So, okay. Jack and Ramie had sort of...gotten it together over the back half of the summer back in Winterhead, so Jack had been relieved when he woke up in New York yesterday, instead of off on a road trip to find ourselves or whatever with Jill's former and current crush, Tommy Knutson. Shudder. But Ramie had had to dash off to class and then ' ( Read more... )

The night before the last final exam of her high school career, Jill McTeague went to bed.

The next morning, Jack McTeague got up. He was pretty sure Jill had been operating on blind hope that the cycle would be off this month, though if it had been too far off he might have walked at graduation, and wouldn't that have pissed her off? Ha. Still ( Read more... )

Jack was still sound asleep when voices filtered through the door and stirred him partially awake: "Are you sure it's 417, Richard ( Read more... )

Jack was, he had to admit, a little surprised to be waking up this particular Wednesday. According to Jill's wall calendar, with its little blue hatchmarks for projected Jacktime and purple Xes marking time, he was eleven days early. "Whoa," he mumbled, then flopped back on the bed, debating whether he wanted to get up. It wasn't like he had a ( Read more... )

Jack woke up, ran through Jill's memories, and said, "Huh." Then he got up and went to check Jill's frighteningly OCD wall calendar ( Read more... )

Jack woke up on Friday morning and idly flicked through Jill's memory as one might, say, a magazine. Spring break, everyone was on a cruise, except Jill because of stupid Jack--load of resentment there, and she could just get over herselfHe was so busy meditating on the whininess that was Jill that it took him a few minutes to realize he ( Read more... )

On Monday night, Jill went to sleep.

On Tuesday morning, ( Jack woke up )

"Hey, this is Jack, obviously I'm not here right now, probably it's not my 'time of the month,' so just, you know, leave a message and I'll get back to you if it's worth it."

*pause*

"Please don't tell Jill I have this number."

*beep*