Against All Odds

Chapter 3:

We walked into the store. I was looking around for a shirt that I liked. The Jake said"Oh! Look at this one! I know you would love it!" I laughed so hard! It was a rainbow zebra print shirt with random polka-dots on it that were yellow and orange."Yeah. But I like to wear cute stuff! Not ugly stuff!" He just laughed and kept walking around.

I found a cute green shirt with little ruffles on it. It was similar to the one that was covered in slush. "I'm going to go try this on." I said."Okay. I'll wait right over here." Jake replied.

I went into the changing room on the very end. It was the only one open. After only a few seconds after I went in to the changing stall, I hear a few people start to laugh. I was wondering what was going on. I put my shirt back on after deciding that I wanted to get the shirt that I picked out. I walk out to a big surprise.

Jake had put on a pair of super, over the top sparkly high heels. He was looking into the mirror."What are you wearing?!" I said while laughing. "High heels! I think they look good on me!" He said while striking poses.

"I don't know. I don't think sparkly pink is your color!" I said trying to catch my breath. I couldn't stop laughing! I got out my phone out of my pocket and took a picture of him. Jake sat down in the closest chair and said, "How do you girls wear heels all day! I put these things on 1 minute ago and they are already killing me!"

"Well they are made for girls." I replied. He took off the shoes and put them back so the store manager couldn't come over to tell him to leave the store.

Jake bought the shirt for me and we left the store. "Hey," he said."Do you want to go get some lunch? I know this really good mexican restaurant just a little down the way by the food court."

"Umm...sure." I replied. "What? Do u not like Mexican food?" Jake asked. "No, that sounds good I was just planning on going shopping with some of my girlfriends today." I said looking at the groud. "Oh that's fine. You can go ifnu want." He said trying to not sound disappointed. "No we can go eat. I'll just call them later." I said. "Okay! Food Court, here we come!"

We got our food and sat down. Jake got a huge burrito and I ordered a taco salad. "I love tacos but as a salad? That sounds kind of gross." Jake said in a weird voice. "You seriously never had a taco salad before?" I asked."No. I'm not a big fan of salads." He said, sounding a little disgusted."It's just a normal taco but instead of being inside of a folded shell, the shell is broken into pieces. It's really just one big taco in a bowl." I said laughing under my breath. "Oh cool. I guess I'll have to try it sometime!" He said.

He kept staring at me. I couldn't figure out why. Did I have something in my teeth? I thought to myself. "Has anyone told you that you have pretty eyes?" Jake sais randomly. I could feel my face getting really red again. I hope he couldn't see through his sunglasses.

I keep thinking to myself that 'You already have a boyfriend'. Or 'No you don't like him even though he's hilarious and charming and super kind...NO! Your dating Tyler and you're not going to cheat on him even though he might on you.'

"Listen, Jake. Your a really nice guy but I already have a boyfriend. I-" I started. "All I asked was if anyone told you that You have pretty eyes! Unless you want to date-" Jake said with a cute little smirk on his face. "Jake..." I said looking up from my food to meet eyes with him. "I know. Sorry." His voice trailed off a little.

There was a silence that went on for a few minutes. Neither of us knew what to say. "Well I should probably get going." he broke in. "Yeah me too. I have to go meet my sister and her friends."

We got up and he leaned in and gave me a hug. Right as he did someone yelled "There he is!!" A huge mob of people started running towards us. It looked like several of them had cameras. Jake cursed under his breath. "Come with me!" He grabbed my hand and and started running.