Jacob looked back at me his eyes still kinda pink, "yeah!" He smiled.
I loved his smile. It made me happy. It just looked so genuine.
"What is it?" Jacob asked. I jumped after realizing I had been staring at him. "I-I um, n-nothing. There was just a bird out side the window. I said as I pushed a strand of hair behind my ear and pointed behind him out the window.
"Uh okay." Jacob said as he looked behind him, seeing there was nothing occupying the bird feeder by the bay window, and looked back at me. I'm pretty sure he knew I was lying.
"C'mon," I broke the silence. "Let's go ask my mom if we can go. It's walking distance so we don't need a ride."
"Ok!" Jacob's lips formed a smile.
We got up and headed downstairs. "Oh wait," I said.
"What?" Jacob turned around and asked.
"I'm still in my running clothes. I'll go get changed quick."
Jacob looked sarcastic. "Quick?"
I rolled my eyes. "Quick." We laughed and I ran upstairs to my room. I opened my drawer for my summer clothing and threw together a casual outfit.
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Then I went down stairs and saw Jacob on his phone. He looked up when he heard me, and stared. "You look nice!"
I rolled my eyes. "Let's go Romeo." He laughed and we found my mom in the kitchen. She looked at both of us and smiled. All I could think was, please don't say anything embarrassing, please don't say anything embarrassing, please don't say anything embarrassing!!
"Hey mom, can me and Jacob go get some ice cream in town?"
"Can Jacob and I." She corrected.
"Can Jacob and I." I repeated. And rolled my eyes jokingly.
My mom laughed, and nodded. "That's fine Honey. Bring your phone and ANSWER YOUR CALLS, ok?"
"Ok, ok, I will." I me and Jacob, (Ugh Jacob and I, 😂) nodded.
"Ok good." My mom said. "Skylar, do you have money?"
"Yeah, I have like-" I was cut off.
"Don't say 'like' so much Skylar, it's not necessary in this sentence."
I was starting to get really annoyed. But tried again. My mom is a freak about using proper grammar. "I have 30$." I said.
"Thank you." My mom said. "Alright, have fun!" My mom said.
"Ok, thanks mom bye!" I said as we started towards the door.
"Thanks Mrs. Spark!" Jacob called over his shoulder.
"Anytime!" My mom said laughing.
I closed the door behind me and Jacob and I started walking to town. It was probably only going to be a ten minute walk. And it was just us because we hadn't reached the town yet.
"Two minutes." My thoughts were interrupted by Jacob's random comment.
"What?" I said looking at him.
He laughed at my confusion. "I timed you, it took you two minutes to change."
"YES!" I said making a making a fist and bending my elbow down towards my hip. We both laughed and I checked my phone for any messages. There were none so I put it away and turned to Jacob. "So what's it like being famous?" I asked.
He laughed. "Well I'm not THAT famous."
"Well, maybe the whole world doesn't know you, but I'm sure that will change pretty quick!" I said happily.
"Well, it wasn't that hard. Remember my old vines?"
"Of COURSE!! I love those!!" I said practically screaming.
Jacob laughed and continued. "Well I became known by doing those but now I'm doing even bigger stuff like recording music and performing at concerts."
"I know! I'm so proud of you!!" I said smiling.
"Thanks!" He said amused by my excitement. "But there are some downs. I mean. I have so many fans out there who just need to know that they're wanted and loved. And then there's also the hate. And the press, following my every move, spreading rumors for drama. And the crowds of people I run into almost everywhere I go." He said sighing and running his hand through his hair.
I put my arm around his shoulder and he looked up at me. I don't think I've ever seen him so vulnerable and stressed. He's always so happy. It was kinda scary. "Hey," I said. My voice coming out much croaker than I anticipated.
He continued, "Don't get me wrong I mean, I LOVE my fans! I wouldn't be anywhere without them! It's just that it can be really overwhelming you know?"
He looked back at me and I nodded staring at the pavement. For some reason I did know what he meant. Like, not just that I understood him, but I could relate somewhat. With the hate, the stress. It all made sense to me. He really put himself out there by exposing himself to me. He trusts me. And to think I was so worried. Well, if Jacob can take a chance, so can I.
A.N.
Hey, sorry I haven't been updating in FOREVER!!! But yeah. I've actually been getting to know Jacob a lot better over social media and YouTube videos and stuff like that. (No, I don't communicate with him personally, c'mon people this is ME we're talking about... 😂😂) But yeah, and I'm on vacation so QUIT COMPLAINING!!! Lol jk I haven't gotten any complaints. 😂😂❤️ Anyway if you actually read all this please click the star and give yourself a round of applause because you're amazing!!! Love ya, bye!!! ❤️❤️❤️
