I get dressed into adidas leggings and a light blue hoodie then I put my hair into French braids and don't bother with makeup. I open my bedroom door and walk downstairs expecting Lily and Liam to walk through the door any moment. I notice that Jacob is nowhere to be seen which makes me a little scared.
"Jacob?" I call out. No answer. "Where are you?" I open the door to the guest room to see Jacobs bag but no Jacob. So that means he hasn't left. I search around my house a bit more but still don't find him. Where could he be? My phone starts ringing and I see that it's Lily. "Hey Lily" I say as I pick up.
"Hey when I got to Liam's house we started watching a movie and now we can't be bothered to come to your house anymore"
"Aw okay" I say a bit disappointed. I was kind of looking forward to building this igloo.
"Sorry it's just that this is gonna be one of the last days I get to spend alone with Liam and-"
I cut her off "it's fine Lily I understand we can just do it tomorrow"
"Thank youu and I'm sure you can entertain yourself with your new boyfriend" I can tell she's smirking from the other end of the line.
"Shut upp and remind me to tell you something about him tomorrow"
"No tell me now I wanna know everything"
"No I can't find him but he must still be at my house cause his stuffs still here"
"He's probably gone for a walk or something. Anyway I'm gonna go cause I'm spending the whole day in bed watching Netflix with Liam and then I can cross it off my list. "
"Okay have fun. Bye"
"Bye and text me to update me about your Jacob situation"
I hang up the phone and scroll down to Jacobs name. After pressing the call button I put the phone to my ear and it rings. It rings a few times but he doesn't answer. Whatever. I go to the kitchen and decide to make macaroni cheese since I'm craving it. Once I'm finished making it I sit down and get a fork to eat it. Then I phone Jacob again and this time he picks up.
"Hellooo?" He says in a weird accent.
"Jacob where are you?" I ask.
"It's blanket" he says still in his accent.
"Stoppp I'm face timing you" I click on the FaceTime button and his face pops up on the screen. I can't tell where he is because he has a blanket over his head. "Stop being annoying where are you?" I ask him again.
"Okay fine" he says in his normal voice. He moves the blanket away and I realise he's in my basement.
"Jacob why are you in my basement? How do you even know where it is?"
"I was exploring your house cause you were taking ages and I found some stairs that led to the basement"
"Well my basement is much less interesting than yours. Come back upstairs Lily and Liam aren't coming round anymore so we're not building an igloo"
"What are we gonna do instead then?" I see him leaving the basement and walking up the stairs.
"Let's go to the mall I need to buy some Christmas presents"
"K see you in a second"
"And you might get some of my mac and cheese" I show him the bowl and he smiles. Then I hang up and keep eating it. A second later the kitchen door opens and Jacob walks in wearing black ripped jeans with a white thrasher tshirt.
"Can I have some?" He says pointing to the bowl.
"Yup grab a fork from the drawer" he gets one and sits down next to me.
"Thanks" he says and we start eating.
"So are you free on Friday night?" I ask him.
"Yeah I think so why?"
"I'm having a party for Lily"
"Is it her birthday?"
"No did you not know she's leaving?"
"No where's she going?"
"She's moving to Canada on the tenth of January so she made this bucket list thing of stuff she wants to do before she leaves and she's making me do it all with her. One of them is to have a party. And get drunk."
"Now that sounds like fun. I'm in" he smirks. "Can we go to my place on the way to the mall so I can drop my stuff off and get money?"
"Sure. Go get your stuff now and we can go" he walks out of the room and I go to the closet in the hall to get my shoes and jacket.
***
We reach the mall at 3:30 after going to Jacobs house. His family were all out so we weren't there long.
"What shops do you wanna go to?" Jacob asks me.
"Hmm Macy's, Sephora, forever 21 idk what else. You?"
"Zumiez, Adidas and vans"
"Okay we'll do you wanna split up since we don't have that much time? Or..."
"I'll come to Macy's with you but maybe after that we should split up cause i need to find you a Christmas present" he says.
"Okay and I need to find yours" I say as we walk towards Macy's.
***
After a few hours of shopping me and Jacob are in an uber back to his house because he insisted that I go for dinner again as a thank you for letting him stay at my house. Surprisingly, things hadn't been awkward since he found out I had a crush on him. Our friendship has just stayed the same as usual. I had bought my mom a Michael Kors watch and Lily a Calvin Klein wallet. I wanted to get Lily something big since I won't see her for ages. For Jacob, I bought a Nike sweatshirt because I wasn't really sure what to get him and I bought myself some makeup that I needed.
When we arrive at Jacobs house his family is all there and we sit down to eat. "Wow Jacob you must really like Emily to invite her for diner twice in one week" Caroline says. I hear a thud underneath the table and Caroline glares at Jacob. Jacob smiles sweetly at her.
"Yes well she's home alone till Sunday so I'm just being nice" Jacob says.
"Oh sweetie I can't let you be home alone all week. Stay here tonight" Pattie says.
"Oh no it's fine but thank you" I say.
"No I'm not taking no for an answer. Once we're finished eating Caroline will drive you to you're house to pick up your stuff" she insists.
"Only if you're sure" I say.
"Of course, any friend of Jacobs is welcome in our house"
"Thank you very much" I smile at her.
Once we're all finished eating Caroline, Jacob and I get into Carolines car and we direct her to my house. I quickly go upstairs and get my school stuff and clothes. Then we drive back to Jacobs.
