Chapter 4: Our Date

Nessie's POV

When we got home the first thing I did was tell my parents about Jacob. They were strongly supportive of the idea that I go out on a date with him. They knew about my relationship with Mark. Well they didn't know about his borderline abusive personality, but they didn't like him at all. Even though he had given them no reason not to.

I turned on the shower and went in as soon as I had taken all of my clothes off. I took my time cleaning myself this time. Not that I ever rush through a shower but this time I seemed to take a lot longer then usual.

As soon as I stepped out of the bathroom Anna informed me that my phone had rang a few times.

"Thanks" I said.

"No problem" she said.

Then I literally ran to my room. Miraculously I made it to my room without tripping on anything. I was a very very clumsy person.

I picked up my phone and saw that the caller had been Jacob. I had already programmed his number in my phone and that's how I knew that it was him.

I dialed his number. He answered on the fourth ring. I could hear chatter in the background which instantly quieted down.

"Nessie I tried calling you a little while ago-"

"Yeah I'm sorry about that I was in the shower. Anyway, what time are we meeting?" I asked him.

"Does 6pm work for you?" he asked me.

"It works for me" I answered. Now suddenly I was feeling a bit nervous.

"Well I look forward to seeing you again" he said.

"and I look forward to seeing you again as well" I was thanking my lucky stars that he could not see me right now. Because I could feel all of the blood rushing to my cheeks. I'm not even sure why I reacted that way to be honest. All I knew is that I felt something for Jake that I had never felt about any guy ever. Not even Mark.

At the same time I was also feeling very nervous. I was not sure what to do or even what to think honestly. Sure, I had gone out on dates plenty of times with Mark, but this time it felt different. I didn't know quite how to explain it. Maybe it was because it was someone else that I was going out with this time? I surely didn't know.

I just laid there on my bed for some time. Beethoven took it upon himself to come over to me and to jump on my bed. He placed his head right on my lap; an invitation for me to pet his massive head. For some reason my dogs always had a way of calming me down. I didn't understand how they did it, but somehow they did. It is definitely one of the benefits of having dogs.

Once I realized that it was already 4pm I started to panic. I got out of my bed and went over to my closet. I picked out what I thought was a nice dress and put it on quickly. Then I quickly did my hair and my makeup. By the time that I was finished it was 4:45pm. The last thing I did was feed the dogs before leaving.

I told my family I was leaving and they wished me the best of luck. I ended up arriving at the restaurant about 15 early. I debated whether or not I should stand outside the restaurant or wait in my car.

As much as I was excited about what I was doing a huge part of me was also worried about what laid ahead of me. My boyfriend was not going to like this at all. He gets angry at me for 'disobeying' him. I can't even imagine how he would react when he finds out that I disobeyed him and ditched him for another guy. It sure as hell was not going to be pretty that was for sure.

I was startled when someone knocked on my window. I breathed a sigh of relief when I realized that it was just Jacob.

"Jake you came" I said a bit excitedly for some stupid reason.

"Of course I came Nessie. I was not going to miss this. A chance to go on a date with you" he told me.

"Well it's nice to see you again Jake" I told him.

His eyes looked my whole body up and down and I could not help but feel slightly embarrassed and worried. Did he not like the way that I looked?

"Wow Nessie. You look absolutely stunning. That brown dress you are wearing really makes your eyes pop. Oh and by the way you have really pretty eyes"

I think that I actually felt my heart stop. No guy has ever complimented me this much. Not even my boyfriend. In fact Mark was a egotistical maniac that only talked about how good he looked and just how awesome of a person that he was. He never so much as gave me a compliment.

"Why thank you Jacob you look really nice too" I admitted. Then I blushed extremely hard for some reason. Then I felt my heart leap out of my chest when he grabbed my hand and we started walking together.

"Nessie why don't you tell me more about yourself?" he asked me.

"Um I already told you as much as I could. Come on, now it's your turn. Start talking" I commanded in a playful way.

After that we could not stop talking. We could barely stop talking long enough to eat. Honestly I had not had that much fun in a really long time. Unlike Mark, Jacob actually listened to me and what I had to say about things. It was a really nice change. I told him about all of my friends and he told me about his. I told him about my family and he told me about his. The only topic that we seemed to avoid was relationships and for that I was thankful.

Around 7pm my phone had started to ring...a lot. I didn't even have to guess who it was. I just knew without even looking at the caller ID. I even turned it off at one point just so that I didn't even have to listen to it ring anymore. Mark could wait. I was having way too much fun to be bothered with him.

By the time that we left the restaurant it was already 8:30 but we were still not ready to go home. Neither him or I. So instead we decided to just walk around for some time.

"Nessie this has been the most fun that I have had in a long time" Jacob said.

"You know I feel the same way" I told him.

"and it's all because of you" he said. "You're a really smart, beautiful, and interesting girl"

"Yyouu thinkkk soo?" I felt so embarrassed for stuttering.

"I do" he said.

As we walked I wasn't paying much attention to where we were going. Until I finally realized where we were.

I spotted them before they spotted me. It was Mark and several of his friends. Mark looked beyond furious. His friends looked like they had been drinking for a while already.

"I wonder what is going on here" Jacob said.

"I don't know but let's get out of here" I said.

"Why Nessie? Nothing is going to happen" he said.

"If only you knew" I muttered under my breath. He stopped and stared at me as if he had heard what I said.

"Nessie are you okay?" he asked me.

"Let's just get out of here" I said.

I hadn't even realized that Mark was walking over to us until it was too late.

"Nessie there you are you fucking bitch!" he snarled and I had never felt so scared before.

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