Chapter Twelve
"I put in a job application at American Eagle." Scott said as he and Jessica walked through the grocery store.
"Why? I thought your dad was paying for everything." Jessica said as she open a bag of chips and started eating them.
"Well I thought it would be something nice to tell your dad." Scott said. "Are you gonna pay for those chips?"
"My dad? What does my dad have to do with you getting a job? And yes I am." She said as she took another chip.
"Just what he said at dinner. I am old enough to take care of myself. I don't need my dad paying for everything." He said.
"Don't let what my dad said bother you. He was just looking out for his little girl." She replied.
"How is he looking out for you when my dad pays for everything for me?" Scott asked.
"Well he called me last night." Jessica said.
"What did he say?" Scott asked.
"That he saw sparks between the two of us." Jessica said.
"What? No offense but no, I don't think so." Scott said as they went to the checkout counter.
"Well my dad has a way about being right about stuff like this. And I mean he can't be totally wrong. I've spent nights at your house and what about the night I spelt the sprite all over the carpet?" Jessica questioned.
"What about it? We spent the whole night making out. Its not like we ever had sex or anything."
"Yeah but Scott, you don't spend the whole night making out with someone and not feel anything for them." Jessica said.
"Yeah you can, I mean we did." Scott said.
Jessica looked at him with disbelief. Why was he being such a jerk? She sighed and started to walk past him when he grabbed her arm.
"Where are you going?" He asked.
"From now on when you want someone to go grocery shopping with you call Daddy!" She said. "I'll be waiting in the car!"
Scott paid for everything and headed for the car. He didn't know what Jessica's problem was. He loaded everything into the trunk and climb into the passenger side of the car.
"What the hell was that about?" He asked.
"You don't know?" She asked.
"No I don't know." He said back.
"Then forget it." She said as she started the car and headed for his apartment.
"Will you help me carry these up?" He asked.
"Fine!" She said as she turned off the car and grabbed a few bags. They walked up to the apartment in silence. Once Jessica was up there, she put everything on the table and started to leave when Scott stopped her.
"Jessica I don't know what I did or said that offended you but I am truly sorry. You are my very best friend and I want it to stay that way. I'm sorry! Will you please stay?"
"Ok!" Jessica said after a few seconds.
"Good, I didn't buy all this food to eat by myself. I was thinking I could cook us dinner and we could stay up all night watching movies." Scott said.
"Hmm sounds like a plan. But if I'm gonna be here all night, I'm sleeping in my clothes. Let me run home and get something comfortable for when we watch the movies ok?" She asked.
"That's fine, I'll start cooking." He said.
Jessica went down to her car and headed home. She walked into her room and grabbed some pajama pants and a tank top before rushing back to Scott's place. When she got there she walked back upstairs and into his apartment. Once she was inside she was frozen in place. There were candles lit on the table with the food ready. Scott walked out of his room with a rose in his hand.
"Scott… this is beautiful." Jessica said as he walked to her and handed her the rose.
"What can I say? When I'm bored, I'm romantic." He said.
"I bore you?" She asked.
"I was bored without you here." He said as he pulled out a chair for her.
"Thank you." She said as she sat down. She sat and smelt the rose as he made her plate. "What are we having?" Jessica asked.
"Mashed potatoes with gravy, corn and beef, and for desert, strawberry shortcake." He said with a smile as he placed her plate in front of her and started to fix his.
"Scott, this is to much." She said. "It smells good."
"Thank you." He said as he sat down. "Dig in!" He said.
Jessica smiled as she took a bite from her potatoes. She watched Scott eat and enjoyed her meal.
"Peter called while you were gone." Scott said.
"Really? What did he say?" Jessica asked.
"He was just making sure I was ok. He couldn't talk long."
"Oh!" Jessica said as she finished her food.
"Are you ready for desert?" He asked.
"Yea I am!" Jessica said with a big smile.
"Ok, I'll be right back." Scott said as he took both of their plates to the kitchen. He returned a minute later with two pieces of the strawberry shortcake. Jessica smiled as he placed it in front of her and sat across from her.
"I want you to take the first bite." He said to her.
"You know, a girl like me could get use to all this special treatment." Jessica said and took a bite. "Mmmhmm, Scott this is wonderful." She said. He smiled and ate his piece.
Once they were done, Jessica went into his room to change while he cleaned up the kitchen. They sat down together to watch the movie.
"So what are we watching?" Jessica asked.
"Con air. Have you seen it?" Scott asked.
"No, but I've always wanted to." Jessica said as he popped the movie into the VCR and sat down next to her. Once the movie started, Jessica laid her head onto his lap and he played with her hair until she fell asleep and the movie ended.
The next morning, Jessica woke up. Scott was still in bed so she left him a note saying thanks for everything and that she had to go home. She'll call him later that night.
"So Lisa said you have a hot new boyfriend!" Jessica's friend Kirsten said as they were shopping.
"He's not my boyfriend but yeah, he's hot." Jessica said.
"Is anything going to happen with the two of you?" Kirsten asked.
"Well I don't know, last night he cook my dinner and desert. He treated my like a princess. But I don't think there is anything there." Jessica said.
"Do you like him?" Kirsten asked.
"A little, but we're just friends. That's all we'll ever be. I want you to meet him. What's better than my two very best friends being friends?" Jessica said.
"Great, can't wait to make a new friend." Kirsten said.
"I gotta go home, call me tonight!" She said as she walked to her car and headed home.
Once she was home she checked her messages while getting ready to call Scott.
"Jessica, its Scott. I got a letter from Shelby today. I didn't even open it. I just threw it away. Proud of me? I think I'm ready to move on and meet new people. Talk to you later."
"He's ready to meet new people?" Jessica said to herself. "Maybe something can finally happen between the two of us."
She walked to her phone and called Scott. But before she could dial the number there was a knock at her door. She hung up the phone and walked to the door.
"I'm coming!" She said as she unlocked the door and opened it. "Hey Scott." She said as he walked in.
"I've got some good news." Scott said with a smile.
"What?" Jessica asked.
"I got the job at American Eagle." Scott said.
"That's great! Do you want me to tell daddy?" Jessica asked, very proud of Scott.
"There's more." He said.
"Oh, what is it?" Jessica asked.
"Well I went down there, so they could show how to do what and all I met someone." Scott said with a huge smile. "She's really beautiful and I have a date with her tonight!" He said.
"A date? With her? And you just met her today?" Jessica asked, a little disappointed.
Before Scott could answer, there was another knock at Jessica's door. She walked and answered it.
"Oh my gosh Jessi, I have a date tonight and I have no idea what to wear, you have to help me pick something!" Kirsten said as she rushed into Jessica apartment, freezing when she saw Scott.
"Kirsten, what are you doing here?" Scott asked.
"I was going to ask you the same thing." She said.
"You two know each other?" Jessica asked.
"She's my date tonight!" Scott said.
Author's note~ sorry for the wait. It started out I was studying for finals, which I passed. YAY me! Then my computer completely broke, then I just got lazy. I hope you enjoyed this chapter. I'll post the next one ASAP!
"I put in a job application at American Eagle." Scott said as he and Jessica walked through the grocery store.
"Why? I thought your dad was paying for everything." Jessica said as she open a bag of chips and started eating them.
"Well I thought it would be something nice to tell your dad." Scott said. "Are you gonna pay for those chips?"
"My dad? What does my dad have to do with you getting a job? And yes I am." She said as she took another chip.
"Just what he said at dinner. I am old enough to take care of myself. I don't need my dad paying for everything." He said.
"Don't let what my dad said bother you. He was just looking out for his little girl." She replied.
"How is he looking out for you when my dad pays for everything for me?" Scott asked.
"Well he called me last night." Jessica said.
"What did he say?" Scott asked.
"That he saw sparks between the two of us." Jessica said.
"What? No offense but no, I don't think so." Scott said as they went to the checkout counter.
"Well my dad has a way about being right about stuff like this. And I mean he can't be totally wrong. I've spent nights at your house and what about the night I spelt the sprite all over the carpet?" Jessica questioned.
"What about it? We spent the whole night making out. Its not like we ever had sex or anything."
"Yeah but Scott, you don't spend the whole night making out with someone and not feel anything for them." Jessica said.
"Yeah you can, I mean we did." Scott said.
Jessica looked at him with disbelief. Why was he being such a jerk? She sighed and started to walk past him when he grabbed her arm.
"Where are you going?" He asked.
"From now on when you want someone to go grocery shopping with you call Daddy!" She said. "I'll be waiting in the car!"
Scott paid for everything and headed for the car. He didn't know what Jessica's problem was. He loaded everything into the trunk and climb into the passenger side of the car.
"What the hell was that about?" He asked.
"You don't know?" She asked.
"No I don't know." He said back.
"Then forget it." She said as she started the car and headed for his apartment.
"Will you help me carry these up?" He asked.
"Fine!" She said as she turned off the car and grabbed a few bags. They walked up to the apartment in silence. Once Jessica was up there, she put everything on the table and started to leave when Scott stopped her.
"Jessica I don't know what I did or said that offended you but I am truly sorry. You are my very best friend and I want it to stay that way. I'm sorry! Will you please stay?"
"Ok!" Jessica said after a few seconds.
"Good, I didn't buy all this food to eat by myself. I was thinking I could cook us dinner and we could stay up all night watching movies." Scott said.
"Hmm sounds like a plan. But if I'm gonna be here all night, I'm sleeping in my clothes. Let me run home and get something comfortable for when we watch the movies ok?" She asked.
"That's fine, I'll start cooking." He said.
Jessica went down to her car and headed home. She walked into her room and grabbed some pajama pants and a tank top before rushing back to Scott's place. When she got there she walked back upstairs and into his apartment. Once she was inside she was frozen in place. There were candles lit on the table with the food ready. Scott walked out of his room with a rose in his hand.
"Scott… this is beautiful." Jessica said as he walked to her and handed her the rose.
"What can I say? When I'm bored, I'm romantic." He said.
"I bore you?" She asked.
"I was bored without you here." He said as he pulled out a chair for her.
"Thank you." She said as she sat down. She sat and smelt the rose as he made her plate. "What are we having?" Jessica asked.
"Mashed potatoes with gravy, corn and beef, and for desert, strawberry shortcake." He said with a smile as he placed her plate in front of her and started to fix his.
"Scott, this is to much." She said. "It smells good."
"Thank you." He said as he sat down. "Dig in!" He said.
Jessica smiled as she took a bite from her potatoes. She watched Scott eat and enjoyed her meal.
"Peter called while you were gone." Scott said.
"Really? What did he say?" Jessica asked.
"He was just making sure I was ok. He couldn't talk long."
"Oh!" Jessica said as she finished her food.
"Are you ready for desert?" He asked.
"Yea I am!" Jessica said with a big smile.
"Ok, I'll be right back." Scott said as he took both of their plates to the kitchen. He returned a minute later with two pieces of the strawberry shortcake. Jessica smiled as he placed it in front of her and sat across from her.
"I want you to take the first bite." He said to her.
"You know, a girl like me could get use to all this special treatment." Jessica said and took a bite. "Mmmhmm, Scott this is wonderful." She said. He smiled and ate his piece.
Once they were done, Jessica went into his room to change while he cleaned up the kitchen. They sat down together to watch the movie.
"So what are we watching?" Jessica asked.
"Con air. Have you seen it?" Scott asked.
"No, but I've always wanted to." Jessica said as he popped the movie into the VCR and sat down next to her. Once the movie started, Jessica laid her head onto his lap and he played with her hair until she fell asleep and the movie ended.
The next morning, Jessica woke up. Scott was still in bed so she left him a note saying thanks for everything and that she had to go home. She'll call him later that night.
"So Lisa said you have a hot new boyfriend!" Jessica's friend Kirsten said as they were shopping.
"He's not my boyfriend but yeah, he's hot." Jessica said.
"Is anything going to happen with the two of you?" Kirsten asked.
"Well I don't know, last night he cook my dinner and desert. He treated my like a princess. But I don't think there is anything there." Jessica said.
"Do you like him?" Kirsten asked.
"A little, but we're just friends. That's all we'll ever be. I want you to meet him. What's better than my two very best friends being friends?" Jessica said.
"Great, can't wait to make a new friend." Kirsten said.
"I gotta go home, call me tonight!" She said as she walked to her car and headed home.
Once she was home she checked her messages while getting ready to call Scott.
"Jessica, its Scott. I got a letter from Shelby today. I didn't even open it. I just threw it away. Proud of me? I think I'm ready to move on and meet new people. Talk to you later."
"He's ready to meet new people?" Jessica said to herself. "Maybe something can finally happen between the two of us."
She walked to her phone and called Scott. But before she could dial the number there was a knock at her door. She hung up the phone and walked to the door.
"I'm coming!" She said as she unlocked the door and opened it. "Hey Scott." She said as he walked in.
"I've got some good news." Scott said with a smile.
"What?" Jessica asked.
"I got the job at American Eagle." Scott said.
"That's great! Do you want me to tell daddy?" Jessica asked, very proud of Scott.
"There's more." He said.
"Oh, what is it?" Jessica asked.
"Well I went down there, so they could show how to do what and all I met someone." Scott said with a huge smile. "She's really beautiful and I have a date with her tonight!" He said.
"A date? With her? And you just met her today?" Jessica asked, a little disappointed.
Before Scott could answer, there was another knock at Jessica's door. She walked and answered it.
"Oh my gosh Jessi, I have a date tonight and I have no idea what to wear, you have to help me pick something!" Kirsten said as she rushed into Jessica apartment, freezing when she saw Scott.
"Kirsten, what are you doing here?" Scott asked.
"I was going to ask you the same thing." She said.
"You two know each other?" Jessica asked.
"She's my date tonight!" Scott said.
Author's note~ sorry for the wait. It started out I was studying for finals, which I passed. YAY me! Then my computer completely broke, then I just got lazy. I hope you enjoyed this chapter. I'll post the next one ASAP!