Always Second Best

Chapter Seven

Authors Note: Sorry about the wait…but I'm Back! So here's number 7.

7- Wake Up Call

Jacklyn slowly opened her eyes as she felt the heat of the sun hit her through the window. She jumped out the bed when she opened her eyes to see Jay in bed with her. Her movement startled him as he groggily awoke. Jay propped himself up on his elbows as he saw Jacklyn start to back away from the bed.

"You ok?" Jay said with eyes half open.

"What happened? We didn't..? Did we?" Jacklyn rambled before placing her hand over her mouth.

Jay just grinned realizing what she was thinking. "No we didn't. So you can calm down." He said as he got out of the bed and walked toward her. She let out a sigh of relief.

"You seem a little disappointed." He said with a smirk.

Jacklyn's memory was now completely clear and she quickly changed back to her 'New Jacklyn Image' at the slightest hint of Jay's flirting.

She continued to back up until she was against the wall and Jay kept walking toward her. He stopped right in front of her and she grabbed his shirt and pulled him up against her. She leaned forward so her mouth could reach his ear. In a low voice she whispered to him, "Maybe I am."

She gave him a kiss on the cheek before sliding out from between him and the wall. He was stunned, and she could tell by the look on his face that he obviously wasn't expecting that.

She just strutted out of the room and said cheerfully, "Bye Jay." As she walked through the living room toward the front door she just smiled at Sean, who was sitting on his couch staring at the tv.

Jacklyn walked home in silence just thinking about last night. Getting sick wasn't the most fun she's ever had, but spending the night with Jay certainly was. She was kind of embarrassed by the way she reacted to waking up in bed with him, so she swore from now on the old Jacklyn was gone for good. She was now Jackie, and was never going to look back.

When she got to her house she went in through the back door and tiptoed into her room. She got undressed, put her robe on, and headed for the shower. When she got out she was lucky that no one had woken up yet, and so she went back to her room to get ready. She picked out a pair of hip huggers with a tight, low cut top that actually reached the top of her pants. She threw on her boots, did her hair and make up and was ready to leave.

She went downstairs to the kitchen to leave a note on the refrigerator, when an idea came to mind. She flung open the door and stepped on the bottom shelf. Jacklyn knew her father always kept his wallet up there. She quickly grabbed it and jumped down. She opened it, took out a 20, and threw it back up there. She scribbled down a note and ran out of the house.

She walked the couple blocks to the Dot and saw Jay's car parked in front. Jacklyn opened up the door to see Jay, Sean, and Manny seated across the room.

"Hey." Jacklyn said with a smile as she walked up to them and took a seat next to Jay.

"Hey Jackie." Manny said getting up put of her chair. "I'm going to the bathroom."

"I gotta go too." Jackie said as she got up and followed Manny to the bathroom.

They walked into the bathroom and Manny turned to Jackie with a smile across her face.

"Ok. So what happened last night?"

"What do you mean? You were there." Jackie said a little confused.

"All I know is Jay will not stop talking about you."

Manny always had a thing for trying to play matchmaker, and she was positive this would work.

"So…what did he say?"

"Well first he explained what happened after I left…about 6 times. And then he was talking about this morning. And after that he just kept repeating himself."

"Oh" Jackie said with a smile.

"Oh? Jay: a total hottie is loving you right now. And all you say is oh?"

Jackie just giggled.

"You like him don't you?" Manny asked as she searched through her purse and pulled out her lip gloss.

"I'm not sure I just met him…I mean maybe if I got to know him I would…but…"

Manny just gave her a I-really-don't-believe-you-type look while she applied her lip gloss.

"Ok yea…yea...I like him."

"I knew it." Manny smiled. "I could talk to him about it if you want."

"Sure."

"Well we've been in here a while, we should probably get going."