The Meeting, The Party, and the Goodbye
Lila laughed at Aria as they both walked into the shop. Her friend had been telling her about things she'd missed when she had gone away to camp. Mostly that she'd convinced Alison DiLaurentis to invite her to her preschool party. A last summer bash that was hard to get into. Aria had done this because Noel had just broken up with Lila and she wanted to cheer her friend up.
"Oh my god, did I tell you, Jason is back in town. Her brother, Lila if he weren't so much older, he is so good looking." Aria fake swooned and Lila with her bright pink streaked hair laughed again shaking her head at her friend. Little did she or Aria know that Jason was in the shop listening to them, it was a job.
"Ari, he is way out of our age range. Not to mention Alison would kill you for even thinking it, being one of her little worker bees and all. I however am immune to her rage as of right now. So I think I might just drool over the image of a shirtless Jason DiLaurentis on the basketball court." Lila smiled at her friend walking around the shop looking at a few things. Jason was keeping himself hidden as he listened to their conversation. If he remembered correctly Aria was the artsy one that Alison had, however he didn't know the voice she was talking to.
"Okay Aria I will go to this party but only for you. We both know she is only inviting me to put me in my place for monopolizing your time lately. But don't think I'm going to just lie down and take shit from her and I'm bringing Liam as backup we both know Noel is going to be there too." Lila stopped in front of a simple empire waist baby doll dress and picked it up. Aria squeaked hugging her friend before running out. Lia walked up to the cash register and then out, Jason bumped into her on his way out grinning at her.
"So, you like seeing me shirtless do you? And you aren't one of my sister's friends. Which means you must be the 'bitch' she has to get Aria back from I take it." Jason noted the blush on the girls face and followed her as she walked down the street. It was amazing to see just how shy she was being after saying something so loud and outspoken about him in the store.
Lila was red from her forehead to her ass with embarrassment. Sure she meant every word she'd said about wanting to see the elder DiLaurentis shirtless but she hadn't known he was in the store listening to al her and Aria said. She moved cutting through the park hoping to lose him but he followed her. Lila stopped and turned leaning her back against a tree looking up at his face.
"Yeah that would be me, guess Alison doesn't do well with competition. Jason, I might also add that you are probably the hottest guy in Rosewood, and I'd like to see you with less than your shirt off, but seeing as you are much older than me I doubt that will actually happen. I'll see you at the party tonight, I'm sure you'll be there with all your older guy friends checking out the fresh tail." She had leaned in to say that last part and smirked at him walking away after words confident he was watching her walk away. Lila knew it was dangerous to flirt with that man but she couldn't help it, something in his green eyes just pulled her to him.
Later that night at the party Lila and Liam showed up. Liam went straight to Aria and enfolded her in his arms kissing her temple. Lila had asked him to give her a few minutes alone to see what Alison would do to try and get her to run away. Sure enough it wasn't long before she walked up with Noel by her side a wide smile on his face. Lila arched her eyebrow over her lilac eyes. Alison had that 'I'm going to get you' smirk on her face.
"Noel here tells me you know how to sing, and play. Well see our entertainment for tonight didn't show, and while one of Jason's friends agreed to DJ he can't get here for a while. How about you do me a solid, for Aria and go up and sing for all of us." Alison smiled thinking that the girl, who hadn't really performed in front of a large crowd ever according to her ex would run away instead of playing in front of her classmates and the older boys.
"Sure I've got my guitar in the car, Liam can play too and I know he has his band friends here." Lila waved to her brother and walked to the car. She was wearing the white baby doll dress with a pair of black wedge heels and a black leather jacket her curly hair up with some falling around her face. She winked at Alison as she got up on the make shift stage. Liam was at the microphone and he smiled at his sister.
"So apparently you all need a band to dance to till your dj gets here to spin some tunes. So with a special vocal appearance by my very own, very talented twin sister, we are Outcast Elements." Liam moved back letting his sister get to the microphone. She started to play and for an hour and a half the party loved them. Alison was sitting in the corner pouting in an angry manner.
"Okay, one more song then the Dj gets to come up and do his thing and I can come mingle with the rest of you and my brother can spend some time with his girlfriend. This song is called 'It Could Be You', I just finished it today with some inspiration from a party goer tonight. Thanks for making me blush." Lila smiled finding green eyes as Jason smiled back knowing who she was talking about. Everyone started dancing as she started to play the song but Jason just listened to what the words said.
"You and me, all alone
It's too late to say we didn't know
We shouldn't be, all alone
One of us might lose control
All these feelings we've been hiding
Deep down, yeah they must start to show
Not here, not now
Watch my frustrations grow
[Chorus]
I know what I feel and you feel it too
I dream of the first kiss and who'll make the first move
Who's gonna put their heart on the line
It could be me
It could be you, tonight
Show me, who you are
Stop me before I go too far
Cuz it hurts, to hold back
So hold me or I might crack
I'm gasoline, you're the match
I'm not sure if we could handle that
It might explode, could be a mess
I say we take the chance
[Chorus]
I know what I feel and you feel it too
I dream of the first kiss and who'll make the first move
Who's gonna put their heart on the line
It could be me
It could be you, tonight
I'm all mixed up, confused
I don't know what to do
Cuz I want to, I'd love to
If I knew you'd want me to
If you're getting any closer then I'm gonna have to scream
[Chorus]
I know what I feel and you feel it too
I dream of the first kiss and who'll make the first move
Who's gonna put their heart on the line
It could be me
It could be you
I know what I feel and you feel it too
I dream of the first kiss and who make the first move
Who's gonna put their heart on the line
It could be me
It could be you, tonight."
Lila left the stage to an uproar from all the party goers even the older collage aged ones that Jason had invited. Seeing Mona head over to Hanna, who was over by Alison Lia walked as fast as she could hearing the blond ridiculing the rather dorky brunette girl who was Hanna's friend. She inserted herself as Alison went to push Mona putting herself between the queen bee and the geek. Lila almost fell but felt someone catch her and looked behind her long enough to see Jason stepping away from her.
"Is there a reason Mona can't be here. She is going into eighth grade too, and if I remember correctly I did hear you telling Hanna to go ahead and invite her. Get off your high fucking horse DiLaurentis. This might be your party but you are not that cool, for once be nice for one whole night. I dare you…" Lila's lilac eyes flashed as she stood toe to toe with Alison who cracked a smile and walked away. The dj then started to play a song. 'Connect The Dots' by The Spill Canvas came on and Jason came up to her grabbing her by the waist and pulling her onto the dance floor. Lila saw Alison watching them and let Jason pull her closer just to get on the blond girls nerves.
"You look, well older than you are tonight in that dress Lila O'Connell. I am not the only guy my age who wants to dance with you, but I'm not sure I want to share you." Jason whispered in her ear as she wrapped one arm around his neck and let him take her free hand. J let his own free hand travel down till it was resting right above her rear and smiled at her.
"You can't be surprised that I think you are absolutely drop dead gorgeous, and this dress, your legs…" Jason pulled away only to give her a once over then pull her closer. Lila laughed softly shaking her head a little letting him lead the slow dance. When 'Tonight I'm Lovin' You' came on his arms fell to her waist and they started to dance faster. Lila turned around and danced back to front, having Noel as a boyfriend had helped her learn how to dance with a guy in a way that was a mixture of innocent and erotic and right now she was using that to her advantage.
Jason danced with Lila the rest of the night. He was glad she wasn't afraid to piss his sister off, mainly he was glad the girl could dance and she could. She was so close all the time that he was about to lose his mind when the party wrapped up. Jason had been smoking during dance breaks and wasn't thinking straight when he walked her out of the party. Liam had left with Aria some time before and Alison was ignoring him and her unwanted guest. Though he felt that his sister would keep this girl close after tonight.
Lila let Jason walk her out and started to walk home. It was a long walk and Jason was quiet by her side until they got to a corner park with a gazebo. She went over to the gazebo just to sit on the bench and look at the stars for a while. Jason sat down next to her and she felt his hand on her thigh. She wasn't sure what he was doing but when his hand went behind her neck and he pulled her into a kiss she didn't struggle. Hell, Jason DiLaurentis was kissing her, and doing a damn fine job of it as well.
Jason wasn't sure how long they sat there making out, eventually he pulled Lila onto his lap, and they were hidden by the shadows all around the gazebo, far enough away from the street that the streetlights didn't reach them. It was when Jason's hands started to sneak their way into her panties that the girl stopped and pushed away breathing heavy.
"What, are we doing…" Lila asked her breathing was uneven and labored her whole body was warm and she could feel the wetness between her legs where Jason had been just about to touch her. Jason stood and pulled her into another kiss and she just kissed him back yet again. Lia wasn't sure where her mind was but part of her knew this wasn't a good idea. And she also knew Jason was high as a kite and possibly drunk as fuck as well. She pushed away one last time, and used all the will in her mind to do that.
"Jason," Lila sighed looking into his green eyes damn she didn't know why he had to be so damned good looking. It's not like she was virgin, Noel and her had gotten down and dirty before she'd left for the summer. Then as soon as she got back she'd seen him all over some other girl and they had broken up.
"Lila, I'm not asking you to date me, damn it's not like we even could but you are…God you've got everything a guy could want and I want it…" Jason stopped shaking his head a little. He ran a hand through his shaggy long blond hair as they stood there. He saw her step closer and felt her kiss him on the cheek. He caught her face in his hands and laid another deep kiss on her and felt her melt against his body. But she pulled away again and stepped back putting distance between them. The distance let in the cold night air and brought him back to his senses somewhat at least.
"You need to go home Jason, I'll see you later." Lila smirked a little and bit her bottom lip as she turned and walked towards her own home. Jason stayed in the shadows and half a block he saw her twin join her as they both walked home. He turned and went home.
Little did the two of them know they did the same thing when they got to their respective homes. Jason went into his bathroom and took a lukewarm shower, Lila had full on icy water spraying over her that night. But both of them where thinking of the other in the shower and neither of them found the showers to be of any help cooling down the memory of what had happened, and what had almost happened.
A few nights after the party Alison had a sleep over with all the girls and invited Lila stating that anyone who could stand up to her in public had balls and she wanted on her side. Lia walked up to the DiLaurentis house with her stomach in her throat as she looked around for Jason. She was sure he hadn't said a thing about what had happened the night of the party, but she was also sure that Alison had a way of finding things out that was scary. Not seeing Jason she went to the back yard where the other girls were in their swim suits, they were going to go to the lake for a night swim, and it looked as if Jason was their chaperone.
Lila was sitting next to the lake watching the other girls swim. Liam was in the water with Aria and the girls but since Lia couldn't swim she stayed on shore. Noel had come as well, they had made up the other day and he had his arm around her. Jason's girlfriend was there as well Cece Drake or something pretentious like that.
Jason was leaning against a tree and watching Lila as he did his older brother duties. It pissed him off for some reason seeing Kahn's arm around her shoulder and the way he was touching her. J wasn't sure why this was making him angry, he had Cece, but she was a bit too much like his sister for him. He couldn't take his eyes off of Lila though luckily it was dark enough that no one could see where his eyes where pointed just where his head was pointed. He watched her get up and disengage from Noel before she went over to her brother then walked into the woods behind the lake.
Lila took a deep breath her hand was shaking from the talk her and Noel had just had. He wanted to have sex again, and soon but she just, well after Jason kissing her she just didn't think she could be with Noel again. She wasn't even sure why she took him back he was still cheating on her. Lia shivered as the cold air hit her when she hit a meadow. When she felt someone put a sweater in her arm she turned around and looked right into Jason's eyes that where blindingly bright in the full moon light. Lila pulled Jason's sweater over her head and cuddled into it, as it fell past her bum.
"Thanks J." She said softly covertly taking a sniff of the sweater as it smelled like him. Moving she walked away from him and more into the meadow that she was standing in. She knew kissing rock wasn't far from here, she stayed there sometimes when her brother was at a friends and her step father got handsy. Lila started to hum softly a song she was writing and Jason just walked after her not saying anything. He was completely sober this time and new exactly what he wanted, he wanted to feel what he had the other night. Like if he fell she would catch him, he knew that was absurd because she was tiny compared to him but it was how he felt.
"You look good in my sweater, but I've noticed you are one of those girls who could make a potato sack look amazing. I see you and Noel are back together, is that because you love him, or because you're scared of something else?" Jason had her hand in his and turned her to face him, green eyes stared into lilac ones and all he could think about was the feelings this young girl evoked in him. His head started to dip and she pulled away backing up.
"What do I have to be afraid of Jason? You? You've got that model like amazing girlfriend. I'm thirteen years old, you are twenty. Don't take this as an I don't want you because trust me every time I see you I remember the night at the gazebo and man…" she shook her head a little turning away. Her hands where balling into fists and releasing as she worked through what she wanted to say and how she wanted to say it. Turning around she had a stubborn determined look to her face. She walked over to Jason and kissed him then pulled away laying her forehead on his chest.
"When I am older, I won't walk away Jason. But right now you have Cece and I have Noel, even if both of us are unhappy in our relationships that's our own fault for stepping past that line the other night. I am walking away now though and you don't know how hard that is for me. I am walking away now so you don't get in trouble, so Cece and Noel don't get hurt. I am walking away because I don't want you to wake up in the morning and regret being with me. I don't want to be what pushes you even deeper into your addictions." Lila wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him letting how she felt be conveyed through her actions. Then pulled away from him and walked away tears in her eyes as she made her way back to the rest of the group.
Jason threw his fist into a tree. He wanted to shout, to scream and yell for her to come back but he knew she was right. She was too damn young and he was to fucking messed up. Starting something like this at this time in either of their lives was a bad idea. He hung his head standing there for a moment as she walked back getting himself composed. When he walked back he saw her with Noel, seemingly happy and kissing the younger Kahn brother. She was still wearing his sweater and he could tell it was an act even if no one else could. No one seemed to notice how long they'd been gone except for her brother and he just nodded to the boy, who was already as big as he was, as he sat down as far away from Lila as he could. Jason had never been a patient person, not good at waiting for something he wanted but he would wait for her. When the time was right he would take her up on her offer not to walk away.
Lila had the hood up on the sweater that Jason had given her, and she was keeping it. It was her tether to him. Her reminder that she would go walk up to him one day and be ready for anything he wanted to offer her. She sat there laughing around the camp fire with the others all the while her heart was hurting. Liam came and sat next to her pulling her close and kissing her on the temple. And she relaxed into his arms instead of Noels, her twin was the only person other than Jason that saw how bad she hurt. 'One Day Jason, I'll kiss you and not walk away, one day you'll learn what love can really be, and I'll be the one to teach you.' She thought silently to herself.