"Uh, Jack?" Jocelyn said so softly it came out practically a whisper. Oh
well! Jo thought and back away right into Kid.
"No ya don't! Go, now! That's an order!" Kid 'ordered'. Jo walked back over
to Jack to re-attempt a conversation.
"Jack?" Jocelyn asked harsher than she had planned but she was quite angry
with Kid at the moment. Jack, startled, jumped and looked at her, his brown
eyes wide with fear.
"Yeah?" Jack squeaked out. Jocelyn, slightly amused that she made him
nervous, felt a tad less angry.
"Do you wanna talk?" She asked gingerly.
"No." He answered.
"Well if you really don't want to then I guess I'll just go over and see if
Davey wants to do something." Jocelyn said turning on all her charm. Oh
he'll talk. I have waited too long.
"Do what?" Jack asked shifting his weight and fidgeting with his fingers.
"Oh I don't know." Jo said in a bored tone.
"Well, I guess we could talk." Jack answered reluctantly and he led her to
one of Medda's dressing rooms. When Jack locked the door she gave him a
skeptical look.
"Race and Kid followed you." Jack explained.
"Oh? And what does that matter? Locking a door does not stop them from
hearing whatever we say." Jocelyn pointed out.
"Yeah, well." Jack's voice trailed off.
"Jack what's going on?"
"Jo, you would never understand how I feel. You're so pretty and so
popular with the guys and experienced and everything. And what am I? I'm
a seventeen year old guy who is helplessly in love with a girl who'd
never give him second look because he's a stupid hideous ugly troll and
he hates himself and the world would have been better off if he hadn't
been born! And-"
"Whoa! Stop! Firstly, if you were a troll, you'd be fat and short. You are neither. And you are certainly not ugly why would think such a thing! And if you hadn't been born we, I, would be lost without you here. And I'm not so great you know!" "Oh no. You just have a date every night of the week! And you have loads of fun and you've slept with just about every man in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens!" "No. I would never sleep with anyone from Queens ever. They're dirty. And you don't know a lot if you think I sleep around." "What are you talking about!?" "You can never tell anyone this okay?"
"Yeah sure."
"I'm still a virgin." "Jocelyn. I've heard a lot of wild stories from Race and the guys but this is the most far fetched I have ever heard!" "I lie. That's all. No one questions it. Right Racey?" Jocelyn yelled to Race who was pretending not to be listening through the crack between the door and the floor. "Right." Race answered. "And what about him and you! How can I even think I stand a chance against him? Jo, I hear the stories about you and him sneaking off at night together." "Jack, no. There is nothing between us! I couldn't kiss him! Yeck! No offense Race. But he's my best friend. And, well Jack, I don't want any of the other guys." Jocelyn sighed. "Jo, don't lie! I just don't want to hold you from what you really want!" "That is exactly what you're doing right now by telling me we shouldn't be together!" "Jocelyn I just don't think I deserve you!" "Yeah well, I do. There is no one else in this world more deserving of me than you!" "Oh yeah?" Jack asked as if he were scolding his child rather than talking to the love of his life.
"Yeah!" Jocelyn said matter-of-factly. "Well. You just don't get it!" "What don't I get?" "That-that. Well that I am a terrible person." "That's a lie." "No." "Yes." "NO JACK NO!" Jocelyn yelled finally tired of arguing. "Yes Yes YES!" Jack yelled back, slightly shocked afterwards at the tone of his own voice. "Well, I love you Jack Kelley. And if you decide you love me too I'll be with Issy and Racey." Jocelyn said giving him a kiss as she left the room to find at least twenty-five people whistling, chatting, or pretending to have lost something. "I suppose you all weren't listening?" Jocelyn asked. In the background of the room Jack stood exactly where she had when she left. "No." Several answered, others looked around, some shook their head and the rest mumbled explanations Jo couldn't hear. "Whatever. Racey, you wanna have a drink wid Issy 'fore we gotta go, uh, you know?" Jo winked at Race. "Yeah sure." He replied and the three friends sauntered off laughing about some unspoken joke. "Get outa here!" Jack yelled at everyone outside the dressing room and slammed the door in their questioning faces. Kid Blink stayed behind to hear what he was doing. Blink cringed every time there was a crash or a thud. The worst was when Jack threw a chair at the closed door, creating a relatively large hole behind. "Uh huh." Blink muttered, climbing through the hole. "Go away." Jack said sinking to the floor. "Why are you here?"
"What?" Jack asked him like he was crazy. "You broke up with Sarah for this woman. And she's out there drinking with every Newsboy in Manhattan besides me and you. And you love her right? So go get her! Sitting here is not going to get you what, or in this case who, you want. Do something about it! I know for a fact that Knights, you know him? He's from Queens. Well anyways, I know for a fact that he's gonna try and get her to go with him tonight." "Go where?" Jack asked, almost horrified. "Boston." "What's in Boston?" "Who knows. That's why you have to go after her. If you love her, if you love New York, if you love your life, if you love me, go after her. I know what she's feeling now. She feels like you really don't love her and are just like every other guy in New York after only one thing." "You're right!" Jack said as if suddenly enlightened "Yes!" "Go get her man!" Kid yelled enthusiastically. The two hurried out of the room and off to find Jocelyn.
"Whoa! Stop! Firstly, if you were a troll, you'd be fat and short. You are neither. And you are certainly not ugly why would think such a thing! And if you hadn't been born we, I, would be lost without you here. And I'm not so great you know!" "Oh no. You just have a date every night of the week! And you have loads of fun and you've slept with just about every man in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens!" "No. I would never sleep with anyone from Queens ever. They're dirty. And you don't know a lot if you think I sleep around." "What are you talking about!?" "You can never tell anyone this okay?"
"Yeah sure."
"I'm still a virgin." "Jocelyn. I've heard a lot of wild stories from Race and the guys but this is the most far fetched I have ever heard!" "I lie. That's all. No one questions it. Right Racey?" Jocelyn yelled to Race who was pretending not to be listening through the crack between the door and the floor. "Right." Race answered. "And what about him and you! How can I even think I stand a chance against him? Jo, I hear the stories about you and him sneaking off at night together." "Jack, no. There is nothing between us! I couldn't kiss him! Yeck! No offense Race. But he's my best friend. And, well Jack, I don't want any of the other guys." Jocelyn sighed. "Jo, don't lie! I just don't want to hold you from what you really want!" "That is exactly what you're doing right now by telling me we shouldn't be together!" "Jocelyn I just don't think I deserve you!" "Yeah well, I do. There is no one else in this world more deserving of me than you!" "Oh yeah?" Jack asked as if he were scolding his child rather than talking to the love of his life.
"Yeah!" Jocelyn said matter-of-factly. "Well. You just don't get it!" "What don't I get?" "That-that. Well that I am a terrible person." "That's a lie." "No." "Yes." "NO JACK NO!" Jocelyn yelled finally tired of arguing. "Yes Yes YES!" Jack yelled back, slightly shocked afterwards at the tone of his own voice. "Well, I love you Jack Kelley. And if you decide you love me too I'll be with Issy and Racey." Jocelyn said giving him a kiss as she left the room to find at least twenty-five people whistling, chatting, or pretending to have lost something. "I suppose you all weren't listening?" Jocelyn asked. In the background of the room Jack stood exactly where she had when she left. "No." Several answered, others looked around, some shook their head and the rest mumbled explanations Jo couldn't hear. "Whatever. Racey, you wanna have a drink wid Issy 'fore we gotta go, uh, you know?" Jo winked at Race. "Yeah sure." He replied and the three friends sauntered off laughing about some unspoken joke. "Get outa here!" Jack yelled at everyone outside the dressing room and slammed the door in their questioning faces. Kid Blink stayed behind to hear what he was doing. Blink cringed every time there was a crash or a thud. The worst was when Jack threw a chair at the closed door, creating a relatively large hole behind. "Uh huh." Blink muttered, climbing through the hole. "Go away." Jack said sinking to the floor. "Why are you here?"
"What?" Jack asked him like he was crazy. "You broke up with Sarah for this woman. And she's out there drinking with every Newsboy in Manhattan besides me and you. And you love her right? So go get her! Sitting here is not going to get you what, or in this case who, you want. Do something about it! I know for a fact that Knights, you know him? He's from Queens. Well anyways, I know for a fact that he's gonna try and get her to go with him tonight." "Go where?" Jack asked, almost horrified. "Boston." "What's in Boston?" "Who knows. That's why you have to go after her. If you love her, if you love New York, if you love your life, if you love me, go after her. I know what she's feeling now. She feels like you really don't love her and are just like every other guy in New York after only one thing." "You're right!" Jack said as if suddenly enlightened "Yes!" "Go get her man!" Kid yelled enthusiastically. The two hurried out of the room and off to find Jocelyn.