Trouble in Paradise

Chapter 19

I wake up the next morning, wrapped up in Sams arms. We are still in the bed of  truck. I turn my head so i can look at Sam, who is fast asleep. His mouth is hanging open slightly, letting a quiet snore pass between his lips.
  
His bottom lip quivers. Sometimes i just enjoy watching him sleep. I know that probably sounds weird, but seriously, seeing him laying beside me, fast asleep and peaceful, is so darn adorable.
  
I rest my hand on his chest, and watch as it moves in sinc along with his breathing.
  
I quickly rummage around for my phone, and open up a 'new message' to Jackie.

Me: Do you want to sleep over at my house tonight?
  
Me: i have SOOO much to tell you!!!!
  
She responds a couple of minutes later with:

Jackie: Yes, Lex i do!!!
  
Jackie: what is so important that you MUST tell me???
  
Me: Sam took me on a date last night (:
  
Jackie: SERIOUSLY????????
  
Jackie: i cant believe what my eyes are reading right now
  
Jackie: are we talking about the same Sami Tucker???
  
Me: i do believe we are (:

I love it when she overreacts.

Jackie: Sami Taylor Tucker???
  
Me: YES!!!
  
Jackie: where did he take you?
  
Jackie: you have me intrigued now
  
Me: i will tell you everything tonight. PATIENCE.
  
Jackie: where are you now? are you with him?
  
Me: yeah i am
  
Jackie: where??? i will die from curiosity if you do not answer me
 
I laugh out loud, quiet enough as in not to wake Sam.
  
I push the camera icon on my phone, and hold it up in the air, aiming it toward Sam and i. I take the picture.
  
Sam is obviously not posing, but i am jutting my thumb over my shoulder, purposefully pointed at Sams sleeping figure, and am in the motion of rolling my eyes.
  
Its actually a pretty good picture of us, even though one half of 'us' is passed out asleep.
  
I send the picture to Jackie.

Not long after that Sam slowly begins to wake up. He rolls over onto his side, so hes facing me. He stretches his arms above his head and yawns, then he opens his eyes.
  
"Good morning, Sami," i say, smiling at him.
  
"Morning, Lex," he smiles sleepily down at me.
  
"I had fun last night," i tell him.
  
He smirks, "Yeah, i did too."
  
I know exactly what he is talking about, "Shut up," i playfully shove his shoulder.
  
He holds his hands up, as if hes surrendering, "What?"
  
"You know what," I glare at him from the corner of my eye. He just laughs.
  
We quickly pick up our picnic from last night, and pack it all back up in Sams truck. We drive down the country road with the windows down, my hair blowing in the breeze. I feel so lucky to have this boy. Im absolutely crazy about him.
  
I can see Sami watching me from the corner of my eye and i turn to look at him.
  
"You're beautiful," he says.
  
While he has his eyes on me, they are not focused on the road. I see us drive further and further to the opposite side.
  
"You should watch the road," i tell him, ready to grab the wheel.
  
He leans over the console and smacks his lips against mine before adjusting the wheel so that we are no longer headed for the ditch on the side of the road.
  
"You know," i start, and he eyes me suspiciously, "you might need to take drivers ed again."
  
"Shut up. I," he says pointing at his chest, "am a wonderful driver," he says, confident in himself.
  
"Sure you are. Maybe if you were practicing to be a character on that stupid video game you always play."
  
"GTA?"
  
"I dont know what its called. Whatever."
  
He giggles at me and focuse back on the road as we enter city limits.
  
Sam drives us back to his house. Is already 10am, we woke up late. We decided on the drive home that we wouldnt go to school, that we would have a lazy day today.
  
Jackie texts me during second period asking me where Sam and i are.
  
Me: Sam and i are at his house
  
Jackie: u BOTH arent coming to school??
  
Me: no. Sam has convinced me that school isnt important
  
Jackie: WHAT!?!? when i get my hands on him, i will chop off his penis
  
"Who are you texting?" Sam asks me. I look up at him.
  
He is standing in front of the kitchen counter, im sitting in a stool across from him, spreading peanut butter on a slice of bread. He offered to make us both lunch, even after i said i could make my own. He said its an 'after the first date treat'. Whatever that means.
  
"Jackie," i answer.
  
"What does she want?" he looks very 'in the zone' with spreading that peanut butter on the bread, the tip of his tongue sticking out of his mouth in concentration. Adorable.
  
He looks up at me, waiting for my answer to his question.
  
"She said she wants your penis."
  
Sam starts choking and he drops the slice of bread with peanut butter on it, on the ground. "What?" hes shocked, his mouth hanging open.
   
I start laughing, "Thats not what i meant. I told her that you have convinced me that school is not important, and she said she was going to cut your penis off," I start laughing again.
  
"Thats not funny, she really would do that," he bends over to pick up the fallen piece of bread and throws it in the garbage.
  
I text Jackie back: