Falling In Love With Jack Avery

Chapter 36

Lauren's POV:

I look at Jack, and he must have understood Jonah.
Jack stands up and takes my hand, and I take Zoe's and we go to the car.
Zoe sits in the front by Jonah, while Jack and I sit in back.
We start driving and no one turns the music on, Jonah looked too mad.
Jack had his arm around my waist in the car, because I was scared of Jonah right now to be honest.
Zoe finally worked up the courage to talk.
"Jonah?" Zoe asks.
Jonah stays silent for a few seconds. Then mumbles, "I don't want to talk about it."
It gets quiet again for a moment, until Zoe speaks.
"But why did we-" She gets interrupted by Jonah yelling.
"I said I don't want to talk about it!" This time when he yells, Zoe turns her head towards the window.
I look at Jack and he shrugs.

Jack's POV:

I've never seen Jonah this mad.
He just randomly yelled at Zoe.
Back in the restaurant, I knew Jonah's look and we had to leave.
After Jonah yelled at the Zoe the second time, Lauren looked at me.
I shrugged, because I didn't know what was going on.
I saw a look of fear or worry in Lauren's eyes, due to Jonah's yelling.
I move my hand from my waist to her back and start to rub it.
She relaxed and rested her head on my shoulder until we got home.
Once we get home, Lauren looks tired.
We walk to the front door of my house hand in hand.
"Do you want to go to bed?" I ask once we reach the doorstep.
She yawns and nods her head.
We immediately walk upstairs, Lauren and I change, then go to bed.

Jonah's POV:

As soon as we get back to the house, I go straight to my room.
I hear Jack and Lauren's door shut and they probably go to sleep.
I sat on my bed thinking about what I did.
I can't believe I let my anger take control of me and made me yell at Zoe.
She didn't do anything wrong, I ruined dinner and then yelled at her.
I like Zoe so much and I was so rude.
Suddenly, I hear something downstairs.
It could be Zoe, so I quietly sneak down the stairs to check.
The first thing I see is a bed made on the couch, probably for Zoe.
Then I turn and face towards the kitchen, and see Zoe in her pajamas getting water.
She didn't hear me.
I lean against the wall and wait for her to turn around.

Zoe's POV:

I turn around to walk over to my bed for the night, and see someone standing there.
I jump a little, and realize it's Jonah.
He walks up to me.
"I'm so sorry for yelling at you in the car."
I don't respond. Why should I?
"I get that you are mad, you didn't do anything. It's just, I saw my ex there."
I continue to ignore him, and look down at my glass of water to avoid eye contact.
"I like you a lot Zoe, and I shouldn't have yelled at you like that. I don't know how to show it when I like someone. I always get nervous and act stupid, especially when I'm crazy about someone. Which is what I did tonight."
I start to feel bad and want to give in, but don't.
I feel Jonah's soft hand against my cheek, and he pulls my face up to his.
Then I feel his lips on mine.
We pull apart and it was one of the best kisses of my life.
We stand there staring at each other until he asks me if I want to sleep in a more comfy place tonight.
I nod.
He takes my hand and leads me upstairs to his room.
He goes into his closet and starts to pull out a sleeping bag.
I stop him.
"That won't be needed." I say. He smiles.
He lets me change in his bathroom into one of his shirts, which was a dress on me.
He is only in his boxers when I am finished changing, which I don't mind.
We both crawl into bed, and his arm is around me, and my arm is around his stomach area.
We are cuddled together.
Eventually, sleep takes over.

Lauren's POV:

In the morning, I wake up to giggling coming from downstairs.
I tip-toe down there and see Zoe and Jonah flirting.
They are sitting really close and Zoe is quietly laughing, but they are always touching.
Then I see them kiss, and whisper an, "Awwww."
They both look at me and I freeze.
"Spying on us?" Zoe asks.
"I was gonna go back to sleep, so I didn't want you to see me awake."
I walk over to the pantry and take out a hot chocolate packet, then begin making it.
"Soooo, what led to this?" I ask after putting the hot chocolate in the microwave.
"Well, he apologized and we went to bed and that's pretty much it." Zoe says.
She's never been the best at explaining things.
I heard someone coming downstairs and see Jack.
"Morning baby." He says and kisses my cheek.
"Ooo since when?" He asks, looking at Jonah and Zoe.
"Since last night." Zoe responds and blushes. 
Jack nods and then looks over at me.
"So when are you going to start packing?" He whispers.
"When do we leave?" I ask, taking my hot chocolate out of the microwave.
"Tomorrow morning at 6."
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I need a better writing schedule!
Sorry I barely update, I've had so much hw recently in high school it's hard to find time:(
I'll try to update soon though!
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