CHAPTER SIX
"Hey there sweet thing." Scott said to a girl. She turned to see who was talking to her. "Jessica!" Scoot said shocked.
"Scott?" She said in disbelief.
"I uh-"
"Don't talk to me!" Jessica said and walked out of the bar. Scott went after her.
"Jessica wait…" He said while trying to catch up to her. "Will you please stop?" He asked while grabbing her arm.
"Why? So I can ruin everything else, so I can make things worse again?" She said.
"You still mad about that huh?" He said.
"I don't know Scott you tell me. You left me there, alone, when all I wanted to do was help you get over her." She said.
"Look I was upset ok. I miss… I missed her." He said.
"No, you… you don't still have a thing for her do you? You don't still get upset right? Right Scott?" He didn't answer. "I don't believe this. How can you still want her, after what she did?" Jessica asked.
"I love her ok." He said.
"No you don't love her. Love involves two people Scott, two! Count how many are in the relationship you have with her. It's one. Just one Scott. If you would open your eyes long enough to find out what else is out there, you would see that she's not the one for you and that maybe what your looking for is right under your nose!" She said.
"Wait, are you saying you're the one for me?" He asked her.
"Don't flatter yourself, you know what I'm saying." She said and walked to her car. She shut her door and buckled her seat belt when the passenger side opened. Scott had jumped into the car.
"What are you doing? I want you want you out of my car now." She yelled.
"Jessica look, I'm sorry. I know I must of hurt you like really badly and I'm sorry. Can we please just be friends or something?" Jessica looked up at him.
"Scott I can't take your episodes for Shelby. I just can't take it." She sad sadly. "Please get out of my car so I can go home."
"No… No, you're all I have left." He said. "I don't have any more friends or anything. Do you know what I do every night? Do you?" He asked.
"What do you do Scott?" She asked, getting annoyed.
"I go to a bar, get drunk, and go home with a girl that I don't even know. Every single night and that was what I was going to do tonight but it turned out that the girl I was going to hit on was you. You were there for me once before, please be there for me now. I need your help. I can't do this alone." He said and took her hand into his.
She was quiet for a few moments before sighing. "I don't know why I put up with you!" She said and started her car.
"So, when did you get home?" Scott asked after about 15 minutes or silence.
"I hitched hiked." She said.
"What?" He asked.
"I purposely missed the flight, then thinking maybe you missed it too, I didn't want to take the chance of running into you. So I hitched hiked." She said and stopped at a red light.
"Isn't that like, really dangerous?" he asked.
"Yep, I ran into some sicko, but I know how to take care of myself." She said.
"And how did you manage to do that?" he asked.
"When I fight, I aim low." She said and started driving when the light turned green.
"What's wrong?" he asked.
"What do you mean? I'm fine." She said.
"No you're not, you're not… what's the word… spunky." He said.
"Spunky?" She asked, almost laughing. "Spunky is the name of the dog on Rocko's Modern Life." She said.
"You know what I'm trying to say." He said. "Are you ok?" he asked.
"Yeah, I'll be fine." She said.
"So there is something wrong." He said.
"What? How do you get that?" she asked.
"You said you WILL be fine. What's wrong?" He asked.
"I guess I just miss Kurt." She lied as she pulled up to her house. "Come on, I'll take you home in the morning." She said and walked to the front door.
"Kurt? I thought you got over him a long time ago." He said as he walked into her house.
"Yeah I did but I don't know." She said and walked to the kitchen. "Want something to drink?" She asked.
"Yeah I'll take a screwdriver." He said.
"Here's a coke." She said as she sat on the couch and turned on the TV. Scott walked and sat next to her.
"Anything good on?" He asked.
"Nope, wanna watch a movie?" She asked.
"Yeah what movies do you have?" He asked.
"I want to watch Waiting to Exhale." She said and popped it into the VCR.
"Great." He said as they started the movie.
He decided to make himself comfortable by taking off his shoes and putting his arm around Jessica. After about forty-five minutes into the movie, she started to get tired and rested her head onto his shoulder. She fell asleep that way.
Once the movie was over, Scott was feeling a bit tired his self. He looked down at Jessica.
"Wow she looks so cute when she sleeps." He said to himself. He slowly took his arm off her shoulder and stood up. He laid her head on a pillow and found a blanket to cover her with.
The next morning Jessica woke up to the smell of bacon and eggs. She sat up and saw she was on her couch. She rubbed her eyes and dragged herself to the kitchen to see Scott cooking.
"Good morning." He said.
"Hey." She said and sat down. "What are you doing?" She asked.
"Cooking, I thought you might be hungry." He said.
"I don't eat breakfast." She said.
"Oh, well I do and I'm hungry so more for me." He said and sat down with a plate.
"How do you know how to cook?" She asked.
"What do you mean?" He asked.
"You just don't look like the cooking type." She said and took a pinch of his eggs with her fingers.
"At the school I used to go to, you had to cook and clean or you didn't." He said and took a bite from his bacon.
"Whoa, strict boarding school." She said.
"It wasn't a boarding school." He said between bites.
"Then what was it?" She asked.
"A school for teens with problems, you go there and they help you." He said.
"What kind of problems did you have?" She asked.
"It was nothing." He said and got up to bring his plate to the sink and started washing it.
"Well what kind of problems did the other students have?" She asked.
"Uh, well one girl was abused by her step-dad." He said as sorrow filled his eyes.
"Well I can guess who that was." She mumbled and walked up to him. "You ok?" She asked.
"I'll be fine, he said as he walked to the couch and started watching TV.
"Well I'm here if you need to talk." She said and walked to her room to get dressed.
Scott sat there for a few minutes before he got up to walk to her room. She was walking out of the bathroom in a towel.
"OH Scott, get out." She yelled.
"I'm so sorry." He said while covering his eyes and dashing out of her room. She hurriedly got dressed and walked out of her room to see Scott about to leave.
"Where are you going?" She asked.
"I'm gonna go ahead home." He said.
"No, I'll drive you." She said and grabbed her keys.
"No it's ok, I want to walk." He said. "Thanks for everything." He walked out of her house and tried to figure out where he was. After a few minutes he walled back inside.
"Did you forget something?" She asked.
"Maybe you should take me home." He said. Jessica sighed and grabbed her keys. Scott watched her walk to the door and he grabbed her wrist.
"What?" She asked and looked at him. He walked up to her and pulled her close before holding onto her. He slowly lowered his lip
"Hey there sweet thing." Scott said to a girl. She turned to see who was talking to her. "Jessica!" Scoot said shocked.
"Scott?" She said in disbelief.
"I uh-"
"Don't talk to me!" Jessica said and walked out of the bar. Scott went after her.
"Jessica wait…" He said while trying to catch up to her. "Will you please stop?" He asked while grabbing her arm.
"Why? So I can ruin everything else, so I can make things worse again?" She said.
"You still mad about that huh?" He said.
"I don't know Scott you tell me. You left me there, alone, when all I wanted to do was help you get over her." She said.
"Look I was upset ok. I miss… I missed her." He said.
"No, you… you don't still have a thing for her do you? You don't still get upset right? Right Scott?" He didn't answer. "I don't believe this. How can you still want her, after what she did?" Jessica asked.
"I love her ok." He said.
"No you don't love her. Love involves two people Scott, two! Count how many are in the relationship you have with her. It's one. Just one Scott. If you would open your eyes long enough to find out what else is out there, you would see that she's not the one for you and that maybe what your looking for is right under your nose!" She said.
"Wait, are you saying you're the one for me?" He asked her.
"Don't flatter yourself, you know what I'm saying." She said and walked to her car. She shut her door and buckled her seat belt when the passenger side opened. Scott had jumped into the car.
"What are you doing? I want you want you out of my car now." She yelled.
"Jessica look, I'm sorry. I know I must of hurt you like really badly and I'm sorry. Can we please just be friends or something?" Jessica looked up at him.
"Scott I can't take your episodes for Shelby. I just can't take it." She sad sadly. "Please get out of my car so I can go home."
"No… No, you're all I have left." He said. "I don't have any more friends or anything. Do you know what I do every night? Do you?" He asked.
"What do you do Scott?" She asked, getting annoyed.
"I go to a bar, get drunk, and go home with a girl that I don't even know. Every single night and that was what I was going to do tonight but it turned out that the girl I was going to hit on was you. You were there for me once before, please be there for me now. I need your help. I can't do this alone." He said and took her hand into his.
She was quiet for a few moments before sighing. "I don't know why I put up with you!" She said and started her car.
"So, when did you get home?" Scott asked after about 15 minutes or silence.
"I hitched hiked." She said.
"What?" He asked.
"I purposely missed the flight, then thinking maybe you missed it too, I didn't want to take the chance of running into you. So I hitched hiked." She said and stopped at a red light.
"Isn't that like, really dangerous?" he asked.
"Yep, I ran into some sicko, but I know how to take care of myself." She said.
"And how did you manage to do that?" he asked.
"When I fight, I aim low." She said and started driving when the light turned green.
"What's wrong?" he asked.
"What do you mean? I'm fine." She said.
"No you're not, you're not… what's the word… spunky." He said.
"Spunky?" She asked, almost laughing. "Spunky is the name of the dog on Rocko's Modern Life." She said.
"You know what I'm trying to say." He said. "Are you ok?" he asked.
"Yeah, I'll be fine." She said.
"So there is something wrong." He said.
"What? How do you get that?" she asked.
"You said you WILL be fine. What's wrong?" He asked.
"I guess I just miss Kurt." She lied as she pulled up to her house. "Come on, I'll take you home in the morning." She said and walked to the front door.
"Kurt? I thought you got over him a long time ago." He said as he walked into her house.
"Yeah I did but I don't know." She said and walked to the kitchen. "Want something to drink?" She asked.
"Yeah I'll take a screwdriver." He said.
"Here's a coke." She said as she sat on the couch and turned on the TV. Scott walked and sat next to her.
"Anything good on?" He asked.
"Nope, wanna watch a movie?" She asked.
"Yeah what movies do you have?" He asked.
"I want to watch Waiting to Exhale." She said and popped it into the VCR.
"Great." He said as they started the movie.
He decided to make himself comfortable by taking off his shoes and putting his arm around Jessica. After about forty-five minutes into the movie, she started to get tired and rested her head onto his shoulder. She fell asleep that way.
Once the movie was over, Scott was feeling a bit tired his self. He looked down at Jessica.
"Wow she looks so cute when she sleeps." He said to himself. He slowly took his arm off her shoulder and stood up. He laid her head on a pillow and found a blanket to cover her with.
The next morning Jessica woke up to the smell of bacon and eggs. She sat up and saw she was on her couch. She rubbed her eyes and dragged herself to the kitchen to see Scott cooking.
"Good morning." He said.
"Hey." She said and sat down. "What are you doing?" She asked.
"Cooking, I thought you might be hungry." He said.
"I don't eat breakfast." She said.
"Oh, well I do and I'm hungry so more for me." He said and sat down with a plate.
"How do you know how to cook?" She asked.
"What do you mean?" He asked.
"You just don't look like the cooking type." She said and took a pinch of his eggs with her fingers.
"At the school I used to go to, you had to cook and clean or you didn't." He said and took a bite from his bacon.
"Whoa, strict boarding school." She said.
"It wasn't a boarding school." He said between bites.
"Then what was it?" She asked.
"A school for teens with problems, you go there and they help you." He said.
"What kind of problems did you have?" She asked.
"It was nothing." He said and got up to bring his plate to the sink and started washing it.
"Well what kind of problems did the other students have?" She asked.
"Uh, well one girl was abused by her step-dad." He said as sorrow filled his eyes.
"Well I can guess who that was." She mumbled and walked up to him. "You ok?" She asked.
"I'll be fine, he said as he walked to the couch and started watching TV.
"Well I'm here if you need to talk." She said and walked to her room to get dressed.
Scott sat there for a few minutes before he got up to walk to her room. She was walking out of the bathroom in a towel.
"OH Scott, get out." She yelled.
"I'm so sorry." He said while covering his eyes and dashing out of her room. She hurriedly got dressed and walked out of her room to see Scott about to leave.
"Where are you going?" She asked.
"I'm gonna go ahead home." He said.
"No, I'll drive you." She said and grabbed her keys.
"No it's ok, I want to walk." He said. "Thanks for everything." He walked out of her house and tried to figure out where he was. After a few minutes he walled back inside.
"Did you forget something?" She asked.
"Maybe you should take me home." He said. Jessica sighed and grabbed her keys. Scott watched her walk to the door and he grabbed her wrist.
"What?" She asked and looked at him. He walked up to her and pulled her close before holding onto her. He slowly lowered his lip