Jeanne

Rory walked out to the deck and Ted followed him after he finished cleaning the rest of the vomit. Ted was feeling like starting a fight. But he wasn’t a violent guy. He had been in exactly two fights in his life, and they had both been over girls.
When Rory opened the sliding door, he slowed down to such an extent that Ted actually bumped into him from behind. They were understandably drunk. There were no less than four girls out on the deck, and a couple guys further back in the corner. The girls were talking in couples. Which one would he ask a light from?

Girl Couple #1: Jeanne and Missy
Jeanne and Missy were college students out for their weekend binge. They had found out about a 25 year old’s party because they were the kind of girls that liked more “experienced” guys. Missy’s ex-boyfriend was, in fact, Ted. They had remained friends, but also so Missy could hook up with his friends.
Jeanne was the shyer girl of the two.
She had had this many boyfriends: 2
She had been alive for this amount of years: 21
This was the average length of both relationships: 97 days
She had had sexual relations with this many males: 7
She had had sexual relations with this many females: 1

Girl couple #2: Penelope and Ireena
Penelope and Ireena were in their mid 20’s. They were professional women. They were at Ted’s because Penelope was a coworker of Ted’s. And in a few hours, she would greatly disrupt their business relationship by attempting to start a romantic relationship.
Ireena was a cold woman. She had slept with thirty men. There was nothing she had not seen on this earth. If the world was going to war with Mars, and if Ireena was a military woman, she could be the one to lead the charge into outer space. But she was not a military woman at all. She was a social services worker. She hated her job. She hated her life. She was brutal. Many people thought she was quite beautiful, though. It was unfortunate she had started moving onto harder stuff as she started earning a larger salary.

“Do you have a light?”
Jeanne looked over at Rory, who was standing right in front of Ted.
“All this nonsense is making me sick!” Missy exclaimed.
Jeanne lit his cigarette, and Ted gestured towards himself.
“I know what you mean, Missy. Why is somebody who was not invited to the party here?” Ted began.
Rory leaned his head back out over the deck and looked up at the night sky.
“Why would some cheap, dirty, lowlife like Rory McClennan show up?”
Rory took a puff.
“Is it because he’s got nowhere else to go? Because he has no friends?”
Jeanne looked down at the ground.
“Or is it because he just wants to take a piss and try to pick up one of these beautiful girls?”
The night sky was gorgeous in Rory’s mind. It reminded him of the past summer nights.
Penelope walked over to Ted and began by putting her arm around his body. He cooled down a bit, and just smoked and looked at Rory.
Then Ireena said, “Where the hell do you get the balls to talk like that to someone? You think just because it’s your party, just because somebody you may not like shows up, you think you have the right to totally isolate them like that? To rip them apart like that and make such a scene about it?”
“The guy’s got issues,” Rory offered, rising from his stargazing position. “I think he really hates himself.”
“Fuck you. Get out of my house.”
Rory whispered to Jeanne, gesturing towards Ted, “Sexual issues.”
Rory left, and Ireena said, “I refuse to stay at such a rude party.”
The two of them met up when Rory held the front door for her.