The Bad Boy (Jack Gilinsky)

Chapter Thirteen

After school, I waited outside for Sam as I always did. I felt someone stand beside me and I smiled when I realised who it was. "Hey" He said half smiling at me. "Hey" I said smiling widely at him. Jack stood there awkwardly as if he had something to ask me. “Everything okay?” I asked him. "Yeah I was just wondering are we cool? like after this morning? what I said wasn’t too much was it?" He said running his fingers through his hair. “No it was perfect” I said giving him a sweet smile. "Okay cool, so are we friends then?" He said raising his eyebrow at me. “Of course” I said before we returned to our facing forward position.

I turned back to face him. “Since we’re friends now, can I ask you something?" I said cautiously. "Yeah sure! what is it?" Jack said smiling at me. “It’s about Sam, I overheard him on the phone earlier and it sounded really suspicious, maybe I’m just reading too much into it..do you know what it could be?” I asked him. He stayed silent for a moment thinking. "Honestly I don’t know, Sam’s a pretty secretive guy, he doesn’t really let many people in. I’ve known him my whole life and I barely know anything about him, so don’t take it too personally. Whatever it is I’m sure he’ll tell you when he”s ready" He said giving me a genuine smile. "Thanks" I said smiling back.

Before Jack could reply, Sam came up to us kissing me passionately. I felt kind of awkward kissing Sam in front of Jack. I quickly pushed him off me, giggling nervously as Jack looked away pretending he hadn’t seen. “I made us a reservation tonight for dinner at that new Italian place downtown, you up for it?” Sam said smiling widely. “Eh yeah sounds great” I said smiling back at him. “Great I’ll pick you up at 7, I would drop you home but I have eh..I have practice” Sam said rubbing his neck nervously. I didn’t believe him but I wasn’t going to start questioning him right here. "Okay see you later" I said pecking his lips before he ran away.

"Need a lift home?" Jack said beginning to walk to his car. I nodded as I followed him. We sat in silence for most of the ride. I sighed loudly as I leaned against the window. “He doesn’t have practice does he?" I asked Jack but I already knew the answer. “Nope” Jack said casually. I groaned to myself as I put my face in my hands. "Look I know what you’re thinking, but he’s not cheating on you, he’s not the type. I don’t know what he’s hiding but it’s not that"He said placing his hand on mine, which I’m not going to lie made me shiver slightly.

"Why is he doing this? I don’t understand why he’s keeping things from me" I said in a frustrated tone. “Why don’t you ask him?” Jack suggested as we pulled up to my house."Yeah maybe..thanks for the ride" I said shutting the door before waving.

Later that night Sam and I were walking down the street to the restaurant, his arm was around my shoulder as my head rested on his shoulder. Sam was smiling really widely. "What are you smiling at?" I asked him laughing. he shrugged “I don’t know, I’m just happy” He said leaning down and kissing me. I smiled back at him. “Me too” I said leaning into his chest. We walked up to the restaurant and Sam walked up to confirm our reservation. I stood there looking around waiting to be brought to our table, when I was brought back to reality by the commotion at the desk.

"What are you fucking serious? What do you mean you double booked us?" I saw Sam yelled at the waiter. I waiter looked around unsure of what to say. "I’m very sorry" He stuttered. “Yeah well sorry isn’t fucking good enough” He screamed at the guy. I was so in shock, I didn’t know what to do. I quickly grabbed Sam pulling him outside as people began to stare."Wow Babe calm down, what’s wrong" I said trying to calm him down. "What’s wrong is that some people can’t do their fucking jobs right!" He screamed into the restaurant. “Sam stop! you’re acting crazy” I said kind of scared of him right now. He glared at me with a stare that sent a shiver down my spine, and not the good kind.