reckless ; a short story

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    A/N  I'm going to start doing this thing, where I ask a questions at the end or the beginning of the chapter. So, Who do you ship? Moah, or Jariana? I write based off of you're feedback, I write every 10 chapters and then publish them. So after this chapter, the next 10 won't be published until after I'm finished writing and editing them. So leave a comment and tell me some suggestions of what you think is going to happen or what you think should happen! xoxo - chloe

     I wake up, missing the familiar smell of peppermint. I walk down the stairs, hoping Jeremy didn't leave without saying goodbye. I look in the living room, and don't see anyone. I go back up to my room, I open the door and see Jeremy asleep in my love-seat. I smile at the sight of him, quietly snoring. I lay beside him, waking him up. "why didn't you sleep with me last night?" I ask quietly. "Oh, um.. I don't know.. I guess I, uh, just didn't want to invade your privacy." He says, blushing. "Well, that was very sweet of you." I say climbing into my bed and motioning for him to come over to me. "It's pretty comfortable over here." He says, smirking but not wanting to come over to me. I look confused, "What, do you not like me anymore or something?" I ask, pouting. "No, It's just I'm scared of your Tia." He says. "Well, I guess you're in luck, Mr. West. Because my Tia is at work." I say. He then smirks, gets up and lays next to me.

     Every time Jeremy kisses me, It doesn't feel fake. I still think all this is still an act, but with every kiss it's like he almost convinces me he really loves me. He must be one hell of an actor. But I'm not going to lie, I sure as hell don't hate to be kissed by him. Jeremy makes me feel extraordinary, in the good way. He somehow has a way of making me feel 1,000,000,000 butterflies in my stomach with as little as a look. And speaking of, he just did that. "Why are you looking at me like that?" I ask, he's smiling from ear to ear, not a smirk, an actual smile. "Like what?" he asks, "I don't know, Like I'm-" I say but he cuts me off, "Like you're the only girl I've ever wanted to be with for the rest of my life?" He says, with that smile. "Well, I wasn't going to say that, but that's nice to know." I say grinning. He picks up a pillow and hits me in the face playfully. I act shocked and cross my arms, I pretend to actually be pissed. "What?" He says, laughing. I don't answer him. "What, oh my god are you actually mad?" He asks, annoyed. As he's talking I'm slowly reaching for a pillow, he doesn't notice. "For real Evans? I was obviously joki-" I cut him off by hitting him in the face with a pillow, giggling and then running down the stairs.

     "Oh you're gonna get it!" I hear him, trailing behind me. I run into the kitchen and hide in the pantry, that's mainly empty. "Where are youuu?" He sings. "When I find you Evans, you best believe you're going to be tickled like never before!" He yells through the house. Uh oh. "I hear footsteps but their not close. After a minute or so, I hear him say, "Not in the living room.. what about the kitchen?" The footsteps get louder and louder. I hear him move chairs and open cabinets. "Hmm. I wonder if she's in the pantry?" His voice is loud and husky, he's right outside the pantry doors. Right as I feel as though I'm about to be caught, the doorbell rings. 

     "Don't worry, I've got it." He says jokingly, but I don't move, I don't want him to think I'm in the pantry, I hate being tickled. "What the hell are you doing here?" I hear another guy say, I can't quite make out who it is but it sounds familiar. "I can ask you the same thing." Jeremy says, "Where's Dakotah?" The other guy says, disregarding Jeremy. "Listen, if you're here to apologize to her, you're way too late, besides shes's not home." Jeremy says. "Bullshit, and there's no way in hell I'd apologize to her, I'm just here for Noah. He wants me to send a message." I hear the other guy say. "If Noah wants to talk to Mariana, he can do it himself. You sure as hell are the last person she wants to see or even be around right now." Jeremy says, I can hear him getting angrier. "And that person is you?" The other guy says, I cant already see Jeremy beating that guys' ass. "What, are you jealous? Oh wait, nevermind I shouldn't be so stupid. You probably just hate the fact that I don't treat her like a piece of shit like you did. Because Mariana is an amazing person and did the right thing getting the hell away from you." Jeremy says, defensively. "Cut the crap, I treated her the way she deserves to be treated, everyone who's not stupid understands that, especially Noah." The guy says. I know who it is now, It's Tanner.

       His words hurt and I try to stop myself from crying. "I think it's time you get the hell off of Mariana's property before I beat the fucking shit out of you, dumbass." Jeremy says, then I hear the front door slam. I hear Jeremy's footsteps begin to come closer, then the pantry doors open. His face is red from being so pissed, but as soon as he sees me his expression changes immediately. I just put my head into his shoulder, he hugs me. I wrap my arms around his neck, "Please, please, don't believe a word he says. It's not true. You deserve to be treated like you're the only girl that matters in this world, and that's exactly how I plan to treat you." He says, picking me up and taking me up the stairs. 

      I hope what Jeremy is doing isn't just an act. I might be starting to get used to whatever it is we have, I don't think I could handle to lose it right now. I've lost Noah, Jeremy and Brie are just about all I've got right now. I've lost too much this year. "You know, you kind of give me a reason to not just end it all right now." I tell Jeremy. His face is blank, he looks me in the eyes for a moment until saying. "That's the most important thing anyone has ever said to me." Then he grabs my face with both hands and kisses me, passionately. Sparks fly again, just like they do every time we're together. I might be falling for this dumbass, and that's what scares me the most.

-- Sorry for another short-ish chapter. It has about 1,200 words though and I didn't want to bore you guys. I'm sorry!! I'm really trying to make these more interesting but less dramatic, give me some suggestions of what to write about and who knows, maybe I'll fall in love with your idea and use it. You can message me if you don't want to comment it on here, I'm more likely to see a message.  P.S. follow me on my social media! 

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