Part 2 - The End of The World As We Know It. (Jack & Jillian)

Life. Is Good.

Those were the only words on Jack's mind since that day outside of the video store, the day that changed his life. "Jillian and I are dating!" He says to Warren. Jack and Warren were hanging out at Jack's place. He couldn't wait to tell Warren the news. "You're...dating? as in, DATING? Like, boyfriend/girlfriend?" Warren questioned. "YES. She kissed me and everything! it was like, something out of the movies, like, true romance, or something." Jack explained. "Wasn't True Romance about gangs and shit?" Warren said. "No no, i wasn't talking about the movie True Romance, i was talking about real romance." Jack said. "Real Romance? Is that movie any good?" Warren said. "You're a retard." says Jack.

Jillian knocks on Jack's door. "Hi Jack!" She jumps on him and gives him a welcoming kiss. "Wow, hey Jillian. Man, you look so beautiful today." Jack says to his girlfriend. That's right. Girlfriend. "Jack, you are the sweetest." Jillian says, smiling. Jack and Jillian have now been dating for a month, but it doesn't seem like a month, it almost seems like it was a minute ago that the two shared a moonlit kiss after both getting physically assaulted by Martin. "Happy one month anniversary!" Jillian says to Jack. "Same to you! It sure has been an amazing month...but can you really call it an anniversary? I mean, anniversary means one year right? It's been one month, it's not an anniversary." Jack explains. "Oh, shut up, Jack. Anniversary or not, I'm still happier than I've ever been. Nobody has ever made me as happy as you do, and i hope that i will never have to deal with the Martins of the world again." Jillian says to Jack, while smiling. Jack swears her smile can light up a room, almost every time she smiles he sees a white light reminiscent of an angel, and every time she speaks it's like every other noise just doesn't exist anymore, like she is the only person alive and her voice is the only sound that can be heard. Jack knew he was in love with this girl, and he never wanted to lose her.

"Jack! Jack!" Mike yells. "JACK!". "WHAT! I AM RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU!" Jack exclaims. "Oh. Yeah. Right." Mike says. "I just saw Jillian hanging out with Brandon." Mike says. "Uh, yeah, and? They're friends. So what?" Jack answers. Mike stares at Jack like a deer about to get slammed by a Hummer. Jack almost sees Mike as a deer in that very moment. "Yeah, but you don't understand, Brandon is the biggest player in town, he will woo her with his good looks and flat brim hat, fuck her brains out, and leave her instantly. Jillian is going to leave you for Brandon, dude!" Mike says. "Okay, i doubt a HAT has any power over ANYONE much less a girl's vagina. Plus..." Just then, Jack sees an empty flat brim hat across the street walking a girl into a house. "Uh. Did you just see that?" Jack asks Mike. "See what?" Mike answers. "Never mind...my point is, a hat has no power over a woman, and besides, Jillian loves me, she loves me for WHO I AM, she's not going to leave me, you're an idiot."

Just then, Jillian texts Jack.

Transcript of their text message:

Jillian: Jack, we need to talk.
Jack: Okay...want to meet me somewhere?
Jillian: No, that's okay, i can't say this in person, it will hurt too much. Jack, i am leaving you. I just...i can't do this anymore, i thought i was ready but I'm not, i can't be in another relationship right now, not after Martin. I hope you understand.
Jack: Wait...it's been a month, why are you deciding this now? What's going on?
Jillian: I know it's been a month, it's our anniversary, remember? Turns out a month was the right amount of time i needed to realize that i just need to be alone right now.
Jack: It's not an anniversary. This doesn't make any sense, are you sure there's no other reason?
Jillian: I'm sure of it. I'm sorry Jack, i still love you.
Jack: Don't do this...please?
Jillian: I'm sorry...
Jack: but it's our anniversary!

That was it. Gone. Forgotten. Just like that. Jack could not believe how something so beautiful could end so quickly. How something that meant so much to him could just wither and die right before his eyes and he couldn't do anything to stop it. It was nature, the circle of life. Things are born, and things die, and that's exactly what happened to Jack and Jillian. Much like a human life being destroyed. Jack certainly felt destroyed. What was he supposed to do? He's never felt this empty before.

Jack stared at the ceiling again. Much like he did after their last conversation before they started dating. Only this time, he wasn't thinking about the fact that he felt so stupid after flipping out at Jillian, this time he was wondering what it really was that he did wrong. What was the real reason for her breaking up with him? "She just ended it..no warning...no real explanation, at least none that made sense to me." He sighs to himself. "Maybe...shit...maybe Mike was right? No, it couldn't be, she's not that type of girl. No way." Jack hears his phone go off, it's a text message. "Jillian?" He jumps out of bed, and picks up his phone. "Oh, it's just a Postbook notification. I wonder who it is."

Jillian is now in a relationship with Brandon.


"WHAT!"


Suddenly, Jack sees red. Literally. His entire room turns red, his eyes feel like they're bleeding with rage, he touches his face, he feels blood. Suddenly it's gone, "Is this real?" He says to himself. Jack imagines that he is beating Brandon's face in with a hammer. He thinks about the satisfaction it would give him. It's not right, he knows it's not a thought he should be having but his brain isn't thinking logically right now. Jillian, it's Jillian's fault. It's not Brandon at all. Jillian. She did this, she hurt me. Jack witnesses his heart fall out onto the floor and shatter into a million peaces. Leaving a stain. He gets down on his knees. "Jillian, what the fuck. Why?" He's talking to himself, is he going insane? He looks up at the ceiling. Jack sees the pale moonlight from the night they kissed for the very first time. So vivid, so powerful. He sees Jillian's green eyes. They turn red, then black. Jack sees Jillian's face turn into Satan himself. She is evil, she is the Anti-Christ. Why? Why would she do this? Jack falls from his knees onto the floor in a slump. He rolls onto his back. It feels like the night he got knocked out, it feels like their first amazing endeavor. He remembers a time at the mall where she made him hold all of her bags. "What a bitch." He remembers a time when she slept at his house, she took up the entire bed. "Greedy whore." All these little things he thought were cute at the time, now enraged him. He wanted to kill someone. He wanted to die.

Jack, you're going insane.

Jack.

Jack.

JACK.

"WHAT! LEAVE ME ALONE!" Jack screams. "Dude...you okay?" says Mike. He was outside, in front of his house. "How...how did i get here?" Jack says. "You...walked down the stairs and opened your door and came outside...duh" Warren said. "No...no i was just...i was in my room...i...good lord." Jack says, breathing heavily as if he had just ran a mile. He has barely moved. "Okay man, this chick fucked you up, you can't let her get to you like this, it's INSANE. You sound like a mad man." Mike says to Jack. Mike was always the logical thinker and seemed to hold their group together. He was always there when someone was freaking out. "You need to move on and forget about her, dude." Mike says. "I just can't do that man, I've waited so long for her, hell, i turned down OTHER women for her, and you know how often i get women. Not very often." Jack explained. "I need her in my life, and she doesn't even want to talk to me. I can't believe you were right man, i just can't believe it" Jack continues. Mike stares at Jack for a moment "Alright. You want her back, i understand, man. I really do. As far as i see it, you have two choices, you either forget about her, or you win her back." Jack's eyes light up. "Yes. Win her back. I won her the first time, somehow! I'm sure i can think up something to win her back. Thanks man, you always know what to say!" Jack hugs Mike, and runs inside his house up to his room. Mike remains with Warren outside Jack's house. "Did he just...hug me?" He says, uncomfortably. Warren starts laughing.

Jack paces in his room, he needs to think of something, something very romantic, very special, something that will make Jillian remember how much she loves him. "Come on, Jack, THINK! I know you got it in you!" He says to himself. He wants to make her feel like she's in a movie, you know, one of those cheesy romantic comedies that always end happily. Girls love them. Suddenly, an idea pops into his head. "I GOT IT! She will love it, I'll have her falling for me all over again! Like a bad 80's song! She'll be all like I. I JUST DIED IN YOUR ARMS TONIGHT. MUST HAVE BEEN SOMETHING YOU SAID. YEAH! Just like that!" Jack begins working on his plan to win back Jillian. He knows that if this doesn't work, he might just lose the only girl worth all of this. The only girl worth giving his entire world for. Jillian.