Chapter 23 – Gonna get you a …(Jacquie’s POV)

“Morning” Mark says waking me up.
“Morning” I reply getting up from my bed.
I walk into the kitchen with him and we both make a bowl of cereal.
“So what are we doing today?” I ask and then have a mouthful of cereal.
“Getting you a laptop remember?” he says.
“What you meant that?, OH MY GOD your so nice” I say.
“Well if you want one that is?” he asks.
“OH MY GOD I SO WANT ONE” I say.
I can’t belive how nice he is, he is, like getting me whatever I want.
“Where’s my mum?” I ask.
“Oh she’s having a shower she should be out in, like, a minu...” he says but is interrupted by my mum walking into the room in a new dress.
“I love this dress thanks so much Honey,” she says.
“No problem babe” he replies.
My mum smiles and does a spin to show off her dress, Her dress was really nice, It was purple with swirls of red on it. She comes over and sits next to Mark and gives him a kiss and steals a spoon of his cereal.
“So what are we doing?” she asks.
“We are getting Jacquie a laptop remember?” he says.
“Yeah one minute” she says and pulls out a phone that looked seriously blinged up.

“Heya” she says.
“Okay see ya then” she says.

“Honey can you drive me to Kay’s?” she asks.
“Umm sure, but weren’t we gonna go shopping with Jacquie together?” he says, he sounded quite upset.
“Come on please I wanna see Kay again she is bored and she wants to go shopping” she says.
“Why don’t we all go shopping together?” Mark says.
“Nah I wanna stay just with Kay” she says getting up and going to Mark’s bedroom.
Mum was acting how she used to when we were living with Dad.
“Oh well we can still go shopping together can’t we?” he asks.
“Sure” I say.
I pick up my empty bowl and his and take them out into the kitchen, I walk to my room and get dressed and then put stuff in my bag and meet Mark and mum in the car, Mark drives to a house really close to the sea, Mum gets out and kisses Mark on the cheek and runs up to the door of the house and knocks then goes in.

Mark drives off and we go to another shopping center, This one looked way bigger. Mark parks the car and we both get out, We go inside and look around, We got to a computer shop and we look at all of the laptops.
“How about this one?” the shop clerk asks.
“Nah that ones to…fat” I say.
Mark laughs at my reply.
“How about this then?” the clerk asks showing me another one.
“Actually I like that one” I say looking at it.
“It’s go a lot of memory, 2GB r…” he says but I interrupt him.
“I’m not a very technical person so tell me will it work with Internet?” I ask.
“Well yeah all you need is a modem…” he says I cut him off again.
“I repeat not a technical person,” I say.
“Okay well yes we just need to get a… thing for it” he says.
“Okay” I say.
“Okay how much?” Mark asks.
“$2567” The clerk says.
“Holly...Cat” I say.
“Hey I can pay for that,” he says.
We walk to the desk and the clerk goes back into a room and gets a box and another box.
“This is the ‘thing’ you plug into the laptop for Internet” he says.
Mark swipes his card on a machine and pays for it. He talks to the clerk about Internet plans. We leave with Mark carrying the computer.
“Oh thanks so much Mark,” I say “You are so awesome”
“Oh thanks, I'll set this up for you at home okay?” he says.
“Thanks” I say.

We walk out of the shopping center and go to the car and get into the car. Mark drives us back to his place, I get out and he carries my laptop into my room and sets it up for me.
“Well I’m gonna be a bit setting up the Internet, wanna call someone?” he asks.
“Yeah sure what do you think the time is in New Jersey right now?” I ask.
Mark laughs “ Well it’s 11am so its… 8 pm”
“Okay thanks” I say and walk into the living room and call Gerard.
“Hey baby girl,” he says.
“Ooo new nickname yay” I say.
He laughs.
“So what up?” I ask.
“Well Ryan’s spreading rumors about us” he says, “I nearly bashed him but Matt told me to stop so I did and went off for a while”
“Man I hate him,” I say.
“Yeah” he says.
“I found out when I start school again,” I say
“Okay when?” he asks
“Well next week on Tuesday” I say.
“Okay well hope you have umm fun” he replies.
“I don’t wanna” I say.
“Yeah I know but seriously you will have heaps of friends,” he says
“And what happens if I don’t?” I ask.
“I’ll come over and stay with you,” he says.
“I’m gonna purposely not have any friends then Miss PMS is in” I say with a laugh.
“Well that doesn’t count Miss ‘PMS’” he say and then laughs.
“Fine” I say.
“How’s everyone?” I ask.
“Everyone’s good, I found out something about Mikey” he says.
“And that is?” I ask.
“He has a little crush,” he says.
“On who?” I ask
“You” he says.
“Really?” I ask.
“Yeah but he won’t admit to it” he says.
“Aww sweet” I say.
“Yeah” he says.
“Ooo someone sounds jealous,” I say jokingly.
“You bet I am” he replies jokingly.
We both laugh.
“It’s Friday over there isn’t it?” I ask.
“Yeah” he replies.
“It’s Saturday here” I say.
“Obviously” he says.
“Shut up blonde moment,” I say.
“You're not blonde though” he says
“Well yeah so” I say.
“Anyways I gotta go really sorry babe” he says.
“Aww I wanna talk to you for like ever” I say
“Same here sorry bye” he says.
“Bye” I say.
“Bye” he says.
“See ya” I say.
“Oh my god I don’t wanna hang up” he says.
“Okay on the count of three hang up okay” I say.
“Okay” he says.
“1…2…3 bye” I say.
He hangs up.
‘Aww I really wanted to keep talking’ I say to myself.
I walk back into my room and sit on my bed and watch Mark fix up my computer. He stops and looks at me.
“What’s up?” he asks.
“I wanted to talk to him for like ever but since we live so far away its, like, impossible” I say.
“Aww don’t worry maybe in the holidays he could come here or maybe you go over there” he suggests.
“Yeah” I reply really happily.
He goes back to fixing it and I continue watching him. He stops again.
“Why are you watching me?” he asks.
“I’m bored” I say.
“Well umm can you make me a coffee? Please” he asks.
“Sure” I say getting up and going into the kitchen.
I start making the coffee.
‘Oh my god if Gerard came over here that would be awesome’ I thought to myself ‘we could like umm party and umm shop, wait he isn’t that keen on shopping’.
I finish making the coffee and take it in to Mark.
“Thanks Jac” he says taking the coffee from me “ By the way I just finish setting up your laptop”.
“Thanks” I reply.
He takes his coffee and leaves the room.
“What the hell am I supposed to do now?” I ask myself aloud.
“Internet?” Mark says.
“Meh, I wanna just draw I guess” I reply and sit and begin drawing random things.


(Gerard’s POV) (10pm in NJ)
“So what do you wanna do?” Paula asks Matt.
“I dunno whatever you wanna do” he replies.
“But I wanna do whatever you wanna do” she says to him.
“You choose” he says.
“GEEZ do something before I puke” I say to them.
“Dude your such a downer” Matt says jokingly.
“I know, I’m bored and I’m waiting for Ray to come back” I say.
“It has been a while, hasn’t it” Paula says.
“Yeah it has, like an hour it only takes a couple of minutes to get to Lucy’s and here” Matt says.
“Maybe we should go and check on them” I say.
We get up and walk out the door. We walk to Lucy’s first.
I knock on the door and her mum answers it.
“Hey is Lucy and Ray here” I ask.
“Oh they left about” she says checking her watch “55 minutes or so ago”.
“Really?” Matt asks.
“Yeah” she says.
“Okay thanks, bye” I say.
She closes the door and we walk down the pathway a bit.
“Okay lets check Ray’s now” I say.
“Yeah they are bound to be there” Matt says reassuringly.

We walk to Ray’s. I knock on the door.
“One minute” I hear Ray yell.
We hear a scrambling in the house. Matt raises an eyebrow and Paula laughs.
Ray finally answers the door with his shirt badly buttoned up.
“Well it doesn’t take much to wonder what you have been doing” I say with a laugh.
“Yeah, my parents were out and well I had the place to my self, so yeah” Ray says.
“You mean… 2nd base?” Matt asks.
“No… More like Make out session” Ray says.
“Yeah yeah” Paula says what we were all thinking.
“Anyways we can’t make it” Ray says with a smile.
“Okay Ray we understand” I say.
We all laugh and walk off.

We arrive back at Matt’s.
“So what the hell are we supposed to do now?” Matt asks opening the door.
“Well I think I might go sleep I’m really tired, and now that just leaves you two,” I say suggestively but only in a joking way.
“OH YEAH LETS DO THAT” Matt says also joking.
“Well see ya” I say and leave and go to my place.
I open the door and hear guitar sounds.
‘Frankie’ I say to myself.
I walk to Mikey’s room I need to tell Frankie to stop because it’s most likely mum is trying to sleep. I open the door to find Mikey sitting there playing guitar pretty damn well.
“Umm Mikey I really seriously don’t wanna say this but you're gonna have to stop mum is probably trying to sleep” I say
“Yeah” he says “But I don’t wanna”.
“Mikey” I say crossing my arms.
“Fine” he says putting the guitar down.
“Thanks Mikey” I say closing the door and then sitting next to him.
“So” I say.
“What?” he asks.
“I know who you like” I say teasingly.
He glares at me.
“I can’t believe you gave me such a hard time and you liked her” I say.
“Well yeah so” he says.
I smile at him.
“I had no chance with her anyway” Mikey say lying back onto his bed.
“You never know Mikey” I say.
“Three years difference” he says.
“Well that don’t matter really” I say.
“Yeah it does its like going out with a little preschooler” Mikey sorta yells.
“Mikey don’t worry okay, you will find the perfect girl for you one day and you will be as happy as ever” I say.
“Whatever” he says.
I decide it might be best to leave him and I walk out of his room and go into mine and sleep.