Disclaimer: I don't own Recess. If I did then recess would be all day everyday.
Summary: T.J. lost Spinelli years ago, and it's still haunting him, but now there this new girl and she just happens to look like Spinelli. But Spinelli's dead. It's impossible…isn't it?
Title: Mirror Image
Author: qtloveskittles
Dedication: Ummm...I'm dedicating this to my friend Ashley cuz she encouraged me to write keep writing it.
Author's note: I'm hoping to upload a chapter a day...but I'm not sure if I can so please bear with me if I can't. GOMEN!!! (that means sorry in Japanese) I'm soooooo sorry to make everyone wait so long. (I'm sure it just killed you! Lol) First I was having major writers block and then my mom broke the keyboard. I couldn't type anything for like a week. It was horrible. Now of course I'm in this insane typing mood so I'll probably have the last chapter (yes one more chapter and then it's over) out soon.
Extra info: This story deals with suicide so if that is a problem for you then…please don't read it. I'm not encouraging anyone to commit suicide and I have no suicidal thoughts running through my mind. (Unless (mentally) killing my annoying alter ego counts as suicide... (lolz joking)).
Stuff you need to know:
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Thoughts are in italics
ON WITH THE FIC!
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Saturday came much to quickly for T.J.'s liking. It wasn't that he wasn't looking forward to the party, he was. It was just he was sort of nervous about going with Amy.
It wasn't that he didn't like Amy...it was the exact opposite. He liked her too much. And he had promised himself and Spinelli that after she died he would never love anyone else. But he and Amy had become best friends almost over night. It was like they had been meant to be friends before either one knew the other existed. And everything about her was familiar. Form the way she walked to the way she talked.
Suddenly his phone rang snapping him out of his thoughts. He jumped in surprise and ran to answer the phone. He answered with breathless 'hello'. He heard a giggle on the other line.
"Hiya Teej."
"Hey Amy." He sat down on his couch.
"I have a question."
"Well I feel up to answering a question so... go ahead."
"What's the bravest thing you've ever done?"
T.J. almost dropped the phone in surprise.
"How random was that?!" He asked laughing.
"I'd give it a 7 on the random scale. But seriously what is the bravest thing you've ever done?" She laughed.
That laugh was doing some funny things to his stomache. Ignoring it he turned his attention to her question.
"That's easy. It was the summer between 4th and 5th grade..." T.J. launched into the story about how he and his friends had saved summer vacation.
"Wrestling camp?" Was all Amy said when he was done.
"Yeah well Spinelli was a one of a kind girl."
"I'm just glad I'm not the only one who likes it. But anyway, saving summer vacation was the bravest thing you've ever done."
"Bravest...? No way! I thought you said greatest. The bravest thing I've ever done was...kiss a girl."
He heard Amy snort on the other end of the line.
"Hey I was only in 4th grade at the time." He held his hands up in defense even though he knew she couldn't see him.
"You wouldn't have had the guts."
"You wanna see the videotape?"
"What?"
"Don't ask. Just come over I'll show you."
He could just see the smirk she was wearing.
"Alright I'll be right over."
She hung up and T.J. made his way to the door. He reached for the doorknob when there was a knock. He opened it to find Amy standing there smiling.
"Alright Mr. Bravery, show me the tape."
T.J. walked to the couch followed by Amy. He started the tape and watched as Third Street School flickered into view. They watched the tape in silence and T.J. was lost in memories of that day.
As the tape ended T.J. turned to Amy ready to give her a 'see I told you so'. The words died in his throat when he saw that she was crying. He placed a hand on her shoulder.
"You okay?"
"I'm sorry I'm not sure why I'm crying."
His arm slid around her shoulder.
"I'm sure lots of your memories make you cry."
That only made her cry harder.
"No."
"Huh?"
She fell against him crying into his chest.
"I don't have any memories."
His eyes widened in shock. It was impossible...not having any memories.
"What?"
"I can't remember anything since my parents found me a few years ago." She buried her face in his chest crying harder then before.
T.J. wrapped his arms around her and began rubbing her back in hopes of calming her down. As he sat there with Amy cradled in his arms he realized something. Promise or no promise... he had fallen in love with Amy. And it made absolutely no sense. He had known he barely even a week. But... but it felt like he had known her forever.
~*~
Amy finally stopped crying and was sitting there cradled in T.J.'s arms. It felt so...right to be there. She felt safe for the first time in long time. She felt at peace...
She sat up and smiled sheepishly at T.J.
"I'm sorry."
He looked at her with a puzzled expression.
"For what."
"For just crying on you like that."
He grinned.
"It's okay. Everyone needs to cry once in awhile."
She nodded.
"I guess so."
She glanced at the clock.
"Well I guess I'd better go."
She walked to the door with T.J. following her.
"Why?" He leaned against the open door frame.
"I have to get ready for the party."
T.J. raised an eyebrow.
"Since when does it take you to three hours to get ready for a party?"
"Since the sweetest boy ever is taking me." She kissed him on the cheek and walked down the porch and towards her house. She didn't turn around when she called out 'see you at 7!' so she didn't see the dopey grin on his face as he watched her walk away.
~*~
T.J. glanced at himself in the mirror.
"You look fine sweetie." His mother walked over to him.
"I know but I wanna look..." T.J. struggled to find the right word.
"He's trying to impress the girl next door." Becky was standing in his doorway.
"How...when...AM NOT!" T.J. glared at his sister.
"Puh-lease. It's only way to obvious. I was sitting at the bottom of the stairs the WHOLE time. I saw the dopey look you got when she kissed you on the cheek."
T.J. looked at the ground his cheeks turning a nice shade of red.
"I gotta go get Amy." He mumbled and walked out of the room as fast he possibly could.
Him mother turned to Becky.
"You weren't really there the whole time where you?"
Becky smirked and held up videotape.
"Yup, got the whole thing on tape."
"Becky! You can't just tape your brother when his with his friends!"
"You wanna watch it?"
"I'll get the popcorn."
~*~
T.J. made his way to Amy's front door. He raised his hand to knock on the door when it flew open.
"Hey." Amy greeted him with a smile.
T.J. couldn't help stop himself from staring. She looked really good. She was wearing the same shirt she had worn the first day he'd met her with some hip huggers. Her hair was held back by a blue bandana.
"Are we gonna go or are you just gonna stand there and stare?"
T.J. snapped out of his trance and nodded.
"Great!"
~*~
They arrived at the party to see Gretchen, Vince, Mikey, and Gus about to walk in.
"Hey guys." T.J. called as he and Amy made their way towards them.
"T.J.! Amy! What took you guys so long?" Vince cried.
T.J. looked at his watch.
"The party only started five minutes ago." Amy said pointing at her watch.
"Well you should have been here with five minutes to spare!" Vince said as he pushed them through the door.
Amy raised an eyebrow at T.J. who shrugged his shoulders in response.
~*~
The music inside was blasting form every speaker Ashley A owned. T.J. spotted various kids he knew from school, but most he had never met. He stood next to Amy as Gretchen and Vince went off to dance, Mikey went to get a snack, and Gus was being tricked into buying something from the Hustler Kid.
A new song, a slow one, started up and people began pairing off. He heard Amy sigh next to him.
"What's wrong?" He asked, afraid she might burst into tears again.
"Nothing. This is just my favorite song...well one of them anyways." She giggled.
Summoning all his courage he offered her his hand.
"Would you like to dance?"
She nodded and placed her hands around his next as he placed his around her waist. He pulled her closer to him smiled as she placed her head on his chest.
~*~
Gretchen sighed as she watched T.J. and Amy dance.
"You'd swear it was T.J. and Spinelli dancing."
She turned to see Vince standing next to her.
"Yeah." She nodded her head and turned back to watching the couple dance.
"They're the cutest couple aren't they?"
"Well the second cutest."
Gretchen turned to Vince in surprise.
"Who could possibly be a cuter couple then them?"
"We could."
Gretchen blinked in surprise before she smiled.
"Well then that makes two of us."
Vince's face broke into a grin.
"Would you like to dance?" He held out his hand not realizing T.J. had done the same thing moments earlier.
Gretchen nodded and the two began dancing like T.J. and Amy.
~*~
Amy looked at T.J., her eyes met his and she smiled. Slowly T.J.'s head titled towards hers and hers titled up to meet his. She closed her eyes as their lips met in sweet kiss. Happiness swelled inside of her and something triggered in the back of her mind, but she was too happy to pay it any mind now. His lips left hers and she suddenly felt cold. She slowly opened her eyes to find that T.J. was nowhere to be seen. The happy bubble that had been inside of her popped and she blinked back tears. Sadly she made her way to the front door.
~*~
T.J. leaned towards her. This was too good to last he decided. Any second now one of his friends was going to ruin the moment. He saw Amy's eyes close moments before his own.
This must be a dream then, he thought to himself. Yeah a dream. And any minute now his alarm clock would go off.
When their lips met he realized it wasn't a dream. But he did realize something else. His eyes shot open and he let go of Amy's waist. Without really thinking he walked off in search of Gretchen.
He was in too much shock to comprehend the fact that Gretchen was dancing with Vince.
"Gretchen we need to talk."
Reluctantly Gretchen removed her arms from around Vince's neck. T.J., knowing Gretchen was following, lead her to an unoccupied corner.
"What's wrong T.J.?"
T.J. took a deep breath.
"Amy and I...we...well...we kissed."
Gretchen gave him a blank stare in response.
"So?" She said it slowly as if she couldn't see the big deal.
"Well... I know it's crazy but... Gretch I swear I've kissed her before!"
Gretchen's eyes widened in surprise.
"But...that's impossible...you said so yourself, the only girl you've ever kissed is..."
"Spinelli."
~*~
Yay! Chapter 5 done!!!! One more chapter left!!!
NiNab: Thanks. I'm glad you like it.
KenjiFinster: I don't think hearing 'it's sweet' from a guy is weird. It just means you like it and your not a guy that thinks he's all tough and macho and...way off base sorry.
Peaches the First: Thanks. Sorry bout the spelling mistakes. I use spell checker...but it just misses some. But hey we can all make mistakes right...?
Melina: Amy might be Spinelli...or do I just want you to think that...? Or maybe I just want you to think that I just want you to think that...or do I just want you to think that I want you to think that I just want you to think that...or...this could go on for a while...I guess you'll just have to read to find.
Sara and her Pinkys: Thanks for reviewing again. Your welcome. I like to mention my reviewers. Besides for all the nice stuff you said to me it was the least I could do.
TinyAngel3: Thanks. I like her name too. It sounds really...special...like the name you would give someone who is destined for great things.