Friends with benefits

Chapter 6

        Drake's POV
    
      "Bon appetit Drake, hope I've served my purpose as a woman" she hissed and stormed off.

      "Hey Drake, you got a little something on your face" Jo said with a smirk on her face.

      Oh what I would give to wipe that smirk of her face.

      "Oh yeah, I was bored and tried to use spaghetti as make-up" I said sarcastically and she burst out laughing.

      I couldn't help but laugh too. Her laughter was contagious with the way she would start with a low-pitched laugh before she went higher until she choked up on her laugh and her stomach would start to hurt then she would reduce it to giggling.

      Woah, I sounded like a creep. Why would I memorize the way she laughs? Especially when her laugh sounded like a dying shark.

        I was starting to scare myself at this point. Yeah, apart from the benefits, I and Jo were great friends and had known each other since kindergarten. As well as Nathan and Chelsea. We all go a long way back. It's natural if I know her laugh by heart right?

      I walk into the boy's bathroom to clean up my face and I see Nathan's reflection through the mirror.

      "You do know that we have tomorrow's prom right" Nathan said reminding me.

      After the prom, I and Janny were going to be an official couple. I was happy, this was what I wanted. For her to be my girlfriend. And then I have to end things with Jo. For real this time.

      "Yeah I know" I said looking into Nathan's brown eyes that seemed worried.

      "You okay man"
      "Yeah just need some space"I patted him on his back.

      I was about to walk out when Nathan pulled my arm.

      "Um, there's another reason why I wanted to talk to ya" He said scratching the nape of his neck.

      "Spit it out already" I was already getting impatient.

      "I really wanna go to prom with Iris" he started. I know where this was going. He had liked Iris for 2 months now but Dalton had already asked her to prom because Nathan here was too much of a chicken to ask her.
     
      "She's already going with Dalton man" I knocked some reality into him.

      "But when have we ever let things play their way. Without it getting into our favor" This was why I and Nathan were best friends. We were the same. We understood each other. This was exactly why people considered us as brothers.

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         Josephine's POV

       I and Chelsea decided to ditch classes to shop for prom dresses. Kingsley was my date. Even though he gave me the creeps, his confidence reminded me of Drake.

       Gosh. Why am I thinking about that jerk. Even though I and Drake were like peanut butter and jelly, I would never make the mistake of trusting him. I didn't trust anyone. I was brought up that way.

       But Drake sometimes made me have second thoughts. How ironic. He was the last person anyone would think of putting their trust in.
      
       He was reckless, unpredictable, irresponsible and a jerk. He was cocky in front of others but on the inside he always talked himself down and I always wondered why.

     How would it go if I put my trust in someone. If I relied on someone without being independent.

Flashback

        Drake stood up and wore his shirt after our heated session.

       "Hey Jo, do you ever want to get married one day" He asked with a serious expression.

       I did not like being tied down. But marriage had never crossed my mind. Did I ever want to get married?

      "I don't know, I guess I have to find someone worth being tied to then" I chuckled trying to lighten up the atmosphere.

      "You said you were brought up that way" He looked like he regretted the words leaving his mouth.
       
       We both decided to leave our past behind and look forward. It was hard. We both had been through a lot. And had gone through everything stage of it together. That was what brought us closer.

       "Yeah" I my green eyes meeting his black ones.
 
       "But one day, you're gonna want to be tied down by someone, take the risk of giving your heart to that person, even though you don't want to get hurt. You'll willingly let that person hurt you" He looked at me with that same emotion that I could never describe.
       I could read Drake like the back of my hand. But this look was something I couldn't fathom.

      "Where's all this coming from" I said giggling.
   
       "I dunno, just some cheesy lines to make you fall head over heels for me" His cocky self was back.
        I rolled my eyes. "Yeah keep rolling you eyes, one day you're gonna be like Drake, I'm so stupid and I realized I love you so much" He tried imitating a girl's voice. He tried.
      
       "Oh puh-lease" I said as I walked towards him and straddling him.

End of Flashback
      
       "How does this look" Chelsea said trying out a sparkly black backless dress.

        "It looks great" I said with a smile.

         "Come on, let's get you dressed up. Drake is gonna regret choosing Janelle as his date" she said enthusiastically.

        "For the last time, I don't want Drake to ask me to prom"