He's Just A Bad Boy

Chapter 6 - Something more so much more

Chapter 2 - Something more, so much more.

*HALEY'S POV*

"Does your highness want a drink?" I ask Dylan reaching into the cupboard to grab a glass

"Yeah, ok" he shrugs nonchalantly, although I don't miss the slight smile he has on his lips

"Here" I hand it to Dylan who his inspecting my house.

"Thanks"

He finishes off his drink and I lead him upstairs to my room.

"Ok so we need to plan what to do" I say taking a seat at my desk while he sits down on my bed.

We talk and talk for ages and I jot down what he is saying. Dylan is actually quite smart, much to my surprise he is actually putting in a lot of effort in this project.

"Wow" I breath.

"You're really good at this" I compliment

"I know" he says cockily

"Are you always this cocky?"

"Yeah, you better get used to it, princess"

I roll my eyes and finish writing the last sentence.

"Well we've got some really good ideas here" I say looking down at the page in front of me which is covered in my neat hand writing.

"Yeah, good" Dylan says

"What time is it?" He asks suddenly

"Um.. its about 5 o'clock" I answer checking my watch

"Shit, I need to go" he says frantically getting up and heading for the door.

"Ok, well I'll see you at school then..?" I'm confused by his sudden urge to go but shrug it off and lead him to the door.

"Yeah, alright. See ya" he gets into his car and before another word is said he is gone.

I sigh, making my way through the quiet house, up to my room to relax.

I decide to have a long shower. The water relaxes my muscles that grew tense after the long two hour study session with Dylan.

Once I get out of the shower Jake is sitting on my bed, his eyes travelling to various places in my room. I clear my throat and his attention turns to me.

"Oh um hey" he says awkwardly, fiddling with his hands like I know he does when he's nervous.

"Hi..? Um, do you need something?" I ask him warily.

"Well you know how you wanted to know about what was going on with Katie and I?"

"Yeah and you never told me!" I exclaim loudly and Jake backs away slowly.

"Yeah well, calm down. I'm trying to tell you now" he says

"Can you just give me a second to get changed?" I grip the towel tighter around my body and Jake cringes, heading to my door and closing it behind him. When I finish I call him back in and he takes no time in diving into the story.

"Well we kinda had a fling or two" he begins and I cant help but cringe. That doesn't seem like something Katie would do, and to be honest I'm quite surprised.

"And?" I prompt him

"Well I started avoiding her after that, completely avoiding her"

"What? why?" I gape, revisiting the urge to hit him

"She's my best friend. This is why I didn't want you to get with her. Because I knew you would hurt her" I know it's harsh but some part of me was always worried Jake would do this with Katie.

"Wait, can you let me finish?" he snaps and I glare at him.

I huff and he continues

"Well I avoided her because I was scared. I really like her Haley. Like, a lot and I'm scared that I've blown it now. I didn't want to fall for her. I wanted to fuck her and then leave her like the rest. But she's- ugh. This is so fucking weak" he wipes his face out of frustration and tugs at the roots of his hair.

"Just tell me" I give him a small, reassuring smile and he nods.

"She's more than just a one night stand, you know? Like, the first time I met her and I hit on her, do you know what she said?" he asks, his face has now become distant and he's staring out my window, a distant smile on his face and I urge him to continue.

"She told me to fuck off" he smiles so widely and I'm almost sure that if I wasn't his twin sister I'd be convinced he's going insane. But, I know Jake. I know that he gets a lot of girls and most of them are slutty and have no respect for themselves. I guess Jake was surprised that for once, a girl didn't throw herself at him

"When did this happen?" I ask, a small encouraging smile on my face.

"The last couple of days"

"Then why hasn't Katie talked to me?"

"I dont know, maybe you should ask her, but right now I need your help!"

"Fine. You should get yourself out of it because you got yourself in it but she's my best friend and you're my brother. I'm trusting that you do have feelings for her, that's why I'm going to help you"

"Thanks Haley, I owe you one"

"Yeah, yeah, ok you need to tell her how you feel, no matter how hard it is. You need to tell her that you made a mistake. That you didn't mean to hurt her like that" I start

"Ok"

"Go to her house and talk to her, her parents work until 7:00pm so if you go now you can talk to her alone" I finish

"Thanks Haley" he hugs me and runs out of the door.

My heart swells at the thought of Jake genuinely caring about someone who isn't his family. And at this moment, the fact that Jake and Katie may well be a couple in the next hour makes me smile and not cringe. I'm happy for them.

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