Chapter Sixteen
"Kirsten I need to talk to you!" Jessica said as she laid on her back across Kirsten's bed, starring up at the ceiling.
"About what?" Kirsten said as she walked out of the closet with a red dress on, looking in the mirror then shaking her head and changing again.
"Scott!" Jessica said, a bit nervous.
"What about him?" Kirsten asked as she grabbed a new outfit to try on. "Can you believe I'm meeting his dad, I'm so nervous, what if he doesn't like me?" Kirsten asked as she walked to her ringing phone. "Hello? Oh hey Patrick. What do you mean she broke up with you? Well no she's right here why would she be with Scott? Oh, well I gotta go, I'll call you tomorrow!" Kirsten said before hanging up the phone. Jessica sat up and looked down at the floor. "You broke up with him?" Kirsten asked.
"Yeah!" Jessica mumbled.
"He was crying, he said you were leaving him for Scott, what is that about?" Kirsten asked.
"Well that's kinda what I wanted to talk to you about!" Jessica said, still mumbling. "I want you to break up with Scott!" She said, speaking up this time.
"WHAT!?" Kirsten yelled. "I can't believe you would ask me something like that. I love him!" Kirsten said angrily.
"I was more telling than asking and how on Earth can you say you love him. You don't even know him." Jessica argued.
"You can't ask me something like that!" Kirsten said. "You told me you just thought of him as a friend."
"But that was before!" Jessica said.
"Before what?" Kirsten asked.
"Before He was over Shelby!" Jessica said.
"What? Who is Shelby?" Kirsten asked.
"See you don't even know. I know about all of his problems, I know more about him than you ever will because he trusts me with these things. When I said I didn't feel for him it was because I didn't have a chance with him but now I do and of course, as always, you took that away from me!" Jessica said.
"What do you mean I took it away from you?" Kirsten asked.
"Oh like you don't know, every guy loves you every guy wants you. Well I'm tired of it." Jessica said.
"Jessica, you can easily get any guy you want. You and I both know it." Kirsten said, more calmly.
"Your right, and I'm about to get the one guy I've been waiting for!" Jessica said before walking out of the house and driving to Scott's.
When she got there, she noticed Scott was sitting outside, leaning on hi car. He looked mad and when he saw her car he sat up, as if he had been waiting for her. Jessica turned off her car and got out. Scott was already at her car by the time she was out.
"Hi!" She said with a half smile.
"Kirsten called me, crying!" Scott said.
"Yea? What did she say?" Jessica asked.
"Well she yelled some things I couldn't understand about you and I think I heard Shelby's name somewhere in there and then she hung up on me. She called me back two minutes later and broke up with me." He said, trying to stay calm.
"She did?" Jessica asked, trying to hide her excitement.
"I want to know what you said to her!" Scott demanded.
"I said-" Scott cut her off.
"Patrick also called me. He said he hopes that you and I are happy together. What did he mean by that?" Scott asked, growing angrier. Jessica stood there, quiet for a moment. "Are you gonna answer me?" Scott asked.
"Scott, I…" Jessica didn't know how to answer him. "We need to talk about us." She said.
"That's what I'm trying to do right now." He said.
"Can we go up to your place?" Jessica asked. Scott sighed before heading to his room, not answering her. Jessica followed. Once they were up in his apartment, he shut the door and Jessica walked and sat on the couch.
"Scott, I know you know that I like you and I know you have to feel something for me too." Jessica said.
"Oh jeez, no please Jessica, don't do this!" Scott said.
"What? What am I doing? You are my best friend and since that day I met you in Kansas… I mean there has to be something between us. We left each other and then saw each other and left again and then got back together again." Jessica said.
"No Jessica, that was all coincidence. There is nothing between us. I only see you as a friend." Scott said.
"You're lying, what about that kiss?" Jessica asked. "What about all the kisses we've shared?"
"That was… it was…" He began to say.
"Exactly, you can't say you don't have feelings for me. Why won't you just admit it? It'll make both of us happy!" Jessica said, standing up.
"There is nothing to admit to Jessica! Why can you understand that?" he asked. Jessica grabbed her purse and started walking to the door before stopping and looking at him.
"You know I can get any guy I want. I have anyone!" Jessica said proudly.
"So?" Scott asked, wondering why she was telling him this.
"So why cant you be one of those guys?" Jessica asked.
"You can't date your best friends ex, it's just not right!" He said.
"I know that but she'll understand and she'll get over it." Jessica said.
"No, nothing will ever happen between us. We're just friends! That's all we'll ever be!" Scott said.
Jessica sighed and slowly left the apartment. She walked and sat in her car before laying her head on the steering wheel and crying, ignoring the blaring horn.
The next day, Jessica didn't get out of bed; she simply lay on the pillow and traced her tearstained. She loved Scott and the though of just being friends killed her. Sure it was something but it wasn't what she wanted.
"I know you can't get everything you want but why cant I just get this one thing?" Jessica said to herself before turning on the radio next to her bed. She heard Celine Dion's I'll be Waiting For You playing. Jessica slowly sat up and turned off the radio. Of course the one song she listens to will remind her of Scott. She buried her face into her hands and sobbed. She only looked up after hearing the phone ring. She sat there and let the machine get it.
"Jessi it's Kirsten! I am very mad at you so don't think we're still friends I just want to know what you were thinking. You know when we were in school everyone told me I should drop you when you started dating Ben after he and I broke up. I know now that they were right. You are such an awful friend. You knew I loved him and know it's over between me and you and me and him. I hope you're happy. Oh and I know your sitting there listening to this. You're such a chicken. You have the nerve to do this to me and now you can even answer the phone."
Jessica lowered her head with shame. Kirsten and Scott were both right. You don't do that to your friends. Although at the moment it didn't seem like it, Jessica knew she was doing the right thing in her heart.
She was tired of lying around and feeling sorry. She had to talk to Scott. Slowly she grabbed her phone and nervously dialed the number. She closed her eyes as she heard ring after ring, waiting for him to answer.
"Hey this is Scott, I'm not here so leave a message!" BEEP!
"Scott I know your home answer the phone. Please pick up the phone Scott I need to talk to you!" Jessica waited for a moment, to see if Scott would answer. "Scott please!" Her voice started to crack. "Well I know you know who this is so just call me." She hung up and buried her face in her hands.
Scott sat on his couch. He knew it would be her calling, before the machine picked up. He didn't want to talk to her. He didn't want to talk to anyone. He just wanted be left alone.
"Kirsten I need to talk to you!" Jessica said as she laid on her back across Kirsten's bed, starring up at the ceiling.
"About what?" Kirsten said as she walked out of the closet with a red dress on, looking in the mirror then shaking her head and changing again.
"Scott!" Jessica said, a bit nervous.
"What about him?" Kirsten asked as she grabbed a new outfit to try on. "Can you believe I'm meeting his dad, I'm so nervous, what if he doesn't like me?" Kirsten asked as she walked to her ringing phone. "Hello? Oh hey Patrick. What do you mean she broke up with you? Well no she's right here why would she be with Scott? Oh, well I gotta go, I'll call you tomorrow!" Kirsten said before hanging up the phone. Jessica sat up and looked down at the floor. "You broke up with him?" Kirsten asked.
"Yeah!" Jessica mumbled.
"He was crying, he said you were leaving him for Scott, what is that about?" Kirsten asked.
"Well that's kinda what I wanted to talk to you about!" Jessica said, still mumbling. "I want you to break up with Scott!" She said, speaking up this time.
"WHAT!?" Kirsten yelled. "I can't believe you would ask me something like that. I love him!" Kirsten said angrily.
"I was more telling than asking and how on Earth can you say you love him. You don't even know him." Jessica argued.
"You can't ask me something like that!" Kirsten said. "You told me you just thought of him as a friend."
"But that was before!" Jessica said.
"Before what?" Kirsten asked.
"Before He was over Shelby!" Jessica said.
"What? Who is Shelby?" Kirsten asked.
"See you don't even know. I know about all of his problems, I know more about him than you ever will because he trusts me with these things. When I said I didn't feel for him it was because I didn't have a chance with him but now I do and of course, as always, you took that away from me!" Jessica said.
"What do you mean I took it away from you?" Kirsten asked.
"Oh like you don't know, every guy loves you every guy wants you. Well I'm tired of it." Jessica said.
"Jessica, you can easily get any guy you want. You and I both know it." Kirsten said, more calmly.
"Your right, and I'm about to get the one guy I've been waiting for!" Jessica said before walking out of the house and driving to Scott's.
When she got there, she noticed Scott was sitting outside, leaning on hi car. He looked mad and when he saw her car he sat up, as if he had been waiting for her. Jessica turned off her car and got out. Scott was already at her car by the time she was out.
"Hi!" She said with a half smile.
"Kirsten called me, crying!" Scott said.
"Yea? What did she say?" Jessica asked.
"Well she yelled some things I couldn't understand about you and I think I heard Shelby's name somewhere in there and then she hung up on me. She called me back two minutes later and broke up with me." He said, trying to stay calm.
"She did?" Jessica asked, trying to hide her excitement.
"I want to know what you said to her!" Scott demanded.
"I said-" Scott cut her off.
"Patrick also called me. He said he hopes that you and I are happy together. What did he mean by that?" Scott asked, growing angrier. Jessica stood there, quiet for a moment. "Are you gonna answer me?" Scott asked.
"Scott, I…" Jessica didn't know how to answer him. "We need to talk about us." She said.
"That's what I'm trying to do right now." He said.
"Can we go up to your place?" Jessica asked. Scott sighed before heading to his room, not answering her. Jessica followed. Once they were up in his apartment, he shut the door and Jessica walked and sat on the couch.
"Scott, I know you know that I like you and I know you have to feel something for me too." Jessica said.
"Oh jeez, no please Jessica, don't do this!" Scott said.
"What? What am I doing? You are my best friend and since that day I met you in Kansas… I mean there has to be something between us. We left each other and then saw each other and left again and then got back together again." Jessica said.
"No Jessica, that was all coincidence. There is nothing between us. I only see you as a friend." Scott said.
"You're lying, what about that kiss?" Jessica asked. "What about all the kisses we've shared?"
"That was… it was…" He began to say.
"Exactly, you can't say you don't have feelings for me. Why won't you just admit it? It'll make both of us happy!" Jessica said, standing up.
"There is nothing to admit to Jessica! Why can you understand that?" he asked. Jessica grabbed her purse and started walking to the door before stopping and looking at him.
"You know I can get any guy I want. I have anyone!" Jessica said proudly.
"So?" Scott asked, wondering why she was telling him this.
"So why cant you be one of those guys?" Jessica asked.
"You can't date your best friends ex, it's just not right!" He said.
"I know that but she'll understand and she'll get over it." Jessica said.
"No, nothing will ever happen between us. We're just friends! That's all we'll ever be!" Scott said.
Jessica sighed and slowly left the apartment. She walked and sat in her car before laying her head on the steering wheel and crying, ignoring the blaring horn.
The next day, Jessica didn't get out of bed; she simply lay on the pillow and traced her tearstained. She loved Scott and the though of just being friends killed her. Sure it was something but it wasn't what she wanted.
"I know you can't get everything you want but why cant I just get this one thing?" Jessica said to herself before turning on the radio next to her bed. She heard Celine Dion's I'll be Waiting For You playing. Jessica slowly sat up and turned off the radio. Of course the one song she listens to will remind her of Scott. She buried her face into her hands and sobbed. She only looked up after hearing the phone ring. She sat there and let the machine get it.
"Jessi it's Kirsten! I am very mad at you so don't think we're still friends I just want to know what you were thinking. You know when we were in school everyone told me I should drop you when you started dating Ben after he and I broke up. I know now that they were right. You are such an awful friend. You knew I loved him and know it's over between me and you and me and him. I hope you're happy. Oh and I know your sitting there listening to this. You're such a chicken. You have the nerve to do this to me and now you can even answer the phone."
Jessica lowered her head with shame. Kirsten and Scott were both right. You don't do that to your friends. Although at the moment it didn't seem like it, Jessica knew she was doing the right thing in her heart.
She was tired of lying around and feeling sorry. She had to talk to Scott. Slowly she grabbed her phone and nervously dialed the number. She closed her eyes as she heard ring after ring, waiting for him to answer.
"Hey this is Scott, I'm not here so leave a message!" BEEP!
"Scott I know your home answer the phone. Please pick up the phone Scott I need to talk to you!" Jessica waited for a moment, to see if Scott would answer. "Scott please!" Her voice started to crack. "Well I know you know who this is so just call me." She hung up and buried her face in her hands.
Scott sat on his couch. He knew it would be her calling, before the machine picked up. He didn't want to talk to her. He didn't want to talk to anyone. He just wanted be left alone.