"Wait, everything?"
"Yeah," Jake told me over the phone. "The entire house apparently burned down."
"Well, is Emma okay?"
"Yeah, she's fine. Eli too."
I scoffed. "I could care less about Eli, he's really weird. I get a bad vibe from."
"Wow, you really are an asshole. I like it."
I smiled, and was grateful that he wasn't there to see it because that would only increase his already huge ego.
"Okay, yeah. Well, I have to go now."
"And let me die of boredom?"
"And help Brooke, actually."
I sighed in exhaustion, remembering our previous fight. I was currently in Audrey's front yard, pacing back and forth as I spoke to Jake, looking over at the front door every five seconds to make sure they weren't listening.
"What's wrong?" Jake asked.
"Nothing, it's just... Brooke and I are kind of not in such a great place."
"What? Why?"
"We went over to where she left Branson, and he wasn't there. She lost it and started screaming at me, telling me that I was the new killer."
"Wow."
"Yeah, and she started throwing punches at me, so I had to fight back. I feel terrible."
"It's alright Lex Luthor, I bet it was worth it."
"Why would it be worth it?"
"I mean, a cat fight? I bet it was super hot."
"Yeah, too bad you missed it," I teased, sitting down on the porch steps.
He chuckled on the other line.
"Would you stop being such a tease? That's The Jake's job."
"Ah, we're back to that."
He inhaled a sharp breath. "Yeah, it's too bad I missed the fight. I guess you're gonna have to fight someone else, huh?"
"Sure. That someone else would be you."
"I wouldn't mind that."
I could almost hear his smirk through the playful tone in his voice, and decided to instead just stay quiet for a few seconds.
"Well, I really do have to go now," I told him.
"Sure."
"Okay, bye."
"Goodbye, Lex."
I hung up quickly before the conversation could go on any further, and fortunately for me I didn't have to walk back into the house for Audrey and Brooke both walked out, both of them looking ready to kill someone.
"Ready?" I asked them, even though I knew the answer.
"As I'll ever be," Brooke answered, the three of us walking down the porch after that.
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"Im just saying I need a quick pitstop before we go kick ass," I told them.
"Hurry up," Audrey said as I got out of the car. "We don't have the time."
"And bring me a cookie or something," Brooke called out.
I rolled my eyes, walking into the cafè quickly as to not waste any time.
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Drop Dead Gorgeous 〰 Jake Fitzgerald
Fiksi RemajaComing back to Lakewood was like walking into a tornado. There was so much destruction, so much fear and sadness that Lexa was beginning question her parents for wanting to move back after so long. Nina Patterson, queen bitch, was dead, along with s...