~Wow it's been a long long long long time not writing and chillin' out is
good for this kind of thing I guess, so here we go. Thanks for the reviews
and cruel Capricorn was the one who inspired me to start this story again.
I hadn't felt like writing in over a half a year so thanks for the review!~
~Jesse's POV~
"Hey yo Caro! Stop dancing around with your crazy bro and help me with this ice cream." Letty calls into the living room. She turns and laughs, tickling her brother and then comes to my aid. Our arms are precariously balanced with Ben & Jerry's containers, flavored syrup, cans of whipped cream, and sprinkles. Mia follows behind with more ice cream, bowls, spoons, and a blue dishpan. She hands it to Vince who proceeds to fill it with ice cream.
"Y 'all are crazy!" Caro laughs, plopping down on the floor and sets the supplies on the coffee table. "What exactly are we watching?"
"Old School," Vince says, laughing like a kid and grabbing the marshmallows.
"Nice!" Caro smiles and stretches out on her stomach on the ground, balling her hoodie up under her head.
"Dawg, we've seen this movie like 50 times. Pick something else." Leon groans.
"Aw, shutup, Le." I say.
"Yeah, shutup Le." Caro repeats and chucks a spoon at him. I look over and she's exactly as I remember her being. Teeny, long dark ironed-straight hair, brown skin from being in the sun, big green eyes like Leon's, black polish on short fingernails, somewhat pouty lips, and a killer smile. Her smile is always what gets me. Every time I look at that picture of me giving her a piggyback at the beach, I get depressed. I don't know if it will ever be the same and that kills me.
She looks back over her shoulder and smiles then turns around. I get off the sofa and up the stairs.
"Where are you going Jesse?" Mia calls.
"Out," I say on my way back down as I grab my keys.
"I want to come," she requests and I shrug. We get in my car and drive, ending up at the beach and Mia heads over to the swings by the lifeguard stand. We sit in silence, just feeling the breeze blow in off the ocean. "Jesse." She says quietly. I almost don't hear her.
"Yeah?"
"Why................um................Is there...................never mind."
'No, what?"
"Why aren't you happy to see Caro?" The waves crash into the sand, and I have no answer for her. "You guys used to be best friends. Like Dom and Vince. Then when she came back yesterday, you...you didn't say a word." I can tell Mia is uncomfortable. Why not just tell it like it is.
"That's because she............."
"She what?............................Jess, it's me. I'm not going to tell any of the guys. They aren't going to know."
"Yeah. Yeah, I know." I wring my hands. "I.......she, she rejected me.....kinda."
"Wha..but how? I mean, we're all together everyday..........How did I not know this?"
"Cuz nobody knew. We just............One time in the garage, we were workin on a program through lunch and we kissed, well I kissed her. And then she pulled back and said she had to go. Then ten or fifteen minutes later she comes back and kisses me and then pulls away again cursing. Then like a week after that, in which we didn't talk, her mom decides to up and leave and take her back south. I hadn't talked to her since."
~Jesse's POV~
"Hey yo Caro! Stop dancing around with your crazy bro and help me with this ice cream." Letty calls into the living room. She turns and laughs, tickling her brother and then comes to my aid. Our arms are precariously balanced with Ben & Jerry's containers, flavored syrup, cans of whipped cream, and sprinkles. Mia follows behind with more ice cream, bowls, spoons, and a blue dishpan. She hands it to Vince who proceeds to fill it with ice cream.
"Y 'all are crazy!" Caro laughs, plopping down on the floor and sets the supplies on the coffee table. "What exactly are we watching?"
"Old School," Vince says, laughing like a kid and grabbing the marshmallows.
"Nice!" Caro smiles and stretches out on her stomach on the ground, balling her hoodie up under her head.
"Dawg, we've seen this movie like 50 times. Pick something else." Leon groans.
"Aw, shutup, Le." I say.
"Yeah, shutup Le." Caro repeats and chucks a spoon at him. I look over and she's exactly as I remember her being. Teeny, long dark ironed-straight hair, brown skin from being in the sun, big green eyes like Leon's, black polish on short fingernails, somewhat pouty lips, and a killer smile. Her smile is always what gets me. Every time I look at that picture of me giving her a piggyback at the beach, I get depressed. I don't know if it will ever be the same and that kills me.
She looks back over her shoulder and smiles then turns around. I get off the sofa and up the stairs.
"Where are you going Jesse?" Mia calls.
"Out," I say on my way back down as I grab my keys.
"I want to come," she requests and I shrug. We get in my car and drive, ending up at the beach and Mia heads over to the swings by the lifeguard stand. We sit in silence, just feeling the breeze blow in off the ocean. "Jesse." She says quietly. I almost don't hear her.
"Yeah?"
"Why................um................Is there...................never mind."
'No, what?"
"Why aren't you happy to see Caro?" The waves crash into the sand, and I have no answer for her. "You guys used to be best friends. Like Dom and Vince. Then when she came back yesterday, you...you didn't say a word." I can tell Mia is uncomfortable. Why not just tell it like it is.
"That's because she............."
"She what?............................Jess, it's me. I'm not going to tell any of the guys. They aren't going to know."
"Yeah. Yeah, I know." I wring my hands. "I.......she, she rejected me.....kinda."
"Wha..but how? I mean, we're all together everyday..........How did I not know this?"
"Cuz nobody knew. We just............One time in the garage, we were workin on a program through lunch and we kissed, well I kissed her. And then she pulled back and said she had to go. Then ten or fifteen minutes later she comes back and kisses me and then pulls away again cursing. Then like a week after that, in which we didn't talk, her mom decides to up and leave and take her back south. I hadn't talked to her since."