Living with a Jerk

Chapter 14

Merry Christmas everyone!!

"Ow!" I cried as I hit my head on the hard floor. I tried scrambling off of Jason's bed as fast as possible but I got tangled in his stupid sheets and fell instead.

"You okay?" Jason managed to ask as he struggled to contain his laughter.

I sat up, rubbing my head and looked up at my dad, who was in fact still glaring.

I gave him a wide smile which he glared harder to. My smile quickly dropped.

"Dad, it's not what it looks like. We didn't...do anything."

"Then why were you in his bed young lady."

"It rained last night." My dad blinked, most likely waiting for me to elaborate. "There was a lot of thunder and lightening and I can get really scared when there's a thunderstorm. No one but Jason was home so basically Jason was my best option."

"Best option for what?" My dad asked, a hint of confusion in his voice.

"To sleep. I can't sleep by myself when there's a thunderstorm."

"Are you kidding? So what do you do when I'm not at home?"

"Put earphones in and try my best to drown out the thunder."

"Then why didn't you do that last night?" I shrugged. Now that I think of it...why didn't I do that?

"You know, I'm not quite buying all this. You're you...you can't possibly be afraid of a thunderstorm."

Oh but I am. And that's one of my darkness secrets. I mean come on, not everyday you see a seventeen, almost eighteen year old teen cowaring back from thunder. But that's just me...and trust me I'm not proud of it either. It really sucks actually.

My dad and I had an intense stare down as he tried to figure out if I'm lying or not . He finally sighed and sat down on Jason's bed.

"Fine... I believe you."

A sigh of relief escaped my lips.

"And you...why are you shirtless." He asked and pointed an accusing finger at Jason.

"Oh...uh, I normally sleep shirtless.

" Jason shrugged awkwardly.

My dad glared at Jason before he finally stood back up again.

"Now let me get something straight here. I want no and I repeat no sexual tension between you two. I don't care if you can't help it...just...don't. I know you're both hormonal teenagers and all and you crave sex." My eyes widened.

"Dad!"

"Especially you Jason, since you're a guy and all."

By now my face was freaking flushed. Why are we even having this conversation?!

"Dad stop! Gosh I don't need this."

I said and put my hands over my ear. It feels so weird having this conversation with my dad.

I looked over at Jason and saw embarrassment written all over his face. You and me both fella.

"You two keep your stuff in your pants. Got it?"

I quickly nodded as Jason muttered an 'okay'

"Good...if you stick to that rule we shouldn't have any problems, especially you Jason. Now that that's settled, I brought breakfast!" My dad chirped and made his way out of the room.

Jason and I slowly turned our faces to look at each other and then we burst out laughing.

"Dude you should have seen your face." Jason cried as he crouched over. "Splitting image of a fricking tomato."