Thank You Jake

RabbitDork101

Ever wonder what would happen if you took a leap of faith? To just go for it? I did…but that was me…the dreamer who never leaped…never experienced…only wished and never got. Basically I was the person who regretted never doing what my heart ached to do.

Until two weeks ago.

When stupid me decided to open my mouth and tell my one and only friend who I was crushing on at the moment. Jake definitely is bad at keeping a secret.

My dreadful day starts at the Albuquerque's fair.

Flashback

"Come on Gabi…just tell me why you couldn't come out last night." Jake, my best friend since I moved here a year and a half ago.

"If I told you, I would have to kill you." I said as we waited for the line to move up. We were standing in line for the bumper cars and I was getting increasingly bored. Jake then got a text and then texted something back.

"I hope it's ok if two of my friends are coming to meet up with us." Jake said after putting his phone away.

"No that's cool, who?" I asked curious. Most people loved to hang out with Jake, but hated when I was with him…because I always over-thought the situation.

"Um…Troy and Chad…and I think Taylor." Jake said. I instantly turned red. Chad and Taylor I could handle, Chad was my lab partner and Taylor and I were on the scholastic Decathlon team together, even though we weren't "friends" we were still talked on a regular basis. It was Troy I was worried about.

"Um…ok."

"What's up?"

"Nothing, I just," I paused. "Like Troy." I mumbled the last part.

"What?"

"I like Troy." I said with more confidence.

"You? Oh." Jake said. He paused and then began to say, "Gabi likes Troy! Gabi likes Troy!"



And then it happened…God decided to hate me at that moment. I looked up and there was Troy, Chad, and Taylor. Jake immediately stopped and I turned around instantly. When I looked back, Jake was on the ground and Troy looked confused and flustered.

"Jake! Why are you on the ground?" Thinking in the midst of my embarrassment I had hit him and caused him to fall.

"I was…I was laughing…too hard." Jake said still laughing. What a jerk. I thought.

I didn't think my life could be anymore humiliating, but some little kid got of a mini roller coaster and threw up on me.

"um…I gotta go." I ran as fast as I could to the bathroom and began crying. The bathrooms were a bunch of port-a-potties and then a couple of hoses hooked together over a trough. I began to spray the front of my shirt and jeans. This was the most disgusting thing I've ever gone through.

"Gabriella?"

Oh no. It was Troy. "Oh, hey Troy, how's it going?" I smiled as he smiled at me, taking the hose from my hands, and began to help get the throw up off of me.

We were silent for a few moments, but Troy spoke up. "Gabriella. When I showed up at the bumper cars was what Jake said true? Do you like me?"

I blushed. I couldn't believe he was asking. I was hoping he would just forget and move on. "Um, yeah."

Troy grinned. Great here comes the laughter. "That's cool, cuz I like you too."

I blushed, yet again and then said, "Oh."

The throw up was off of me, but I was now soaked and cold. "Here." Troy took off his Letterman jacket and draped it around my shoulders.

"Thanks." There was an awkward silence. I turned to say something to him, but he cut me off by placing his lips on mine. The kiss was awesome. When we pulled apart, I was blushing. Troy spoke up first.

"So do you want to ride the Ferris wheel with me?"

"Sure, but I need to go say thank you to Jake."

Troy grinned and we headed back to the midway.

The End

So that was the end…I don't know about this. By the way, everything up to the part where Jake was on the ground actually happened to me, cept the guy I liked didn't like me back so we're just friends still. Please review…tell me what you think. Please and Thank you.