To heal a broken heart

Chapter 32

~Holly's POV~

After the kiss we kinda just sat there and talked for some time. Right now, an hour or so later, I think about what to wear to meet his friends. Jayden said, I should just wear whatever, but I'm not so sure about that.

In the end I decide to wear a ripped, light blue jeans with a Hard Rock Cafe t-shirt, a camouflaged jacket with a hood made of sweater cloth and my beloved Timberlands. Looking in the mirror, I still grimace, but it'll have to do.

"You look great", Jayden comments a bit later when I just came downstairs to meet him at the front door. I blush at his words and thank him quietly. Then we make our way outside to "Suzie", his bike. He told me about its name a few moments ago when we were talking about everything and nothing in my room. I think it's kinda cute how obsessed he's with it.

"Where do we go again?", I ask cautiously. He smiles over at me, while fixing his helmet.

"A park nearby, where we hang out all the time", he explains and I nod, overthinking things once again. Will they like me? What if they find me disgusting like everyone else? Or even worse pretend to be nice, only to attack me when Jayden's not there?

Ugh, I have to stop.

Getting on top of Suzie I wrap my arms around Jayden's familiar stomach and lean my head against his back. It never fails to amaze me how warm and strong he feels in my arms. His whole presence makes me giddy inside. His hand lands on my knee, caressing it for a second, then he starts the motor and we race out of the driveway.

I'll never become used to this. The feeling of the wind in my flying hair, Jayden's hard back pressed against my front, it's to special for me to easily adapt to it. Enjoying the ride, I try to relax my mind and concentrate on the feeling of Jayden's leather jacket in my hands.

True to his words we already arrive a few minutes later, reaching a large park in the middle of the city. I was never here before, but it looks cute with a lot of greenery and small pathways for the visitors to walk on.

Jayden gently grabs my hand and pulls me down one of them. We follow it for some time, before there's a small space opening up in front of us, bare of trees but with some benches and ping-pong tables. I see some guys and a girl our age sitting on top of one of them. They look up once we come up to them in curiosity.

"Oh my gosh, that's her?! She's so cute!", the girl beats everyone to speak first. She gets up off the ping-pong table and hurries over to us.

"Can I hug you?", she asks with a careful smile. I just nod, a bit overwhelmed by her shockingly nice reaction. She pulls me in while squealing, reminding me a bit of Juli when she's fangirling over gay boys or something. I hug her back cautiously, not knowing how to deal with the situation.

"Okay, enough, back off, Amber", Jayden grumbles, pulling me away from the girl and wrapping his arms around me from behind.

"Guys, this is Holly, Holly these are George, Adam, Luke, Eric and Amber. Don't mind her tho, she's pretty annoying most of the time", he chuckles, earning him a glare from Amber.

"Uhm, hello", I shyly smile at them, causing Amber to squeal again. The guy called Eric pulls her into his arms, which effectively shuts her up for a moment. They're cute together. George seems to be a bit out of everything, while Adam bounces over to me, hugging me despite Jayden's arms already being wrapped around me.

"Hi Holly!", he greets me enthusiastically. "You know, he doesn't shut up about you, I feel like I already know you!"

His smile is contagious and he's not that much taller than me. I find him kinda cute in a friendly way, he reminds me of a young puppy. His big eyes and pouty lips are just endearing.