Last Hope || Jacob Whitesides

Chapter 11

**Emily's POV**

As i approached him i noticed he kind of looked sad.

He heard me approaching and looking me in the eyes he brightly smiled.

"Emily!" He acknowledged and hugged me.

It wasn't a romantic hug, it was just a friendly hug but I embraced every second of it.

"It's good to see you I've been waiting for this" he still had a smile on his face but it was fading

"Me too. Are you alright?" I urged, my tone filled with concern.

I'm one of those people who hate knowing someone's sad. Id do anything to make anyone happy.

Jacobs face deflated and he sighed.

He told me what happened. He told me about the fire and how he feels responsible. 

"Jacob it's okay... Your were trying to do something nice for you sister. Accidents happen. Your family loves you no matter what." I said and grabbed his hand as an act to comfort him.

He looked at my hand as if i had just given him the world.

I know this wasn't the best time but our closeness became increasingly obvious to me.

We were shoulder to shoulder and hand to hand. I could hear my heart beating.

"Hey would you like to come back to my place we could get some food and watch some movies?" I questioned.

"I would love that, is that okay with you parents?" he answered with a sincere smile this time.

"Yeah, don't worry about it" i reassured him.

We caught the bus to a bus stop near my house then walked the rest of the way.

We talked and got to know each other, there was never any silence between us.

He was so easy to talk to, it felt like we've known each other for years.

We approached my house.

"Wow you have a really nice house" Jacob announced.

I laughed and thanked him and opened the front door.

"Mum? Is anyone home?" I yelled as I walked through my front door.

No answer.

"Nobody's here" I stated, shrugging. 

Though I was happy about that.

That means there's no one to embarrass me.

Could today get any better?

**Jacobs POV**

I was sitting on a swing when I heard footsteps.

When I first looked up and saw her I couldn't believe how beautiful she was.

I didn't know if I should hug her or not. I mean I barley know her am I supposed to hug her? Or is that weird?

I pushed my thoughts away and just hugged her.

The smell of her perfume filled the air around me.

Despite my best attempts to hide my emotions, Emily caught on.

She asked me what was wrong and i couldn't help it, I told her everything.

"Jacob it's okay... Your were trying to do something nice for you sister. Accidents happen. Your family loves you no matter what." She reassured me.

My family had told me practically the exact thing and naturally, I didn't listen, but coming from her it was so comforting.

We decided we would go back to her house and watch some movies.

I was nervous to meet her parents.

We told each other more about ourselves the whole way to her house.

Emily searched to see if anyone was home. No one was. Honestly i was relived that i didn't have to meet her parents yet. 

However being alone together made me nervous. I don't know why, nothing was going to happen but  just being around her made me nervous.

Maybe I like her more than I thought...

We went onto Netflix and decided in honour of 22 jump street coming out, we would watch 21 jump street.

The fact we were sitting so close to each other on the lounge was something i couldn't stop thinking about.

I wanted to put my arms around her, but my nerves got the better of me.

Each time she laughed i became more intrigued by her. I loved seeing her smile.

The end of the movie was approaching when we heard the front door open.

"Em I'm home, are you here?" a voice yelled through the lounge room door.

Emily's cheeks turned red. And i saw her tense.

"Oh um mum this is Jacob... We were bored so he came over to watch a movie" Emily said innocently, and it wasn't a lie, that is what we were doing.

Emily's mum looked familiar.I felt like i know her from somewhere but i don't know where.

I noticed she was uncomfortable with me being here. Great first impression Jacob.

"Is that right... So it's Jacob? Jacob who?" Her mum basically hissed.

"Jacob Whitesides" I said suddenly feeling self conscious.

Emily's mum scoffed. I furrowed my brow, confused by her uncivil manner.

"Well Emily has to babysit this afternoon so you'll have to leave now." Emily's mum insisted, with a tone that implied their was clearly no debate.

Emily looked at me, her expression depicting she was apologetic.

"I'll walk you out" she smiled to try and brighten the mood.

We strolled to the front door.

"I'm sorry about my mum. I don't know what's wrong with her... I hope your feeling better, well talk tonight" she whispered before giving me a hug.

I hugged her back. Maybe a bit to tight.

"Bye Emily" I sensually whispered in her ear before turning and walking away.

I didn't want to leave. Why'd her mum have to come home. Why'd she have to not like me?

I always manage to mess everything up.