The first time I knew I liked Jak it was awkward! My lovable Daxter, the cutie, fiery little weasel made his choice in life to get drunk at that point in time. I was on my own in a dirty bar with the most good-looking guy I'd ever seen. My brain was squirming. I mean he was like, acting so cool, giving me these meltingly sexy smiles. My eyeballs were like, tied to him like he was the most flawless person in the world. I've stared at him so often now I swear I know every contour of his ass so well I could sculpt it from memory. And like, the other night I had this dream, such a cool dream, where he adored me the way I adored him. Maybe it's telling me something.

"Tessy-poo" Daxter cooed.

"Shnookums scrunchkins!" I squealed, inviting the soft, big-eyed body to curl up in my arms.

"Aw, my whisker puss. What's that in your pawsie?" I asked.

"Read it and see!"

The letter Daxxie held was this:

To the person reading,

You are invited to the coolest party ever organised!

Dress appropriately.

Haven forest, Saturday 2pm

"A little get-together for all us world-savers" Daxter added, seeing me finish reading.

"Aw Daxxie! What type of party is it?"

"Em, open that package to find out."

"Ok." "Oh my gosh, it's a ... fluorescent pink bikini!"

Daxter smiled ecstatically. "Only for my Tessy"

"Oh a pool party! I can't wait."

Daxter's such a devilish little darling. Inviting me to a pool party! One problem though. Jak will be there. All wet and wearing a very small amount of clothing. My breathing reaches the speed of a gyroburster bullet when I think of it. I mean, I practically get an endorphin high when he glances at me so seeing him like that! My eyes would just...my head would just... I cannot see him there, that's all. Oh, I wish my love for him wasn't like, nuclear explosive.

I went to the party of course. The first person to see me was...

"Hi Jak." My voice was high pitched enough to shatter glass.

"Glad you could make it Tess."

His voice was like an unbearable caress. I could feel the temperature around us rise by a few degrees just hearing it. I greeted Ashelin and Keira (ruefully) then Torn and the other FL members.

Daxter, the best pet I ever had, catapulted into my waist, his warm fur tickled like crazy. I glomped him to my chest and the skinny bonebox relaxied in the flab, while I murmured "Daxxie baby," lovingly into his ear. I sat next to Jak around the food. Jak only seemed to want to eat but I know what he was thinking in the back of his mind.

After thirty minutes I had sweated enough to reduce to surrounding area to bog and probably reeked like a steamed sock.

"Drink, Tess?" Keira asked.

Hell yeah, I thought.

The flooding of my mouth was a momentary distraction. No sooner, my tongue was attacked by some vicious, gobbling inferno. I grabbed my throat, hoping to dodge a hurricane of coughing. I then became calmly aware that I was bathed in the gaze of the group.

"Tess are you OK?" Keira again.

"I'm fine," I assured her with watery eyes.

"Strong, isn't it?" I said holding up the belligerent alcohol.

"Yeah, fierce," commented Torn, knocking back a glassful.

The air between me and Jak was charged now about one thousand volts. There was lots of alcohol at the party, knowing Daxter! Jak was drinking so I thought, "Why shouldn't a girl enjoy herself?" and took part.

After a time I wasn't feeling in control of.. myself. But then Wow! The crystal chandelier of all things bright and drunken dropped on my cranium. Precursors the world was beautifully crazy. It was great being out of it at a pool party I decided. The urge to whiz was becoming intense though, a public bladder burst would ensue if a peeing drill didn't happen soon. I got to grips with that urge and ambled off behind a rock, which must have been a metalhead in disguise the way it kept moving away from me.

Meanwhile Jak went to change into swimming shorts at the other end of the valley.

"Don't worry Jak, I'll guard your food and your women while you're gone," Daxter shouted proudly.

It had been ten minutes since I had left the picnic and I was getting kinda confused being lost in the forest when suddenly what did I see? Not just the hottest guy in the world but the king of everything and wondrous core of the universe, Jak! I never had been so dying to confess my love till now!

Jak turned his terrifyingly handsome face toward me. "Tess!" he said mildly freaked at seeing me. I clasped my eyes passionately to his then ran, tripped and banged into his arms in an extremely drunken yet romantic way. Jak looked at me with this like, fearful adoration (I think. It might have been just fear.) So I leaned in further, into that silky heat of his body. He was admiring my chest I think, cause he was looking there with these glossy eyes. Now I would talk though I felt like giggling hysterically.

"Jak."

"Yes?"

"... I'm in love."

"W-with who?"

"With.. someone," and I lapsed into feathery giggles.

I remembered something then. I looked back at him with this barbecuing stare and said the first thing that came to mind.

"Hit Keira for me."

"What?"

"You're a smart cookie Jak. A smart, beautiful cookie."

"Tess, do you know what you're saying?"

"Do you wanna play hide and seek? Those swimming shorts look good on you."

"Uh thanks-"

"You are burning."

"What, where!"

"Hot."

He gaped.

"Wanna take advantage of me?" I enquired.

"Tess stop! You're scaring me."

"Hug me now!"

"That's it, I'm going."

"No, not yet!"

I grabbed him and... OK I was drunk so I can't be held responsible for these actions. I emm, gave him a big slobbery one. By Precursors, it was heaven! Then he... kissed me back, really into it! We kind of needed fresh oxygen so we parted. Then a voice boomed into our ears.

"What are you stopping for?"

"Daxter. Oh shit! Here comes death," I thought.

"There's an audience waiting!"

There was everyone behind him, watching us. Keira and all. You couldn't sum up the anger that darkened most people's faces.

"Don't worry they all paid the fee."

"The fee!"

"Yeah. To see you to kiss the ass off eachother. I'm rolling in the dough!"

"..."