“A few pieces of paper?! AJ, I’ve been working on those FEW PIECES OF PAPER for months!” She yelled.
Just then the doorbell rang. ‘Great. More company.’ I thought to myself. I walked down the stairs to the front door. I looked out the window and saw Jessie standing out there. I grabbed the key off of the shelf, which hung on the wall next to the door, and opened the door.
“I’m back!” she greeted.
"So I see.” I replied. “Aren’t you a bit early to be home?” I added.
“Nice to see you too. And yes I am home early, because I got everything done really quickly, so they said I could go home. Oh, I almost forgot.” She said as she dug into her bag and handed me a tape. I scanned the handmade cover with my eyes. ‘René’ it said and had a picture of Jessie in the water.
“Why does it say René instead of Jessie or Jessica on the cover?” I asked.
“Oh yea, well my management and I agreed that my middle name sounds better than my first.” She said.
“Yea, I guess you’re right.” I agreed.
“So, I heard that Rachel has been staying here since I’ve been gone. Where is she?” Jessie asked.
“She’s up in the guest room trying to find some lyrics.” I answered.
“Shit. I knew I forgot to do something before I left.” She stated.
“What do you mean?” I questioned.
“Well, I sorta took them so that I could record them on my cd. I guess I kinda forgot to ask if I could borrow them before I left?” she answered.
“Go tell her that before she tears my fucking house apart!” I said with a laugh.
Jessie and I walked up to the room where Rach was running back and forth across the room, trying to find something that wasn’t there. When we got to the room, I told Jessie to hide so that she couldn’t see her in the hallway. Then I took the lyrics from Jessie. (She just happened to have them with her.)
“Hey Rachel?” I called from in her doorway.
“Yea?” She asked hurriedly.
“Is this what you are looking for?” I asked while holding up the papers.
She turned to me. When she saw what was in my hands she became very excited.
“Yes! Oh my God where did you find these?” she shrieked.
“A friend brought them.” I answered.
“Who?” She asked curiously.
I pointed into the hallway and Jessie emerged, with a guilty smile.
“What are you doing here?” Rachel asked.
“I’m sitting here picking my nose. What do you think?” Jessie said sarcastically.
“Ha…ha. That’s original.” Rachel replied dryly.
“Before I tell you why I have your lyrics, I think you forgot to tell me that you were staying here all those times we talked on the phone.” Jessie said.
By this time I felt sort of out of place, so I decided to just go downstairs into the living room and watch television for a while.
I'll Never Break Your Heart Index* Chapter 17* Chapter 19
