SCHOOL IS OUT! YES! I'm hoping to get the story done hopefully by the end of summer but idk. Has anyone ever watched "Madlax" before? Just curious. Well on with the story!

Chapter 11: Friend or Foe?

Chase's POV

Every since that one day, me and Molly haven't been the same.

I get angry at her when we practice, I never visit her anymore, we never even make eye contact anymore!

Is it my fault?

Jessica doesn't think so.

I've been hanging around her an awful lot.

I know she's Darien's partner, which makes her competition, but she reminds me a lot of my old girlfriend Jessie.

Jessie was great. I really thought I was in love.

But then she ran away…

When I came here and met Molly, I completely forgot all about it.

But when I talk to Jessica, the memories of Jessie flood back in.

I'm not sure if that's a good thing or bad thing.

I first met Jessica personally when working one night.

"Welcome to the Brass Bar! I'll be your server Kathy tonight and, hey I know you. Your Darien's cousin!" Kathy said while leading Jessica into the bar.

"Yup." Jessica said coldly.

Kathy caught this and quickly brought down her peppy behavior.

"So, what can I get you?" Kathy said, taking out her pad of paper.

"Nothing much, just a cranberry cocktail, oh but with lemon." She said, turning her attention to Selena dancing in the corner.

"Oh…okay then…" Kathy said turning away.

A cranberry cocktail…

With Lemon?

"What can I get you" I asked.

"Nothing much, just a cranberry cocktail, oh but with lemon please!"

"Lemon?"

"Yeah, I always have everything with lemon, especially my favorite kind of cocktail, which is cranberry."

"Ok then, coming right up!"

"I'm Jessie by the way, we have Calculus together."

"Haha! I thought I knew you from somewhere! I'm Chase!"

The memory faded.

That was the first time I met Jessie.

I walked up to Jessica and asked why she had gotten such a strange drink.

"I always have lemon with my drinks! Especially cranberry cocktails." Jessica said taking a sip out of the glass.

She then started to stare at me weirdly.

"Ha, What?" I asked.

"You're a really good singer; me and my cousin are going to struggle against you." She said looking into her glass. It was nearly empty.

"You mean us right? My partner and I?" I said taking a seat next to her.

"No, just you, your partner isn't very good, but you're fantastic." She said closing her eyes.

I would usually get extremely angry at her for dissing Molly, but for some reason, I couldn't.

"Ah…I see…" I said.

"You know my cousin like her, right?" She said turning towards me, eyes still closed.

"Oh…ummm…no…I didn't know that…" I said, even though I had been guessing it all along.

"Hmm." She hummed.

I sat there astonished. So Darien really does like Molly…

…

This isn't jealousy! It's my…uhhh…older brother protectiveness showing! Yeah…

…

Ok, maybe I'm a bit jealous, but still, it's still awkward for us. I can't tell her about my suspicions.

"Deep thinker huh?" Jessica said. I forgot she was still there.

"Oh, yeah…I guess." Why was it so hard to talk to her?

"Ya know, Uhh, Chase, you're a pretty nice guy. We should hang out." Jessica said leaning back in her chair.

I would have said, 'Why would I hang out with you, you're the enemy!' or something like that, but something told me, I should tell her, "Sure."

"Great, how about tomorrow?" She said.

"Uhh, tomorrow's fine!" I said.

"Alright! It's a date!" She said getting up from her chair.

She put the money for her drink on the counter and gracefully walked out of the room.

I smiled and went back to the kitchen.

Ever since, Jessica and I have been hanging out.

Hanging out with her, made me remember all the good times I had with Jessie.

I noticed I had been neglecting Molly, more and more often.

I didn't like that, but things were still really awkward for us.

"Chase, why can't we hang out any more?" Molly said after a terrible practice.

"Well, Molly, in case you haven't noticed I've been busy." I said turning away from her.

"Oh, yeah that's right, hanging around that Jessica girl. What, is she your girlfriend or something?" She said very harshly.

"She's NOT my girlfriend!" I yelled back.

"Then you're sharing trade secrets with the enemy!" Molly yelled even louder.

"NO!" I basically screamed at her.

"Ha, Chase, what is up with you? We were fine up until Saturday! Ever since you've been trying to push me away!" Molly said. I could now see tears stream down her face.

"I'm sorry." I said a bit harsher then intended.

"You know what I just don't care! Well I bet you have to go see Jessica so bye!" She said slamming the door behind her.

Why did I have to be so mean to her?

It was all because of that stupid kiss!

I was just sitting at home when Jessica came over.

"Chase I really need to talk to you." She said when she came to the door.

"Sure anything!" I said welcoming her in with a smile on my face.

"Well…" She began, taking a seat on the couch.

"I'm not really who you think I am…" She said looking at the ground.

"Oh really, then who are you?" I said with a smirk on my face.

"No I'm serious…" She said.

I quickly changed my expression.

"Chase…I'm really…Jessie…you high school girlfriend…"She said.

"Haha, yeah right!" I laughed. She gave me a stern look.

"Chase! Really look at me!" She said, forcing me to look at her.

It really was her…

"Oh…my…god…"

"Yes Chase, it is me. I didn't want to tell you because I thought it would make it awkward. But…I've realized that…I've fallen back in love with you…" She said.

Love…

She…loved me?

Was…I in love…with her?

Before I knew it, she grabbed me and started to kiss me.

Passionately I might add.

It didn't feel right though.

I refused to kiss back.

It didn't feel the same way Molly's kiss did.

Speaking of Molly…

I looked over and saw to tear filled amber eyes looking through the window…

DUH DUH DUUUUH! Very drama filled! After like 2 weeks of writing this, I'm finally DONE! YES! I don't know why it took so long but hey, I'm cool with it! Alright, see you later!