Of Scissors And Scooby Doo

Chapter 12

I shivered a little and quickly grabbed my towel from the hook, beginning to dry myself off. My brain was still buzzing from everything that had happened the past week between Jade and I and a smile, one that always appeared when Jade was invading my head, pulled at my lips. There wasn't much that had changed but then again, everything had in some way. Jade's glances grew longer, her touches briefer. But since Cat was staying with me, we hadn't gotten the chance to really... explore this new sort of friendship, other than a few brief kisses in the janitor's closet between classes or Jade's hand stroking my knee under the lunch table.

But now, Cat was back home and my plans for the weekend only involved Jade, and man... I couldn't wait to see her tomorrow. I missed her, in a way, even though I saw her every day. I walked out of the bathroom and slowly padded through the hall to my room, twisting the doorknob around to open the door. My gaze was kept on the ground as I stepped into the room and closed the door behind me.

"Well, ooh la la!"

I whirled around with a gasp, my hand resting over my racing heart while my eyes fell on Jade, leaning against the windowsill with crossed arms and smirk on her lips. "Would you look at that."

"Holy chiz, Jade! How did you get in here?" She shrugged her shoulders and craned her neck back, motioning to the window with her chin. I narrowed my eyes at her and stepped further into the room. "My window was closed." I was sure I closed it before I went into the shower, I always do. So how...? My eyes widened at the way Jade's eyebrows quickly moved up and then down again, smirk widening. Realization struck. "You broke into my room?!"

"Relax," she said, lifting her left shoulder in a shrug. "I didn't destroy your window. I'm good at this."

"Do I want to know why exactly you're good at that?"

Her eyebrows scrunched together before she chuckled and shook her head. "I just am. What, you think I'm a criminal?"

"Well, I can't break into people's rooms. Sooo..."

"Oh, I see. You know, actually I am a searched criminal. That's why we moved away from San Fran. We had to leave because I kept breaking into everyone's houses."

I laughed but when I let my hand fall from my chest, I felt the soft texture of the towel against my fingers and realized just how... naked I actually was. And when I followed Jade's eyes that were trailing up my bare legs right about now, I knew that she had just realized the same thing. My arms immediately folded over my chest, pressing the towel more tightly to me in case it magically decided to fall off or something. Clearing my throat, I smiled when Jade's eyes shot up again. "What are you doing here?"

The color of her eyes was swallowing me up, into a grey world with splatters of blue and green everywhere. It was a world I wanted to live in, a world in which I wanted to spend the rest of my life in, a world I wanted to die in. "It felt right to come here," she murmured teasingly while advancing towards me. Closer. I took a step back. Closer. Another step back. Closer. My back hit the door. "I just thought since Cat's parents are back and she's back home... it's safe to come here again." Shivers danced along the path Jade's fingers took from my elbow up to my shoulder, making me take in a deep gulp of air. "I-I'm not wearing anything underneath," I blurted out and lifted my hands to make sure the towel was still securely wrapped around my body.

"I figured," Jade said while trying to keep a chuckle in, her brow furrowing, "I don't plan to rip the towel off you, don't worry."

"Oh! No, I, I, I didn't think you would!"

"Then why are you blushing?"

"I- Cause- You... 'Cause you have a dirty mind!"

A throaty laugh left Jade's mouth. "Alright, blame it on me. Well then, get something on."