One Of The Guys

Chapter 21

*********Jake POV*******

She is mine. All mine. That's all I can think about on the way to her, well, our house. When we get home, we go up to her room. We just stare awkwardly at each other, until I sit next to her on the bed and take her hand.

"Taylor, I almost lost you. Do you know that? I almost lost you to Garrett." I say, staring at our hands that are intertwined.

"I know. But I'm glad you didn't. Because then I would've lost you to." She says, lifting my face up with her delicate fingers. I kiss her gently, but then she wraps her arms around me. I pick her up and lay her across her bed. We sit there making out for a while. She wraps her leg over my chest and straddles it, still kissing me.

When we pull apart, we're both breathing heavily. She puts her head on my chest and we stare at the ceiling.

"Will you be my girlfriend?" I ask.

"Thought you'd never ask. But yes, I will and now, you can act even more like my boyfriend than you did before." She replies, smiling at me. I smile back.

"I'm tired." She says, yawning.

"Me too." I say. Then I head into my room after kissing her on her forehead.

I pull my shirt and shorts off, so I'm sleeping in my boxers. Then I brush my teeth and shut my light off. I climb into my bed after that. My door opens and Taylor walk in. She's in an oversized T-Shirt and her underwear.

"Can I stay with you tonight?" She asks. I nod and pull my covers open. She climbs right in and curls up next to me.

Before I know it, she clinging onto me and crying. I don't even know what happened. All she did was get in with me, then bam. The tears came.

"Hey. What's wrong?" I ask, pushing her hair away from her face.

"Why did my mom leave me? Why did my dad leave me? Why did Mike leave me? Why is everyone leaving me?" She asks, burying her face in my bare chest.

"I don't know." I reply honestly.

"But I do know that I will never leave you. I won't leave you like they did. It wasn't Mile's fault. But your parents chose to leave. But I will never leave." I say, gently pulling her closer. This makes her cry harder.

"I love you so fucking much, Jake." She says, finally lifting her head to look at me.

"I love you, too." I say, kissing her. And we fall asleep like that. Me, holding her in my arms. Her, curled up against me.

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When I wake up, I'm tangled up with someone. Her head is on my chest, our legs intertwined. When I sit up, she does too.

"Hey." She says, yawning a little. Her eyes are rimmed with red and slightly puffy. Probably from last night.

"Hey." I say, realizing that I've been staring at her for a while. Then I blush.

"About last night. I'm so sorry. I didn't know why they left and I didn't want you to and I just broke down and-" She rambles. I kiss her softly to stop her rambling.

"Don't worry. It's totally fine. Let's just get ready for school, okay?" I ask, kissing her once more. Then she gets up and goes into her room to get ready.