Not Your Cinderella

Chapter 10- I Hope This Isn't Your Mom

Jake's POV: 

When we got back to the apartment everyone was surprised to see Tasha's face pink and splotchy. Sara and the girls took Tasha back to their apartment to talk. Browdy and Tony look at me and I break out in a smile. "Guys she slipped, she said she loves me."

"Jake, you are such a girl," Browdy says shaking his head. Issy walks into the room with her dolly and her blankey. 

"Where's all the girls?"  Issy asks quietly. 

"I ask myself that everyday," Tony says with a smirk. 

"More like where are the guys," Browdy whispers. Tony smacks him.

"They went over to their apartment, but I'm sure they will be back baby girl." She pouts and then goes to sit on the couch in between Browdy and Tony. She grabs the remote from Tony and changes it to Disney Channel. 

"Hey! I was watching that!" Tony yells. 

"It's my house!" She says sticking out her tongue. 

"Isabella!"

"Uncle Tony!"

I laugh at them and go into my bedroom to plug my phone in. As if on cue it rings. 

"Hello?"

"Hey Jake."

"Are you okay babe?"

"Yeah, I will. Uhm Jake. Could I maybe sleep there?"

"Anytime beautiful. I'm gonna kick my idiot best friends out, but come over whenever."

"Ok. See you then," she says as the line goes dead. 

I answer the door to the beautiful girl, my damsel in distress. She fakes a smile at me and kisses my cheek. "Thank you Jake," she whispers. 

"Anytime Tash."

Issy runs to Tasha and almost tackles the poor girl. "Hi Tasha!"

"Hi Issy. How are you?"

"I'm fantabulistical. I'm not sick today!" She says with a smile. 

"I'm glad," Tasha says as Issy drags her away. They go to Issy's room leaving me in the living room with Browdy and Tony. 

"Hey Tony let's leave the love birds and Issy alone," Browdy says as the begin to collect their things. 

"Fine. Bye Jakey poo. Have a good night and don't do anything I wouldn't," Tony tells me as he pinches my cheeks. 

"So jumping off my couch trying to fly is acceptable?"

"JAKE, YOU PROMISED WE WOULDN'T TALK ABOUT THAT!" Tony yells sounding offended. I laugh and push him out the door. 

I sneak a peak into Issy's room and see Tasha in Issy's bed reading a story. Issy looks fast asleep, but Tasha doesn't stop. She does different voices for different characters and is very animated. It's adorable. Tasha finishes the book and slides out of Issy's bed tucking Issy and her doll in. She kisses Issy's forehead and whispers something barely audible. "Goodnight Issy. I love you cutie."

My heart literally swells. The following morning I wake up and make my girls breakfast. Tasha goes back to her apartment to get stuff done. It's Monday before I realize it. Leigha came to visit Tasha and they were busy, so I tried to keep Issy busy. Issy has a lot of problems with different foods and it is a lot to keep track of. My mom is a superhero for doing it everyday. Sunday night I drove Issy home and then turned around and came straight back. I caught up on all my assignments and cleaned the apartment. I get dressed and head to class. It's Browdy's class first thing today, which excites me. I get there a half hour early and find Browdy and Tasha talking. 

"What do we have here?" 

"Hey Jake. I had to ask Mr. Evans a few questions," Tasha says with a smile. 

"Psh. You didn't come to see me? I'm hurt." She stands up and walks toward me. 

"Here, I brought you an ice cap," she says handing me the cup. 

"Thanks babe!" She goes and takes a seat front and center. She takes out a notebook and starts to doodle. Browdy turns on Pandora and is messing around getting the room ready for the day.  Browdy starts dancing around the room and tries to get Tasha to dance with him. She wont get up so he takes a seat on her lap, I roll my eyes and continue typing out the notes for today's class when the door opens. Dr. Jensen, the head of the university walks in.

"Mr. Evans, I'm assuming this isn't your mom, she's obviously too young, so get off her lap!"

"Yes sir. Sorry sir, this is Tasha Clark." Browdy says staring at the ground. 

"I hope you aren't dating this young lady. Honey, you can do much better."

"Don't worry sir. The guy I'm dating is much better than this chump. Sorry Brow.. I mean Mr. Evans," Tasha says with an awkward laugh. 

"She's my neighbor sir. She has to put up with us a lot," I tell him. 

"She's an excellent student, for the most part. She's insanely smart and she has great goals," Browdy says as Tasha's face grows red. 

"Nice to meet you Ms. Clark, I need to steal Mr. Evans."

As they exit, I'm kind of relived. "I heard he was way scarier," Tasha whispers quietly.  I shake my head laughing. 

"He loves me, be glad that you met him around me and he will love you too babe."

"Cocky much?" She mumbles. She takes her seat again as other students begin to file in. Tasha's roommates accompany the seats next to here in the front. Browdy attempts to teach, but he isn't his usual annoying self. The class seems to drag on and finally, the two hours are up. Browdy sits down at his desk as the kids file out. 

"Browdy, what's wrong?"

"Nothing Jake, why?"

"You were off today."

"It was that obvious?"

"Yeah."

"Someone saw Sara and I at the coffee shop and decided to report it as suspicious behavior. Then Dr. Jensen seeing me on Tasha's lap didn't help that. So now all my classes are going to be observed for a month and they might reassign you to a different teacher."

"Browdy, that's not that big a deal."

"Yes it is. Sara and I are good friends."

"So are you and Ta... OH MY FUCK. BROWDY!"

"What?"

"You and her are more than friends!"

"No. I mean not yet. We can't be now. She's got a lot of problems and just needs someone to be there for her. I'm there for here, maybe a little more than a normal professor, but hey. "

"Did you explain that to Jensen?"

"No."

"You should have you."

"Oh well. Guess you and Tasha can't get it on in my classroom anymore."

"I'm leaving now Browdy. Have fun in here alone."

Author's note:

Hey ya'll. I'm back! Yay. ACT is done and my grades are back where they belong so I can get back to updating! Whoop Whoop! I ended up geting four higher than my goal on the act if you care ;) Anyway enjoy this update. I've got maybe 15-20 chapters left. I'm not quite sure. So comment if you're cool! :*