"That's all he said!" exclaimed Sue when Jessica told her what had happened while she was out. They were in Jessica's room. "He's trying to patch things up."
"Key word trying. I want him to say more than sorry. I want him to tell me he truly loves me and will commit. But sorry is a step in the right direction. And he did ask me if I wanted to go to dinner tomorrow with him. I think I'll say yes."
"You better say yes! I can tell you for a fact, because he's my brother, he has waned to say sorry since it happened. He told me that himself."
"If he really loved me why did he have to bring in those two models!"
"Because I'm stupid," Johnny said. He was standing outside the door and had heard this last statement. Sue got up and opened the door.
"Ok, I'm going to leave. Johnny, come see me when you two are done talking," Sue said as she got up and left.
"I will come to dinner with you tomorrow," said Jessica, her head down.
He walked over to her, bent and looked at her face and said, "I'll come get you at six, deal?" She nodded. He smiled and left to talk to his sister.
She was waiting right outside. She looked at him and said, "Screw this up and I swear I'll kill you. Got it?"
"You know, you can be really scary. I won't screw up, scout's honor."
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At the restaurant, Johnny was fingering his bread stick, deep in thought about what to say next. He wanted to tell Jessica that he loved her, but was so nervous, he had already gone into the men's room twice to try to boost his morality. Needless to say, he failed both times.
"Johnny," said Jessica, breaking his thought process. "What's wrong? You look like you're going to throw up."
"Jess," he started. He couldn't believe how hard this was! He decided he would just say and see her reaction. "I love you."
She smiled. "Last time you said that, you had two models and crashed the simulator. What should I expect this time?"
"This." He leaned in and kissed her full on the lips.
When he pulled away, he saw a look of amazement on her face. He smiled. "I didn't see that coming," she said. "Wow. You really mean it this time?"
"Yep."
When they got home, they were holding hands and laughing. Sue jumped up and said, "What happened? Yesterday she hated you and now she's laughing with you?"
"I'll have to tell you in the morning, Sue. I need sleep," said Jessica.
"Me too. Good night," said Johnny. He kissed Sue on the cheek and Jessica on the lips and he went off to his room.
"Night all," called Jessica as she went into her room, smiling all the way. Finally, Johnny had done what she only dreamed he would do.