(Marleys POV)
"Marley? Marl?"
I open my eyes, jakes crouched down next to the couch right next to me.
"Oh hey… you're home." I say, rubbing my eyes.
"yeah, I got back late last night." He smiles, "You were asleep and I didn't want to wake you up."
"I was waiting up for you."
"You didn't have to."
"I wanted to." I shrug, sitting up. "h-how was work?"
"It was good." He nods.
"When do you have to go back?"
"Noon."
"Noon?" I sigh, "Wheres mom?"
"Oh right,.." he grabs a piece of paper off the table, "She left this for you."
"What is it?"
"A note from your mom. Said she had something to do in town. And that she would be back later today."
"Okay." I yawn, stretching a little. "What time is it anyway?"
"8:25"
"Why are we up this early on a Saturday morning?"
"I thought we could spend a little time together before I have to go to work." He smiles.
"And do what?"
"Watch a movie, maybe talk about stuff." He leans forward, kissing me.
"Mhmm. Sounds like fun." I smile. He sits in front of me on the couch.
"You know…this is the first time we've actually been alone…in quite a while." He says, running his hand up my arm.
"Y-yeah..My moms not around."
"We have the house to ourselves." He smiles, his hand moving to my back, pulling me closer to him. He kisses me again, but this time my breath catches in my throat. A Shiver runs down my spine when I feel his hand slip under my shirt. My hand slides up his shoulder, to his head, running through his short hair. Hes right, we haven't been alone, together at the house in a while. Usually my mom is here, or when shes out, kitty and Ryder are here. But now…its just us. Anything could happen and that's what scares me. What scares me more than that? I hardly know anything about him..but here we are. It takes everything I have to pull away from him.
"J—Jake." I pull my hand to my side.
"Whats wrong?"
I shake my head, "Nothing, its just…"
"You don't feel comfortable doing this?"
"I don't feel comfortable doing this with…with someone I don't know much about." I reply.
"What do you want to know?" he asks, sitting back. "I'll answer, just ask away."
"I don't know… whats your favourite colour?"
"Uh…Blue?"
"Why…are you here?"
"What do you mean?"
"What did you do that…that made coming here your 'last chance'?"
He sighs, "Marley—"
"Tell me?" I say, "Please."
(Jakes POV)
Of all the questions she could have asked, it had to be that… I don't even know how to answer.
"Why all of a sudden?" I ask.
She shrugs, "Mom didn't tell me…why not now?"
"Your mom doesn't know."
"Why does my mom not know?"
"Vasquez didn't tell her. He thought maybe it would be easier for me to be here if nobody knew about it." I Reply.
She nods.
"But if you want to know."
"No." she shakes her head, "Forget it...don't tell me unless you want me to know."
"If you want to know, then I'll tell you." I reply, "But, uh…I need you to promise me something…"
"Okay… what?"
"You won't think of me any different than you do right now."
"Of course I wouldn't."
"Okay.,." I say, "um…at first it only started with stupid stuff…like TPing houses...but last year a friend of mine, Daniel, he told me what he wanted to do. We drove to a little town outside Lima, to this small shop. No one was supposed to be there. Daniel just wanted to grab some cash and leave. I was his look out. And I thought that was all we were going to do, but the shop owner was there and he threatened to call the cops. Daniel asked him not to, but we both knew he was going to anyway. And Daniel shot him. I had no idea where the gun came from, or even that he brought it. The shop owner died, we got caught. Daniel was arrested, but because I didn't know he was going to kill him, I didn't get in as much trouble. Vasquez fought for me… he said if I can straighten up my life here…I don't have to go to the Juvenile Facility…or whatever."
Marley didn't say anything at first. She just kind of starred at me.
"Marl?"
"W-why did he fight so hard for you?" she finally asks.
"He was a friend of my families. He said it was the least he could do." I shrug.
"So…after this…you're just going to leave?"
I sigh. I hadn't really thought about it very much.
"No marl." I say, "I'm not leaving."
"You said, when you first got here..that you don't stay in the same place very long." She says, "Whats to stop you from leaving this time?"
"I didn't have a reason to stick around before."
"And...you do now?" She asks, I nod. "What is it?"
At first I think shes joking, but her face says otherwise.
"Its you, Marley."
She smiles, her face turning a bright shade of red.
"Jake, you're an amazing guy…whatever you, its in the past." She says, "and all that matters is what happens now."
"So…"
"I still think about you exactly like I did before you told me.."
I grab her hand, a smile spreading across my face. I lean against the arm of the chair, pulling her next to me. She lays her head on my shoulder, closing her eyes.
"Are you tired?" I ask, turning the TV on.
"Mhhmm.." she nods.
I wrap my arm around her.
We start watching Twilight, not because I want to, but because it's the only thing on. After almost an hour, Marley falls asleep. Her face buried in my jacket, and her hand holding on to mine.
The rest of the movie is a little bit of a blur. I find myself watching her sleep throughout the most of the movie. I run my fingers through her hair, pulling it out of her face. All of a sudden, the TV starts blaring a song by some Swedish punk rock band. I quickly turn the tv off, throwing the remote across the room. Surprisingly, it doesn't wake Marley up. Neither does the remote clattering against the wall on the other side of the room. I glance at my phone. I have to be at work in a half-hour, but I don't want to leave Marley by herself. I feel like I'm about to fall asleep when I hear the door open. Marleys mom must be home. She walks into the living room.
"Is she still asleep?" she asks quietly.
I nod, trying not to move, so I won't wake her up.
"When do you leave?"
"20 minutes."
"You should get going."
"Yeah, I know." I reply, "Marley? Wake up…"
She groans.
"C'mon, marl… wake up."
She reaches up, patting me on the face a couple times.
"What are you doing, Marley?"
"Looking for the snooze button."
I laugh, "Marley I have to go to work."
"No…you can't go again." She says, sitting up.
"I'll be back in a couple hours." I reply, "And when I get back, we'll do whatever you want."
She smiles, leaning forward to kiss me. "Okay."
"I'll see you later."
She nods.
A/N
Wow it's been a while.
It's not that I got stuck, because I have the whole thing written on paper, I'm just too lazy to type a bunch of Chapters all at once. But I'll have the next chapter up NEXT FRIDAY. So, I hope you liked it, please leave a review! J That would be awesome. :) So, that's all for now…Byeee!