Cassie Jenkins [On Hold]

Beautiful

”J-Jake,” I stuttered, I looked up at his gorgeous blue eyes, He was biting his lip but he was smiling behind it.

He nodded at me, looking for an answer.

“I-It’s just- it’s be- I’ll just-,” Jake stuttered then put his hand on the page. I kept my grip and looked him in the eyes and slowly blinked.

“I Love you,” I smiled reassuringly.

A smile filled his face, as if he couldn’t hold it back- “Wow look at that one!” Jake rotated around quickly, his leg overhanging the truck. He was now standing up and pointing. My head had turned with his voice and I was looking at, what I could see, was a shooting star. We both closed our eyes quickly and started saying a wish over in our heads. Can you guess what mine was? It’s the same as all my 11:11 wishes, for Jake of course, but now that he’s mine, I added some to my usual wish. It might be a bit of a leap but, it’s always worth wishing. I opened my heart and let it speak to my mind. “I wish for Jake to stay with me until my last day, for him to be holding my hand on my last breath. For him to Love me, for who I am and to Love me, forever,” My heart spoke.

I opened my eyes and saw Jake open his too. He looked at me and smiled, I got lost in his eyes and he put his arms around me and pulled me tight to him. Our eyes both closed, my heart was beating fast as he pressed his lips against mine. It was as if fireworks went off in the sky. My heart was beating so fast, I was sure it was going to come out of my chest. He looked down at me and I looked up at him, “Not because I had to, but because I want to.”

His words made me smile even more. The words that he had just spoken were the words he’d said to me the night of the party; the night, when everything felt right, the night when everything fell into place and the night when I fell for him. I turned my head and put it on his chest and closed my eyes. We sat on the edge of the truck and he held me tight.

We ended up in the corner of the back of the pick-up again. His chest was acting as my pillow. He had his arm across my chest as we stared up at the stars. The silence was comfortable and my hand was warm as his hand was clutching mine. The air was like the air on a summer’s night, but I wasn’t protesting about the warmth of his body close to mine.

The last I remembered of that night was the moon shining on my face and a light kiss from him, of which, I thought I heard “I Love You Cassie,” of his beautiful voice.

I woke up with his slow breathing, moving my head, which was still on his chest. There was a blanket on me, which I don’t remember being there before I fell asleep. I squeezed my eyes together hard and then turned a little and looked up at Jake, to see if he was awake. His eyes were closed and his arm was at the edge of my waist. I rotated my body around so it was sitting parallel to his. I put my hand slowly on his chest and my head below where his collar bone is. I closed my eyes and pulled the blanket up over both of us.

He must have woken up with my movement because I felt his arm creep back up onto my waist. I smiled and cuddled in tight to him. I must have fallen asleep again because I woke up with the sun shining brightly in my eyes. I looked up to Jake, he was sitting up and my head was resting below his knees.

“Finally,” He sighed, quickly followed by a smile.

“Shut up,” I blushed.

I quickly took out my mirror that is forever in my pocket. But before I could open it, His hand had slid over the reflective part and had blocked my view of my face. I tried to push it off but he kept his grip and took it from me. He put his finger beneath my chin and tilted my head back.

“You’re looking beautiful Cassie. Believe me. In fact, I dare you to not wear any make-up, straighten or whatever else you can do with your hair or even look into a mirror.”

“What do I get?”

“Your real beauty; make-up and all that isn’t you baby, you’re so beautiful under all that Cassie. I Love you,” He smiled at me.

I looked at the ground and he held out my mirror. I put my hand on it and then slowly took it and put it in my pocket.”Good Girl,” He smiled.

“Now,” He stood up on the duvet that was covering the floor of the truck. “Where’d you wanna go?”

“Where ever,” I got up and followed him towards the very back.

“I’ll walk you home,” He said jumping down off the truck. “And you can do what ya do,” Jake giggled. “I’ll wait and when you’re ready, we’ll go where ever you wanna go.”