The Date
JJ sat at the kitchen table doing his homework when the phone rang. He heard the thunder of Meg and Patty running down the stairs to reach the phone first.
"I got it!" they both screamed.
"Hello?" asked Patty (obviously she reached the phone first).
"Oh, I'll get him," he heard her say.
"JJ! Telephone!"
"I'm coming!" he called back. "Who is it? Tommy?"
"Nope, some girl, she wouldn't tell me her name"
JJ brightened at the thought of a girl calling him. Maybe it was Christine?
"Hello?" he asked.
"Hi, JJ? It's Christine." JJ grinned.
"Hi, Christine. How are you? What have you been up to?"
"I'm doing fine. I've been running around trying to work on all the last minute assignments my teachers are giving me. How about you?"
"Oh, the usual, getting ready for college, school work, etc."
"Yeah I know what ya mean. So anyways, I was wondering, what are you doing Saturday? We never set a date for the date so I was hoping."
"I'm free Saturday. Oh wait, I just have a quick practice that morning, but after 12, I'm free."
"Alright, that's great! So, what time?"
"Umm, is around 3:30 alright? That way I can shower and do other stuff and we can go out for dinner."
"Yeah, 3:30 sounds great."
"Okay, so I'll pick you up around then."
"Sure, see you Saturday JJ."
"See you Saturday Christine," JJ hung up the phone grinning like a Cheshire cat.
"OOooo a girl called." Meg teased JJ as he walked back into the kitchen.
"Hahaha, very funny Meg. So how's Luke doing?" He asked and Meg blushed, running back up the stairs.
JJ sat down and started thinking. *Wow, he was dating another girl! He hadn't actually dated anyone since Beth. Colleen didn't count, cause he wasn't dating her, it was only a fling thing.*
He remained there thinking until his mom came home and started to cook supper. He looked up alarmed and got a laugh out of his mother.
"Why are you just sitting there JJ? Aren't you supposed to be running or studying or something?" She asked, giggling.
"Mom, do you think it's alright if I start to date someone else? I mean, has it been long enough to start to date again?"
"JJ, Beth didn't die, she just dumped you. I say go for what you want. If you want to date again, then do it. If you want to wait, do that. Whatever your heart feels you should do, do it. Don't rely on what everyone else says." She smiled, "Which girl are you looking to date?"
"Christine, she's a friend of Tommy's. She really nice and pretty and funny. Actually, she just called and we're going to go out Saturday, if that's alright with you and dad."
"It's fine with me and I'm sure your father will feel the same way." She smiled. "Now, please clean up your mess on the table so I can set the table for dinner."
"Thanks mom." JJ said as he stacked his books and papers into a pile and carried them upstairs to his room.
AN: I don't own any of the characters from American Dreams. The only person in this story that I own is Christine. That's it; don't sue me because I have no money!! They're not mine!!
JJ sat at the kitchen table doing his homework when the phone rang. He heard the thunder of Meg and Patty running down the stairs to reach the phone first.
"I got it!" they both screamed.
"Hello?" asked Patty (obviously she reached the phone first).
"Oh, I'll get him," he heard her say.
"JJ! Telephone!"
"I'm coming!" he called back. "Who is it? Tommy?"
"Nope, some girl, she wouldn't tell me her name"
JJ brightened at the thought of a girl calling him. Maybe it was Christine?
"Hello?" he asked.
"Hi, JJ? It's Christine." JJ grinned.
"Hi, Christine. How are you? What have you been up to?"
"I'm doing fine. I've been running around trying to work on all the last minute assignments my teachers are giving me. How about you?"
"Oh, the usual, getting ready for college, school work, etc."
"Yeah I know what ya mean. So anyways, I was wondering, what are you doing Saturday? We never set a date for the date so I was hoping."
"I'm free Saturday. Oh wait, I just have a quick practice that morning, but after 12, I'm free."
"Alright, that's great! So, what time?"
"Umm, is around 3:30 alright? That way I can shower and do other stuff and we can go out for dinner."
"Yeah, 3:30 sounds great."
"Okay, so I'll pick you up around then."
"Sure, see you Saturday JJ."
"See you Saturday Christine," JJ hung up the phone grinning like a Cheshire cat.
"OOooo a girl called." Meg teased JJ as he walked back into the kitchen.
"Hahaha, very funny Meg. So how's Luke doing?" He asked and Meg blushed, running back up the stairs.
JJ sat down and started thinking. *Wow, he was dating another girl! He hadn't actually dated anyone since Beth. Colleen didn't count, cause he wasn't dating her, it was only a fling thing.*
He remained there thinking until his mom came home and started to cook supper. He looked up alarmed and got a laugh out of his mother.
"Why are you just sitting there JJ? Aren't you supposed to be running or studying or something?" She asked, giggling.
"Mom, do you think it's alright if I start to date someone else? I mean, has it been long enough to start to date again?"
"JJ, Beth didn't die, she just dumped you. I say go for what you want. If you want to date again, then do it. If you want to wait, do that. Whatever your heart feels you should do, do it. Don't rely on what everyone else says." She smiled, "Which girl are you looking to date?"
"Christine, she's a friend of Tommy's. She really nice and pretty and funny. Actually, she just called and we're going to go out Saturday, if that's alright with you and dad."
"It's fine with me and I'm sure your father will feel the same way." She smiled. "Now, please clean up your mess on the table so I can set the table for dinner."
"Thanks mom." JJ said as he stacked his books and papers into a pile and carried them upstairs to his room.
AN: I don't own any of the characters from American Dreams. The only person in this story that I own is Christine. That's it; don't sue me because I have no money!! They're not mine!!