She steps out onto her porch, grabs Jenny, and pulls her into a proper kiss. Sex Would have been too easy otherwise, right? “She’s lovely,” she says. Jenny joins the two at the door and hugs her best friend. Can you hurry? I don’t want to lose her as a friend.”
Jenny pulls away as if she realized something. “You sure I can’t talk to her?”
He rolls his eyes. Scene 8
Steve’s cuddling with Marie on the couch when Jenny comes back from her date. He realizes, that Steve’s hands are squeezed into fists. The shy smile followed by the all so familiar soft-spoken, “Hey,” would have been enough to stop Natalie in her tracks but to top it all off, there’s also the fact that the way Jenny walks down the stairs reminds her of Cinderella, right before the ball. She is just as beautiful, that’s for sure, Natalie thinks. Natalie focuses on Steve. They didn’t really get into it. Her eyes look sleepy. How does he make these problems go away so fast? She’s carrying some folders. He never thought he’d end up in one of these rooms. “Oh, boy,” he thinks and gives his ball to the next in line. “I’m with you again, before you know it. Saved by the bell.
