Jessica looked sadly across the room and Miguel and Reese who were talking. Every couple of minutes he would look at her and smile and she'd try her best to smile back at him but it was harder than one would think, how could she smile when her heart was shattering into a million pieces. "This isn't fair." She said to herself over and over again but by now they had become all to familiar because nothing about her life was fair.
"Hey Jessi!" said one of the guys, Robert, who was harassing her from the car not too long ago, as he came up behind her and put his arm around her.
Jessica shrugged his arm off and ignored him.
"Come on, Babe, my car's out back and I understand your little geek-turned-sheek boyfriend is leaving today so you need some one to keep you warm at night." He said smiling.
"Get away from me." Said Jessica vehemently.
"So you are a feisty little woman aren't you?" he said rubbing her butt.
"Leave me alone!" she said elbowing him in the stomach and running away.
Reese saw Jessica run outside and told Miguel he'd be back later as he went after her, her found her in the back sitting on a bench, sobbing.
"Jess, what's wrong?" asked Reese with immediate concern.
"I'm just going to miss you." said Jessica in a half- lie.
"Well I gave you my e-mail address and we can send instant messages and I can visit sometimes." Said Reese wishing he could stay forever, wishing that he could make all of her tears go away.
"I know, I'm sorry for being such a baby." She said wiping her tears. "You'd better go say good bye to everyone, you have 10 minutes until your parents are going to be here."
"You are a beautiful woman, I hope you know that." Said Reese brushing a strand of hair out of her eyes.
Jessica stared at him and her heart started beating faster. Reese leaned in and gently kissed her on the lips and for the second time in twenty four hours she was walking on air.
They were interrupted by a loud beeping at the front of the restaurant. "That must be my parents. They are early." Said Reese sadly as he got up and grabbed Jessica's hand and then kissed her again, leaving her breathless and savoring every moment.
Jessica had never felt this way before and she hated letting go of Reese as he said good bye to all of his friends and then got into the moving van. She watched until it was out of sight. She told herself that she would see him in a few months and talk to him soon so everything was going to be okay.
Sam and Grace drove Miguel, Kay, Charity and herself back to the Bennett house and they all got out and went into the kitchen. Kay went over to Grace where they were talking, Sam went back to work and Charity and Miguel were holding hands and talking too so Jessica just sat at the table by herself contemplating her miserable existence.
"Mom! What do you mean there is no more left? I need a car!"
"I'm sorry honey but Charity needed some new things for school and we are on a tight budget." Said Grace.
"I'm getting my license in a few weeks, what am I supposed drive? Dad's police car?! I can't believe you spent ALL of my car money on Charity!" by now everyone was looking at her. "First she takes my best friend, my room, my parents, my car money and the guy I love! I can't stand it!" said Kay running upstairs crying.
Everyone just stood there stunned at Kay's confession. Charity was the first to speak. "I feel so bad, maybe I should go talk to her." She said in her sweet voice.
"I think we should let her cool down, I wonder what she meant about the guy she loves." Said Miguel confused.
Jessica was tired of Miguel's ignorance. Yes, Kay was absolutely mean to her, all of the time, but she had to stick up for her big sister, at least a little bit. "Miguel, She loves YOU and she always has and it makes her feel really bad when you come to see Charity and don't even talk to her. She feels kinda left out." said Jessica at the pity she felt for her sister because in a way she could relate, being without the one you love.
Miguel, Charity and Grace all looked at her like she didn't speak English. "Just try to be a little bit more understanding." Said Jessica getting up and leaving. She went upstairs, took a bath and went to her room. "Kay, let me in." she said jiggling the locked door handle.
She heard some pounding and the next thing she knew the door opened and Kay threw her pajama's, pillow and blanket at her before she locked the door again.
Jessica just sighed, she changed and then went downstairs where she fell asleep on the sofa.
Jessica woke up the next morning with Reese on her mind. If she were lucky she would be able to talk to him on the Internet tonight.
She went upstairs where some of her clothes and shoes were sitting outside of her room. She dug through the pile and found a decent outfit. She hoped Kay wouldn't stay in there too long, she also hoped her and Miguel would work some things out and salvage their friendship in the process.
Jess spent the rest of the day doing her chores, working at the Bed & Breakfast and waiting until 9:00 PM when Reese was supposed to be on. At ten till nine she ran to the computer and turned it on.
Reese looked around the large spacious apartment, he could hear all of the loud traffic and it got on his nerves. He dug through his boxes and finally found his new laptop. He set it up and thankfully everything worked. He logged on to AOL and patiently waited for AIM to load when it finally did he was glad to find that Jessica was online. He clicked on her name, Jess_the_best and typed hi.
Jessica I miss you
Reese: I miss you too
Jessica: How was your trip to New York
Reese: It was boring, I hate it here
Jessica: I hope you adjust okay, there's tons of stuff to do and a lot of pretty girls, you'll find one in no time.
As Jessica typed that she frowned. The picture of Reese with another woman hurt her, a lot, but she knew long distance relationships never worked, that was a proven fact and it wasn't even like she and Reese were really going out, right?
Reese: Jess, that's not gonna happen, you are my one and only
Jessica smiled, okay so maybe they did have something more than a friendship, maybe he loved her back, just maybe.
"Thank you, Reese." She typed.
They chatted until one o'clock and Jessica reluctantly said Good bye. She layed down on the sofa and dreamt about seeing Reese again.