The Escape

Chapter 6

Chapter 6

I got home, really depressed. Why hadn't Jake answered my question? Why did that jerk kiss me? And what had happened with Andrew? My head was full of doubts and questions. I decided to clear my mind, and grabbed my laptop to distract myself. I popped up Facebook. I had 3 new messages, 2 notifications, and a new friend request. All my messages were from my best friend Ellie, asking me how I was doing. The notifications were just a bunch of invitations for games, typical. And the friend request said: Jake Willis. Why was Jake such a stalker! Okay, he probably knew my last name because of Pete, but still!!! Why was he texting me and adding me on facebook? I didn't know what to do, so I just closed my laptop. I went to the bathroom, combed my hair, put on my pajamas, and went downstairs for dinner. We had grilled cheese sandwiches. Mmm, they were great! Cheesy and crunchy. I watched some TV, and went to sleep.

The next morning, I ate pancakes for breakfast, with blueberry syrup. I grabbed some clothes, my bikini, and went to the beach. I wanted to have a peaceful day, so I just went, grabbed a chair, and decided to tan myself. Minutes later, I saw Jake approaching, he had his swim suit only, and you could clearly make out his abs and six pack. He was so hawt. Last night, I had decided to drop the kiss comment, and just have fun.

"Hey Jessie" Jake said, taking the chair besides me.

"Hey Jake" I said, "oh, and don't call me Jessie, call me jess". Jake let out a surprised laugh.

"So you're not mad at me?" he said.

"No" I responded calmly.

"Oh, that's new, I haven't met your fun side yet" Jake said.

"Haha, very funny" I said, sarcastically.

"Want to go take a dip?" he said, pointing towards the ocean. I nodded, standing up.

"Nice butt" he called behind me. I laughed and pushed him. I don't know why I was much more natural with him, and it didn't bother me he told me my butt was cute. We had a blast in the ocean, although he did scare me a few times, disappearing and then pretending to be a shark. I just laughed at his silliness. After a while, he asked me, "do you want to go get an ice cream?". My tummy rumbled at that thought.

"I take that as a yes" he said, carrying me out of the sea.

"Put me down!" I yelled. He started to spin, making me dizzy.

"if you don't stop that, I'm gonna puke in your face!" I yelled at him.

"I wouldn't like that" he said, between laughs, and he put me down.

"So, tell my more about yourself, why did you come here?" Jake said.

"well, you see, my parents are divorced, and they were fighting over who got me for the summer, so I decided to come here, to visit pete and to cool off" I responded awkwardly.

"Oh, so do you like it here?" he said.

"Yeah" I replied, looking at me feet.

"Do you miss it there?" Jake asked me.

"Not really, I only miss Ellie, she's my best friend" I said, looking at his eyes. They were beautiful.

"Take a picture, it lasts longer" he said, catching me staring at him.

"I-I don't know what you're talking about" I replied, and blushed.

"Oh, so you're not checking me out? What were you looking at then?" he asked, putting his arm around me. That was it. I probably looked like a tomato by now. He laughed. His arm was warm around me. He pulled me closer to his chest. I smiled.

"So, what's your favorite color?" he asked, out of the blue.

"Purple, and yours?" I replied.

"Blue" he said. Typical. "But I like green too, like your color of eyes" he said sweetly.

"t-thanks" I said, blushing. We got to the ice cream place.

"What flavor do you want?" the owner asked me.

"Chocolate, please" I said.

"I'll get a strawberry one" jack told her. She handed us our ice creams, Jake paid, and we went to the beach. We talked a lot. About my family, his, school, and about us. It turned out, he was a good student, unlike me. He liked science, and he wanted to be a doctor when he grew up. I told him how much I like art, and that I want to be an artist when I grow up. He was the first person I had actually told this to. He felt me feel safe, trusted. It was the best day id ever had since I got here.

"Jess, can you tell Pete if its okay we come to dinner at your place tonight?" he asked.

"Oh, so now you invite yourself over?" I joked. He frowned. "I was kidding! Of course I will tell him" I said laughing. He smiled.

"Well, I need to get going, to get ready" he told me.

"I didn't know guys actually take 2 hours to get ready" I said, looking at his watch. He laughed.

"Bye" he said.

"Bye!" he walked away and I smiled to myself. This had been a great day. I headed toward my house. It smelled good.

"Pete! I'm home!" I shouted. He appeared from behind the sofa.

"Did you have a nice day?" he asked.

"Yeah, oh, and Jake told me to ask you if he and matt could come over for dinner today" I said, taking a seat beside him.

"Yeah, sure" he replied, turning on the TV.

"Ok! I'll tell them and go get ready" I said, sprinting for the stairs. I went upstairs, and texted Jake, telling him and matt to come. I showered, and then went to my closet. I put on a cute flowered skirt, and a white top. I put on a pair of high heels, a cute necklace, applied some make up, and was ready in no time. I went downstairs, and found Jake and matt sitting in the living room watching TV. Jake heard me and started at me, his mouth wide open.

"Hey!" I said. He didn't even move.

"You look beautiful, jess" matt said. I smiled, and went downstairs. We had steak for dinner. We finished, and matt and Pete started their tech talk.

"Hey jess, mind if we take a walk?" Jake asked me.

"Sure" I told him. He took my hand, and we went outside.

"You look beautiful" he told me.

"Thank you, you don't look half bad yourself" I told him, eyeing him.

"So..." I said. "Do you want to go surfing tomorrow?" Jake asked me.

"Sure! But you'll have to teach me, I've never surfed before" I said.

"Really? Well, be ready tomorrow at 6am, we can catch the best waves at that time" he said.

"But that's so early!" I whined.

"Maybe you should go to sleep then, princess" he said, walking me inside.

"'kay" I said, and yawned.

"See you tomorrow!" Jake called. That was a perfect day, I told myself, jumping into my bed.

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Hey guys!!!! woohoo!! 3 updated in two days!!!! i hope youre liking it! oh, and sorry if jakes name appears as jack, microsoft word corrected me and i didnt realize. sorry!! ill be on a trip, but ill write on sunday or monday!! <3 love you all!!

-SunGirl