My Way Swoon

✨Chapter Twenty Seven✨

TW: More trauma 😢

I woke up to Jake's phone ringing. I wanted to go back to bed but I could tell he was talking. At first I couldn't really hear him so I stood up and walked to the door, eavesdropping.

"She's more than that! She's my best friend. You know she's more than that!" Jake yelled.

He was clearly talking about Laney. I wondered who he was talking to. Maybe Josh, I felt like it was Sammy though.

"No. What am I supposed to tell her?" he asked Sammy.

I tried to hear more. It sounded like a couple one word responses.

"I feel like I've always taken her for granted," Jake said.

He was definitely talking about Laney. Oh, my God. Was he upset about last night? She did kind of prompt Josh to bring up what Jake and I had discussed. Maybe Jake was feeling bad for her. I didn't like putting him in between me and her but I didn't realize it was bothering him so bad.

"I feel like things are weird right now," he told Sammy.

What things? Was he talking about me? Or Laney? Or even Sammy? I couldn't really tell for sure but from what I was gathering something was up with him.

"How can I tell her now?" Jake asked.

Wait a second. I was the her. I was definitely the her. So what the fuck did he have to tell me? My mind was running rampant with all the possibilities.

What was it? I was regretting telling him anything. It was fucking hard for me to tell him and now it sounded like he had some sort of a secret he was keeping from me. It fucking hurt. I decided to go out there before I heard something I didn't want to hear.

I came out of my bedroom, stretching my arms out and yawning.

"I need to go," Jake said.

I stepped closer to him, trying to pretend like everything was okay. I thought maybe he would tell me what was going on if I acted like nothing was wrong.

"Love you, too," he muttered.

Maybe it wasn't Sammy. He wasn't the kind of person to say 'I love you' before hanging up the phone with Jake. So was it Josh? That almost made it worse. I didn't like thinking that Josh was keeping Jake's secret. It did make sense though. If something was going on with him and Laney he would be more likely to talk to Josh instead of Sammy.

I tried to play it cool. I leaned over and kissed the top of his head. I gave him a playful scratch on the back. Then I went to make us a cup of coffee.

Jake caught my hand though and pulled me into his lap. I wasn't expecting him to be so playful. He was right. Things were weird right now.

"Hey, you," he said as he cupped my cheek.

"Did you sleep okay?" I asked.

"I always sleep good when I'm with you."

I gave him a quick kiss and then headed for the kitchen. I felt icky. I didn't want to be around him. I could tell I was getting in my head. What could he not tell me? It was just going to keep bothering me.

"Would you like some coffee?" I asked Jake.

He didn't respond to me. A second later his arms were snaking around my waist. I tried to be nonchalant again. I ran my hands over his arms and then lifted up to grab us some mugs.

"Coffee, Jake?" I asked again.

"Yeah."

I set up the coffee and then turned around to face him. I leaned against the counter and crossed my arms over my chest, partly so I was a little more closed off, partly because I was feeling awkward.