A/N: Hey guys, sorry I know I haven't updated ANY of my stories

in a while, just been busy with school and stuff. I'll update all my

stories over the break though.

I turned around slowly, it was a voice I recognized but didn't want

to, it made my blood boil.

"John? What are you doing here?!"

Jack's P.O.V.

"Look, just calm down, I just want to talk."

"What about?" Not heeding his words at all, which meant I just got even angrier.

"Oh yeah, you can have this back." I said, shoving my hand into my pocket and

taking out the list that Dawn had given to me with the names of all his "special

girls" and threw it at him.

He picked it up the crumpled paper from the ground, not recognizing it one bit.

"What is this?" I sighed in exasperation.

"Well if you open it…" I said giving him the obvious nudge he needed. He rolled

his eyes at my comment, but listened. I knew he knew what it was immediately

after he opened it, his shocked face was enough but he quickly tried to hide it with

a smug look.

"Where'd you get this?" he asked shaking his head. "I really thought I lost it." He

said more to himself this time.

Honestly, I was expecting him to deny that it was his, being the coward that he is.

"Where I got it from isn't the real problem is it?" I said, my anger soothing from

my face but still evident in my voice.

"No, I guess not but still." He said looking me dead in the eye. I shook my head.

Whatever.

Before I decided to walk away, into my house, I had one question left that no one

else could answer but him.

"Why?"

"Why what?" he asked back, folding the paper and putting it back into his pocket. I

pointed to the sheet before it all went away into his pocket.

"Why play all those girls? Why not choose one?" he shrugged, actually looking

thoughtful for a moment.

"Answer me this: When you go to a buffet, do you pick up just one dish, or do you

want to try them all?" I wasn't really sure where he was getting at.

"Um, try them all I guess." John raised his hands like a teacher would do after his

student finally understood a concept. He walked over to my porch and sat on the

steps as my eyes followed him.

"Exactly Jack! That's why I have this." He said, patting his pocket where his

infamous list of girls were. "Think of this as my "menu"" he said air-quoting his

last word.

"So you're saying all these girls to you are just foods, you don't care about any of

their feelings, and when you're done with them you just throw them aside!" I

shook my head.

I can't believe this guy. I'm actually friends with this jerk.

"Wait now listen, I wouldn't say I don't have feelings for them. Trust me I do, if I

didn't they wouldn't be on this list. The list is just to keep me organized. I actually

do care about their feelings. People say I'm a jerk, but I'm not heartless."

"You are! Eventually they're all going to find out about each other. Kim already-"

I had to stop myself there. I'm not sure how he would feel about me blabbing his

stupid secret to any of the girls. Not sure Kim would want him to know either.

"Wait you told Kim ?!" he shouted as he shot up from my steps.

"Uh.. yeah. But hey! I'm not the one dating 9 girls at the same time! You're the

one in trouble here, not me!" I almost yelled back, he ran his fingers through his

hair frustrated at the least.

"She doesn't know who the others were right?" I shook my head no, as he paced

back and forth frantic. His face suddenly lit up as he looked at me.

"Now I get why you were so mad about this." He said as he had his list out again,

waving it in the air. He must have registered my confused expression because he

soon started to explain. "You don't really care about these other girls, you're just

so over-worked about this because you like Kimberly." I was shocked that he

knew, but hell! Like I was going to let that show and hive him any kind of

satisfaction towards me.

"Pft! Yeah right, I'm mad because this is wrong and we both know it." I almost

yelled back, dropping myself on my steps.

"Oh come on Jack, you told me that you liked her a few months after you moved

here, and besides you make it so obvious.

I mentally scolded myself for that. "Wait, I don't remember telling you." I said,

confused.

Wow, I guess we were closer friends than I thought. I wouldn't just go blabbing

that secret to anybody unless I trusted them.

"Yeah man I almost forgot too, but you did, and that's why you're mad." He said

sitting down next to me. I sighed, guessing he wasn't leaving anytime soon.

"You're right, but thanks to you, everything between us is ruined, and I messed it

up even more if that's even possible." He nodded, knowing very well what I was

talking about. My words hung in the air as I watched John unfold his list and his

eyes scroll over the list.

"Not to be rude or anything," he said, finally speaking up, "but maybe you should

forget about Kim."

"What?!" I said, so surprised I didn't even try to hide it.

"Wait wait, just hear me out." I nodded for some reason, allowing him to continue.

"I'm not saying that you should totally push her out of your life, but just let go of

her for a while. You've been trying for a LONG time, since before you even told

me you liked her, and maybe taking a break from it would help with her. Tell me,

which is more important to you right now, a relationship with her or you guys

friendship?" I thought about his words as he looked at me for an answer, I didn't

want to admit it, but what he was saying made some sense.

"Friendship." I answered truthfully. John nodded.

"You don't have to tell me that you guys had a fight, I can see that clearly given

the fact that you told her about this," he said rising up the list. "I honestly didn't

mean for this to come between you guys, but since it did, I'm responsible for

helping you out this little funk you're in." I raised an eyebrow up at him,

"And how exactly are you going to do that? I honestly don't know how I can just

forget about her." John smiled as he dropped his list infront of my eyes.

"That's how." I stared at him not understand how this stupid list was going to help

me. He sighed.

"Jack, its bad getting tied down to one girl like this, I'm not saying you can't like

her, but try another girl. To get your mind off things." He stated, I understood...but

I wasn't sure…

"Come on, you know more than half of the girls at our school are dying for you to

just talk to them. And be honest, you've dated a girl before just to get your mind

off another." I nodded, sadly knowing it was true. I had done that before, but I tried

my best not to hurt her cause I honestly cared.

Maybe I should do this…just to get my mind of Kim. I need to give her space

anyway and wait for her to come around because I know she doesn't want to see

me now, much less talk to me.

John saw me contemplating on what I should do.

"Here, I'll help you choose tomorrow at school. Maybe you can even help me get

rid of some of these girls on this list before they really are hurt. Deal, till the

secrets out?" he asked holding his hand out for me to shake. Saying our famous

line that we always said whenever we made a deal with each other back when were

closer friends with another.

I thought this over.

It won't be all bad, right? After all, I am helping his turn his wrong mistake into

a right one, and it's going to benefit my problems with Kim… maybe…

I shook his hand.

"Deal, till the secrets out."

AN/: Review and tell me what you think about Jack's decision with

his old friend John :O !