Cats & Dogs (A Robert Downey Jr Fanfic)

Chapter 22 Who's the new guy?

Jack's POV

"Am I going to be stuck in this body forever?" I asked myself... I glanced over to Ditto; she was looking out of the window. She too looked a bit perturbed while Bess drove silently... I again turned my head and looked out of the window…

"So basically we got no answer, no solution!" Bess said while having her eyes fixed on the road. At her words, Ditto and I took a sigh of frustration together and looked at each other then turned our heads in previous positions and looked out of the window. True it was, we got no answer to our problems...  
The sun dawned and we were back in city with empty hands... I had pondered every incident and somehow I managed to come up with something that would be the right thing to do...

"Bess its 6... Let's go to Nancy's!" I threw a smile at Ditto; Bess turned her head to face us and smiled as if she knew what I was about to do... Was she a mind reader?
Ditto as usual looked confused, her innocence made me smile...

"What are you going to do now, I'm fired" She had tiredness and a bit of hopelessness in her voice...

"We'll see about that!" I just smirked at her...

"My face with that smirk, I should probably get used to it.... Like Joe and Katy!" She said with a deep sigh and thought of Joe and Katy made me sad again...

We were in front of Nancy's,  I took a sigh and got out of car... 
I glanced over to Ditto, her eyes were filled with tears but she was controlling them as she looked up to the neon sign board of Nancy's... Damn! This girl loves this place

I got inside and saw her closing up...
"What are you doing here?" Nancy was cleaning up a table but stopped when saw me...
I could sense Ditto and Bess standing behind me... 

"Nancy look! I... I'm sorry for what I did?" It came from my heart and Nancy felt it too as she took a sigh...
"You know I like you, you're like a little sister to me..."
"Am I?" Before Nancy could complete Ditto asked with a bit of glee hinting in her voice. On which, I turned around and looked at her with disbelieve.
"No? I'm talking to... Who's this guy? You know what forget it, I don't want to know, I just want you to leave and you know whom did you have piss off today? A cop and he slapped me with a 1000 dollar fine for your mistake..."  
All three were shocked and guilty, I turned my head slightly to glance at Ditto and Bess, I just bit my lower lip in nervousness and started...
"Nancy I said I'm sorry and for what happened, I’ll make it up to you..." Then something clicked on my mind, I turned and threw one of my mischievous smiles at Ditto making her raise an eyebrow, "You wanna know who that guy is standing behind me? That’s a guy, came here almost every day for you"

Nancy looked at me with surprise...

"Yeah! He likes you and wanted to... Umm. Have a dinner date with you!" I pushed Ditto forward...
Ditto was confused but went with the flow as I saw her smiling awkwardly at Nancy and I was assured that my trick worked when Nancy preened her hair and blushed...
"Oh really?" Nancy grew redness on her face...

At first Ditto felt awkward but then she looked at me... 
"Um... Yeah, you're beautiful?" Ditto was still nervous...
Nancy blushed more and giggled...
"Ahem ahem... Would you like to have a table?" Bess enacted a waiter from a fancy restaurant on which I was bound to giggle... I... I mean manly giggle...

Ditto grinned widely and now felt much comfortable as she held her hand out and performed a gentlemanly gesture bringing Nancy to the table. She pulled chair for Nancy and took the seat opposite her...
Nancy was blushing, I don't know why but I too felt good from inside. May be sometimes doing good things to others wouldn't kill me I think... I just smiled at myself...
I seated myself at the counter with feet dangling and looked at them, Ditto was a great actor I must say, I, myself was never that gentlemanly.
Bess served them ice cream from the menu in a very plush manner and got back to me...
"That was nice thing you did!" She said while handing me a cup of ice cream while she had a vanilla scoop in her cup...
I just smiled and dug my spoon in cup... I was happy but still not happy...

"Everything will be fine, don't worry!" She said assuring...

 
After a couple of hours

The dinner date was over and successful as Nancy seemed happy... Ditto gave Nancy a warm hug making Nancy go week on her knees, I could sense it by Nancy’s trembling lips.
I knew I've got that in me, Good looks and charms. But today for the first time my charms and looks had Ditto's innocence and I liked myself better now.

Three of us left, I turned to see Nancy smiling at me... I smiled back to her and waved...
I turned to see Ditto smiling at me too...
The cold breeze was making me shiver but at the same time it was soothing my bruises... Ditto was standing in front of me smiling, hands crossed behind her hips...

"I'll wait in car!" Bess smiled and got in the car, Bess surely was something different...

"Thanks for saving my job!" She said with a smile, I just smiled back...

There was a moment of silence...

"Ditto! I know that we got no answer today but one thing I know that... That I cannot fight with you anymore... It might sound next to impossible but I'm tired already... It is true that we cannot fall in love but friendship doesn't sound so bad to me, if this thing has to remain like this forever, it should better be not like Joe and Katy!" I held my hand out...
Ditto looked at it and after a couple of seconds, she placed her hand slowly in my small girly palm... I gave it a light shake…

"I think we should get in the car its cold..." She said with a stutter... Well, it was December breeze, I can't blame her...

But as I was about to get in the car...

"Hey could you please tell me about this address?" 
A manly voice stopped me...
I turned around and to see a familiar guy standing in front of me...

End of POV