Jaci and Dottie: Boy Troubles Part 2

Kylie sat on the swings with Jenny, waiting for their friends to arrive.

She watched the two girl approach, and smiled at how much the younger one had changed in the last couple of months. When she had first met Dottie, the girl was a wreck, unable to even function in the presence of a male, and now Dottie had danced with a boy, and was starting to have special feeling for him, if the amount of time she spent talking about him was any indication.

“You think Dottie is going to talk about Rob today?” Asked Jenny, who was obviously thinking along the same lines Kylie was.

“Gee, I dont know. She only talks about him on days that end in ‘y’ .”

Both girls giggled.

“Hi guys.” the girl in question said as she and her sister approached.

“Hey Dot. We saved you the middle swing.” Kylie said.

“Thanks.”

Jaci tried to create a “manly” voice and said, “Well, little lady, now that I got you escorted you to the swings, this manly man is going to play with the boys.”

Dottie giggled, and said, “And what are you going to do while your boyfriend plays with the boys?”

“What boyfriend?” Jaci asked.

“The boyfriend you keep going on about. ‘This manly man is doing this, this manly man is going there.’ I wanna meet this manly man boyfriend of yours.”

“I was talking about me! I’m the manly man!”

“That’s not what the Pinks think, girly girl.”

“Ohhh.... I’m not talking to you! You’re the one whose girly germs ...Ahhhh!” Jaci yelled, and then stomped off to see if she could find out what game the boys were playing.

Dottie watched her sister stomp away, and sighed.

“I’m worried about Jaci.” she told her friends.

“Why?” Jen asked.

“She keeps up this whole ‘I’m a boy’ thing up, and she’s gonna get hurt. I know she likes that Keith boy, and if he sees her as a girl, she’s not going to be able to handle it.”

“Yeah, but maybe that’s what she needs to have happen. If Keith hits on her, she’s going to have to choose. To pretend she’s a boy and lose out, or get the boy, and give up the pretend.”

“She’s gonna get hurt.”

“And we’ll be there for her, Dottie. But speaking of boys, has Robbie asked you out yet?” Kylie asked.

Dottie blushed, and said, “No. I dont think he sees me that way.”

“You could always ask him out. It is the twenty-first century, after all. “ Kylie said.

“But what if he really doesnt see me that way?”

“Then he’s the loser. You make a good catch.”

Dottie blushed harder, and then said, “What about you two. Any boys in your futures?”

“Tons. Hundreds, I’m beating em off with a stick.” Jenny said, giggling.

“Oh yes, me too.” Kylie laughed.

“I can believe that. Boys. What can you do with em?” Dottie giggled, and then the three friends went back to swinging.

But every once in awhile, Dottie looked across the park in the direction her sister went. For some reason, the old song “There’s gonna be a heartache tonight” came into her mind.

“I guess all I can do is be there when it happens.” She thought, and then went back to swinging.

End.