*AUTHOR'S NOTE: Ok here is chapter 7, just wanted to say thank you to everyone for all the nice comments! :D just so y'all know I try to update often, and I will never leave y'all with some horrible cliff hanger, but I try to keep y'all at least on the edge of y'alls seats :) And a shot out to my wonderful editor and self proclaimed number one fan Jo Jo, Girl you rock! *
Chapter 7:
Mina just stood there. Does Nick know about us? She wondered. What did he mean by that?
Jared came walking back. "Okay, you ready to go?"
"Hmmmm? Oh yeah. Yeah, I am." she said, then began walking with Jared.
"What were you and Nick talking about?" He asked curiously.
She told him what Nick had said, and he instantly became uneasy.
"Oh yeah. I noticed Ever didn't take it so well." Jared replied softly.
Mina acknowledged his discomfort and dropped it. "So, we're really doing this?" She asked.
He smiled at her "It seems so. You're stuck with me." Jared answered, winking. They turned down an empty hallway so they could be alone.
"Want to hang out at your house later?" He asked, leaning in close to Mina. She was pressed up against the lockers.
"You say 'hang out'." she said softly, giving her voice a sexy quality to it, "But all I hear is 'let's have sex'." She then laughed, smiling wide at him.
He had a vapid expression on his face for a moment, and then shook his head. "Wait... I'm sorry. What did you say? All I heard was 'let's have sex'." Jared replied with a grin.
Mina laughed, punching him in the arm. Then she wrapped hers around him. He leaned in to kiss her. It was brief, but concealed so much passion in it.
When he finally took his mouth off hers, she sighed, and put her head on his chest. She could hear his heart beating. It was comforting.
"Love to." She said, "But I can't. I have this project I have to work on. It's due tomorrow."
Jared frowned deeply, with his expression darkening sulkily.
"What?" Mina asked him, sounding a bit defensive, her head still on his chest.
"Why didn't you do it earlier?" He asked her somewhat grouchily, with a disappointed look in his eyes.
He had been hoping that they could hang out and watch a movie or something.
"I meant to do it last night, but this guy came over and distracted me from getting my homework done." She answered, teasingly looking up at him.
They broke apart and walked out of the hallway.
Jared shook his head and looked up at the ceiling, then back to her. He coughed in his hand, slightly smiling.
"Well, Mina- you know- you shouldn't let boys keep you from getting what you need to get done, done."
"Hmmmm… You're absolutely right! And next time he comes over I'll tell him that." She said, laughing.
"I'll tell him to go away!" She said, throwing her hand at Jared, as if she was pushing him back.
"I'll push him away and tell him to leave me alone!" She cried, dramatically throwing the back of her hand to her forehead.
"I'll shove him away from me, and tell him... 'No! I can't love you tonight! I must do my English essay!'" Mina said loudly, sounding like she was crying.
By now, they were at her class. Jared was trying really hard to not laugh at his girlfriend, who was acting like a dork. He shook his head again.
"What?" She asked, watching him from the corner of her eye.
"Nice to know that the Grimm Family sense of humor hasn't died yet." He replied sarcastically.
"Nah...that's going to passed on to our children, and then to our grandchildren, and our great grandchildren..." But she stopped midsentence, realizing she had said "our" instead of "her". As, like, in possibly her and Jared's.
He didn't miss it either. "Our?" He asked her, raising an eyebrow, a soft smile tracing him lips.
"Duh.. da, er.. uh.." Mina became flustered, forgetting how to actually speak and sound intelligent at the same time.
He laughed and dropped his binder directly in front of them, so no one would see him grab her hand and give it a light squeeze.
She smiled up at him, her heart skipping a beat or two.
"I knew what you meant...but I wouldn't-…" He struggled with how to say it...
He wouldn't mind starting a family with Mina one day. If it had been anyone else before her, he would laughed in their faces, not caring how horribly mean it was.
But with Mina, he didn't know…
He did know, though, that he didn't want to live another day without her.
"I could see it as a definite possibility" he said.
Mina smiled up at him, looking slightly embarrassed.
"And, you know, if we decide to do that, I think we should practice doing the deed." he continued cheekily.
"We should?" She asked, chuckling.
"Oh yeah. Every day. And possibly twice a day, if we really want to get it right. You know what they say. Practice makes perfect." He said, winking at her.
Mina shook her head, "And you're all mine." she replied sarcastically.
He smiled cockily, "And, besides, I think I'm an honorary member of your family."
"Oh really, now?" Mina asked incredulously.
"Yeah. I knew your great-great-great grandfathers, Mina. I mean, I knew your dad personally. I knew you when you were just a baby." He said laughing.
A memory danced in Jared's mind of little brunette girl running around, telling him to leave her alone as she was trying to "get her color on". He started to chuckle.
"What's so funny?" She asked.
"Just something you told me years ago…" he answered, laughing.
"Okay, Jared. That's creepy." She whispered. Which only made him laugh harder.
"Stop it! Stop it now!" She whispered, bursting into laughter herself. "That's so creepy!"
Her boyfriend knew her when she was just a baby or toddler. That's so weird, Mina thought.
"What?" Jared asked.
"I just realized I'm dating an old man." She said, teasing him.
"I'm not old!" He cried, horrified. He knew he was, but he wasn't, at the same time. She laughed.
"Hey, it's alright. You're my forever-young old man." She said, smiling.
He laughed, "I'm so going to get you for that, by the way."
Shivers ran down Mina's back. She wondered what he would do.
"Deal?" She asked, biting her lip in excitement.
"Deal." He whispered. They stared at one another. Jared really wanted to kiss Mina. She saw his frustration and grabbed his hand.
She had reached out. not really knowing what she was doing.
"This is me kissing you." She murmured, not entirely sure what she was doing.
He smiled and rubbed his thumb up and down the side of her hand. "And this is me, rubbing your back, kissing you too." He said, playing along.
She moved her thumb in a backwards 'C' motion, "And that's me running my fingers through your hair."
They smiled at another.
From the doorway, Mina saw Ever- though Ever couldn't see her. She sighed. Jared looked at her questioningly. She nodded in Ever's direction.
He looked and saw her. The pixie's head was down, she looked like she was in pain.
Jared sighed too, and looked back at Mina.
"Maybe you could talk to her." Mina suggested, "With me busy doing my essay tonight, you can hang out with her, and, you know, maybe work things out."
"You'd be okay with that? Me talking to the girl who was a total bitch to you the other day?" He asked, surprised.
"Yeah, sure. As long as your tongue and her tongue stays out of each other's mouths, and you keep your hands to yourself, I don't care."
He smiled at her and laughed, "Scouts Honor. I promise to be an absolute gentleman." He said with gusto.
"Good!" Mina laughed.
"But let me know when you're done with that essay." He told her, his eyes filled with mischief.
She smiled. "If we keep this up, I won't get a full night's rest ever again."
Jared smiled right back. "Who said that's a bad thing?" He asked, walking away.
Mina grinned to herself as she walked into class and sat down. Minutes later, the bell rang for 5th period to begin.
