The Player Next Door

Chapter 12

I wake up around 10 o'clock that Saturday and jump in the shower.

Getting out, I hear my phone ringing. I look around and realized I left it by my nightstand. Groaning I quickly wrap the towel around my body and run into my room going towards my phone.

Right as I'm about to lift the phone to my ear it stops ringing, "Shit" I mumble almost inaudibly.

Grabbing my phone and walking towards my closet a husky voice freezes me in place, "What a sight to wake up to"

Turning around slowly I see Jake staring at me from his window, biting his lip, "Talk about boner first thing in the morning"

I crinkle my nose in disgust as I hear the words fall off his tongue. I see him wearing nothing but a pair of boxers, he probably just got out of bed. Tracing my eyes over his body, I can't help but slightly part my lips in shock as my eyes pass over the slight bulge in his boxer briefs.

"My eyes are up here" at his words I feel myself heat up instantly, embarrassed to have gotten caught staring.

"Stop being a perv Jake" I manage to spit out.

"I could say the same to you, stop staring at my boxers," he smirked. He crossed his arms over his chest and I watched as his arm muscles flexed.

"Please, you can barely tell if there's anything in them," I say crossing my arms over my chest mimicking his actions.

"Go get dressed you tease" he says his smirk falling from his face, but I'm glad he decides to ignore my lame comeback.

Turning away and walking to my closet I can still feel his eyes on me and I find myself thinking harder than I should about the way that I am walking.

I slip on a gray adidas tshirt and tuck it into a pair of denim shorts. Slipping on a pair of superstars I walk out of my closet shaking out my hair in front of my vanity.

I shoot my mom a quick text making sure she didn't need anything since she was the one whose call I missed earlier.

"I'd complain that you put on clothes but you look pretty" Jake says from his window.

I squint my eyes at him as I slip on a couple rings, "Do you just stand by your window waiting for me?"

He smiled and looked at the ground shoving his hands in his pockets. He too got dressed wearing a pair of dark wash jeans and a white tshirt, "No Princess, but when I see the opportunity to speak with you, I take it. Is that wrong?"

Realizing my words were a little rude I blush, "I'm sorry"

We both continued on with what we were doing and I decided I wanted to go to the mall again. I couldn't remember the name of the mall and it was only 11am on a Saturday; there was no way I was risking waking Kimmy.

Approaching my window I pushed a piece of hair behind my ear, "Jake"

"Hmmm?" he hummed in response as he tidied up his room.

"What is the name of the closest mall to here? I went with Kimmy a couple weeks ago and I can't remember."

"Pavillion Mall" he said not looking up from what he was doing.

"Thank you" I say opening the app on my phone to put it in the GPS.

"You going shopping with Kimmy?" now he was facing me sitting on his bed.

"Actually no, I wanted to go get some more clothes but I was just going to go alone" was that lame? Going to the mall alone? I don't think so...would Jake think so? Do I care what he thinks?