Chapter Four
"You owe me big!" Scott said as he took a sip of hid coffee.
"What are you talking about?" Jessica asked, as if she didn't already know.
"Oh like you don't know, the way I had three different guys hit on me when I tried that dumb little walk." He said. A grin spread across Jessica's face.
"Hey, it's not my fault you did it. I don't owe you anything anyway. I'm highly disappointed in you." She said and took a sip of her coffee.
"Why? What now?" He said.
"That second guy, um what's his name?" Jessica sat for a few seconds snapping her fingers trying to think of his name. Scott started to take another sip of his coffee. "JERRY!" She said loudly. Scott almost burnt himself.
"What about him?" He asked.
"He was cute, and you let him go. Now just what is wrong with you?" She asked.
"You're crazy. I don't know why I let you talk me into coming with you. Oh wait, I didn't. You never gave me much of a choice." He said.
"Are you saying you didn't have any fun? At all?" She asked.
"Yes, that's exactly what I am saying." He said. She could tell he was in that, how do I live without Shelby mood.
"Ok, so you didn't have fun, but Scott look out over the top of the buildings. Isn't that sunrise beautiful?" She asked.
"What sunrise? I can't see through the cloud of smoke coming from the chemical plants." He said sarcastically.
"I give up, I can't do the impossible." Jessica said as she stood up and grabbed her purse and coffee. "Scott my dear, I have wonderful time, but you are the impossible." She said as walked to the exit and left the coffee shop.
Scott sat back in hid chair and put his coffee on the table. He looked at his watch and nearly jumped out of his shoes. The plane was leaving in 20 minutes and he was an hour from the airport. He immediately ran out of the shop. As he was running, he saw Jessica walking ahead of him. As he passed her, he grabbed onto her shirtsleeve.
"Come on the plane leaves in 20 minutes." He said as she ran as fast as she could with him.
"Scott, stop, we won't make it so just stop." She yelled to him
"We will make it, just hurry." He yelled back.
"Scott, stop... its too late." Jessica tried convincing him to stop.
"Come on Jessica." Scott yelled back, getting angry now.
"Why don't we take the bus?" She yelled.
"It's to slow, hurry, we can still make it." He yelled.
They ran the whole way to airport. Jessica had never been so tired before in life. Scott was out of breath, but once being a football player was ok.
"Are you ok?" He asked her.
"I... can't... breathe." She said, gasping for air.
"We missed the plane, by a damn minute." He said. Jessica was leaning over, to tired to stand up straight. She was tired, dehydrated, couldn't breathe and her feet were sore because of her shoes.
"Hey, you ok?" He asked again.
"I... I..." Then she just fell onto the floor, passed out right there.
"Jessica? Jessica, wake up. Come on Jess." He said fanning her off when he heard what he had said. Jess. The name of Shelby's sister. He went into a daze for a moment when Jessica started to cough and gasp for air again.
"Hey, you ok?" He said.
"I'm, I'm fine. Help me up." She said, still a little winded.
Scott helped her up and to a chair. He watched her breath in an out. He pushed her hair behind her ears.
"You gonna be ok right?" He asked.
"I'm fine." She said.
"Weren't very athletic back in high school huh?" He said.
"I'm an artist, not an athlete." She said.
"So, now what?" He asked. "How are we getting home?" He asked.
"We wait for the next plane." She said.
"That'll be four hours." He said.
"Ah, we still have time." She said. He looked at her with an eyebrow raised. "Go to the guys bathroom, change, get freshened up while I do the same in the girls. Then we find me a man." She said.
"You're joking right?" he asked.
"No, all the guys from last night are probably sleeping, so we find me a man that works all day or something. Now go, we're wasting time." She said and walked to the bathroom.
After about 30 minutes, Jessica walked out. She was wearing a pair of jeans with a pink shirt that said STAR in yellow. After taking a few steps, she saw Scott, still sitting in the same spot, wearing the same thing, thinking of the same person. She walked to him and pinched his arm.
"Ow!" He said as he pulled his arm away.
"You're not dressed, and you were thinking of her." Jessica said.
"I just don't understand it. I mean I loved her. I still do and she loved me. What does she in that damn Matt guy anyway? I told her everything. All of my secrets and everything. She was there for me and then I was there for her. Well I was there for the most part. But still I mean... how can she throw all that away?" Scott asked.
"Scott, I don't know what all went down and I don't know all about your past with her so I cant answer that but I can give you some maybes. So maybe she wanted to try something new, maybe she is just scared of being with one guy only for the rest of her life. I mean if you two were in love what else could it be?" She said. "Now come on." She grabbed his sleeve and pulled him towards the men's room.
"I can walk on my own thanks." He said.
"Obviously not if you haven't yet." She walked into the bathroom with him and unzipped his bag. "Oh, these boxers are really cute. And here, put on these pants and this shirt." Jessica said handing him some clothes. "Go into that stall." She said pushing him towards it.
"Jessica?" He said.
"Yeah?" She replied.
"Thanks." He said with a small grin.
"Hey, that's what I'm here for." She said.
After Scott was done in the bathroom, Jessica and Scott started walking around.
"The town is different during the day isn't it?" Scott said.
"Yeah, it seems safer, more boring." Jessica said.
"How do you do it?" Scott asked.
"Do what?" She asked back.
"Keep such a great attitude when everything around you sucks." He said.
"It's easy Scott. I just know that this is today. It wont last forever, neither will pain." She said.
"Oh... OH man I'm sorry." Scott said.
"What?" She said and looked back at him. He took a few steps back and started walking more feminine. Jessica couldn't help but giggle.
"You're sick, there are children around here." A woman said as she walked past with her daughter. By now Jessica was cracking up. She walked up to Scott and took his hand.
"No one here is worth being with. Act like we're together so they don't get any idea's." She said. Scott tightened his hand around hers and they started walking around.
"That girls cute... oh so is she." Jessica said as they pasted numerous girls. She was trying to get him out of his stage of depression. Nothing changed. "OH MY GOSH, there's the one legged prostitute from Titanic." Jessica gasped.
"What did you say?" Scott asked, coming out of a daze.
"Scott you have to stop this. This isn't healthy." She said.
"I'm sorry, you're right." He said.
"Now cheer up, smile and... Scott what are you looking at?" Jessica asked. Scott eyes were frozen on a figure in front of him. Jessica looked and a saw a blonde beautiful girl with a guy. She could only assume it was Shelby.
"That's her." Scott whispered. "What do I do?" He asked.
"I... well you... I-" Jessica wasn't sure what to say. Then the girl was standing there.
"Hey Scott." She said. "How are you?" She asked.
"Fine." He said. Jessica looked back and forth between them before interrupting.
"Hi, I'm Jessica." She said and extended her hand for Shelby's. Shelby hesitated, then shook it.
"I'm Shelby, and this is Matt." She said.
"It's nice to meet you." She said. "Scott has told me some wonderful things about you."
"Oh really? Like what?" Shelby asked.
"Oh, well you know-" Jessica began to say when Scott cut her off.
"Jessica, we have to get back to the airport." He said.
"Oh but the plane-"
"It taking off in an hour." He lied.
"Oh, so it is. It was lovely meeting and talking to you Shelby." Jessica said as Scott headed for the airport. Jessica immediately caught up with him.
"So that was her huh? He hairdo is so last season. And she wasn't that pretty oh and her clothes-"
"She's perfect." He said.
"No trust me, I know my perfect and that was-"
"I don't know who you think you are, dragging me everywhere with you, talking crazy and stupid things. You probably wouldn't even know what reality was if it came up and knocked you upside the head. And now, you're going to talk about her, about my Shelby like that." He said.
"I was just trying to make you feel better."
"No, you weren't trying anything. You don't know anything. If you made me feel anything it was worse." He said and walked off. Jessica stood there.
Scott made it the airport and after about two hour got onto the plane and flew home. He checked the plane for Jessica. She wasn't on there. Once he had gotten home, he checked his answering machine. There was a call from Peter.
"Hey Scott, Hannah said she saw you the other day. Small world huh. I was wondering how you were doing so why don't you give me a call to give me an update." That was it. That all of the messages. Now he was alone, in the apartment his dad had gotten for him.
"You owe me big!" Scott said as he took a sip of hid coffee.
"What are you talking about?" Jessica asked, as if she didn't already know.
"Oh like you don't know, the way I had three different guys hit on me when I tried that dumb little walk." He said. A grin spread across Jessica's face.
"Hey, it's not my fault you did it. I don't owe you anything anyway. I'm highly disappointed in you." She said and took a sip of her coffee.
"Why? What now?" He said.
"That second guy, um what's his name?" Jessica sat for a few seconds snapping her fingers trying to think of his name. Scott started to take another sip of his coffee. "JERRY!" She said loudly. Scott almost burnt himself.
"What about him?" He asked.
"He was cute, and you let him go. Now just what is wrong with you?" She asked.
"You're crazy. I don't know why I let you talk me into coming with you. Oh wait, I didn't. You never gave me much of a choice." He said.
"Are you saying you didn't have any fun? At all?" She asked.
"Yes, that's exactly what I am saying." He said. She could tell he was in that, how do I live without Shelby mood.
"Ok, so you didn't have fun, but Scott look out over the top of the buildings. Isn't that sunrise beautiful?" She asked.
"What sunrise? I can't see through the cloud of smoke coming from the chemical plants." He said sarcastically.
"I give up, I can't do the impossible." Jessica said as she stood up and grabbed her purse and coffee. "Scott my dear, I have wonderful time, but you are the impossible." She said as walked to the exit and left the coffee shop.
Scott sat back in hid chair and put his coffee on the table. He looked at his watch and nearly jumped out of his shoes. The plane was leaving in 20 minutes and he was an hour from the airport. He immediately ran out of the shop. As he was running, he saw Jessica walking ahead of him. As he passed her, he grabbed onto her shirtsleeve.
"Come on the plane leaves in 20 minutes." He said as she ran as fast as she could with him.
"Scott, stop, we won't make it so just stop." She yelled to him
"We will make it, just hurry." He yelled back.
"Scott, stop... its too late." Jessica tried convincing him to stop.
"Come on Jessica." Scott yelled back, getting angry now.
"Why don't we take the bus?" She yelled.
"It's to slow, hurry, we can still make it." He yelled.
They ran the whole way to airport. Jessica had never been so tired before in life. Scott was out of breath, but once being a football player was ok.
"Are you ok?" He asked her.
"I... can't... breathe." She said, gasping for air.
"We missed the plane, by a damn minute." He said. Jessica was leaning over, to tired to stand up straight. She was tired, dehydrated, couldn't breathe and her feet were sore because of her shoes.
"Hey, you ok?" He asked again.
"I... I..." Then she just fell onto the floor, passed out right there.
"Jessica? Jessica, wake up. Come on Jess." He said fanning her off when he heard what he had said. Jess. The name of Shelby's sister. He went into a daze for a moment when Jessica started to cough and gasp for air again.
"Hey, you ok?" He said.
"I'm, I'm fine. Help me up." She said, still a little winded.
Scott helped her up and to a chair. He watched her breath in an out. He pushed her hair behind her ears.
"You gonna be ok right?" He asked.
"I'm fine." She said.
"Weren't very athletic back in high school huh?" He said.
"I'm an artist, not an athlete." She said.
"So, now what?" He asked. "How are we getting home?" He asked.
"We wait for the next plane." She said.
"That'll be four hours." He said.
"Ah, we still have time." She said. He looked at her with an eyebrow raised. "Go to the guys bathroom, change, get freshened up while I do the same in the girls. Then we find me a man." She said.
"You're joking right?" he asked.
"No, all the guys from last night are probably sleeping, so we find me a man that works all day or something. Now go, we're wasting time." She said and walked to the bathroom.
After about 30 minutes, Jessica walked out. She was wearing a pair of jeans with a pink shirt that said STAR in yellow. After taking a few steps, she saw Scott, still sitting in the same spot, wearing the same thing, thinking of the same person. She walked to him and pinched his arm.
"Ow!" He said as he pulled his arm away.
"You're not dressed, and you were thinking of her." Jessica said.
"I just don't understand it. I mean I loved her. I still do and she loved me. What does she in that damn Matt guy anyway? I told her everything. All of my secrets and everything. She was there for me and then I was there for her. Well I was there for the most part. But still I mean... how can she throw all that away?" Scott asked.
"Scott, I don't know what all went down and I don't know all about your past with her so I cant answer that but I can give you some maybes. So maybe she wanted to try something new, maybe she is just scared of being with one guy only for the rest of her life. I mean if you two were in love what else could it be?" She said. "Now come on." She grabbed his sleeve and pulled him towards the men's room.
"I can walk on my own thanks." He said.
"Obviously not if you haven't yet." She walked into the bathroom with him and unzipped his bag. "Oh, these boxers are really cute. And here, put on these pants and this shirt." Jessica said handing him some clothes. "Go into that stall." She said pushing him towards it.
"Jessica?" He said.
"Yeah?" She replied.
"Thanks." He said with a small grin.
"Hey, that's what I'm here for." She said.
After Scott was done in the bathroom, Jessica and Scott started walking around.
"The town is different during the day isn't it?" Scott said.
"Yeah, it seems safer, more boring." Jessica said.
"How do you do it?" Scott asked.
"Do what?" She asked back.
"Keep such a great attitude when everything around you sucks." He said.
"It's easy Scott. I just know that this is today. It wont last forever, neither will pain." She said.
"Oh... OH man I'm sorry." Scott said.
"What?" She said and looked back at him. He took a few steps back and started walking more feminine. Jessica couldn't help but giggle.
"You're sick, there are children around here." A woman said as she walked past with her daughter. By now Jessica was cracking up. She walked up to Scott and took his hand.
"No one here is worth being with. Act like we're together so they don't get any idea's." She said. Scott tightened his hand around hers and they started walking around.
"That girls cute... oh so is she." Jessica said as they pasted numerous girls. She was trying to get him out of his stage of depression. Nothing changed. "OH MY GOSH, there's the one legged prostitute from Titanic." Jessica gasped.
"What did you say?" Scott asked, coming out of a daze.
"Scott you have to stop this. This isn't healthy." She said.
"I'm sorry, you're right." He said.
"Now cheer up, smile and... Scott what are you looking at?" Jessica asked. Scott eyes were frozen on a figure in front of him. Jessica looked and a saw a blonde beautiful girl with a guy. She could only assume it was Shelby.
"That's her." Scott whispered. "What do I do?" He asked.
"I... well you... I-" Jessica wasn't sure what to say. Then the girl was standing there.
"Hey Scott." She said. "How are you?" She asked.
"Fine." He said. Jessica looked back and forth between them before interrupting.
"Hi, I'm Jessica." She said and extended her hand for Shelby's. Shelby hesitated, then shook it.
"I'm Shelby, and this is Matt." She said.
"It's nice to meet you." She said. "Scott has told me some wonderful things about you."
"Oh really? Like what?" Shelby asked.
"Oh, well you know-" Jessica began to say when Scott cut her off.
"Jessica, we have to get back to the airport." He said.
"Oh but the plane-"
"It taking off in an hour." He lied.
"Oh, so it is. It was lovely meeting and talking to you Shelby." Jessica said as Scott headed for the airport. Jessica immediately caught up with him.
"So that was her huh? He hairdo is so last season. And she wasn't that pretty oh and her clothes-"
"She's perfect." He said.
"No trust me, I know my perfect and that was-"
"I don't know who you think you are, dragging me everywhere with you, talking crazy and stupid things. You probably wouldn't even know what reality was if it came up and knocked you upside the head. And now, you're going to talk about her, about my Shelby like that." He said.
"I was just trying to make you feel better."
"No, you weren't trying anything. You don't know anything. If you made me feel anything it was worse." He said and walked off. Jessica stood there.
Scott made it the airport and after about two hour got onto the plane and flew home. He checked the plane for Jessica. She wasn't on there. Once he had gotten home, he checked his answering machine. There was a call from Peter.
"Hey Scott, Hannah said she saw you the other day. Small world huh. I was wondering how you were doing so why don't you give me a call to give me an update." That was it. That all of the messages. Now he was alone, in the apartment his dad had gotten for him.