*In the next few chapters each character who is alive and well will be
remembering one moment with Jess. Hope you like it!*
Will blankly stared out the window. Tia and Liz were talking and crying
and laughing. Melissa was sulking and crying although he wasn't sure
why. Megan and Connor were having a heart to heart conversation and Todd
was sleeping. He couldn't believe Jessica might be dying. That she
might never wake. It didn't seem right.
Jessica was a bright and bubbly girl who seemed to radiate happiness
and warmth. Why did the most horrible things happen to the best people?
Will might never get to tell Jessica is true feelings. Tia plopped down
beside him since the pilot had announced they were preparing for
arrival.
"It's been so long since I last saw Liz" Tia said. Will didn't say
anything. Tia touched his arm lightly.
"Hey Will don't worry. Jessica's always so full of life she's going to
come through," Tia said.
"How can you be sure" Will asked. He knew Tia was trying to help but
her words just made her angry. Obviously Will's had made her angry.
"You know what Will you haven't seen Jessica since we were 22. It's
time to move on. I'm sick of you always acting like the victim. She was my
best friend for 6 years. We keep in touch. You haven't so much as said
a word to her for 4 years. Not since she dumped you for Nick Fox. Get
over it" Tia said hotly. The memory was painful to Will. Jessica and
Will had been dating for almost 2 years when her old cop boyfriend was let
out of the witness protection program. Jessica and Will had been madly
in love. Then one night Will was going to pop the question when Jessica
had told him that she was in love with Nick and they couldn't be
together. He remembered the evening perfectly. Jessica was wearing a gorgeous red dress. Her hair was up in a French twist. They were at Chez Maurice, a fancy restaurant. Will kept patting his pocket to make sure the ring was there. They had just finished dinner when he was about to ask her to marry him. Jessica looked up at him and said, "Will I'm so sorry. I'm still in love with Nick. I don't love you. I'm so sorry" Will had never felt so hurt. Jessica gave him one last look and had run out of the restaurant. It still hurt. Jessica Wakefield had caused him pain. More then any other girl.
"Whatever"
Will felt the plane bumpily hit solid land. Slowly it lurched along the
runway towards Gate 25. Liz leaned forward in her seat.
"Damon, Jessica's best friend that she lives with was going to pick us
up I'm sure he won't mind a few extra people. He's very cool" Liz said.
Will felt his stomach flip flop. He'd bet big money Damon was
Jessica's boyfriend.
***
Elizabeth stepped of the plane and immediately recognized Damon.
Whenever Elizabeth saw him she couldn't help but think how he looked so much
like he did in Jr. High over 10 years ago. Damon's eyes were a bit red
and he looked as if he were trying to hold back tears. Elizabeth ran
over to him
"Damon we picked up a few stray friends of Jess" she's said. Damon
nodded. Just looking at him made tears come to her eyes. She remembered one day junior year when Jessica had gotten so drunk she could barely walk
Damon simply picked her up and carried her all the way home. She had
held on to his neck saying stupid things but the moment that Elizabeth
remembered the clearest was when Jessica had looked up at Damon and
Elizabeth. Her blue-green eyes big and she had said,
"I love you guys more then you can imagine" and then she had thrown up
on Damon. Elizabeth laughed remembering how green Damon had turned and
Jessica had wrinkled up her nose and said
"Something smells funny you might want to clean it up" She could always
bring light into a problem.
"What are you smiling at?" Damon asked. Elizabeth hoped the memory
wouldn't be to painful.
"Junior year when she got so drunk. Remember?" Elizabeth asked. Damon
burst out laughing. He wrinkled his nose up like Jessica.
"Something smells funny you might want to clean it up," he said in a
perfect imitation. Elizabeth and Damon laughed.
"What's so funny" Tia asked coming up behind them.
"Oh hey Damon" she said. Elizabeth had forgotten Tia and Damon knew
each other.
"Hey Tee" Damon said in that laid back way of his. "So this everyone?"
he asked. Liz looked around Tia, Will, Melissa, Megan, Todd, and
Connor.
"Yeah" she said.
"Well lets go to my place and you can drop your stuff off" Damon said.
Everyone agreed happily.
***
Todd loved Jessica so much. Not like he loved Megan but she was like a
sister to him. They had known each other so long. There were things
about them that know body else knew.
"And on your right is Central Park" Damon said. Todd looked out and saw
the lush green park.
"I wonder if there really is a Central Perk" Melissa said. She and Tia
cracked up.
"Get it Todd. Central Perk from Friends" Megan said. Todd felt oddly
annoyed.
"Yes I get it. My minds just not on it" Todd said. Seeing the park Todd
remembered his secret love with Jessica. It was there junior year of
high school and Todd had moved to Vermont. He and Jessica had been
writing letters and he came for a secret visit. He and Jessica had secretly
met at Secca Lake and they had made out. Back then he had thought
Jessica was the twin for him but they had broken it off in fear of hurting
Elizabeth. Todd still remembered everything about the letters and the
kisses. The phone calls the sneaking around. He had loved the way Jessica
had felt. She had smelled like peaches and her skin had been so soft.
That was a long time ago he reminded himself. Todd had eyes only for
Megan.
"I hope we can go to Bloomy's while we're here" Megan whispered. Todd
laughed. Megan loved shopping for baby clothes. She would hold up the
little dresses and ooohh and ahh. Todd leaned over and kissed the top of
her head.
"I love you. You know that" he said. All the love he felt for Megan
overwhelmed him. The whole Jessica thing was the past Megan was the
future.
remembering one moment with Jess. Hope you like it!*
Will blankly stared out the window. Tia and Liz were talking and crying
and laughing. Melissa was sulking and crying although he wasn't sure
why. Megan and Connor were having a heart to heart conversation and Todd
was sleeping. He couldn't believe Jessica might be dying. That she
might never wake. It didn't seem right.
Jessica was a bright and bubbly girl who seemed to radiate happiness
and warmth. Why did the most horrible things happen to the best people?
Will might never get to tell Jessica is true feelings. Tia plopped down
beside him since the pilot had announced they were preparing for
arrival.
"It's been so long since I last saw Liz" Tia said. Will didn't say
anything. Tia touched his arm lightly.
"Hey Will don't worry. Jessica's always so full of life she's going to
come through," Tia said.
"How can you be sure" Will asked. He knew Tia was trying to help but
her words just made her angry. Obviously Will's had made her angry.
"You know what Will you haven't seen Jessica since we were 22. It's
time to move on. I'm sick of you always acting like the victim. She was my
best friend for 6 years. We keep in touch. You haven't so much as said
a word to her for 4 years. Not since she dumped you for Nick Fox. Get
over it" Tia said hotly. The memory was painful to Will. Jessica and
Will had been dating for almost 2 years when her old cop boyfriend was let
out of the witness protection program. Jessica and Will had been madly
in love. Then one night Will was going to pop the question when Jessica
had told him that she was in love with Nick and they couldn't be
together. He remembered the evening perfectly. Jessica was wearing a gorgeous red dress. Her hair was up in a French twist. They were at Chez Maurice, a fancy restaurant. Will kept patting his pocket to make sure the ring was there. They had just finished dinner when he was about to ask her to marry him. Jessica looked up at him and said, "Will I'm so sorry. I'm still in love with Nick. I don't love you. I'm so sorry" Will had never felt so hurt. Jessica gave him one last look and had run out of the restaurant. It still hurt. Jessica Wakefield had caused him pain. More then any other girl.
"Whatever"
Will felt the plane bumpily hit solid land. Slowly it lurched along the
runway towards Gate 25. Liz leaned forward in her seat.
"Damon, Jessica's best friend that she lives with was going to pick us
up I'm sure he won't mind a few extra people. He's very cool" Liz said.
Will felt his stomach flip flop. He'd bet big money Damon was
Jessica's boyfriend.
***
Elizabeth stepped of the plane and immediately recognized Damon.
Whenever Elizabeth saw him she couldn't help but think how he looked so much
like he did in Jr. High over 10 years ago. Damon's eyes were a bit red
and he looked as if he were trying to hold back tears. Elizabeth ran
over to him
"Damon we picked up a few stray friends of Jess" she's said. Damon
nodded. Just looking at him made tears come to her eyes. She remembered one day junior year when Jessica had gotten so drunk she could barely walk
Damon simply picked her up and carried her all the way home. She had
held on to his neck saying stupid things but the moment that Elizabeth
remembered the clearest was when Jessica had looked up at Damon and
Elizabeth. Her blue-green eyes big and she had said,
"I love you guys more then you can imagine" and then she had thrown up
on Damon. Elizabeth laughed remembering how green Damon had turned and
Jessica had wrinkled up her nose and said
"Something smells funny you might want to clean it up" She could always
bring light into a problem.
"What are you smiling at?" Damon asked. Elizabeth hoped the memory
wouldn't be to painful.
"Junior year when she got so drunk. Remember?" Elizabeth asked. Damon
burst out laughing. He wrinkled his nose up like Jessica.
"Something smells funny you might want to clean it up," he said in a
perfect imitation. Elizabeth and Damon laughed.
"What's so funny" Tia asked coming up behind them.
"Oh hey Damon" she said. Elizabeth had forgotten Tia and Damon knew
each other.
"Hey Tee" Damon said in that laid back way of his. "So this everyone?"
he asked. Liz looked around Tia, Will, Melissa, Megan, Todd, and
Connor.
"Yeah" she said.
"Well lets go to my place and you can drop your stuff off" Damon said.
Everyone agreed happily.
***
Todd loved Jessica so much. Not like he loved Megan but she was like a
sister to him. They had known each other so long. There were things
about them that know body else knew.
"And on your right is Central Park" Damon said. Todd looked out and saw
the lush green park.
"I wonder if there really is a Central Perk" Melissa said. She and Tia
cracked up.
"Get it Todd. Central Perk from Friends" Megan said. Todd felt oddly
annoyed.
"Yes I get it. My minds just not on it" Todd said. Seeing the park Todd
remembered his secret love with Jessica. It was there junior year of
high school and Todd had moved to Vermont. He and Jessica had been
writing letters and he came for a secret visit. He and Jessica had secretly
met at Secca Lake and they had made out. Back then he had thought
Jessica was the twin for him but they had broken it off in fear of hurting
Elizabeth. Todd still remembered everything about the letters and the
kisses. The phone calls the sneaking around. He had loved the way Jessica
had felt. She had smelled like peaches and her skin had been so soft.
That was a long time ago he reminded himself. Todd had eyes only for
Megan.
"I hope we can go to Bloomy's while we're here" Megan whispered. Todd
laughed. Megan loved shopping for baby clothes. She would hold up the
little dresses and ooohh and ahh. Todd leaned over and kissed the top of
her head.
"I love you. You know that" he said. All the love he felt for Megan
overwhelmed him. The whole Jessica thing was the past Megan was the
future.