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The next day, we caught a flight to California. After the house show, Jessica and I headed to the bar at the hotel while Jeff took Josh up to the room. Jess was just going to get a soda. We went with Stephanie and Amy.
We walked into the bar and headed towards the counter. "What'll it be ladies?" The bar tender asked. I looked at his face and knew without a doubt that he was who I thought he was. He looked back at me and realized who I was. Jessica looked back and forth between the bartender and me. She knew the same thing we knew.
"Jennifer?" The bar tender asked.
"Ryan, boy it's been a while," I responded coldly. Ryan and I had quite a past. We had dated briefly in middle school. Then he dumped me because his cousin didn't like me. He moved away and we didn't see each other again for about 6 years. When we were seniors in Highschool, we got back together. A week before my 20th birthday we were set to be married but he stood me up at the alter. I got home to find an appology message. I hadn't seen him since, until now.
"Wow you look great," He tried to butter me up.
"Thanks," I made sure the harshness was coming through in my voice.
"Are you mad at me?"
"No. Why should I be mad? Only because you were a jerk and left me at the alter? No I'm not mad. I'm glad. Thanks to ya dumping me, I'm now engaged to a man who loves and respects me. Unlike Ya! C'mon girls, we need to leave here, NOW!" I said leading Jessica, Stephanie, and Amy away.
"Wait, Jenna, Please," Ryan called after me. He was the only one who ever called me Jenna. I froze in my tracks. "Can we at least talk Please?" I turned around and stomped over to the counter.
"Ya want to talk? Ok, Let's talk. Why did ya leave me at the alter? Did ya not love me?"
"No, that wasn't it at all. I was scared. I know that's a cheap excuse. I'm sorry Jenny. Please forgive me."
"Ya were scared? Of what? I had everything ready and set to go. I even had Karen's ok for ya. And ya stood me up. But am I bitter? NO. Why should I be? Ya were only another guy to hurt me." Karen was his cousin. Ryan and Karen were really close. He had told me he couldn't marry me unless Karen was ok with it. So I went and talked to her. She's never liked me and the feelings were mutual. But she gave her ok. And the wedding never did take place.
"I'm sorry. I know I was wrong. I was also young. Jen, I know you said you're engaged, but can't you and I be like friends or something?"
"Friends? Ya want to be my friend? No! Ryan, ya hurt me- a lot, after ya left. Ya hurt me so much I needed therapy."
"You went to a quack?"
"I can see somethings never change. C'mon Steph, Amy, and Jess. Let's go back to the guys. Good bye again Ryan."
"Jen, Please, Don't go! I want to get to know you again. Please." Ryan tried.
"Too Late!" The four of us left.
"Do ya wanna go somewhere else?" Steph asked.
"Nah. I think I'm just going to get upstairs and be with Jeff. G'night." Jess and I went up to the hotel room.
"Boy ya guys are back early. What happened?" Jeff asked us when we walked in.
"Nothing. I don't want to talk about it. I just want to shower and go to bed," I snapped.
"Let's just talk about it," Jeff tried.
"Do ya understand I don't want to talk?" I yelled and went into the bathroom slamming the door shut. Once the door was locked I broke into tears.
"Jen, C'mon what happened?" Jeff yelled through the door.
"Go Away!" I shouted through the tears. I stayed in there for quite a while crying. When I finally thought he was asleep, I left the bathroom. We had a double bedroom. Jess took one bed. Jeff and I shared one bed and Josh slept in the pull out chair. I climbed into bed next to Jeff. Jess and Josher were deep asleep, but Jeff wasn't. Ad soon as I laid down, he started rubbing my shoulders.
"I know ya don't wanna talk, but I'm here for ya cus I love you."
"I love you too. But I really don't want to talk about it, I just went to sleep."
"Ok, I respect that."
"Thank ya and good night."
"Goodnight." I rolled over to go to sleep, but before I could even close my eyes, there was a knock on the door. Jeff answered it.
"Hello, Can I help ya?" Jeff said when he opened the door.
"Hello. Can I please speak to Jennifer?" The visitor asked. I reconized the voice as Ryan's.
"Yeah. Who should I say is here?"
"I already know who it is Jeff. Tell Ryan I don't wanna see him much less talk to him right now," I called from the bed.
"She doesn't want to talk to you."
" I heard her. Just tell her I'm sorry." He left and Jeff returned to the bed.
"Feel like talking now?" Jeff asked.
"Yeah, I owe ya an explaination..." I told him everything. He was very understanding and loving.
"At the risk of sounding like a jerk, I'm glad ya didn't marry him."
"I am too. Cus then I wouldn't be able to marry ya." We fell asleep in each other's arms.
The next day, we caught a flight to California. After the house show, Jessica and I headed to the bar at the hotel while Jeff took Josh up to the room. Jess was just going to get a soda. We went with Stephanie and Amy.
We walked into the bar and headed towards the counter. "What'll it be ladies?" The bar tender asked. I looked at his face and knew without a doubt that he was who I thought he was. He looked back at me and realized who I was. Jessica looked back and forth between the bartender and me. She knew the same thing we knew.
"Jennifer?" The bar tender asked.
"Ryan, boy it's been a while," I responded coldly. Ryan and I had quite a past. We had dated briefly in middle school. Then he dumped me because his cousin didn't like me. He moved away and we didn't see each other again for about 6 years. When we were seniors in Highschool, we got back together. A week before my 20th birthday we were set to be married but he stood me up at the alter. I got home to find an appology message. I hadn't seen him since, until now.
"Wow you look great," He tried to butter me up.
"Thanks," I made sure the harshness was coming through in my voice.
"Are you mad at me?"
"No. Why should I be mad? Only because you were a jerk and left me at the alter? No I'm not mad. I'm glad. Thanks to ya dumping me, I'm now engaged to a man who loves and respects me. Unlike Ya! C'mon girls, we need to leave here, NOW!" I said leading Jessica, Stephanie, and Amy away.
"Wait, Jenna, Please," Ryan called after me. He was the only one who ever called me Jenna. I froze in my tracks. "Can we at least talk Please?" I turned around and stomped over to the counter.
"Ya want to talk? Ok, Let's talk. Why did ya leave me at the alter? Did ya not love me?"
"No, that wasn't it at all. I was scared. I know that's a cheap excuse. I'm sorry Jenny. Please forgive me."
"Ya were scared? Of what? I had everything ready and set to go. I even had Karen's ok for ya. And ya stood me up. But am I bitter? NO. Why should I be? Ya were only another guy to hurt me." Karen was his cousin. Ryan and Karen were really close. He had told me he couldn't marry me unless Karen was ok with it. So I went and talked to her. She's never liked me and the feelings were mutual. But she gave her ok. And the wedding never did take place.
"I'm sorry. I know I was wrong. I was also young. Jen, I know you said you're engaged, but can't you and I be like friends or something?"
"Friends? Ya want to be my friend? No! Ryan, ya hurt me- a lot, after ya left. Ya hurt me so much I needed therapy."
"You went to a quack?"
"I can see somethings never change. C'mon Steph, Amy, and Jess. Let's go back to the guys. Good bye again Ryan."
"Jen, Please, Don't go! I want to get to know you again. Please." Ryan tried.
"Too Late!" The four of us left.
"Do ya wanna go somewhere else?" Steph asked.
"Nah. I think I'm just going to get upstairs and be with Jeff. G'night." Jess and I went up to the hotel room.
"Boy ya guys are back early. What happened?" Jeff asked us when we walked in.
"Nothing. I don't want to talk about it. I just want to shower and go to bed," I snapped.
"Let's just talk about it," Jeff tried.
"Do ya understand I don't want to talk?" I yelled and went into the bathroom slamming the door shut. Once the door was locked I broke into tears.
"Jen, C'mon what happened?" Jeff yelled through the door.
"Go Away!" I shouted through the tears. I stayed in there for quite a while crying. When I finally thought he was asleep, I left the bathroom. We had a double bedroom. Jess took one bed. Jeff and I shared one bed and Josh slept in the pull out chair. I climbed into bed next to Jeff. Jess and Josher were deep asleep, but Jeff wasn't. Ad soon as I laid down, he started rubbing my shoulders.
"I know ya don't wanna talk, but I'm here for ya cus I love you."
"I love you too. But I really don't want to talk about it, I just went to sleep."
"Ok, I respect that."
"Thank ya and good night."
"Goodnight." I rolled over to go to sleep, but before I could even close my eyes, there was a knock on the door. Jeff answered it.
"Hello, Can I help ya?" Jeff said when he opened the door.
"Hello. Can I please speak to Jennifer?" The visitor asked. I reconized the voice as Ryan's.
"Yeah. Who should I say is here?"
"I already know who it is Jeff. Tell Ryan I don't wanna see him much less talk to him right now," I called from the bed.
"She doesn't want to talk to you."
" I heard her. Just tell her I'm sorry." He left and Jeff returned to the bed.
"Feel like talking now?" Jeff asked.
"Yeah, I owe ya an explaination..." I told him everything. He was very understanding and loving.
"At the risk of sounding like a jerk, I'm glad ya didn't marry him."
"I am too. Cus then I wouldn't be able to marry ya." We fell asleep in each other's arms.