They Don't Know About Us

Chapter 18

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Grace's POV

I didn't go to school the next day.

I didn't even want to be going to school today but Jake thinks I should be stronger when it comes to this. That Chris should be the one hiding at home seeing he's the one who was in the wrong.

For all I knew, Chris could be at home too but I doubted it. I would've asked Jake but he stayed with me the whole of Thursday.

Usually I wouldn't think too much of what Chris had done. It was probably a mistake. Maybe I had accidently made him believe I wanted that. I hardly kissed the guy so I had no idea why he would think I all of the sudden want to sleep with him.

I guess some teenagers are crazy these days. Sleeping around, underage drinking, taking drugs...

I just didn't get those people.

I mean, I hardly understood myself. Chris was freaking hot but now that I look back, for some reason I couldn't find myself being even close to loving him. He was sweet and all (minus the few well... misinterpretations) but gosh I don't even know how to explain it.

There was something missing. I knew that much. A reason for why all these things didn't seem to be falling into place.

Why I wasn't that upset that I knew I had to break up with Chris.

Why I hadn't told Harley what happened at the lake with Jake.

What was going on with me?

"Gracie, you ready to go?" Jake called out to me. I could hear him coming to my door before I saw him.

"Yeah hang on." I told him, leaning down to pack my school bag.

I grabbed a pile of my books to try and shove in my bag all at once but half of them fell to the ground. My eyes blurred from tears and I could hear Jake let out a sigh as he came to help me.

"Gracie..." I collapsed onto Jake and started crying as he held me tight against me. "He's not worth it."

I looked up at him and tried to crack a smile. "This is why you still don't have a girlfriend Jake. You're always having to take care of me."

"I'll always be here for you." He kissed my forehead.

This is why Chris should be more like Jake.

"Do I have to go to school today?" I asked him.

"You can't let him know he's affecting you." Was his reply.

"If he doesn't know what he did affected me, how's he going to know not to do that again?" I felt Jake's grip on me tighten.

"You're not going near him again."

"Technically he's my boyfriend Jake..."

"Not if I can help it." I frowned at him.

"Jake, I'm okay. I'm right here. I'm safe now." I told him, kissing his cheek.

For a second Jake looks back at me with this intense look I'd seen before at the lake.