My Heart Will Go On: Part 5
"Dude, what's 'The Great Gatsby'?" AJ asked Randy staring at the computer screen.
"Hey, don't ask me, I'm just as stupid and clueless as you are." Randy said laughing as he looked through his collection of CD's.
Just then Jay walked in. "Hey, Jay." AJ greeted yawning.
"Fuck off." Jay grumbled in response.
"Yeah, okay. Listen I need you to tell me something." AJ said ignoring Jay's remark.
Jay sighed and looked at him. "I'm NOT going to talk you up for Trish, okay? I know your game, you're not going to hurt her."
"I never said anything about you talking me up for Trish. I can do that myself. I need you to tell me what in the hell 'The Great Gatsby' is."
"Since when are you all of a sudden interested in a book?" Jay asked shocked. The last time Jay had seen AJ with a book of any sort was four years earlier, and it was for their English class, and it was FHM magazine or something.
"It's a book?" He asked curiously.
"You want me to tell you about one of the most famous books ever and you didn't even know it was a book?" Jay asked lying on his bed.
"Yes." AJ replied simply.
"Fine," Jay said sighing. "It's a book, written by Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald. It's called 'The Great Gatsby'. It was written in 1925. The setting of the story is in Long Island and New York City during the 1920's. Nick Carraway, the narrator, works as a bond broker in Manhattan. He becomes involved in the life of his neighbor at Long Island, Jay Gatsby, a shady and mysterious financier, who is entertaining hundreds of guests at lavish parties. Gatsby reveals to Nick, that he and Nick's cousin Daisy Fay Buchanan, had a brief affair before the war. However, Daisy married Tom Buchanan, a rich, but boring man of social position. Gatsby lost Daisy because he had no money, but he is still in love with her. He persuades Nick to bring him and Daisy together again. Gatsby tries to convince Daisy to leave Tom, who, in turn, reveals that Gatsby has made his money from bootlegging. Daisy, driving Gatsby's car, hits and kills Tom's mistress, Myrtle Wilson, unaware of her identity. Gatsby remains silent to protect Daisy. Tom tells Myrtle's husband it was Gatsby who killed his wife. Wilson murders Gatsby and then commits suicide. Nick is left to arrange Gatsby's funeral, attended only Gatsby's father and one former guest." Jay took a deep breath as he finished telling AJ what The Great Gatsby was about.
AJ sat in silence and looked at Jay. "How could you possibly know all that?" AJ asked in shock. "The book sounds boring as hell."
"I've read it four times." Jay replied simply. "It's a good book. But I still want to know why you have a sudden interest in 'The Great Gatsby'."
"What? I just wanted to know because I was going to read it." AJ said smiling. When he heard Randy laugh a little he shot him a glare.
"Sorry." Randy whispered, covering his face so he could silently laugh.
AJ turned his attention back to Jay and smiled. "What stores do they sell it in?"
Jay looked at him and shook his head. "Any store that sells books." Jay said yawning. "I'm going to bed. If you want to know anything else look it up on the Internet." Jay said closing his eyes and falling asleep.
"Dude, you know that was the dumbest question ever right? I mean, I haven't read since like, second grade, but even I knew where they sold books." Randy said calming himself down from laughing.
"Shut up, okay? I have my blonde moments, sue me."
"Blonde moments? That was beyond a blonde moment." Randy said laughing again.
"Fuck you and go to sleep." AJ said turning back to his computer. "Asshole." AJ mumbled looking through Trish's personal information again.
The Next Day
When Trish woke up the next morning she saw Jay, Carlos, Beth, and Jillian sitting on the other side of the room laughing.
She slowly sat up in the bed, and ran her hand through her hair. She looked at the time and saw that it was 8:45 in the morning.
"Classes don't start until ten o'clock." Jillian informed her.
"Fascinating." Trish said sarcastically. She got up and got her clothes out of her dresser, then walked into the bathroom and closed the door.
"That girl has the worst attitude I've ever seen." Carlos said laughing.
"I don't know what's wrong with her, but we'll find out once she gets used to being here." Beth said brushing her hair.
"Hopefully." Jay added sighing.
Outside
AJ smiled as he saw Trish walk out of her building that her dorm was in. He pulled the copy of 'The Great Gatsby' from his back pocket in his jeans and opened to a random page and pretended to read. He started to walk while he was "reading" and purposely bumped into Trish dropping the book in the process.
"I'm sorry." AJ said helping her up off the ground.
"Whatever," Trish started, but she stopped talking when she saw the book lying on the ground in front of her. She knelt down and picked it up. "You're reading 'The Great Gatsby'?" She questioned standing up straight and looking at him curiously.
"Yeah, I love it. It's one of my favorite books." He said smiling.
"Mine too. I absolutely love Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald." Trish stated handing him back the book.
"Yeah, me too. I also love the book 'The Fountainhead'." He said remembering that that book was also listed as one of her favorites.
"I love that book. It's my absolute favorite." Trish said smiling for the first time in what felt like forever.
"You have a really beautiful smile." AJ pointed out as him and Trish began to walk together.
"Um… thank you." Trish replied turning her head away for a second to hide the fact that she was probably blushing a deep red right now.
"Hey, um… do you think you would want to go out with me tomorrow night?" AJ asked stepping in front of her.
"Oh, uh… I don't know." Trish said sighing.
"Please?"
Trish sighed but agreed. "I guess."
"Great!" AJ exclaimed happily. "I'll pick you up at your dorm around eight o'clock tomorrow night." He said smiling.
"Okay." Trish said walking away. "Bye."
"Bye." AJ replied waving.
AJ laughed. "Perfect." He mumbled laughing even more.
A/N: I know, not the best chapter, but yeah. R&R. Thanks.