"Uhn...Hello?...Hey!! I'm surprised you called me this late. What's the occasion, sweetie? I've missed you, you know...Yeah...Yeah I know her, she's my best friend down there...Huh?...You WHAT?! But...I thought...Don't hang up on me!"
Eddie was asleep soundly, and Adam was snug in his bed, a collection of empty soda cans around him. The night was almost over, in that dark state just before dawn. Jeffery lay slumped on the floor, sleepless. Too much soda, he thought, remembering nights back at home when his mother would gripe at him for staying up so lat, watching zombie movies and eating all of the snakcs and such. It had been a pretty fun night, with all the snacks and video games, and the occasional times one of them would pass out and they would draw and mess with each other. Jeffery thought about going home, even at the early hour before him. He slowly sat up, soda cans and crumbs falling off of him. He got up, onlt to sit down quickly on the couch where Eddie was sleeping. He would get head rushes from time to time whenever he would get up after sitting or laying for long periods of time. The blood would rush to his head, his eyesight would go blurry and he would get dizzy and usually fall down. He shook it off the best he could, and noticing the blankets on the ground, he tucked Eddie back in.
He squinted his eyes as he stepped out into the fading dark world, the river quietly running ahead of him. He shut the door quietly, trying not to disturb anyone. The world looked peaceful, shimmering in the dim sunlight that was just peeking over the edge of the horizon. It made Jeffery smile. It was too nice of a morning to be sleeping. He walked down to the river and looked in the brisk water into his own reflection. He knelt down and splashed some water on his face to wake him up (and to wash it, considering the food stains on the corner of his mouth).
He walked on the bank of the river, listening to the clear water flow soothingly. He followed it downstream aways past Jade's house. The water began to move faster, and Jeffery almost walked upon (and off) the waterfall that connected the river down to the lower acres.
"Whoaa." Jeffery looked at the beautiful sight before him. The water shot off the cliff in a magnificent manner, gleaming in the newborn sunlight.
He sat down next to the edge of the waterfall, leaning on his hands. He smiled brightly upon the day dawning before him. Until he heard...sniffling?
Jeffery looked around. "Hello?"
The sniffling continued, coming from his right. Jeffery got up to investigate. He followed the sniffling to a tree, and knowing the last incident with a tree, he looked up, and found a crying Jade.
"Jade?" asked Jeffery, slightly worried. "What are you doing up so early?"
She sniffled. "Why do you have a chip bag on your head?"
Jeffery felt his head. Indeed, there was an empty chip bag caught on his hat. He shoved it in his pocket and shifted his expression. "Well, why are you in a tree?"
She wiped her nose. "So..I can watch the sunrise..." her voice trailed off.
"Why are you crying?"
"...Allergies..."
Jeffery wasn't convinced. "Come on Jade, you know that was the lamest excuse ever."
She surpressed a light giggle. Jeffery was right. "Come up here and I'll tell you."
Jeffery climbed up the trunk of the tree with some effort, and sat on a branch acorss from her. There WAS a nice view from up here.
Jade twirled her paws. "Well, I got a call from my boyfriend this morning, and apparently he had been at a party, which he never told me about..."
Jeffery nodded slowly. "And?"
Jade held her face in her hands. "He got drunk...and he was messing around, getting stupid... and he slept with my best friend!" She burst into tears.
Jeffery looked at her sadly. She was sobbing hard, the tears leaking from her paws. He shifted over to her branch and sat next to her.
"It's okay," Jeffery started, not knowing completely what to say. "That guy's a jerk. If he respected your relationship with him he should'nt have done that."
Jade lifted her head slightly, but the tears still ran. Jeffery patted her on the back.
"You don't deserve a guy like that, Jade," he said to her.
Jade nodded and closed her eyes in heartfelt pain. "You're right," she said, the tears streaming. "He shouldn't have treated me that way. I don't need Rover."
Was he hearing things? Jeffery looked at her, shocked. "Rover?" he asked.
She nodded slowly. "I don't think you know him."
Now Jeffery was mad. First, Rover had stolen his money, and now he had broken Jade's heart! Boy, if he ever got his hands on him again...
"I know him," Jeffery said quietly, hiding his agitations.
Jade leaned on Jeffery suddenly, which startled him. "Thank you for talking to me," she muttered, looking ahead at the sunrise.
Jeffery looked down at her and noticed her tears had stopped, and she was smiling.. Jeffery patted her on the back again, and it turned into a hug.
"You're welcome."
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"Ugh...morning."
Adam stared up at his ceiling from his bed. He despised mornings, especially the ones after a party. He moaned.
Smoke drifted into eyesight, and the smell of breakfast danced on his snout.
Adam sat up, startled to see Jeffery and Eddie happily cooking. Adam sighed and flopped back down on his bed.
"What are you doing with my poor, defenseless kitchen?" he asked without much emotion.
Eddie spoke first. "Hungry! Here yours, Adam!"
Eddie passed Adam a steaming plate of eggs, bacon, and acorn pancakes. Adam looked down at his breakfast, and began to eat it slowly.
"You're awfully cheery," Adam told Jeffery with a mouthful of pancakes.
Jeffery turned off the stove and picked up his plate. He plopped on the couch and began to eat. "Yep," he said. "I feel like a million Bells!" He ate of forkful of eggs happily.
"Uh, why? It's like... morning..." Adam said sleepily.
"Jeffery be good friends with girl!" Eddie exclaimed, dropping his bacon.
Adam laughed a bit, spewing a bit of fod on his blanket. "Jeffery's got a lady-friend, huh?"
"I do not!" Jeffery denied. "She's just a friend."
Eddie poked him. "That not what I saw! Jade lean on you like she means business."
Jeffery glared at him.
"You and JADE?" Adam said, his plate of food already gone. "I thought she had a boyfriend."
"He cheated on her," Jeffery told him. "He was messing around with some girls at a party...And she's not my girlfriend! That'd be weird, animals and humans don't mix."
Adam dropped his plate in the sink. "What's that supposed to mean?" he joked.
Jeffery growled and finished eating.
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Jeffery left after awhile. Adam and Eddie had to go restock Adam's house; they had pretty much eaten everything.
Jeffery walked into his house. Nothing had changed, just a dank room with little furniture. He plopped down on his bed and stared up at the ceiling, and began to think.
Jade's just my friend. I don't have any sort of relationship with her like that, and I never will. Come on, a human and a cat, as a couple? No way. But I don't have to worry. She'd never think of me as more than a friend. I'm a totally lame guy, I can't even stick up for myself. There's nothing to like about me. Averagely lame Jeffery. That's me, and I'll never change. She was just happy that I cheered her up, is all...
Jeffery sighed and rolled over, the lack of sleep getting to him.
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I updated it some. Look!
Sorry for the short chapter, everyone. I've been under stress lately with my family, so I apologize for its lateness.
Uh, thank you everyone that reviewed me! I appreciate it.
About Jade and Jeffery, I don't think it will get TOO personal. An animal and human couple WOULD be weird. But hey, it's the world of FanFiction, anything can happen.