Adventurer *Jack J fanfic*

Chapter 5

Reece's p.o.v

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I stay at Jack's house for about 25 more minutes and I have only written 2 pages of the project. The lack of progress is caused by Jack's need to bug me and always wanting to get out of the project by water balloon fights or something ridiculous like that. Jack let me leave my stuff there since I was gonna be back tomorrow and I really feel like he is different from his image at school. The way he just randomly stares at me or the way he will sit really close to me and just look at me and push my bangs back with his calm hands or the way he makes me laugh at everything and no matter what i'm doing it's fun with him. Just before I walk out the door, Jack pins me against the wall, with my hands trapped by his, above my head. He gets really close to my lips and he says, in a deep voice but a whisper while his eyes were on my lips, "Reece, I know you like me or atleast can't hate me as much as you claim." I am froze. My breath is heavy now. I push my hands off the wall and disconnect his hands from my wrists. He has no clue, what he did has haunted me for the past two years.I grab a fist full of his shirt and anger must have been written on my face, because he puts his hands up in surrender and he takes one step back.  "You think you know that I have to like you, but I truly don't. Every girls chases after you for something you are happy to provide," I say in disgust and continue, " and I am suppose to like that?" I whisper with my mouth close to his ear. I back away and let loose of his shirt my face is forward but my eyes are glaring up just as my bangs fall uncontrollably in my eyes. My lips form a straight line on my face. He brushes down his shirt loosely because of the wrinkles I caused. His eyes are wide and he lets out a small breath.   

I turn back around and I can feel the tension in the air. I open the door to his all too familiar house, and turn my head slightly and my eyes to see him, and without a smile I say, "I will see you at class." He walks over to the door behind me and quietly says, "Bye Reece." He shuts the door a minute after I walk out the door. 

I get back home and mom's car isn't in the driveway or the garage. I use my key to get into the door.  Taylor must have noticed something wrong because as I walk in he looks at me to say something but looks away without speaking. I walk up to my bathroom and shut the door. I have a terrible headache so I rub my temples attempting to ease the pain. I grab some medicine and swallow it with a little sink water. I didn't feel like going downstairs and having a conversation with Taylor about Jack. He knows what happened and he already doesn't like me having to write a paper with him. I get a towel and lay it on the top of the toilet. I set the water to the right temperature and I undress. I put one leg in the steaming shower and then my whole body. I stand there and let the water run over my body. He really thought I liked him. He would be lucky that I don't completely shun him for his doing. I close my eyes and put my face under the water very dramatically for a few seconds till the water is too hot for my sensitive skin. I put on my face wash and rub it in. 

Do I like him again? I curiously thought to myself. I knew that I didn't want to and he was so rude. He only dated girls to get in their pants. I couldn't like him. I reassure myself, thinking it was just a suggestion. 

He was sweet today though. He was different today than the last time you knew him. Yeah he knows what he needs to do now to get me back. I think back to the days he and I were happy together. We dated for about 9 months 2 years ago, in the 9th grade, until he hit it and quit it. He went around the next day telling the whole school lies about how it went down and how I put myself on him and everything. In reality he forced me and I was to ashamed to tell anyone. Even if I did no one would believe me. He changed me forever. I am a totally different now and if he thinks he can push me around like he used to, he has another thing coming. I rinse my face. I turn around missing the heat on my stomach but loving it slowly releasing the tension in my back. I wet my hair and put shampoo in it slowly massaging my scalp. I rinse all the shampoo out and wash my body with my luffa and shave my underarms and my arms.  I turn the water to a halt. I throw the curtain back, but I quickly grab it again when I see Jack sitting on my sink. 

I pull the curtain to close and grab my towel. I wrap it securely around my body and wipe my eyes a few times. I open the curtain again to see that this isn't a nightmare and the devil is actually in my bathroom. He sees the astonishment on my face and says, "Finally! Took you long enough. It was starting to get stuffy." This isn't the first time he has seen me in a towel, we used to be very very close friends up until he ruined it. It was kinda natural. He hasn't see me like this in since we dated but it felt the same. I step out of the shower and he eyes my body up and down while biting his lip. 

He is so cute. NO Reece NO. Stop that right now! But look at his eyes right now and the way they sparkle and are so blue. Yeah his eyes are filled with want. You have seen that look before. Don't fall for it again. 

I walk right past him and throw open the bathroom door like he isn't there. I walk to my room and open the door but shortly after it is shut by his presence. He comes up behind me and wraps his arms around my waist. "Can you not?" I ask and move his arms away and continue to my dresser. I get a matching set of black lace undergarments and lay them out on my bed before getting my Alabama pajama shorts and a black tanktop to put with the outfit. "Don't be so harsh." He sits on my bed and hands me the clothes I laid out. "This is just like old times..." He says and I slide my clothes on and remove my towel after everything is on so he couldn't see anything. "Yep but this isn't old times so you can go  now. I only went to your house because we had a project and that is the only reason I will go back." I say a little too harshly. I thought for a second, then I remember who i'm talking too and I don't feel so bad anymore. "Look how many times do I have to apologise for that?!" He says irritated. "It doesn't matter how many times you apologise, until you act like you actually mean that apology nothing will change." I say calmly without raising my voice and after it I just turn my head and smile at him while walking out the door. I knew he would follow me so I walk down the stairs and he is trying to say something but I ignore him. I open the door and put my hand on his chest and slowly push him out the door. "Like I said once before Jack, see you in class tomorrow." I chuckle because his puppy dog face is too cute. I slowly shut the door. My stomach has butterflies. This is the first time he has been back to my house since it happened. I can't help but smile at his effort.