"Come on Lila!" Jessica shouted into the
receiver. "I know
you're there! Pick up the phone!" she slammed the receiver
down and stomped her foot. When Lila was mad she was
mad. But Jessica couldn't blame her. She had been a terrible
friend. It was bad enough she had a crush on her best friend's
boyfriend, but then to after him? Jessica felt lower than low.
But Lila had to see that Jason was a jerk and that he wasn't worth
her time. Jessica grabbed the keys to the jeep and ran downstairs
and out to the car. If Lila refused to speak to her, then Jessica
was just going to have to confront her face to face.
"Miss Lila is out back," the butler informed
Jessica. He led
Jessica through the house to the deck where Lila was sunning
by the pool.
"Hey," Jessica said sitting down on the chair next to Lila.
Lila looked up and said rudely, "When someone doesn't answer
their phone, that usually means they don't want to have anything
to do with you."
"Listen, I just wanted to say how sorry I am. If I could take it
back, I would."
"Why couldn't you accept that he liked me!" Lila shouted.
"I don't know," Jessica said staring at her hands. "I liked him
a
lot and I kept telling myself that you guys weren't serious."
"So, what, you pretended that he liked you?" Lila said.
"No, he told me he liked me and that you guys weren't serious.
I know that you were telling me that you guys were, but I wanted
to be with him so much."
Lila was silent for a moment. "Why do we always seem to attract
such incredible jerks? You know Jason didn't even call me?"
"After you saw us her tried to kiss me but I pushed him away."
"We need to set higher standards for ourselves," Lila said
smiling
slightly. "From now on, it's college boys for me."
"And we shouldn't try to steal each other's boyfriends," Jessica
added.
"I wouldn't go that far," Lila said smirking. "What's the fun
in that?"
Jessica smiled, "So, we're friends?"
"Yeah," Lila said grinning back. "But you should take me out
for
ice cream."
"Absolutely," Jessica agreed. "And I think we need to go out
guy
hunting. I don't know about you, but I need a good fling."
"What about Ken?" Lila asked confused.
"What about him?" Jessica said giving Lila a funny look.
"You guys have been spending a lot of time together-"
"He was helping me get information about Jason," Jessica interrupted.
"They're both on the football team."
"He looked pretty upset when he saw you with Jason. Plus, he's
crazy about you, Jessica."
"What?" Jessica said laughing.
"He's always following you around and offering to get you things,"
Lila pointed out.
Jessica blushed slightly. "Whatever, I think you're imagining things,
Li."
Lila just smiled knowingly.
"Hey, you know what?" Jessica said trying to change the subject.
"Elizabeth never came home last night. I had to tell my parents that
she was at Enid's house."
Lila's eyes widened. "Is she with Todd?"
"No," Jessica said, her eyes dancing. "He called here this
morning
wondering where Liz was."
"She has been acting weird lately," Lila said. "She's
been dressing
different for starters."
"I wonder what's going on with her," Jessica pondered.
Elizabeth opened her eyes. She winced and placed her hand
on
her forehead. She had a dull headache and she felt slightly nauseous.
She squinted at the room and she tried to figure out where she was.
She was lying on a large bed with her clothes on staring at a poster
of Jimi Hendrix. Suddenly last night all came rushing back to her.
Getting drunk at the party. Trying find Jessica. Conner taking her
to his house. Suddenly, the door opened and Conner walked in.
"Hey, you're awake."
"I wish I were dead," she moaned.
"Here," he said handing her a cup of coffee. "This should make
you feel better."
Elizabeth took a sip. "Thanks for helping me last night. I know
you were really mad at me."
Conner sat down beside her. "I was…but…you know."
"I know," Elizabeth said smiling up at him.
"I want to apologize for yelling at you yesterday," Conner burst out.
"I had no right to lie to you."
"You didn't. I was being rude and selfish."
"No, about saying I was only using you. I wasn't…I really
cared…care about you."
"I care about you," Elizabeth said taking his hand. "This wasn't
just
some fling. I really want to be with you, Conner. I don't know if I
can break up with Todd. We have all the same friends and
everything, it would be so messy…"
"You don't have to decide now," Conner said. "Why don't we
spend
the day together, I know you're Todd's, but can't we have just one
day that's just me and you?"
Elizabeth hesitated. She knew that the best thing would be to just walk
out of the house and never look back, but she couldn't bring herself
to do that. She leaned in and kissed him. "I want that…but I also want
to be with you all the time."
Conner kissed her back. "I hate the idea of Todd kissing you,
touching you."
Elizabeth pulled back and looked at Conner intently. "There is one thing
that isn't Todd's…that can just be for you and me…" She started to
unbutton her blue shirt and saw Conner's eyes travel as she
unbuttoned each button.
"Liz," he said hoarsely. He started to kiss her with such intensity
and
he buried his fingers in her hair. But Conner suddenly pulled back
and looked deep into her blue/green eyes. Conner smiled and
pushed a strand of hair out of her face. "You know how much I
want you," he whispered into her ear. "But we can't do this, Lizzie.
I
can't do it to you, and you can't do it to Todd."
Elizabeth placed her hand on his cheek. "You're right. You must
think I'm so stupid."
"I think you're beautiful." He stared down at her tenderly from
where
he was positioned above her. He rolled off of her. "What do you
want to do?"
"I think it's time for you to meet one of my friends."
"Really?" Conner said raising his eyebrow.
"I wasn't completely honest with you," Elizabeth said wrapping her
arms
around her legs. "I told my friend Enid about you. We could have a
picnic at Secca Lake with her. I know she's dying to meet you."
"Looks great," Enid said coming up behind
Elizabeth.
"We stopped at the grocery and got some fried chicken and
potato salad."
"And I brought iced tea and brownies," Enid said holding up a
container. Then she noticed Conner sitting next to Liz. "Wow,"
she gasped.
Elizabeth smiled, "Conner, this is Enid Rollins."
He smiled at her, "Hey."
"Hey," Enid said smiling back. "I've heard a lot about
you."
She sat down. She gave Elizabeth a tight smile. "I thought you two
had broken up."
"We did," Elizabeth said smiling at Conner. "But this is just for
today."
"And Todd still doesn't know?" Enid pointed out.
"Uh…no," Elizabeth blushed. She opened the food containers.
"Here,
let's eat, I know I'm starving. Are you starving?" she asked Conner
quickly, trying to divert Enid's attention.
"So, I hear you play the guitar," Enid asked.
"Uh, yeah. Sometimes," Conner said taking a tip of iced tea.
"Elizabeth says you're pretty good."
"I guess so," Conner said shrugging.
"So what kind of tortured past have you had?' Enid asked.
"What?" Conner barked.
"Well, you always here of these rock stars with abusive parents and
drug problems, like on Behind the Music."
"Uh…nothing. I mean, there's no secrets…dirty, I mean."
"Oh, come on," Enid prodded. "You don't like date around or
drink
or party?"
"God, Enid," Elizabeth said laughing nervously. "This isn't
twenty
questions."
They ate silently for a few minutes. "These are good brownies,"
Conner said to Enid who smiled weakly.
"Let me try," Elizabeth said and Conner held out the brownie to
her and she took a bite.
"I can't do this," Enid burst out. "I never should have come
here,
Liz. I don't want to see you with…" She sighed. "I'm Todd's
friend
too, and I can't watch you be with Conner when you're still with Todd."
Enid stood up. "I have to go."
"Don't," Elizabeth pleaded.
Enid stared at Elizabeth. "I'm not going to stay here and watch you
guys feed each other."
Enid ran off leaving a stunned Elizabeth. "You know she's right?"
Elizabeth choked out. "I can't ever see you again."
"Listen," Conner said touching her leg. "There's this dance at
my
school on Friday. Meet me there and then you can tell me what you
want to do."
Elizabeth looked up at him. "Only if we don't see each other until
then."
"Deal," Conner said.
Elizabeth sighed. Five days until she would have to chose between
two guys who she deeply cared about.
No matter who she'd pick, she knew
that she was going to be
making a mistake.
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