Penname: Alsper
Original or Derivative (fanfiction): Derivative
Rating/Warning(s)/Note(s): Rated T: Completely different Jalice than you all are familiar with.. js
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Prompt: multimedia share: Hall - http:/www(dot)leedskent(dot)org(dot)uk/images/hall/village_hall_01(dot)jpg
"Well son," my father said from the stage getting my attention. "Do you think you'll behave yourself around Ms. Brandon and get the hall ready for tomorrow?"
I groaned inwardly but nodded. "Yes sir."
Tomorrow night was the churches annual spring dinner and concert. My father, being the pastor, always had Emmett McCarty, myself and Alice Brandon set up. This had been a tradition since we were eight. Although now things were different. For starts, Deacon Brandon and my mother didn't feel the need to babysit us, so we were solely on our own.
I often wondered why Emmett came, but figured it was Alice's way of making sure we weren't left alone.
I could hear the boisterous laugh of my best friend, followed by the musical voice of Alice. Strange things happened to me when it came to Mary Alice Brandon. My former best friend, turned... acquaintance. Every time I was near her, heard her voice, or even hear someone speak of her; my heart would race and break at the same time.
Mom said crushes wouldn't be crushes if they didn't hurt. I reminded myself as I put the last tablecloth in place.
"Another spaghetti dinner?" Emmett asked as he picked up a stack of chairs to bring over.
"Yeah, it's cheaper for the church to feed the community and easy on mom and Mrs. Brandon," I explained. I could see Alice out of the corner of my eyes. She had several strands of twinkle lights in her arms, her heels clicking amongst the hard wood floors as she typed away on her phone.
Probably twittering, I thought, shaking my head.
I was tempted to see what she was tweeting about, but figured it was to Rosalie, which meant I would never see it.
"Earth to Jay, you there man?" I looked to my left where Emmett was looking at me with an eyebrow raised.
"I'm sorry?"
He laughed and shook his head. "You're a real space cadet lately you know that?" he teased.
"Sorry... thinking."
"Oh, how did tutoring dumb ass James go?" he asked. A perfectly honest question that I didn't have an honest answer to.
I glanced over at Alice, who was now looking in our direction, mostly because she heard her boyfriend's name.
"Fine, he's really catching on with the chemistry stuff," I answered sounding more like a robot than myself.
Alice gave me a curious look before returning to her tasks.
Some things were just better left unsaid...