Craig and Sophia entered the Dot with arms linked, laughing. Sophia's face lit up when she saw JT, but then frowned we she saw him eyeing Craig. He looked at her and she gave him a look, hoping he read it as 'he's my friend he can stay.' JT got the message.
"Hey." Craig said.
"Hey." JT said back to him.
Craig slid into the seat across from JT and Sophia slid next to JT.
"Sorry for crashing, Sophia forced me to come."
"Don't sweat it."
"Yeah. Yeah okay!" Craig said.
"Ugh, I am SOOO hungry!" Sophia said, placing a hand on her stomach.
A waiter must've heard her, because he came running.
"Hi! My name is Greg and I'll be your server today! Are you ready to order?"
The three teens looked at each other and nodded their heads. Sophia started.
"I'll have a chicken sandwhich with fries and a Coke."
The waiter wrote down what she said, and looked at JT.
"Double bacon burger with fries and a chocolate milkshake."
After scribbling down JT's order, he looked at Craig.
"Double bacon burger with fries and a Dr. Pepper."
The waiter, Greg, closed his pad of paper.
"Alrighty then!" He pranced, yes pranced, away.
They all laughed.
"So," JT began, "Craig, what's new with you?"
"Way to put me on the spot, ha. Uh, not a whole lot." He looked at Sophia.
"My band and I, Downtown Sasquatch are going to New York at the end of the month for studio time."
"Oh my gosh Craig!" Sophia yelled excitedly.
"That's amazing!"
Craig smiled.
"Yeah, yeah it really is. What about you, JT?"
"Well, I don't know if you've heard, but I am dating this really hot girl. She's so amazing."
JT winked at Craig and Sophia blushed and elbowed him in the ribs.
"Cut it out!"
"Ouch, baby, very ouch." JT said, in a mock Austin Powers accent.
Craig was more at ease with the couple than he thought he would be. Although he wasn't very fond of JT, he was a good friend of Sophia's, so he had to deal. Which he did.
"oHHHHH MAN I am so full!" Sophia told JT and Craig as she slouched.
"Me too." the boys said in unison.
There was an awkward silence, and JT just looked out the window, Craig twiddled his thumbs, and Sophia whistled. It was killing her.
"Okay! So, I should get going."
She stood.
"Does anyone need a ride home?"
"Nah, I live about a block away." Craig said, rising.
"I could use one." JT said.
"Okay, that settles it then. Craig, we shall see you tomorrow!"
JT and Sophia hurried to her car as Craig began his walk home. Pulling up to JT's house, they say in the car for a minute.
"Are you going to be offended if I walk you to your door again?" Sophia asked, kidding.
"Nah. Let's go."
They got out of the car and entered the aparatment building. JT led Sophia around the corner to an elevator. Going up only three floors, they stopped. Stepping out, Sophia stumbled and caught herself on the wall, bursting into laughter.
"I'm such a klutz."
"Yeah, yeah you are!" JT said.
"Gee, thanks!"
They walked to almost the end of the hallway, and JT stopped in front of a green door with the numbers 315 in gold on it.
"Well, this is me." He said, gesturing to the door.
"Yeah, so um, I'll see you tomorrow."
Sophia turned to leave, but JT stopped her.
"Do you want to come in? My parents aren't home right now. They won't be back for awhile."
"Are you suggesting something, James?"
"No, not at all. Just being a gentlemen." He smiled and opened the door with his keys.
"Ladies first."
Stepping in, she replied, "Thank you, kind sir."
Taking a resting spot on his colorful couch in the living room, Sophia looked up at JT.
"Do you want anything to drink?" He asked.
She shook her head.
"Nah."
JT sat next to her, putting his feet up on the coffee table, and flipped on the TV. But he wasn't really looking at it. He was focusing on Sophia. She turned to him, and touched her face.
"What, do I have something on my face?"
JT let out a sigh.
"No. nothing."
She eyed him with confusion. As she felt his weight shift towards her, she closer her eyes. The feeling of JT putting his lips on her made her draw in a quick breath. JT stopped, wondering what was wrong.
"I'm sorry, did I-"
He was cut off my Sophia grabbing his face and pulling it to hers, smashing their lips together. Hers parted, allowing JT full access. And he took advantage of it. She wrapped her arms around his neck and climbed on top of him, straddling him. He put his hands on her hips. She started kissing his face, and then his neck, and he laid her down on the couch, laying on top of her. Moving back to his lips, they continued to make out. JT moved his hands to her a bare patch of skin on her back. His hands were cold, so she arched her back, making him moan into her kiss. She miss-read the signal and moved her hands from his head to the belt holding up his khaki shorts. As she pulled it through a loop, JT broke their kiss, panting.
"What?" Sophia asked him. He sat up.
"We should stop."
Sophia sat up too and looked at the ground, embarrassed.
"Oh…you don't…you don't want me?"
"No! No it's not that, it's just we-"
"No, I get it. Imade a mistake. I should go."
She stood and ran to the door.
"Sophia, wait. Sophia!"
But she didn't stop. She went out the door and slammed it behind her. JT but his head in his hands and wondered what just happened.
When Sophia arrived home, she ran straight to her room, grabbing a phone on the way. She quickly dialed a number.
"Hello?"
"Hi, Is Emma there?"
"Hang on."
Sophia heard Emma's mom yell for her. She also heard a crying baby.
"Hello?" Emma said.
Sophia flopped onto her bed.
"I ruined everything, Emma."
"Sophia? What's wrong?"
"uhhh EVERYTHING."
"Why don't you try and tell me."
"OKay, so, I went to The Dot with JT and Craig-"
"At the same time?" Emma questioned. She didn't believe it.
"Yeah. They were cool about it. Anyways, afterwards, I went back to JT's house and UGGHH I can't believe it! What was I thinking?"
"Why? What happened?"
"Well….Em, things got pretty heated and…"
"You didn't…you know…" Emma was worried.
"No! No...but, I wanted to. And he didn't and I feel like such a whore! We've been dating for like, all of ten minutes and I wanted to jump his bones right there!"
"Calm down. You didn't ruin everything, that's for sure. Everything is fine. You just rushed yourself. That's all."
"Why are you friends with me, Emma?"
"What?"
"I'm such a horrible person. I have this holier than thou attitude. I mean, I act as if they are here for me. As if everyone is here for me. Is if everyone everywhere is here for me. Or are they against me?"
"Sophia, no one is against you. You just need to chill. There is a party tomorrow. At Paige Michalchuk's house."
"She hates me."
"Doesn't matter. The more people, the more pleased she is."
"Alright. I'll go. I should hang up though, I need some sleep."
"Okay, I'll see you tomorrow. Remember. Relax."
Click.
The next morning, Sophia was walking with Craig, explaining why she was so upset.
"…….and I just have this knack for screwing up. I'm just….I'm so afraid of being alone. I rush things. I have a phobia of loneliness."
She stopped and rested against a locker. Craig looked at her.
"Sophia, you are never alone if you're with yourself, isn't that right? And in the end, and the beginning, and all the days inbetween, isn't that really what it is anyway?"
Sophia looked shocked.
"Don't try to be philosophical, it just confuses me."
They laughed. Craig looked down the hall and saw JT coming, and decided to leave. He knew that the two of them needed to talk.
"Hey." Sophia said shyly.
"Hi." JT said back.
"Look JT, I am really sorry if I made you uncomfortable, I guess I jumped the gun a little bit. I'm sorry. Really. Horribly sorry."
JT laughed.
"Don't say sorry. You didn't do anything wrong. Really. And everything is fine."
He grabbed her hand and interlaced their fingers.
"Come on."
He pulled her along as they walked down the hallway.
"So, going to Paige's party?" Sophia asks JT.
"If you are."
Sophia gives him a giddy smile. The bell rings.
"I'll see you later, mmk?"
"Yeah, okay."
He watches as Sophia bounces down the hall and stops to wait for Marco. He watches as they walk away, and disappear into the masses of everyone.
"Hey." Craig said.
"Hey." JT said back to him.
Craig slid into the seat across from JT and Sophia slid next to JT.
"Sorry for crashing, Sophia forced me to come."
"Don't sweat it."
"Yeah. Yeah okay!" Craig said.
"Ugh, I am SOOO hungry!" Sophia said, placing a hand on her stomach.
A waiter must've heard her, because he came running.
"Hi! My name is Greg and I'll be your server today! Are you ready to order?"
The three teens looked at each other and nodded their heads. Sophia started.
"I'll have a chicken sandwhich with fries and a Coke."
The waiter wrote down what she said, and looked at JT.
"Double bacon burger with fries and a chocolate milkshake."
After scribbling down JT's order, he looked at Craig.
"Double bacon burger with fries and a Dr. Pepper."
The waiter, Greg, closed his pad of paper.
"Alrighty then!" He pranced, yes pranced, away.
They all laughed.
"So," JT began, "Craig, what's new with you?"
"Way to put me on the spot, ha. Uh, not a whole lot." He looked at Sophia.
"My band and I, Downtown Sasquatch are going to New York at the end of the month for studio time."
"Oh my gosh Craig!" Sophia yelled excitedly.
"That's amazing!"
Craig smiled.
"Yeah, yeah it really is. What about you, JT?"
"Well, I don't know if you've heard, but I am dating this really hot girl. She's so amazing."
JT winked at Craig and Sophia blushed and elbowed him in the ribs.
"Cut it out!"
"Ouch, baby, very ouch." JT said, in a mock Austin Powers accent.
Craig was more at ease with the couple than he thought he would be. Although he wasn't very fond of JT, he was a good friend of Sophia's, so he had to deal. Which he did.
"oHHHHH MAN I am so full!" Sophia told JT and Craig as she slouched.
"Me too." the boys said in unison.
There was an awkward silence, and JT just looked out the window, Craig twiddled his thumbs, and Sophia whistled. It was killing her.
"Okay! So, I should get going."
She stood.
"Does anyone need a ride home?"
"Nah, I live about a block away." Craig said, rising.
"I could use one." JT said.
"Okay, that settles it then. Craig, we shall see you tomorrow!"
JT and Sophia hurried to her car as Craig began his walk home. Pulling up to JT's house, they say in the car for a minute.
"Are you going to be offended if I walk you to your door again?" Sophia asked, kidding.
"Nah. Let's go."
They got out of the car and entered the aparatment building. JT led Sophia around the corner to an elevator. Going up only three floors, they stopped. Stepping out, Sophia stumbled and caught herself on the wall, bursting into laughter.
"I'm such a klutz."
"Yeah, yeah you are!" JT said.
"Gee, thanks!"
They walked to almost the end of the hallway, and JT stopped in front of a green door with the numbers 315 in gold on it.
"Well, this is me." He said, gesturing to the door.
"Yeah, so um, I'll see you tomorrow."
Sophia turned to leave, but JT stopped her.
"Do you want to come in? My parents aren't home right now. They won't be back for awhile."
"Are you suggesting something, James?"
"No, not at all. Just being a gentlemen." He smiled and opened the door with his keys.
"Ladies first."
Stepping in, she replied, "Thank you, kind sir."
Taking a resting spot on his colorful couch in the living room, Sophia looked up at JT.
"Do you want anything to drink?" He asked.
She shook her head.
"Nah."
JT sat next to her, putting his feet up on the coffee table, and flipped on the TV. But he wasn't really looking at it. He was focusing on Sophia. She turned to him, and touched her face.
"What, do I have something on my face?"
JT let out a sigh.
"No. nothing."
She eyed him with confusion. As she felt his weight shift towards her, she closer her eyes. The feeling of JT putting his lips on her made her draw in a quick breath. JT stopped, wondering what was wrong.
"I'm sorry, did I-"
He was cut off my Sophia grabbing his face and pulling it to hers, smashing their lips together. Hers parted, allowing JT full access. And he took advantage of it. She wrapped her arms around his neck and climbed on top of him, straddling him. He put his hands on her hips. She started kissing his face, and then his neck, and he laid her down on the couch, laying on top of her. Moving back to his lips, they continued to make out. JT moved his hands to her a bare patch of skin on her back. His hands were cold, so she arched her back, making him moan into her kiss. She miss-read the signal and moved her hands from his head to the belt holding up his khaki shorts. As she pulled it through a loop, JT broke their kiss, panting.
"What?" Sophia asked him. He sat up.
"We should stop."
Sophia sat up too and looked at the ground, embarrassed.
"Oh…you don't…you don't want me?"
"No! No it's not that, it's just we-"
"No, I get it. Imade a mistake. I should go."
She stood and ran to the door.
"Sophia, wait. Sophia!"
But she didn't stop. She went out the door and slammed it behind her. JT but his head in his hands and wondered what just happened.
When Sophia arrived home, she ran straight to her room, grabbing a phone on the way. She quickly dialed a number.
"Hello?"
"Hi, Is Emma there?"
"Hang on."
Sophia heard Emma's mom yell for her. She also heard a crying baby.
"Hello?" Emma said.
Sophia flopped onto her bed.
"I ruined everything, Emma."
"Sophia? What's wrong?"
"uhhh EVERYTHING."
"Why don't you try and tell me."
"OKay, so, I went to The Dot with JT and Craig-"
"At the same time?" Emma questioned. She didn't believe it.
"Yeah. They were cool about it. Anyways, afterwards, I went back to JT's house and UGGHH I can't believe it! What was I thinking?"
"Why? What happened?"
"Well….Em, things got pretty heated and…"
"You didn't…you know…" Emma was worried.
"No! No...but, I wanted to. And he didn't and I feel like such a whore! We've been dating for like, all of ten minutes and I wanted to jump his bones right there!"
"Calm down. You didn't ruin everything, that's for sure. Everything is fine. You just rushed yourself. That's all."
"Why are you friends with me, Emma?"
"What?"
"I'm such a horrible person. I have this holier than thou attitude. I mean, I act as if they are here for me. As if everyone is here for me. Is if everyone everywhere is here for me. Or are they against me?"
"Sophia, no one is against you. You just need to chill. There is a party tomorrow. At Paige Michalchuk's house."
"She hates me."
"Doesn't matter. The more people, the more pleased she is."
"Alright. I'll go. I should hang up though, I need some sleep."
"Okay, I'll see you tomorrow. Remember. Relax."
Click.
The next morning, Sophia was walking with Craig, explaining why she was so upset.
"…….and I just have this knack for screwing up. I'm just….I'm so afraid of being alone. I rush things. I have a phobia of loneliness."
She stopped and rested against a locker. Craig looked at her.
"Sophia, you are never alone if you're with yourself, isn't that right? And in the end, and the beginning, and all the days inbetween, isn't that really what it is anyway?"
Sophia looked shocked.
"Don't try to be philosophical, it just confuses me."
They laughed. Craig looked down the hall and saw JT coming, and decided to leave. He knew that the two of them needed to talk.
"Hey." Sophia said shyly.
"Hi." JT said back.
"Look JT, I am really sorry if I made you uncomfortable, I guess I jumped the gun a little bit. I'm sorry. Really. Horribly sorry."
JT laughed.
"Don't say sorry. You didn't do anything wrong. Really. And everything is fine."
He grabbed her hand and interlaced their fingers.
"Come on."
He pulled her along as they walked down the hallway.
"So, going to Paige's party?" Sophia asks JT.
"If you are."
Sophia gives him a giddy smile. The bell rings.
"I'll see you later, mmk?"
"Yeah, okay."
He watches as Sophia bounces down the hall and stops to wait for Marco. He watches as they walk away, and disappear into the masses of everyone.