Chapter Twenty Three
Jessica sat on her bed, starring at nothing, trying to take in what she had seen. It happened. She knew it would happen. Shelby was getting him back. She looked down at her finger, at the promise ring he had given her. She remembered what he had said. She heard his voice repeating it over and over again in her mind.
"It's a promise ring. I promise that I love you and I want to spend the rest of my life with you, not Shelby's voice."
She thought of that promise over and over again, realizing he what he had said. He wouldn't fall in love with Shelby's voice. But this time he didn't just have her voice, he had her. Jessica jumped when her phone rang.
"Hello?" Jessica asked.
"Hey!" It was Scott.
"Hey." Jessica said.
"Still mad at me?" Scott asked. Jessica couldn't believe him. He was acting like nothing was happening.
"I don't know." Jessica replied.
"Come over. Watch TV with me and Sam." He said.
"Will Shelby be there?" Jessica asked.
"No. Just you, Sam, and me. Promise." Scott said.
"Fine, I'll be over soon." Jessica hung up the phone and left for Scott's house. When she got there, she knocked on the door and he let her in. He kissed her cheek.
"What are we watching?" She asked.
"I rented The Hot Chick." Scott said. Jessica sat down and petted Sam.
Scott put in the movie and sat down next to Jessica, putting his arm around her. She was waiting for him to tell her what he did. And why he did it.
"I heard the movie was good." Scott said.
"Me too." Jessica couldn't believe it. Was he going to juggle two women at once? "When are you planning on telling me?" Jessica asked. She felt Scott get tense.
"About what?" Scott asked.
"Don't act dumb. About the kiss… with Shelby!" Jessica said.
"How do you know about that?" He asked.
"I saw it." Jessica said, looking at him. He took his arm from around her.
"I was upset. She was there." Scott said.
"You were upset because I was upset." Jessica said. "Scott how could you do this to me? How could you kiss her?" Jessica asked.
"Don't act like it's completely my fault. You haven't been too easy to live with lately." Scott said.
"So you going to make out with Shelby because it hasn't been easy living with me. Scott do you know what I've been going through? Do you have any idea how hard it was losing my grandmother? I needed you and you weren't there because I wasn't acting the same." Jessica said. She looked down at her hand and took off the promise ring. "I'm sure Shelby will like this." Jessica said and extended her hand to give it back to him.
"Come on Jessica, don't do this." He said. "I love you." Jessica closed her eyes and tried to fight back tears.
"Yeah, well, you have a good way of showing it!" She grabbed his hand and put the ring in it before walking out of the apartment. On her way out of the building she bumped into to Shelby.
"He's all yours bitch!" Jessica said and walked to her car. She got in and went down to a small lake in the middle of a field. She found and sat on an empty bench and let the tears that she had been holding back fall down her face.
"Miss, are you ok?" Jessica looked up and saw a young man with black hair looking at her, concerned.
"No." Jessica said quietly.
"Is there anything I can do to help?" He asked and sat down next to her.
"My boyfriend cheated on me."
"Oh wow, I'm really sorry to hear that." He said. Jessica just leaned to the side and cried on his shoulder.
"I loved him so much and he loved me but then his dumb ex came back into the picture and he just went back to her, after everything we've been through and all that I have done for him. He just went back and forgot about it all." Jessica cried. The guy put his arm around her.
"He's a loser."
"No, he's not." Jessica said.
"Trust me, if he is willing to give up something as beautiful as you, he's not worth it." Jessica sat up.
"Are you hitting on me?" Jessica asked.
"No, I'm just trying to make you feel better." The guy said.
"Because that sounded like a dumb line. If he's willing to give up something as beautiful as you he's not worth it." Jessica mocked him. She got off the bench and grabbed her purse.
"Where are you going?" He asked.
"Home!" She said angrily and began to walk away.
"Oh Come on, like you weren't putting the moves on me." Jessica stopped and turned to him.
"I wasn't." She said.
"Whatever man, you were all over me."
"I was crying and you were there!" She said.
"Whatever!" Jessica groaned and walked to her car. Once she got there, she started digging in her purse for her keys when she pulled out a picture of her and Scott. They were sitting on his bed with smiling. She remembered there was no one to take the picture so she held the camera over them and tried her best to aim for their face. She did a good job.
Once she made it home, she had two messages on her machine. She pushed to listen to them. One was a hang-up and the other was from Scott.
"Jessica, I didn't mean for you to find out that way. I'm really sorry. I want to sit down with you and talk about this. I want to be with you. I think, I don't know what to want anymore. I finally got Shelby back, but I don't have you. I don't know what to do. Please call me." Then he hung up. She never called back.
Jessica sat on her bed, starring at nothing, trying to take in what she had seen. It happened. She knew it would happen. Shelby was getting him back. She looked down at her finger, at the promise ring he had given her. She remembered what he had said. She heard his voice repeating it over and over again in her mind.
"It's a promise ring. I promise that I love you and I want to spend the rest of my life with you, not Shelby's voice."
She thought of that promise over and over again, realizing he what he had said. He wouldn't fall in love with Shelby's voice. But this time he didn't just have her voice, he had her. Jessica jumped when her phone rang.
"Hello?" Jessica asked.
"Hey!" It was Scott.
"Hey." Jessica said.
"Still mad at me?" Scott asked. Jessica couldn't believe him. He was acting like nothing was happening.
"I don't know." Jessica replied.
"Come over. Watch TV with me and Sam." He said.
"Will Shelby be there?" Jessica asked.
"No. Just you, Sam, and me. Promise." Scott said.
"Fine, I'll be over soon." Jessica hung up the phone and left for Scott's house. When she got there, she knocked on the door and he let her in. He kissed her cheek.
"What are we watching?" She asked.
"I rented The Hot Chick." Scott said. Jessica sat down and petted Sam.
Scott put in the movie and sat down next to Jessica, putting his arm around her. She was waiting for him to tell her what he did. And why he did it.
"I heard the movie was good." Scott said.
"Me too." Jessica couldn't believe it. Was he going to juggle two women at once? "When are you planning on telling me?" Jessica asked. She felt Scott get tense.
"About what?" Scott asked.
"Don't act dumb. About the kiss… with Shelby!" Jessica said.
"How do you know about that?" He asked.
"I saw it." Jessica said, looking at him. He took his arm from around her.
"I was upset. She was there." Scott said.
"You were upset because I was upset." Jessica said. "Scott how could you do this to me? How could you kiss her?" Jessica asked.
"Don't act like it's completely my fault. You haven't been too easy to live with lately." Scott said.
"So you going to make out with Shelby because it hasn't been easy living with me. Scott do you know what I've been going through? Do you have any idea how hard it was losing my grandmother? I needed you and you weren't there because I wasn't acting the same." Jessica said. She looked down at her hand and took off the promise ring. "I'm sure Shelby will like this." Jessica said and extended her hand to give it back to him.
"Come on Jessica, don't do this." He said. "I love you." Jessica closed her eyes and tried to fight back tears.
"Yeah, well, you have a good way of showing it!" She grabbed his hand and put the ring in it before walking out of the apartment. On her way out of the building she bumped into to Shelby.
"He's all yours bitch!" Jessica said and walked to her car. She got in and went down to a small lake in the middle of a field. She found and sat on an empty bench and let the tears that she had been holding back fall down her face.
"Miss, are you ok?" Jessica looked up and saw a young man with black hair looking at her, concerned.
"No." Jessica said quietly.
"Is there anything I can do to help?" He asked and sat down next to her.
"My boyfriend cheated on me."
"Oh wow, I'm really sorry to hear that." He said. Jessica just leaned to the side and cried on his shoulder.
"I loved him so much and he loved me but then his dumb ex came back into the picture and he just went back to her, after everything we've been through and all that I have done for him. He just went back and forgot about it all." Jessica cried. The guy put his arm around her.
"He's a loser."
"No, he's not." Jessica said.
"Trust me, if he is willing to give up something as beautiful as you, he's not worth it." Jessica sat up.
"Are you hitting on me?" Jessica asked.
"No, I'm just trying to make you feel better." The guy said.
"Because that sounded like a dumb line. If he's willing to give up something as beautiful as you he's not worth it." Jessica mocked him. She got off the bench and grabbed her purse.
"Where are you going?" He asked.
"Home!" She said angrily and began to walk away.
"Oh Come on, like you weren't putting the moves on me." Jessica stopped and turned to him.
"I wasn't." She said.
"Whatever man, you were all over me."
"I was crying and you were there!" She said.
"Whatever!" Jessica groaned and walked to her car. Once she got there, she started digging in her purse for her keys when she pulled out a picture of her and Scott. They were sitting on his bed with smiling. She remembered there was no one to take the picture so she held the camera over them and tried her best to aim for their face. She did a good job.
Once she made it home, she had two messages on her machine. She pushed to listen to them. One was a hang-up and the other was from Scott.
"Jessica, I didn't mean for you to find out that way. I'm really sorry. I want to sit down with you and talk about this. I want to be with you. I think, I don't know what to want anymore. I finally got Shelby back, but I don't have you. I don't know what to do. Please call me." Then he hung up. She never called back.