Chasing Jacob (Jacob Whitesides Fanfiction)

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The next Saturday, Josh woke me up at 10 and dragged me to my closet. "What are we doing today?" I asked. "I just wanted to lay around."

Josh laughed at me and told me to dress nice. "A sundress with a jacket would look totally cute for today."

I took a second to process that. "Did you you just use the phrase 'totally cute' in a serious sentence?"

He sighed. "Yeah. I think we've been spending too much time together. Get dressed."

He left and seemed defeated while he did, but I didn't question it too much. We had been spending a lot of time together. I pulled out an orange sundress and my favorite jean jacket and paired it with my favorite pair of boots and went off to the bathroom and did my hair. Josh was dressed nice too, wearing a polo shirt and khakis. "Where are we going?" I asked him again and he smiled.

"We're getting breakfast. Come on."

We went out to his car and told me to sit in the back. I fought against him though, arguing that no matter who else was coming, I deserved the front seat, but he told me to shut up and pushed me into the back. We took off down a couple of streets in a direction that didn't give me any sort of sense as to who we were picking up and he stopped in front of a house and beeped the horn. A pretty blonde girl wearing a long maxi dress and a jacket just like mine popped out of the house and climbed in the front seat.

I waited a good minute or two for an introduction after she got in and pecked Josh on the cheek, but it didn't come. Josh turned the car back around towards our neighborhood and I broke the silence. "Not to be rude, but who just got in our car?"

Josh smirked. "Just keep quiet back there. I need to focus on the road."

I was so frustrated, but the girl burst out laughing with Josh and I sank back in my seat. Before I knew it we were parked in front of Jacob's house. "What's going on?"

Josh and the girl said nothing, but Jacob came out when Josh honked wearing an outfit similar to Josh's. He climbed in next to me and hugged me. "Good morning, Cass," he whispered in my ear.

When I asked where we were going, everyone chuckled. "I'm serious guys!" I whined. "What are we doing today?"

Everyone was smiling so big and we continued to drive in silence. After awhile I gave up, crossed my arms, and fell back into the seat. Jacob tried to grab my hand, but I shook him off as if I was genuinely angry at him. This just made them laugh even more.

I groaned after awhile. "Okay. If you're not going to tell me where we're going, you could at least tell me who this girl is. This is weird."

Josh laughed even more. "Alright, fine. Cass, this is Katrina. She's my homecoming date for this year."

"Just your homecoming date?"

Josh sighed. "Yes."

"Then what's she doing here?"

"She's my date?"

"But this isn't homecoming," I argued.

Everyone was quiet again after that. Katrina was obviously very in on the surprise and I couldn't have been more agitated. We finally pulled off the main road onto a lane that vaguely resembled the one that went to Ryan's grandparent's house, but after a long ride on that lane, the trees opened up to a cute little house.

"Okay. We're here. What is it?"

Katrina smiled as we all got out of the car. "It's a bed and breakfast. My uncle owns it."

I was confused. "Why am I wearing a dress then?"

"The dress is for later," Jacob explained as he finally grabbed my hand and I let him pull me inside.