We sat in awkward silence.
"Why didn't you text back?" I sighed.
"I didn't know what to say."
"Are we gonna go through this again, Jake?"
"Jessie, I'm sorry I just... I don't know why I didn't text back and I've missed you so much these last few months. I like you too much to just let this go to waste," he confessed.
My eyes teared up.
"Are you okay?"
I pulled him into a hug, showing him my answer.
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This was Us
Teen FictionInnocent freshman Jessie trips up the stairs and practically falls onto her unknowingly future one and only love. Jessie and Jake meet and things go crazy quickly for the both of them. From deceit, family relations, hopelessness, dread, and true lov...