“In therain.”
“I already said yes, stop torturing me even more.”
He puts me down, and I try to run to the house, but… I instantly feel a hand grabbing my arm.
“Oh no, you promised.” Jake asserts. “I knew you were going to do that.”
I glare at him, and he pulls my arm, instantly bringing me closer to him. To be honest, the second he grabbed my arm, I leaned more toward dancing with him. Pennies from Heaven is long gone, and it’s replaced byDance To This feat. Ariana Grande. He starts to sway and do all these tricks, just like when we were dancing in the club. I look away with difficulty and watch the others.
Alana and Lindsey are dancing side by side, Paige is dancing with his brother, and Blake is dancing with Allison. He’s looking at her with a dorky smile while she dances, holding his hand.
“I think someone has a crush.” I say loud enough for only Jake to hear, directing my gaze to them. Jake laughs and then mockingly adds, seemingly reminiscing, “Ah, your first crush…”
He lowers his eyes to mine, and a chill goes down my spine, making me tremble, and I don’t think it is the fact that we’ve been dancing in the pouring rain for the last seven minutes.
“Are you cold?” Jake asks.
I can’t even complain. I’m wearing a sweatshirt and pants, so I should be hot. He, on the other hand, is wearing a white t-shirt and denim shorts. The t-shirt’s soaking wet andtransparent. My stupid eyes travel down his body. The only words that can get out of my mouth in this moment are, “Uh, yes?”
“Hey, eyes up here, Brown. I’m more than a piece of meat.” He smiles smugly.
“There was a-a bug in your-Belly area.” I say half-coughing, my cheeks betraying my statement.
I could slap myself right now.
“I can’t believe you actually said belly area.” Jake laughs, making me fold my arms and stare irritated. He just laughs even more. But how can I stay mad at him when he has such beautiful laughter? Like the white and straight teeth weren’t enough, when he smiled, small dimples took shape, and the left side of his lips moved a little more upwards than the right side, because of all those years of smirking.
I start to slowly walk to the house, in pilot mode, leaving him and his little giggle fit. I’m going to take a shower. That way, I can reset. And get Jake’s scent out of my head. And that way, I can let time pass by, and we can forget what happened.
* * *
When I get downstairs after anoh so goodshower, I find Jake and Paige staring at the TV so intensely that an explosion could happen, and they would remain still. I try to see what they’rewatching, but I don’t even have to watch to know. I could recognize those voices anywhere. They’re watching Frozen.
“They’re kind of cute, don’t you think?” Jake asks Paige. They have changed their clothes, and they’re both in dry hoodies and dry pants.
“They are!” She responds. Oh no,she hasn’t watched Frozen either.I was planning on watching it with her this summer and seeing her reaction to the plot twist.This is gonna be good. I decide to stop watching them from afar and actually watch the movie, so I join them.
“What are you watching?” I try to join in.
“Shh.” It’s the only sound that comes out of their mouths.
What would the school people say if they knew Jacob Louis West was watching Frozen with a six-year-old and was actually into it? But they’re not here. I am though.
I let out a giggle, and the tips of his lips are turning upwards, because he heard it. Jake moves his head towards me and indicates with a nod for me to sit beside him. So I do. He has his legs stretched on top of the beanbag, so I have the majority of the couch to myself. But instead of taking that opportunity, I pull my knees to my chest and let our arms rest against each other, forcing some type of chemical reaction within me.
When Kristoff appears, they start to talk again.
“I don’t understand why there’s another boy!” Paige exclaims. “Anna already has Hans.”
“I’m sensing a love triangle here.” Jake states, and I snort. “Don’t spoil Brown, and I’m trying to watch a movie here.” He whispers while pointing to the screen.
“I didn’t say anything.”
“You don’t have to. I know you.”
“Whatever.” I grin.
The rest of the movie passed by, and we’re getting tothepart.
