Maybe It Was Fate

Chapter Nineteen

           

When we get to the park, Ethan and Jakob are already there. They are running around a tree, throwing fistfuls of bark at each other.

We approach them, smiles on our faces as we watch them play like children. They stop as soon as they notice us, giving us guilty looks.

"Hey guys," Ethan says, walking over to us.

"Allie Bear!" Jakob yells, bouncing over to us and hugging me.

I laugh and wrap my arms around his torso, hugging him back.

"Chris, my man," Jakob says once he pulls away from me. He gives Chris a little high-five-hand-slap thing that guys seem to love doing.

"Allie... come with me." Jakob says, grabbing my hand and pulling me away.

"Yeah, Chris come on," Ethan grabs Chris and drags him the other way.

Chris and I look at each other and laugh, both knowing what is going on. They're going to interrogate us.

Jakob sits me down under a tree and then plants his butt beside me.

"Okay, spill," he says.

"What ever do you mean?" I reply, batting my eyes innocently.

"You know. What happened yesterday?"

I laugh and begin telling him everything. I tell him about the beach, the café and what happened. He doesn't seem that shocked but he can tell that it shook me up. He grabs my hand in his for comfort.

"So... did anything happen between you two?" Jakob asks in the end. I know that's what he's been leading up to this whole time.

I laugh and shrug. "Maybe,"

"Allie!" he gasps, slapping my knee lightly. "You have to tell me."

I think about how I fell asleep on him, and how we cuddled pretty much all morning. Should I tell him? I know he won't tell anyone. Only Ethan and that's if Chris doesn't tell Ethan himself. I decide to. I want to share it with someone anyway.

"Well, we went back to his house last night to watch a movie and I fell asleep half way through. I was leaning on Chris and by the time I woke up, it was the morning. So we fell asleep on the couch and maybe cuddled a little bit this morning." I say with a shrug.

"You cuddled?!" He whisper-shouts, a smile pulling at his lips.

"Yeah..." I reply, mirroring his grin.

"Getting ins girl! Damn,"

I laugh and we look over to where Ethan and Chris are sitting. Ethan is punching Chris in the shoulder and high fiving him. Maybe he told Ethan.

"Do you think he likes me?" I ask.

"Oh, I know he likes you," Jakob says, sounding shocked by the fact that I even asked that. "Have you seen the way he looks at you?"

I shake my head. I never really paid much attention to it. "And he gets so overprotective. I heard that someone was going to ask you to the dance and Chris told them not to. They got into a massive argument over it,"

"No way! Really?" I was never told any of this.

"Yeah! And also Nicole is still so mad at you. Madison and her are ganging up on you I think."

"Why? I can't believe she still likes Chris after what he said,"

Jakob shrugs. "She likes him for his popularity and looks,"