Everything I Do: I Do it for You
Chapter 19: You're in Love
I can see it in your eyes now, they way you change when someone says his
name, the way that everything you do is just a little different, you're in
love.
"Oh my God! I know why you're acting so strange!" Carly said, this goofy happy smile on her face.
"I'm not acting strange what are you talking about?" she responded as the bell rang.
They stood up, gathering their books in their arms. Courtney of course knew what she was talking about but playing stupid was at this point her only defense.
"Yeah! That distant look in your eyes, A.J.s awakening. You're in love with someone else!" Carly said, with this tone and look about her like she had been possessed by her feelings. Courtney paused way to long before answering.
"I am not!" she said in a way to dramatic way. It was so obvious that she was lying.
Carly just cracked up while Courtney tried so desperately to hold on to her poker face and not give in and smile. But slowly the corners of her mouth began to twitch and it looked as though her cheekbones were tugging on the corners of her mouth. Carly just began to laugh again while laughing.
"Uh huh! See, that's what I'm talking about!" Carly said nudging her.
"Carly you can't tell a soul or I will kill you! You have to swear to me that you won't tell another living thing, heck not even a rock nothing and nobody!" Courtney said seriously.
"Courtney, you don't have to worry with me, I'll never tell anyone any of you secrets. but I do want to know all of this story!" she said with a grin.
"Okay, he is the sweetest guy ever! I met him on Friday and it really was love at first words you know. He had me at hello. He's had a shady past and gotten into some serious stuff but it's all changing for him. He brings out the best parts of me and I bring out the best in him." She started to say. She seemed so far away as she said this.
"You really got it bad for this guy. what's his name?" Carly asked.
"Jason Morgan" Courtney said.
Carly stopped dead in her tracks, her mouth agape. She had this look on her face that seemed to be part fury, part pained, and part worry.
"What, do you know him?" Courtney asked in a strange voice.
"Hell yeah I know him, we dated for two weeks he got me to try weed, got me drunk and we slept together. Then he stopped calling me!" she said with anger.
Courtney couldn't believe it. Were they talking about the same Jason Morgan?
**********************************Meanwhile with Jason**********************************
"You look happy, did you get some this weekend?" Sonny asked as they stood at Jason's locker. This made him really mad. He slammed his locker and glared at him.
"I met someone and I respect her more than that!" he said calmly, with an anger undertone. He didn't want to get in a fight.
"Okay! okay! anyway Me and Slater are gonna get a few hits during lunch, you want to come?" Sonny asked him, using hand gesture like he was smoking a joint.
"You know what, that shit is stupid. I'm done with it and until you are I don't even want to be around you!" he said with more aggression than he had meant to.
Jason grabbed his book bag and headed for his first and least favorite class, science. Sonny stood, dumbfounded. Jason never turned done a hit, in fact he usually supplied them. He walked into the class and decided that he was really going to try to pay attention today, maybe if he did better he could get into the same classes that Courtney took. Right now he was getting all F's except one A+ in shop (But who can fail shop?) He actually opened his book and took notes, which is something that he never did. The teacher looked at him on more than one occasion with a suspicious look. When the bell rang and the kids started to filter out, Jason stayed.
"Um, Mr. Longenbaugh?" he said mildly
"Yes Jason?" Mr. Longenbaugh replied.
"I was just wondering if I could get any of the assignments to make up, I know that I've missed most of them, and if possible some extra credit." Jason said, hoping that he could get them.
"Well, yeah I can get them for you but just out of curiosity, what's changed about you? You've been trying really hard all class period." Mr. Longenbaugh said, digging through his desk and coming up with a number of worksheets and such.
"Well, I found a reason to try." He said with a smug smile, rubbing the back of his neck and head while looking at the ground.
"In other words you found a nice girl and want to get on the right course so you can be with her." Mr. Longenbaugh replied knowingly
Jason laughed and nodded as he took the papers out of Mr. Longenbaugh's hand.
"Well I'm glad to see you trying for your full potential. Keep it up boy!" Mr. Longenbaugh said with a nod.
"I will sir!" he said with a smile.
He put the papers in his bag and threw his bag into his locker. His next class was art, which he really didn't mind all that much. At least he didn't have any homework. He walked in and saw his regular group of doper's that he usually sat with. They waved for him to make sure he noticed. He didn't know what to do, He didn't want to ditch his friends, but he knew that if he sat there, he'd be tempted to do stuff that he was trying not to.
"Oh my God! I know why you're acting so strange!" Carly said, this goofy happy smile on her face.
"I'm not acting strange what are you talking about?" she responded as the bell rang.
They stood up, gathering their books in their arms. Courtney of course knew what she was talking about but playing stupid was at this point her only defense.
"Yeah! That distant look in your eyes, A.J.s awakening. You're in love with someone else!" Carly said, with this tone and look about her like she had been possessed by her feelings. Courtney paused way to long before answering.
"I am not!" she said in a way to dramatic way. It was so obvious that she was lying.
Carly just cracked up while Courtney tried so desperately to hold on to her poker face and not give in and smile. But slowly the corners of her mouth began to twitch and it looked as though her cheekbones were tugging on the corners of her mouth. Carly just began to laugh again while laughing.
"Uh huh! See, that's what I'm talking about!" Carly said nudging her.
"Carly you can't tell a soul or I will kill you! You have to swear to me that you won't tell another living thing, heck not even a rock nothing and nobody!" Courtney said seriously.
"Courtney, you don't have to worry with me, I'll never tell anyone any of you secrets. but I do want to know all of this story!" she said with a grin.
"Okay, he is the sweetest guy ever! I met him on Friday and it really was love at first words you know. He had me at hello. He's had a shady past and gotten into some serious stuff but it's all changing for him. He brings out the best parts of me and I bring out the best in him." She started to say. She seemed so far away as she said this.
"You really got it bad for this guy. what's his name?" Carly asked.
"Jason Morgan" Courtney said.
Carly stopped dead in her tracks, her mouth agape. She had this look on her face that seemed to be part fury, part pained, and part worry.
"What, do you know him?" Courtney asked in a strange voice.
"Hell yeah I know him, we dated for two weeks he got me to try weed, got me drunk and we slept together. Then he stopped calling me!" she said with anger.
Courtney couldn't believe it. Were they talking about the same Jason Morgan?
**********************************Meanwhile with Jason**********************************
"You look happy, did you get some this weekend?" Sonny asked as they stood at Jason's locker. This made him really mad. He slammed his locker and glared at him.
"I met someone and I respect her more than that!" he said calmly, with an anger undertone. He didn't want to get in a fight.
"Okay! okay! anyway Me and Slater are gonna get a few hits during lunch, you want to come?" Sonny asked him, using hand gesture like he was smoking a joint.
"You know what, that shit is stupid. I'm done with it and until you are I don't even want to be around you!" he said with more aggression than he had meant to.
Jason grabbed his book bag and headed for his first and least favorite class, science. Sonny stood, dumbfounded. Jason never turned done a hit, in fact he usually supplied them. He walked into the class and decided that he was really going to try to pay attention today, maybe if he did better he could get into the same classes that Courtney took. Right now he was getting all F's except one A+ in shop (But who can fail shop?) He actually opened his book and took notes, which is something that he never did. The teacher looked at him on more than one occasion with a suspicious look. When the bell rang and the kids started to filter out, Jason stayed.
"Um, Mr. Longenbaugh?" he said mildly
"Yes Jason?" Mr. Longenbaugh replied.
"I was just wondering if I could get any of the assignments to make up, I know that I've missed most of them, and if possible some extra credit." Jason said, hoping that he could get them.
"Well, yeah I can get them for you but just out of curiosity, what's changed about you? You've been trying really hard all class period." Mr. Longenbaugh said, digging through his desk and coming up with a number of worksheets and such.
"Well, I found a reason to try." He said with a smug smile, rubbing the back of his neck and head while looking at the ground.
"In other words you found a nice girl and want to get on the right course so you can be with her." Mr. Longenbaugh replied knowingly
Jason laughed and nodded as he took the papers out of Mr. Longenbaugh's hand.
"Well I'm glad to see you trying for your full potential. Keep it up boy!" Mr. Longenbaugh said with a nod.
"I will sir!" he said with a smile.
He put the papers in his bag and threw his bag into his locker. His next class was art, which he really didn't mind all that much. At least he didn't have any homework. He walked in and saw his regular group of doper's that he usually sat with. They waved for him to make sure he noticed. He didn't know what to do, He didn't want to ditch his friends, but he knew that if he sat there, he'd be tempted to do stuff that he was trying not to.