The New Boy

the 'l' word

"oh my gosh." I say as I plop down in Jacks car.

"what?" Jack asks trying not to laugh.

"shut up!" I yell playfully smacking his arm.

"it wasn't that bad." Jack says smiling.

"she literally told us to be safe. she does that all the time even though she knows that I'm a virgin. and-" Jack cuts me off.

"you're still a virgin?" Jack asks sort of surprised.

"yeah? you're not?" I ask trying to make it sound normal.

"well.. no, but I just thought because I mean, look at you." Jack says.

"you sound like you're the weird one here. I am. I'm a senior and still a virgin." I add.

"no babe. that's okay. you're just waiting for the right person." Jack says.

"I know, but what about you?" I ask.

"honestly?" he asks.

"honestly." I say.

"I planned on waiting for the right person, but last year at a party I got blackout drunk and woke up naked in a bed with one of my friends and I freaked out. it was in the summer so I avoided her and never asked her about it. I don't know if anything happened, but I'm too scared to ask her." he says.

"babe. you probably should." I say.

"would you help me? if I did." he asks furrowing his eyebrow.

"of course I would. whenever you want." I tell him.

"maybe tonight?" Jack asks.

"sounds good." I say grabbing his free hand. he smiles at me.

"thanks babe." he says and I lean over the center console and kiss his cheek. "you're definitely not getting away with just that."

"you're going to have to wait until later." I say teasing.

"but I'm very impatient. you know that babe." he says smiling.

"when we get to your house." I say.

"okay, then we're leaving early." he says smirking at me.

"not until study hall." I say smiling.

"not before?" he pleads.

"not today." I say.

"wait, so another day?" he asks smiling.

"before it gets too cold we need to go to the beach. I know my mom won't care if I ditch. especially if I'm with you." I say.

"and my mom doesn't need to know." he laughs.

"yeah. neither does my dad, but maybe I could see if Gavin and Liz would want to come." I say and Jack looks confused. "Gavin, my brother and Liz, his girlfriend."

"oh. okay." Jack laughs awkwardly.

"do you have any siblings?" I ask realizing that I don't know this.

"yeah. Molly and Laura." he says.

"oh.." I say awkwardly.

"they don't live with us up here though." Jack says.

"okay. good because I'm a little nervous about meeting your family anyways." I say.

"I'm sure that you've done it many times before." Jack says smiling at me.

"actually, not since freshman year. well, I had a boyfriend in eighth grade, but we broke up like a year and a half later." I explain to him.

"really? you've went that long without a boyfriend? damn, these boys here are so stupid. how could they not want to date you? you are absolutely perfect." he says smiling at me. I smile at him and blush.

"I love-" I cut myself off realizing that I was about to tell him that I loved him. before he can notice I add "this song. and I was thinking that maybe we could leave after French?"

"of course we can. and babe?" Jack asks.

shit. did he notice?

"yeah?" I ask, my face a little warmer than normal.

"there's no song on." he says.

shit. he noticed.

"what?" I laugh pretending I don't know what he's talking about.

"well, you see." Jack says as we pull into the parking lot. "you said I love this song. with an extremely long pause in between love and this song. after I said that you were perfect and that these boys are crazy for not wanting to date you."

"oh? what do you mean?" I ask as Jack pulls into a parking spot.

"I mean that I love you too." he says turning off his car. I start coughing because I was so shocked.

"what?" I ask, my eyes wide.

"I said, I love you too." he says smiling at me.

"so, we're going to your house, right?" I ask.

"after school?" he asks me.

"no. right now. I love you and we're ditching." I say laughing.

"really?" Jack asks confused.

"yes. I can just say that I didn't feel good and that I'm feeling better at practice. coach won't say anything." I say.

"we can go to your house now and then out to eat and then my house before practice." he says.

"okay. sounds good, but before you start driving, I've been waiting this whole car ride to do this." I say leaning in and kissing him. I end up being the first to pull away.

"ready to go now?" he asks smiling.

"yeah." I smile at him and he pulls out of the parking lot.

"did you mean to say that you love me?" Jack asks me, turning down the radio.

"honestly?" I ask.

"honestly." he replies.

"well, I mean it and I've been thinking it since yesterday. it did slip out though. I didn't mean to tell you because I thought that you would think I was weird or something, but I definitely did mean it. did you mean it? or did you just say it because I did?" I ask him, afraid of what he might say.

"I wasn't even sure if you said it. I was terrified that you were trying to say that you loved something else, or someone else-" he says, but I cut him off before he can say anything else.

"someone else? hah. okay. as if. no one is as amazing as you, as sweet as you, as attractive as you, to say the least. you are beyond perfect. you are better than Channing Tatum. one hundred times better than him. over one hundred times better. you put him to shame babe." I say, realizing how stupid I sound a little too late.

"me? better than Channing Tatum? okay." he says sarcastically.

"I'm being serious! if Channing Tatum were to ask me out right now, I would laugh in his face and then makeout with you in front of him." I say.

"well, that's good to know babe." he says laughing.

"finny?" I ask.

"yes babe." he replies.

"I'm glad that you moved here. for whatever reason it was, I'm glad." I tell him.

"me too." he smiles at me and we hold hands while singing to the radio until we get to my house.

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this is a few hours late. sorry. 😔😂

but ilysm. 💕

peace. ✌️