Chapter 40: Jessie's Girl

"Manny," Sean yelled over a sea of unfamiliar faces to where Manny was chatting with a crowd of people.

"So, you see if you just give me a chance, I know I'll be great for your movie," Manny gave out her resume and Polaroid photo's to a group of sharply dressed men and women she knew had connections with the film industry because she had asked more like pleaded with Jenny for hints to someone in the room that was in the film industry.

"I'm in television, doll." A tall woman with strawberry blond and a fashionable tailored suit replied.

"Even better." Manny yelled. "I love to act on tv it's even better then movies isn't it?" She smiled.

"Ummmhmmm." The lady mumbled after taking Manny's resume and stuffing it into her purse. "I'll take the resume but not the Polaroid, you need to have your agent set up a shoot with a professional photographer.

"I'll tell him that." Manny said through clenched teeth. "As soon as I get one." She thought.

"Manny," Sean yelled again, this time he was sure Manny heard but she completely ignored him.

"Hey kid," A tall long limbed guy with a even longer ponytail uttered.

"Manuella." Manny smiled.

"Uh, yeah, I think that guy over there is calling you." The guy pointed to Sean.

"Oh...we'll..he's probably looking for someone else." Manny turned her attentions back to the crowd of people that were slowly walking away. "Did I mention that I'm going to star in the upcoming Kevin Smith movie," Manny yelled to the crowd who had slowly disappeared except for the tall limbed guy. Manny smiled and pointed to her resume."So what do you think?"

"It's not bad, but you need more experience and a professional picture then maybe..."

"You might give me a chance," Manny exclaimed enthusiastically.

"Uhhh," The guy dug in his pocket. "Here's my card, call my secretary if your interested."

"Thanks," Manny replied. She eagerly held onto the card and read it. Pierre Gordon. Professional Florist to the Stars. "Uggh." Manny yelled after crumpling up the card.

"Manny, why are you ignoring me." Sean said to Manny after finally tracking her down.

"I didn't hear you." Manny lied. "This music is so loud."

"Yeah," Sean mumbled. He didn't believe her for a second but he didn't have time to argue with her. "Have you seen-"

"No," Manny interrupted him. "I've looked everywhere but I haven't seen Emma or J."

"This is just great," Sean yelled although it didn't cause that much alarm since everyone in the room was doing the same. "I bet he's not even going to show up, are you sure Jenny invited them?"

"Positive, I even asked her twice, she said they were on the list but not to wait around Jessie always has to make an appearance."

"Who the hell is Jessie?"

"J's real name although he doesn't want anyone to know...Oh" Manny gasped.

"What?"

"Look outside the window."

"Why," Sean turned around and saw what Manny was staring at.

"Air." Lenny yelled after J opened up his car trunk. "What...took you... so...long," He asked while gagged and wheezing.

"I had to make sure the coast was clear, it's not like I can say 'Hey Emma hold on a bit I have to get my best friend out of the trunk.' "

"This plan of yours is stupid, why couldn't we just call Don,he could have given me a ride in the limo or at least gave me some cash so I could've called a cab?"

"Because I don't want Don the babysitter around and taking a cab here would look tacky your not a star or even vastly important but you hang with me so you'll make me look bad if your coming to the party of the summer in a cab."

"So what am I going to do in the meantime?"

"Hide, but not by my car I don't want the valets to think you're trying to steal my ride and call the cops."

"I guess, I'll go with you."

"No, stupid." J hit Lenny on the head. "I want you to hide..." J looked around for a reasonable place for his friend to hide until he noticed the perfect place. "The pool house, go hide in there no one's there and it will give you a chance to shower and change, after that come into the party thirty minutes after me and Emma arrive."

"Okay," Lenny grabbed his bag out of the trunk.

"Don't forget,"

"Oh," Lenny took a large box out of his bag, threw it into the trunk and ran to the pool house.

"Lenny, you moron, why couldn't you just hand it to me," J said to himself while searching for the box going deeper and deeper into the trunk until he was sure he had found it. "This is going to be one hell of a night." J smiled, tossed the box in the air and just as he was going to close the trunk he felt a hard thud on his head before everything went black.

"What took you so long," Emma said to her date who was just walking up the stairs. "I was almost going to go in without you."

"I'm sorry," J buttoned up the last button on his shirt. "I had to take some Tylenol I had a little headac..." J paused and stared at Emma as if he were staring at her for the first time. She looked great her hair was flowing with highlighted tendrils and she was wearing a shimmering blue dress with shimmering blue earrings and a tennis bracelet to match. "Wow, you look...you look...amazing."

"J, you act like your seeing me for the first time." Emma giggled.

"Oh...we'll, I just had to tell you again." J smiled and whispered in her ear. "Your the most beautiful girl in the room."

"J." Emma rolled her eyes and smiled. "We're not even inside yet."

"We'll-" J held out his arm and Emma slid her arm inside of his. "Shall we?"

"Yes,"

J looked around for the bodyguard he knew Jenny had paid to stand at the door in case some uninvited guest tried to enter. "Hey Emma?"

"Yeah,"

"Where's the body guard?"

"Oh, we'll he left to go chase some guy he saw running towards the pool house, he think it's paparazzi."

"Really," J looked around.

"I seriously doubt it," Emma replied. "We'll he already checked us off the list, so we're free to go in, so are you ready?"

Yeah" J took a deep breath before turning the knob on the front door.

"Where did she go?" Sean scanned the window for signs of Emma or J...Jessie. "Jessie," Sean thought while chuckling quietly to himself no wonder he changed his name it sounded so eighties, like that guy on that sappy lame show Filled Household, his mom use to watch reruns of...Okay he watched them too but only when he was bored but only because those two twins who played the youngest girl on the show grew up to be such hotties and they were pretty funny in a corny kind of way.

"I don't know, maybe their inside the hallway, Jenny has some guy doing coat checks there."

"Why would she do that, no one wears a coat when its summer."

"I don't know." Manny shrugged. "Some people are wearing jackets."

"Whatever, just make sure if you see them not to keep them out of your sight and whatever you do."

"I know," Manny interrupted.

"J," A group of guys yelled.

"That has to be them." Manny exclaimed.

"D'uh" Sean thought but instead agreed. "Yeah, I think it is," He mumbled.

"I can't see them." Manny stood on her tippy toes to see over the crowd that was surrounding J as it became larger and larger. "What about you?"

"No," Sean exclaimed.

"Oh my god, he is soooo gorgeous." An eager blond squealed after her friend had got a quick peek of J and his date. "But whose that girl he's with she's soooo not-"

"Hott," A guy walked by while talking to his friends. "She's not as hott as Nadia that model he was with but she's very natural, she looks sweet like she's real down to earth, she's really c-"

"Cute," oh my god I would die if that was me, that girl is sooo,"

"Lucky, I think that's his name, should be because he's one lucky bastard for having a girl like that, what's her name again."

"Emma," Sean screamed to Manny as he tried to ask her question over the voices that were rapidly crescendoing from quiet whispers to shouts of gossip.

"What," Manny yelled.

"Can you see her?"

"Who?"

"Emma," Sean screamed even louder "Can you see, EMMA!"

Sean didn't know what happened after he screamed her name it was if the attention that was only moments ago facing the other direction was on him. The DJ had cut the music down so he could announce the new arrivals but it looked like Sean beat him to it we'll at least for one of the newly arrived guest.

Emma and J made their way into the middle of the crowd which was slowly dividing until he saw what everyone was staring at. Emma looked great, no better then great, gorgeous. He could feel his heart racing and if J or Jesse or whatever he wanted to call himself, wasn't holding her hand he would have took it into his. That was his girl everyone knew it, why couldn't J,why couldn't Emma feel it but when he looked into her eyes and saw the anger he knew it was only wishful thinking, Emma was J's girl but that jerk didn't deserve to be with her.

"Ladies and gentleman." The DJ spoke into his microphone. "J Reeves and..." The DJ read from a slip of paper in his hand, "his lovely date Emma Nelson."

The crowd of people applauded as if J and Emma had did something worthwhile besides walk into the room.

"This is too much," Emma whispered.

"Yeah it is." J whispered back. "But," J ran to the DJ carefully slid him a fifty, and whispered something into his ear while the DJ nodded in agreement. J ran back to Emma and took her hand. "Shall we,"

"Shall we, what?" Emma smiled before hearing a slow melodic song fill the room. J wrapped his arm around her waist and dance with her as the group of onlookers oohed and aaaahhhhed before joining in while Sean in the distance was turning beet red before grabbing Manny arm and dragging her on the floor. Emma tried to ignore Sean's sad display and kissed J on the cheek.

"What was the for," J whispered.

"For making me feel like the queen of the prom, thank you."

"I should be thanking you," J whispered. "I at least owe you the chance to feel like the queen of the prom for all the mess I put you through..last ye.." J mumbled.

"What was that?"

"Nothing," J wrapped his arm tighter around Emma waist and in the distance he noticed a not too happy Sean.

Disclaimer: I don't own the rights to Tylenol and in no way is it endorsed by me it's just a minor part of the story.