Chapter 3
Early October
September passed in relative normalcy. The usual school events kept the gang busy. The guys went through their paces and made the football team (not that anyone was surprised that Morgan, Elliot, Fin & Brian were back on the team). Alex and Kathy held cheerleader tryouts and they managed to fill the three empty spots that were vacated by the graduating seniors of the last school year. The girls sat in the bleachers every day as they waited for practice to end and their boyfriends to finish.
Olivia sat in the bleachers waiting for Alex and the cheerleaders to finish their practice. Emily took to sitting with JJ, who always waited for Alex to give her a ride home. Emily also started riding in JJ's car with Alex and Olivia and JJ's little brother Mark.
Emily sat on the bleachers and looked around. The guys were doing tackling drills near the center of the field, each taking a turn at running towards a tackling dummy and trying to move it a few paces. Emily smiled, the grunts, war cries and the general aggressiveness the guys were displaying was...almost comforting. Shed known them all for a month now and they had accepted her into their 'family' as soon as JJ had given the okay. Emily watched the guys that were now her friends. Yeah, they were tough on the field but, Emily knew that when they were off the field and with their friends and girlfriends, they were the biggest teddy bears around.
A flash of movement in the corner of her eye caught Emily's attention and she turned her head to see what it was. She found herself smiling again as she saw JJ, Olivia and Garcia laughing at something on Garcia's laptop. Emily was curious now, what did the tech whiz have on her laptop that had JJ laughing like that?
JJ laughed at the video that was playing on Garcia's laptop. It was a clip from youtube of college students acting out the opening scene of the original Super Mario Brothers game. It was funny and impressive. JJ saw that Emily was looking at them and she felt a fluttering in her stomach that had become an all too common occurrence in the month that she'd known Emily.
JJ let her gaze wander over the brunette as she thought back to the month that had passed. Having Emily in all of her classes turned out to be both a blessing and a curse as JJ began to develop feelings for Emily that went far beyond simple friendship. JJ sat next to Emily in every class and she often found herself paying more attention to Emily than to the teacher. JJ noticed very quickly that Emily was really smart. She also wasn't shy about answering the teachers questions, though she sometimes forgot to raise her hand first. Emily had explained to JJ that the schools she'd attended in Europe during some of her mother's assignments didn't make you raise your hand to speak.
Emily had adjusted fairly well but still sometimes forgot and JJ only smiled when that happened...especially when it happened in Strauss' class because the blond teacher would get really silent for a few seconds before admitting that Emily was right. Seeing Emily every day in every class was also a form of torture for JJ because she still had no idea if Emily was even gay or straight. Olivia refused to tell her, saying it was Emily's question to answer, but JJ didn't have the guts to ask.
If Emily was straight and JJ asked her if she was gay, it could really offend her and it could also make her think that things like that mattered to JJ. It only mattered to the blond athlete because she needed to know if she even had a shot with the beautiful brunette. JJ sighed to herself as she realized that she'd never know if she didn't ask and she was too scared to ask. If she asked, and Emily turned out to be straight, she'd lose the tiny sliver of hope she was holding on to and JJ wasn't ready to lose that...not yet.
Emily was sitting in the backseat of JJ's car as the blonde drove her home. Alex was sitting in the front seat and Olivia was sitting behind her girlfriend with JJ's brother Mark between her and Olivia. Emily looked out the window, silently trying to figure out a way to let JJ know she was interested without scaring the girl away. She had tried getting the information out of Olivia but her cousin had just given her a blank look before saying that it was 'JJ's question to answer'. Emily knew better than to ask anyone else after that...if her own cousin wouldn't tell her she doubted anyone in the group would tell her either.
Emily smiled as she realized JJ had put another 80's CD in the player for the ride home. She tuned in long enough to recognize the chorus from Talk Dirty To Me by Poison and she grinned. She couldn't help but wonder about the significance of such a raunchy song being on JJ's CD. It seemed to hint at a hidden side to the blond that Emily was suddenly very eager to become acquainted with, intimately if possible.
Olivia saw the smile on her cousin's face and decided to have a little fun with her. She tapped Alex on the shoulder, a silent signal they'd worked out a few weeks ago that let Alex know Olivia was going to say something that was meant to tease JJ and Emily.
Alex felt the tap and she finished her thought about the football teams chances of winning the homecoming game in two weeks. She felt confident that the team would continue their winning streak from last year, despite the loss of three senior linebackers.
Olivia grinned as JJ just nodded and she raised her voice to be heard from the back seat. "Hey, JJ I know this is your car and you control the radio but, can't we listen to something from this century?" Olivia was just teasing. She liked the 80's too but she wasn't stuck in them the way JJ seemed to be.
JJ glanced quickly first at Emily through the rear view mirror before she focused on Olivia, "trust me Liv, this is way better than what passes for music this century. But you know if you don't like it I can always pull over and let you walk home." JJ grinned, turning the wheel a bit to let Olivia see that she had no problem pulling over. JJ was bluffing but she knew Olivia well enough to know she wouldn't call her bluff.
"You don't have to get extreme JJ, I'm just saying...maybe Emily doesn't like this music." Olivia turned to wink at her cousin, knowing full well that Emily was also stuck in the 80's...it was one of the many reasons she knew that Emily and JJ were meant to be together.
Emily just put her hands up and said, "hey leave me out of this, I happen to love this song." Emily was unaware that her cousin was teasing the blond, that this was actually an old argument between them whenever Liv was in a playful mood.
JJ heard Emily's admission that she loved the raunchy, fast paced song and she couldn't stop the grin on her face. The song was in JJ's top 10 favorites list. It was just a fun song and she liked it mostly for that reason...the underlying sexual nature of the song was secondary to the blond athlete.
"Finally, someone with great taste in music! Thank you Emily." JJ said, grinning at Emily through the mirror. The thought that popped into JJ's head as she saw Emily grin back caught her off guard. speaking of taste...Id love to kiss her just once.
Mark looked between his sister, and her two friends and rolled his eyes. Liv couldn't be more obvious, in Mark's opinion, in her attempt to get Emily and JJ talking to each other. He knew though, that JJ was oblivious as usual. His sister was hot, and as gross as the thought was to him (as her brother) he knew that she could have anyone she wanted without even trying. Mark glanced at Emily, even Emily. He could tell just by looking at her as she grinned at his sister that she liked JJ. Mark knew that girls could usually tell when a guy liked them but he was starting to wonder if, being gay, took that ability away from his sister. If she really couldn't see that Emily was into her, she had to be blind.
JJ pulled up to the curb in front of Alex's house and put the car in park. She turned to Olivia, "Liv, you gonna hang here with Alex or staying for the ride home?"
Liv looked to Emily and then saw that Alex had turned to look at her. Liv caught the look in Alex's eyes that was telling her to get out of the car with her. Alex wanted to spend some time alone with her girlfriend and at the same time give JJ and Emily some time alone in the car...as alone as they could be with Mark in the backseat anyway.
Liv just smiled, "I'm gonna hang here for a bit. I'll find my own way home later."
"Ok, cool. See you guys tomorrow." JJ said, knowing Liv would never pass up a chance to be alone with Alex. She watched as her friends said their goodbyes and got out of the car. She turned to Emily then, "hey Emily, why don't you come sit up front now that they're gone?"
"Sure". Emily wasn't going to pass up the chance to sit next to JJ. It was becoming a common routine. JJ would drop Alex off first and more often than not, Liv stayed with Alex. Then Emily would move to the front, leaving Mark the whole back seat to himself. He took advantage of that and usually laid down to take a nap for the remainder of the ride.
Emily got out and walked around the front of the car, purposely giving JJ a chance to look at her as she crossed the width of the car and reached for the front passenger door. Emily opened the door and slowly slid in, her slim, long legs encased in dark blue denim. She settled into the seat and closed the door, ignoring the soft sound of JJ taking in a deep breath. Emily grinned a little as she turned toward the window to reach for the seat belt. She knew what that sound usually meant...she'd heard it enough in the past right before some random girl fell into her arms.
Emily secured the belt before she turned to JJ, "Ok ready to go."
JJ nodded, not trusting her voice just then. JJ pulled away from the curb and slid back into the street. She drove in silence for a bit before she could trust her voice, "so it's been a month, what's the verdict?"
Emily turned to JJ, confused. She glanced into the backseat and saw Mark was laying down again, his eyes closed. She turned back to JJ, "the verdict? About what?"
"The town, the school. How does it compare to Europe?" JJ asked, smiling. Inside though, she was a little nervous. She hoped that Emily was liking her time in town and at the school. JJ didn't know how she'd react if Emily told her that she was regretting her decision to spend her senior year in such a small, quiet town.
Emily took a moment to think about the question, not wanting to give JJ a flip answer that she didn't mean. Emily thought back to her experiences in Rome, London, and Paris and then to her time there with JJ, Olivia and their friends and she realized that there was no comparison. "You know, I think I much prefer being here than I did my schools in Europe."
The skeptical look on JJ's face drove Emily to explain, "I mean, yeah the schools were good and don't get me wrong being so close to all that history, glamour and, yes, shopping, was great but...I never really made friends easily. I usually had one maybe two close friends but that was about it. But here," Emily paused, trying to find the words to explain, "I mean... here I have Liv, who is like a sister to me. And there's you and the guys and the girls and this whole group of people who've accepted me into their circle. I thought I was going to have to spend my senior year in Paris, alone and lonely, but instead I get to spend it with my cousin and a great group of friends and there's no contest JJ."
JJ listened and she realized that Emily had a point. JJ knew that while she would love to see Europe some day, she'd never give up her friends to do it. She could never sacrifice knowing her friends for a chance to see Europe and she was suddenly thankful that she had never been faced with that choice.
"Makes sense. You're one of us now Emily. The guys will always have your back, the girls too. We look out for each other, we're family and you're part of that now." Even though the feelings I have for you are so not sisterly in any way shape or form.
Emily was thinking the same thing. She liked the concept of being considered family but she wanted something more from the blond sitting next to her.
JJ turned onto Liv's block and she suddenly realized she didn't want her time with Emily to end just yet so she turned to the brunette and asked, "hey um, since Liv is with Alex today and I know that Fridays are her mom's late shift, do you wanna hang out at my place today? We can get some homework done and I know my mom would love to have you back for dinner." Emily, with Alex and Liv, had already had dinner at JJ's house twice and each time, her mom had never stopped smiling. Emily was polite, respectful and best of all, she praised Laura Jareau's cooking as if it was the food of the Gods. She was sincere and it was the sincerity that really broke through JJ's mom's defenses and had her blushing like a schoolgirl at the praise.
Laura had told Emily that she was always welcome in their house, and that she shouldn't hesitate to come over for dinner anytime.
Emily had really won over JJ's mom and her dad wasn't far behind. Especially after the second visit when Emily had seen JJ, Mark and their father playing basketball and had joined in. She'd conceded to Mark's idea of playing guys against girls and when Emily and JJ had beaten the 'men' by three baskets, Daniel Jareau had taken it in stride and done something that he'd never done with any of JJ's other friends...he hugged Emily and said, loud enough to be heard by Emily but low enough that he could deny it if anyone else heard, "welcome to the family Emily."
When JJ had asked Emily what her father had said, Emily repeated the words and then turned to walk back into the house but JJ's hand on her arm stopped her. "he said that? Wow."
"What's the big deal? I mean I'm sure he's said that to all your friends, right?" Emily had liked the sentiment but she'd brought herself back to earth by realizing that he probably said it to all of JJ's close friends.
"Um, no Emily. He's never said that to any of them. He talks to them yeah and he even sometimes plays one on one with the guys but he's never said that to any of them."
Emily tried not to react to that but she couldn't help it...JJ's father had welcomed her to the family. Emily hoped the sentiment would still hold true if it ever came out that she was having less than pure thoughts about his daughter.
Emily came back to the present when JJ placed her hand on her arm to get her attention. "Hey, where'd you go just then?"
"Um...nowhere, was just thinking. I'd love to hang out at your place. As long as I can get a ride home later."
"Of course. Door to door service, I promise. Let's go."
JJ drove right by Liv's house, not even glancing at the house as she drove by...if she had she would've seen Liv's mom sitting on the porch, talking on her cell phone.
Serena Benson watched as the familiar Mustang drove by her house and realized that she now had the whole afternoon to herself. She'd managed to get off work earlier than she usually did on Fridays and she'd come home, expecting to spend the day with her daughter and her niece. But that wasn't going to happen so she smiled. She heard the voice on the other end of the line and said, "Marina, please tell Elizabeth that Emily is just fine. She's making friends and seems to be adjusting quite well here. She can stop worrying...yeah I know that Liz will always worry about Emily...yes I am aware of what happened in Rome...no, Liv told me...no Mar, I think that was an isolated incident...Emily seems more at peace than she did the last time I saw her...trust me Mar, Liv's friends are above reproach...yeah I'll keep my eyes open...you know she's like my own, her and Liv are like sisters..." Serena laughed, "yeah...they have a lot in common...ok well I'll talk to you tomorrow, tell Jon I said hi...yeah...ok bye sis." Serena closed her cell phone, grinning at her sister's words. Marina seemed to think that Emily and Olivia would make a perfect couple, if it wasn't for the fact that they were closer than sisters.
Serena, though, knew it would never occur to the two girls and she was thankful for that. Serena really liked Alex Cabot and she saw that the blond had a very calming effect on her hot tempered daughter. They balanced each other out and Serena was glad that Liv had found her other half.
JJ pulled into her driveway and turned her car off. She glanced into the backseat and raised her voice, "wake up Mark, we're home."
Mark opened his eyes, he'd only been dozing, pretending sleep to let his sister talk to Emily without an audience and now he saw it was pointless. JJ was never going to get a clue and he felt like just shaking some sense into his sister but he knew that wouldn't be smart...JJ could kick his ass without breaking a sweat.
Mark left the car and went in the house. He said hi to his mom then made for his room, already dreading the homework that awaited him.
Laura Jareau looked out the kitchen window and saw JJ and Emily getting out of the car and heading for the back door. She smiled, she liked Emily. She and Daniel had discussed it after the first time they met Emily and they both agreed that if their daughter ever got her head out of her own ass and realized just how much Emily was into her, they'd give their blessing. Laura wondered how someone as smart and perceptive as her daughter, could be so oblivious to the looks Emily would cast her way when the dark haired girl thought no one was looking. Laura and Daniel had noticed and Laura had pulled Olivia aside that first time and asked her point blank about Emily. Olivia had never been able to lie to Laura and she'd explained that she was trying to fix Emily up with JJ.
Laura had grinned and given her blessing, adding that she hoped it would happen soon so as not to keep her and Daniel in suspense. Liv had laughed along and agreed with her best friend's mom.
JJ and Emily walked into the kitchen, smiling. Emily saw JJ's mom and she smiled brighter, "hi Mrs. Jareau."
"Hi Emily, how many times do I need to tell you to call me Laura?" All of JJ's friends were free to call her Laura, it made it easier than saying Mrs. Jareau.
"I'm sorry, I was raised to never address adults by their first name." Emily still remembered her mother's words echoing in her head about never disrespecting an adult by using their first name. Mr. & Mrs. were signs of respect and Emily's mother, being such an important person in the State Department, couldn't afford to have a disrespectful daughter.
Laura studied Emily a moment longer before she said, "well, I can appreciate the gesture Emily but I insist that you call me Laura, please?"
Emily looked at JJ's mom and saw the same blue eyes that JJ had looking at her and she knew she was dead. She knew she couldn't say no to those eyes even if they did belong to JJ's mom. "I'll try, that's all I can promise."
"That's enough. So, JJ," Laura turned to her daughter, knowing that just getting Emily to concede to trying to use her given name was a big step. "what do you girls have planned for today?"
JJ had been silently watching her mother and Emily interacting. Her mom had never been so insistent before about her friends calling her by her name...then again, she'd never needed to be. Most of her friends were so eager to be on a first name basis with a grownup that they'd never questioned it. "Um, we're just gonna hang in my room doing homework until dinner. It's okay if Emily stays for dinner right?"
"Of course, Emily is always welcome."
"Cool, after dinner I'll drive her home." JJ turned to Emily, "Is that okay with you?"
"Yeah sounds great."
"Well, you girls go get your work done and have fun. Dinner will be ready by 6:30."
"Thanks mom, c'mon Em let's go to my room."
Emily felt her knees get a little weak as JJ's words sank in. An invitation to the girl's bedroom after she'd called her Em for the first time...was enough to make Emily's hormones stand at attention but she made an effort to hide her reaction. She didn't know that Laura had seen the reaction before she'd hidden it and it made the older woman smile.
Emily followed JJ up the stairs to her bedroom and she sat in the chair by JJ's desk, not trusting herself to sit on JJ's bed.
JJ flopped down on her bed and sighed, it had been a long week and she was glad the weekend was finally upon them.
The girls worked on their assignments, sharing ideas and discussing the work. It helped that they had the same classes, it meant that JJ, who had been spending more time watching Emily than paying attention to the teacher, could copy Emily's notes.
An hour passed before they finished the last page of their math homework and JJ looked over to her alarm clock and saw the time. It was 4:30...they had two hours until dinner and they were finally done with their homework. JJ looked at Emily, who was putting her books away in her bag. JJ studied her friend and found herself staring at the other girl's lips and wondering yet again, how they would taste...how it would feel to kiss Emily.
JJ was so lost in her own fantasies that she almost missed the paper that had slipped out of a folder that Emily was trying to put in her bag. The movement of the paper caught JJ's attention and she looked down at the paper.
JJ was faster than Emily and she quickly snatched up the paper, curious. She read the paper and couldn't believe it.
Emily saw the paper fall to the floor and she tried to grab it first but JJ was too fast for her and she grabbed it up. Emily looked away and finished packing up her bag, preparing herself for JJ's reaction to the paper. She hoped it wouldn't be a negative one but she was prepared to defend herself if she had to...she just hoped she didn't have to.
JJ had to read the paper twice before its meaning sank in. When it did she looked up at Emily and said, "Um...Em? Why do you have this?" JJ held up the paper, she thought she knew why Emily had it but wanted to hear it from the other girl herself.
Emily took a breath as she looked at the paper, "it caught my attention on Wednesday and I kept it."
"Does that mean you're going to...try out for it?"
Emily chuckled, "It's actually called audition but...yeah I am. Well I'm thinking about it anyway. I spoke with Mrs. Hotchner yesterday and she seemed really excited about it. Plus I love the movie so it should be fun." Emily was referring to Coach Hotchners wife, Hailey, who was also the school's drama teacher. She was in charge of the school's annual winter play. This year she had chosen Grease and JJ was curious how a stage version of one of her favorite movies would be done.
JJ had to admit she hadn't pegged Emily as an actress/drama type and she was suddenly really curious about what else she didn't know about the girl who was starring in all of her fantasies lately."Cool...so um...what part are you going to try out-I mean audition, for?"
Emily smiled, a little relieved that JJ wasn't going to tease her for being a drama geek or suddenly stop being her friend because she wanted to be in the play. "um...Rizzo. I figure she's the one I can really pull off, plus she was my favorite in the movie. Tough, funny, sarcastic and wounded."
"Rizzo...wow that's a big part, lot of lines and if I remember the movie right," JJ said, trying to not reveal that she knew the movie word for word, song for song. "Rizzo has a lot of singing too...even a few solo songs." JJ remembered all the times that Emily had sung along to the CD's in her car...usually during first period when they both had a free period and usually spent it in JJ's car listening to music. JJ knew Emily could sing really well.
Emily hesitated, "yeah...it's a big part, lotta songs...but it's not like I could ever pull off Sandy." Emily laughed then, to lighten the mood a bit. Emily was trying not to let it slip that she'd always thought that Sandy would've been happier with Rizzo than Danny...Rizzo would've never pretended to be one way in public and one way in private the way Danny had. She wouldn't have hidden her true nature or their relationship. But Emily also knew that...back in 1959 (when the movie was set) as well as 1978 (when the movie was filmed) the thought of Rizzo and Sandy together wouldn't have been a very popular or accepted thing.
JJ pretended to study Emily, then said, teasingly, "I dunno...a blonde wig and a poodle skirt...I could see it. Especially in that skin tight black outfit she wears at the end of the movie."
Emily smiled, then she pictured the scene in the movie JJ was talking about and she had to stop those thoughts before her mind had a chance to replace Olivia Newton-John with JJ in that outfit.
"Maybe but I could never pull off the meek good girl act that Sandy has to be throughout most of the movie. I always thought she could use more of a back bone ya know?"
"Yeah I hear you there. But back then, that was what a good girl was...thank god we've evolved past that."
The girls laughed at that, lightening the mood a bit more. Then JJ got a great idea. "Oh! I know...I have the perfect thing. Check this out." JJ got up and went to her stereo in the corner of the room and searched though her CD collection. Most of it was home burned CD's of her favorite songs. She found the one she was looking for and she popped it into the CD player.
JJ turned to look at Emily as she grabbed the remote for the stereo and went back to her bed. "Pretend that I am Mrs. Hotchner...you're going to have to sing a song as part of the audition so...I wanna help you pick a song, okay?"
Emily nodded, willing to agree to anything JJ said as long as she could sit there and watch the blonde beauty kneeling on her bed with a smile on her face and her blue eyes twinkling. Emily fought hard to control herself and not think about walking over to JJ and kissing her. Not think about lowering JJ to the bed and stretching out beside her as she thoroughly explored the blond's mouth. Emily shook herself out of her thoughts as the first notes of the opening song of the Grease soundtrack filled the room.
Emily looked between the stereo and JJ for a moment before she grinned. The song kicked in and she just watched as JJ began singing along, hitting the high notes effortlessly. It occurred to Emily then that, with JJ's singing ability, her blond hair and her sweet face...she could easily play Sandy.
Emily smiled again as the song ended and the next one began. This time, Emily joined in as Summer Nights began to play. By unspoken agreement, Emily sang the Danny parts while JJ sang Sandy's lines.
They sang in perfect harmony and timing. Emily even lowered her voice a bit to match Travolta's vocals and differentiate her voice from JJ's during the chorus.
By the time the song was over, both girls were laughing and JJ hit pause on the CD player to give them time to recover. Emily caught her breath first, "wow, Jen, you're really good. You should try out for the play too. You'd make a great Sandy."
Emily never even noticed that she had used JJ's real name. She was still on a mini high from the feeling she got from singing with JJ. It was like nothing shed ever felt before. She was singing the words and hearing JJ's voice singing her lines and she lost herself in the moment. She pictured herself in the Danny role, with JJ as Sandy and suddenly she wanted nothing more than to have JJ singing about spending romantic summer nights-with her.
JJ noticed Emily's slip with her name and she found that she liked it. She liked hearing her name in Emily's voice...it was nice. So she decided not to make a big deal out of it. Instead she decided to focus on the other thing Emily had said, about playing Sandy in the school play. She thought about it for a moment and then decided that it might be fun. JJ had no problem being the center of attention, being the star of the soccer team, as well as the leader in her circle of friends, leant itself to giving the young blonde the confidence to be in front of large crowds and hold everyone's attention. Her only reservation about the concept of being in the play was that, if she got the role of Sandy, she'd have to eventually kiss whoever ended up playing Danny. There were only a few guys at her school that JJ would feel comfortable kissing, even if it was only for a play, and none of them would be in the play. Mostly, Elliot, Morgan and Brian would be her top choices to play Danny but they would be all busy with football and being too 'macho' to be in the play.
Before JJ could say anything though she heard her mom calling her to the kitchen. "I'll be right back. Here, feel free to listen to the rest of the CD."' JJ handed Emily the remote to the stereo and then headed out of the room to see what her mom wanted.
Emily watched JJ leave and she let out a breath she wasn't even aware she was holding. In the silence after her statement that JJ would make a great Sandy, Emily had come down off her mini high and realized she'd used JJ's real name. She was wondering if JJ would be mad at her for that and was a little relieved when she heard JJ's mom calling her. It gave her time to come up with an apology for the name slip if it came to that.
Emily pointed the remote to the stereo and hit play. Hopelessly Devoted to You began playing and Emily almost skipped over it, but then she started picturing JJ singing the song...to her, about her...and it suddenly made the song sweeter. So Emily sat there listening to the song and picturing JJ singing it.
The song was ending as JJ finally came back into the room, smiling. JJ had been called to set the table for dinner and she'd actually made it back up to her room about halfway through the slow sweet song and she was going to just walk in when she noticed the look on Emily's face. JJ realized then that Emily was really into the song, obviously thinking about someone as she heard it and JJ's heart dropped a little as the thought popped into her head that Emily had probably left a boyfriend in Europe that she was missing.
Within minutes, JJ had convinced herself that Emily was pining away for some faceless, nameless guy in Europe-most likely a French guy-and the song was for him. JJ waited just outside her bedroom for the song to end, not wanting to interrupt the brunette and risk having to hear about the guy she was missing.
Emily hit the pause button again as JJ walked back in the room. She was glad that she was able to hide her thoughts about JJ and the song. As much as she would love to hear JJ say she was devoted to her, Emily knew she'd never let go of JJ once she had her. She would move heaven and earth to keep the blond happy with her if she ever got a chance to have her.
JJ sat down on her bed and just grinned at Emily, "That was a good song but the next one should be more fun. C'mon Em, what do you say we team up on that one too?" JJ said, only a little teasingly. She knew the next song was one that she could totally see herself singing to Emily.
Emily grinned and said, "ok, should be fun. Ready?"
JJ nodded and Emily hit play on the remote. The opening notes to You're The One That I Want began to play and Emily grinned wider...this was almost too perfect a song. She knew she'd have no problem with the song, especially the feelings.
Emily took the Travolta vocals again and tried very hard not to picture JJ in the outfit from the scene in the movie that the song came from...an effort made doubly hard when JJ insisted on getting up off the bed and 'acting out' the scene. She pulled Emily to her feet and Emily just shrugged as she went along and allowed herself to remember the dance moves.
JJ grinned as she came to her favorite line in the song, she sang it with all she had, hoping Emily got the hint, "if you're filled with affection, you're too shy to convey...meditate my direction...feel your way."
They got into it and Emily, without even thinking, picked JJ up...just like Danny had in the movie...and tried to twirl JJ around but soon realized that having JJ so close was not conducive to keeping them both standing. Emily felt herself begin to lose her balance and she managed to move them closer to the bed so that if (when) they fell at least the bed would break their fall.
They landed on the bed as the song faded out, giggling. JJ suddenly realized that she was on her back on her bed with Emily on top of her. She quickly sobered up and closed her eyes, savoring the feeling of Emily's body so close to her own. JJ's hormones were jump started into overdrive and she knew that if she didn't close her eyes, Emily would see the lust in her eyes and JJ didn't want to scare the girl away.
Emily, similarly, noticed their positions and she saw JJ close her eyes. She shifted slightly so that she was resting mostly on her forearms so as not to crush JJ under her. For the life of her, Emily couldn't think of a single good reason to move, and if, at that moment the house caught fire, she still wouldn't want to move. Emily noticed JJ close her eyes and she wondered if it was because she was uncomfortable being so close to her because she was straight or if it was something else.
Emily took a deep breath and before she lost her nerve she took a huge leap of faith and, while JJ still had her eyes closed, she leaned down closer and lightly brushed her lips against JJ's. The kiss was light, shy, and could easily be ignored or explained away if it wasn't what JJ wanted.
JJ felt Emily's lips brush against hers and she thought she would die right then and there. It was like she'd been touched by a live wire. The electricity between them was, to quote the song they'd just finished singing, 'electrifying' and JJ suddenly wanted more.
Neither girl even noticed the CD playing on in the background as JJ leaned forward and caught Emily's lips in a real kiss. They let themselves get lost in the kiss, exploring and learning the feel of each other. Emily was in heaven. She knew nothing else would ever compare to this moment.
JJ moaned into the kiss as she felt Emily's tongue slip into her mouth. JJ was ready to die right then. She tasted Emily and she knew that she was hooked. When air became a concern, JJ reluctantly pulled away, just enough to suck much needed air into her lungs. JJ kept her forehead against Emily's, not wanting to be even that far away from her.
Emily drew deep breaths into her lungs, trying to catch her breath. Emily felt her arms starting to tremble from the effort of holding her up, she didn't want to crush JJ and her arms were paying the price. But she'd gladly endure the pain if it meant she got to be this close to JJ and kiss her.
Emily smiled at the girl beneath her, she was so beautiful and Emily couldn't believe that JJ had actually kissed her back. Before she could say anything though, she heard JJ's mom calling them down for dinner.
Emily frowned for a second, not wanting to move from her spot but knowing that she had no other choice now. Emily began to lift herself up but was stopped by JJ as the blonde lifted her hands to Emily's neck and pulled her back down and kissed her again, deeply, passionately and with a hint of a promise of much more to come.
Emily finally pulled away and, without thinking, she said, "as much as I would love to stay right here with you Jennifer, your mom is calling us and I don't want her coming up to look for us and seeing more than any mother should, you know?"
JJ noticed again that Emily had used her real name, this time the whole name and she grinned, "I like the way it sounds when you say it."
"Say what?" Emily asked, a little confused, not even realizing that she had used JJ's real name.
"My name." JJ paused a moment, then not wanting to make a huge deal over it she said, "but you're right, this is definitely not something I want my mom to walk in on so I guess we better get up."
Emily slowly got up and it was then she realized she'd used JJ's real name. She turned to apologize, the words on the tip of her tongue when JJ held up her hand.
"Please Em, don't. I liked hearing my name on your lips. It's the first time my name has ever sounded good to me." JJ stepped closer to Emily and leaned up and kissed her again. She was really getting addicted to Emily's kisses. JJ knew there would never be a 12 step program worth a damn that would ever convince her to give up Emily's kisses.
Emily gave herself over to JJ's kiss, letting herself get lost in the moment. Before they could get too lost in their own world, JJ's mom called out to them again. Emily pulled away, knowing they needed to get downstairs before JJ's mom decided they needed to be personally brought down.
JJ smiled at Emily. She knew her mom wouldn't come up to get them...shed send Mark and JJ knew that Mark wasn't ready to see his sister making out with another girl...and JJ wasn't too keen on giving him a free show anyway.
"C'mon Em, let's go eat dinner and then maybe we can go for a drive and talk about all this ok?"
"Yeah...sounds like a plan." Emily knew they would need to talk. Emily needed to know if JJ was really gay or if she was just curious. She also knew she would have to come clean about her own sexuality and her past...experiences. She wasn't looking forward to explaining certain aspects of her past that she wasn't proud of but she knew that if she wanted to build something real with JJ, it couldn't be based on lies or secrets.
Emily and JJ headed downstairs after a quick glance in JJ's mirror to make sure they looked presentable. Emily was suddenly really nervous about facing JJ's parents after what had happened. JJ paused to turn the CD player off, stopping the CD in the middle of Greased Lightning. JJ grinned, she'd never thought that of all the CD's in her collection, the Grease soundtrack would be the one she'd be making out to. She had much better CD's for that, but because it had happened this way, JJ knew that the Grease soundtrack would always hold a special meaning for her...and she hoped for Emily too.
TBC...
AN: I wanna say thanks to everyone who reviewed and liked this story. There's a lot more to come but I hope this chapter doesn't disappoint. And no worries...ch 1 is ALL we will see of Will in this story. Enjoy!