The One that got Away

Chapter 1

It had been a year. One year and fifteen days to be exact. Since John Kennedy Jr. had been back to his college haunts. The reason? Three of his friends, the ones he'd roomed with in his junior and senior year we're graduating that weekend, and he wanted to be there for them.

He climbed the steps to the house that the three had continued to rent and smiled, memories flooding him as he rang the doorbell. The two years he'd spent in that house had been some of his happiest.

"John!" Graham, one of the three, grinned as he opened the door.

"Graham!" He chuckled, the two hugged awkwardly and John stepped inside, looking around.

"Not much has changed. Libbie moved in and tried to move the furniture. If she wasn't Dan's sister, I'd have fought her." He shook his head.

John laughed, Dan's freshman sister had took John's room in the house and from the stories he'd heard, he was glad to have avoided living with her. "Where's a everyone?"

"Dan and Libbie are out to dinner with their parents. But they should be home soon. Jessicah is upstairs though. She's got a date tonight."

"Date?" John frowned. "Who?"

Graham shrugged and went into the kitchen. "Can I get you a drink?"

"Uh...a coke please. I'm just going to go say hi to, Jess!"

John made his way upstairs and stopped in the doorway of Jessicah's room. She stood at the window, her dark hair around her shoulders and a deep purple dress that blew slightly with the breeze coming in the open window, she was focused on something on her phone, oblivious to him being there. And absolutely breathtaking.

John was in love. And had been since the day he met her in their political science class. She was just a freshman though and before he could tell her how he felt, she had gotten involved with someone else. He considered this weekend to be his last chance. Hell, this second could be his last chance.

"Jessicah."

She turned and grinned, throwing her phone onto the bed before running over, throwing her arms around him, hugging him tightly. "John!"

He hugged her back, slightly longer then he should have and she pulled away, smiling up at him. "Look at you. Mr. Law School."

He chuckled. "Well look at you. Ms...almost history teacher."

She laughed, shaking her head. "I'm mad at Dan. He didn't tell me you were coming until this morning. I can't cancel my date...you understand right?"

He nodded, saying nothing more.

"Thank you. Promise me, you'll stay up for me? I want to talk when I get home."

"So do I. I want to tell you something."

She smiled, gathering up her stuff. "Good. Then I'll see you later."

He nodded and she kissed his cheek, breezing past him before he could say anything else.

It was going to be a long next few hours.