I Promise You

(16) When Were Staying in Paris {Part One}

"So everything is thought through?" I asked Hanna, Poppy and Phoebe. "Yes! Next weekend you are officially at my place" Hanna said and smiled at her "Thank you!" "No problem! You have no idea how often Poppy and Phoebe had to cover for me when I was actually at Holbrook's" She laughed. "Yeah, but I'm going to Paris with my boyfriend!" I said "It's completely different" I told her. "Hey" Jake said happy and hugged me and kissed my cheek "Ready?" He asked and I laughed "As ready as I'll ever be" I said as he sat down. We briefly kissed, before I went on to eat my lunch.

Not much has happened the last few weeks. I talked to Jake about his family and he told me everything. He told me that he isn't proud of his family and that he would like to live his own life, without being judged by everyone. I told him that I totally understand him and I did tell him everything I told Phoebe and Poppy. He didn't judge me for it, just like I didn't judge him. We made a deal to just see each other and not our families. That's also when he had the idea to spend our first month anniversary in Paris, since I did want to go there and he knew about it.

It took him about a week to finally convince me, but now I was as ready as I could ever be. I told Paula and Phil that I was hanging out a lot with Hanna, so they would believe that I would sleep over at her house for the entire weekend. Jake told his parents that he is staying at Jonah's, since he was his best friend.

"Well, I got the train tickets in Jonah's locker and some clothes to change as well" He said. "Me too and I hope you have your bag with you as well" I said, looking at him. "Of course, in my gym locker" He said. "Hey" Mike said as he joined us and sat down next to Poppy. That's also a thing that had changed. Mike finally opened up to someone and that someone was his first girlfriend Poppy.

"You ready to pull this off?" Mike asked and we nod. "Just so you know, you are the craziest person I know Promise" Mike said. "With a family like mine" I laughed.

After class I immediately hurried to my locker and grabbed my clothes and changed in the bathroom, then went to get my bag and waited for Jake. He came running towards me just a few minutes later. He grabbed my hand and we ran out of the school building. "Hey, what are you still doing here?" I asked when I saw Hanna, Jonah, Phoebe, Poppy and Mike. "We're are coming with you to the train station!" Phoebe said and I squealed and briefly hugged her. "Then we should get going" Mike said. I grabbed Jake's hand and we went to the next bus stop and waited a few minutes until the bus came.

We went to the back of the bus and were talking like crazy. Each of our conversations had a different topic and a person on the outside wouldn't be able to understand anything. But then the bus stopped at the train station and all of us got out. We walked to the platform and Jake and I hugged all of them to say goodbye.

About ten minutes later our train had arrived and we took each others hand and went onto the train, grabbing a bench. I took the window seat and we waved our friends, while the train started moving. "There is no going back" Jake said and I smiled at him "And I don't want to go back" I said and put my head onto his shoulder. "What was the craziest thing you have done?" Jake asked and it didn't take me long to think of something "Besides dating my half-brother, this" I said and he laughed. "What about you?" I asked him. "Yeah, I never really did anything crazy, except that one time I went bungee jumping" He said and I looked at him "You did what? Are there photos?" I immediately asked. "There are. I can show you them once we are back home"

"I definitely need to see them and baby photos! I so want to see them!" I said and he laughed "And I'm not going to see any of your's?" He asked. "Mine are in America or on my mom's instagram" I said and he immediately took his phone out "You do know she has that account... my entire life?" I asked and he still went on to open it. "What's her name?" He asked and I sighed, but took his phone to type it in and handed it to him. "LiveyCope" He read out loud "She hasn't changed it since she made it. Not even after she got married" I told him, while he started scrolling. "What were you like as a little kid? "He asked curious. "Annoying" I answered "And I was pretty smart for my age and I'm the reason my parents are married" I told him and he listened closely. He really seemed to be interested in my unique life.

"That was when I was three. I really wanted them to get married, but they never did anything to do it. I think my dad was scared, so I pushed him" I summed it up. "That must have been so cute" He said. "I sadly don't remember it, I was three. I only know what I have been told" I said a little sad. "I don't remember the most of the iconic childhood things I did, but my parents don't leave out an opportunity to tell me about them"

"I think it's great your parents remember. I'm lucky when mine don't forget about my birthday" He said and I wrapped my arms around him. "What are your parents first names?" I asked him. Somehow I wanted to know that "Marcus and Arabella" He said "Your's?" "Ryder and Olivia" I said with a smile.