Caroline's P.O.V
"ARE YOU SERIOUS!?" She yelled hitting my arm
"OUCH! Bridget calm down!" I scolded
"I WILL NOT!" She tested "You slept at THEE Dylan O'Brien's house" She yelled her eyes wide in disbelief
"Well yes" I shrugged, rolling my eyes "But nothing happened
"Since when do you two even talk!?"
"I don't know" I said, my words laced with clear annoyance, just wanting to change the subject. "How was your day with Jace?" I smiled
"Oh you're not getting out of this that easy. You're texting him" She said with a straight face
"I am not doing anything of the sort!"
"Fine. We a wuss. And for your information, my dad with Jace was great, he's amazing."
"In bed?" I said giving her a nudge and raising my eyebrows.
"No. I wanna wait with him. I want it to be perfect." She smiled
"Are you serious?" I laughed
"Yes." She said confidently
"Alright well I have somewhere to be so I'll see you later" I chuckled standing up and heading to the door
"Going to meet with Dylan?" she teased
Truth was I was going to the mall with Jake to look for a birthday present for Bridget. Her birthdays only a month away and usually by this time I have 5 different gifts and I'm totally prepared but this year that hasn't been the case.
I ran upstairs and down the hall to Jakes room, the door was open a crack so I walked in to see him standing at his dresser pulling out a shirt, wearing thing but his boxers.
"Oh oops" I said awkwardly looking in the opposite direction "I uh" I cleared my throat trying not to sound like an idiot (clearly it wasn't working out very well) "I was just coming to see if you were ready to go"
He just looked over at me and smirked, a slight chuckle arising from his chest.
"Yeah I'm just getting dressed" He smiled
"Okay I'll just be out here" I said awkwardly, stepping out of the doorway
"Suit yourself Caroline"
After a few minutes he came out smiling "Ready?"
"If you are" I smiled
As we walked out to the car he gave me a devious look and stopped.
"What?" I laughed
"Catch" He said throwing me his keys.
Surprisingly enough I was actually really excited to drive his car because I've never actually driven a nice car, or anything other than my shit bucket. And might I add he doesn't just have a "nice" car, he has an Audi, so I shouldn't even have to say a word after that.
"Seriously!!?" I jumped
"Yeah lets see how good you are"
I ran to the front seat and sat down, immediately frowning.
"Whats wrong?" he laughed
"You drive stick?" I frowned
He just started to laugh "You don't know how?"
"well no.."
"Well. This is a perfect learning opportunity then, Start the car" He smiled
"Jake are you sure? I don't wanna wreck your car"
"Don't worry, I'm a great teacher." He said winking at me.
As I started driving I could feel my heart beating, terrified to death to mess up. I think I must have actually been shaking because after laughing awhile, while I struggled he put his hand on top of mine, guiding the gear stick. Finally after about an hour and a half of driving I actually had the whole thing down pat.. yet his hand didn't move. The thought of Jake being into me was constantly surfacing despite my efforts to shrug it off. Like I said, Jake is cute and basically perfect but I don't know if I could ever feel anything for him considering I've always viewed him as an older brother. However, things do change. Thinking about all the recent changes going on in my life at the moment made my head spin. First I left home, moved in with Bridget, started actually maybe being friends with Dylan, Dylan started working at the diner, and now I was questioning my relationship with Jake? And all only in the past few weeks.. I swear my life has never been this eventful before.
When we got to the mall Jake demanded we eat before shopping so we got some ice cream from the little parlor stand in the mall, since apparently that's his version of eating a meal. We walked up and down the strip of the mall walking and talking with our ice cream. It was actually really nice just spending time with him without worrying about the inevitable noogie or spitball.
"So Caroline tell me, what's up?" He asked
"What do you mean?" I questioned, giving him a confused look.
"You just seem kind different lately.. Not that that's a bad thing, I'm just curoius." He smiled
"I don't feel any different" I chuckled "But I don't know, I guess I've been kinda distracted.. just a lot going on between work and my dad and stuff.. you know the story"
"Ahh, I see.. well you know where to find me anytime you gotta get something off your chest, or even just to hangout" He smiled
"I knowww" I laughed nudging his arm a bit to lighten the mood before it got too deep.
"Hey you got some ice cream on your nose" He said looking at me closely
"Where?" I asked in confusion not feeling any on my face.
In one swift moment he lifted up his ice cream cone and shoved it right in my face, laughing in amusement.
"Oh you did not!" I said sternly trying not to laugh
"Oh but I did" he laughed
I took what was left of my ice cream and shoved it in his face. So there we were in the middle of the mall, faced full of ice cream, laughing our asses off as people watched in disappointment and disgust.. but I honestly couldn't care less what they were thinking because I was actually enjoying myself for once, something I haven't been able to do freely in what feels like forever.
"Okay okay" He said in between fits of laughter "We should probably start looking for gifts for Bridget before the mall closes or we get kicked out"
I agreed and we continued through the different stores in the mall looking for a gift all the while goofing off and making fools of ourselves. Finally we both decided on gifts and figured it was time to leave considering its a Sunday and most of the stores would be closing within an hour. We got back in the car and he drove us home.
"Hey, thanks for today" I smiled standing just outside my bedroom door "I had a lot of fun"
"Yeah me too" He smiled walking down the hallway and up the stairs.
Now I only have 1 thing left to do, plan a kick ass party.. and luckily I know just the person to help me.
I picked up my phone and started dialing a number I never thought I would. "Hey. It's Caroline, I need your help with something."
"Anything for you, Carebear"
Short chapter I know and I'm sorry but this weekends about to be kinda hectic so just bare with me. :) much lovee, xox
Aslo: shoutout to @OHale24 for always being the first to vote on every chapter! I appreciate it<3
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