Chapter 3- Really Got a Hold on Me
*Shattered*
Penny is sitting at a table with her friends. There are a few shot glasses on the table in front of her. She picks up a full one, drinks it and puts it back down. She begins to speak and her voice is slightly slurred.
P-"I don't get it. I mean, sure I took back what I said," her voice
rises as she gets angry," but you'd expect Jake to give a damn about
me."
C-"I'm sure he does. But, maybe he's afraid to tell you because it
might hurt that Dylan girl he's with. Either way he doesn't deserve
you."
P-"Yeah you're right."
Jake and Dylan walk into Shattered. A DJ announces that they are going to be taking dedicated requests. They walk over to a table and sit down. Jake sees Penny sitting at a table a few feet away.
J-"Hey, look Dylan, Penny's here.
D-"Yeah, do you wanna go talk to her?"
J-"No, it looks like she's talking to her friends."
*Penny's Table*
P-"You know what? Even if he doesn't deserve me, I still love him. I can't help it."
C-"Hun, just a thought. Maybe if you signed a nice check for the ten
thousand he needs, he might see you as someone he could possibly
love."
P-"I thought about that, but I figured it'll seem like I'm paying him
to love me. And then it'll probably blow up in my face. Then I'll be
stuck with my secret out and no Jake.
C-"Okay then, no check."
The DJ gets up on the stage and says that they need a request. Penny looks around to see if anyone is going up, and sees Jake sitting with Dylan.
P-"Oh God, he's here. He's sitting over there." She subtly gestures with her head.
DJ-"Anyone with a song?"
C-"That's it! Dedicate a love song to him." Penny thinks for a moment, smiles and says, "I think I will." She drinks another shot and gets, unsteadily, to her feet.
P-"Hey, I've got a song for you."
DJ-"Thank you. Please come up and tell me the song and dedication.
I'll see what I can do."
Penny goes up to the stage and talks to the DJ. About 2 minutes later she heads back to her table and sits down. The DJ goes up to the mike and says, "Okay folks, this song goes from Penny to Jake. Jake and Dylan stop talking and look at Penny, who is apparently staring off into space. The song starts playing. It's Cyndi Lauper's version of "You Really Got a Hold On Me." The song ends and another one begins.
*Jake and Dylan's Table*
D-"Well I think her meaning was perfectly clear." Jake, who is avoiding the subject picks up a menu and says, "Hey look, they make Pina Colada's."
D-"Come on Jake, I know you understood what she meant by the song."
J-"No I didn't."
D-"Yes you did."
J-"Okay I did." +And now I'm more confused than ever+
D-"What are you going to do about it?"
J-"Um . . . I was thinking, nothing."
D-"Fine, whatever. That's your choice."
*Penny's Table*
P-"I can't believe I just did that."
C-"Well, at least it out in the open."
P-"Oh right, I forgot, that makes everything all better."
C-"Well, it helps doesn't it?"
P-"No it doesn't. Can we just leave?"
C-"Yeah, Hun. Sure." They stand up and drop the money on the table. They walk out. Jake watches her go, confused and upset.
*Shattered*
Penny is sitting at a table with her friends. There are a few shot glasses on the table in front of her. She picks up a full one, drinks it and puts it back down. She begins to speak and her voice is slightly slurred.
P-"I don't get it. I mean, sure I took back what I said," her voice
rises as she gets angry," but you'd expect Jake to give a damn about
me."
C-"I'm sure he does. But, maybe he's afraid to tell you because it
might hurt that Dylan girl he's with. Either way he doesn't deserve
you."
P-"Yeah you're right."
Jake and Dylan walk into Shattered. A DJ announces that they are going to be taking dedicated requests. They walk over to a table and sit down. Jake sees Penny sitting at a table a few feet away.
J-"Hey, look Dylan, Penny's here.
D-"Yeah, do you wanna go talk to her?"
J-"No, it looks like she's talking to her friends."
*Penny's Table*
P-"You know what? Even if he doesn't deserve me, I still love him. I can't help it."
C-"Hun, just a thought. Maybe if you signed a nice check for the ten
thousand he needs, he might see you as someone he could possibly
love."
P-"I thought about that, but I figured it'll seem like I'm paying him
to love me. And then it'll probably blow up in my face. Then I'll be
stuck with my secret out and no Jake.
C-"Okay then, no check."
The DJ gets up on the stage and says that they need a request. Penny looks around to see if anyone is going up, and sees Jake sitting with Dylan.
P-"Oh God, he's here. He's sitting over there." She subtly gestures with her head.
DJ-"Anyone with a song?"
C-"That's it! Dedicate a love song to him." Penny thinks for a moment, smiles and says, "I think I will." She drinks another shot and gets, unsteadily, to her feet.
P-"Hey, I've got a song for you."
DJ-"Thank you. Please come up and tell me the song and dedication.
I'll see what I can do."
Penny goes up to the stage and talks to the DJ. About 2 minutes later she heads back to her table and sits down. The DJ goes up to the mike and says, "Okay folks, this song goes from Penny to Jake. Jake and Dylan stop talking and look at Penny, who is apparently staring off into space. The song starts playing. It's Cyndi Lauper's version of "You Really Got a Hold On Me." The song ends and another one begins.
*Jake and Dylan's Table*
D-"Well I think her meaning was perfectly clear." Jake, who is avoiding the subject picks up a menu and says, "Hey look, they make Pina Colada's."
D-"Come on Jake, I know you understood what she meant by the song."
J-"No I didn't."
D-"Yes you did."
J-"Okay I did." +And now I'm more confused than ever+
D-"What are you going to do about it?"
J-"Um . . . I was thinking, nothing."
D-"Fine, whatever. That's your choice."
*Penny's Table*
P-"I can't believe I just did that."
C-"Well, at least it out in the open."
P-"Oh right, I forgot, that makes everything all better."
C-"Well, it helps doesn't it?"
P-"No it doesn't. Can we just leave?"
C-"Yeah, Hun. Sure." They stand up and drop the money on the table. They walk out. Jake watches her go, confused and upset.