Author Note: Update. ) This chapter isn't as quite as long as the previous ones, but I hope it'll see entertain you. Thank you ALL (lilJunebug, Abbs of the faeries, midnite requiem, roguishcharm, yellowlightning, Issylt, and Kioyuki Oniga) for the wonderful reviews. I am flattered to have such wonderful readers out there who provide me the encouragement and suggestions for this story, this chapter is dedicated to you ALL. Enjoy!
Chapter 7: Insides are Turning
Jubilee felt his lips touch hers and everything that she had been thinking about seconds ago had disappeared completely from her mind. She felt her head spin as she felt his arm wrap around her to bring her closer to his strong body.
She felt him press his lips more into her and she couldn't help but let out a soft moan, one that he had followed only a few seconds after she placed her hands behind his neck pulling him closer. Finally breaking the kiss, Jubilee's heart beat returned to its normal pace. She opened her eyes slowly and leaned back with a smile, "wow." She whispered her face flushed.
He let out a soft laugh, "You're telling me." Never taking his eyes off her and as if she couldn't feel herself get any hotter she did. The way he was staring at her, she couldn't help but know he truly desired her, she blushed.
"That was amazing Tyler." Jubilee softly said as she stared into his light brown eyes.
- - - 3 days ago - - -
"Jubilee what is going on with you?" Amara asked entering Jubilee's room with a quart of ice cream in her hand.
Jubilee looked up from her bed to look at her friend and slowly turned to face the other direction. She wasn't in the mood to talk; she had been enjoying the silence not to mention the darkness of her room. However she should have known her friend would have come marching in her room sooner or later.
Amara narrowed her eyes at her friend who just ignored her. Looking around the room she found the blinds to Jubilee's balcony door and window covered, causing no ray of sun light to shine in.
"Jubilation Lee, you haven't left your room this whole day its already past noon. Not to mention ever since yesterday morning you've been acting weird, you've been quiet too quiet." Amara said as she took a seat on the empty space besides Jubilee's back. "Not to mention morbid enough for you?" as she continued to stare at the dark room around her.
Jubilee remained not moving; to be honest she didn't know why she was feeling the way she was why she couldn't help but act like this. But she did know one thing she felt horrible.
"Talk to me." Amara said softly placing her hand on her friend's shoulder and slowly moved her to turn around.
Jubilee let out a sigh as she sat up and turned to face her friend. She couldn't keep avoiding Amara, the world yes but Amara she could make an exception not to mention she needed to talk to someone.
Amara's eyes widen as she stared back at Jubilee who had bags under her eyes and a face that screamed total misery. "Jubes?" she gasped, worried. "What happened that night with Bobby?" She asked, remembering that ever since that night her friend said nothing about their ice friend besides the fact she basically just said nothing at all period.
"We almost kissed." Jubilee mumbled as her eyes dropped to her hands, she frowned as her thoughts drifted that night once more.
"What?" Amara choked, everything that had been thinking could be wrong with Jubilee she hadn't expected that.
Jubilee took a deep breathe as she looked back at Amara. "We were dancing and then he said something nice and we just stared at each other. It was so weird, its like we got lost in this moment and that's when he did it he closed his eyes and leaned in to kiss me."
"So what happened, did you stop him." Amara asked when Jubilee stopped talking.
She shook her head, "My mind was screaming for me to move but I didn't. I swear it was just before our lips touched, fireworks lit up the sky. It of course had been part of his plans for our evening. And it like zapped us out of whatever moment we were caught in and he wrapped his arm around me pointing out he finally bought fireworks that I could never make and of course it was breathtaking." Her eyes landed on the New Years Eve picture that was on her night stand. The inside joke they had shared once on New Years Eve, her mutant powers beating his purchased fireworks.
Amara smiled a little realizing she knew about the fireworks, being that she was with John when he set it off. He had told her that Bobby had asked a big favor from him and invited her to join him. She couldn't resist a firework show with John even if they would be the ones setting it off, it would be another perfect time together. And it of course was perfect.
Jubilee kept talking, "I thought I was fine. You know some fluke that we were in. You know the late night the stars the dance. But, you know I kept thinking, that there had to be a reason why he had that look in his eyes and a reason why he was the first to lean in, that it couldn't be some fluke that there was something more to it."
"So did you talk to him about it? Did you question him about it?" Amara questioned.
She let out a sad laugh, "After the fireworks I really did snap out of it, I really thought I was caught up in the moment so I let it go. But you know I woke up the next morning hoping to talk to him, wanting to know all the things I was thinking. Because deep down inside I knew that I wished he kissed me, because when I realized what was happening I didn't stop him and I didn't WANT to stop him. I was hoping that we'd talk about what had happen, that I could figure out if it was fluke or not. That whatever I saw in his eyes meant something. But I walk down into the main room and Amy's in his arms and I watch as he leaned in and kissed her."
Amara frowned at her friend, what did this mean she thought if this was the reason why Jubilee was in this state.
As if reading her mind Jubilee softly spoke, "It wasn't the first time I saw him kiss Amy but this time my heart sank. Its like all I could think about was what would have happened if he kissed me. You know all I could think about was WHY, but seeing him kissing her it made me realize there wasn't some look in his eyes that night. That there couldn't be a reason why he wanted to and to him he really was just caught up in the moment. And that I allowed everything that had happened go too far in my mind."
Letting out a sigh as she smiled sadly at her friend, "God I sound pathetic, I'm sulking over BOBBY!" She said in disbelief. "And that's when I thought to myself, I can NOT like him this much. I can't like him period! And this is why I'm here, what led me to this morbid state. I realize that I have become so pathetic and lonely I've been seeking love from my best friend. This is not good. It has got me thinking and seeing more into situations with him and this is not right, it's wrong. It's the reason why I've avoided him; I didn't want to be around him if I was going to allow myself to get caught up in something that really is nothing. Sorry Amara that in the process I also chose to avoid the world which in your expense I avoided you, I just needed to think about all this."
Amara weakly smiled at her friend, not knowing what to say. She shrugged her shoulders. "So are you done thinking? Do you know what are you going to do now?"
Jubilee sat up, "I'm going to get over this. This only proves what we were talking about days ago." She said her voice filled with conviction. "What was about to happen between me and Bobby meant nothing; I let my heart get worked up over nothing. That's why I'm so hung up over it. I'm allowing any opportunity of anything close to a romance set my heart off. What I need is something real, not someone who I THINK can offer my heart something, not someone like Bobby who is merely my best friend and nothing more. I can't obviously expect him to provide what a girl like me needs in that way, in something of more romantic intimate way, if all he is is my best friend. What I need is a man who can." Her eyes then filled with desire as she looked back at her friend.
Amara raised an eyebrow with a sly smile, "Tyler." And she watched Jubilee's face light up at the name and she nodded her head, "Tyler." Jubilee agreed.
- - - End - - -
Jubilee smiled as she thought about how not too long after she and Amara finished the ice cream, Jubilee called Tyler and he had been eager to meet with her. She had seen him later that day and they ate a small dinner and spent hours talking and laugh, she couldn't help but enjoy his company.
Today, she stood in front of the theaters with Tyler, about to go in to watch a movie. He had surprised her by pulling into a quick kiss and she couldn't help but get swept away at the feeling. He really was a charmer.
"Ready to go beautiful?" Tyler asked as he held out her arm which she took and he led the way into the building.
She giggled, "Why, yes I am." it was something she had to get use to Tyler's charming demeanor and his shower of compliments. She however did have to admit that it made her feel good to know that a guy had taken such a liking to her. She wasn't sure if she could call him the ONE but she was enjoying his company. And he was exactly what she needed.
Tyler held the tickets in his free hand the other was wrapped around her shoulders, "You want some snacks?" He asked, stopping in front of the snack bar.
Jubilee opened her mouth to say yes but voice called her name and she turned around.
Her mouth formed an O when she turned to see Bobby standing with his arm around Amy, with a surprised look on his face. It had been the first time she had seen him since that one faithful morning but of course he hadn't seen her that day.
Bobby was surprised not only to see Jubilee at the movie theaters but to see her with a guy and his arm around Jubilee's waist. "What are you doing here?" not hiding his surprise in his voice.
She smiled as she watched Bobby continue to stare back at her dumbfounded. "Isn't it obvious? I'm here to watch a movie." She said teasingly. He only continued to stare back at her more confused and she watched him look at Tyler.
Shaking her head, she released her arm from Tyler, "Tyler, I would like you to meet my best friend Bobby and his girlfriend Amy. Amy this is Tyler and Bobby this is Tyler. Bobby remember I mentioned Tyler before to you?"
Tyler quickly reached out his hand to shake theirs, only to have Bobby still not moving, Amy however took the liberty to shake his hand first.
Bobby was still trying to process this unexpected scene, sure he remembered Jubilee talk about some guy name Tyler who threw her all these compliments at the mall one day and who she was occasionally talking to on the phone. He however didn't know that she was seeing him. Since when did she start seeing him he began to wonder. Bobby then realized Tyler was still waiting for a handshake and then reached out to give him one making sure to give him a tight squeeze.
Tyler winced and pulled out his hand, "Wow. Strong grip you got there Bobby." He let out a short laugh as he shook his hand the other falling behind his neck to rub it.
Jubilee glared as she looked at Bobby knowing he had done it on purpose. "Sorry." He apologized with a small smirk on this face, "I didn't realize." But he turned to Jubilee and shrugged his shoulders giving her a look that said I couldn't help it.
Tyler laughed, "No big deal." Placing his arm around Jubilee, "What movie are you guys watching?"
He felt his insides turn as he watched Jubilee snuggle closer to Tyler, "Uhh." He said not being able to give the answer.
"We're watching Superbad." Amy answered her face full of excitement.
"Oh I heard that was a good movie. We're actually going to watch Halloween." Jubilee said her eyes lit up as she spoke, she had been dying to watch a scary movie since forever.
Bobby nodded his head, his mind listening but his heart not really a part of the conversation. He still couldn't take his eyes off the arm around Jubilee's shoulders. And also the reason why it was bothering him, it shouldn't be bothering him he told himself.
The four teenagers began to walk towards the snack bar talking. "So Tyler, Jubilee how'd you guys meet?" Amy asked, being a girl she loved to hear about couples hooking up. Boy meet girl stories always interested her.
"Well, I know it sounds so cliché but once I saw her she literally caught my eye. Jubilee's beauty is just breathtaking." Tyler answered as he stopped to stare at Jubilee. She couldn't help but blush another one of his compliments, but her heart was racing at the attention.
Amy squealed at the answer and she couldn't help but gush, and shake Bobby's arm to emphasize how cute she thought it was.
Bobby however rolled his eyes, who were this guy. He sounded so full of it and Bobby let out a laugh, at the end of Tyler's words.
"What's funny?" Amy asked looking at Bobby confused and unaware of his current state of thoughts and emotions of the situation or even strange behavior.
Jubilee however glared at him with a fury knowing full well why he had let out a laugh. What was going on with him, she wondered. Bobby quickly looked away, "Nothing, I just saw someone almost fall." He said with a lie that Amy and Tyler nodded buying it; Jubilee however didn't believe one word. And he continued to avoid her stare.
Stop thinking about her and Tyler, he told himself. Bobby quickly turned and focused more with Amy, hoping he would get his troubling thoughts out of his mind.
His thoughts were soon featuring Jubilee once more as they stood in line waiting to pay. Tyler was giving all his attention to her and she stood there smiling her eyes on him. Amy had left to use the bathroom, which didn't bother Bobby much except the fact he was now forced to watch them.
He wanted to vomit, ever since he saw Jubilee with this guy he felt his insides churning. And he had this weight on his heart that he couldn't shake off. It was almost disgusting and he had to keep himself from letting out laugh when he heard Tyler talk to her because he knew she was going to send him one of those you better shut up looks again.
Yet he couldn't stand it. Bobby detested those types of guys, the type of guys that could say almost anything and make all the girls swoon. That no matter how sincere they sounded, every other guy would think it was an act, nothing but a big fake. And that's how he felt. So he tried to ignore hearing anything else that was coming out of Tyler's mouth or even better their conversation.
Then he heard her laugh, it was one those genuine any one who heard it would smile laughs of hers. And he felt that sinking feeling once more in his heart, no other guy should be able to make her laugh like that he thought with a frown. Bobby watched as they walked away after paying, Tyler whispering something in her ear that caused her to blush and he was furious once more.
Jubilee blushed, "it'll be hard focusing on the movie with you beside me, and I'll be trying to restrain myself from kissing you the entire time." Tyler's words floating in her head. When she finally gained her composure she was about say how silly he was, when she suddenly watched his arms fly up sending the drink had been holding up in the air.
It happened in an instant and Jubilee gasp as she stared at Tyler who now laid on his back on the floor the soda spilled all over him. "Oh my god. Tyler." She said as she kneeled beside him. "Are you ok?"
Tyler sat up blushing from the embarrassment, "Yah, I don't know I think I trip over some ice or something and slipped." He said looking around as he wiped off the soda that now drenched his shirt.
Jubilee looked around and caught a small slate of ice on the floor, and she looked away from Tyler as she helped him up and glared at Bobby who stared back them with a blank look on his face.
"Sorry Jubilee. I need to wash this off at the bathroom; but I think we'll have to reschedule this movie date. This shirt is soaked." Tyler apologized before sprinting off to the bathroom.
Jubilee nodded her head, but her full attention was at her best friend, her eyes filled with anger. "Oh take that blank look off your face." She spat, turning around once Tyler was gone and out of sight.
Bobby opened his mouth about to ask her what she was talking about, as he shrugged his shoulders.
"Oh don't start. Don't say you don't know what I'm talking about." She hissed as she pointed at the small slate of ice on the floor that Tyler overlooked but she knew exactly what it was and where it came from.
He let out a small chuckle, "Oh that. Oh come on Jubes, it was just a harmless joke I didn't think the dude would actually fall let alone spill his drink all over him." He shrugged his shoulders, "you should get a guy with better balance." he joked.
Jubilee felt her anger rose at the sound of his laugh, she approached him "What is up with you, you've been acting like a jerk to start with, first the handshake. And don't you dare think that I actually believed you saw someone almost fall, because your voice had lie written all over. Not to mention the fact I know exactly why you laughed. And now this prank you just ruined my date!" She said poking her finger against his chest.
Bobby rolled his eyes. "What Tyler? You can't actually tell me that you enjoyed being with him on a date. Jubilee he's a spazz, A PUNK! You cant possibly really actually like that dude."
"Are you kidding me?! You barely just met the guy Bobby and you're judging him! I'm capable of dating good guys you know." Jubilee argued, Bobby was not making the situation any better and he was lucky that they were out in public or sparks would have been flying a long time ago.
"Oh I know enough about him in the past 7 minutes." Bobby scoffed, "I mean this guy can't be serious, those lines he's feeding you. It's a joke." He watched as Jubilee's eyes turned from angry to furious.
She felt her anger peak she was beyond angry, she was furious. She was annoyed that he hadn't taken a liking to Tyler the moment she introduced him and now he had to say all his compliments was a joke! What the hell happened this morning that caused Bobby to think he could act like such a jerk, she yelled in her head.
"Oh it's a joke! What you think it's impossible for your best friend who is a girl to have a guy compliment her, to say she's breathtaking." She yelled unable to keep her voice any lower.
He stepped back, realizing she had taken it the wrong way. "No Jubes I didn't mean it like that..."
Jubilee shook her head. "Save it Drake. I'm tired of hearing what you're thinking in your idiotic mind that has failed to see me as a girl." She hissed as she walked off to find Tyler. She was not going to deal with whatever reasons Bobby had, she couldn't understand why he had to choose and criticize and laugh at everything Tyler had said and done.
He winced at the tone of her voice and look in her eye and knew instantly that she was more than furious and he felt himself lose his voice. But before Bobby could call her back, Amy sneaked her way behind him. "What's going on?" She asked unaware of what had occurred moments, looking for Jubilee and Tyler.
Too tired to explain, "Nothing." He didn't even bother to hide that he was lying but knew she wouldn't really notice it anyways.
"Hey where are Tyler and Jubilee?" she asked out loud. "Don't you think they're so cute together?" she then asked as she continued to look for them.
He held back the urge to let out a laugh and even though his stomach once again did that turning feeling, he managed to shrug his shoulders. "I don't know, but let's get going our movie starts soon."
Frowning that she had been unable to spot them she nodded her head and allowed Bobby to lead her to the theater room.
- - -
Bobby sat in the movie completely lost. Although he had been watching the screen the entire time since the movie started he had his mind only on one thing Jubilee.
He was lucky that Amy however found the movie much to her amusement and had no problem thinking that Bobby too had been engrossed in the movie; even if he failed to laugh at the funny scenes.
Jubilee was furious with him he thought and he frowned. He knew he was being a little bit of a jerk within the 10 minutes he had met and been with Tyler. Bobby however just couldn't get that feeling he felt the moment he saw the guy with Jubilee his arm around her like he owned her.
Bobby was shocked. Shocked alone at the fact that it was the first time he had seen Jubilee since their picnic. He was wondering if she was avoiding him because of the almost incident, but then began to wonder if he had been trying his best to also avoid her.
The almost incident, the almost kiss. It was the moment that had plagued his mind the past several days. He had been terrified when the realization came in that HE was so close in kissing Jubilee, that HE had almost kissed her. Not because he thought it was impossible or horrible, but terrified because he had allowed himself to surrender to his hidden desire.
Terrified that he would lost all inhibition now that it had almost happened, he was cautious afraid to be put in a situation that would leave him alone with her. He had been so close in feeling how her lips would feel against his that he wasn't sure he'd be able to NOT do anything. So he did the one thing he could do, he acted like nothing happened. And that including his best to keep busy and avoid her.
Imagine his shock to finally see Jubilee after that night, just to see her with a guy. He was spiteful, he was filled with anger, and even though he wanted to deny that feeling inside it couldn't suppress the jealously. And something about the way he felt his heart felt, didn't sit well with all the other feelings that had sparked.
Bobby let out a sigh. His eyes still on the movie screen. Two hours ago he had his heart set out on watching this movie. And now he sat in it, laughter had filled the theater but he couldn't care. He couldn't even figure out what was going on in the story. There was only one thing that bothered him more than feeling sick that Jubilee was mad at him. It was the feeling deep inside of his heart, when he thought her.
Author Note: I first would like to give credit to Kioyuki Oniga, who gave me the suggestion of using fireworks as part Bobby's "date" with Jubilee. I know I didn't really talk about it but I did mention it. Then I was I would also give credit to roguishcharm for the wonderful suggestion of Bobby making Jubilee's date slip on ice. Haha. I had to admit including that one was a lot of fun. Thank you both for the suggestions and being a part of this chapter. )
Ok. Please don't hate me for the results of this chapter. I just couldn't let our main characters hook up that fast! Believe me it was hard NOT writing Bobby's name when I was writing the kiss scene for Jubilee and Tyler. My insides were turning while typing! lol.
Well, like I mentioned I hope to update as soon as possible since I do have an idea how the next chapters will follow. Yet, we'll see how busy school keeps me. It's like what i said in the previous chapters about the updating. Please review and leave any suggestions or comments that may help this story. Thanks once again for reading!