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Yes, I started off with a depressing chapter coz I wanted a different spin on things. Just to be clear- this is not the sequel to "Please Don't Let It Be Her"- that will come later. This is another one-shot which, hopefully, will be short and sweet(:
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DISCLAIMER: I do not own the Troop
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ONE-SHOT #2: Slip of the Tongue
"Hey Hayley," Jake waved as he walked into the Troop Headquarters as he sipped on a large soda from the Soda Bar, no doubt. He took off his backpack from his broad shoulders and placed it on the floor as he approached his partner.
Hayley's face was scrunched up, deeply focusing on perfecting her English essay on her laptop. A bead of sweat rolled down from her forehead and Jake had the overwhelming urge to make a joke at her expense about it while he wiped it away with a tissue. But instead, he remained still and stared at her until he broke her concentration.
"Jake, I'm too busy to talk today," Hayley muttered; not even turning to face his face that was oh so close to hers, "I have an English essay due tomorrow I haven't had time to do because I had lacrosse and cheer-leading to go to. Which reminds me- Roxanne wants the whole team to do an extra set of cheers today since the big game's coming up, so I need to leave in a few minutes,"
Jake sighed. He hated it when Hayley left Kirby and him to do all the monster-fighting work. They were supposed to be a team, but with all her other co-curricular commitments, she rarely had time to fight alongside them. "What if there's a monster emergency?"
"Well you're going to have to manage without me, Jake. I'm sure you and Kirby can handle it; you being strong men and all," Hayley teased. Jake grinned crookedly at her and it sent her heart pounding. She attempted to ignore it though, even when she was growing paranoid that Jake could hear it. "Oh shoot, I need to get to cheer-leading! Roxanne will kill me if I'm late again!"
"Can I come?" Jake winked playfully, as Hayley shoved her laptop in her bag. She furrowed her eyebrows at him as she punched his arm- half flattered that he wanted to come with her and half offended that he only wanted to check out other cheer-leaders. Couldn't he see she wanted to be the only thing on his mind?
A slow, curious smirk crept onto Jake's handsome face as he replayed what she had just said in his head. "Did you just say...?"
Hayley's eyes widened in realisation as she realised she hadn't kept her thoughts to herself. Whoops. Panic started to take over her as fear pumped through her veins- fear of what would happen next and what he thought of her little confession. Hell, she wasn't even ready to admit to herself she wanted to be the only girl in her life- so why did she blurt it out on the spur of the moment?
She had to get out of there. Hayley grabbed her bag and dodged Jake's wandering gaze as she ran out of the Troop Headquarters; whose walls seemed to be getting closer and closer to her- making it extremely difficult to breathe. But before she reached the elevator door, Jake grabbed her wrist firmly so that he wasn't hurting her, but it was gentle enough to leave her weak at her knees.
"Don't run away," he whispered huskily; his big brown orbs softening as he studied her expression. God, she really was beautiful.
"What...what did you just call me?" Hayley gasped as she stumbled backwards. Luckily, in the nick of time, Jake's strong arms caught onto her fragile form and held her tightly; preventing her from falling onto the cold, hard Troop Headquarters floor. He looked at her squarely in the eyes and could see fear in them. Reassuringly, he gave her a small grin and to his surprise, found her smiling back.
"I said, Hayley-" Jake gulped nervously, "You're beautiful,"
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Hehehe I love this one-shot too! Isn't it so sweet and cute? I hope you liked it too! Love it? Hate it? Got any suggestions? Leave me a review and I'll make sure to consider them and mention YOU in my next one-shot; which, by the way, I've already started planning ;)
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