Fresh Meat

Chapter 4

Chapter 4.

This summer couldn't get any better. Everything is falling into place. I have Jared, and the fair is only a couple days away.

"Good morning sunshine." Jared said as I walked into the kitchen. He did his signature hair flick. He was such a beautiful man, with his perfect hair, blue eyes, tall chiseled body. "Good morning, whatcha cooking."

"My grandma showed me how to make poached eggs the old fashion way."

Yum. Poached eggs, they were my favorite when I was younger. I loved putting them on toast and watching the yoke spill all over. Even if they weren't good, I'd pretend they were. It's not everyday you see a boy cooking.

"Oh my golly, these are delicious! Where did you learn to cook like this?" I scarfed my food down only in a matter of minutes.

"I wanted to be a cook when I grew up so I watched my mom cook. I just picked up a few things. I thought it would go against my status, I mean it's not-" he stopped, "well we got a big day. Lets go get ready." He was right we did have a big day. Camp started in two hours, then a mini camp-party they are throwing us.

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Arriving at my stop, the car ride was awkward. I don't understand why, after what happened yesterday. I thought moving forward wasn't going to be like this. "Everything okay Jared?" I had a few minutes to spare. "Yep! I'll pick you up here after so we can get ready for that party."

I jumped out the car and gave him a smile, he winked back. It's probably just personal issues.

I was checking in when suddenly I heard him.

"Lena! Hi."

Devein. I didn't mind. His dirty blonde hair matched perfectly with his green eyes. Why does everyone have pretty eyes when I'm stuck with brown hair and brown eyes?

"Hey." I replied. I felt my palms get sweaty.

"Well, will I see you at that party tonight?"

"Of course! I wouldn't miss a party!"

"Cool," he got closer, "meet me by DJ, I want to see you."

I bit my lip and nodded. I gave him my number, so I didn't have to text him first. I hate texting first, I feel annoying.

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After volleyball, Jared picked me up and we headed home. I decided to actually put makeup on, and do my hair for the first time this summer. Not too much to over do it, just wanted to look nice. I slipped into a crop top and shorts. I was deciding between my flip-flops and gladiator shoes.

"Go with the galds. They would put it all together"

I was kinda startled, but it was only Jared's mom. She also gave me one of her bracelets. It was beautiful, you could make it if you really tried. It wasn't far from shoelaces but it was certainly unique and I could tell it meant something for her, so it just meant that much more to me.

Jared walked in the room wearing a blue American Eagle shirt, and cargo shorts. He sat on my bed and patiently waited for his mom to leave. When she did, he intertwined his fingers with mine. Tonight, his blue eyes were bluer than ever. We talked for what only seemed as a couple minutes. Laying there in his arms, looking to his eyes, talking as if we were madly in love with each other, we forgot about the time. We totally missed the party, but it was worth it! We talked about our memories together, and made fun of our ex's, we vented to each other about the world. Although I've known him forever, there was still things that I didn't see in him.

"Lets go for a walk!" He got up so jittery, like he found a way to prove Einstein wrong.

I laughed and said, "Jared, it's 2 in the morning!"

"Perfect time to climb the mountains, or go get ice cream from the drug store!"

That's just what we did. We walked all the way to the nearest drug store. Near as in 3.1 miles there. We didn't let go of each others hand the whole way, and just carried our conversation. There was not an awkward moment.

We came home around 5am with movies and ice cream, we both looked like we were about to go to that party. So we changed into more comfortable clothes. We watched old movies like On Golden Pond and Fried Green Tomatoes, two of my favorites! When I woke, I found myself laying on the couch with Jared's arm wrapped around me. I didn't want to get up, I felt safe in his arms and it gave me butterfly's so I fell back asleep.

Jared woke me up to what he thought was the first time. We stayed there laying down, except I turned to face him.

"You're the cutest sleeper I've ever seen" he kissed me on the cheek. I couldn't help but blush.

"I'm gunna go shower and get ready for the day. What do want to do?"

"I know you two want to go work on the farm." Victoria interrupted.

As Jared was fighting with his grandma, I slipped to my room to grab stuff to get in the shower. I grabbed my phone to use as a music source and found a text from a random number.

-Hey Lena, I didn't see you last night. What are you doing tonight at 6? I want to take you out, if you're free.

Devein-