reckless ; a short story

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    A/N** This chapter is back in Dakotah's POV. Also, don't worry if you ship Dakotah and Noah, This is definetly not the last of their relationship. But very important things happen between Jeremy and Dakotah very soon. "Doah" shippers, hopefully you won't hate me for making you guys wait! my apologies. enjoy!!!  xoxo

     On the way home, after West finally got me calmed down, I told him everything. I expected him to be pissed and turn the car around to go beat the shit out of them both, but he doesn't he just keeps driving and listening to me. 

    Jeremy pulls into my house, we go inside. I've finally managed to pull myself together. "So, you finally decide to bring this boy home to meet me, mi sobrina." Liz says, in spanish, but I'll just save you the time. "Si. Don't embarrass me, Tia" I tell her in spanish so Jeremy can't understand us. "Encantado de conocerte, Señorita." (Nice to meet you, Miss), Jeremy says and my eyes get wide, "Ohh, gracias!" Liz says looking at me. I take West by the hand and take him up to my room. 

     "I didn't know you speak spanish." I say to him, kind of impressed. "I know a little." He says. I don't say anything, I start to think about Noah again. "You okay, Evans?" Jeremy says. "Why don't we go on the roof." I tell him, guiding him up to the top part of my roof. "What's up?" He asks. I pause for a moment, looking up at the sky, the sun is starting to go down. "I though he was different." I say. "Maybe he is." Jeremy says, this is the first positive thing I've heard him say about Noah. "What do you mean?" I ask. "Maybe he didn't know, and then he asked Tanner about it? It's possible." He says. "I guess we'll find out tomorrow at school." I say. Then I look over at the sunset, I can feel West's eyes on me. I turn my head over to him, "What?" I ask. He doesn't say anything, he does that thing again. Where his eyes shift from my eyes to my lips, then he kisses me. With every touch, it's like the sparks get harder and harder to deny, and the butterflies swarming in my stomach fly higher with every kiss. 

     When we get back inside, we lay on my bed and watch a random movie. I close my eyes, and lay on Jeremy's chest. I think he thinks I'm asleep, because he is playing with my hair, until he stops, and whispers; "I think I'm falling in love with you, Evans." It's like one of those cliché moments from the movie, where the boy says that to the girl but the girl acts like she's asleep because she doesn't know what to say. I don't know what to say either, but I'm not going to be the cliché girl from the movie. 

     I turn my head around and kiss him, he is surprised by this but he doesn't stop me. I pull away, "I- um, I thought you were asleep." He says throwing his hand behind his neck and scratching it, he blushes. I don't say anything, I don't really know what to say if I'm being honest. "I have a question." He says. "Yeah?" I ask. "Do you think you're beautiful? Be honest." He asks. I pause for a moment, "No," I say, he looks up at the ceiling, "I've never looked in the mirror and liked what I see, honestly. I've never felt pretty." I say. "You're not pretty." He says seriously. This hurt, a lot more than I thought. Right as I'm about to say something, he finishes.

"You're absolutely fucking gorgeous. And there's so much more than that too, you're smart, funny, kind, and you care about other people and how they feel. It's so rare to find that in people nowadays. You're one of a kind." He says. "I- I don't know what to say." I tell him, my face showing that I'm in awe from his words. "You don't need to say anything, the only thing you need to do right now is kiss me." He says as he moves the hair from my face, and kisses me softly. In this moment I forget about everything, Noah, Tanner and Ally, my parents.. just everything. I don't want to be anywhere else, but something feels like it's missing. I don't know what it is. It's not like it feels wrong, it doesn't, but something is missing. 

      I'm on a plane, with my parents. We're talking about me, singing. All of a sudden there's a huge crashing sound, then breathing masks fall from the ceiling and we all feel a huge impact. "Passengers, please stay calm. We are dealing with some engine complications. Stay seated no matter what. blah, blah, blah." I tune the flight assistent out after that. "It's going to be okay honey." My Mom says grabbing my hand, and then grabbing my Dads. I tune everything out, all the screams of horror and crying children, I just look out of my window. Black smoke fills the air, along with debris. My Mom is crying, telling me and my Dad that she loves us over and over. There's another big crashing sound, followed by more cries and horrifying screams. There's people crying and a few people throwing up, one person even passed out. I see parents holding their kids close saying things to them but I can't hear. I see a pregnant woman and her husband holding her hand and  crying on her bump. I then realize all the tears streaming from my face. "Everything's going to be okay, love." My Dad says kissing my cheek. "Passengers, begin to brace for impact." The flight attendant says through choked up tears. I see another Flight attendant praying in another language, many people are praying and other people are tightening their seatbelts and some are positioning their children in the best way possible. My Mom, Dad and I just sit holding hands, preparing ourselves for what's about to happen. We know we most likely aren't going to survive. And then suddenly the impact hits, the light in my eyes goes black.