Jonas

Chapter 3

CHAPTER 3

Maddie and Aliyah spent the entire week baking and decorating, booking pony rides and everything else that needed to be done. It was exhausting, especially with Ruby was demanding everybody's attention all the time. It was Thursday and they were decorating frog cupcakes. Aliyah the dud turned mixer on high and the icing sugar went everywhere... Powdery sugar all over their faces and hair.

They were in fits of laughter trying to clean up when Isaac walked in with Jonas. Maddie stopped immediately and tried wiping the fine sugar off her face. "What the fuck is going on here?" Isaac straight to the point.

"I turned up the mixer and well yeah..." Aliyah laughed and tried to stop herself. "Oh hey Jonas, what you doing here?" She squinted her eyes when she asked that.

"Business." He said staring at Maddie, she had wet a cloth and was cleaning her face the best she could. She felt like dying right now.

"I would kiss you...." Aliyah was being a little shit.

"Yeah stay where you are." Jonas warned her. Isaac was shaking his head as he looked at the mess around him.

"I think Isaac wants a kiss..." Aliyah said moving over to Isaac her face and her hands all filled with sugar. She walked up to him and he smiled giving her a warning.

"Wanna play?" He said grabbing her arm and twisting it onto her back.

"Hey, you're hurting me..." She whined. Maddie cringed thinking how deadly Issac was when he was just playing... This was his way of having fun then...

"Yes I am." He let her go and Aliyah smeared the powder all over his face. He stood still and waited for her to finish. As soon as she was done he picked her up and threw her over his shoulder. "Gotta get this pain in the ass cleaned."

"Sorry Maddie, I'll be down soon!" She called out as Isaac ran up the stairs. Maddie was horrified at being left alone with Jonas. Jonas who moved over and sat on the stool by the bench she was working on. Maddie began to wipe down the bench and tidy up just to do something.

"Hey Jonas when did you get here?" Aunt Mae kissed him on the cheek.

"Hey Aunt Mae. Just got in." She grabbed him a beer and placed it in front of him.

"Maddie, oh dear, do you need help?" How embarrassing.

"No I've got it." She smiled and got back to her task. As Mae was walking away Maddie felt herself start to panic. "Hey Aunt Mae, how bout you join us..." Maddie said praying she would hang around.

"I would love to but I have a friend waiting for me. Maybe when I get back." Fucking great this was...

"Maddie doesn't want to sit with me Aunt Mae, she doesn't like me." Jonas said making Maddie blush. Jonas was such an asshole at times.

"Everybody likes you Jonas and everybody likes Maddie. Actually you two would make a very nice couple." Maddie stiffened. Jonas's eyes darkened.

"Yeah if only I wasn't with somebody." He replied very quietly.

Mae left and Maddie felt like crying, she was trying to finish off so she could hurry up the room to get away from Jonas. "Nice try there Maddie." He said staring right into her eyes.

"It was worth a try..." Unable to make up a lie. Jonas laughed at how she blurted that out.

"You really need to work on your lying skills... You got none." He was acting too much like his old self and she didn't know how to react.

"Well that's my cue to leave, I better go and get cleaned up..." She said putting down the wet cloth.

"Yeah you had better go..." That said, Jonas took hold of her hand as she was trying to get away. He pulled her to stand in between his legs. "You have a little something here." He said wiping the side of her mouth slowly. She let go of his hand and wiped her mouth with the back of her hand.