Escape

Chapter 8

"Hurry up!" Jake called from behind the door "Okay, okay. I'm just adding some makeup." I shouted back.

"Uh huh!! You're wearing makeup so you'll look prettier in front of him." Jake teased.

"Oh come on, I wear makeup everywhere." I said with a 'duh' tone

I'm not trying to look better in front of Kian even if I like him, if he's gonna accept me then he shall accept all of my flaws.

"Yeah, yeah right." He used a very teasing tone "Jaaake! You're not going to say these thingies in front of them, are you?" Just imagine Jake telling Kian that I like him, I would beat his a*s. "Well, I'll try." He replied laughing.

"I'm done." I said excitedly "Finally." Jake replied.

I'm wearing a button-up shirt and a black skinny jeans, with pink shoes and clutch; wearing a very simple makeup and hairstyle.

I got out of my room to see Jake wearing a light blue button-up shirt and a black jeans, styling his hair as usual.

"You look amazing!" I said to Jake "You look like you just jumped out of a magazine." I added and he chuckled "Thanks, you don't look bad yourself." He replied smiling "Thanks." I said "Let's go." Jake said putting his hand on my upper back guiding me.

Jake was just teasing me and we were laughing all the road; a cool lovely breeze was passing by every once in a while.

We FINALLY arrived, not that I didn't like the walk with Jake but I can't wait to meet Kian and George. We entered the fancy restaurant that Kian told me about.

While my eyes were wondering in the restaurant, they rested on George's big smile who was talking with Kian who looked unhappy with the topic they were talking about, he's probably joking with him the same way Jake was joking with me - those two will get along well.

"Hii." I smiled brightly at the two who greeted me with a smile too "Hello." Jake greeted them.

"Hey guys, take a seat." George welcomed us "How are you?" Kian asked Jake with a kind smile.

Can he please stop smiling? BECAUSE I'M MELTING!!

"I'm fine, thanks for asking. How you doing?" Jake replied politely "I'm fine too." Kian answered.

The night was awkward at first, talking about formal topics which I hated; then, they started to feel more comfortable around each other.

"Did any of you realize that we forgot to order dinner?" George said and we all chuckled.

"So, what do you want to order?" Jake asked not directing the question to anyone

"Umm.." I said scanning the menu "Steak." me and Kian said at the same time, Jake and George looked at each other for a second then burst out laughing

"Oh my god, keep denying Franny." Jake whispered to me trying to calm his laughter. Unfortunately, it seems like he couldn't whisper because of his laughter so they heard what he said and George laughed hard; Me and Kian were blushing and trying to hide our smile.

"What are you two laughing at? Haven't you ever heard of coincidence?" Kian said looking at the two who stopped laughing a moment ago

"Yeah, yeah right." Jake answered with a teasing tone looking at Kian "Coincidence!" He looked at George and the both laughed a little. "Okay, okay seriously, I'm gonna order the same meal as yours." George said looking at me and Kian "Me too." Jake said. We called a waiter and ordered our dishes.

"So, do you like music?" Jake asked Kian while we were waiting for the orders "Do you like breathing?" Kian answered

"I know right? There's really good music, and then there's music that reaches deep into your soul and calls you to action and makes you want to scream the lyrics from a rooftop and run around in circles and kiss people and spread kindness to the world and gives you this huge burst of energy. You know?" I think I was wrought-up a little while saying that "What?" I asked while they all were looking at me in shock.