Eleven Reasons

By MidnightzStorm

Disclaimer: I do not own American Dragon: Jake Long.

Author's Note: I have a bit of writer's block when it comes to Destined, so I entered a Live journal fan fiction challenge, 11 Reasons, to help, but don't worry I haven't given up on it. There are three different stories in this entry.

Reason 1: smile / smirk / grin

The first thing Rose noticed when she began crushing on Jake Long was that he had a hundred different smiles. She would see him get an answer right in class and he would give a cocky smirk that to others could be annoying, but she found cute. The other smile she became familiar with was the dazed and goofy smile that he got whenever she came near. It was flattening that she could make his smile go dopey like that. But overall her favorite one is the vivid smile on his lips when he tells her that he loves her.

Reason 2: pensive / nonchalance

She realized after he reveled his true identity to her that she must have known. There was a hidden reason that she was so attracted to him, the reason was he was so much like her. He was always running to some place and had some kind of mystery to him, he kept a secret and she had begun to love secrets. She realized now if he wasn't the American Dragon their relationship would not have lasted this long. He would never be able to deal with her other self. She thought maybe this was the best way for them.

Reason 3: sweets / candy

Rose was weak. She couldn't say no, at least when it came to baking for charity. She was horrible at any type of cooking; she never really had a reason to learn. Courtney had begged her to help, so now she was in the home economics room.

She was just getting use to cracking eggs when Jake, Trixie and Spud came walking in.

"Don't let him near the cookies!" Courtney yelled standing in front of the bake goods trying to use her body as a barrier between Jake and the cookies.

"What are you on about Courtney?" Rose asked completely shocked at her friend's response to her secret boyfriend.

"He made cupcakes for the school carnival and everyone who ate them had this strange reaction to them," she said looking suspiciously at Jake.

"I'm not here to spike the bake good sale, Spud needs to get Sun to sign a permission slip," Jake said.

"She went to the office and will be back in a little while," Courtney answered and went back to putting cookie dough on a pan.

"Why did you make cupcakes?" asked Rose curiously, she found it funny thinking of the American Dragon baking.

"It was because Jake was totally failing Home Economics which is like impossible but he did, since he was completely bummed about you being gone," said Spud absently.

"That's enough Spud," said Trixie and she tugged his ear, pulling him across the room.

Jake just blushed at his friends explanation. Rose's heart leaped and she had the uncontrollable urge to kiss him senseless. She looked behind her and saw the other volunteers immersed in their baking.

"I am going to drop this spoon, it might be best if we both look for it," she said causally.

"Well if you know— Ooh," said Jake as his brain quickly pieced together what she was saying.

The spoon hit the ground with a clatter. She and Jake both went under the table and as soon as she could her lips were on his, eagerly drinking him in.

"I was also miserable those months," she said breathily as their separated and she gave him one quick kiss again before standing up.

Author's Note: Which one was your favorite? I would love to know.