December 5, 1997
Disclaimer: JQ not mine. Story is sorta mine. It's based on the
real life misadventures and torture a certain bestfriend of the
author inflicts on her brother who is going through his first
serious romantic relationship...
Rating: Well... I don't think this one is too bad...
Category: Humor, traces of HR, and PURE INSANITY
Summary: Now it's Jessie doing a little investigating. Be afraid,
be VERY afraid...
Archivers: No puraburem...
Note: The kids are a bit older here... 16, 17, 18... Thank you.
The Funny Thing About First Love is...
Chapter 3: ...predatory family members and karma
by: Ina-chan and Saijin
How I dreamed of this moment. To actually anticipate
the sweet taste of revenge within my grasp. I know your
reaction at this moment. You are looking at me incredulously,
not believing these words running through my mind...
Hey if you don't like it... stop reading my thoughts and get
out of my head! I don't need another conscience right now.
There's one behind me, constantly reminding me of my
dishonourable and uncharacteristic actions...
"Jessie, I do not believe Jonny will appreciate you
hacking into his personal files..." Hadji commented tiredly
from behind me
"I wouldn't have to if a certain someone will just go ahead
and tell me who the heck this girl is..." I retorted with a nasty
glare. Well it's true! If only he told me everything I needed to
know like a good boy, I wouldn't be sitting here, like a hacker
with malicious intent. But you gotta admit, being bad really
pumps up the adrenaline... I could learn to like this...
"I already told you everything I know..." Hadji started,
breaking my thoughts
"Which is virtually nothing," I finished for him
To tell you the truth, it's rather intriguing, this situation.
For some fluke of nature, Jonny met this mysterious girl and
possibly managed to develop a "relationship" with her. All
without divulging any detail about the case until I returned
from my month long stay with my Mom. I practically had to
spell it all out. It's probably a boys club thing about revealing
info or maybe Hadji is telling the truth. Though I honestly don't
think that guys can be so utterly clueless about things like
these... hmmm... well... scratch that.
"YES!" I exclaimed excitedly as my electronic treasure
box opened and revealed its horde, "I've got you now Jonny
Quest."
"Jessie..." Hadji called out helplessly in a final attempt to
appeal to my honorable disposition.
I know it was really rude of me, ignoring Hadji like that.
Sometimes I wonder, why he even bothers. Well, the heck
with it! There's no turning back 'cause... "Here it is! Jonny's
personal journal! Less than twenty four hours. Not bad Jessie,"
I read out loud, a feeling of dread starting to spread through
me, "Your kung-fu* continues to be praiseworthy. But if you
do this again, I will saran wrap the toilet seat early in the
morning when you are going to be too sleepy to notice.
LEAVE ME ALONE! - Jonny."
"Well, it looks like that will be the end of it. Let us go,"
Hadji called lamely as he tried to pulling my chair away from
the terminal.
NO! NO! NO! I held on to the panel like a cat being pulled
away for a bath, "It's not over yet!"
"Jessie! This fixation of yours is making you think with a
very narrow and one track perspective!" Hadji exclaimed in
exasperation
WHAT?!?! ME?!?!?
"I AM NOT BEING NARROW-MINDED!" I shouted out
loud with vehemence, "Now let go of the chair Hadji, if you
want your head intact under that turban of yours!"
Ah! No feeling is more satisfying than watching a man
admit though he may be right, there's not a damn thing he can
do about it. Now... formulate plan B. OF COURSE!
"How could I have been so stupid!" I thought out loud.
Let's see who's being narrow-minded! Me! Jessie Bannon!
Getting obsessed and acting impulsively without thinking!
Jonny, yeah sure definitely. ME? I don't think so! "I didn't
need to get into Jonny's stuff. We have Questworld!" Perfect!
"IRIS, search on everything related to Sand," I commanded
IRIS replied obediently,
EH? What? No! NOOOO!
"IRIS, cancel command," Hadji cutted in. He turned to
me in a worried voice, "Jessie?"
"We don't even know her real name," I voiced out loud
the realization that just hit me
"Jessie, it is not worth it," Hadji said gently
Maybe Hadji was right... I mean, now that
Jonny knows the real reason why I'm so interested in "helping"
him... well... he won't let me "help" him. And I very much
doubt that Jonny will let anyone else know much either. It's so
unfair!
"Why don't we just forgive..." Hadji continued as he held
out his hand to help me out the chair
I looked his hand. Yes. Forgiveness is good. Forgiveness
should be in everyone's heart. I looked up at Hadji's solemn face.
Yes... Hadji can help me drive the terrible dark feelings of
revenge from my heart! What have you been thinking Jessie.
I took the hand of my saviour. At times like this, I was glad of
Hadji's persistence...
"... and forget," Hadji finished
Yes. Forget. Forget this whole terrible situation and move
on... Forget Jonny...
"By the way Jessie," Hadji said nonchalantly, "Geoffrey
called."
"Geoffrey? Who's Geoffrey?" Race's voice suddenly
boomed in the room
Hadji cringed and instinctively tried to duck away from the
daggers Jessie was throwing at him.
Jonny perked up, raised an eyebrow and looked at Hadji,
"Race doesn't know anything about Geoffrey?"
"Shut up Jonny," Jessie muttered under her breath
"WHO IS GEOFFREY?" Race repeated sternly
Jonny grinned mischievously, "Yeah, Jessie. Who exactly
is Geoffrey?"
"SHUT UP!"
["Forget?"]
"Jess, phone!" Jonny called out as he stopped by the
kitchen doorway
"Who is it?" I called back
Jonny grinned before he took a dramatic sigh and hugged
the swinging door. "Geoffrey, Oh Geoffrey!" He cried out in a
falsetto voice before proceeding to kiss the structure with wet
slurping sounds.
The sound of cracking porcelain echoed through the room
as Race crushed his coffee mug in his hands.
"YOU'RE A DEAD MAN QUEST!" Jessie yelled hotly as
she chased the fleeing boy
[FORGET?]
"Sooo," Jonny drawled, "Hi Geoffrey."
"Hey, you must be Jonny," The cute dark haired athlete
said, "And Hadji."
Hadji nodded politely while giving Jonny a restraining look.
"Okay, you met my friends... now let's go," Jessie said
hurriedly pulling her date she made nervous darting glances at
her surroundings
"I don't get it. I really can't tell from here," Jonny whispered
loudly to Hadji
"What?" Hadji whispered back cautiously
"How Jessie knew that he had great looking---"
"LET'S GO!" Jessie said insistently as she rubbed her elbow
Geoffrey looked at the fallen blonde boy disinclinedly, "What
about your frie--"
"Oh he'll be fine!" Jessie cutted in as he pushed the boy out
while shooting Jonny a nasty glare
"...ribs ... bro--khen ..."
"I believe that is what you get for pushing your luck, my
friend."
FORGET?!?!?
"NEVER!" I screamed as Hadji yelped in pain and withdrew
his hand.
Jessie! What have you been thinking? That would be giving up
and letting the enemy win! "NEVER! I won't let him win! I won't!
I WON'T!"
There has got to be another way... AHA! The table... The
telephone... "Oh look... Someone is using line 2. I wonder who it
could be..."
Hadji threw up his injured hand in frustration and leaned back
as far as politely possible as I carefully picked up the receiver and
tapped into the line.
"... sure I'll hold-- hey! This line's taken... Hello? Hadj? Jessie?"
"Jessie I know it's you. Do you mind? Put down the phone..."
"I can still hear you breathing..."
"JESSIE PUT DOWN THE PHONE!!!"
Why that little---! Of course... how could I have been so
stupid. Never use the perfected trick against the master! This is
going nowhere... Why ? Why? Why?
"Jessie..." Hadji called out worriedly again
"WHY?" I demanded at the heavens, "Why is Jonny your
favourite? Why does everything have to go perfectly with him?
Why does he have to get away with everything? Why won't you
give me a break just once? Where is your justice? WHERE IS
YOUR JUSTICE?!?!"
This is so damn frustrating! God! I wish the table is not
the only available object to hit. How I would love to hit...
AAAARGH!
[speakerphone on]
"... at The Gokai, 23 Main, seven p.m. tonight. Gotcha! Bye."
...and the heavens opened up as the angels sang, rejoicing.
YES! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!
"Jessie..." Hadji said again, now in a different tone
"Sooo..." I began smugly, "Jonny is going out at seven
p.m. tonight."
"Jessie... do not do anything foolish now," Hadji warned
I walked up to my best friend and gave him a sweet smile
of reassurance, "Oh, Hadji. My dear sweet Hadji. You worry
too much. Now, why don't you just march to the house and
get ready."
Hadji looked at me with distrust, "Why?"
I brushed some invisible lint from his shirt and smiled at
him, "'Cause we're going out on a date."
(To be continued)
* kung-fu - hacker's language meaning "to hack"
Author's squawk:
IS THIS A FIC ACTUALLY WRITTEN BY
INA-CHAN? BY "DBN" INA-CHAN?
Heh-heh-heh. Stay tuned my friends. It's not over yet.
But being the evil dragon lady that I am, I have to seriously
attend to my current real life crisis I have been putting off for
a while. So... I guess I'll see you after my
finals... This is Ina-chan with Saijin, temporarily signing
off...
Ja ne!
Ina-chan and Saijin
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"Don't worry too much about the world ending tomorrow. It's tomorrow right
now in the Philippines, and all is well..."
-Saijin (I have no idea where she got this...)
Ina-chan
inachan2@ican.net
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