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A/N: Sorry I am later than I wanted to be. I'm busy with finals but they will be over soon. Won't talk long but I have a couple things to say. On my profile I now posted a link that will bring you to a site where I have a playlist of all the songs so far set up. Each chapter I will add the songs from them to it. There was one I couldn't find so I have a youtube link for that song. So if you guys ever wanted to hear the songs they are there.
Okay well I think that is all I needed to say…
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Chapter 12: Coming to His Senses
Rory's POV
I should be sleeping right now but I couldn't. Instead I am just lying in my bed staring at the ceiling. I couldn't take it anymore I knew what could help me. I grabbed a hoodie and walked to my window. Slowly opening it I crawled out and started walking. Soon I was by Miss Patty's but I could hear noise from inside so I knew I wasn't alone. I decided to quietly look to see who was there since I have never seen anyone here. When I peaked inside I saw it was Jess. He was playing a song I had never heard on his guitar. I snuck inside not making a sound a leaned against the wall listening to him.
"This is the story of a girl
Who cried a river and drowned the whole world
And while she looked so sad in photographs
I absolutely love her
When she smiles
How many days in a year
She woke up with hope
But she only found tears
And I can be so insincere
Making her promises never for real
As long as she stands there waiting
Wearing the holes in the soles of her shoes
Now how many days disappear
When you look in the mirror
So how do you choose
Your clothes never wear as well the next day
And your hair never falls in quite the same way
You never seem to run out of things to say
This is the story of a girl
Who cried a river and drowned the whole world
And while she looked so sad in photographs
I absolutely love her
When she smiles
How many lovers would stay
Just to put up with this shit
day after day
How did we wind up this way
Watching our mouths for the words that we say
As long as we stand here waiting
Wearing the clothes or the soles that we choose
Now how do we get there today
When we're walking too far for the price of our shoes
Your clothes never wear as well the next day
And your hair never falls in quite the same way
You never seem to run out of things to say
This is the story of a girl
Who cried a river and drowned the whole world
And while she looked so sad in photographs
I absolutely love her
When she smiles
[Guitar solo]
And your clothes never wear as well the next day
And your hair never falls in quite the same way
You never seem to run out of things to say
This is the story of a girl
Who cried a river and drowned the whole world
And while she looked so sad in photographs
I absolutely love her
This is the story of a girl
Whose pretty face she hid from the world
And while she looks so sad and lonely there
I absolutely love her
This is the story of a - girl
Who cried a river and drowned the whole world
And while she looked so sad in photographs
I absolutely love her
When she smiles
When she smiles!"
When he was done I couldn't help but started clapping. This must have caught Jess off guard because he jumped and looked up at me.
"Hey Rory what are you doing here?" Jess asked as he set down his guitar.
"Couldn't sleep. I was coming here to see if playing would help me." I said as I sat at the piano. "That was a really pretty song by the way."
"Really? Thanks Rory." Jess replied happily. "So what were you coming here to play?"
"Didn't really plan was just going to play." I said as I started to play a new song.
"That's pretty, does it have an lyrics?" Jess asked as he pulled a chair close to me.
"Yes it does but you will not be hearing them. It isn't finished." I said facing him.
"Fair enough." Jess said with a smile.
"Why are you being so nice all of a sudden? I was pretty sure you hated me." I said looking back to the piano.
"Well I was hoping we could be friends again. I want it to be like old times. And I don't just mean the beginning of this year. I mean when we were seven and inseparable."
I was a little shocked hearing this. I wanted so much just to hug him and say yes but I knew I couldn't.
"Okay well I see that you don't want to be so I will just leave." Jess said as he stood up to leave.
"No Jess. It's not that it is just complicated."
"What is so complicated about being friends?" He said as he walked towards me again.
"Are you serious Jess?" I said raising my voice a little. "Not only did you treat me like dirt for so long but you have a girlfriend Jess. One that hates me and makes my life miserable."
"I know and I am so sorry for treating you that way. I was stupid. I miss you, Paris, Lane, Jamie, and Zach you guys are my real friends. What I don't get is how Crystal has to do anything with us being friends." Jess said looking confused.
"You seriously don't get it do you." I said standing up and looking at him. "If we are friends again she will make my life even more miserable. Don't you remember what happened when we were partners in gym? Yeah she smacked me. She has done that twice now. Even gotten her friends in on it. Not to mention she has spread so much rumors about me. I know I said I didn't care anymore but I really can't take what she will do if we are friends again. I would like to be friends again Jess but I just can't do it. I need more time to forgive you and you being with Crystal doesn't help. You promised you wanted nothing to do with her." I started to tear up knowing this was one of the hardest things I had ever done. "I'm sorry Jess… I really am."
And with that I ran out of Miss Patty's and all the way home. Tears were falling from my eyes and they didn't seem to be stopping anytime soon. I can't believe I just did that. I probably just ruined everything with Jess. He would never want to be friends with me now. When I got back in my window and laid on my bed and just cried myself to sleep.
…. Next Morning …..
I woke up and could feel the dried up tears on my face. I rolled over and started to think. I still can't believe I said all that to Jess. I had finally spoken my mind to him but now all I can think is that I ruined everything. I shook my head trying to forget everything. I quickly got dressed and ready for school. (A/N: Outfit on Profile) Today was a big day. I just hoped everything would work out for me.
Jess's POV
I woke up to my alarm clock blaring in my ear, rolling over I turned it off. I couldn't believe what had happened yesterday. Did Rory mean all those things? I know Crystal is mean sometimes but is she really that bad that it has Rory worried so much. I would give anything to have Rory be my friend again. I remembered how much fun we had when we were younger. I really wish we could be close like that again. Knowing what I needed to do I got out of my bed and got ready for school. I threw on a button up shirt, jeans, my converse, grabbed my bag and I was out the door. (A/N: Outfit on Profile)
I got to school in no time and went to where Crystal always goes in the morning. I saw her with everyone else and sighed knowing she was going to make a big show of this. As I was about to reach the group someone must have alerted Crystal I was coming because she turned around quickly.
"Jessie!" She squealed as she went to try and kiss me.
"Hey Crystal. Can I talk to you?" I said pushing her away.
"Sure." She said smiling.
"Alone?" I said as I noticed everyone was staring.
"Jessie you know that anything you can tell me you can tell them. They are our best friends after all, they will find out anyways."
"Ok then. Why are you so mean to Rory?"
"Really? Why do you care so much about her? She is just a loser that will go nowhere in life. She will always just be a loser. Well now she is a wanna be loser… I mean have you seen her. Well of course you have. She is trying to look hot but she is way to plain to ever be hot. She just doesn't have what she needs to cut it." She said with a giggle.
Everyone else in the group started laughing too. They were all staring behind me and I saw Rory was standing there watching. I was a little shocked seeing her just stand there. She didn't seem to be moving any time soon so I knew I needed to do this. I could finally see that Crystal was nothing but a bully. I don't know why I ever thought that dating her would help get back at Rory. It just made everything so much worse. Anyways what do people see in Crystal. She truly was a bitch and a slut may I say. I looked at what Crystal was wearing. Sure it was it was warm out but she didn't need to show that much skin. I almost gagged when I saw her outfit. I noticed that the other cheerleaders were dressed similar to her. Did all the cheerleaders really need to dress alike? Not to mention they were wearing heavy make-up. (A/N: Outfit on Profile)
"Crystal! Answer the question. You have no right talking about her that way." I shouted. "And she is beautiful she doesn't need to try and be hot." I said quietly.
Everyone in the group gasped so I guess they heard what I said.
"She just wants to steal you from me. That is why she is changing herself. She just wants to take you to prove a point. But you are my Jessie and not hers." Crystal said pouting.
"Are you serious? I am not something you own Crystal. I may be your boyfriend but you don't own me. You know what no…" Crystal smiled thinking I was going to agree that I was hers but oh how she was wrong. " I am not your boyfriend anymore. We are done!" I shouted at her.
"No Jessie you don't mean that." She said grabbing my arm. "Can't you see that this is just what the loser wants? She just wants to break us up. But we belong together."
"Rory is not a loser so stop saying it already. And I am breaking up with you because it is something I want. You are really a bitch Crystal and I don't know why I didn't see that until now."
"You take that back!" She said coming closer to me.
"No. You are a bitch and you and your group of cheerleaders should really learn how to dress properly." I said with a smirk.
"You just ruined any chance you had at staying in this group Jess. You will never be welcome here again."
"Like I really care. None of you have ever been a friend to me anyways. My real friends left this group when I did the first time. I was just stupid enough to come back."
"Dude that is not cool." Logan said.
"It's the truth can any of you truly say you care about me? Can any of you say what I like to do? What my favorite color is?" I said as I looked at everyone they stayed silent. "Yeah that is what I thought." I said turning away to leave.
"You are making a huge mistake." Tristan said.
"No the mistake was leaving my real friends and coming back to you guys."
"Don't think I will take you back when you come crawling back to me Jess. Cause I won't! Any guy would be lucky to have me." Crystal said smirking.
"Oh I won't be coming back Crystal. I don't know why I came to you in the first place. There are way better girls then you out there." I said this as I quickly looked at Rory.
"Are you serious? Crystal is hotter than she will ever be." Dean said. Which earned him a smack from Lindsay. "Hey it's true."
"We are all hot." Madeline said twirling her hair.
"I know!" Louise shouted.
I couldn't deal with them anymore. Was this really how they were? I shook my head and started to walk away.
"Take one more step Jess and we are serious about not letting you come back to us." Logan said.
I turned around to look at the group again, I made sure not to move from where I was. As I saw all of the start to smile thinking I was coming back I gave them a smirk and took one step back. I turned around and continued walking away. I noticed Rory was still standing there so I walked over to her.
"Hey." I said as I put my hands in my pockets.
"Hey Jess." Rory said with a small smile.
"Soo…"
"What you did was pretty amazing. I didn't think you were ever going to do it." Rory said still smiling a little bit.
"Yeah I was stupid I don't know why I even went back to them."
"Cause you were being a stupid jerk." She said smirking a little.
"Oh really." I said with a small smile.
"Yes really."
"So can we be friends again?" I said as I looked at her.
"Well you did hurt me a lot Jess. Not all of that can be forgiven right away. But what you did just now made me trust you a little more again. So I will say yes we can be friends again. But you haven't gained all my trust back yet." She said with a smile.
"Thank you so much Rory. I promise I will gain your trust back." I said smiling.
"You better." She said smirking.
I smiled at Rory knowing I wasn't going to ruin this chance I had to gain her trust back.
A/N: Originally didn't have it end there but the chapter was going to be super super super long so I split it in two parts. Anyways I have the second part pretty close to being done. I should have it up soon hopefully early on in the week. It's my last week of classes before my break so I will have lots of time to write during then. Hope you all enjoyed the chapter. Review if you can I love reading how you guys liked it. Thanks for reading.
