forbidden love

chapter 5: jack willis

as me, dad, and rachel get off of the plane, i see a vaguely familiar person waving us over. i can't put my finger on where i've seen him before but i swear i've seen those dark brown kind but mysterious eyes and sort of light-brown and dirty-blondeish hair.

"dad who's that?" i ask

"that's jackson willis," dad answers me, "he's a son of my friend who we'll be staying with."

"he's kinda hot," rachel says eyeing over jackson.

i roll my eyes at rachel and ignore the comment, "dad you never said anything about us staying with any of your old friends. i thought we were staying in a hotel or something."

"i don't mind," rachel mumbles.

"we'll surprise, we're staying with my friend steven."

i sigh, utterly exasperated. i didn't want to stay with anyone else. especially people i didn't know, even if my dad knew them. i liked my own space. plus when i stay at other people's houses i feel like i have to be more "proper." like i can't walk around all day with bedhead and pajamas. i can't sleep without a bra because what if someone accidentally comes in? i look back over at jackson. he's not that bad looking though... kinda hot actually. good arms and jawline. good body build, probably works out... snap out of it lia! you've got a boyfriend! i tell myself. however, i feel like when your in another place, especially in another state then i'm not gonna see most of these people again so i don't have to act normal. now i'm not gonna go all crazy new yorker lady on them but i can be a little less normal because i'll never see them again anyways. so what's the harm in a little flirting with this cute guy? i mean sure i'm staying with him but-

"if you keep starting your eyes might dry out," i hear someone say.

i look up shocked and see jackson smirking at me. oh no. please tell me he's not one of those people.

"you a fan of mine?" the guy asks.

"what?"

no matter how hard i fight it back i feel the blush rising to my cheeks and l nervously laugh.

he clears his throat and laughs awkwardly like i said something wrong then says, "hi i'm jackson," he says and holds out his hand for my to shake.

"hey i'm lia." i take his hand and shake it slightly confused. a fan? of what? is he joking?

while still shaking his hand, we make eye contact and i feel butterflies in my stomach when he smiles at me.

all of the sudden i get shoved to the side and hear, "hi i'm rachel. it's sooo nice to finally meet you!"

"hi rachel, i'm-"

"jackson willis, i know!! i'm so happy to finally meet you."

he laughs and i wonder how rachel knows this guys name. dad only mentioned his name once, why is she all of the sudden all 'excited to meet him'?

"you must be mr. hall," jackson says to dad and shakes his hand.

"yes and your jackson i presume. nice of you to meet us here, we appreciate it."

"no problem, sir. i brought my truck i hope that's ok."

"that'll do great! i call shotgun!" rachel almost yells.

i fight back and eye roll- rachel can be so obsessive.

"actually rach," dad says, "do you think lia can sit up front? she doesn't do very well in trucks and front seat helps."

"but dad-" rachel complains.

"no buts rachel. i don't want lia getting sick on our first day."

"no dad, it's fine really. i'm ok being in the back," i start.

"oh hush lia, i don't want you getting sick," dad turns to jackson who looks almost uncomfortable and says, "lead the way." and with that jackson plasters a smile on his face and walks us triumphantly to his truck.

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authors note: i changed lia's sisters name to rachel because i like it better just fyi if your confused 😂