Her Smile
By: Riley
Summary - He never thought that what would make him fall for her would be her smile. Jo/OC. Short one-shot
It was her smile.
He was in love with her smile.
Patrick Jackson-McGuire finally realized what it was that attracted him to Jo Taylor so much. It was strange to him at first, being attracted to one of his sisters' best friends, but he didn't really think anything of it at first. He knew that they didn't care whom he liked, as long as there wasn't a big age gap and he wasn't going to get hurt. Her being two years older than him was fine; 18 and 16, no problem. He was sure that nothing was going to happen between the two of them. Nothing big anyway, so no one was going to get hurt.
Sure, he flirted with her every now and then, but that was the way he was. He treated girls with respect and tried to make them feel good about themselves, even if he didn't have feelings for them. He only stepped the flirting up a bit when he actually liked someone, just by putting more attention on them.
He didn't realize that he actually liked Jo until it suddenly came to him why. He was with his brothers and sisters and their friends (Kendall, Logan, Carlos, James, Jo, Camille, Stephanie, and Katie) at the PalmWoods School, towards the end of class when it happened. No one was really paying attention to the teacher. He was even half listening to Carlos as he talked about some new rollercoaster that had opened up at the nearby carnival.
Jo had been laughing at something that Camille had whispered to her. Then she leaned forward and whispered something back to Camille, causing the two girls to laugh. Jo then caught him off guard as she turned and gave him a smile.
Normally, he would have turned away, acting like he wasn't even looking at her. He was good at lying, so it wouldn't be hard to convince her that he was looking over her head. But this time he managed to smile back at her, like he usually did outside of class.
Jo grinned back at him.
Before he knew it, Miss. Collins had let them leave the class for the day. Their friends moved quickly around them, gathering their stuff so they could leave. Kendall, Logan, Carlos, and James were going to Rocque Records and he and his brothers and sisters usually sat around o watch or help them when they needed it. But this time, Patrick gathered his stuff together slowly.
He finished packing his things before approaching her desk.
"Hey Patrick," she greeted him as she pulled her backpack straps over her shoulder. She then reached out her hand. Patrick took it and she allowed him to pulled her out of her seat. The two of them then left the classroom, hand in hand.
The smile was still on her face.