael. But I also know that her best friend is the only person she'll probably want to talk to. She just broke up with her first boyfriend."
She puts the phone to her ear and waits.
It rings a couple of times before Emily answers.
"Hello?"
"Emily. Hi, it's me Sandy. I didn't wake you did I?"
"No, no you didn't. What's wrong? Is JJ okay?"
"Well, physically yes. But emotionally not so much. Emily has JJ told you about her boyfriend Kevin?"
"Yes. Did something else happen with them?"
"Actually, yes it did. Kevin never showed up to pick her up for prom. And apparently when she called him, Lacey answered the phone." She hears Emily sigh on the other end.
"What do you need me to do?"
"Can you talk to her? Maybe wait for her to call you and if she doesn't, then call her?"
"I'll do something better. I don't have any classes today and tomorrow is the weekend. How about I fly up there and see her in person? I think a face to face visit is long overdue."
"That sounds wonderful Emily. When can we expect you?"
"I'll fly in later today. It'll probably take about five or so hours. So, sometime later today."
"That sounds good, Emily. We'll see you later. Good night."
"What did she say?" Michael asks.
"She's flying later today. To see JJ. Come on, there's nothing else we can do. Let's go to bed."
The next day, around 8 a.m. Pennsylvania. 2 p.m. Paris, London.
The next day, which was really later that day, Emily and John stand on JJ's front porch.
She pulls out her phone and then knocks on the door.
The door opens to reveal Sandy.
"Emily. Hello. I'm so glad you could come." She motions for Emily land John to come inside. "JJ's going to be thrilled to see you. I know she lights up whenever you call."
"Yes, I'm happy to see her too. Oh, uh…this is my friend Johnathan Tyler. He flew over he with me."
"Please, call me John, Mrs. Jareau." John says politely, holding his hand for Sandy to shake.
"Okay. But only if you call me Sandy. Mrs. Jareau is my mother-in-law."
"Is Jen upstairs, Sandy?" Emily asks.
"Yes, she's still in bed if you would like to go wake her." Emily nods and the takes John to the downstairs bathroom to change before heading up to JJ's room.
JJ's room.
"Jenny. Wake up, Bug. I have a surprise for you." Emily says as she gently shakes JJ awake.
It takes a few moments for JJ to wake up and realize that it is in fact Emily waking her up and not her mom.
"Em?"
"Hey, sweetheart. You wanna get up? I have a surprise for you downstairs."
"Wait. You're actually here? Like, right here in my room?" JJ asks as the smile on her face grows.
"It's really me. In the flesh."
"Ah! Oh, my god! Em!" JJ tackles Emily in a hug making them both fall back on to her bed, forgetting all about why she was upset the night before.
"I can't believe you're here!"
"I know! It's so good to see you, Bug. You've grown up a lot!"
The two lay in bed for a few minutes, JJ happy to be in her best friend's arms again, before Emily sits the two up.
"Okay, now I need you, Miss Jennifer, to go the bathroom and brush your teeth. Then come back and put your dress back on."
JJ frowns at the mention of her dress, finally remembering why she was upset in the first place.
"Why? I don't need it. It's not like I'm going to get a chance to dance in it like I wanted."
"Actually that's not true. Just trust me on this. Okay?"
"Wait! What about school? I have it today." JJ says.
"Calm down. Your mom said you could stay home today. It's Friday after all. Now go on to the bathroom and hurry up, okay?"
"Fine." JJ leaves to do as told and then comes back to see her dress laying on her bed and Emily sitting beside it.
After Emily helps her touch up her makeup, she French braids JJ's hairs in to two pieces and then helps her into her dress.
Back downstairs.
Downstairs, John stands at the foot of the stairs with Michael and Sandy. He's changed into a tux and freshened up a bit.
"Are you guys ready?" He hears Emily call out.
"Ready when you are." He replies. Then he sees JJ walk down the stairs. She's wearing her dark blue dress and has her hair in two French braided pigtails.
"Oh, baby. You look even more beautiful the second time." Sandy says.
"Hello, Miss JJ." John says. "My name is Johnathan. I believe we have met only on the phone?"
JJ smiles at him. "Yes. It's nice to meet you John."
Johnathan holds his hand out for take. "May I have this dance, JJ?"
At that moment JJ realizes that the couch and chairs have been pushed back to give them room in the living room. And the radio is play soft dancing music.
"Yes, you may." As John takes her out to the middle of the floor Emily steps over to Sandy and Michael.
"Thank you for this, Emily." Sandy says with tears in her eyes.
"No problem, Sandy. I knew about Kevin. I knew he cheated on her once before. So I talked to John and he said that, if I wanted, he would fly over here with me and give JJ what she, what every girls wants. To be able to dance at their prom."
"I know this may not exactly be the prom. But the smile on Jenny's face is completely worth it." She continues.
"Yes, yes it definitely is." Michael agrees.
A couple of songs later and everyone is starving. So while Sandy makes breakfast, JJ goes upstairs to change out of her dress and put on more comfortable clothes.
Back down stairs she curls up by Emily's side on the couch.
"Thank you so much for this, Emmy. And thank you John for coming all the way over here so I could have a dance in my prom dress."
"You're welcome, Butterfly."
"Yeah, you're welcome JJ. Besides I didn't have anything better to do and Emily told me about…your boyfriend. So I wanted to make it better. I'm glad I could do just that."
JJ sighs. "When do you have to leave?"
"We have an early flight out on Sunday morning. We have all day today and all day and night tomorrow. What do you want to do?"
"Can we go see a movie tonight? And then lay around and do nothing tomorrow?"
"Sure we can. Whatever you want to do we'll do it." Just then Sandy walks back in.
"John, do you need a place to stay? Emily has a bed in JJ's room, but I could make up the couch for you."
"Actually, Sandy I would love too. But I have a family friend that's staying in town for the weekend. I called ahead and he said I could stay with him."
"Okay, if your plans change just let us know."
"Thnak you. I will do that."
When breakfast is done the five of them sit down to eat. Emily gets Sandy and Michael up to speed on what she had been doing for the last five years, leaving out the crucially tail of her abortion, and the three go up to JJ's room and sit down to watch none other than The Little Mermaid.
Two Days Later.
Sunday morning Emily and JJ stand on her front porch again.
"Thansk again for this weekend, Em. I really appreciated it and I loved seeing you. When can we see each other again?"
"I'm not sure, babe. But I'll be sure to make it real, real soon. Okay? I promise. I love you."
"I love you, too Em. Goodbye." One final hug and then Emily and John climb into their rented car. They head to the airstrip where Emily's private jet and Jenson the pilot await them and head back to Paris.
Ok so a few questions.
One: What do you think about Kevin?
Two: If your boyfriend cheated on you with your best friend [twice], what would do you do?
And Three: Would you give either of them a second chance after finding out about the first time?
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