You were his escort simply something to keep his mind off Daisy he was a man afterall Jay knew you were just something to distract him when all was said and done he’d drop all of it and leave for Daisy if she so asked despite that Gatsby never mistreated you or dismissed you in a rude or condescending manner it intrigued you so every night you laid on his bed watching him ponder deep in thought now you were in the highest room of his lavish mansion He’s been staring at that window for about an hour now looking down watching as patrons enjoy his extravagant parties and yet he just doesn’t have the heart to join , you wonder why that is it. Every face that enters the party you see the more dejected he looks and then he mutters to himself more than you “she’s not coming old sport ” he slaps back his whiskey and placed it down on the marble table with a clink he then sighed and rubbed his temples wondering if more whiskey would numb the Unrequited love