They had arrived at a small Irish Pub that Leon had taken a liking to, and Jake had to admit, he liked it. When they arrived though, the 3 girl's had retreated into the bathrooms to check make up and such, so Jake was left alone with the Hero and the Jarhead.
"Jake, can i get you a beer?" Leon asked. Jake was still feeling a little on edge by being alone with the 2, he felt perfectly comfortable with the 3 women if anything. "Sure, if you're buying." he answered, which earned him a smirk from both Leon and Chris. They had claimed a big enough table near the back when Leon hopped up to grab the beers he'd ordered, leaving Chris and himself alone
Great, perfect, exactly what i wanted, fucking wonderful. "So Jake, anything new?" Chris started. Jake simply shrugged his shoulders and glanced over to the bathrooms, hoping the girls would emerge and break the tension - they sadly didn't.
"Jesus Jake if you're going to act like a spoiled brat for the night go ahead and let me know now." Chris groaned. Jake glared at him furiously, "I can act how ever i damn well please." he barked back. Chris simply rolled his eyes, "Whats your problem with me?", "You killed my father." he quickly replied.
Chris froze momentarily. clearly choosing his next few words carefully, "I had to Jake, I'm sorry you never got to know him, but it wa-", "I don't give a shit about getting to know him, it was my bullet he should of bit, not yours." There, Jake finally said it, he hated Chris for getting revenge on his father while Jake was left with nothing.
"If i hadn't stopped him when i did, Urobourus would of killed thousands upon thousands of people and ripped the world apart, a piece at a time - I'm sorry i didn't send you a text before it all." Jake rolled his eyes and shifted uncomfortably in his seat, he wanted to just walk out of there now, he simply waved at him to show him that he was done with the conversation. Chris sighed, "If its any consolation, I'm sorry Jake."
Jake contemplated his next move, Punch him in the face or smash it on the table? Jake smirked at the thought of either option. "Alright. I don't want this night to be ruined so lets just forget it." Chris nodded and sat back in his chair.
Leon had walked over just a few seconds later with the beer and Jake instantly reached for his, he was about to take a sip when he heard Sherry laughing from just behind him - the girls had emerged from the bathroom, giddy as all hell, and to Jake, they looked the exact same from when they had left the restaurant, they were in there for a full 20 minutes, what the hell were they even doing? Jesus, I'll never understand women.
Claire and Jill ordered themselves a pint while Sherry had ordered some Coke, and they all sat at the table together chatting, until Leon interrupted, "Alright, lets make a toast - To.. a new beginning, after this mission the world will be a little safer, and we can all start a new chapter." Everyone held their glasses in the air to meet Leon's and repeated "To a new beginning" before clinking glasses with everyone around and taking a drink.
The night was fantastic, everyone was giddy from the buzz of the constant rounds of beer that were being served, and Sherry could see everyone slipping into a clearly drunk state. Leon was the most composed drunk of the lot, while Claire had to be the worst. Jake had had about 5 points of beer and looked completely unfazed from it, Sherry wasn't surprised though, he had a high tolerance to the stuff.
At one point, Claire had drunkenly challenged Leon to an arm wrestle, which she lost miserably. Chris had chimed in saying he would win for her and actually did, Jill teased Leon saying even she could beat Chris in an arm wrestle, which Jake applauded and begged her to show everyone. Jill and Chris were best friends and well as being husband and wife, but when it came to competition, neither backed down. The battle had remained completely even for a good 5 minutes until Chris's arm had suddenly wavered and Jill claimed the chance and pinned his arm.
Jill jumped up from how happy she was, and both her and Jake had stood up and dramatically high-fived. Chris was never too fazed over how competitive Jill got, but he always got a hug from her after, to which everyone at the table shouted an "aaww" that resonated throughout the bar. Leon had gently punched Jake's arm in a challenging way, and the 2 began their match. Claire was chanting Jake's name for him to win which Jill had joined in, and it seemed their shouting had paid off when the thump of Leon's arm on the table was heard and his loud groan.
the two girls high-fived Jake and Claire had eventually gone over to hug Leon in the same way Jill had to Chris, mocking her, which everyone decided to "aaww" at once more, which made Jill's face redden just a little.
It was around 2 am when they all decided to call it a night. Chris and Jill had to be home early enough as they were expecting Jill's parents the following day for lunch, Claire had drunkenly stumbled out with Leon - Leon kept a spare room for both Sherry and Claire, so he never minded taking either one to stay for the night.
Sherry and Jake were walking up the street towards their building hand in hand, quite chatty from the night. "You couldn't let Leon win at least once?" Jake let out a loud "ha" and replied with "Nah, the hero wins enough, it was my turn." Sherry laughed at this and shook her head, "boys" she muttered.
They were leaning against a hand rail in the elevator waiting for it to taken them to their floors when Jake interrupted her day dreaming, "So, have you missed me?" Jake asked with a slight touch of sarcasm in his voice, Sherry could see his tipsy-ness was now showing. "Of course, i miss your sweaty clothes absolutely everywhere and my book shelf messed up badly." she sarcastically remarked. Jake laughed, "Not once did i mess your book shelf." Sherry smiled, "Yes you did, my books were alphabetically organised." Jake glanced at her with a smirk "I re-organised those in order of good to bad, starting with that cheesy romance book that has the spine worn out completely, guess you must like that stuff."
Sherry blushed, "Hey, I'll have you know that's a good book, you're just a boy about everything - movies, books, everything." Jake suddenly turned to her and lifted her chin with his right hand, and stroked her cheek with the other, "Oh I'm not so bad, you seemed to like me last night." he whispered, making Sherry turn bright red, he was so close she could smell the alcohol on his breath, usually she hated the smell, but it made her involuntarily lean in, the mixed smell of the drink and Jake's natural musk drew Sherry in like a moth to a flame.
"I kissed you the other night, and you didn't kiss me back - tell me now, do you feel the same way i do?" Jake whispered in her ear, making Sherry shudder from both the warmth in his breath and the impact of his words. "I-i... yes.." she murmured, she could hardly believe Jake was saying this, Sherry had only ever daydreamed about this.
The elevators ding signaled that they had reached Jake's floor, Sherry pursed her lips, preparing to say good bye when Jake gripped her hand and pulled her out with him, "Want to come over for a little while?" he asked, with that persistent grin of his. Sherry opened her mouth to reply but Jake's gently tug was all she needed to talk the sense out of her, she wanted Jake and he wanted her, so she let him guide her to his apartment.
Jake had pulled her into his apartment and in an instant they were all over each other. Sherry couldn't get enough of Jake, the way he tasted was was addictive, and she could never have enough. Jake had peeled his lips from hers and kissed a trail from them to her neck, which made Sherry involuntarily gasp. She had never been with anyone else, and didn't want her inexperience to show, so she allowed him to do as he pleased with her.
In an instant, Jake's hands grabbed her sides and lifted her to his couch, she was about to ask him something when his lips claimed hers, silencing her completely, making her forget what she was even going to say, Jake was making her melt in his arms.
He settled on top of her and was about to pull off her dress when Sherry gasped out, "W-wait Jake i.." Jake licked her neck which made her shudder and lose her train of thought completely. Jake pulled off her dress and took a minute to take in everything about her, he only every got a glance at her when they had been held captive in China, but now he got to see everything, and wanted to take her there and then. "Jake i.. i can't." Sherry gasped out. "I can't.. I can't be a one night stand, I've never.." Jake's eyes widen, almost like he'd been snapped out of a trance.
"You've never.. ?" Sherry slowly nodded, "Like i told you before, I've never even dated anyone else.." Jake nodded, but Sherry could see there was something off about him, he suddenly looked very tired, and slowly he collapsed on top of her. Sherry gasped, "Jake, Jake what's wrong?", and then heard Jake start to lazily snore beside her, Jake looked exhausted from what Sherry could see on his face.
Jake was pretty heavy though, and he was on top of her. Great, I'm trapped. She thought. Sherry swallowed a lump in her throat, Well, you're not going anywhere and you ARE pretty tired, so you have no choice but to stay. Sherry refused to let herself reflect on what had just happened, but Jake had finally admitted feeling's for her, maybe this could be the start of something new for them, she secretly hoped. Her final thought before dozing off was of Jake's taste, and how she sorely wanted more, that seemed to be a re-occurring subject for her before sleep now, God Jake, you're driving me insane.
In the morning, Jake could feel an absolutely huge headache that felt more like someone had planted a sharp, rusty knife into the back of his head rather than a hangover, but the C-Virus would take care of it soon, it usually took it about an hour after he woke up to get to work on his hangover's. He slowly peeled open his eyes and nearly jumped up completely when he saw Sherry's face, among other things. Sherry was nearly naked, save for her bra and panties. Jesus, what happened last night? Shit, did we.. ?
Sherry yawned and he felt her attempt to move, but his weight stopped her. Jake's face suddenly reddened from how he had trapped her under his weight, I guess this makes us even then, huh Sherry? Jake stood up and Sherry's eyes immediately opened. Jake decided to get in the first word, "Sherry.. did we uh.. ?" Sherry's eyes widened, "No, don't you remember?" Jake frowned, "To be honest, i can't remember anything passed the toast Leon made, did i do or say anything stupid?"
Sherry's gaze dropped to the ground, So he doesn't remember what he said to me, or what we even did. Sherry shook her head, "Nothing worth mentioning." she forced a smile, attempting to convince him of her blatant lie. Jake sighed, "Thank god, I've been told I'm an asshole when i drink." he joked, trying to defuse the tension he could feel growing. Sherry smiled, "You were the perfect gentlemen.", Jake laughed, "As usual."
Jake started breakfast and Sherry took the opportunity to get dressed in his bathroom, she gasped when she realized she had never been home to let Oreo out of her room and ran out of the bathroom, "Jake I'm sorry i have to go, I left Oreo locked in my room all night." Jake nodded, "Alright, I'll see you tomorrow at work then?" Sherry was over at the couch grabbing her purse and turned to face him, smiling, "Of course, and don't forget that Hunnigan's called a meeting for all agent's tomorrow, so i have to be in at 8, and since i'm your ride.." Jake scoffed, "Fantastic, alright I'll be up to your apartment around 7:30 then." Sherry nodded, "Perfect, I'll see you then."
Her hand was on the door's handle when Jake called out, "What's the meeting over?" Sherry let her hand fall to her side, "The case on Africa, i think it's just a brief on the situation for everyone, you know since the D.S.O want to keep everyone updated, if thing's get any worse they're going to need to organize an evacuation for civilians and sterilize the area." Jake frowned with his back turned to Sherry. "This thing's pretty serious, isn't it."
Sherry looked away from him and back to the door, "I don't know much about what's happening but.. from what I've gathered from Leon and Jill, yeah." Jake turned to her, "So what happens if the Hero and his band of loyal followers can't break up this situation?" Sherry bit her lip, "Then the agent's will be evacuated, if thing's truly get out of hand and an evacuation can't be carried out, they may go straight to sterilizing the area."
Jake shook his head, "Typical, the American's are worth more than the innocent by-standers, fucking typical." he spat. Sherry now turned her attention completely to Jake, "What's that suppose to mean?" Jake threw down the whisk and bowl he'd been using to beat a few eggs together on the counter and turned to her, "The American agent's are treated with higher regard than the innocent victim's in all this and it's sickening. The agent's have been trained to handle this stuff and if this shit gets out hand, it's the people trained to handle it will be the ones to get evacuated, and the helpless women and children left to fend for themselves, how is that in anyway fair?" Sherry was now glaring at him, "I understand that they're getting the short end of the stick Jake but that's the worst case scenario. The agent's wouldn't purposefully abandon innocent people, if they could save them, they would." Jake sarcastically laughed, "Yeah? what makes you so sure?"
"Because when my parent's died, and every single person i'd ever known changed into flesh eating monsters - Leon saved me, he didn't have to, but he did it because he was and is a good man, and he'd never abandon anyone, even if it mean't he'd probably die himself - that's how i know, and Leon is leading these agent's, so i can pretty much guarantee that if Leon see's even the slightest hope of saving anyone, he will." Sherry was now fuming, she felt like Jake had, in a way, implied that Leon would be so cold-hearted as to purposefully abandon people, and when anyone tried to insult Leon or Claire, she could promise she'd be there to defend them.
Jake froze, he clearly hadn't thought about what he was saying until Sherry had barked back at him, "Sherry.. look i-" Sherry opened Jake's apartment door, "I'm tired Jake, I have to go." Jake looked defeated, and slightly agitated, which just made Sherry all the more mad. You have no reason to be mad with me Jake, no god damn reason what so ever. Jake tried hard to think of something to say to stop Sherry from leaving, he didn't mean to make Sherry mad, hell he wasn't even trying to insult the hero, he was just trying to make a statement, he was hoping that Sherry would come back at him with one of her playful quips, but she clearly didn't.
"A-alright Sherry." was all he said. It slightly stung Sherry that he hadn't referred to her as Supergirl, Sherry was something everyone called her, but Supergirl was a nickname only Jake was allowed use, she knew Jake was sorry but she was too mad at what he'd run his mouth off saying to show him any type of good feelings. Sherry nodded and walked out, closing the door behind her without another word.
Sherry's chest hurt and she let a few tears fall on the way to her apartment, but once she arrived in the safety of her kitchen, she really let them pour. Her tears weren't just over Jake's wrong-place-wrong-time argument, but over everything - How Jake had given her hope that they could be together, how he'd given her a taste then abruptly taken it away, how he blatantly insulted Leon, the only constant thing in her life (other than Claire of course) and how he acted so nonchalantly about it all. He doesn't love you Sherry, you're kidding yourself if you think he cares, because if he did he wouldn't of done this.
Sherry walked to her room and let Oreo out, he was clearly excited to see her but Sherry couldn't stop her tears. She refilled his bowl with water and food and then quickly walked back to her room, to lie on her bed and cry out her frustrations.
It was around 3 that afternoon when she finally stopped her tears, but even though she'd cried out most of her frustration, she couldn't stop her mind from replaying the entire night in her head, over and over, mocking her.
Sherry had exhausted herself from all the crying, and had slowly drifted into sleep. To her dismay, all she had dreamed about was Jake pinning her against his couch and taking her there and then, making her moan out his name and become putty in his hands. Sherry's brain screamed He hurt you, he doesn't love you, he's bad for you and is causing you this heartache. while her heart screamed He loves you, he messed up now but he cares for you, if he didn't he wouldn't of stuck around this long.
So, who do i listen to? She thought.
Sorry this chapter took so long to get out, School's a real butt! but like i said, updates will be kept to the weekend and such, but you never know!
Ooooohhhh Jake shouldn't run his mouth off so much, he's gone and made a tense situation even worse, wonder how that'll pan out! Laughs menacingly
Shameless self plug: As well as this fanfic, I've started writing a second, this I've had the idea for this second one longer, i thought it might be nice to write it all out! i hope you get the time to check it out, if you're interested in more Shake from me ofcourse! It's on my page if you wanna check it out!
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