The day they thought would never come

Prequel 8 - Conversations part 2

Gabrielle POV-

Ok, so living room clean. What else can I do now hmmmm. Why am I nervous? Why am I trying to find things to fill in the time?

Gabrielle admit it. Your nervous because when they come back you going to be sitting here with Jack and his girlfriend. You tried to kiss her boyfriend last night. You are still in lov...

No, not going there. Jack is my friend. I will make Jaycee my friend. I am not going to cause them issues when they are just trying to help me. I am just going to enjoy having Jack as a friend, well really close friend. Right.. That's what I'm going to do.

Knock

Knock

Knock

"We're back Gabrielle."

"Coming" That was fast. Has it been an hour already? Where did the time go? Oh pink drink. This is yummy. "Thank you for getting this for me."

"No problem. Jack why don't you take the dog for a walk. She looks like she needs one."

Uhoh, why is Jaycee sending Jack away. What does she want to talk about. Did he tell her what I tried to do? What am I thinking, of course he told her. I am dead. I am so dead now. Where can I hide? No... no hiding. Take you punishment like a ... well like a me.

"Sure, no problem. Come on girl. Lets leave these two alone for a bit. We'll be back in like fifteen minutes. No cat fights if I can't watch. ha ha ha."

Aaaand there goes my protection. Here it comes. Just hit me with it. Best to rip the scab off and see how badly I am in the dog house with her.

"Gabrielle, first I am happy your doing better today. I am glad Jack is able to help you. I would like the chance to be here for you to, if you would let me."

Geeze now I feel like a jerk. Here I am thinking how bad she is going to lay into me and she is just being the nicest, sweetest person in the world. Why would Jack ever want me again when he has...

"Now I know that you tried to kiss Jack last night."

Uhoh.... I was wrong. Here it comes. I knew it was too good to be true. No girl is going to over look someone making a move on their boyfriend. Please, please don't take Jack away from me. Please.

"You know that was wrong right? I mean he was my boyfriend last night. I am glad he stopped you, but what if he didn't? What if he couldn't hold back his feelings for you? You would have made him cheat on me. That is a problem. You shouldn't put him in that position."

I know it was wrong. I apologized to Jack. I was just so... Wait...what? Did she say was my boyfriend? His feelings for me? What is going on? I feel like I am missing something here.

"I know how much you still love Jack. I could see it last night when I stopped by. I can see it this morning every single time you looked at him."

Am I that obvious? I thought I was hiding those feelings pretty well. I know nothing can come from it. I know he is with you now. I just can't help how I feel. I can't help being in love with Jack.

"That's why I broke up with Jack this morning."

Huh? Brain freeze. Did she just say she dumped Jack? Because of me? Oh my god, I hurt Jack again. He is never going to forgive me. No don't start crying. No crying.

"I know you didn't mean to do it. But I know it will happen again because your still in love with him. Aannd I know that he won't stop you again when it does because he is still in love with you too."

Not cry, not cry. It won't. I promi... Who am I trying to kid? I know it will. I could probably avoid it for a while, but he will do something sweet and I won't be able to stop myself. Wait, did she just say Jack is in love with me? I think my brain just broke again. Breathe Gabrielle Breathe.

"Now I already told Jack this. I knew this would happen at some point. I knew you guys were meant for each other and one day you would find your back. I love Jack, but I never let myself fall in love with him because I knew in my heart that one day you guys would reunite and work through your problems from before."

She told Jack? So that means they are broken up. That means I can... hold on Gabrielle brakes. Be calm. Let's not mess this up. If you are going to have a chance at happiness with Jack again then lets take it slow and steady. Don't jump in to fast and just mess everything up again.

"I think you really should take it slowly though. You have a lot of things to work through. Trust me. If you talk to him, be honest with him, he will be here. He is not going to just take off if you guys take time to get back to being how you were. You hold his heart Gabrielle. You always did. And he still holds yours, doesn't he? Don't rush into something that could break them again."

She is right. It's like she can read my mind. We can't just rush back to being what we once were. We have to take our time and do it at our own pace. We have plenty of time to get there. Whether it takes a week or a year.

"So please don't feel bad for me. I admit it does hurt a little losing Jack like that because I thought we would have more time. I was thinking another year before you guys would finally sit down and talk like that. But I am not heart broken like you were."

I still feel bad. I mean she loves him. She may not have been in love with him, but she obviously liked and loved him a great deal if she is doing this for him.... for us. How can I ever repay her..

"I am asking two things. Please, please don't stop me from hanging out with Jack. He is one of my bestfriends and I think losing that would hurt worse then losing him as my boyfriend. I promise you I will not ever try anything with him again Gabrielle, but I want him in my life."

I can do that. Well not the hangout over night in his apartment alone bestfriend thing, but I would be fine with them just hanging out as friends. I trust Jack about that. Nothing that happened has ever made me not trust him when it comes to that. I wonder what the second thing is?

"The other thing is this.... I would like to be your friend. I know we were friendly in Highschool. Well at least in the my boyfriend's sister's bestfriend kind of friendly. But I would like to be your friend, a close friend, not a friend through someone else. I would like to be able to hang out and have fun with both you and Jack. Could we try that? Could you maybe use another real friend?"

She wants to be my friend? After all of this? She really is the nicest person I have ever met. I think I could always use more friends like that. "I would like that... a lot."

"Great so now why do you tell me how college is going while we wait for Jack to come back. It should be soon. Jack can only be worried about what is happening for so long before he has to rush in to find out."

"Your right. We probably only have five minutes. Well last weeks exam was pretty bad in ...." I think I am going to enjoy this new friendship.

Maybe she is right and everything will workout if we just let it happen. I mean we still have to face my parents and Madalyn. They are not going to be happy if I am back with Jack. They are so negative about him, about us.

Doesn't matter. I am not giving up again. If they don't like it.... they can go to hell. I think Cassie will be on our side when she sees how much I want this. Well what ever happens we will face it together at that time. No use worrying about it now. That was the old Gabrielle. Right now it's just time for my life and happiness to matter to me more then them.

"I'm back. Everyone's clothes still on? No black eyes?"

Somethings never change. Water is wet. The sun will come up. Jack will be Jack. Sometimes I am so glad about things like that.

I just wonder what we are going to do now. Things are not going to go from yesterday to perfect without some bumps. How do we going to deal with everyone?

How will online take this? People have become so divided about us. They seem to forget it's our lives we are letting them into. Maybe we should leave them out of this for a while?

While a relationship ends friendships begin. There is always a new beginning in every ending.