Side by side a repunzel story

21. Just wait

The day after my birthday everyone around school was wishing me a happy birthday which was weird because I didn't even think any of those people knew my name. That wasn't the only weird thing that happened that day. Tiffany apologized to me. Thats right. She said sorry. I'm guessing it was only because my friends forced her to but she said she was sorry and she would leave me alone from now on. Just wait my crazy day didn't stop there.

Between first and second period I was with Lissa and Jake at my locker grabbing a water bottle. I unscrewed the lid and took a swig. Just as I began to screw the lid back on Jake came crashing into me causing the water to spill all over my shirt. "Oh my god Addi I'm so sorry." Jake apologized. "It's okay. It's just a bit of water." I told him. He shook his head. "No here take me hoodie." He instead. I bit my lip. "Jake no you don't have to do..." but before I could finish my sentence he whipped off his hoodie and placed it in my hands. I groaned and pulled the hoodie over my head knowing there was no arguing with him. I tucked my hands in the pockets when I felt a folded up piece of paper.

"Hey Jake do you need this?" I asked studying it. When I looked up Lissa and Jake were both gone. I tried to put the paper away but the curiosity was killing me, just like that cat everyone's always talking about. Curiosity killed the cat my mother would always say when I went snooping. But satisfaction brought it back. I quickly unfolded the paper and began reading.

Dear Addi

Lissa told me write this in a note. I have no idea why. she told me it was 'part of her plan' but by the time you read this I guess we'll both know why she wanted me to write it. Well here it goes I guess. I like you Addi. I mean like you like you. And I feel like a little bit of a coward saying it in a note but if Lissa says so. I did try to show you, a bunch of times really, but you never noticed. Lissa said you wouldn't have because you had a lot of other things on your mind, and she was right, I had no idea about your parents at that point so I was really confused, but then it all came together. But Addi really, getting back on track to why I even wrote this dumb note, do you believe in love at first sight? Well I didn't, not before I saw you. I hope this doesn't freak you out or ruin our friendship. God I hope this wasn't too cheesy, if it was then I apologized (even though it wasn't even my idea)

-Jake walker

What the heck? Jake likes me? No way. I don't believe it. This is some sick joke. But then in the other pocket I felt another piece of paper. I pulled out one of Lissa's crappy airplanes and opened it up to see the message inside.

I know you have a thing for Addi.

Is that really how long this had been going on? Was he telling the truth? Well I didn't get my answer until later that night because Jake avoided me for the whole day. Even in gym and at lunch. It wasn't until two hours after I got home I herd his voice on the walky-talkie.

"Addi?" He asked. I lunged for the talkie. "Jake. I've been trying to talk to you all day." I told him. There was a long silence. There was no way I was going to talk first. He was the outgoing one, now was no time to be shy. "So what did you think?" He asked. How was I supposed to reply to that? I didn't know what I thought. I knew I liked him too but how was I supposed to say that.

"I like you too." I finally said. "Like you like you, I mean."  I herd a strange noise from his end then I herd my window slid open and in walked Jake smiling like a mad man, and then guess what? I started smiling like a mad man too. Oh no. It's spreading. That's when Jake came and grabbed my hands. We stayed like that for a while until he began to close the gap between us. When his lips were nearly at mine I almost had a panic attack right then and there. Almost.

Instead I pressed my lips to his softly and wrapped my arms around his neck. When we separated there was a little silence between us before I interrupted it.

"So we just..."

"Yep."

"So that means..."

"Mhm."

"So are you gonna ask..." Jake laughed interrupting me. "Addi. Do you wanna go out with me?" I smiled brightly at him and kissed him again. It was the few moments like these where I felt normal, a word that had been foreign to me for the past two months. And I was almost expecting something to interrupt the feeling like every other time, but nothing did. My ache was finally soothed. When we pulled away from our second kiss I expected the feeling to suddenly disappear, but you know what? It never did.

// yay that's it for this story! epilogue to come//