Modern Day Santa Claus

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Chapter 12

Jae stirred awake. Groaning, she rolled over to her side and fell off. She sat up, confused and bleary from her nap. Adjusting to the light, she realized she was under the tree. Wait, where did she fell off from? Her eyes turned slightly to the right and a light blush colored her cheeks.

Sam was leaning against the tree, his head leaning on the right. His eyes were closed and his mouth was slightly open. It was obvious he had fallen asleep as well. Her gaze went to his lap where a handkerchief was laid over it. That's where her head was seconds ago. On his lap.

She cleared her throat and then rubbed the sleep from her eyes. No use, though. She still needed some more rest but she still has work to do. She found her brother's laptop beside the tree and she opened it. She waited a few seconds for it to power on and her attention shifted to the time it displayed.

Oh crap. It's already after lunch! She's supposed to be in Sir Wynter's class right now! As if listening to her thoughts, her stomach grumbled. It was definitely after lunch.

She glanced at the peaceful Sam sleeping and then to the time displayed on the laptop.

Sighing, she made up her mind. She'd just have to skip Sir Wynter's class. But this time, she was skipping for real, and not because Skye had dragged her to play somewhere.

A breath of wind passed by, rustling the leaves, some of them falling off and falling on top of Sam's head. Jae smirked in amusement but then immediately turned her attention to the laptop. It had already finished loading.

She found two documents opened. She clicked on one of them. It was the book report she was trying to do. Scrolling down, she realized that the one-page review she'd done has been lengthened to more than 5 pages. What? Impressed and overwhelmed at the same time, she opened the second document. To find that it was her research paper. And it looked like Sam has left some notes for her about how he understood her topic. He also added some information and some links that might help her understand her topic more. And it was more than enough help.

Her eyes glistened and she blinked them away. It was stupid. Crying over a little help. But she can't stop her mouth from forming into a smile. She shot him an appreciative look, but he was still asleep. She pursed her lips as she opened another document and wrote a short note.

Buying lunch. Be back later.

She left the laptop open beside him where he could see it as soon as he opened his eyes. Recalling that time when they misinterpreted each other because he was missing when she woke up in the nurse's office, she felt responsible to write him a note.

She grabbed her wallet and left her bag, just to remind him that she'll be back. She stretched her arms first and tied her hair up before heading towards the cafeteria.

The cafeteria was almost empty. There were several students who thought it best to study in the cafeteria and occupied one whole table filled with books and notebooks and possible reviewers for the upcoming finals week. Jae didn't mind them and just went straight to the cashier. She bought two servings of spaghetti, two sandwiches, and two Pepsis. After paying for the food, she went straight back to the tree.

She was almost to the parking lot, her stomach growling once again to remind her to feed it when a hand grabbed her left arm and stopped her. Her eyebrows rose and her eyes widened in surprise as she was forced to turn around to face whoever it was that had grabbed her.

His stunning sky-blue eyes pierced into her average, brown ones. His lips drew back in a snarl as he glowered. Jae took a step back as she winced but she couldn't go too far because he was holding her still.