Jake and Taylor: A Love Story

Chapter 12: Jake

-Jake's Point of View-

I hear the door open but I'm too tired to get up and check it. It was probably just the dumbass dog running around in the bathroom. I settle back into the couch with my arms resting over my eyes.

Then I hear barking and someone saying 'shhh'. Taylor. I smile and sit up tiredly.

"Holy shit Jake!" She says gasping and jumping back.

"I'm sorry." I say groggily smiling at her.

"It's OK, I just thought you were in your room."

"No I fell asleep during the movie." I say walking towards her stretching my arms and then bringing them down, pulling her into a hug.

"Smooth." She says laughing and putting her arms around my neck.

"Oh I know." She smiles up at me then pecks me gently on the lips.

"I love you." I say grinning so much that the muscles in my face actually hurt.

'I love you too." She says resting her head on my chest. I lean down and rest my chin gently on her. smelling her hair, it is so overpowering. She smells like vanilla and caramel. She lifts up her head and pulls away. I really didn't want to let her go but I'm really not the clingy type.

"I'm going to change." She calls walking to her room. I stretch again before sitting on the couch and changing the TV to Netflix.

Right as I'm about to about to start an episode of That '70s show, Taylor comes back out wearing a black tank top, pajama shorts, and a cropped shirt with a heart that covers most of the front. She steps over the edge of the couch and sits down next to me cross legged.

"I love this show." She says as I wrap one arm around her shoulder and one around her waist, pulling her in close.

"It's pretty great isn't it?" I say starting the episode.

"So great" She says pulling her legs up and resting her head on my shoulder. I put my feet on the coffee table, smiling.

"So is everything OK with Josh's family?" She asks quietly after about 10 minutes of the show.

"Yes, I think so."

"That's really sad that he dies at such a young age."

"Yeah it is." I say quietly. We stayed silent for a while until the end of the episode. Then I stand up and reach out my hand to her. She takes it raising an eyebrow.

I grin at her, pull her close and rock her gently back and forth. I hum a random tune into her hair. After a couple minutes I give her one last squeeze and a soft kiss before taking her hand again. I walk her towards my room. She looks worried but I just chuckle to myself and lay down in bed. She stands at the edge on the opposite side and starts to giggle, "Jake, are you going to let me sleep in here?"

"Yes." I say smiling back at her and patting the pillow next to me. She smiles and giggles again before sliding in next to me. I put my arm out and she rests her head on it, she slips her arm under min and wraps it under mine, resting her hand on my shoulder. I lean down and give her another kiss on the forehead.

"You're so cute." She says softly looking up at me. Her brown eyes sparkling in the faint light of the street light.

"Just cute?" I ask jokingly

"Yep" she replies popping the 'p'

'Well you are beautiful." I say leaning down ready to kiss her on the lips but at the last second kissing her nose instead.

"Not fair! You tricked me!" She says pretending to be angry but the grin on her face takes away from the tone in her voice.

"Oh well." I say shrugging and turning away pretending to be asleep.

"You are a jerk." She says and leans up to give me a kiss on the cheek. I can't pretend anymore so I turn back to her and wrap one arm around her waist the other on her back. My hand runs through her blond curls. Twisting and stroking it gently. I smile at her, our foreheads pressed together. It's all just so perfect and as mean as it sounds, I am happy Josh can't ruin it.

We lay like this and whisper random things that come to min for almost an hour. When her eyes start to close I lift my chin up and kiss her gently then let her chin fall onto my chest.

My eyelids get heavy and I start to fall asleep when the doorbell rings.

Not wanting to wake up Taylor I carefully pull my arms out from under her. I make my way to the main room. I yawn and turn on the light before walking to the doo and open it slightly.

"Hey." A tall man with a blond faux hawk and cool grey eyes stand before me. He looks at me and smirks a little.

"Hi, can I help you?" I ask crossing my arms.

"Yeah I'm looking for Taylor Loyn." I am about the same height as him so I didn't have to look up at him, but after he said this sentence I started to feel like I was sinking.

He knew Taylor.

"She's sleeping right now." I say still crossing my arms and flexing them to intimidate him as much has possible, it wasn't working though.

He nods his head as he looks me over then looks at the living room past my shoulder, "Well would you tell her I left my wallet in her car and I need it?"

"yeah, sure." I say looking at him again before moving back so I can close the door. "have a nice night."

"Wait are you Jake?" He asks putting his hand on the door frame and grinning at me .

"Yes." I say still holding my hand firmly on the handle.

He laughs quietly and crosses his arms over his chest, "I was excepting someone bigger."

I smirk at him, " I'm sorry but I still don't know who you are."

'I'm Grayson Andrews."

"And how do you know Taylor?"

"She hasn't told you about me?"

"No, I can't say she has."

He laughs again and starts walking away, "Sorry dude." He turns again to face me before stepping down the stairs. "Ask her about the Trevor thing."

I narrow my eyes at him as I close the door and head back to my bedroom. I lay down in bed and get comfortable again.

But it takes hours to fall asleep again. Grayson's words keep echoing in my ears, "Ask her about the Trevor thing."

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So. Grayson is slowly making his way into the story... And this is the deal.. Chapter 13 is ready BUT I won't upload it until I get some comments on what you think about Grayson or what you think the Trevor thing might be..

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