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Chapter 20: Notes

Jag collapsed onto his bed. He was going insane. He had to be; there was no other explanation as to why he was still thinking about Jaina Solo's damn smile.

He groaned when the phone on his nightstand rang.

"Hello?"

"Hi, Jag?"

"Yes?"

"It's Danni."

He sat up straight and smiled. She was certainly a welcome distraction. "Oh, hey, Danni."

"Hey, I was wondering if you could tell me the assignments that I missed."

"Sure." He got up and walked over to his desk where he had put his book bag. Suddenly, an idea struck him. "Actually, most of the assignments may not make sense without the notes. So, if you want, I could bring them by."

There was a silence on the other end for a moment. "I don't think that's a good idea…"

"Oh." She didn't want him to come over? Wasn't she the one to kiss him first? Before a thousand other suspicious questions could tumble through his mind, she continued.

"But I could go over there. I just… I can't have guys over." He sighed a nearly audible sigh of relief.

"Sounds good. I'll see you in a little while?"

"Yeah. Probably about a half hour."

"Great."

"Bye." She hung up, and Jag felt completely relieved. So she had strict parents. He could understand that. His father wasn't exactly light on discipline.

He took a quick shower and changed into something nicer than his school uniform. Since he couldn't ask her to go out with him that morning, he would ask when she came over.

Almost exactly a half hour later, she arrived. Jag quickly ran a hand over his hair to smooth it down and his other brushed off invisible lint from his shirt before opening the door.

"Hey, come on in."

"Thanks. I can't stay long. I have to pick something up for my mom," she said as she followed him into the den.

"Well, um, I have everything right here." He picked up the short stack of papers he had gotten ready.

"You didn't have to go to all that trouble."

"It wasn't trouble, and I was happy to." She blushed and dipped her head down so her hair covered her red cheeks. The blonde hair mostly covered her small smile, completely unlike Jaina's unabashed – 'No, Fel – focus.' "So… you look all right."

"Oh, um… thanks," she said with a small frown.

He inwardly cringed. His foot had definitely lodged itself in his mouth with that one. "No, no, I mean you don't look sick. I was worried that you had gotten really sick when you didn't come to school today."

The blush returned to her cheeks when he admitted his worry. "It was actually a migraine. I get really bad migraines sometimes."

"Wow, that must suck." And the foot just kept getting deeper – this had to be the night of saying stupid things.

"That's one way of putting it. I have to go, so thank you for the notes."

"Yeah, no problem. Here, let me walk you out."

"Thanks." He led her back to the front door, but stopped before turning the knob.

"Danni, about yesterday –"

"If you want to forget it, that's fine," Danni cut him off. "I mean, we just became friends, so if you think I was too forward or anything, that's okay, I totally understand."

"Um, actually, I was going to ask you out for this weekend."

"Oh… so, um, just ignore what I said. I would love to."

"Good." They stood there smiling at each other for a moment. "So, I'll see you tomorrow?"

"Absolutely." Jag opened the door for her, and after a quick peck on the lips, she left.

Jag smiled and leaned up against the door. He had a date with Danni Quee for Saturday night.

"Jagged?" His mother walked into the foyer, Jag stood up straight again. "Your uncle Wedge is on the phone. He wants to talk to you."

"About what?"

"He and Iella want to have you over for dinner sometime next week." Jag took the phone from his mother slightly reluctantly – couldn't he just have one moment to think about a beautiful girl without the phone ringing tonight?

"Hello?"