I open my eyes to see Jake leaning over me. “Good morning, beautiful,” he says with a grin. I slide over and th
row the covers back, inviting him to climb in. Jake slips off his shoes and lays with me.
“Good morning handsome,” I return giving him a peck on the lips.
“How’d you sleep?”
“Okay,” I say. “What about you?”
“I had sweet dreams.” He grins wickedly.
I giggle and wrap my arms around his neck. “You want to tell me about it?” I ask.
“I rather show you,” he whispers as he kisses my neck. He lights a fire up to my jaw and finally he claims my lips.
He tastes sweet and so…Jake. I pull away for air and grin at him. “We should probably join Drake,” Jake says.
“Oh, alright!” I fake annoyance, making him chuckle. A memory pops in my head of a time when I did that with Conrad. I turned away from him and wouldn’t let him kiss me. That didn’t last long and we tumbled onto his bed.
As the thought crosses my mind, a blush burns my face. Jake chuckles, possibly thinking it was because of him. Immediately, I feel guilty. “You go ahead; I’ll be right there.” He gives me a quick kiss and leaves my room. I lay in bed for a moment before getting up to run a brush through my hair and brush my teeth. Why did Conrad have to come back now?
I pushed all thoughts of Conrad out of my mind and went to join Jake and Drake in the living room. I stopped by the kitchen to fix a bowl of Cinnamon Toast Crunch first. I sit beside Jake on the couch and eat while we watch Phineas and Ferb. I after I finished, I set my bowl on the coffee table in front of us and was going to lay my head in Jake’s lap, but he stopped me. “Go get dressed, Sweetness.”
“Why? Where are we going?”
“Out,” he says with a smirk.
“Ugh! You are just full of meanness today.” He makes the motion with his hand to shoo me out of the room. I roll my eyes and go to my room. I grab a pair of jeans, clean underwear, bra, and a baby blue short sleeve shirt. I went to my adjoining bathroom and started the hot shower.
Thirty minutes later, I had dressed, dried my hair, brushed my teeth, and put on a little makeup and perfume. I slipped on my shoes before leaving my room. “Alrighty boys. Let’s go. I’m driving!” I declared. Jake turns the TV off and stands.
“Why are you driving?” They follow me into the kitchen where I grabbed my keys off the counter by the garage door.
“Because I want to. Plus, you almost always drive. It’s my turn.”
“Where are you driving to,” Jake asks me once we are settled into the car. He and Drake laugh at his comment.
“Nowhere if you don’t tell me.”
He’s quiet for a moment and Drake seems to think that he wasn’t going to say anything because he says, “We’re going to Mayfaire to the movies.” Jake twists in his seat to look at Drake, causing him to shrug his shoulders.
I press the button on the garage remote that is clipped to the visor and it begins to move. I turn on the car, back out, and press it again for it to close. Once on the road, we head to Wilmington. I’ve got one hand on the steering wheel and my other arm resting on the compartment between the seats. Jake reaches over and takes my hand in his giving it a kiss before he rests it in his lap.
“How was your weekend at Tommy’s, Drake,” I ask referring to his friend. Drake jumps in to say that they went to the movies to watch some kid movie that just came out, played outside, played video games, and a few other things. “Sounds fun,” I say when he is finally finished. Jake finds a station on the radio and turns the music up some. He leans his head back on the headrest and closes his eyes.
I bite my lip, wondering if everything is okay. I keep quiet until we reach Mayfaire and I park. We get out and make our way to the cinema. Jake holds one hand and Drake holds my other. “Everything okay,” I ask bumping shoulders with him once we are in line. He looks down at me and smiles, but it’s not a real smile. “Of course.” He leans down and gives me a quick kiss.
“What are we watching,” I ask to keep conversation going.
“Drake wants to see Rango.” We get closer in line and worry churns my stomach. Everything wasn’t okay; I could tell by the fake smile and how he was on the way here. Why would he lie? I try to shrug it off as he buys our tickets.
We go inside and stop for popcorn and drinks. We head to the left down the wide hallway covered with drink machines and arcade games to theater three. We sit in the middle and wait for the previews to start. I’m sitting in the middle with a brother on each side. I look to my right to look at Jake. His jet black hair is a bit longer and the ends curl up just a bit.
He catches me looking and leans over to give me a kiss. “What’s the matter,” he asks.
“Nothing. Just appreciating your good looks,” I say with a smile.
“Mmm. How about you show me your appreciation later?” he says with another kiss.