Meant To Be: A Jerika Story

Chapter Fourteen

Two weeks later-

Jake POV: "Damn, that was fun," I think as I scroll through my phone, looking at pictures from Coachella. There was one pic of Chance on my shoulders, another of Nick and I flipping off the camera and even a boomerang of me twerking on a cactus. I laugh; we all looked so drunk. Then I get to a selfie of Erika and I. We both have our eyes closed, and I'm sticking my tongue out at the camera, while she has her lips pressed to my cheek. "Wow," I think. I did not remember taking this picture. We looked liked the perfect couple; happy and in love. I cant help but to smile, and wish things were actually that simple.
"You've been staring at that for awhile." I turn and see Chance standing behind me.
"What the hell Chance, how long have you been standing here?!" I ask. "Long enough," he replies. He takes a seat and faces me.
"Dude be honest. You've totally slept with Erika. Don't even lie," he says. I scratch my head, unsure of what to say. He just sits and waits for me to answer.
"Yes, okay? I slept with her. Only once, at Coachella." He smirks. "That's my boy," he says; giving me a high five.
"But that's not all. You also clearly like her. It's obvious; dude I've never seen you chase after a girl this hard." I sigh.
"You're right. I like her, but she treats me like I'm her little brother or something. She doesn't take me seriously," I say. Chance laughs.
"Huh, I wonder why she doesn't take you seriously. Maybe it's because you bang girl after girl right in front of her."
"Mayyybe," I say with a laugh.
Chance puts one hand on my shoulder.
"Listen, you can't just say that you want her. You have to prove that you deserve her. She's not going to fall for a fuckboy." I nod. "I'll try my best to be good," I say.

Jake POV: Tessa walks into the room.
"What's up guys," she says; but her eyes are only on Chance.
"Nothing much, just talking about Jake's giant crush on Erika," says Chance.
"Shut up," I say, hitting his arm. Tessa shakes her head.
"You think I don't know? I know everything. And even if I didn't, the way you look at her gives everything away." I could feel myself blushing.
"Fuck, am I that obvious?" I say, burying my head in my hands. She sits down.
"It's okay, I think it's really cute. But I swear to god, if you think you can play with her and hurt her I will break you. Understand?" I nod.
"I know, I know. I'm not going to mess with her, I promise." Tessa smiles, then turns to Chance. "Are you free right now? I'm kinda in the mood for froyo," she says to him, slightly blushing.
"If its with you, I'm always down," he replies softly. They stare into each other's eyes.
"Tessa, am I invited?"I blurt out, forcing them to look away from each other.
"Nope!" Chance yells, then he grabs Tessa and they both go off to wherever. I stay and finish my work, then get up to go get some food. I'm on the way to the kitchen when I hear someone yell my name. I turn to and see Erika standing in her bedroom doorway, wearing just a towel. "Jake are you free?"
"Yeah," I reply. Just the sight of her was already making my heart start to race.
"My dresser drawer is stuck, can you pull it out? I'm not strong enough."
I nod, and walk into her room, doing my best to not get distracted by her barely clothed body. I start to pull on it when she bends down next to me and her sweet, vanilla scent immediately overwhelms me. She smells like heaven. I clear my throat, and continue pulling. "Here I'll help," she says, and places her hands on mine. We pull together, and it finally pops open. Of course, it was her lingerie drawer. "Thanks for the help," she exclaims, wrapping her arms around me.
"Anytime," I say, shutting my eyes so I don't look anywhere I shouldn't. Was she trying to tease me? I get up to go when she grabs me back down. She reaches into the drawer and picks out some underwear.
"Which one should I wear, the black or the red?" she asks with a slight smirk.
She was definitely teasing me.