"Justine, don't sit on the ledge, you're scaring me." She looked up at him and sighed. She got up and stepped back onto the roof. She stepped over to the place where the air conditioning unit was and sat on the little ledge around it. Toby sat next to her and sighed. "Alright, now who's Jensen?"
"My first love, my first crush, my first boy friend, my only ex." Justine said, looking out at the city.
"Why haven't I heard of him before? I thought you had told me everything about yourself?"
"Well, Toby, this is a painful, painful memory." Justine looked up at him and sighed. "I've never told the whole story to anyone but my sisters in my whole life."
"How long has it been?" Toby asked, wrapping his arm around her shoulder.
"Six years, uh, today actually." Justine looked down and sighed softly.
"What, uh, happened?"
"Well, I had known Jensen for my whole life, we uh were friends, not close, just friends. Then as we got older we grew closer and, in Jr. High on my thirteenth birthday, he asked me out. I of course said yes, since I always had a crush on him. We went slow at first, not telling anyone, keeping it a secret for two years. A lot of people assumed that we were together but never asked. Then, at one if the popular girls party, when we were both fifteen, we were all left unattended by any adults and we started a game of strip Jenga. As yo-"
"Strip Jenga?" Toby asked, a smile on his face and a chuckle in his stomach. Justine just glared at him.
"Everytime you lost one, you took off an item of clothing, we were fifteen."
"Alright, alright. Go on."
"As you know, I'm really bad at Jenga, so I was the least dressed the quickest. We made up a rule that after you were down to your unders, then you were out. So the person with the most clothes on ended up being Jessica, the host, cause she was like an expert or something. Anyways, I ended up walking around most of the night practically naked. So when we went to play seven minutes in heaven, and Jensen and I ended up together. We had our first kiss within the first minute, then within the next five we got way to serious way to fast. After that we were physical, all over each other, and it was obvious that we were together. When we were 18, after graduation at Jessica's graduation party we uh got really drunk and weren't uh, careful. A few months later, I found out I was pregnant." Justine looked up at Toby before she continued, his face was shocked and he was frozen. She smiled weakly and continued. "I had gotten pregnant at the graduation party, so I was four months along at the time. We had talked much about what we would do and we decided we would keep the baby and raise it together." Justine bit her lip and sighed. "One night when I was about six months along, on our sixth anniversary, Jensen proposed to me." Justine smiled at the memory. "I said yes and we started planning instantly. We had planned to get married after the baby was born, in May. Everything was great, we were great, then one night, we were coming home from Bre's graduation party, and we got into a horrible car accident. I lost the baby, and was in serious condition, and Jensen broke his arms and had some cuts and bruises, but other than that he was alright. I was crying all the time, and Jensen stayed by my side faithfully, even though he was depressed because he thought it was all his fault since he was driving. When I got out of the hospital, J-Jensen wasn't there to take me home, so Breanne took me home." Justine had to stop to take a few deep breathes. "When we got home, I found him, in our house..." Justine had tears streaming down her cheeks. "He had hung himself over our staircase banister." Just said through sobs.
Toby took her in his arms and let her cry on his shoulder, but she still continued.
"He left a suicide note. It said that he loved me, but he couldn't live with killing Sebastian, and almost killing me." Justine broke out in intense sobs and clung onto Toby.
Toby just held her and rubbed her back. They sat that way for awhile, until Justine cried her self to sleep. Toby sighed softly and picked her up in his arms, cradling her gently. He carried her down to his room and lay her in his bed. Toby leaned down and kissed her forehead softly. Toby pulled Justine's shoes off and set them down next to the bed. He smiled softly and thought of her planking, and how that's how she sleeps. Toby got onto the bed next to her, over the covers.
"I love you, Justine." Toby whispered as he kissed her cheek once more before he rolled over and fell asleep.
"My first love, my first crush, my first boy friend, my only ex." Justine said, looking out at the city.
"Why haven't I heard of him before? I thought you had told me everything about yourself?"
"Well, Toby, this is a painful, painful memory." Justine looked up at him and sighed. "I've never told the whole story to anyone but my sisters in my whole life."
"How long has it been?" Toby asked, wrapping his arm around her shoulder.
"Six years, uh, today actually." Justine looked down and sighed softly.
"What, uh, happened?"
"Well, I had known Jensen for my whole life, we uh were friends, not close, just friends. Then as we got older we grew closer and, in Jr. High on my thirteenth birthday, he asked me out. I of course said yes, since I always had a crush on him. We went slow at first, not telling anyone, keeping it a secret for two years. A lot of people assumed that we were together but never asked. Then, at one if the popular girls party, when we were both fifteen, we were all left unattended by any adults and we started a game of strip Jenga. As yo-"
"Strip Jenga?" Toby asked, a smile on his face and a chuckle in his stomach. Justine just glared at him.
"Everytime you lost one, you took off an item of clothing, we were fifteen."
"Alright, alright. Go on."
"As you know, I'm really bad at Jenga, so I was the least dressed the quickest. We made up a rule that after you were down to your unders, then you were out. So the person with the most clothes on ended up being Jessica, the host, cause she was like an expert or something. Anyways, I ended up walking around most of the night practically naked. So when we went to play seven minutes in heaven, and Jensen and I ended up together. We had our first kiss within the first minute, then within the next five we got way to serious way to fast. After that we were physical, all over each other, and it was obvious that we were together. When we were 18, after graduation at Jessica's graduation party we uh got really drunk and weren't uh, careful. A few months later, I found out I was pregnant." Justine looked up at Toby before she continued, his face was shocked and he was frozen. She smiled weakly and continued. "I had gotten pregnant at the graduation party, so I was four months along at the time. We had talked much about what we would do and we decided we would keep the baby and raise it together." Justine bit her lip and sighed. "One night when I was about six months along, on our sixth anniversary, Jensen proposed to me." Justine smiled at the memory. "I said yes and we started planning instantly. We had planned to get married after the baby was born, in May. Everything was great, we were great, then one night, we were coming home from Bre's graduation party, and we got into a horrible car accident. I lost the baby, and was in serious condition, and Jensen broke his arms and had some cuts and bruises, but other than that he was alright. I was crying all the time, and Jensen stayed by my side faithfully, even though he was depressed because he thought it was all his fault since he was driving. When I got out of the hospital, J-Jensen wasn't there to take me home, so Breanne took me home." Justine had to stop to take a few deep breathes. "When we got home, I found him, in our house..." Justine had tears streaming down her cheeks. "He had hung himself over our staircase banister." Just said through sobs.
Toby took her in his arms and let her cry on his shoulder, but she still continued.
"He left a suicide note. It said that he loved me, but he couldn't live with killing Sebastian, and almost killing me." Justine broke out in intense sobs and clung onto Toby.
Toby just held her and rubbed her back. They sat that way for awhile, until Justine cried her self to sleep. Toby sighed softly and picked her up in his arms, cradling her gently. He carried her down to his room and lay her in his bed. Toby leaned down and kissed her forehead softly. Toby pulled Justine's shoes off and set them down next to the bed. He smiled softly and thought of her planking, and how that's how she sleeps. Toby got onto the bed next to her, over the covers.
"I love you, Justine." Toby whispered as he kissed her cheek once more before he rolled over and fell asleep.