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Two hours after they had come home, Jessie burst into Hadji's room.
"Ok, fine, you win, I still love him."
"Finally admitting it Jessie?" Hadji laughed quietly as he put down the book he had been reading.
"I couldn't let him know I loved him, I mean I was so angry at him for everything he had done."
"You mean him telling you that he did not love you?"
"Yes! I suffered for so long, thinking that he didn't care. So I fell for Eric, hard. And I thought I'd grow to love him, I thought it was time to put Jonny behind me, that's why I didn't look back."
"But did you love Jonny?"
"God. Yes Hadji, I loved him so much then, when he followed me to the airport, my heart melted. But to let him win, never! So I lied, I had turned into quite the liar ever since I discovered how I felt."
"And on Halloween?"
"You know how much I'd been hurt. It's as if Eric destroyed my spirit. I was so afraid Jonny would hurt me again."
"Jonny would never do anything that was not in your best interest."
"I know that, I'm so scared. Even though he was looking out for me, he killed me last year. I don't know if I could take that again." Jessie started to sob.
"Sometimes you have to take a chance." Hadji stood and walked over to her.
"My heart is open, but it's bruised. It's so weak, and I'm so scared."
"Do not worry Jessie," Hadji wrapped his arms around her as she continued to cry, "things will be all right."
"I hope so," she sobbed, looking him in the eyes, "I really hope so."
"Do not cry." He said, wiping one of her years away.
"Thanks. For everything." She smiled weakly at him, her eyes meeting his. Slowly, she brought her face towards him, and lightly pressed her lips to his. Hadji's eyes opened in surprise as Jessie wrapped her arms around his neck. Before he could think twice about it, Hadji's arms wrapped around her waist and pulled her closer to him.
"Hey Hadj, can I talk t..." Jonny's voice trailed off and he gasped. Jessie and Hadji quickly pulled apart.
"Jonny?" Jessie gasped.
"Damn you!" Jonny yelled, "damn you both to hell!" He ran out of the room, tears stinging his eyes.
"Oh my god." Jessie whispered, running after him. Jonny ran in his room slamming the door, Jessie opened the door behind him.
"Just go away! You've done enough, just go!"
"Would it make you feel any better if I told you he was comforting me?" Jessie asked in a small voice.
"Comforting you for what? Not getting enough action in the past few months?" Jonny bitterly responded.
"No you bastard, he was comforting me because I'm still in love with you."
"So what was he trying to do, trying to make you forg...you're still in love with me?"
"Yes, in fact I always have been." Jessie said softly.
"I'll say what I said last year, if you love me, then how could you be with Hadji?"
"I don't know Jonny, I just don't know."
"Just answer me one question Jess," Jonny looked her in the eyes, "who kissed who first?"
"Who kissed whom first." Jessie muttered.
"Fine! Who the hell kissed whom first?"
"I, I'm not sure, it all happened so fast."
"Leave me be Jess, I can't look at you right now."
"Jonny."
"Whether or not I'm in love with you doesn't matter right now, just that I'm disappointed. Go to bed Jessie, your own bed."
"Goodnight Jonny." She tried to walk to him, but he turned away.
"Just go." He said in an even tone. He heard the door close behind him, collapsed on his bed. Slowly, he started to cry. There was a knock at the door.
"I said go away!" He yelled. The door opened.
"I am truly sorry my friend." Hadji said, sitting next to Jonny.
"No you're not," Jonny scoffed, "if you were it never would have happened."
"Perhaps, perhaps not. We must not dwell on what has happened as much as what will happen."
"Just tell me one thing Hadji. Who kissed whom first?"
"What did Jessie say?"
"She didn't," Jonny looked Hadji in the eyes, "who was first?"
"It was me, I kissed her first."
"Maybe you should go now."
"Just remember Jonny, you are not the only one who loves her."
"I don't think you want me and Jess to get together," Jonny opened his eyes, "you were the one who told her to date again, and now when she told you that she loved me, you kissed her!"
"Jonny, you are more foolish than you realize." Hadji laughed.
"Go away Hadji, I don't want to look at you right now, I really don't want to look at either of you." Jonny turned his head away. Wordlessly, Hadji walked out of the room, slowly closing Jonny's door. Jonny picked up a baseball that was next to his bed and threw it at his mirror. The mirror cracked into zillions of little pieces. He picked up a book and threw it across the room, causing all his medals of honor to fall to the floor. Finally, Jonny ran to his laptop, and flung it across the room. The computer shattered like the mirror and like Jonny's dreams.
"Eric I could handle, but why Hadji? Why's she with Hadji? She should be with me, not Hadji!" Slowly, Jonny started to sob like a baby, crying as he had never cried before.
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Two hours after they had come home, Jessie burst into Hadji's room.
"Ok, fine, you win, I still love him."
"Finally admitting it Jessie?" Hadji laughed quietly as he put down the book he had been reading.
"I couldn't let him know I loved him, I mean I was so angry at him for everything he had done."
"You mean him telling you that he did not love you?"
"Yes! I suffered for so long, thinking that he didn't care. So I fell for Eric, hard. And I thought I'd grow to love him, I thought it was time to put Jonny behind me, that's why I didn't look back."
"But did you love Jonny?"
"God. Yes Hadji, I loved him so much then, when he followed me to the airport, my heart melted. But to let him win, never! So I lied, I had turned into quite the liar ever since I discovered how I felt."
"And on Halloween?"
"You know how much I'd been hurt. It's as if Eric destroyed my spirit. I was so afraid Jonny would hurt me again."
"Jonny would never do anything that was not in your best interest."
"I know that, I'm so scared. Even though he was looking out for me, he killed me last year. I don't know if I could take that again." Jessie started to sob.
"Sometimes you have to take a chance." Hadji stood and walked over to her.
"My heart is open, but it's bruised. It's so weak, and I'm so scared."
"Do not worry Jessie," Hadji wrapped his arms around her as she continued to cry, "things will be all right."
"I hope so," she sobbed, looking him in the eyes, "I really hope so."
"Do not cry." He said, wiping one of her years away.
"Thanks. For everything." She smiled weakly at him, her eyes meeting his. Slowly, she brought her face towards him, and lightly pressed her lips to his. Hadji's eyes opened in surprise as Jessie wrapped her arms around his neck. Before he could think twice about it, Hadji's arms wrapped around her waist and pulled her closer to him.
"Hey Hadj, can I talk t..." Jonny's voice trailed off and he gasped. Jessie and Hadji quickly pulled apart.
"Jonny?" Jessie gasped.
"Damn you!" Jonny yelled, "damn you both to hell!" He ran out of the room, tears stinging his eyes.
"Oh my god." Jessie whispered, running after him. Jonny ran in his room slamming the door, Jessie opened the door behind him.
"Just go away! You've done enough, just go!"
"Would it make you feel any better if I told you he was comforting me?" Jessie asked in a small voice.
"Comforting you for what? Not getting enough action in the past few months?" Jonny bitterly responded.
"No you bastard, he was comforting me because I'm still in love with you."
"So what was he trying to do, trying to make you forg...you're still in love with me?"
"Yes, in fact I always have been." Jessie said softly.
"I'll say what I said last year, if you love me, then how could you be with Hadji?"
"I don't know Jonny, I just don't know."
"Just answer me one question Jess," Jonny looked her in the eyes, "who kissed who first?"
"Who kissed whom first." Jessie muttered.
"Fine! Who the hell kissed whom first?"
"I, I'm not sure, it all happened so fast."
"Leave me be Jess, I can't look at you right now."
"Jonny."
"Whether or not I'm in love with you doesn't matter right now, just that I'm disappointed. Go to bed Jessie, your own bed."
"Goodnight Jonny." She tried to walk to him, but he turned away.
"Just go." He said in an even tone. He heard the door close behind him, collapsed on his bed. Slowly, he started to cry. There was a knock at the door.
"I said go away!" He yelled. The door opened.
"I am truly sorry my friend." Hadji said, sitting next to Jonny.
"No you're not," Jonny scoffed, "if you were it never would have happened."
"Perhaps, perhaps not. We must not dwell on what has happened as much as what will happen."
"Just tell me one thing Hadji. Who kissed whom first?"
"What did Jessie say?"
"She didn't," Jonny looked Hadji in the eyes, "who was first?"
"It was me, I kissed her first."
"Maybe you should go now."
"Just remember Jonny, you are not the only one who loves her."
"I don't think you want me and Jess to get together," Jonny opened his eyes, "you were the one who told her to date again, and now when she told you that she loved me, you kissed her!"
"Jonny, you are more foolish than you realize." Hadji laughed.
"Go away Hadji, I don't want to look at you right now, I really don't want to look at either of you." Jonny turned his head away. Wordlessly, Hadji walked out of the room, slowly closing Jonny's door. Jonny picked up a baseball that was next to his bed and threw it at his mirror. The mirror cracked into zillions of little pieces. He picked up a book and threw it across the room, causing all his medals of honor to fall to the floor. Finally, Jonny ran to his laptop, and flung it across the room. The computer shattered like the mirror and like Jonny's dreams.
"Eric I could handle, but why Hadji? Why's she with Hadji? She should be with me, not Hadji!" Slowly, Jonny started to sob like a baby, crying as he had never cried before.