Roller Coaster Summer

~Chapter Thirteen~

     After a couple of minutes later, Jake came back up. He walked over to me and then squatted to my level, putting his hands on my knees to balance himself. "How do you feel?" His brown eyes searched through mine.

     I shrugged but covered his hands with mine and gave them a squeeze. He leaned forward and kissed me on my forehead. "Want to watch some TV?" He asked as I nodded. He stood up and then lounged on the couch as I lied down next to him and rested my head on his chest. He was browsing through the channels when he went past the news that had the heading of, "Plane engine crashes over seas".

     I quickly took the remote out of his hand and flipped back to that channel. I knew it was going to be the plane that my parents were on. Jake told me I didn't need to watch it but I told him I was fine and that I had to watch it for some reason. Supposedly they had no idea as to why the engine failed but for some reason it wasn't noticed before take off. They found no one living; how could they when they were over seas?!?! People were over a thousand feet in the air over water and they think that someone actually survived that?! Next, they were showing a video a guy on a boat taped hundreds of feet away.

     I couldn't look at that; I buried my face in Jake's arm and asked him to change the channel. That was something I could not do. Suddenly, I heard, "And it’s gone!! Howard hits his fourth grand slam of the season! Phillies up seven to nothing against the Mets!"

     I smiled and looked up at Jake. "Hmm, what did I just hear?" He glared at me but it just made me smile even wider. I looked at the clock and saw that it was only eleven at night. When could a day just end? So much as happened.

     First Will 'dumped' me, then I kissed Jake and finally, I found out my parents were dead. The last one got hit out the park on my fantastic day!!

     "Is it alright if I take a shower? Today has been a long day." I sat up and looked at him.

     "Yeah, let me get you a towel." He got up and I followed him. I went to his house many times to know where the bathroom is. "There you go." He smiled at me as he handed me a pink plush towel as my heart skipped a beat. I mean I knew he said he was crazy about me too but how did I know how I made him feel? Did I make him feel giddy, dizzy, breathless and weak-kneed like he did to me? I don't know! But I was kind of scared to ask because what if he didn't? Oh god, I think my heart would break once and for all.

     He walked out but I grabbed his hand and pulled him back to me. "Wait." I said.

     "Yes?" He twined his fingers through mine and smiled again, almost sending my heart through my chest.

     "Thank you for everything." I went on my tip-toes and kissed him sweetly on the mouth.

     "No problem, Elena. I'll do anything for you." I gave him a quick kiss on the cheek but then pushed him out of the door so could take a soothing, warm shower to help my tense muscles.

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      I looked at the clock yet again and saw that it was 3:34 in the morning. I kept tossing and turning all night with only getting a half an hour here and there of sleep. I was in Jake's room against while he was out on the pull out bed from the couch.

     After I was done with my shower, I had some pj shorts on and a t-shirt then came out while tummy growled so loud, that Jake heard and laughed. He then made us some peanut better sandwiches and popcorn while we watched the end of the baseball game.

     At 12:57, the Phillies pummeled the Mets and Jake pretended to ignore me but I got him to talk when I climbed on his lap and made his face make funny faces.

     I knew it wasn’t even been a day but I could tell that Jake and I were going to be exactly the same as before but like kissing, holding hands, and those couple things; but we'll still be good friends along with begin boyfriend and girlfriend. Wait, is that what we were? I thought so but discussion kind of got interrupted. I mean we kissed a couple times and he held me and took care of me, but that just means we like each other...

     I got up out of the bed and out of the room to go to the living room. The TV was still on with ESPN showing and I could help but smile, that lazy bum. "Jake." I whispered as I sat on the edge of the bed where his head was. He had a blanket all the way up to his chin because the AC was on so it made it freezing in there. I was shivering.

     I brushed my fingers across his cheek and then down his jaw, I traced his lips with my index finger and he looked so peaceful and young. Suddenly, his hand came up and caught my hand. I gave a little gasp of surprise but then smiled when he looked up at me. "Hi." I whispered. For some reason, no matter where you are and who you're with, you always whisper at night, even if there are no other people.

     "Hi, is something wrong? Are you okay?" He let go of my hand to stretch his arms above his head and yawned. I realized right away that he was shirtless; I averted my eyes from staring and looked outside at the moon.

     I tried to think about how to approach this but I just ended up blurting out, "Are we dating?" I covered my mouth right away because I didn't mean to sound so straightforward.

     "Is that why you woke me up at," He looked over at the kitchen clock. "Quarter to four for?" He laughed lightly and pulled me down on the pull out with him. His arms wrapped around me and I was instantly full of warmth from his touch even though we were lying in the cold air.

     "Well not just that, I was going to tell you that I can't sleep and I was lonely." I looked down and then, very slowly, looked up at his face.

     He lifted the blankets so they surrounded us both. His body was so warm against mine that I put my arm around his waist and pressed my cheek against his bare chest. My toes brushed his and I felt him shiver and move his feet away. "God, Elena, are you toes made of ice?" I laughed and kept pressing my toes against his legs on purpose. I love how we only knew each other for about a month, kissed a couple times, and that wasn't weird at all.

     "It depends on you." He said, interrupting my thoughts.

     "What?" I looked up at his face with a questioning look.

     "It depends on you if you want to date me. I mean I like you, too much for the time I've known you, so I want to but I don't know about you." He said with a wink because he knows I like him a lot and I'm the one that kissed him first.

     "Yes."

     "Yes, what?" He asked with a smile because he was teasing me.

     "Yes, I want to date you. I want to be your girlfriend. Why do you think I kissed you before?" I elbowed him in the side playfully.

     "Because I am very kissable." I looked up at him and stretched my neck to kiss him.

     "Yes you are, but I also like you for you, not just your movie star looks."

     "Oh, so you're saying I'm hot? Awe, you boost my ego, Elena." He squeezed me tighter and kissed my head. "You're very beautiful, Elena. I just needed to say that; I've always thought that about you, you should know that by now."

     "Okay, I can sleep peacefully now." I said and rested my head on his chest while he rested his chin on the crown of my head. I smiled when I heard him sigh and then I closed my eyes. That was really sweet, but nothing could have taken my mind off of that video I caught a glimpse of.