Chapter Two

It had been a few days since Jessie had had dinner with Rob and Sylvain, and when she had gotten home it had taken her a few hours to fall asleep. She finally did so in the wee hours of the dawn, the first rays of sunlight creeping across her face highlighting the smile on her lips, the one that Sylvain Grenier had put there.

It had taken her few days but she slowly got back into her normal routine and put Sylvain out of her mind. He hadn't called yet, not that she had expected him to but a part of her was looking forward to his call. It had been a while since she had been attracted to someone who seemed like a genuinely nice guy and she had intended to take full advantage of it. But she couldn't do that when she wasn't in touch with said guy.

She had been doing a lot of sulking and binge eating since that night. She had it in her mind that Sylvain wouldn't call and that made her very depressed. She was in the middle of one of those binges when her phone rang shrilly and loudly. She put down her tub of chocolate-chocolate chip ice cream, paused her Brad Pitt movie and hauled herself off of the couch to get the phone. It had rang six times by the time she picked it up, she hoped whoever was on the other line didn't hang-up before she answered.

"Hello" she said sounding a little perturbed because of being interrupted from her binging.

"Bonjour Mademoiselle Jessica, it is Sylvain Grenier" she heard the heavy accent of her dream man come over the phone. She almost squealed with delight but held off at the last moment

"Hey how's it going" she immediately smacked herself in the head for sounding so dumb.

"It is going well, I suppose. I am just sitting around waiting on the house show to start and decided to call you and hear your beautiful voice to put a smile on my face". Jessica was blushing heavily by the time he was finished talking. She couldn't believe how suave and nice he was being.

"Oh really" she said with a small smile on her lips "Well I'm glad to be of service but aren't you supposed to have a scowl on your face when you go out in front of the crowd". Sylvain chuckled and it sounded like silk to her ears.

"Touché Jessica but behind the curtain I am allowed a smile".

"Well then I guess I have to see what I can do to put one there".

"Well all you would have to do is say that you would go out on a date with moi". After Sylvain said this Jessie was rendered speechless. She couldn't believe that he, Sylvain Grenier, was asking her on a date. It seemed impossible, but at the same time probable.

"Well" she said trying to sound bored "I GUESS I could but it would be SUCH a bother".

"I am so glad that you would be taking time out of your busy schedule for me, Mon Cher" Sylvain said catching on to the joke that she was playing. Her heart did a little flip flop at the French nickname he called her, even though she had no idea what it meant she thought it was sweet of him.

She chuckled as she had a thought of that if the nickname was something vulgar or unflattering that she might not like it so much.

"What are you laughing so beautifully about Jessica" Sylvain said breaking her thoughts. She blushed again at having been caught in her thoughts and stuttered out an excuse

"My cat was playing with the phone cord". She had no cat, detested them really, but that was the first thing that came to mind. She wanted to take it back the minute it left her mouth but could not. Oh well too late now.

She and Sylvain chatted a few more minutes and he had to go do his match. It was decided that she would meet him in Toronto, Canada for their date. He found out that she had always wanted to go to the city and immediately said that was where the date would be. It worked out that the WWE would be there in a week. Good timing for her. As soon as she thought of the impending date she got nervous. She picked up the phone and made a few calls. One was to her best friends Mandy and Amber to ask them to go with her to the mall the next day for a shopping trip to get her outfit that she would wear on the date. Another phone call was to her hair stylist to make an appointment to have her hair cut and styled. A last call was made to a spa for a day of relaxation because she knew by the time she got through with everything she would need it. She finally went to bed at ten. She was asleep as soon as her head hit the pillow.

The next morning she woke up and immediately groaned. Today was the day that she and her two best friends, Mandy and Amber, would be going to the mall to pick out what she would be wearing on her date with Sylvain. She was dreading it. Mandy and Amber were complete opposites of Jessie. Jessie was a Goth/Punk type girl at heart; Mandy and Amber were girly girls. Jessie hardly wore makeup, Mandy and Amber caked it on. Jessie listened to Disturbed and Marilyn Manson religiously, Mandy and Amber were obsessed with the Backstreet Boys, Nsync and their idol was Jessica Simpson. 'Yes sir' Jessie thought to herself rolling out of bed and shuffling to the bathroom 'today will be a great day'.

Jessie heard knocking on the door as soon as she stepped out of the bathroom. She was wearing aMarilyn Manson shirt, black pants, black wristbands that she made out of panty hose, black boots that she fondly nicknamed 'Asskickers' and a black WWE hat pulled low over her face. She walked over and opened the door and was greeted by the smiling faces of her best friends. She bit back a groan and walked outside and locked the door behind her.

Mandy looked at her appearance and a scowl came over her pretty blonde features

"No wonder you wanted our help today, I swear Jessie if you'd wear a little makeup and a few dresses and skirts more often then you would look a lot better".

"Bite me" Jessie said brushing past the two girls and making her way to her 1992 Nissan Altima.

"What's up your butt" Amber said getting in the backseat of the car "You usually just laugh off Mandy's ditzy and rude comments".

"Hey" Mandy said looking offended "I am not rude just truthful".

"Yeah and I have thighs like Nicole Kidman" Amber said giving Mandy a look that clearly read 'you don't know when to shut up sometimes'.

"I'm just nervous about my date you guys" Jessie said turning toward the direction of the mall.

"Aww" Mandy said leaning over and hugging her friend "It'll be ok, we'll get ya a pretty dress, some makeup, jewelry and you will knock his little French socks off".

The three girls walked through the mall a bit before going into JC Penny Outlet Store. There they found a lot of nice dressy clothes. Mandy and Amber looked through the clothes like women possessed while Jessie just stood back and let them work. After about thirty minutes she had tried on dozens of outfits. They decided finally on a red turtle neck shirt, a red and black swirled skirt, black high heeled boots, and a black leather jacket. It set her back 314.56. Next they went to Norsten's Jewelers. There she picked out a silver necklace that had an angel charm on it, a silver ring that had a dark red stone, and ruby and onyx earrings. She spent 1400 on that.

After they were done shopping they went to Red Lobster and ate. Small talk was made between bites and before long they were ready to go. Jessie dropped Mandy and Amber off at their homes before going to her hair appointment.

She walked in and was immediately seated. She had been coming to this place for years so she didn't wait long to be taken back. "So what are we doing today" Anna her stylist asked. Anna was a tall woman with jet black hair and many piercings. She may have looked like a freak but she was good with hair. Anna and Jessie discussed her hair for a few seconds and Anna set to work.

Two hours later Anna was done with Jessie's hair. It was cut to shoulder length, flipped up at the tips, her bangs had a slight curl to them and the whole thing was dyed a honey blonde with lighter blonde and light red highlights. She looked very similar to Jennifer Anniston and her green eyes just POPPED. She was very happy with the final product. She bought some shampoo and conditioner and paid before leaving.

After her hair appointment she went home and vegged out the rest of the day. She watched TV and ate junk food before going to bed.