High For This

Chapter 13

The next morning, Riley went to check on Jamie. " Hey, how did you sleep?" Jamie sat for a second in his bed before saying a word. " Fine, give me a minute. I will be right out." Riley stepped outside. A few minutes later, Jamie stepped out now changed into a t-shirt and jeans.

" What are we doing today?" He asked Riley and Uncle Wesley who was now there. " How about some pancakes and then some football." Jamie nodded and they walked to the Dinner right in the corner. When Jackson appeared and crashed with Uncle Wesley.

" Woah, good morning man. Careful now, lucky you. I haven't had my breakfast." Riley laughed but Jamie walked through them. " What's up between Jamie and you?" Jackson cleared his voice and shook his head. They walked inside and met with the others.

Jamie took a seat next to Ace who happened to be shirtless. " Don't worry about ordering. We ordered everything on the menu." Stevy said clapping his hands. " You look like you had a rough night," Chadson asked Jamie passing him a cup of coffee. He turned sideways to where Jackson was sitting by himself. " Had a bit of a nightmare," Jamie responded before taking a sip from his cup.

Someone at that moment came in through the doors. Making everyone clap and shout. Tanner! Tanner! Tanner! They all shouted like wild animals. Ace even hit Jamie on his head by accident. " Well, hello my favorite blondes." Said the guy wearing a dark blue vest with jeans. " You probably heard of him, Jamie he is a superstar." Jamie looked at him and smiled. Ace pushed him out of his seat to be able to hug Tanner.

They replaced Jamie's seat with him not giving one care about it. " The town's celeb, what are you going to do about it." An elderly woman said behind him. Jamie turned his back to look at Jackson. He walked over to his table and slowly took a seat in front of him.

" Can I sit here for a minute," Jamie asked Jackson who was already eating. " Yeah, I usually eat alone." They awkwardly stared at themselves for a minute. " Do you mind if I ask you what you've done since..." Jackson said taking another piece of his pancakes.

" Not here. How about we meet at your apartment or office? We have a lot to talk about you and I." Jackson agreed and asked for the check. No one even paid attention to him leaving. Once they got to Jackson's office, he closed his curtains and locked the door. " This is safer since I live with a roommate. Don't worry he was not home yesterday."

Jamie laid himself back on the white sofa while Jackson took a seat on his chair. For a whole minute, they stayed quiet. " I've been working for the Valdrogen family. Well, I was but didn't last no more than weeks." Jackson cleared his throat and shifted uncomfortably.

" Wow, Archer must have liked you. Annelise used to say he was very harsh." Jamie rolled his eyes. " Mr.Valdrogen is nice, her on the other hand is a bitch." And that was the first time they shared a laugh in two years. " Yeah, so I'm guessing you met everyone," Jamie remembered right away who to mention.

" Pretty much, I also met Detective Stephen. Who was sort of investigating me about your death." Jackson shook his head. " Who else you've met besides him? What about Adam,

Clifford, Darrel, or Cooper." Jamie went quiet right away after hearing Cooper. " Yeah, I met them all."

" How did they treat you?"

Jackson seemed to know something about Jamie.

" Can we talk about something or someone else?" He responded turning sideways. Jackson coughed and laughed. " It's okay Jamie, if you had anything to do with one of them. You and I are not together anymore." Jackson said moving his chair closer to Jamie.

" Yeah, because you lied you were dead. And now I feel way shitter having been with them." Jackson's eyes went wide. " Them? You dated or slept with all of them?" Jamie fast stood up and grabbed his head. " No, only Cooper and Adam. And before you ask, it was nothing serious. I guess it runs in the family." Jackson jumped on the white sofa and looked up at the roof.

" For me it was serious. I was serious about you."

Jamie walked to the corner of the sofa and looked down at him.

" Serious? Huh very funny. Then, why are we in this situation Jackson or should I say Harold." Jackson fixed his gray shirt and sat up. "I guess you are not dating anyone?" asked Jamie taking a seat next to him. " I was but it was unprofessional so we decided to break it off." Jackson smiled. " Ha, one of your patients I'm guessing." Said Jamie rolling his eyes.

" Yes, and why are you rolling your eyes? It seems as if you are jealous or something." Jamie laughed out loud. " Don't flatter yourself, Jackson. My feelings for you are way gone." Inside he knew it was kind of a lie. " Good to know. Now, why are you traveling with the Brady bunch? One of them seems to act like your boyfriend. Do he and you have something going on?" Jamie laid his head on the sofa.

" No, Riley and I are just friends. And they wanted me to join them so I accepted. Now look who sounds jealous." Jackson smirked and rolled his eyes like Jamie. " Don't flatter yourself, Jamie. I only asked because I was curious." They both kept going back and forth. When Jamie remembered someone.

Without anything to remind him of in his head came the pastor from that church. He shifted uncomfortably and turned to face Jackson. " Now I know who you look like. You even remind me of him. That pastor from that church I visited back in the city." Jackson stayed quiet and pushed his hands to the back of his head. " You met my father," Yes, you heard that correctly. His father was the pastor.

" Your father?." Jamie confused got up from the sofa. " It's a long story but why would he go back? The reason he left is because of my mom's family. Archer and Annelise did something bad to him." Everything was beginning to make sense to Jamie.

" Now I know why he told me to stay away from them."

Jackson shook his head and thought for a second.

" When are you guys leaving?"

Jamie intrigued took a seat back again." Why do you ask?"

" Maybe it's time for me to come back." The words hit Jamie like bullets that made him fall back.

" You're dead Jackson. How are you going to back like nothing? That is insane." Jackson tried to reason with Jamie. " I'm going back with you guys." He had made up his mind. As if the trip wasn't awkward already. Things were about to get a thousand times worse for Jamie.