Disclaimer: I wish I owned something, but I don't. Only Laura is mine

What used to be true

As good as it gets-





"Oh my God!" Jen stood in front of the opened door, agape, and a smile sprung in her face.

It was Friday, Jack and her were watching a movie.

"Oh my God!" She said again, almost laughing

"Hi Jen" A voice said. A brunette girl, standing in the front door held some luggage on her both hands. She was smiling too, and Jen and her seemed to know themselves for a long, long time.

"Laura, hi!" Jen laughed hysterically.

Jack looked at the front door, from the kitchen, and saw them hug, and laugh. The girl had Jen's age, apparently, and had her style too.

"Come in" Jen said, still smiling, helping Laura bring her stuff inside.

"Oh, my God, Jen, how you've changed!"

"So have you!" Jen closed the door "What happened to your hair, you used to be blonde"

"Well, I like it better this way."

Jack rose from the kitchen's table eating some yogurt, and with a full mouth, he walked to the hallway. Jen looked at him and jumped to his side.

"Oh, right how rude" She laughed "Laura this is Jack, Jack, this is Laura, we used to be best friends when I lived in New York"

With his mouth still full, he said hi.

"Is this your boyfriend?" Laura smiled to Jen, after saying hi to Jack

"Oh, no! No, he's my friend" Jen laughed touching his shoulder.

"Oh, okay. For a minute, there I said Wow!" The girls laughed, but Jack looked at Laura, weirdly. "Don't worry, hun, not because of you."

Jack smiled, cynical, Jen noticed that, but Laura didn't.

"Are you moving in?" Jack asked.

"Oh, no. I'm spending the week, my father's thinking about buying an apartment around here."

"Oh"

"Didn't Jen tell you? I told her I was coming"

"She didn't." He said cynically, again, looking at Jen.





During dinner, that is, pizza in the living room, Jack got to know several stories about Jen and Laura when they lived in New York. They slouched on the couches and the floor. Jack's jealousy went away as he found out that Laura was a fun girl, and Jen liked her very much.

" We used to rock New York, that's right." Laura said chewing her pizza. Jen nodded her head. "Don't you miss it, Jen? I mean, don't you miss what we used to have, how much fun we had-"

"I'll be lying if I say I didn't. But that was first." She looked at Jack. "I found a lot of things I didn't have there."

"Well, I bet you did. You really changed." She got up "So, what do you do here in Boston?"

Jen and Jack looked at each other. Jack looked at his watch. It was still ten thirty.

"Why not?" He said looking at Jen.







They drank all night long. Jen couldn't remember the last time she drank that way. Or yes she could. It was in New York. Laura brought her the partying they had before she moved to Capeside. And she didn't remember how good it felt.

At one point, Jack told her to slow down, but Laura laughed and said it was nothing compared to what the old Jen could do. Jen laughed too. They danced, they laughed, and they made out with total strangers. That was the old Jen taking back what was hers.

"Jen, it's four thirty. Let's go home." Jack yelled, because they could only talk yelling. The music was too loud.

"Why Jack?"

"Jen!" He held her arm as she turned around "I understand you want to be the old Jen all over again, but don't overreact, okay?"

Jen looked at him as if he had just offended her.

"Jen, I'm not kidding. Look at Laura."

Jen turned around not convinced, and she looked at Laura.

She was completely drunk and totally out of her mind, dancing with a very big guy. He was hugging and kissing her.

"Jack" She turned around to face Jack "What's wrong with that, she's only having fun-"

But he turned her around again.

Laura and the guy were walking away; she was grabbed on him, because she could barely walk. Jen watched the guy grab Laura's waist and laugh to his friends, as they laughed to him.

"Okay" Jen sighed "Let's go get her and go away." She scratched her head.

Jack and Jen got out of the place and outside; there were Laura and the guy. They were yelling at each other, because Will, the big guy, wanted Laura to get in the car, but she didn't want to.

Jack started to run towards them, and Will grabbed Laura's arm, as she tried to go away.

"Hey, HEY!" Jack yelled, and Will lifted his arm to slap Laura. Laura screamed loud, and Jack punched Will on the stomach.

Jen stood next to Laura. They screamed again, when Will got up and hit Jack in the face.

"Jack!" Jen screamed. Jack kept punching Will, and they fought for some time, Jack's nose was bleeding.

"Stop that!" Will punched Jack's face and Jack punched his stomach once more. Will fell to the ground.

Jen and Laura, agape, walked back a little bit.

Jack walked forward, and pushed the girls.

"Lets go home"







Okay, I have more written, but you need to ask. Or don't, I don't care, I'm gonna post anyway