innocence // jai brooks

chapter 5

"This is weird isn't it?" I stare at the beautiful boy sitting in front of me at the most romantic restaurant.

"What's weird?" He raises his eyebrows.

I look around us for a second. "This. Us. You and me on a date. We're polar opposites,"

"Opposites attract, don't they?" Jai bites his lip and his eyes flicker in the direction of my breasts for a moment.

I shift in my seat and our eyes meet. Silence lingers and it takes a few minutes for someone to think of something to say. "Is your food good?" He asks me.

I stare at my large plate of pasta and nod my head. "Yeah,"

"You're right, this is weird," He laughs awkwardly.

I focus my eyes on the empty glass in front of me. "Next time we can do something more laid back," My face immediately gets red as I notice I implied there to be a second date.

"Yeah, next time," He smiles at me. "You wanna get out of here?"

"We barely even touched our food. Are you sure? It's kinda a waste of money,"

"Go outside I'll meet you out there," He instructs me.

I scrunch my nose and do what he says. I walk outside and a few minutes later he grabs my hand and starts to run. "Why are we running?" I ask and the realization hits me that he probably didn't pay for that meal. "Did we just dine and dash?" I gasp.

"You were right, that wasn't me in there, this was,"

"You're crazy," I shake my head. We walk around the streets of Michigan and find a bench to sit at.

"So what's your story?" He asks me.

"I don't really have one," I say, kind of embarrassed because there's really nothing to me.

"Come on. What's something interesting about you?"

"Well, I have a goldfish named Whitey," I shrug.

"I'm serious," He chuckles.

"So am I. There is nothing interesting about me," I look down at my nude heels.

"Then why do I find you so absolutely intriguing?" He scoots closer to me.

"I'm still trying to figure that out myself,"

"Okay what do you wanna know about me?" He asks me.

"Are you a virgin?" I already know the answer.

"Wasn't expecting that one. Uh, no," He looks away.

"It's okay, I figured you weren't,"

"I'm going to assume you are one since you just had your first kiss," He playfully smiles at me.

I look down and he puts his hand under my chin. "Don't you ever be ashamed of you who are when you're around me," He tells me and cuts off all the space we had in between us by getting as close as humanly possible.
He puts his lips on mine and I follow his lead. Our tongues start to explore each others mouths and I start to crave more. I can feel the passion between us. He shocks me by placing his hand underneath my dress and cupping my bra. I lift myself onto his lap and continue our makeout session. What feels like hours later, I remember where we are and pull away. I quickly look around me and thankfully nobody is around. I climb off his lap and pull down my dress back into place.

"Are you okay?" He eyes me.

"I just remembered that anybody could have easily have seen that,"