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Jayden arrived at the park and found Jordan sitting on a bench. He walked over to her and she stood up. "Hey, I was starting to get worried." She said hugging him.
"Sorry I took so long." Jayden apologized pulling away.
"It's okay, I know how busy you are when there's an attack."
"Thanks for understanding." Jayden smiled.
Jordan shrugged. "Well it's not like I have any control of it. There's no telling how long each attack will take."
"Well this time we managed to destroy the nighlok before he took off only to come back later in the day."
"Well that's good. So are your friends really okay with you taking the day off to hang out with me? I mean, what's a team without a leader?"
"Actually, they have the day off too."
"Does it still qualify as a day off if you had to fight a nighlok anyway?"
"I guess not. Anyway, don't worry about my friends, they don't even know about you."
Jordan raised an eyebrow. "You've known these people for a while now and you haven't mentioned me? I'm hurt." She teased.
"Well they know you exist now, they just don't know who you are or why I'm with you."
"What do you mean?"
"They saw us together just before the attack. Afterwards, the guys told me Emily's been bummed out all day because I didn't go to the amusement park with them and apparently seeing me with you was the last thing she wanted to see."
"Really?"
"Yeah, she even snapped at me when I turned down her invitation to go back to the park with them. It was so unlike her." Jayden explained recalling the event.
"Emily…she's the one you're crushing on right?"
"Yeah-what?" Jordan only smiled innocently. "How in the world did you come to the conclusion that I have a crush on Emily? You've never met her."
"No, but when you write or call you mention her the most when you talk about your friends. Not only that," She reached into her purse & pulled a picture. "in the picture of you and your friends you sent me last month you've got your arm around her waist and you're holding her pretty close." She said holding it out so he could see.
"So I had her in a one-armed hug,"
Jordan put the picture away. "Our whole lives I've never seen you smile as big as you are in that picture."
"God forbid I smile in a picture Jordan."
"I know you better than anyone Jay, face it, you're a sucker for blue eyes."
"Shows what you know, her eyes are green." Jayden corrected.
"And that shows how smart you are, you just proved my point." Jordan laughed.
Jayden groaned in frustration. "Look, can we please drop the subject? Today's supposed to be about you and your birthday. I never get to see you and I want to take advantage of the time we have together before you have to go home."
"Okay, but this conversation isn't over. I want to talk about it later. Maybe I can even help you figure out a way to tell Emily you have the hots for her." Jayden blushed. "Jayden, you're blushing! That's so cute. I've got to take a picture," She pulled her phone ready to take his picture.
"Put it away Jordan." Jayden put his hand over the phone.
"Fine," She put the phone back in her purse.
"Thank you, and I do not have the hots for Emily."
"Your element is fire Jay,"
"So?" He asked not getting where she was going.
"Sometimes you get hot-headed, and sometimes you just get the hots, for a particular blonde I might add."
Jayden started to get irritated. "Can we go do something to celebrate your birthday now?" He asked hoping to drop the subject.
"Okay, but remember that this isn't over."
"Fine, whatever. Look, I'll do anything you want to do today, and besides talk about Emily, what do you want to do?"
Jordan thought about it for several seconds. "I want us to relive our childhoods."
"And how do you propose we do that?" Jordan just took Jayden's hand and pulled him towards the swings.
Promise the next chapter will be longer, still working on it and it's already passed 1200 words