Chapter Eight
"What am I going to do? What am I going to tell Jessica? What happened here was a mistake. I mean I enjoyed and I think she enjoyed it. But it wasn't right." Scott laid in his bed awake thinking of the night before. Then there was a knock at the door. Scott went and answered it.
"Oh, Uh Hey Jessica." He said.
"Hey, I got your mail for you. There's a letter from Shelby." Jessica said as he grabbed the letter from her and opened it. She walked into the house and sat on the couch. His back was facing her as he read the letter.
"Well? What does it say?" She asked. He turned to face her with tears in his eyes.
"She's getting married." He said. "I'm invited to the wedding. Everyone from Horizon is invited." He said.
"Horizon?" She asked.
"Uh, my old high school." He said as a tear ran down his left cheek.
"Oh Scott I'm sorry." She said.
"Come with me." He said.
"What? Where?" She asked.
"To the wedding. Help me get her back or something." He said.
"What? Scott I-" She began to say but he cut her off.
"Jessica it's perfect. You can pose as my fiancée and get her fiancée to like you or something. Shelby will see that he is scum and then she'll come back to me." He said. "Will you do it? For me?" He asked. She looked at him with disbelief before getting off the couch and walking out of the apartment. She was walking into the elevator when he grabbed her arm.
"Where are you going? What's wrong?" He asked.
"What's wrong? Scott did you totally forget about last night? We spent the whole night together. Just and you me. There was no Shelby when that happened. And how can you still want her? She is getting married and you're still to stupid to see what a good thing you have when it is right in front of you. I like you Scott and you have to like me too or what happened last night wouldn't have happened." Scott stood there watching her.
"So does this mean you will help me?" He asked. She groaned and she walked into the elevator and the doors the shut. Scott sighed as he walked back into his apartment. He sat at his table and thought about what just happened when someone knocked on the door again. He opened it and Jessica was there.
"Ok, I'll help you, but only because you're my friend and I would expect you to do the same for me." She said. "But I'm not your fiancée, I'm your girlfriend." She said.
"Jessica, thank you." He said as the sat down to discuss the plans.
"That's what I'm here for." She said.
"So why can't you act as my fiancee?" He asked.
"Well, if I'm your fiancee, Shelby will know that she has lost you for good. That there is no way she can get you back. You have found true love and that's it. But if you have a girlfriend, there is still a chance to win your heart. Besides, do you really want to go out and buy an engagement ring, and tell everyone when our wedding will be?" She said.
"Right, good plan." He said.
"Now, we have been dating for two weeks." She said.
"That's it? Two weeks?" He asked.
"You and Shelby broke up three weeks ago, two weeks is fine." She said. "We met on the plane ride to Kansas and clicked but ignored the feeling because we were both in a relationship. I broke up with my man and you were single when we ran into each other again. We hit it off and the rest is history." She said.
"Good plan!" He said.
"Now you said that everyone from that school, sunset right?" She asked while in the middle of talking.
"Horizon." He corrected her.
"Oh right, so you said everyone from Horizon will be there, who is everyone?" She asked.
"What?" He said.
"Well I need to get a little history on them." She said.
"No they're not important." He said.
"Scott, to make this work, I'm going to have to know about your past. Why don't you ever talk about it?" She asked.
"I talk about it!" He said sternly.
"You talk about Shelby. You don't mention anyone else." She said.
"Look you don't need to know anything about any of them!" He said loudly.
"Calm down. It'll just make it easier." She said. "Ok, so we've been together for two weeks, but we never really talked about your past. Is that good enough for you?" She asked.
"That doesn't seem right." He said.
"Yeah no joke. Just tell me little things about the people in your past, like who was your best friend and who did you really dislike and stuff." She said.
"My best friend was Shelby." He said sadly. "Uh, Peter was the headmaster type guy. He was really nice. And Sophie is his wife. She's pretty cool. Ezra is ok I guess. Auggie knows his stuff. Juliette is a princess. She's pretty much a sweet snooty rich girl. David is a troublemaker. He can really work on your nerves. Daisy's cool. She is always coming up with catchy phrases. And Katherine is the type that should be on student counsel or something. That's the original Horizon gang. Don't worry about anyone else from there." He said.
"Ok, what was your favorite time there. What was something you guys would do?" She asked.
"Well um, the MORP." He said. Jessica had a look on her face asking what is a morp. "It's prom spelled backwards. We all got together and spent the night dancing. It was the last night before Kat graduated. She was older than us." He said.
"Ok, well I need to get going. We'll plan more of this crap later." Jessica said while heading towards the door. "Bye!"
"Bye!" he said as she shut the door. "I can't believe Shelby is getting married." He said to himself.
"What am I going to do? What am I going to tell Jessica? What happened here was a mistake. I mean I enjoyed and I think she enjoyed it. But it wasn't right." Scott laid in his bed awake thinking of the night before. Then there was a knock at the door. Scott went and answered it.
"Oh, Uh Hey Jessica." He said.
"Hey, I got your mail for you. There's a letter from Shelby." Jessica said as he grabbed the letter from her and opened it. She walked into the house and sat on the couch. His back was facing her as he read the letter.
"Well? What does it say?" She asked. He turned to face her with tears in his eyes.
"She's getting married." He said. "I'm invited to the wedding. Everyone from Horizon is invited." He said.
"Horizon?" She asked.
"Uh, my old high school." He said as a tear ran down his left cheek.
"Oh Scott I'm sorry." She said.
"Come with me." He said.
"What? Where?" She asked.
"To the wedding. Help me get her back or something." He said.
"What? Scott I-" She began to say but he cut her off.
"Jessica it's perfect. You can pose as my fiancée and get her fiancée to like you or something. Shelby will see that he is scum and then she'll come back to me." He said. "Will you do it? For me?" He asked. She looked at him with disbelief before getting off the couch and walking out of the apartment. She was walking into the elevator when he grabbed her arm.
"Where are you going? What's wrong?" He asked.
"What's wrong? Scott did you totally forget about last night? We spent the whole night together. Just and you me. There was no Shelby when that happened. And how can you still want her? She is getting married and you're still to stupid to see what a good thing you have when it is right in front of you. I like you Scott and you have to like me too or what happened last night wouldn't have happened." Scott stood there watching her.
"So does this mean you will help me?" He asked. She groaned and she walked into the elevator and the doors the shut. Scott sighed as he walked back into his apartment. He sat at his table and thought about what just happened when someone knocked on the door again. He opened it and Jessica was there.
"Ok, I'll help you, but only because you're my friend and I would expect you to do the same for me." She said. "But I'm not your fiancée, I'm your girlfriend." She said.
"Jessica, thank you." He said as the sat down to discuss the plans.
"That's what I'm here for." She said.
"So why can't you act as my fiancee?" He asked.
"Well, if I'm your fiancee, Shelby will know that she has lost you for good. That there is no way she can get you back. You have found true love and that's it. But if you have a girlfriend, there is still a chance to win your heart. Besides, do you really want to go out and buy an engagement ring, and tell everyone when our wedding will be?" She said.
"Right, good plan." He said.
"Now, we have been dating for two weeks." She said.
"That's it? Two weeks?" He asked.
"You and Shelby broke up three weeks ago, two weeks is fine." She said. "We met on the plane ride to Kansas and clicked but ignored the feeling because we were both in a relationship. I broke up with my man and you were single when we ran into each other again. We hit it off and the rest is history." She said.
"Good plan!" He said.
"Now you said that everyone from that school, sunset right?" She asked while in the middle of talking.
"Horizon." He corrected her.
"Oh right, so you said everyone from Horizon will be there, who is everyone?" She asked.
"What?" He said.
"Well I need to get a little history on them." She said.
"No they're not important." He said.
"Scott, to make this work, I'm going to have to know about your past. Why don't you ever talk about it?" She asked.
"I talk about it!" He said sternly.
"You talk about Shelby. You don't mention anyone else." She said.
"Look you don't need to know anything about any of them!" He said loudly.
"Calm down. It'll just make it easier." She said. "Ok, so we've been together for two weeks, but we never really talked about your past. Is that good enough for you?" She asked.
"That doesn't seem right." He said.
"Yeah no joke. Just tell me little things about the people in your past, like who was your best friend and who did you really dislike and stuff." She said.
"My best friend was Shelby." He said sadly. "Uh, Peter was the headmaster type guy. He was really nice. And Sophie is his wife. She's pretty cool. Ezra is ok I guess. Auggie knows his stuff. Juliette is a princess. She's pretty much a sweet snooty rich girl. David is a troublemaker. He can really work on your nerves. Daisy's cool. She is always coming up with catchy phrases. And Katherine is the type that should be on student counsel or something. That's the original Horizon gang. Don't worry about anyone else from there." He said.
"Ok, what was your favorite time there. What was something you guys would do?" She asked.
"Well um, the MORP." He said. Jessica had a look on her face asking what is a morp. "It's prom spelled backwards. We all got together and spent the night dancing. It was the last night before Kat graduated. She was older than us." He said.
"Ok, well I need to get going. We'll plan more of this crap later." Jessica said while heading towards the door. "Bye!"
"Bye!" he said as she shut the door. "I can't believe Shelby is getting married." He said to himself.