The Story of Us (JG)

Chapter 15

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I jolt awake at the sound of my alarm clock going off. I roll over to look at the time.

6:30

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The noise is cut off as I slam my hand down on the snooze button falling back asleep.

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I am awoken again and groggily roll over. I force my eyes open trying to read the clock.

6:55

Crap. I'm late. I turn off the clock and hop out of bed. I run to the bathroom splashing cold water on my face and brush my teeth as fast as I can. I roll on some deodorant and spray myself with cologne. I quickly run my hands through my hair attempting to detangle it as I run to get dressed. I grab a black T-shirt and slip on a pair of tan pants before jogging down the stairs. I chug a glass of milk and grab a granola bar before quickly leaving my house. I lock up the house and jump in my car. I check my cars clock.

7:05

I have ten minutes before class officially starts. I drive as fast as I can without getting pulled over. I park in the student parking lot and grab my backpack, briskly walking to my first hour, Government and Economics. I open the door and slip into my seat between Kat and a wall in the back of the class.

"Sara Highland?" my teacher Mr. Richmond asks taking attendance.

"Here" she calls from across the class.

"Jack Gilinsky?"

"Present" I say before turning to talk to Kat.

"You barely made it on time" Kat says turning to look at me.

"Overslept" I reply.

"That explains your shirt." Kat says laughing.

"My shirt?" I ask confused.

She looks pointedly at my shirt and I look down. My shirt was on backwards. I mentally slapped myself before pulling my arms inside my shirt and twisting it around.

"Thanks" I say laughing. "This is why I keep you around" She shrugs in reply still laughing.

"Alright class today we will be getting a new project."

Everyone groans. Mr. Richmond gives the most complicated elaborate projects.

"You will all select a partner and a country and become delegates. You will all learn to balance economics and deal with foreign policies as well as trade and business skills"

Kat and I looked at each other.

"Partners?" I mouthed. She nodded her head.

"As long as we can be Australia" she mouthed back.

Mr. Richmond continued giving out boring instructions as he handed out the packets.

"Everyday in class you will become your country. There will be a new problem to solve everyday for the next week but there will also be research required to be done outside of class"

"So you wanna come over after school and we can start our project?" I ask walking Kat to her next class.

"Sure!" she replies as the bell rings kissing my cheek before ducking into her next class. I turn and walk a few doors down the hall into my classroom and take my assigned seat next to Mike.

The rest of the school day flies by in a blur. Before I know it I'm leaving the drama room and waiting for Kat to come out of her classroom.

"Hey babe" I say kissing her cheek.

"Hey" she replies smiling and intertwining our hands.

"So you wanna ride straight to my house?"

"Sure"

We get into my car and crank the music up, singing loudly and off key the whole ride home. Once we get there we walk up to my room and I start getting some papers out.

"So we should probably start with researching Australia" I say as she sits down with her legs crossed on my bed.

"Okay that's probably best" she says as I grab my laptop and sit down next to her.

"So we have to research the economy and the governmental structure" I say turning my head to face her. She mumbles something in response. I start listing off facts and she just nods looking at her phone.

"Are you even listening to me?" I ask frustratedly running my hand through my hair.

"I like it when you do that. You're very sexy when you're frustrated" she laughs avoiding my question.

"Oh really?" I say wiggling my eyebrows.

"Definitely." she replies leaning in and kissing me lightly resting her hand on my jaw.

"You're avoiding the question." I state slightly distracted. "Name one thing i just told you" I try getting us back on track.

"You said Australia has the world's twelfth largest economy and has the fifth highest per capita GDP meaning the economy is stable and the country is wealthy" she replies in a bored tone.

"I like it when you use big words. Makes you sound hot"

"I like it better when you kiss me" she lightly pecks my lips slowly pulling away.

I put my hand in her hair pulling her mouth back to mine and with my free hand I move my laptop from my lap and onto the floor. In one swift motion I pull Kat so that she's sitting in my lap and my arm rests on her waist. I feel her smile into the kiss knowing she got what she wanted. I pull away slightly "What about our project?" she grips my hair with her hand and pulls me back to her kissing me again before I pull away again. "I like to procrastinate" she says pulling me closer and kissing me again. This time I don't pull away, instead I let our lips move in sync until she has to pull away out of breath.

Pressing our foreheads together I whisper softly and seductively "Australia is a democracy" She shoves me and I fall onto my back laughing hysterically and eventually she joins in. She climbs off of my lap and grabs the laptop continuing research. An hour later we have enough work done to last the next rest of the week in class.

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(A/N SO ME AND MY FRIEND @DECMBERGRIER ARE STARTING A STORY TOGETHER ON OUR JOINT ACCOUNT @SHELSTORIES. I REALLY LIKE IT AND IM EXCITED FOR YOU ALL TO READ IT. IT'S A JG AND SM FANFICTION SO GO FOLLOW US AND STAY POSTED FOR WHEN IT'S PUBLISHED)