The Meg (Jonas x reader)

Bonus Chapter - First dive together

"Well, hello there, skipper."
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You park your jeep and wait outside the huge mall where you told Jonas could meet you. Looking at your watch, it says the exact time you told him to meet, but you decide to lean back in the seat in your jeep and relax for a bit, thinking you'll give him a few more minutes anyway. It was a bit early and you had been up earlier to pack the jeep for the trip. Just as you are about to close your eyes for a minute, the passenger door opens and you jump in surprise, squirming and covering yourself. It was a weird reaction you had from getting startled, it hadn't been a problem yet, but you knew it looked like you were terrified of everything when it wasn't really like that. Looking over, you then see Jonas looking at you with a raised brow, his foot halfway into the car to get in your jeep. But frozen from your reaction, then seeing you are fine he gets in the seat.

"Well, hello there, skipper." You greet him.

"Hello." The greeting is short and polite. You turn the engine on and start driving.

"I didn't see a car. Did you walk here?" You ask, driving out of the parking lot.

"Yes." He answers. He lives close by, but doesn't feel the need to answer detailed.

After more talking where he answers just one-worded, you sigh and let the radio station fill the silence. After a long time Jonas suddenly speak, surprising you.

"You squirm."

"What?" You ask, confused.

"You squirmed and went rigid" He says. "You shouldn't tense your body when you get startled."

"Oh.. Okay." You answer. Then another long moment of silence.

"Instead don't tense up, and turn toward what startled you so you're ready to take action. Or if you stand, bend your knees slightly." He then tells you.

"I'll try to remember that." You say.

"Good." He just says, and you smile.

Then silence again. You turn the music up slightly when you hear a song you like, starting to dance slightly in your seat, humming and patting the wheel with your fingers.

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Jonas sits down beside you on the edge of the boat and you turn to him as you tighten the strap to your oxygen tank attached to your back. You form a fist and move to fist bump with him, but he just looks at it confused. You shake it and he tries to do something but it gets weird, you manage to make a fun handshake out of it, though. That would turn out to became a tradition for the two of you each time you dived together. You laugh at the fist bump and lean back falling back into the water, Jonas leaning back and falling beside you.

After sinking down closer to the reef you look over to see Jonas as he's starts to look around. Watching him then in awe of his surroundings. It wasn't his first time diving, but it was his first time diving with this kind of view. You enjoy watching his reaction for a moment, before turning to look and enjoy the view yourself. The beautiful and colourful reef with equally stunning creatures swimming around in it.

Jonas then looks to his right to find you looking like you're having a seizure, shaking like that, but when you turned to him and pointed toward an extremely ugly and weird fish he realised you were laughing. You don't notice how Jonas had turned was ready to take action, to help you to the surface if you were seizing. He relaxed the moment he saw how carefree and brightly your eyes shined through the goggles. Your eyes were beautiful he took notice. He stopped his thoughts once he started to admire your bare legs and how well the swimsuit hugged your body. You were a lot younger than him he thought, so he probably shouldn't think like that. It wasn't like it was a date you had asked him on, he was glad because then he probably wouldn't have come, but you asked him to join your friends and he really wanted to see a reef again, so he came. And looking at the view and swimming around with you, he didn't regret it one bit.

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You're in your jeep driving back with Jonas. Talking about the reef and telling him about the work your friends do and what you do with them. You tell him that you'll invite him again and he could join whenever he wanted. He didn't say much to it then, but he would join almost every time unless he was working. Not just for the dives, but to be with you, he made up many other reasons as to why in his head though.

Parking at where you picked him up you turn to him. You joke about something and look to Jonas, he looks at you. You just grin at your far from funny joke. You're about to chuckle at yourself and turn off the engine when Jonas throws his head back, a loud echoing guffaw coming out of his mouth. Something warm expands in your chest, resulting in a goofy grin on your face as you look at him. He mumbles something about you being annoying, before leaving, probably to hide the smile that plays on his face as he left you to walk home.

Making Jonas laugh was now your new goal in life.

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