Because I love you.

Chapter Ten: Notebook

I didn't lie, we watched a Christmas movie about dead people but I fell asleep on Jacob within ten minutes. He is just so warm and comfortable. He holds me as I sleep, even in the school I feel safe, I know he will protect me.

"The bell is about to go." He says to wake me up. I look up at him and groan.

"I need more sleep." I say almost getting emotional over the need to sleep.

"Come on, I'll take you to my place and we can cuddle." He says, I close my eyes but the bell goes, waking me up enough to get me to Jacob's car without collapsing. I sleep on the way to his place and he carries me upstairs to bed.

"I could get used to this." I say, cuddling closer to him. He laughs and puts me in his bed, letting me get comfortable before joining me in bed.

"Do you think you'll be able to go to school after this?" He asks, pulling my hair back out of my face.

"I don't know." I say honestly, closing my eyes. He kisses my shoulder and I fall back to sleep. Luckily by the time he says we have to go to get back to school I have rested enough and I get up. I make myself look presentable before getting back in the car and Jacob drives us back.

"So, why do you sleep so much?" He asks on the way to school.

"My body and brain are always tired, I used to joke that I was actually sixty because I was always so tired. As long as I'm calm or whatever I don't really have to sleep an abnormal amount but I mean we tend to be quite dramatic so I need to sleep more." I say.

"I guess that makes sense." He says with a slight laugh. "At least you look nice when you sleep." He adds. I smile and he looks at me, he smiles and we turn into school. We walk straight to Noah's class, we seem to be the last ones and there is only one seat left, so Jacob puts me on his lap and I hold onto him while we watch the movie.

"Look." I whisper in his ear. He looks over and we watch as Adam and Nat whisper cutely to each other. I look back at Jacob and smile, he has to lean up to kiss me but he does. This time it's different; it feels different, it's as if he is kissing me for the first time or something. Maybe his is kissing me with love, purely, because this feels like it.

"Get a room." Joe says a few seats down from us. We slowly part as the others laugh and my fingers go up to run over his jaw.

"I love you." I whisper with a small smile, it kind of just came out. I can tell he is taken aback by it, even if the room is so dark I can hardly see him properly. I laugh and give his nose a small kiss.

"Couldn't you have told me back at my place? I wanted to see you say that in bed." He says playfully. I laugh and he kisses me. "Come with me." He says, taking my hand and leading me out of the classroom with no one but maybe Jack noticing because he was next to us. He leads me down the hall and I smile.

"Where are we going?" I ask.

"I don't know, just somewhere more private." He says before stopping and kissing me against some lockers.

"I wouldn't call this more private." I say. He smiles and lifts me over his shoulder before walking away with me. I laugh along the way, part of me is surprised he can carry me with one arm but any thoughts like that are crowded out by the excitement and danger of falling. We eventually end up in the completely empty and surprisingly clean male changing rooms. He sits me down and kisses me before sitting in front of me.

"Why here?" I ask.

"I knew it would be empty." He says with a shrug. I smile and I look around. "Say it again." He says.