He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not

Chapter 11

I'm so tired of everyone ignoring me. My brother refuses to talk to me and I honestly think he doesn't give a shit about me. Tony is still upset that I chose Jake over him. And Jake...is the hardest person to be ignored by. He acts like he loves me outside of school, but inside of school! Jake acts like everyone else in that school... like I don't matter, like I'm the biggest slut in the school, like I just shouldn't even be at the school. Abigail is literally my only friend and I don't know how I can possibly survive these last weeks of school without her. She's been taking tests everyday during lunch and I've had to eat in the bathroom. This is literally the worst time of my life and I just want it to get better. But that seems highly impossible.

There's a knock on my bedroom window and I know exactly who it is. With a roll of my eyes, I turn my TV up louder and stuff my face with M&M's. The knocking does NOT stop. It just gets louder and more repetitive. "Good God, shut the fuck up!"

"Babe, please let me in!"

"Go home Jake!"

Jake opens the window, but before I can stop him, he's standing in my bedroom. "What the hell are you doing? You just broke into my house!"

Jake grabs my forearms and says,"Are you okay?"

"Am I okay? Really? How dumb are you?"

"I'm sorry, am I missing something?"

I roll my eyes. "Go to hell."

"Would you just please tell me what is wrong?"

"Why do you care!"

"Because I'm falling in love with you dammit!"

I pause and give a slight laugh. Is he being serious right now? "You're falling in love with me? How can you?"

"What is that supposed to mean?"

"You act like an amazing guy who, honestly, I wouldn't mind falling for myself. But dammit you are such an ass to me when people are around! At school, in your car! I don't even know you!"

He sighs. "You're right. So how about we get to know each other?"

I roll my eyes as Jake and I both sit on my bed. We sit in silence, this being new territory for the both of us. "Now what?" I ask.

Jake laughs. "Just ask me something, anything."

"Okay...uh how's school going?"

"No no, no that. I want you to ask me something deep, something personal."

"Really?"

He nods. "How else are we supposed to get to know each other?"

"Alright, um, tell me about your family?"

He laughs slightly. "You had to pick that question huh?"

"Should I ask something else?"

"No no no, it's alright. Let's see, I have a brother named Tony, you've met him already. Uh, I have a little sister named Sophie and an older brother named Derek. My dad died in a car accident a few years ago and my mom drank a lot to cope with the pain. Sometimes, she didn't come home for days and she just left her kids with nothing. She remarried to a guy named Howard who beats the crap out of my mother. But to her, she just needs a man to take the spot of my dad. The only person I'm close with in my whole family is Soph. She is the only person who I truly cared about for a long time, but, ya know, recently things have...changed."

I smile because I know that he is referring to me. Is this really Jake's life? Is this why he acts like this tough popular guy at school? Surly no one would lie about a thing like this. "Well, I have an older brother Tyler. My parents got a divorce about...2ish years ago. My mom took it really hard because her job wasn't paying well and she had two teenagers to raise by herself. And Ty and I, yeah we had never been really close at all. Abby has basically been my only friend for years. And how I cope with the pain? I drown myself in schoolwork. I know, it's pretty lame."

"Hey it's definitely not lame. I think it's cute."

I laugh with my eyes on the floor, trying to avoid eye contact with Jake.

"Hey, see what we just did? Now I know very important things about you, Lexi. And I want to keep knowing more and more things about you." He tucks a strand of my hair behind my ear. "Okay?"

I nod and he kisses me. Softly at first filled with so much warmth and passion and sincerity. He may have pissed me off but he's doing one hell of job at apologizing.

Jake puts his hand on the back of my neck as our tongues join together. I move my index finger slowly up and down his back causing him to groan in my mouth. He takes one hand and goes up my shirt and begins to massage my breasts. He causes me to moan "Jay-" but he tries to keep me quiet. He lays me down on my bed and once again my legs open up to him. He trails beautiful, perfect kisses all down my body. "I want-" I gasp as my back arches in pleasure. Jake lifts my shirt up about half way and glides his tongue across my stomach in multiple different directions. "Fuck Jayy-" I almost yell out. As if my yelling isn't enough, he begins to rub my core through my sweats. I literally don't know how much longer I am going to last without having a fucking orgasm or something. But I don't have to worry about that.

Ty bursts through my bedroom door and I bolt up. "Are you fucking kidding me Alexis? You're still seeing this asshole after I told you to stay the fuck away from him!"

"Tyler-"

"Jacob it's time for you to leave."

I turn towards Jake. "No, stay."

"Dammit Reynolds-"

I force Ty out of my room and slam the door behind me. "Ty, what the hell is your problem?"

He shakes his head and walks into his room, but I follow him. "Lex just leave me alone would you!"

I shake my head. "Not until you tell me why you hate Jake so much!"

"Why do you care about him so much?"

"Stop avoiding the question!"

He sighs. "Do you really want to know why?"

"Uh, yeah."

"Jake and I used to be best friends and he fucking betrays me!"

"What did he do Ty?"

"We were out with some friends and the cops got called and he blamed the whole thing on me."

"Oh my God Ty-"

"Yeah, you're little boyfriend made me go to court and almost get sent to jail! So excuse me if I'm not his number one fan."

I can't believe what I just heard. All those court dates and hearings Ty went through three years ago was because of Jake! No no, this can't be real. I slowly back out of Tyler's room and back into mine. Only to find that Jake is no where to be found.

Why would he leave unless he had something to hide?
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Quite an eventful chapter!

Will the new truth end things with Jake and Alexis? Will Ty ever forgive Jake? Why did Jake leave after she found out?

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