Sleep

Chapter 7

John's POV

"I'm gonna go check on her" I say and walk into the living room.

Jess and Sam are on the couch with their eyes glued to the tv. "Hey, Jess, can I talk to you... alone?" I ask.

"Sure" she gets up and we walk down the stairs and she sits on the floor next to Ryan's room.

"What happened Jess?" I ask and sit down next to her, putting my arm around her for comfort.

"I-I don't know..." she stares off while leaning into me. "All the cabinets and drawers were open and I just couldn't move or speak.. it was weird" she shakes her head and leans on me.

"You must've just been in a shock because seeing all those doors open was kinda spooky. I don't know who did it but they must've done it as a joke" she turns her head to look in my eyes.

"Maybe..." she drifts off.

She moves so she's laying her head in my lap and she reaches for my face and pulls me down to kiss her. Our lips touch and I can feel her lips tremble slightly. My hand cups her cheek as we kiss. Our mouths are in sync and I gently slide my tongue and gently brush hers.

"You look really pretty, Jess" I say as I break our contact and she blushes and hides her face with her hands.

"No.... you" she blushes.

I smile and move her back to the wall to stand up. I help her get up by offering my hand.

"Lets go up" I say and she nods.

Once we arrive at the top of the stairs, she looks up at me and tries to get my attention for a reason I'm not sure of but I pretend to not notice and I can tell she feels embarrassed. She rushes over to the couch and sits and watches the show Sam was watching before we went downstairs. I walk over to the dining room and see Alexa and Ryan seated at the table playing a card game. I'm not too familiar with card games but I'm pretty sure this one is Trash. They both have 2 rows of 5 cards with all the cards face down except a few on both sides.

"Hey, you guys wanna go get something to eat?" I ask.

"Yes! I'm starving!" Alexa groans.

"I'll come too" Ryan says.

We all walk outside and and I open Alexa's door for her and shut it when she gets inside.

"Did I ask you guys to come?" I hiss as I see Sam and Jess come outside and make their way to the car.

"No but we're hungry. We haven't eaten anything since last night and it's alre-" Sam starts.

"Okay, shut the fuck up. Get in the car" I groan.

"Could you be any more rude?" Sam hisses.

"Yes I could be you, you short haired Ellen DeGeneres wannabe, fucking wearing those leggings thinking you have an ass when you don't. What are you trying to show off? You're as flat as my car door" I spit and caress the door laughing at my joke.

"Are you fucking kidding me right now, John?!" Sam screams as Jess walks cheerfully for some reason to my car.

"No I am not kidding you. Jess why are you so giddy? What is this? Happy hour at Chili's?" I spit. "You're not getting any margaritas.