Bad Baby

8

My heart had completely sank.

My head darted behind me to see Miles portraying the first emotion I'd seen from him; a cocky, wicked and sinister smirk.

I had no time to stop in my tracks as Jacob continued to guide me through the crowd, not having realised anything was off.

I felt absolutely mortified. This must be the reason Noah's suddenly texting me again.

I stumbled on my feet a little, feeling so numb. I wanted to cry at not having been able to escape a stupid mistake I'd made, as well as the bullying that would surely follow if the nudes started spreading again.

After my little stumble, I was forced to look away from Miles who had given me a disgusting wink as he disappeared into the crowd.

"Are you alright?" Jacob's voice sounding very muffled. I needed to get outside as I felt like the walls were closing in on me.

Why was Noah so keen on completely ruining me? I had moved halfway across the country and still he managed to reach me on his mission to torture me.

My hopes of starting fresh and being able to make new friends - since I'd mostly lost my old ones once the nudes began spreading - were slowly crumbling down.

"Darling?" His voice was soft and calming, sort of bringing me back as my eyes focused on his dark, worried and intense ones. "Do you need water?" Jacob questioned, pushing my hair back behind my ears with the backs of his fingers as his eyes studied mine.

I shook my head, swallowing down the lump in my throat, "I just need to go home, I'm really tired". I lied, sure, but I really didn't want to tell him anything because if he knew about the nudes, I was afraid he wouldn't look at me anymore in the way that he does now.

"Okay", he gave me a small smile, letting my hand go as I took the lead once again and made my way through the people and towards the open front door.

I hadn't seen Bunny or Becky and I didn't bother finding them to say bye. As soon as I'd left the apartment, I walked up to the elevator and pressed the button a few times while Jacob arrived to stand by me.

"Did I do something wrong?" He asked, impatiently shifting on his feet. I sighed and shook my head; of course he hadn't done anything wrong, he could never.

"Jacob, you can stay, honestly", I glanced at him with a faint smile, "I'll walk to my apartment".

"Why do you call me Jacob instead of Jake?" It was like he'd completely ignored what I'd said. But if he wanted to drive me home, I definitely didn't mind — the faster I'd be alone in my apartment, the better.

"I don't know", I shrugged, stepping into the elevator with him once it'd arrived, "it's grown on me, I guess".

I kept my eyes on the floor as we headed down, knowing Jacob was watching me closely. I was sure the only reason why he was keeping his distance was, because he knew I wasn't feeling on cloud 9 and avoided upsetting me more.

What he didn't know, though, was that him hugging me or kissing me right now wouldn't annoy me in the least; quite the opposite, actually.

"I'm really sorry if the kiss upset you, Isis", he stalked behind me as the elevator arrived at the garage floor, and I began making my way towards where his car was parked.

"I was the one who kissed you, silly", I managed a smile over my shoulder at the worried, concerned and confused man, "I don't regret it and it hasn't upset me".

"Really?" He seemed sort of excited again, making my smile widen to myself. "Yes", he arrived at his car and he unlocked it, enabling me to sit myself down at the passenger's seat.