More new friends
Ever since Jessie had seen
James, she had been in a daze.
Sure, she didn't then,
because she kicked the kids who were bullying James into oblivion, but now,
when she was on her bed, she lay there, thinking about James. And Rino, ofcourse.
James hadn't recognised her.
Sure, she had changed her
haircut since Rino left, to tease the teachers, who she liked to call teasers,
but it wasn't that dramatically changed, was it?
It was now in a big French twist, and the teachers didn't approve at
all.
She bought 13 cans of
hairspray to do so! They just had to approve, and they did feel a little guilty
now that Rino was away. They thought that she just missed him, and this was a
phase.
Well, let them think that!
Jessie thought.
She had also changed her
name to Jessie, instead of Jessica.
If James didn't recognise
her when she had a different hairstyle, then he must not care about me as I
care about him, Jessie thought to herself. Then I'm not going to give him my
identity!
Again, the teachers thought
it was part of the 'phase' Jessie was going trough.
James was lying on his new
bed, next to him laid his new roommate, Butch. He had been one of the bullies,
but was asleep now. James was relieved because of that. Actually, he was
grateful.
He just kept thinking about
the girl who saved him from Butch and the others.
Who was she? Why had she
stood up for him?
James just knew he knew her
from deep in his head, but it just wouldn't hit him. He sighed.
The least I can do is go for
a little visit, he thought.
There was a knock on the
door. 'Who is it?' Asked a female voice. 'Just save it, Jess, it's for me. It
always is, right?' Another voice added.
A blonde girl with pigtails
in her hair opened the door. She grinned when she saw James.
'Hey, you're the new kid,
right?' She asked in a sly voice. 'Did you come to see me?' She sounded almost
coyly now. James gulped. 'Umm... actually, I came to see Jessie.' He said,
shyly.
The look on Cassidy's face
was priceless to Jessie. 'What is it, Cassidy?' Jessie asked coyly. 'Is he here
to see me?' She winked at James, pleading him to play along. 'Let's go, honey!'
Jessie said, playfully. She grabbed James' arm and pulled the poor boy away
from the surprised girl.
Needless to say, James was
surprised as hell, while Jessie just giggled like a schoolgirl. She WAS a
schoolgirl. 'Uh...' James stuttered, utterly confused, but not unpleasantly so,
although he was a bit young.
'I'm sorry James,' Jessie
sputtered out trough hiccups of laughing so hard, 'I just had to fool that
roommate I'm not too pleased about...' Jessie wiped the tears of her eyes.
'It wasn't THAT funny...'
James muttered, disappointed.
But obviously, Jessie
thought it was as she held on to James shirt in order not too fall on the
ground. James held her on her shoulders, not to let her fall.
From that day on, Jessie and
James went on as really good friends. Jessie was surprised at how similar her
relationship with James was while she remembered her relationship with Rino.
James told her that it took
so long to get the money from his parents, because they wouldn't give it to him
unless he would marry a girl he didn't like at all. 'Then why did you go back?
I could have leant you the money!' Jessie cried out. James just sighed. 'Oh..
I'm sorry James...' Jessie whispered. 'I always do that, yell at you. But don't
mind me, okay?' She smiled sweetly. James smiled too, while he remembered a
flash of history. A young girl with red, curly pigtails when he thought that he
saw the angels to come and pick him up from the cold, fluffy snow. Then it was
gone, and he saw Jessie's smiling face.
'Wha...' James whispered.
Jessie blinked. 'What's up?' She asked. 'Uhh... nothing.' He said numbly.
Tests were coming up, with
James and his new-caught Koffing, actually, Jessie caught it and gave it to him
for Christmas, thought they would have no problem with the tests. Jessie
however, wasn't so sure as James. Sure, she would win the battles with ease
with her new-caught Ekans, actually James caught it and gave it to her on her
birthday, but she wouldn't do so well at Pokemon math and those other classes.
She convinced James to party with her, and they didn't study at all. They
talked about anything, who James' fancied, who Jessie fancied, and they were
both too proud to say that they liked each other.
Tests the next morning.
'I'm scared, Jessie', James
said as they walked to their class. 'I never not studied before...'
Jessie put her hand on his
shoulder. 'I do it all the time. Don't worry, if we fail, I will still be here
with you.'
She smiled sweetly.
James looked really
relieved.
Now I have atlast found what
I searched for. He thought. Acceptance and friendship. James smiled back.
