"Dude, chill out!" Jay yells at him, "I'm saving your ass here, not hers. I went to school with this girl; her father is the head of the Police Department man! Don’t be an idiot! Why else would I turn that-" He made a gestured at her body, "down, huh man?"

Darcy stands there scared. She looks down at the ground. Then she fell to her knees and began to cry into the arms of the coat.

She said in between tears "I shouldn't have been here. I shouldn't have come here!"

Jay went to comfort the crying girl. He glared at Jeff until Jeff went back to his place by the fire. Jay and Darcy were alone to talk as long as they talked quietly.

"Look, I'm sorry about that." He stroked her face where Jeff had slapped it, "You've gotta be careful who you stand up to out here. Don't you worry though, I invited you, and I’ll make sure nothing horrible happens to you. I promise."

Darcy just looks up at him and shakes her head. A few tears went down her cheeks. Then she quietly said to him "I know but that doesn't mean he would do it again. I should have never come here. I should have never drunk 2 bottles of beer. I shouldn’t have even been out tonight. I went against my dad's wishes and look he was right!"

"Hey, hey... come on now." Jay said softly, "You gotta rebel sometimes; otherwise you'll never have any fun. This doesn't seem fun... but hey I'll tell ya what, I'll go beat in his face for you? Would that cheer you up? Just name it."

Darcy smiled and looked up at Jay and whispered "You probably think I am such a big Christian baby who can't handle herself." Then she wiped her cheeks off. She then looked up at Jay again and saw that there was some dirt on his chin so she wiped it off without realizing it.

Jay smirked at her, "If you're worried about me thinking of you as a big Christian baby... why not get up, come sit with me on the table over there? We'll ignore those assholes and have our own little party. If Jeff comes over, I'll deck him.” He stood up and put his hand out her to get leverage with, "C'mon, this isn't how I want you're experience down at the Ravine to end."

She sat there for a minute looking at the ground. She turned her head to look at Jay's outreached hand and then she said to Jay in a soft and hoping tone "You promise?"

"I promise." He said to her. He wasn’t exactly sure which part of whatever he said he was promising too. He lied a lot, it was habit. That line about her father being a cop back there, utter BS. It worked though, and that's the things about lying. It really does work. In this case though, he was pretty sure he was telling the truth when he said it. He really did want her to stay and have a good time, if he could pull some of the goodie-to-shoes out of her she could be a real cool chick.
She smiled at him she then put her little hands into his big hand and said "Okay. So this is just hanging out right?" She made a unsure face. Ever since she met Jay she knew that she could be herself when she was around him and she wouldn't have to worry about him telling her what she could or couldn’t do.
"Yeah," He led her over to the picnic table by her hand, and helped her up onto the table top. "Just hanging out like friends."

He took a seat next to her and went to take a sip of a beer he didn't have. He didn't want to trouble himself with getting up; he'd wait until someone else offered to bring him one. More people were coming into the clearing, the party was about to get going'.

"Let's keep it on the down low, though okay? I don't wanna be known as that guy who is friends with the Christian girl, alright?" It was half way a joke, half way true.

Darcy looked at him in the eyes and giggled "Okay, so now is that what you are going to be calling me? Where is the beer at? I am thirsty!"

Jay waved to a couple of the people just showing up, they had a case of beer in hand. "Hey, throw me a couple of those!" He told them.

"Hey, what's up Jay?" The guy called back, opening the case and pulling out two beers. He walked them over to the table and gave Jay an odd handshake before handing him the beers.

"Hey man, thanks." Jay told him, and then introduced Darcy, "This is Darcy, and it’s her first time down here."

Darcy looked up at them. She said "Hey! Thanks for the beer!" She then looked around. She saw that she had never seen three-fourths of the people here before. She grabbed at Jay's coat as if it would protect her. She took a long and hard gulp and then looked at Jay and then quickly up at the sky wondering "why do I keep looking at Jay? It must be the beer! Yup it’s the beer"

Jay's friend headed back to the main group after a short talk. Darcy hadn't said anything; she looked like she was just enjoying the beer. Jay couldn't think of anything to say to her, he was used to insulting her. The silence was nice, just the mull of voices from those talking around the crackling and popping campfire. He watch a couple go into the Van, he hoped Darcy wouldn't ask him about it like Emma had that night well over a year ago.

Darcy leaned back and lay down on the table. She then took a sip and then had a bunch of beer on her face. She started to laugh then she sat back up. And then she turned to Jay. She tapped him on the shoulder and then shamefully asked "Do you have anything to wipe my face off with?" then she giggled again.

Jay grabbed the sleeve of his coat that was on her and wiped her face off. He knew that he can’t ever go out with Darcy because no matter what he knew everyone would talk about him and that he would lose his tough guy status. But he still leaned in to kiss her, without intentionally.

Darcy began to kiss him back. She reached her hands up and held his face while she kissed him. A voice was saying to her, “Don’t throw yourself out there again like you did with Spinner. Anyways he isn’t even your type!” Then another voice said, “What a minute Spinner is like Jay but not really. I don’t know! You know what I am just going to keep doing what I am doing and see how he reacts.” But she still pulled away from him.

She pulled away and opened her eyes. She could see that he was just as confused as she was. She thought to herself, “What are you doing? Why did you pull away from a kiss like that?”

Jay just looked at her thinking, “I must have gone too far! No, I couldn’t have because she wanted it just as much as I wanted it. I know because I want it, too.”

Darcy got up and put her hands up on her head. She looked at him and then said, “What I am doing? I need to get home! It’s late. I am not supposed to be out this late! I have to go!”

Jay looked up at her and just said, “May I have,” but it was too late she had already started to ran home. He sat there and just thought, “I will get my coat back later I guess.”

We fade out.