She wraps herself in a towel and uses a new one for her hair. She grabs her Coldplay CD and presses play. Marley starts swaying to her favourite song whilst putting on some panties and just when she's about to lie down on her bed, she hears the door bell ring.
Who the hell can it be? It's just been half an hour since mom texted.
Marley opens her wardrobe and grabs the first oversized t-shirt she finds. Whilst going through the corridor she takes off both her towels, and puts it on roughly running down the stairs.
By the time she's opened the door her clothes have just covered her underwear and she's looking down at her bare feet.
"Wow." Says the voice at the other side of the door.
When she looks up, she forces herself to rub her eyes again.
She notices how Jake stares at the small lumps on her chest, and how his eyes make their way down to her slim legs. A little smile starts showing.
Shit. I forgot to put on my bra.
"Jake! Why- " She rephrases what she's about to say. "What are you doing here?"
"Um, I- I was hoping to find your mum at the door. I mean- not that I'm not happy to see you but- You, um. You forgot your pen in class." Jake mumbles his last words and rubs his head with his fingers. He then pulls out a lovely pen with a floral design printed on it. He hands it to her.
"Wow, um, thanks." She can't help but smiling. When Jake sees it, he smiles back.
Cute. She thinks.
They stand still for a few seconds and when the situation starts getting awkward, he breaks the silence.
"So... aren't you gonna let me in?" He puts his hands inside his pockets and looks down. Regretting what he's just said.
"Yes! Yes, sorry. Um, come in. The living room is over there. I'm going to my room to put my pyjamas on."
"Alright." says Jake looking at her weirdly. "But you look okay."
"Just... don't move. I'll be um, I'll be right back." Marley frowns at what he's said and turns around, leaving Jake standing there with a funny look on his face.
"You're enjoying this, aren't you?" She shouts while rushing upstairs.
"What? What do you mean?" He shouts back. Jake takes notice of Marley's laugh, but he ignores it confused.
What does he mean by you look okay? Marley smiles at the thought of him thinking she's hot, and she's taken aback by it. She rushes to her bedroom, and the first thing she does is put her bra on. She then brushes her hair, and picks her phone on the way down.
Jake sees her running down the stairs. He smiles and moves a bit, leaving space for her to sit next to him on the couch.
"You've still got that on."
"Yes I do. I thought, if we were going to have pizza and spend the afternoon pillow fighting, why change?"
He smiles.
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"Oh my god this is delicious." Pizza has always been his favourite.
"It is!" She smiles widely, and then looks at him in the eye. It's as if they're getting to know each other from scratch. It's new, and exciting.
"So, what's with your mum? Why isn't she home?"
Marley has always been amazed by the fact that he cares that much for her mum. It's nice after all.
"Um, she's been offered the chance of organising the food at school, so she had to stay behind."
"And, uh, when is she coming back?"
"Not sure, she said she'd be arriving really late. Anyways, why does that matter now?" She frowns, once again. Jake leans in and rubs his finger against her cheek and nose. He likes the way the tiny wrinkles make Marley's face cuter than ever. Her eyes widen and the frown is gone.
"I know I've not been a good partner, but I miss you, Marley." By the look on his face she can tell he really is worried and is taking this seriously.
"So you came here to talk about it." Her voice is low, challenging. She looks down.
"I know it's not mature but what do you expect me to do? Keep quiet and hide my feelings for you? Oh come on Marley. We both know you'd run away from me if I tried talking to you at school and-"
"What feelings?!" She shouts. Marley's eyes get filled with tears; she can't help looking up and into his eyes.
"Do I really have to explain that?" Jake's eyes widen, seeing her cry is too much. "Okay, you know what, you're right. I'm sorry. I shouldn't have come here." He stands up. But just when he's about to move Marley pulls on his arm.
"Jake!" At first, she's screaming his name, but then she lowers her voice and tries to say it again. This time, it sounds calm and familiar. "Jake."
He sits back down.
Her tears manage to stop for a while. She just sits there, staring at him and accepting that they are not okay, that they will never be if she doesn't let him talk about it.
He seems to understand. Understand that Marley is confused and really doesn't get that he still loves her.
Marley bites her lip. She does this without noticing, without wanting either. She knows she's just committed the biggest error of them all. She's given him permission to kiss her. That's how it worked before, as far as she was concerned.
So he does.
He leans in, carefully. His hand is delicately caressing her cheek, while the other is rubbing circles onto her back. She can't help but smile at his touch.
And that, is when he lets his lips brush hers.
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Sorry it took so long for me to update!! This chapter is a little longer and I hope you enjoyed it. Pleeeeeaaaaaseeeeee comment what you should think I could do to improve my writing, or if you have any one shot requests for me to write, just say so!!
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