As Jonesy was leading Jessica to her new room he tried to pick up a conversation.
"So.. Jessica... Where exactly did you come from?" He asked.
"Well, show me my room first. Then I'll explain." Jess said, shaking. She was uncomfortable talking about this particular subject and wanted to put talking about it off until the time was right. Maybe she'd tell Jonesy, maybe she wouldn't. She was undecided.
"Fair enough."
They walked down a hallway, passing Jen's room and Courtney's room. Finally they reached her room, at the end of the hallway. Jessica opened the door and walked inside. There was a bed already there, and a walk-in closet. Her room was blue, and she decided right off the bat that she was going to paint it purple, her favorite color. Jonesy sat her bags down and sat on the bed, and Jess joined him. It felt kind of awkward. This was the first time Jessica had seen Jonesy in years. She had missed him so much.
"So, do you want to answer my question?"
"Oh, okay." She looked up at her ceiling, feeling uncomfortable, then started again. "Well, mom and dad got divorced about 7 years ago. Dad kept you, Diego, and Robby, and mom took me. I wasn't particularly happy about that, because I had become so close to you. It wasn't fair, so I decided as soon as I could, I would come back. It took me awhile, but I made it. Mom didn't want me to go. She wanted me to stay with her and continue living in Ontario. I told her I missed dad and never got to see him anymore. She wasn't completely convinced, but I got her to let me go."
"Oh... Wow..." Jonesy was shocked. He wondered if his friends would remember her. Jen obviously didn't. Wait! It was all coming back to him! He remembered! He remembered her begging to stay with them, and her mom driving away with her in the backseat. He remembered how similar her and Nikki had been. With their love of piercings and the color purple. But most of all, he remembered how hurt Jude had been when his skateboarding goddess had moved away. He loved her, but never told her. He was devastated. He even gave up skateboarding for awhile. He suddenly remembered everything. "Hey Jess. I have a question for you."
"Yeah. What is it?"
"Well, I was wondering... If.. If you still had a thing for Jude. I mean, you guys were crazy about each other!"
"Oh! Jude! Oh my gosh! Is he still here?!? I have to see him!"
"Okay okay! Sheesh! But first answer my question."
"Well... Yeah, if he's anything like he was when we were 9."
"Do you wanna go see him? He's probably at the mall." Oh crap! The mall! "Hey, if we're gonna go, we should get going. You can ride with me, but I have to warn you, I drive pretty fast."
"That's.. Um.." Jess had never rode anywhere with Jonesy, so she wasn't sure if he was a safe driver or not. His eyes looked impatient, as if he was going to be late for something, so she decided to take a risk. "That's fine." She gulped. What had she gotten herself into?
"Great! Come on!" Jonesy said, as he grabbed Jessica's arm and dragged her along with him. They said a quick goodbye to their parents and headed for the mall.