Thanks so much for all tha feedback guys…it made me feel compelled to write more…well ok so I wrote it all last nite now I'm just typing it all up. Plus I'm in a good mood cause I just went and saw Fantastic Four. Excellent movie…ah well…on with the fic!
Jo sat on her bed at the Imperial crying to herself and thinking What have I done? I've ruined everything. Now he'll never sign the papers and I cant marry Landon…but I cant help thinking whether or not that's a good thing. I mean I love Landon…but not in the same way I love PJ…my god did I just say that? I love PJ…there it is again…that word…love…I cant believe it…I am still in love with PJ. Oh god what am I going to do?
She sighed and placed her head in her hands. Suddenly there was a knock at the door. She jumped up, hoping it would be PJ at the door and she could tell him how she felt. She was sadly disappointed when she saw Chris at the door.
"Oh hey." Jo smiled, trying to hide her disappointment.
"PJ just dropped this off. Said to give it to you."
"Oh…thanks." Jo took a large yellow envelope from Chris.
"So…you got what you came here for…are you going home now?"
"I guess so…I mean…there's no reason for me to hang around is there?" Jo replied.
"Well…you could at least stay for dinner." Chris suggested. "There's no harm in staying an extra night. The wedding isn't for a week right?"
"5 days." Jo replied, trying to get it through her head. She just didn't seem as excited about it as she should have been. "I'll be down in a second ok? I think I might get changed first."
"Okay. I'll get you something to eat. What do you want?"
"Spaghetti." Jo said the first thing that came to her head.
"Righto. I'll have the chef whip you up some."
"Thanks Chris." Jo smiled.
"No problem. And if you need to talk…you know where to find me."
"Thanks." Jo nodded and closed the door. She knew exactly what was in the envelope. She threw herself onto the bed and started crying.
"Jo?" Chris knocked on the door again. Jo hadn't shown up for dinner and she was getting worried. "You in there?" Chris turned the doorknob and the door creaked open.
"Jo?" She asked looking around. "Shit!" Chris cried when she saw that Jo's bags were gone. There was a small piece of paper sitting on the bedside table. Chris walked over and picked it up.
Sorry
It read. Attached to the paper was a cheque that covered the cost of Jo's stay plus some.
"Oh Jo." Chris lowered her head and sighed.
"I'm gunna get you fro that!" Keefer cried. He was watering the garden when Lena came up behind him and dumped a bucket of water on him. Now he was chasing her around the yard with the hose, trying to get her wet.
"No way! You're never going to catch me." Lena called back as she ran towards the front path.
"Want to bet!' Keefer called as he ran around the corner after her.
BAM! He ran straight into Lena, who in turn ran into Jo, who was walking along the path towards the house.
"Mum!" Lena was surprised. "What are you doing here…I mean…I thought you were in the country."
"Hey Lena." Jo smiled and pulled her into a hug.
"Ah…mum are you feeling alright?" Lena asked. She gave Keefer a confused look.
"I'm fine. I just really needed a hug."
"Okay…what exactly happened while you were away? Did you talk to dad?"
"Yeah…"
"How'd it go?"
"He signed the papers."
"But…I thought that's what you wanted?" Lena was confused.
"I guess it is…but I'm just not sure anymore."
"Well have you sent the forms off?"
Jo nodded.
"And it's too late to get them back."
"Oh…" Lena sighed. "Ah…well the good news is at least now you're free to marry Landon."
"Yeah. I know." Jo sighed and stepped away from Lena. "I'm going upstairs to bed. If anyone needs me…tell them I'm not available."
"Okay…" Lena watched as Jo walked into the house.
The night before the wedding arrived and Jo awoke at 4 in the morning feeling sick. She got out of bed and rushed to the bathroom. She just made it before she was sick. She sat up and wiped her mouth with a towel.
"Oh god." Jo cried before she was sick again. "This cant be happening." She closed her eyes and bit her bottom lip. "Not now." She flushed the toilet and cleaned herself up. Then she walked back into the bedroom, wrapped herself in her robe and headed across the hall to Lena's bedroom. She quietly opened the door and looked at the bed. Lena was curled up on one side of the bed with her hand hanging over the side. Jo smiled and walked over to her.
"Lena." She shook her gently.
"Ugh." Lena groaned. "Five more minutes."
"Lena wake up!" Jo said again, shaking harder.
"What? What's going on?" Lena sat up when she saw Jo.
"Nothing. I just wanted to talk."
Lena looked at her watch.
"Mum it's 4 in the morning. Cant this wait?" she yawned
"Not really."
"Ok what is it?" Lena turned around and made room for Jo to sit.
"Well…I was wondering…hypothetically…if someone loved somebody and was going to marry them…but they were in love with another person…would it be wrong if they still got married?"
Lena rolled her eyes.
"So you're saying you're still in love with dad…but you still want to marry Landon…?"
"No. That's not what I meant."
"Then what did you mean?"
"It's complicated."
"Look I'm a teenager…and I'm your daughter. You can tell me anything."
"Well…the thing is. I do love Landon…but I just don't think I want to marry him anymore."
"And when were you planning on telling Landon this? You're supposed to be getting married in 6 hours."
"I know…but…I don't know if I want to anymore."
"Well then…don't."
"I can't just cancel. I mean…I love Landon. I do want to be with him…I just…"
"Want to be with dad too." Lena finished her sentence.
"Exactly. It's too complicated for me. I just don't know what to do."
"You should tell Landon how you feel. I'm sure he'll understand. Besides, between you and me…I don't really like the 'new you'. Ever since you met Landon you've been trying so hard to impress him that you forgot all about who you really are."
"You know…for a teenager you really have a lot of advice."
"I get it all from Susie. You know they really miss you back there."
"I know." Jo sighed. "Look I'd better get back to sleep. I've got a big day ahead of me today."
"So you're going to go through with it then? You're going to marry Landon?"
"Well…I guess I have no choice."
"You do have a choice, you can decide your own destiny Mum. Don't follow your head, follow your heart. Think about that one!" Lena smiled. "Goodnight Mum."
"Yeah…goodnight." Jo stood and left the room.
6 hours later Jo stood on top of the stairs dressed in her wedding gown. Lena had already walked down the stairs and now it was Jo's turn. She took a deep breath and started down the stairs. She was almost at the end of the aisle when she heard someone calling her name.
"Miss Parrish. Miss Parrish!" she heard. She turned to see the divorce lawyer Anthony Schulz was running towards her, waving a pile of papers. Jo stopped and turned to him.
"Anthony?" She asked. "What are you doing here? I thought PJ signed the papers."
"He did. You didn't."
"What?"
"Joanna what is going on?" Landon and his parents walked up.
"I err…" She looked at the papers and then looked at Landon. "Landon I'm so sorry. I can't marry you."
"Why? I don't understand."
"I'm so sorry." Jo hugged him. "Please don't hate me."
"Mum?" Lena asked as she walked up.
"Come on Lena…let's go home." She grabbed Lena's hand.
"You mean…?"
"Yes. Home!" Jo replied.
"But what about…?"
"I'm following my heart." Jo whispered.
"I knew you would." Lena replied.
"I'm sorry everyone…the wedding is off!" Jo cried happily. She grabbed Lena's hand and the two of them ran towards the front yard. Keefer was standing in the garden watering the flowers yet again.
"Keefer!" Lena stopped. "Do you have your keys on you?"
"Ah…yeah why?" He pulled them out of his pocket.
"We need to borrow your car."
"But…that's my baby." He protested.
"Well then…you can drive us." She grabbed his hand and pulled him towards the car park.
"Where are we going?" Keefer asked as the three of them climbed into the car.
"We're going home!" Jo announced. "Now DRIVE!" She turned her head to see a bunch of people running towards the car park.
"Ok I'm going!" Keefer started the car and drove as fast as he could towards the front gates.
"Frank open the gates!" Jo shouted through the intercom.
"Yes Miss." Frank replied and the gates started opening slowly. As soon as they were open enough for the car to get through Keefer drove off. Jo turned and looked at the crowd who had stopped by the gates.
"Yes!" Jo smiled happily and she pulled Lena in for a hug.
"What made you change your mind?" Lena asked.
"You'll find out later." Jo replied. "For now…let's not think about that."
"Okay." Lena snuggled into Jo and smiled.
"PJ have you finished that report yet?" Jess asked when PJ walked out of his office.
"Ah yeah…it's on my desk I'll just get it for you." he replied.
"Thanks." Jess replied.
"I wonder how Lena's getting on." Susie thought out loud. "The wedding is today isn't it?"
"Yeah it is." Jonesy replied.
"I'm sure everything is going fine. Jo's happy and that's all that matters. Now can we drop it?" PJ cried.
"Sorry." Susie and Jonesy apologised.
"So is everyone coming to the pub tonight?" Cam asked.
"Sure. Why the hell not." Everyone agreed.
There was a minutes silence before the front buzzer started going.
"I'll get it." Cam looked at the screen. "Ah…ok PJ…I think you should get this one." Cam said when he saw who was standing out the front of the station.
"But…"
"Ah PJ…just go." Susie pushed him, when she saw who it was.
"Okay." He didn't get time to see who it was before Susie and Jonesy pushed him out the door.
"Lena?" He asked. "What are you doing here? Aren't you supposed to be at the wedding?"
"Well there was a slight…problem."
"What do you mean?"
"Well the wedding was cancelled when the bride ran off." Lena told him.
"What? Where is she?" Lena pointed to the door and Jo stepped in.
"Jo?" He asked. "What…?"
He was interrupted when Jo ran straight up to him and kissed him passionately.
"Jo I…" He started but Jo put her finger over his lips.
"I love you PJ. I love you so much…I am so sorry for running off like I did last week…I was just scared…seeing you for the first time in years just brought back all my feelings for you…I realised today that you are the one that I'm supposed to be with. You are my heart PJ. I love you. I always have and I always will. Will you marry me…again?" She looked at him with pleading eyes.
PJ didn't say anything. He just grabbed Jo in his arms and held her tight.
"Yes!" PJ replied. "Yes Jo I will."
"Oh PJ!" He grabbed her in his arms and spun her around. Then he kissed her passionately. As soon as their lips met they could hear shouts and applause coming from the main office. PJ and Jo pulled Lena in for a hug and they walked into where everyone was waiting.
"We're home!" Lena announced and everyone smiled and joined in a huge group hug.
Well it ended pretty crappy…but I hope you liked it…lease give feedback!
Jess