Come Break Me Down

Chapter 4

The next few days were really great. Jared seemed to be less stressed than usual. We had fun sightseeing during the day and going out to dinner at night. He made sure that I was having a great time and got to see the city. When we got back to the hotel, I wasn't feeling well, so I told Jared to go ahead without me and join Shannon and Tomo for dinner. Lying there on the bed, my mind began to wander back to how we ended up together.

Flashback to 2008

We met at a party for a mutual friend. I was attracted to him from the second he walked up to me and said, "Hi." I knew who he was, but I wasn't a fan or anything. Sitting next to him, I couldn't help but stare. We talked for hours before realizing that I wasn't the girl his friend was trying to set him up with.
Fortunately, by that time we had already made plans and he blew off the other girl. However, we were just friends for a very long time. Of course, it was hard to be anything else when he was gone all the time. The relationship didn't even have a chance to develop beyond friendship. One thing about Jared is that he always made time for his friends.

After a year of friendship, I began to notice a difference in the way he talked to me. He was more interested in what I had to say and invited me over more. He asked that I come over for a pool party one Saturday. Everyone brought food and it was such a nice sunny day. We all had a blast. After his other friends left, I stuck around to help him clean up and we joked the whole time. When it was time for me to leave, I opened the door to walk out, but he stopped me. He looked like he wanted to say something, but all that came out was, "Drive safe."

A few days later he asked me to go with him to pick out an outfit for an event that he had to attend. While in the shop, we ran into a girl that he had obviously dated at one time. She immediately threw her arms around his neck and began kissing him. He slid his arm around her, telling her that he would call her later. I couldn't stand to watch her touch him, or even worse, him touch her. After she walked away, he glanced at me and made a face. He knew that I was jealous. "What.... I've known her for a long time?" All I could do was shake my head and roll my eyes.
We made it back to his place and I sat down on the couch with him seated across from me. "Want to play a game?" I was a little apprehensive of his suggestion, but decided to play along anyway.

I smiled, "Sure, what game did you have in mind?"

Staring at me he smiled big. "Truth or dare."

I threw my head back answering with as much sarcasm as I could possibly muster. "Really, wow, how old are you Jared?"

He moved over and sat next to me on the couch. "Oh come on, or are you scared? Okay, I'm going first.. Truth or Dare?"

I smiled and rolled my eyes, "I'm not scared of you. Truth." I had a brave face, but was already bouncing my knee in anticipation of his question.

"When was the last time you had sex?" He dove right in, not giving a single fuck about taking it slow and working up to difficult questions.

Wishing I didn't have to answer, I instantly felt my defenses rising. "Is sex all you think of?" I tried to deflect his personal question by asking one of my own. Looking down and debating if I really wanted to answer, I let out a deep breath.
"Do you really want to know?"

He smiled big, pleased to see me already squirming in my seat. "I asked, didn't I?"

I focused on the chair across from me as I responded. "Okay, it's been almost 2 years... A record for me." He was about to laugh at me, I just knew it. I was grinding my teeth as I looked down at the floor, knowing that he was for sure going to make fun.

He shocked me by frowning. "No way! That's a long time. You poor deprived woman, I'm sorry, I can't imagine going so long without."

Throwing a pillow at him, I smiled, "My turn, jerk. Truth or Dare?"