Chapter 3: "You still want Love."

Hey I apoligize for the delay on this chapter. I got a new computer for Christmas, and as always chaos ensued with the other one, and my stories got kinda screwed up. Well review I really want to know what you think. And I want to wish you guys a happy holiday, even though it is kind of late!

~ Haley

Jessie walked into her kitchen and tossed her bag down on the floor.

"Why are you home so late from school?" Her father asked her when he saw her

"Because." Jessie said

"What do you have a taste for, for dinner?" Rick Sammler asked her

"I don't care, it's Eli's turn to choose."

"Alright, well then tell him I am looking for him when you see him, alright?" Rick asked

"Yeah." Jessie said heading up to her bedroom.

Jessie lay on her bed staring up at her ceiling, thoughts ran rapidly through her mind. Thoughts of Katie. Something about her made Jessie forget her pain, she could make her laugh which nobody could do nowadays.

The next day Jessie walked along the halls like a zombie.

"Hey, still asleep?" Katie said as Jessie brushed her in the hallway.

"Yeah, it took forever for me to fall asleep last night." Jessie said leaning up against a locker.

The two were in front of Dimitris room.

"Yeah, I have a hard time falling asleep too sometimes." Katie said

"So how do you fall asleep?"

"A whole lot of Benadryl."

The girl laughed as the bell rang.

"I have to get to class." Katie said. "We're still on for coffee?"

"Yeah." Jessie said heading to her class

Katie walked into Dimitris class with a goofy smile plastered on her face.

"Moving in on Sammler?" Tad asked Katie as he sat down behind her

"No!" Katie said turning around hitting her best friend on the head.

"I never knew she swung that way." Tad said leaning back in his chair

"Whoever said she did?" Katie asked becoming interested

"Nobody, but Sammler has never gone for anybody at all. It doesn't matter. What matters is Jessie Sammler is hot." Tad said grinning, earning himself another smack on the head from Katie.

After school Katie and Jessie went to "Julians", a little coffee shop. The girls chatted about everything on the way there.

"Eli sounds really cool." Katie said laughing after Jessie told her another one of the "This one time when Eli was high," stories.

"Yeah he is."

"So do you know if your step-mom is having a boy or a girl?"

"A boy." Jessie said taking a sip of her coffee.

Jessie watched Katie take a sip of hers down. Katie drank it black. It was actually kind of classy.

"Ah, do you guys have any names yet?"

"Nah, not yet." Jessie said

"Ah, well if I were you I would go with Ethan." Katie said

"I have always loved that name." Jessie said "My mom was going to name Eli that. I have no idea what happened with that." Jessie said laughing

"Are you and your mom close?"

"My mom, about five months ago moved to Denver. I still talk to her a lot, but I haven't seen her since she left." Jessie said

"Why did she move?" Katie asked

"She got married to her physical therapist…" Jessie said simply.

The girls smiled at each other. It was cold outside so the heat must have been on full blast. Jessie began to sweat. Without thinking she pulled up the sleeves of her shirt.

"So Tad was all like- …" Katie stopped mid sentence when she noticed Jessies arms…

Jessie quickly realized her error and yanked her sleeves down and crossed her arms in embarrassment.

They sat for awhile in an awkward silence.

"Why do you do it?" Katie asked her

They had only known each other for two days but to them it felt like a lifetime.

"I don't know." Jessie lied

"You do it to feel." Katie said.

"How do you know?" Jessie asked

"Because… that is why I did it." Jessie waited for Katie to continue. "I was nowhere as bad as you though."

Neither Jessie nor Katie said anything for several moments.

"You are not going to say anything to anyone are you?" Jessie asked nervously

"I don't know. Do I need to?"