Fight Left In Me ✔

Chapter 6 - Share

Jake is the first to wake up the next morning. He runs a bath, before walking towards Jo's room and opening her door quietly. He touches her cheek and she opens her eyes slightly. Her face is still showing traces of her tears, but she manages to smile at him. 

"Good morning hon, I am running a bath for you. I think it will do you good. Take your time, I'll make some coffee. No need to hurry. We're closed for the morning." He gets up to close the tap in the bathroom, places a gift on the vanity and walks off to prepare breakfast.

Jo rubs her eyes, realizing she is still wearing everything from last night, makeup included. That bath seems like a very good idea. She takes off all of her clothes and walks over to the bathroom. She only has eyes for the steaming water and slides into the bath with a sigh. 

All her muscles ache and her head throbs viciously. She closes her eyes and lets everything that happened the night before going through her mind. That poor Dart, she totally broke down in front of him. She tried to be so tough, by telling him to enjoy the moment. He was so tender though, it caught her completely off guard. 

When she gets out of the bath, Dart's still on her mind. She walks up to the mirror, dries herself off and feels relieved that her muscles are less sore. She tries to fix her hair, but it's not behaving at all today. It got damp from the bath, but not wet enough to braid it. With a sigh she decides to give up on it and sticks her tongue out at her own reflection in the mirror, shaking her head to make her curls wiggle in all directions. 

She sees something from the corner of her eye; a gift. She opens it quickly and finds a really soft, baby blue bathrobe. She puts it on with a smile, skipping downstairs to thank Jake. She finds him leaning against the counter and he looks at her with an amused look in his eyes. Jo hugs him and kisses his cheek, thanking him for the robe. 

He hugs her back. "You're welcome, hon. It looks good on you!" He looks her over, trying to find out how she is really doing, without asking her directly. 

Jo hides her face against his chest with a sigh, not sure how she feels. 

Jake rubs her head and chuckles as her curls jump around on her head. "I love your hair like this, it makes you look wild and cute at the same time." He laughs at the look she gives him and moves towards the coffee machine to get her a cup. "Sit down hon, I'll get you your coffee." 

Jake sits down across from her, to have a good view of her, wondering what is going on in that mind of hers. 

She takes a few sips of coffee and closes her eyes, trying to make sense of last night. "Jake? Did you speak to Dart last night? I mean after he carried me home?" 

Jake takes a moment, before answering. "No. He didn't look like a man who wanted to talk. I offered him a beer. We drank it in silence, he went home and I went to bed." 

Jo sighs, not sure what to think now. She looks up at Jake. "What did Dart look like?" 

Jake smiles slightly at her smart question, he pretends to think about it for a while. "He looked like a man in love." 

Jo immediately blushes and feels even more confused than she already was. 

Jake grabs his phone and types a message on it, before getting up and rummaging through the fridge.

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A soft beep makes Dart roll over in his bed to look at his phone. It's from Jake, inviting him over for breakfast. Knowing Jake, he better shower and get over there. Because as silent as he was last night, that won't last forever. And he really wants to see Jo, he has to know how she is feeling about last night.