LOL! I got inspiration at 2 in the morning to write this next chapter and here it is. Thanks for the reviews everyone. I don't own any of the characters except the general store ones and Jamie of course
Nancy Drew- Nancy didn't want Jamie to have sex w/o getting married first and she didn't want her to make the same mistake of losing her virginity like she did. That's what she was promising 2 chapters ago and Jamie's thoughts were she might not be able to keep that promise.
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Nancy awoke to hear a baby crying somewhere in the room. She looked at the empty spot where Frank should have been.
"Where's Frank?" She mumbled drowsily.
"Ugh." She pulled the covers off and stood up. She spotted a black crib in the corner. She approached it cautiously. The closer she got the louder the crying got. The room became transparent and she found herself walking down a hallway. There was an open window above the crib and the wind was blowing the mobile around as it played an eerie tune. She reached the crib and peered down into the black nothingness.
"Where is the baby?" She leaned down and fell into the black sheets. Nancy screamed as she fell into the dark chamber below…After hitting the ground she sat up only to find a baby doll at her feet saying, "Mama. Mama. Mama." Over and over as it blinked its eyes. Its arms were outstretched for her to take it up in her arms, but she did not.
"I have to get out of here…" She walked away from the doll looking around the room. "I have to get out."
"There is no way out…" A haunting voice said behind her. She slowly turned around only to be greeted with nothing.
"Where are you?"
"You don't know? I'm inside your head."
"You can't be…"
"Oh, but I am. I am your conscious…."
The room seemed to get smaller and smaller. The light bulb that hung from above flickered.
"What do you want!"
"I don't want anything."
"Then why am I here?"
"Listen wench. You're about to have a baby are you willing to take care of it? Are you willing to give it a good home and marry Frank? You're still young and you have many adventures ahead of you, but are you willing to sacrifice all that for a baby that you had by mistake and that you had no intention of making in the process?
Nancy looked around at her confined space.
"Let me out." The voice chuckled, "You haven't answered my question yet."
"If I do have a baby I will do everything that you just asked of me. The real problem for you is that you don't know if I'm pregnant or not.
"Oh, but don't I?" The voice faded…..and so did the room.
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Nancy sat up gasping for breath her face was sweaty and her hair was sticking to her cheek. She brushed it aside and swung her feet over the bed. The clock read 9 A.M. she went into the bathroom and washed her face. Nancy looked into the mirror. "What am I going to do…?" She whispered. Nancy walked down the stairs and into the kitchen. Jamie looked up from the refrigerator door.
"Did you buy any bagels when you went to the store yesterday?"
"No…."
"Hey, are you okay you look a little pale?"
"I'm fine, it was just a bad dream that's all."
"Oh…ok I hope you feel better because later we're going to be playing some volleyball!"
Nancy smiled. "I'm sure I'll be better by then."
"Alright that's good. I'm going to head to the little general store down the street for some bagels. Do you need anything?"
Nancy shook her head.
"Alright."
Jamie grabbed the keys to the car and slipped on some flip flops.
"Jamie."
"hm?"
"You're not going to go dressed like that. Are you?"
Jamie grabbed her locket and looked down at her gym shorts and tank top. "Yeah..."
"Ok. Just don't let Joe see you go out like that in public. He'd have the biggest hissy fit."
Jamie laughed. "Bye Nancy!"
"Bye."
Jamie got in the car and drove the short three miles to the store. She went inside. It was a neat little store with like EVERYTHING. Mostly food though. It had Brown wooden floors and walls like an old general store it was awesome. She grabbed a bag of bagels and began to walk to the front counter.
"Hey."
Jamie turned around. "May I help you?" She said when she saw an old lady around her 50's appear from the back room. She had graying black hair, and wore it in a bun. She was wearing flip flops, a pretty blue flowered skirt and a white shirt.
"Can you help me with something?"
"Sure," Jamie said setting her bagels down on a shelf. She followed the old lady into the back room and helped her move in a box of frozen meat.
"Thanks dear, my backs not what it suppose to be these days. I use to be able to move these in here by myself and we use to have a cart thing, but it broke."
"Oh, that sucks. I'm Jamie by the way."
"Ah, Jamie that's a pretty name."
"Thank you."
"My name is Margaret. My husband and I started up this store about 20 years ago. We know most of our customers that come in. I love this store. It's fun to be your own boss. I'm surprised that we've actually kept this store going after all these years. Nowadays it's hard because it's just me, my husband, and my nephew that have kept it going. We restock the shelves every day and close up at night. Say…….do you have a job?"
"No."
"Would you like one?"
"Sure."
"When would you like to start?
"Umm…. How about tomorrow?"
"Great! I'll make you a pin that has your name on it and I'll see you around this time tomorrow. Sound good?"
Jamie smiled. "Yep, and can I buy these bagels now?"
"Of course, dear."
Jamie purchased her bagels and said good bye. She drove home and went into the house and set the bagels on the table. She washed her hands and made herself a bagel and slathered cream cheese on it.
"Mmm….heaven…"
Nancy came in and made some eggs.
"Where are Frank and Joe?"
"They went running down the beach. You know guy talk. They should be back any minute."
Jamie took a bite of her bagel and nodded.
"Jamie." Nancy said her eyes widening.
Jamie looked up and saw her expression. "What?"
"Where's your locket that Joe gave you?" Jamie's hand instantly went to the place where the locket had been around her neck.
"Oh, no!"
Jamie got up and searched the entire kitchen and dining room. Then she looked up, "The car." She searched the car. It wasn't there.
"Nancy, I have to find it!" Jamie exclaimed pacing back and forth in the living room.
"Maybe it fell off when you were at the store…"Jamie's eyes lightened up and she sat down in the chair. "Yeah…maybe, I had to help move a box for this lady. It might have fallen off during then. I have to get it back before Joe knows that it's missing." Nancy went into the kitchen. "You better hurry up and leave before they get here because they're coming back."
Jamie shot out of the chair and grabbed the keys.
"I'll be back," She yelled over her shoulder. She quickly got into her car and sped off towards the store. She looked over at the counter. There was no one there. She went to the back room and looked around on the floor but it wasn't there. She went and looked over by where she left her bagels. She got on her hands and knees looking for a dark place where it could've fallen. "It's got to be somewhere around here." She mumbled.
"Looking for something?" A voice said behind her. Jamie jumped and turned around. A guy around her age was standing in front of her with his arms crossed. He had wavy black hair and amber colored eyes. He was slightly taller and wearing a button up black shirt and tan shorts with running shoes.
"Actually I am. Did you happen to find a gold locket anywhere? I might have dropped it when I was here." He did not move.
"Hold me close to your heart?"
"WHAT?"
"That's what is engraved on the locket. Correct?"
Jamie nodded.
He walked around her and went behind the counter. She followed him. He opened a drawer and pulled out the locket with one hand. He held it out to her. "Is this the one?"
Jamie reached out to take it from him, but he pulled it out of her reach.
"Give me my locket!"
"And if I don't?" He said smirking.
"I'll come over there and kick your white ass."
"I'd like to see you try." He said leaning over the counter. She leaned in so they were nose to nose.
"Give. It. To. Me."
"If you insist." He grabbed her behind the head with his free hand and kissed her hard on the mouth.
She gasped.
"Satisfied?" Jamie lunged over the counter at him and got him by the shirt but he lost his balance and fell pulling her with him.
"AAAAAAHHH! You pervert. You don't even know me!"
"You're in no position to talk." The guy said from under her.
"Give me MY LOCKET! Or else."
"Or else what?"
"I'm not going to let you up."
"Oh, yeah?"
"Yeah."
"We'll see about that." She grabbed at his hand that held the locket. She tried to pry it open, but his hand was closed tightly over it.
"You know something."
"What?" She grunted.
"I think I like you."
"We'll see about that when I'm through with you!"
"Is that a threat?"
"Maybe it is." He planted his foot firmly on the floor and pushed up. He shoved her onto her back and pinned her arms with one hand. She sighed in defeat.
"Giving up?"
"I just want my locket back."
"You didn't say please."
"Please."
He dangled it over her head.
"Take it." He placed it in her hand and stood up.
"That's it? That's all I had to say, please!"
"Yep, pretty much."
"I'm Chris, Margaret's nephew. And I assume you're the new employee, Jamie?"
"Yes, now if you'll excuse me I have to get back to the house. My friends are probably wondering where I am." Jamie said making her way around the counter towards the door.
"Jamie." She turned around and looked at him expectantly.
"Who's the guy in the picture, the one…in the locket?"
"My boyfriend."
"Ah I see. Ok. Well, Buh-bye."
"Bye…"
Jamie got into the car, but didn't start it right away. She put the locket back around her neck and sat there thinking. She shrugged her shoulders and started the engine. Chris watched from the window.
Jamie pulled into the small driveway and went inside to find all the others playing cards and watching T.V.
"Hey guys."
"Hey, Jamie, come play some cards with us." Joe said.
"Maybe I'll play later. I'm going to go lay down for a while."
"Ok." He looked a little disappointed. She walked upstairs, kicked off her flip-flops and collapsed onto the bed.
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"What's up with her," Frank asked.
"Don't know." Nancy replied
"Me, either." Joe said dealing out the cards.
"Did she look a little disheveled? Or was that my imagination?" Nancy said picking up her cards.
Joe and Frank Shrugged.
They played a couple games and then Nancy decided to go upstairs and check on Jamie.
"Jamie, are you awake?"
"Yeah, I'm just lying here, thinking."
"Do you want to talk about it?"
"No, but I do have something to tell you." Nancy sat down at the end of the bed.
"
I got a job at the general store down the street."
"That's great!"
"Yeah I guess I start tomorrow at 9:30 in the morning."
"I'm sure you're going to do great. C'mon let's go celebrate and play some cards."
"Alright." Jamie said sitting up. "Let's go!"
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(BEEP) (BEEP) "Turn that goddamn thing off!" Joe exclaimed. Jamie hit him with a pillow.
"I have to go to work." She showered and changed into a formal but not dressy shirt and put on a light blue skirt and blue flip flops. Nancy dropped her off and left.
"Yay, time for me to go to work." She yawned and went in.
"Hi," Margaret called from behind the counter. "I have your pin right here for you." She handed Jamie a piece of metal 3 inches long with her named engraved on it.
"Thank you."
"You're welcome. And Chris already came by and stocked the shelves. We close at 8:30 sharp and smile at the customers. Chris will come to check on you in a few hours to make sure you're still alive."
Jamie smiled wearily and Margaret left.
She perched herself on the stool and put her purse on the little shelf under the counter. Two hours later (11 A.M.) A few customers had come in and bought some stuff. Now it was like dead…..Jamie laid her head on the counter and closed her eyes. "Just for a minute," She mumbled. The front door dinged and she sat up with her eyes wide and looked towards the door.
"Oh it's you."
"Were you sleeping on the job?" Chris said smiling.
"No, I was resting my eyes." She said rubbing them.
"Well, you can go to sleep now that I'm here."
"Don't even think about it." Chris pulled up a stool and sat down next to her.
"Glad that I have someone here with me now, it was always so boring by my self. So…what do you want to do?"
"What do you mean?"
"Well, we can play checkers, mess around, run around the store like crazy people, listen to music, talk, play 20 questions or have a contest of some sort. So what do you say?"
"Sure. Let's play checkers 2 out of 3."
"Alright." He pulled the checkers out and set it up. She was black and he was red. He won the 1st game and she won the 2nd game.
"I'm so going to win this time." She said making her move. Five minutes later… "God damn it!" Chris laughed. "I win."
"Alright let's do something else. Um…how about 5 questions."
"It's supposed to be 20 questions, but that's good enough for me. I'll go first. How many boyfriends have you had in your life?"
Jamie looked at the ceiling… "Four."
Are you a virgin?
"…...yes."
Are you attracted to me?
"A little."
"IF you didn't have a boyfriend would you go out with me?"
"It's very possible."
"Hmm….last question….." He turned on the radio. "Will you dance with me?" He offered her his hand. She nodded and took his hand. They danced around in front of the counter and then some swing music came on. "Can you dance to this?" Chris asked. Jamie nodded and began moving to the beat. She began laughing as he twirled her around. He dipped her. The door dinged as someone came in. Chris looked up and Jamie gasped. Margaret and her husband walked in. "Aw you two are so cute together I have to take a picture of this." Jamie and Chris were in such shock that they didn't move. "Smile!" Jamie chuckled nervously and Chris smiled awkwardly. Margaret took like three pictures of them with a digital camera. "Ooh these came out good. I'm going to have to put these on the event bulletin by the door." Chris pulled her back up and they took a seat on their stools behind the counter. They talked some and soon it became closing time.
"Oh, no I forgot to tell my friend what time to pick me up from work."
"Don't worry I'll give you a ride home."
"Ok, thanks."
He drove her home. When she got inside she closed the door and smiled. She went to sleep in the room. The next day Joe went and got a job at the hardware shop a little ways away from the general store. Nancy came down with a sickness so Frank had to take care of her, while Jamie and Joe went to work. Joe drove and picked up Jamie from work everday. She went to work for another week and had fun. One day she went to work and Margaret and her husband Hank were there to help her and Chris. They had a lot of customers come in and then a little later around five the store emptied. They played monopoly and some card games that she taught them. Margaret went into the back room and got her digital camera. She handed it to Jamie.
"Can you take a picture of me and Hank please?" Jamie nodded and took a picture of the store owners. Jamie gave the camera back to her. Jamie was sitting next to Chris behind the counter. Margaret whispered something to her husband he smiled and nodded in agreement. She picked up the camera and pointed it at her and Chris. "Smile!" Jamie smiled and Chris looked at her. He gave his Grandmother a thumbs up. Jamie looked at Chris, "What?" He put his hands on her cheeks and kissed her! His grandmother got a couple good shots before Jamie was staring wide eyed at Chris. Chris pulled away and blushed. "Sorry, I couldn't help it you just looked so beautiful." Hank and Margaret decided to go home and leave her and Chris alone. After they left Jamie confronted Chris.
"I have a boy friend. You can't just kiss me and expect me to let you."
"But you did let me and besides what he doesn't know can't hurt him."
Jamie sighed. "I don't care. I love him. So please don't do that again or I'll quit."
"Alright, I get the picture."
Chris backed off for the rest of the week. It has been a week since she started working here. She was at the store her, and Margaret were closing up the store early because there was suppose to be a hurricane heading towards them it wasn't suppose to be a bad one just a lot of wind and rain. Chris was in the back room putting away nails and planks. He had boarded up all the windows. Jamie stepped outside to wait for Joe. She had told him that she was getting off early and that she needed him to pick her up. Ten minutes later the rain started to come down. She put her hood on.
"Where are you Joe?" Jamie mumbled to herself. Chris came out.
"Do you need a ride home?"
"Yeah… sure my ride didn't show…" They got into the car and he drove her home. She ran inside to escape the rain. She shut the door as the wind blew in behind her.
"Phew." Nancy was inside and Frank was in the living room watching the news. They too, had boarded up most of the windows. Nancy was in the kitchen making dinner. Jamie went into the bathroom and changed into her gym pants and army tank top. She was fixing her hair when she accidentally knocked one of her scrunchies into the trash can. Jamie looked into the trash can.
"Great." She pulled some toilet paper off the roll and pulled the trash can out where she could look for it. She put the seat down on the toilet and sat on it. She moved some stuff around. "AHA! There it is." She pulled it out and when she did something else caught her eye. Jamie carefully lifted the boxes out. She shook one…nothing…then the second one and the third and the fourth one. She picked up the last one and she heard them banging into each other. The result sticks.
'I'm invading her privacy,' she thought, 'it wouldn't be right but then again. To know if she really is pregnant or not….' She dumped them into the sink. She pulled more toilet paper off the roll and looked at the results on each one. Jamie's eyes went wide.
"Nancy's…" Someone banged on the bathroom door and she heard yelling downstairs. She quickly dumped the results back into the box and put it under the trash. She washed her hands and put her hair in a pony tail. Jamie opened the door. Nancy was standing there.
"Nancy what's going on downstairs?"
Jamie pulled Jamie's hand out and placed the photo in her hand. "Explain this." She looked down at the photo that was in her hand it was the one that was taken the other day when Chris had kissed her. "I…." She heard feet stomp up the stairs. Joe turned the corner and saw her. He took a deep breath, "Jamie we need to talk."
Jamie's hand fell to her side, and the photo drifted to the floor…as a single tear slid down her cheek.
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Joe hurried out to the car. "I have to hurry I'm going to be late picking Jamie up. I hope she understands." The rain was coming down in torrents. He drove to the General Store and got out. He ran to the door and went in. There was a lady at the counter putting pictures onto a bulletin board.
"Hi, is Jamie here?"
"Oh, no I'm sorry dear, my Grandson gave her a ride home."
"Oh. Ok." He turned to leave.
"Um…can I ask your opinion on this bulletin board?"
"Sure." Joe said turning back to the woman.
On the top it said, "The Fabulous couple contest."
There were about five couples on the board.
"It looks…." His eyes stopped on a picture. The picture was of Jamie being dipped by some guy. She was smiling as if she was having a lot of fun…There was another one of the same guy kissing her and another one of them standing side by side smiling at the camera. Joe's heart dropped into the pit of his stomach.
"Is that Jamie?" Joe said pointing at the picture.
The lady looked to where he pointed. "Yes. Don't they make a good couple?"
Joe looked at the lady. "Can I have a copy of that picture?"
"Sure." She handed him the picture.
Joe turned around and the man from the picture walked in. He walked past him and slammed the door closed.
Once he parked in the driveway to their condo, he sat in the car staring at the steering wheel. He picked up the photo from the passenger seat and went inside.
"Where's Jamie?" He asked Frank
"She's upstairs, why?" Joe tossed the picture onto the coffee table. He pulled off the wet coat he was wearing. His soaking wet hair dripped onto the floor. Frank stared at the picture. Nancy walked into the living room.
"What's going on?" She came and sat by Frank and picked up the picture. "Oh, no."
"What the hell am I suppose to do!" Nancy picked up the photo and went upstairs. "Joe I think that you should see what she says about it. I mean it's just a picture it doesn't mean anything."
"SHE WAS KISSING HIM!"
"Right…maybe she has an explanation."
"The lady a told me that, they MADE A GOOD COUPLE! There were more pictures of them. He was dipping her in one of the pictures. He was touching MY GIRL! How could she do this? To me? To us? I thought she loved me. Maybe I was wrong." Joe sighed. I don't know what to do."
"Talk to her."
Joe got up and went upstairs.
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"Joe, I can explain."
"You've been working with him since you started working at the general store. That's why you took the job. Wasn't it?"
"No, that's not why I took the job. Can we talk in the kitchen?" Joe turned around and descended down the stairs. Jamie followed him. He sat down at the table and faced Jamie. She sat in the chair opposite him and looked at the edge of the table.
"You have to tell me what you have to say about this because frankly I don't know what to say. I'm shocked Jamie. I thought I could trust you."
"You can trust me."
"Oh I can, can I? Well then tell me about this you and him making a good couple. That's what the lady told me at the store. I saw pictures Jamie, so far I don't know if I should believe you or not."
"Those pictures don't mean anything, at least not to me. I don't care about that guy, I just work with him and his grandparents think we're a couple or something. He knows about you, but he doesn't care so he keeps on pulling these bull shit moves on me when we're in front of a camera.
"It seems to me that this picture is going against you .I think that you are playing both of us." Jamie glared at him.
"You don't believe me!"
"No, I don't." Joe said his face impassive. Jamie was hurting. Her face showed it, tears were welling up in her eyes. Joe looked away from her
"I don't want you working at the store anymore." Joe said…silently looking at her
"That's not going to happen. I may be a little attracted to the guy, but he can't replace you. Besides I like working there...I have fun.
"Jamie if you don't, then we need to do something about this relationship."
"Fine you want to know something that day when I got the job. I lost my locket. I went back for it. He was there. He refused to give it back to me. I attacked him after he kissed me to get that locket back and we ended up on the floor and he pinned me! I wanted that locket back and I fought for it. I thought this was suppose to mean something about us being able to trust each other and care for each other. I DO care for you. I DO love you. YOU don't believe me then I can't be with you. I trust you but you can't trust me. Is that what this is about, trust?
"HE KISSED YOU TWICE!"
"YES, but YOU ACT LIKE I DIDN'T push him away or something. You act like I enjoyed kissing some other guy!"
"How do I KNOW THAT YOU DIDN'T? You didn't tell me about him kissing you the first time did you! Or the second time!"
"Why should it matter if I love you?"
"I don't know but I don't think I can forgive you…." Joe said standing up. "Fine! Then I guess you should take this back." Jamie pulled off the locket and threw it at him. He caught it. Jamie wiped a tear from her cheek and opened the back door and slammed it. She ran off into the hurricane, Jamie didn't care where she ended up she just wanted to get out of there even if she got hurt doing it. Joe looked down at the locket. "JAMIE! JAMIE COME BACK!" Joe ran out onto the porch and was met with a gust of wind. He closed the door and ran out into the rain. "Jamie!" He fell onto his knees and bent his head down. The rain pounded onto his back soaking him, but he did not move. He stared down at the gold locket in his hand. Frank ran outside with his hood on. He grabbed Joe and pulled him back to the safety of inside the house. Nancy closed the door once they were inside.
"Where's Jamie?" She said worriedly looking at Frank. Joe sat down into the kitchen chair and his shoulders sagged. He didn't move and he didn't look up all he did was stare at the locket in front of him. Nancy pulled Frank into the living room watching Joe with concern.
"Frank, there's a storm going on out there and Jamie's in the middle of it!"
"I know Nancy I know, but there's really nothing I can do. I don't want to get into the middle of this. Well neither do I, but she could get hurt. If I wasn't sick, I'd be out there right now looking for her. Nancy coughed. Frank sighed. Suddenly the back door blew in. Nancy and Frank's heads quickly turned towards the door. Joe was gone and the door was swaying in the wind.
"Oh, no…"
"He went to go get Jamie." Frank said pulling her into his arms
"I hope they'll be ok." Nancy said curling her arms around his neck staring at the door.
"They will be. I know it," Frank closed the door and locked it, "If they aren't back in the morning I'll go look for them.
Nancy nodded and they went upstairs. The rain pounded loudly onto the roof and the lightning flashed. The wind blew roughly against the rented condo. The sea outside churned with 25ft waves. They waves crashed against the docks and the sandy beaches.
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Jamie ran until she was completely out of breath. The wind was blowing so hard and the sand was getting into her tear filled eyes. She fought against the wind to find some kind of shelter. A palm tree flew towards her. She dived into the sand and covered her head. It barely missed her. She got up and ran in the light of a full moon. She was lucky and she knew it. Jamie stumbled and fell twisting her ankle. She cried out in pain. She looked up and saw what she had been looking for. "The cave." She said breathlessly. Jamie crawled into the shelter that was far from the ocean and wasn't in danger of being flooded during a storm like this. She crawled towards the back which was no less than 10 ft from the entrance and reached into a crack that was level with the floor. She and Joe had stashed a bag in here for any means. There were two flashlights and some batteries, a blanket and a big bottle of water. She turned on the flashlight and started looking for something that would entertain her. She found some cards and set them down. She found a rock on the bottom floor and propped her ankle onto it. She looked in the side pockets and found…CONDOMS? "What the fuck! Ooooooooh he was planning on getting some. Woo large size. Ha-ha." Jamie leaned against the wall and put them back into the bag. She sighed, closed her eyes and the tears started to fall.
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Joe ran outside into the rain. 'I have to find her and tell her I'm sorry for doubting her. I didn't mean to say all those things and that I was just a little upset.' He stopped when he got near the cave, 'I wonder if she went in there.' He clutched his side as a cramp started to form. "I really should run everyday." His clothes clung to his body as he ran holding his side, into the cave.
"Jamie? Are you in here?"
He heard a sniffle in the back of the cave. Jamie choked back a sob and covered her face with her hands. Joe followed the sound to where Jamie sat. One of the flashlights was on and the light shone against the cave wall. She was streaked with mud and dirt. Her ponytail was gone and her hair fell about her covering her face. Her body shook and shivered with every sob. Her clothes stuck to every curve of her body. He sat down next to her and pulled her gently against his chest. "I'm sorry," he said brushing the hair out of her eyes, "I wasn't thinking straight." Jamie stilled in his arms, but she didn't push away. He tucked her hair behind her ear and lifted her chin up. She wouldn't meet his eyes as the tears slid down her cheeks. He wiped the tears from her dirty face. Joe reached down and opened her hand and set the locket back in it. She looked down at it.
"I know now why you didn't tell me about it, because I would have acted the same way I just did. Jamie…I love you."
She shifted her body around and cried out in pain. Jamie grabbed her ankle. "What's wrong? Are you okay?"
"I'm fine. I just twisted my ankle a little bit."
"Let me see." Joe rolled up her pant leg. The sprain was swelling up. "We have to get you back to the condo." Jamie put a hand on his arm. "No. I don't want too…besides I wouldn't be able to make it." "Ok…then I guess we should just stay here then." Jamie shivered again. Joe looked away feeling helpless. The cave was getting colder by the minute. "Maybe you should take off your clothes…"
Jamie looked up sharply. "Why?" "Not like that …you're going to catch cold if you stay in those clothes."
"And what do expect me to do sit here naked?"
"Well…no…,"Joe looked around. "You could cover yourself with the blanket and keep warm." Jamie eyed him suspiciously. "Turn around." Joe sighed and turned around. Somehow Jamie managed to cover herself with the blanket after pulling off her clothes, but keeping on her bra and underwear. Joe turned back around when she was done.
"Well what about you? Are you just going to sit there in your wet clothes?" "Well that is the only blanket that we stashed in here so yeah I guess." Jamie looked uncertainly at Joe. "We…..could….possibly…share the blanket?"
Joe's eyes widened. "That wouldn't be a good idea…"
"Oh come on it's not like we're going to get in trouble or anything. We're grown adults we know what we're doing."
"True…"
"Besides we'll both be warmer and u won't freeze to death."
"My clothes are wet"
"Then take them off." Joe began to turn red.
"Oh come on it's not like I'm going to bite you." Joe's eye began to twitch and he pulled off his shirt. "I think it's better if my shorts stay on…"
Jamie nodded. She opened the blanket and he slipped in next to her careful not to touch her. Joe's hand brushed up against something and Jamie blushed. Joe's body stiffened "What was that?" Jamie looked at him. "You don't want to know."
"Do you know what Frank made me promise not to do?" Joe said lying on his back while Jamie lied next to him. "What?"
"He made me promise not to have sex until I was married…"
"Yeah Nancy made me promise too."
"See the problem with that right now…is that...with you almost naked and me half naked…I don't know if I can keep that promise and it's tempting to just…u know…."
"Yeah I know what you mean…"
"Maybe if we just…keep our hands to ourselves nothing bad can happen right?"
"Jamie nodded. "Right."
They both stared at the cave ceiling in the darkness.
"I can't take it anymore…"
"Me either."
Joe pulled her into his arms and kissed her gently.
"How about we just don't tell them?" Joe suggested.
" I can do that." Jamie said wrapping her arms around his neck
"Good." Joe said as the rain continued to fall from the dark sky.
THE NEXT MORNING
Joe carried Jamie into the house quietly after finding the extra key under the doormat. The sun was just rising out of the sky and the storm was well over. Jamie and Joe were both in their clothes from last night. They snuck up into their room and shut the door. Jamie and Joe talked in hushed whispers until they heard a knock on the door. Jamie sat up with her leg propped on a pillow with a bag of ice Joe had gotten from downstairs. Joe opened the door. It was Frank. "Hey, are you guys okay? Nancy and I were worried sick about you two."
"Oh, we're fine, except that Jamie had to sprain her ankle, not badly but we waited out the storm until it was safer to come back. I just think that she should stay off of it for a while and let it heal."
Franked nodded. "That would be a good idea until then maybe you guys should take a shower you smell." Jamie rolled her eyes. "Na, really?" Frank left to go get Nancy's medicine downstairs. "Joe can you help me to the shower?" "Of course, I can." Joe carried her into the bathroom and set her onto the lid of the toilet seat. "Anything else?" "Nope, I'm sure I can do it." "Ok…" Joe left and Jamie took a quick fast shower with little difficulty. Once she got out she hopped into the room and lay down on the bed. "Nice and clean the way I like to be." She said to herself. Joe came in to get some clothes to change into after he took a shower. A few minutes later he appeared in a t-shirt and shorts.
"You want me to take you down stairs?" Jamie raised her arms figuring he'd get the hint. He picked her up and she gave him a kiss.
"What was that for?" "Don't play coy with me." Joe smiled at her and she giggled. He carried her downstairs and sat her on the couch and then sat next to her. Frank and Nancy were sitting on the other one. The T.V. was on and a movie was on. Frank and Joe went into the kitchen to get some snacks.
"Nancy…I know."
"Know about what?"
"I know about the pregnancy tests." Nancy's eyes grew large and shot a glance at the kitchen.
"You didn't say anything to Joe did you?"
"Not yet…but when are you going to tell Frank? He needs to know." Nancy looked down at her lap.
"I know I should. It's horrible to keep it from him."
"Tell him, tell him now. He should know."
Nancy sighed. "Ok. I'll tell him after the movie is over and you can tell Joe upstairs. I want to tell Frank alone." Jamie nodded and the guys came back in. Once the movie was over, Jamie made Joe take her upstairs. Nancy turned to Frank and took his hand in hers.
"Frank there's something I've been meaning to tell you."Nancy said looking up into his eyes. (Hold ur breath!)
Frank looked at her expectantly.
"And what's that?"
"The results from the pregnancy test….They were….negative…I'm not pregnant Frank."
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R&R my adorable reviewers! Thank you thank you bows longest chapter yet and it took me like what 3 weeks? And it was 18 and a half a page long aren't you proud of me! Lol I hoped you liked it! yes…ik not a lot of Frank and Nancy but the story is more focused on Jamie and Joe(yes the whole her chris deal and Joe being pissed and then accepting it in the end forgive me for not doing a good job at that ur probably like JOE SHOULD have DUMPEd her and yeah ik but..ah well best i could come up with...)…REVIEW MY PRETTIES! Lol hehe…