Chapter 4:
A/N So Alex and Jake will finally get some time alone, hopefully you'll like what happens. I always welcome reviews. Thanks to those who put me on your fav's and alert, it means a lot to know people like what I'm writing.
Disclaimer: Stephenie Meyer owns all things Twilight.
We were in the car for maybe 10 minutes, I had smug grin on my face the whole time. This was defiantly going to be interesting if nothing else. We pulled up at a flat near the local woods, it was way to nice for anyone our age to afford.
"Nice place." I smiled a little at him as we slid out the car.
"Thanks, we were given it for our stay while were here."
"It's….pretty" he shot me a puzzled look, "Ok, so maybe pretty isn't the right word." He just chuckled a little and rolled his eyes. God he was cute.
"You gunna come inside then or just look at it?" He took my hand and tugged me a little. His hand was really warm.
"Whoa, your hot!" he turned to give me a smug look. I was severely blushing at this point; I looked down at my feet. "I, err mean your hand it's really hot." His face dropped quickly and he dropped my hand. That didn't mean I wanted him to let go. I shouldn't of said anything. He was avoiding eye contact a little now.
"Oh yeah sorry, it's a family condition." Family condition?
"It's fine really, I didn't mind" I looked up and he was smiling again. "So erm, are we going in then?" I asked with a smile, I couldn't stand the awkwardness.
"Yeah sure." He lead me in but didn't take me hand again; I was kinda bummed about that if I'm honest.
That flat was pretty big and fairly light with basic furnishings. You could also tell that three boys lived here, it was pretty messy. That reminded me.
"Where are Quil and Embry?"
"Embry's out and I'm not sure about Quil, I think he might be in his room." Great so much for privacy. "Quil?" he shouted down the small passage; joining the main room to the bedrooms.
"I'm err… in here. I'll be out in a minute!" I heard a girl giggling and talking but I couldn't hear what she was saying from here. "Actually make that 5!" Oh great so while we were in here he was in there getting his nasty on with someone, lovely. I looked up at Jacob and we both rolled our eyes, I started laughing and he joined in. He had nicest laugh, so happy and comforting. The laughter started to die down a little.
"Sorry about this, Quil likes to think he's a real ladies man lately. He seems to have taken to all the British girls here. Do you wanna start on some work or something?"
"Yeah sure." I got my bag and went to sit down at the small kitchen table.
"Do you want a drink or something?" He was so sweet, but I knew if I didn't stop staring at him soon I wouldn't be able to string coherent sentence together. So I stared down at the table, following the grain with my finger.
"Yeah, a water would be nice thanks" I looked up briefly to give a smile but before I could he had already got a bottle out the fridge and placed it on the table for me. "Thanks." This time when I looked up he was sitting right next to me. I could feel the heat from his body and the closeness was beginning to get to me. He smelt so good, like the woods, musky. He was staring at me which didn't help, my heart was pounding faster. I stared back down at the table to try and distract myself from his perfection.
"No problem, anything else just ask." He gave me the sexiest smile, he wouldn't suggest that would he? I was probably reading way to much into that, although…The door opening down the hall disrupted my train of thought as Quil walked out his room shirtless. He was seriously ripped, he had huge biceps and rock hard abs. He also wasn't as heavily built as Jacob, I couldn't wait to see him with his top off.
"Oh, hey Jake. Alex right?" that broke me from my fantasies, I smiled and nodded politely. A few seconds later a girl followed him out adjusting her skirt a little.
"Lea?" she looked up and smiled at me. I can't say I was surprised but it was weird seeing her here.
"Oh hey Alex." She said as if she was completely innocent and I just ran into her in the street or something. "I didn't know you were going to be here." She looked to Jake then to me and gave me a wink. I rolled my eyes at her. "Well, I guess we'll leave you two alone for a while, to erm...study" she giggled a little at that. "Me and Quil are going for a drive." Quil obviously didn't know this as he gave her a quizzical look. Lea just whispered something in his ear. Quil's eyes widened a bit, I just shook my head.
"So I guess I'll talk to you later then?" I knew the answer, she'd want a full run-down of everything that happened. As well as giving me a detailed description of her eventful day.
"Yeah, I'll ring you tonight Alex. We need to catch up on some…things." Again with the winking, everyone was doing it now. I really hoped this wasn't the latest trend because I would get seriously annoyed extremely quickly.
"Hmm" was all I could manage. I was really embarrassed what if Jake thought I was like Lea, I mean she's a great friend but I wasn't as 'open' as she was. I didn't want him to get the wrong impression; well not yet anyway.
After the door closed behind them Jake asked "You know her?" He had a sceptical look on his face.
"Yeah, she's one of my best friends. You'll like her once you get to know her." I smiled a little.
"I'd like to get to know you." he moved a little closer and my stomach did a little somersault. I blushed and looked away. He chuckled a little quietly.
"It's really cute, you know." Was he talking about me?
"What?"
"Your cheeks, when you blush it's really pretty." He leaned in a little to place his hand on my face, he stoked my cheek with his thumb gently. I felt his warm breath on my face; it reminded me of the dream I'd been having a lot lately. My heart was beating faster, his hand was so hot but not uncomfortable. He stared into my eyes, his face so close to mine now. My heart raced even more, I was anxious to see what he'd do next. The he quickly pulled away and sat up straight in his seat. Well that wasn't what I was expecting him to do at all. I let out a small sigh by accident. "What's wrong?" He seemed a little frantic now. This was embarrassing, "Oh well, I was kind of expecting you to kiss me. I'm now extremely disappointed. " Somehow I doubt I could say that.
"Oh nothing, it's fine really." He gave me a quizzical expression, but seemed to let it go; thank God. "So do you wanna get started on some work?" I didn't really want to but this was going to get awkward fast if we didn't.
"Yeah, sure." We did some English for a while, he was probably better at it than I was but I wasn't complaining. Turns out he did need some help with maths though. He gave me a few compliments on how smart I was, I just blushed and mumbled 'thanks' a few times. After a while we were pretty much done.
He groaned,"so I don't think I can learn any more stuff today, I'm learnt out." Jake said smiling at me "You've taught me loads today probably more than the teachers. Probably because I actually pay attention to you." He laughed a little, it was contagious. What were we going to do now then? It was getting pretty dark, I suppose I should really be getting home. I didn't exactly want to but that was a different matter.
"I guess I should be off then?" I asked more than stated.
"Do you have to?" He gave me the cutest puppy dog look I'd ever see. I didn't but I didn't want him to get sick of me. It was however extremely had to resist when those deep brown eyes looked so deep into my own making my body tingle. I coughed a little so I knew I could trust my voice.
"Yeah, it's getting pretty dark out. I didn't want my parents to have a heart attack or anything" I laughed anxiously a little. My Dad probably wouldn't be home yet, he'll be in a meeting until much later. My mum never panicked because she trusted I'd be back before it got to late.
"Can I give you a lift then?" He gave me that breathtaking smile. I was pretty much powerless; he could've asked me anything and I would have been extremely inclined to say yes.
"Yeah thanks, that'd be nice" He started collecting my books into a pile and put them into my bag. "You don't have to do that." He just smiled at me.
"I want to, really it's fine." He handed me my bag and we went downstairs to the car. The drive home was pretty much Jake asking me loads of random questions about me. I still didn't really see why my life was so interesting, but I wasn't going to stop him. His voice was warm and inviting; you didn't get many Americans here and the accent only added to his extremely high appeal.
We pulled up outside my house and before I could undo my seatbelt Jake was already at the passenger side opening the door for me. He offered his hand to help me out, I didn't need the help but I wasn't going to turn down an open opportunity. He gave me a smile, I was almost used to his toasty body by now. I barley noticed the change in temperature. I looked down at our hands still entwined and looked up at his gorgeous face. If I didn't know better I could've sworn he was blushing, I thought that was my job?
"Is this…okay?" Okay, it was more than okay this was pretty fucking fantastic. I smiled and nodded. I couldn't miss the opportunity for a joke. Situations like this tended to make me just a touch uncomfortable. I needed to the lighten the mood quickly if I didn't want to have a panic attack.
"Although my dad might not think so." I giggled, I knew he wasn't home but Jake didn't know that. Instead of being intimidated by the threat of an angry father (not that mine was that overprotective) he simply chuckled a bit.
"I think I'll take the risk." He smiled down at me and walked me to my door. He still didn't let go of my hand instead he reached up to my face again like he did back at his place. " I had fun tonight Lexi." I was internally grinning inside, he'd already given me a nickname. No-one ever called me that it was always 'Alex' or 'Lex'; normally I wouldn't have liked 'Lexi' but coming from him I didn't mind at all. My face heated a little at his close proximity and the heat made my head spin.
"Me too. Any time you need help with some maths, give me a call." He just chuckled a little and leaned in closer. His breath was hot on my face and my stomach was doing so many flips it should have been in the circus. I held my breath a little as he softly pressed his warm lips against mine. They moulded perfectly around mine I felt myself kissing him back, but before I knew what was happening he'd pulled away. My knee's felt weak and I was lighted headed. It was the most perfect kiss I'd ever had, sweet, gentle and kind. He looked down at my face and gave me the tiniest little smile.
"Was that okay?" Oh he had no idea, I was still struggling to find my breath. I was in shock, the good kind, my head was all jumbled up. I couldn't think straight, I realised he was looking for an answer. I tried to find my voice but it came out a breathless whisper.
"More than okay." He chuckled a little and smiled triumphantly. He leaned to kiss me briefly and gently on the cheek.
"I'll see you tomorrow?" I nodded, words weren't really much of an option at the moment. As he got into his car he called out "And you never know, I might be needing some help with my maths sooner than you think." He drove off as I fumbled for my keys and opened the door. I closed it behind me and leant against it for support.
When I woke up this morning I was certainly not expecting that to happen. I was grinning madly when my mum saw me collapsed against the door with what I assume will be a permanent grin across my face.
"You had fun tonight?" She asked to be nice rather than curiosity.
"You could say that." I padded upstairs to my room.
A/N So what did you think? Are Jake and Lex moving to fast, or not fast enough?
