Did You Miss Me?

Chapter 2

The next morning I awoke to a phone call. I answered as soon as I saw who it was.

"Mum, what's up?" I said with a yawn. Jake woke up next to me and sat up, looking worriedly at me, silently asking if everything was okay.

I didn't respond as I listened to mum's voice on the other line.

"Hey Jj, just phoning to see if you'll be home tonight? George is here for the weekend and wants to meet you."

I sighed and rolled my eyes, I mouthed 'George' to Jake who chuckled quietly, visibly relaxed and lay back down on his pillow, gently running his fingers up and down my back.

"Mum, I don't want to meet George, tell him I'm out with Jake for the weekend or something"

"Where will you really be though?"

"Here with Jake" I said in a monotonous tone, really though, who else was I going to spend the weekend with?

"Okay, baby. Bye" and then she hung up. I stared at my phone for a second, as if just taking in that my own mother had hung up on me. I put my phone back on the end table and lay back down staring at the ceiling and sighed. Jake propped himself up on one elbow and looked at me, looking guilty. I looked at him, screwing my eyebrows together in confusion.

"You know you're going to have to meet him at some point right?" I closed my eyes and sighed again. I felt his soft lips plant a swift kiss on my forehead.

"I thought she was ringing for something serious, Jake. She's not well at all and it just makes me mad when she only wants to talk to me to invite me to meet her new boyfriend"

"In all fairness they've been together for over a month. You're here most of the time, Jess, and he's there every weekend. Apart from tonight because he wants to actually meet the daughter of the woman he's dating."

I opened my eyes again and shot him daggers with my eyes. He was now sitting upright, the position he always gets himself in when he knows he's always going to have to give me an early morning pep talk about going back home. He threw his hands up in defence.

"Hey I'm not defending either of them, It's understandable you're not okay, but you should give him a chance. The woman I fell in love with would give anyone a chance, especially if it was family related"

I was sat up too now. Still not happy with the reasoning. If I had anything my way, no one would use the 'the person I fell in love with...' card. It's not fair.

"The woman you fell in love with also enjoys spending time with her boyfriend, and is also stubborn."

Jake closed his eyes and chuckled, knowing that I was right, and that also meant that I was winning this debate.

"I'll go tonight. I mean it's only a night isn't it. I'll be back tomorrow" I winked at him. He smirked at me and pounced, pinning me to the bed leaving me giggling as he kissed me. I kissed him back, tangling my hands through his hair. I heard him groan and I knew right then exactly what was going to happen. I lifted my shirt over my head and rejoined our lips.

"Morning sex is always great with you" I'd just got out of bed and was getting dressed, pulling on my underwear and my bra before walking back to Jake who was still gloriously naked on the bed.

"Clip me up" as I felt his hands on the clasp of my bra I pulled my hair over my shoulder so it didn't get caught. "Why's that?" I tried to stop giggling, this was like asking him to tell me every reason he loved me, but better.

"Because I always get to watch you get dressed afterwards, while I just lay here and admire"

I giggled.