I was sitting down near the lake for a few minutes when I heard footsteps. I looked at the person who was now walking towards me, a bit worried but I realised it was Jake. I smiled at him, relieved and he sat next to me. We stayed silent, enjoying each other's presence. After a few minutes of contemplating the waters, he turned his head towards me and I could feel his eyes watching me. I started to blush under his scrutiny so I brought my hand to my face to try and hide my rosy cheeks. I heard him chuckle and he laid down. I glanced at him, he had a hand behind his head and he was staring at the sky. "I couldn't find Amelia."
I laid down too. "Does that worry you?"
He tilted his head so he could look at me. "Yes. I didn't know she felt that way about me. I am worried she might go after you."
I shrugged. "Why would she? We are not together. Unless... She knows something else..."
He cleared his throat and went back to staring at the sky. I giggled and we fell silent again. His phone beeped and he looked at it. "It's Amelia."
I propped myself on my elbows and quirked an eyebrow. "What is she saying?" He glanced at me then back to his phone as he was unsure if he should tell me. As he took too long to answer, I got curious so I approached him and grabbed his hand that was holding the phone. What I read chilled me to my core.
*Now that Angela is out of the way, we can finally be together! I know where you are. I am on my way and we can finally seal our relationship.*
"Wow. That's scary. She's really into you and now she is even stalking you." I was rereading the message while he still hadn't moved or said anything. I swung my head to see what was happening to the man next to me and I realised how close we actually were. His face was inches from mine, our shoulders were almost touching and he was watching me with that unreadable look, a hint of darkness glinting through it. I let go of his hand but I didn't move, I liked the closeness and he didn't seem to mind. I looked away as I started to get shy under his gaze. I did not know what he was thinking and it was a bit intimidating to be looked at like that.
He was still studying my face when we heard a whisper. "Jake?" We both looked up and saw Amelia in front of us. She had walked up to us without us noticing. Sadness was etched on her face, you could see she was heartbroken. "Jake? So that is the person you said you were in love with." She pointed her finger at me as if I was not actually there.
He only nodded. The sadness morphed into fury when her eyes fell on me. She swallowed hard, still staring me down and if looks could kill, I would be dead by now. Jake got up and put himself between us as we both could sense she was about to jump me. He grabbed her elbow and walked her away from me. I could not hear what they were saying but she seemed agitated then she left Jake and walked past me. She turned her head and with a devilishly smile, she said. "It is not over." I shuddered at the threat and even if I did not know her, I trusted her words.
I looked at Jake who had joined me. "Should I worry?" He grimaced which was weird as he usually always wore more of a stoic face. "Yes." I frowned. "Okay? That's not comforting at all." He sighed, his eyes staring at the lake but he still did not speak. I was slowly starting to get annoyed at him. "What's wrong?" He finally looked at me. "I don't know how we got there." He rubbed his face with his hands, my annoyance faded away. I put a hand on his arm and squeezed gently. He looked at my hand for a while then smiled fondly at me. "This is not how I thought our first meeting would be like." I rubbed circles with my thumb on his forearm. "No. Me neither." He moved a bit and grabbed my hand with his. He intertwined our fingers together and put them on his lap. His thumb stroked the back of my hand in a soothing motion. I smiled at the gesture and squeezed his hand slightly.
