The Escape

Chapter 18

Chapter 18

"Thanks" I said, as Jake opened the door for me. Wed had a blast in the water park, and were soaking wet from head to toe. I put a towel in the seat so I wouldn't get it wet, and we drove off towards our houses. The date was sweet and completely adorable. Jake he'd been a gentleman throughout all the date, and we had so much fun. We had been to almost all of the rides, running around the park and splashing water in each other's face as soon as we got the opportunity. It wasn't a date date... but Jake had indeed called it a date.

"Jess?" Jake said, a worrying expression appearing in his face.

"Mmhmm?" I asked him, locking eyes with him. I remembered id been staring at the window for the past 5 minutes, and he probably thought something was wrong.

"I'm fine" I said, as he reached for my hand. As our hands made contacts, sparks were sent through all my body. I looked down at the floor, but he kept holding my hand all the way back home.

"Stop!!" I said, but Jake continued to carry my all the way up to my room.

"I have legs, you know" I said as a matter of fact. He chuckled but led me to my room anyways. He laid me softly in the bed, and sat down beside me. I stood up and headed towards the bathroom. I brush my hair and put on a clean set of clothes, and then went back to my room. Jake was lying on my bed, looking through a book. My book. And then I realized what book it was. I ran towards him and tried to pull the book out of his hands.

"Jake, let it go. It's mine" I said. He loosened his grip, and gave it back to me. I stared at it, and remembered when my father had bought this book for me; he said I could do whatever I wanted with it. I had started a drawing collection in it, when he bought it for me when I was 13.

"They're beautiful, Jess" Jake said and snapped me out of my trance of memories.

"Thanks" I said, as I plumbed down on my bed beside him. He opened the book again and pointed at a picture id drawn.

"This one is my favorite" He said, pointing at it. I looked closer and saw a girl, standing at the beach. Her long wild hair let loose, wind blowing it by. She was giving her back, but I remembered. This was me, when I was about 15. I was alone, through a phase of depression, and I had drawn many of these. It was in indeed my favorite too.

He closed the book and put it aside, as he pulled me into his chest. I erupted in sobs, drenching his shirt entirely. Oh god. What would he think of me now? That I cried for everything? I tried to contain my sobs but I couldn't, they'd been trapped inside me for years. I cried and cried and it seemed like forever. Jake just hugged me into his chest and played with my hair, whispering the sweetest things into my ears.

"Cry all you want, jess. Everyone does" he said to me. After a while I stopped crying. I wanted to cry more but the tears were just gone. I looked into his eyes, melting in my insides. I then realized I liked him. More than liked him. But this couldn't be love, could it? Nah, it was probably just a fling for Jake. But the look in his eyes told me otherwise. Just then, my stomach growled, interrupting me from my thoughts.

"I-I'm hungry" I whispered.

"What would you like?" Jake asked me, looking into my eyes.

"Ice cream" I said.

"Sure" he said, as he jumped out of the bed. He didn't even hesitate. He was back in what seemed second, with a huge tub of cookies and cream. I smiled.

"That's my favorite" I said as I took a spoon from his hand and opened the lid to the ice cream tub. I took a spoonful of the delicious goodness into my mouth and savored it. It was so yummy. Suddenly, a pair of lips crashed with mine, I recognized them as jakes. I pulled back and slapped him in the arm.

"Hey! I was eating!" I whined.

"I couldn't take it anymore" he told me with a smiled.

"So I'm seductive when im eating ice cream, then" I said as I swaged my eyebrows. I laughed at his face and ate another spoon of the white goodness. I don't know how, but the time did pas very fast. Jake and I finished the whole tub of ice cream within an hour. After that, we just laid in bed, watching the sunset. I wasn't really watching the sunset, though. I was watching him. He pulled me closer and kissed my forehead. Sparks shook through my body, and fireworks and butterfly's erupted in my stomach. He hugged me and I fell asleep in his arms.

I yawned, stretching my arms and lazily opening my eyes. I was in my bed, apparently, Jake had carried me inside. I jumped up my bed and took a shower. I slipped on a pair of shorts, a cami and some flip flops. Walking down the hall, I heard muffled voices in the kitchen. I ran faster as I realized Jake was downstairs. He was talking with Pete, and I jumped on his back, but he didn't lose his balance.

"Hey" he said, securing my legs around his waist. I laughed at him and secured myself from his grasp, and ran outside. I had the sudden desire to throw myself into the water, and so I did. I knew I was fully clothed, but I just splashed into the water not caring about anything but getting inside. I heard Jake laugh behind me as I emerged from the water, completely soaked.

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