Jack spends sufficient hours revising for his last exam, but otherwise their days are spent singing, learning the words, growing into the new part, new life. Jess doesn’t need to go to school at all now – practising for the prom, especially since music is what she wants as her career, is something the teachers are happy to allow her to do for these last two weeks. For Jess it is easy, most of the time, to block out unwelcome thoughts. Her body and mind are invaded by a pleasure which easily outweighs fragile mothers and uncertain futures. Sometimes, when she is not with Jack, uncertainty forces its way back in and she briefly knows that there will be decisions to make. But she is happy to think of today, this week, next week, the holidays, and to let the far distance approach at its own speed. Her mind is filled with now, and there is enough of that to satisfy her. She will skydive and trust the parachute. But Jack is dangerously tormented by a thought and a need.
