• CH 26:
    Shane was standing there looking at me and Jake with a blank expression. The first instict for me was to hurt him so badly that I was going to laugh. But right when I was thinking about how much I hated him, Jake let go of my hand. Then, unexpecdidly, he punched the guy right in the jaw. The same place I had hurt Shane too. He stumbled fell directly the floor. Jake then took a big step, swung his leg backwards, and kicked Shane in the ribs.
    I heard a low whimper escape from his lips. “Aw dammit! Jake stop!”
    “You little b***h!” Jake said screaming.
    “Jake! Stop! Please!” I screamed
    “Im so ******** pissed at you right now Shane! You are not invited over this house EVER! Unless I tell you its okay, because if I see you in my house one more time youre goanna wish you hadnt.”
    Jakes face was turning red staring at Shane with hatred. I pulled Jakes arm back slightly, warning him. Though I had to admit, I got pleasure seeing Shane hurt. Even though I knew it was wrong. Shane got back up slowly, a little more hesitant now. When he got to his feet, Jake grabbed a fistfull of Shanes shirt and pulled him close.
    “You made a very big mistake. Shes my ******** girlfriend! And EVEN I HAVE NEVER touched her like that! So YOU have NO RIGHT in ANY way to touch her like that, I don’t care what the excuse is! I don’t want you to ever go near her! EVER!
    “ She’s the most important thing to me, shes my whole life, and you made a fool of her! A fool of the most important thing to me! You made her feel uncomfortable, scared, worried, sad, exposed! You don’t know what you;ve done!
    He glared at Shane for about a minute, then took deep breaths and let go of his shirt. Jake put his hands to his side, his hands were in fists, shaking.
    “God dammit Shane! Go home! And just leave me and my girlfriend alone!”
    All the other guys came up the stairs and saw that Shane had some blood trickling down the side of his mouth. But they just stood there staring at us.
    Shane just looked at us, with wide eyes. Then as if he could shake the feeling off he said, “Come on guys, im tired of this s**t, lets go get an ice pack or something and leave.”
    Jakes arm was still tence. His muscles still flexed. His face still red. He put his hands to his face.
    We both stood there as we heard Shane walk down the stairs, go to the kitchen, then opened the door and left.
    But the group of guys hadnt left yet even though Shane told them to come with him. The all apologized saying “ Im so sorry.”
    “No, it was my fault, I shouldn’t have let you guys in here in the first place.” He said sternly looking at the floor.
    “Guys lets go, give Jake some space.” One of them said.
    The guys then left but one.
    The tall guy that I had seen before came up to me and Jake.
    He looked my way, “ hello my names Ben.” Then he looked up at Jake,
    “Dood Im so sorry, I cant believe my brother did that.”
    “I cant believe it either.” Jake spat out in disgust.
    Ben shook his head. Then looked at me. “Im truly sorry my brother did that to you, it was uncalled for. Completely rude, and I will talk to him about it.”
    I sighed looking at Ben. He did mean it by the way his head hung low. “Its okay.”
    Jake walked infront of me. “No its not okay. I would like to speak to your brother if that’s alright with you”
    “I-I really don’t know about that” Ben said.
    “Don’t worry about it Jake, it was a mistake its fine.”
    His eyebrows furrowed, “Its- not – okay.” He said each word seperately as his face was burning red.
    Bens eyes widened. “I guess you can talk to him tomorrow if that’s okay.”
    “That’ll be perfect.”
    “Please? Don’t do this, its not necessary.” I asked pleadingly.
    He put his hand on the bridge of his nose. “Im sorry, but we really do need to talk.”
    My heart was beating a little faster as I was afraid of what he might say or do to him. At least this time I was here to stop him. But next time I wont be there. Then an idea came to me,
    “Can I go to?”
    “I would prefer if you didn’t” Jake said.
    “Please?”
    “I don’t think so, this is something me and him have to discuss privately.”
    Ben stood there watching our small conversation.
    “Ben thanks for coming and apologizing, but I think Jake and I need to talk. I’ll see you around some other time.” I said smiling.
    “Bye” He whispered. And he scurried down the steps and out the door. I turned back into the room andI lied on Jakes bed.
    “Ew”
    “What?”
    “Nah, its just that the beds still wet.”
    “Oh, your right.” He said frowning slightly.
    “Well your dried up already, come on we can go to my parents room.”
    “Are you sure about that?”
    “Posotive, now come on.” He said smiling.
    He grabbed my hand and towed me down the hall. The room was full of antiques, the bed made, and the room lights tinted. I jumped into the bed and tucked myself under the covers. Jake smiled and walked slowly toward the bed and under the covers lying down facing me.
    “We need to talk” I said.
    “Yea, we do” he said talking sternly.
    “Your not going to go over Shanes house” I said.
    “Yea, I am.”
    “What if you lose control Jake? What if you get so mad that you hurt him again?”
    “He would’ve deserved it either way.”
    “Don’t go, if you get him hurt, you’ll make me more upset.” I said frowning.
    “I wont lose control. Promise.” Then he leaned over and kissed the top of my head.
    “Oh, okay.” I said still kind of sad at the idea.
    “I cant believe Shane touched you that way!” he said screaming.
    “Wow, you changed the subject pretty quickly.”
    “Ugh I know, im sorry its been on my mind the moment you told me what happened and I just couldn’t stop thinking bout it till then.”
    “I-I cant believe he did that.” He said again with a lower voice.
    “Your like my teddy bear. The cute little toy I always go to. But I don’t like sharing my toys.” He said smiling weakly.
    “Admit it though Jess, don’t you feel just a little mad at him?” He asked curiously. I closed my eyes and cuddled closer to him.
    “Yea, I do. To tell you the truth I felt a little happy that you punched him.” I said giggling.
    “Well I’ll do it again if that’s what you want.” He said smiling playfully.
    “Nah, don’t do that.”
    He hugged me tightly.
    “Im so sorry.” He whispered in my ear.
    “About what?” I asked pulling myself back so I could see his face.
    “About everything. I shouldn’t have let those guys in, in the first place, we could have been spending quality time together, just you and me—“ He said smiling “ And none of this wouldve happened if I let them in.”
    “I am, so terribly sorry.” He said his voice cracking.
    “Oh Jake!” I said hugging him tighter.
    “Don’t be sad.”
    I didn’t want Jake feeling sad too.
    “I don’t want anyone to touch you that way ever. Not as long as I live” He whispered to me.
    “I don’t either. You think I liked having some guy grab my butt?”
    He chuckled, “I guess I see your point there.”
    We stayed there without saying anything for a while. Then I whispered in his ear,
    “I love you”
    Ch27:
    “I love how you take care of me, I love how you protect me, I love how you stand up for me, I love everything about you Jake. Im starting to realize this more than ever.” I said.
    “I want to be with you forever.” I whispered, looking down. I didn’t want to see his face, just in case he didn’t feel the same way.
    He put two fingers under my chin and brought my face up.
    “I know, me too.” He said smiling.
    to the left side of me and stood up. He stared at me curiously.
    “Im a tiger. Rar fear me!” I said playfully.
    “You little tiger get over here.” Jake said.
    “Watch how I hunt for my prey.” I said wickedly.
    Then I jumped ontop of the bed and on him. His eyes widened with surprised, and laughed.
    “I like this game” He said grinning.
    “I know me too”
    Then I kissed him again. My body was ontop of his. I breathed in his breath, I kissed his lips, our bodys were trying to bring ourselves closer to eachother. My arms locked around his neck and his hands were on my back. Everything was moving quickly. But what made me freeze, was when he took off his belt. That there made me realize what was happening.
    “Jake….I don’t know.”
    My heart was beating quickly uncertain what was going to happen.
    “If you think we arent ready for this yet, then okay.” He said putting his belt back on.
    “What?” I asked disbelievingly.
    “That’s it? No argument?”
    “Im not going to force you Jess, I hope you understand that.”
    He got up from the bed and put on his belt. “I’ll be right back”
    I sat on the bed, and heard his footsteps coming back.
    The only difference was that he had a shirt on.
    “Aw” I said frowning.
    “You didn’t have to put on your shirt again.”
    He chuckled. “Ya I kind of have to.”
    He stared at me for a second and his eyes widened,and a grin spread across his face.
    “Why don’t we play a board game?”
    “Oh” I said. I was dissapointed that he thought of something as boring as that.
    “Its not any board game trust me. I hid it from my parents. I’ll be right back.”
    He came back with a box and some poker chips.
    “I still don’t see what the game is.” I said.
    “Its called strip poker.” He said grinning widely.
    “Oh no Jake, no.”
    “Wait a second let me explain. We can stop once it gets to the undergarments.”
    “Jake I don’t know about this. Iv never seen you without a pair of shorts, and I didn’t want the first time to be playing strip poker.”
    “Oh come on Jess. Are you afraid your goanna lose?” He said chuckling.
    “The hell I am!”
    “You have a problem being in an underwear in a braw infront of me?” My face flushed red, and my heart spead up at the idea.
    “Uhh YA!”
    “Oh come on Jake, don’t say that you wouldn’t feel a little uncomfortable.”
    “Im willing to risk feeling uncomfortable, im mostly doing this so I can see you in your undergarments.” He said without feeling ashamed of admitting it. My face flushed red again.
    “You know your really not convincing me” I said obviously.
    “Please? Come on we are a couple, its not like we are random people doing this.”
    My stomache felt unsettled about the idea.
    But I accepted.
    I sighed, “Okay Jake. Just promise things wont get weird with us when this is over.”
    “I pinky promise.” He said smiling.
    So he opened the card board box, layed the pieces, and explained to me how the game works.
    I took a deep breath and sighed.
    “Okay come on, lets get this over with.”
    Jake rolled his eyes, we sat down, and then started playing.