[ Jacob's POV ] ( before Raven texted him )
I looked at my alarm clock. It was 6:50 PM. My eyes started getting heavier and heavier. YES I need this nap bro. That's when I fell asleep.
Minutes later my phone rung that ugly iPhone ringtone😒 indicating that I have a text message. I unlocked my phone holding one eye open. It was Raven. That's when both of my eyes opened.. Weird, but she asked me can I come and get her from Perfect Garden in the couples pathway. I knew exactly where that was. I rushed downstairs telling my mom where I'm headed and then drove of in the car.
10 minutes later I arrived at Perfect Garden. I parked my car and got out walking to the couples pathway . I heard sniffles as I was walking , I then looked around.
"Umm... Hello?" I said.
"Jacob?"
"Raven? Why are you crying?" I said as I walked to her.
"Oh no. I'm not crying , I was tho. I didn't have any tissues to blow my nose so I'm just sniffling." She said as she weakly laughed. As she stood up from the bench I admired what she was wearing and how her hair looked like mines.
"Woaaaah you look beautiful! Why so dressed up? And why were you crying ?" I asked as I wiped the tears from her face.
"Can we talk about this in the car?" She asked nicely.
"Sure."
Then we walked to the car. I opened the door for her and closed it when she got in. Then I went to my side of the car , got in and cranked it up.
"Where we going?" She asked as I passed my house.
"To my thinking place." I replied.
20 minutes later I pulled up to the beach. We both got out the car. I grabbed her hand and we ran across the sand like we're little kids. She was hysterically laughing and I smiled. I picked her up bridal style and started spinning her around until we both fell. We laughed then got back up. I bent down and she jumped on my back, I then walked her to my "thinking place" it was covered by big bushes No one could even notice it was behind there. I moved some of the bushes and walked behind them. She jumped off of my back and gasped. It was like another part of the beach. But No one ever came back here... only me.
"How did you find this??" She said as she turned around to me.
"Well when I was a kid I got bullied. Every evening I would run to the beach. But one evening I saw sunlight coming from one of the bushes and went through them. That's when I found this ... I like coming here at night tho. The moon really lightens the place up." I said. She nodded. I took her hand and led her close to the water but not that close and we sat on the sand.
"Now why were you crying?"
"Oh... Haha it's not a big deal. I was just thinking about my late boyfriend Rayan.." She kinda choked while saying his name. I put my arm around her shoulder. She then started telling me about him and how he died. I almost cried a little cause it reminde me of when my girlfriend passed. Then I started telling her my story about my late girlfriend Kennedy. We both cried as we hugged.
I layed on the sand with my hands behind my head and she copied me. I laughed . We just started looking at the stars.
"Thanks.." She said. I gave her a confused look.
"For..?"
"Well first for saving my life that day. And for picking me up tonight it looks like I woke you up." She laughed a little still looking at the stars.
I smiled . "Yeaaaaa. I kinda was taking a nap but it's alrigggght." I smiled. "Wait, why were yo dressed up again?" I asked.
"Oh ha. Rayquan told me he wanted to take me out to eat. It wasn't a date though. Thank god it wasn't because we had this waitress, and she kept being nice to him and mean to me. Then she called me Barney when she gave me my salad and they both laughed.. I started to kinda feel insecure. When she walked away. He walked behind her, I waited for like 30 minutes for him to come back. The restaurant was about to close! He came back with his SnapBack crooked and his shirt stretched. They both walked out the same room and stuff.. I just walked out the restaurant into the couples pathway." She sighed as she got done telling me. I kinda got mad, I sat up and started breathing harder and cracking my knuckles.
"You okay?" She said as she sat up and touched my shoulder that made me calm down a little bit.
"How could he do that? That's so fucked up!" I yelled.
"Jacob it's okay. It's okay. Calm down. It's ok." She said as she hugged me from the side. I hugged her back and we just say and watched the waves.
