Fifty one
Jessie's POV
I ran as fast as I could. I ran past the athletics track where Charlie was doing PE with my form tutor. I heard him call after me. "Jessie. Jessie where are you going?" he asked. I ignored him and kept running. I glanced back over my shoulder, saw Charlie talking with Mr Crowhurst and as I kept looking, I saw Charlie start running after me. I turned back to face the way I was going and put a burst of speed on and legged it further away. I could hear Charlie gaining on me. Unfortunately we are both long-distance runners and being a boy Charlie had an immediate advantage on me as he was quicker. I felt his hand grab my arm and he pulled me to a stop. "Jessie what's up?" he asked. I spun round to face me. He saw I was crying and looked concerned. He led me to a quiet, private place, near the lake which gives our school its name Lakemead, under one of the trees our school is surrounded by. "What's happened?" Charlie asked me.
I couldn't help myself anymore and I burst into floods of tears, crying uncontrollably. Charlie looked a bit shocked at my outburst. "I can't do this anymore. Lily's dead. Mariella's dead. You never told me you were living on the streets. Josh has been to prison. Jade is self-harming, Zach is dying and possibly self-harming. Rick is jealous of Blake and his role in Grease. Holly is struggling to make friends. I can't do it anymore. I just can't cope." I said crying. Charlie pulled me into a big hug.
"This is why nobody told you about the house fire. You get over anxious and upset. Josh knew," Charlie said, "because Mariella thought he would cope with it better." I just sat in silence and didn't give him an answer. "Listen Jessie. You can cope. You've always done the coping for everyone. You always looked after Josh. You can cope with this Jessie. It's just unfortunate it all came at the same time. Jessie we will get through it together."
I nodded. "Thanks Charlie," I said finally.
"Come on," he said helping me up. It was the end of school so we had Grease rehearsal. Charlie and I walked in. Both of us looked a bit strange. Charlie in his PE kit and me covered in grass stains from the grass and tears rolling down my face.
"Come on you two. I need you both," Miss Gooden told us. We exchanged a raised eyebrow look and hurried forwards. I clambered up onto stage. We were doing the first school scene where I met Frenchy and Rizzo and the other pink ladies. Charlie got paired up with Holly to walk across stage, sit down on a log and pretend to be looking at something in a book. Elektra was with Tee and then were just having a talk at the back of the stage. Frank, Tyler and Johnny were sat on the school bench near the T-birds, trying to be cool and attempt to impress them. Carmen, both Lily's and Jade were all sat in a group, Carmen with fake glasses on pretending to read. She wasn't impressed at being the geek of her group. She moaned that she was too pretty to be a geek. I giggled slightly as she attempted to argue her case with Miss Gooden. She lost and was sat a little bit grumpy.
We ran the scene through quickly so they all knew what they were doing. Obviously there were other extras doing other things but I wasn't sure of their names or what they were meant to be doing. We got to the part where we sing Summer Lovin' and the extras were told to join in with the choruses.
Danny: Summer lovin' had me a blast,
Sandy: Summer lovin' happened so fast,
Danny: met a girl crazy for me,
Sandy: met a boy cute as can be,
Danny: Summer days drifting away,
Sandy: to oh those Summer nights.
T-birds and boys: Well-a, well-a, well-a, uh!
T-Birds and boys: Tell me more, tell me more
Doody: Did you get very far?
Pink ladies and girls: Tell me more, tell me more
Marty: Like does he have a car?
Danny: She swam by me, she got a cramp
Sandy: He ran by me, got my suit damp
Danny: Saved her life, she nearly drowned
Sandy: He showed off splashing around
Both: Summer sun, something's begun
Both: But, uh oh, those summer nights
T-birds and boys: Well-a, well-a, well-a, uh!
Pink ladies and girls: Tell me more, tell me more
Frenchy: Was it love at first sight
T-birds and boys: Tell me more, tell me more
Kenickie: Did she put up a fight?
Danny: Took her bowling in the arcade
Sandy: We went strolling; drank lemonade
Danny: We made out under the dock
Sandy: We stayed out till ten o'clock
Both: Summer fling don't mean a thing
Both: But, uh oh, those summer nights
T-birds and boys: Tell me more, tell me more
Putzie: But you don't gotta brag
Pink ladies and girls: Tell me more, tell me more
Rizzo: 'Cause he sounds like a drag
Sandy: He got friendly holding my hand
Danny: Well, she got friendly down in the sand
Sandy: He was sweet, just turned eighteen
Danny: Well, she was good, you know what I mean
Both: Summer heat, boy and girl meet
Both: But, uh oh, those summer nights
Pink ladies and girls: Tell me more, tell me more
Jan: How much dough did he spend?
T-birds and boys: Tell me more, tell me more
Sonny: Could she get me a friend?
Sandy: It turned colder; that's where it ends
Danny: So I told her we'd still be friends
Sandy: Then we made our true love vow
Danny: Wonder what she's doin' now
Both: Summer dreams ripped at the seams
Both: But, oh, those summer nights.
The song came to a finish and the sound effect of the school bell went off. The cast scattered on stage and ran off to do the next scene.
"Cut," shouted Miss Gooden. "Well done everyone, that was excellent. Blake and Jessie you need to work on holding those last few notes but good work." I looked over at Blake and he rolled his eyes at me. Yet more things for us to do when we got back that night. "Those of you who have just been put in the scene also you need to learn the lines. Luckily I know for a fact that there is a copy of the soundtrack you can all use as I gave it to Jessie." I grinned. I knew where it was... I think.
A/N: I know it's a little bit dull as most of it is lyrics but I had a bit of a block and I needed to put something up. Indigo :)