Just a waitress (a jace Norman fanfic)

Chapter fourteen- Not giving up

Christine's pov
It's been two days. Jace and I have barely said a word to each other. It's just really awkward. Maybe this is his way of telling me he doesn't like me? Or maybe he does and he just doesn't want to tell me? I know I said that we could forget about the kiss but I couldn't. Somewhere on my mind I still had a tiny bit of hope in me that he loves me. Today on set I decide to try and see for myself if he likes me or not. I walk up to him in the waiting room. "Hey jace." I said almost barely audible. "Oh hey Christine! What's up?" What now? "Uh nothing! Stuff! The ceiling?" I panicked. (A/N true story I actually said that to someone! I'm so socially challenged!😂) Come on Christine get it together! Jace looked at me oddly. "Are you alright?" He asked. "Who me? Totally fine! Better than fine! Just peachy actually!" Seriously shut up! He turned for a minute and I face palmed my self multiple times. "Are you sure? Your acting kind of weird." He said questioningly. I laughed really strangely. "Weird? Not me! Absolutely no weird here! Ha! Ha! Ooo look! A place! I'm going to go stand there!" I quickly walked away. That did not go as planned. Riele walked up to me. "What was that all about?" She asked. "What?" I said innocently. "That." She motioned to what had just happened between me and jace. "Oh that? That was nothing! I just got a little tongue tied thats all!" I said. "I don't think so. You lien him don't you?" "Whaaaat? Psshh no!" I could kick myself for that! "Yeah right! You totally like him!" "Alright fine! I think I like him! Maybe. I don't know! This is all new to me! I am terrible at identifying feelings!" I said. "Well not me. And I can see you really like him! You have to tell him!" "No way! What if he doesn't like me back! That would be so weird! I am not going down that road! There no way he likes me!" I started breathing fast again. "I think he might if you told him how you feel." She said. "Oh shut up dr. Phill!" I said and she laughed. But all day I kept glancing at jace. He was always looking at me. Maybe.

Jaces pov
I have the perfect plan. I know exactly how to tell her I like her! I won't give up. All day she seemed really weird. Maybe she does like me? It doesn't matter. Soon she'll know. I just have to wait till the. End of the day.

Christine's pov
At the end of the day I was about to head home but Riele stopped me. "Christine! How would you like to come to the mall with me for a makeover?" She said. "Um thanks for the offer but I'm not really into makeup." I ask and started to leave but she jumped I front of me. "Wait! It everyone loves a makeover! Please come with me?!" She begged. "Alright if I say yes then will you stop acting so weird?" "Absolutely! Let's go!" She grabbed my arm and dragged me out to her moms car. Geez the girl has a strong grip! We went to the mall. She made me get a dress, shoes, I had to go to the spa and get all treated. I had to go to the nail salon and get a manicure and pedicure. I had to go to the hair salon and get my hair and makeup done. By the time de said j was finally done I felt ridiculous. I walked out to show her. "I feel like a Barbie doll." I whined. "But you look like a hot doll now!" She said. Then she picked me to the mirror. "Oh." Was all I could say. I looked so different! I looked beautiful. I finally fled the mall and got home as fast as I could. It was close to 6:00. I got to the house but and ran upstairs. I got to my room, but it was different. There was a pile of rose petals on my bed with a note on the middle. "If you want to know the truth, follow the trail. If not throw away the note and don't come. But please do, I have to tell you something." What the heck? What trail? I looked down. A trail of petals led off of my bed and out the door. I took the note and decided to take a risk. I followed the trail out of the house. Down the street. Around the corner. Down to the beach. At first it was silent. But as I got closer I heard music. The Rose trail led right up to a table. It led to another pile of petals and a note I the middle. "You've reached your destination. Now turn around." It said. I stared puzzled. "Your supposed to turn around." I jumped again. Man he is sneaky with the notes and walking up behind people. "Jace? You did this?" I asked. He handed me a bouquet of roses and smiled. "Yeah. You have no idea how hard the trail was to make!" I laughed. He pushed back a chair for me and I sat. I could see the sunset at the ridge of the water. It was beautiful. With a mixture of yellow, orange, and pink scattered across the sky and reflecting off of the water. Jace sat across from me. "So I think you can guess that I did all this for a reason." He said. "I had the sneaking suspicion." I said and laughed. "I just couldn't think of any other way to tell you. I think your perfect so you deserve the perfect moment. I really like you and I couldn't keep hiding it anymore. I saw something special in you the minute I saw you crash I to that tree. I was always afraid that you wouldn't feel the same so I tried to hide it. I had a girlfriend and there were all these distractions, but you turned my work upside down! Now there's no more distractions, no more excuses, no more lies. I love you. Thats the truth. And I'm hoping that you'll tell me the truth about how you feel about me?" Did he just say that to me? This has to be the best dream ever! Please don't wake up! "I kinda just spilled out my inner most feelings! Really went out on a limb here! I'd appreciate it if you would say something! Christine?" He asked nervously. I was frozen. How do I respond? I like him it I've never done this before! Could this be a bad thing? "I um... Can you you excuse me just one minute?" I jumped up and ran down to the shore. I took off my sandals and let my toes soak up the damp sand and water. Okay Christine, think. There is a super cute guy back there, he likes you, you like him too. But this could end badly. You could get hurt! What are you supposed to tell him? I suddenly felt a hand on my shoulder. I turned around. "Are you okay? What's wrong?" He asked. "This! All of this!" "So you don't like me? I understand." He starts to turn around. "No! No! I mean that no one has ever done something like this for me before. And I just... I really like you too, but this could be a really bad idea. But it could be a really good idea. What if I break your heart? What if you break mine?" I babbled. He took my hand. "I promise that I'll will break your heart. I promise that you will break mine. I promise that we will laugh and cry and life will be great and then totally suck! But what matters is that we're together. I want you in my life. And even if you don't like me now, I'll never give up. Because I love you. And all I want to know is if you love me too?" I could only think to respond in one way. I wrapped my hands around his neck and kissed him. He put his hands on my waist and kissed back. Okay the biggest risk of my life just totally paid off! We kissed as the last lights faded out and we were in dim light. "Does that answer your question?" I said. He smiled. "Totally." He leaned in but I pulled away. "If you want another you have to catch me!" I took off in my bare feet. He chased after me. I ran through the water and splashed him. He chased me until he tripped and fell into the water. I laughed so hard. "You know I could use some help!" He said so I walked over and held out my hand. He grabbed it and yanked me into the water. "You jerk! Do you know how long it took me to look like this?" He just laughed and said. "Caught you." Then he kissed me for a long time. We went onto the shore and I was freezing. He grabbed a towel and wrapped it around me. We just laid together on the sand for a while long after dark. Finally he said. "Hey you know how I said that I think I love you? Well I don't." He said. "What?!" I said sitting up. "I don't think I love you. I know I do." I sighed with relief and said. "Although that pause right there was not funny, I definitely love you too."