Damn. I have got to stop checking this forum when I’m not caught up on the story.
A while back I read mention of the car crash, so I raced to get caught up, petrified it was going to be Rhona, Tara when she went for a run and didn’t come back for awhile, or even Kayla.
Then I checked back yesterday, and saw mention of a break up. So it was with great trepidation that I finished Chapter 150.
Shit.
But. . . can’t say I didn’t see this coming. Jack and Kayla haven’t been healthy for awhile now. It’s actually been rather painful seeing how little they’ve been enjoying each other’s company sophomore year of college. Props to them for recognizing it isn’t working out anymore, and they can’t keep just trying to fix it. And there’s been subtle hints all along that, by the time Jack is writing to us, Kayla isn’t in the picture anymore. Like, a time he said that if he had a picture of her, and her permission, he’d include it for us, indicating Kayla isn’t easily accessible to ask for permission. And a few other things, nothing I can really quote off the top of my head, just subtle phrases when “Modern!Jack” is talking to us where it seems like he should be mentioning Kayla being around too, but doesn’t. Maybe he’s just not doing it to preserve suspense, but I’ve long had a sneaking feeling that, by the time Jack is writing all this down to share with us, Kayla is of the past. I’ve been bedding that feeling down with the title. If “She Is The One” is true, then that’s Kayla, and if she’s not The One, then this is one hell of prolonged prologue. If “She Is The One” is not true. . . I really don't want to think about that.
I hope that’s not the case. I hope that by the end of the semester Kayla has realized there’s a big Jack-shaped hole in her life, and Jack has realized there’s a big Kayla-shaped hole in his, and they come back to their relationship with new maturity and perspective to rebuild it better than it was before.
But I’m not holding my breath.
But fuck, the romantic in me is taking this hard. It almost feels like I was the one who got dumped. I love this story because the romantic side of me, the side that needs to believe in True Love, gets deep satisfaction from Jack and Kayla being each others’ The One. I’m really hoping that isn’t completely over, or if it is, True Love is still out there for both of them and we’ll get to see it.
But, yeah, it’s been hard. Chapter 150 definitely earned its Wham Episode status.
Anyone else getting the feeling that we’re kind of hurtling towards an ending? Like Chapter 200 might be the conclusion of Jack’s story?