My Way Swoon

🌙Jake POV🌙

"Seven minutes," Josh said, pointing to the timer on his phone.

I let out a soft chuckle and then looked over at Laney. She was staring at me and I could tell she was nervous but I didn't really know why.

"How are things with Sammy?" I asked.

Before she could answer, she pushed me up against the door and kissed me hard on the lips.

"Laney, stop," I said, pushing her off.

"Why, Jake?"

"Because, I'm with Lena. You're with Sam!"

"What makes her better than me?"

"What?"

"You heard me, Jake! Why is she better than me?"

"It- I- She just-"

"Have you told her about us?!"

"Can you keep your voice down?"

"Answer the question."

"No, I haven't and I'm not going to."

"Why not, Jake?!"

"If I tell her then I'm going to lose her and I can't lose her!"

"What about me? You don't care? I was just an easy fuck for you?!"

"Laney, please keep your voice down. You're overreacting. It wasn't that serious."

"So what? It didn't mean anything to you?!"

"Well, yeah obviously it meant something but this is Lena we're talking about. I'm in love with her. She's the love of my life. I can't lose her!"

She started crying. At first it was silent crying but it turned into sobs after a few seconds.

"Laney..." I whispered, reaching out to her.

She shoved my arms away from her and sprinted out the bathroom.

"Laney!" I called after her.

I hurried out of the bathroom to follow her and then stopped dead in my tracks. Lena was sitting on the floor. She clearly heard everything. She looked shocked and hurt and it tore me up.

"Lena, no. No, baby, I can explain," I told her, leaning closer to her.

"Just stop," she said, her voice sounding frail.

I stared at her for a moment, mapping out her expression. I hated the way her mouth was set in a straight line. Her eyes looked so sad, like she was holding in her tears, waiting patiently to cry in private. She closed her eyes, tilting her face away from me.

"Please look at me, baby," I pleaded.

Everybody left then. It was just family. Sammy had chased after Laney and somehow managed to get her back inside the house. Everything was boiling over and I felt like I had lost control.

I just wanted Lena. I wanted to be alone with her and explain everything but she wouldn't even look at me. I was going to lose her. I could feel it. I knew having her back was too good to be true.

"Okay what the fuck happened?" Nell cried out.

"Clearly we overheard something we probably were not meant to overhear," Josh said, staring straight at me.

"I really don't wanna get involved in this. Maybe we should just leave Jake and Laney alone," Ronnie suggested.

I didn't want that. I knew it would be good for us to talk. I knew I had fucked up our friendship, probably beyond repair. All I wanted was to fix things with Lena, though.