Jessy had a frown on her face when she saw me getting out of Jake's car. As I walked towards her, I tilted my head and when I was in front of her, I stopped. "What's up?". She gestured to the seat next to me so I sat down but she was still wearing her frown which kind of made me uncomfortable. "Hm... You remember that Jake has a girlfriend, don't you?" I laughed, "Sure, I know. Don't worry nothing happened." I tried to reassure her that I am not this kind of person. She shook her head. "Did you know she was a relative of Alan Bloomgate?"
I shrugged. "Ok and? As I said nothing happened and nothing will happen as long as he is with her. So it doesn't matter who she is." Her face relaxed and she nodded. "I think they have a kind of understanding, him and Alan." I took the menu to see what they offered as I tried to ignore the ache in my heart. "What kind of understanding?" I tried to look casual but I could barely breathe. I didn't know why I reacted like that. It was not like I had high hopes of getting with the hacker anyway and I was still mad at him, also I didn't care that he had a girlfriend.
So why was my heart crushed by this? "I really don't know. Jake doesn't really talk to me, you know, unless it's to talk about you." I hid my blushing face behind the menu as my heart now was swelling by her revelation. I was still not looking at her but I heard her giggle. "He asked a lot of questions about you and especially if you were dating someone now. I did ask why he cared about it as he had a girlfriend. He always shrugged. It made me laugh every time." I smiled tightly, as if I could have dated someone new after knowing him, I guess I should have. He did do it, after all. "Hmmm... Maybe I should start now!"
She laughed. "Okay and who would be interesting to you?" I looked around us, not really looking for someone. "Oh! I know! Your brother!" Her eyes widened. "You wouldn't dare?!" I glanced at her quickly then looked away, a smirk on my face. "Well, why not? He is single and he's been genuinely nice to me. Unless, of course, it would bother you and in that case, I wouldn't dare, no." She was still staring at me, wide-eyed, then she blinked a few times as if she was thinking about what I had just said. She moved slightly closer to me. "I guess it wouldn't bother me only if you are sincere and not trying to make Jake jealous or playing some sort of sick game." This time, it was me who had a shocked face and blinked a few times. "No! Of course I wouldn't do that! I actually like him. But I am not sure I want to date anyone anyway." A waiter came over to our table and took our order. .
We spent the rest of the morning in the café talking about this and that. The time passed quickly and we came out of our little bubble when Jessy's phone rang. She answered the call and when she hung up she explained to me what was up. "I forgot to tell you! Tonight we are throwing a surprise birthday party for Hannah." I nodded, smiling. "Oh I didn't know it was her birthday. I mean I forgot about it. Do you think I'll have time to buy her a present?" She laughed. "Don't worry I bought it for you already." I looked at the girl and smiled at her fondly. "Thank you! You'll tell me how much it was and I'll reimburse you."
"Don't worry about it." I promised myself that I would find out the price and give her the money. We stood up and went to pay for our drinks. While looking inside my bag, I felt my phone vibrating. I had left it there as I wanted my focus to be only on my friend and I was glad I did. We had such a lovely time, I didn't really want to go somewhere else or to meet up with someone else. "Where are we going?" She thought about it for a moment. "I don't know. I am starting to feel hungry though." I nodded. "Shall we buy some sandwiches and then go to the lake?" She turned back towards the cashier and asked for more food to take away.
While she finished ordering and paying, I looked at my phone and saw I had notifications. I went through them quickly as Jessy was done paying but when I started to talk, she grabbed my wrist. "Don't worry. You don't need to pay." I looked at her then smiled. "Thank you but next time you'll let me pay." She giggled. "Yeah sure." And she started to walk away while grabbing her car keys and humming. I stood there, watching her walking happily. I would have thought she would have been destroyed after what had happened with Richy but she took it fairly well.
