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Chapter 14:
I look up from my book, that I have been reading for quite some time, and I see Zane standing in my room. "Hey little man, what's wrong?" I ask.
"I had a bad dream, could I stay in here?" He asks.
"Sure." I say. "Do you want to tell me what it was about?" He just shook his head for no. "You want to know something? I used to get bad dreams all the time when I was your age."
"You did?" He asks.
"Yeah, I used to have to bother mom all the time, but then one night, I realized that what is in my dreams weren't something that was actually happening , and there is no reason to be scared." I say.
"Can I still stay in here though?" He asks.
"Yes, of course you can." I say. I then slide over so that he can get into my bed. "So, do you think that you will be able to sleep?" "Yes." He says. "Good, and if you need me, you can wake me up, it will be fine." I say.
"Ok." He says. "Thank you Jess."
"You are welcome." I say. "Goodnight, Zane." "Goodnight Jess." He says. I then turn my lamp off and book my book up. After a few minutes I fall asleep, and I think that Zane finally did too. Before I know it, it is ten o'clock in the morning, I then roll over and see that Zane has left. I then get up and go downstairs. When I get down there I see everyone in my family watching a movie.
"Good morning,sleepyhead." My dad says.
"Good morning." I say as I sit down beside Zach.
"I need to tell you something." Zach whispers in my ear.
"Ok, do you want to go somewhere else?" I ask. He nods his head, and I then follow him into another room. "So what's up?"
"Well, last night, Hannah broke up with me." He says.
"Wait, what?" I ask. "She broke up with you?"
"Yeah." He says.
"Why?" I ask.
"Well, she said that she was annoyed with me always playing basketball, but I think that I know the real reason." He says.
"And what's that?" I ask.
"My friend Jake, told me that he saw Hannah and Michael, her ex boyfriend, together and they were being very friendly." He says.
"Oh, that stinks." I say. "I'm sure that you'll find someone else that is better."
"I hope so." He says. "Well there is this new girl at the school, her name is Danielle, and she was flirting with me the other day. She is so pretty."
"Oh, well you move on fast don't you." I say.
"I can't help it, if girls are into me." He says.
"Well, aren't you a ladies man." I say.
"Anyways, I have a game tonight. Are you going to come?" He asks.
"Probably." I say. "I don't have any other plans, or at least not that I know of."
"Good, then I will be looking for you, and Danielle in the stands." He says.
"Someone has a crush." I say.
"Yeah, I guess I do." He says. "But Hannah doesn't need to know that."
"I won't tell her." I say. "Besides, she apparently has moved on."
"Yeah, I guess you're right." He says.
"Yeah, but just keep it between us that I give good advice, I don't want everyone coming to me." I say.
"Ok, I won't tell anyone." He says.
"Ok, well I need to probably change, just in case people randomly show up at our house, because that always seems to happen." I say.
I then walk away and go upstairs to my room. I then change out of my pajamas. A few hours later, my family and I go to my brother's basketball game. When I get there, I see Chad, Taylor, Emma, and Chris standing there waiting on us. As soon as Emma sees me, she runs over to me. I then pick her up. "Hey, cutie." I say.
"Chris is being a jerk." She says.
"And why is that?" I ask.
"He told me, that I wasn't your favorite person." She says. Chris then walks over to us.
"Why would he say that?" I ask.
"I told him that I was your favorite, but Chris said that he was." She says.
"Oh, he did?" I say I then glance over at Chris and he just laughs. "Well, I'll let you in on something, you're my favorite little girl in the entire world." Emma then sticks her tongue out at Chris. I then let her down and she skips off.
"So, I was thinking after the game maybe we could go on a date." He says.
"Yeah, that would be fine." I say. "We could just even go over to my house and watch a movie, just the two of us, if you would rather do that."
"I like that idea." He says with a smile. "I guess that we should find some seats before the game starts though."
"Yeah, I think so." I say. "My brother's might get mad at me, if I didn't actually watch there game." He then laughs and we find a seat. The game goes by pretty fast, and they won, which makes me happy. When the game is over we all go and get something to eat. We had to get two tables, so Chris and I are with Zach and Caleb.
"You guys played really great out there tonight." Chris says.
"Thank you." Zach says. "I really have to owe it to Jess though. She's the one that has helped me the most."
"She is good at helping people out." Chris says. "So how are things going with you and Hannah?"
"She broke up with me the other day." Zach says.
"That stinks, man." He says. "I'm glad that your sister hasn't broken up with me yet."
"I wouldn't do that to you." I say with a smile.
"You two are so weird." Caleb says.
"You're just mad because you haven't found anyone yet." Chris says.
"And I know that you will someday, Caleb." I say.
"We'll see." He says.
"I might could help you out, if you want." Chris says.
"I'll think about it, but I probably will be enlisting your help." He says.
"Ok, whenever you are wanting some help, just text or call me." Chris says.
"I will." He says.
"And if you want help too, Zach I would be willing to help you out too." Chris says.
"I have someone that I like right now, actually." Zach says.
"Boy, you move on way too fast." Chris says.
"It's the girls that are the ones that get all emotionally involved and then don't know what to do when they have a break up, not the boys." I say.
"True, I guess that you're right." Chris says. "So how is Hannah dealing with the breakup?"
"Oh, I think that she has clearly moved on, back to her ex boyfriend." Zach says.
"That stinks." Chris says. "Not only did she break up with you, but she moved on like that."
"Yeah, I know." Zach says. "But I think that there is this new girl at school that is into me."
"Danielle?" Caleb asks.
"Yeah." Zach says.
"Danielle, the brunette? If so she is hot." Caleb says.
"I know. " Zach says.
"You should definitely go for her, because if you don't I might just do it myself." Caleb says.
"Well, at least you do have some decency, to let Zach have her first." I say.
"I know, I'm such a great person." Caleb says. I just laugh and then take a sip of my drink.
"So, I don't know about you guys, but I'm ready to go."Chris says.
"Well, I have a feeling that my ride won'y be ready to leave any time soon." Caleb says.
"I can take ya'll home, if you want." Chris says.
"Ok, I'll let my dad know." Zach says. Then him and Caleb walk off.
"So do you still want to watch a movie?" Chris asks.
"Yeah, but I was wanting it to just be us." I say.
"Well, it could still just be us." He says. "I'm sure they are exhausted."
"And they both need a shower." I say.
"See, so we can still have some time to ourselves, if you still want to." He says.
"Yeah." I say. We then leave the restaurant and go back to my house. Fortunately, my brothers leave us alone, and we go downstairs to our movie room, and I put in a movie and we sit down on the couch and watch it. At some point during the movie I get cold, so I snuggle up close to Chris. I'm thankful to have such a great boyfriend that we can watch movies and do things together. We both enjoy being together no matter what we do, whether we go to a basketball game or it is the two of us watching a movie. After a little while, the movie goes off.
"I love spending time with you." I say.
"Me too." He says. "And I love you."
"I love you too." I say with a smile.
"Well, as much as I would love to just stay here all night long, I can't I need to get home." He says. "Maybe we can do something tomorrow or sometime."
"Ok, that sounds good." I say. "I'll walk you out."
"Ok." He says. We then get up and walk upstairs to the front door. "Goodnight."
"Goodnight, Chris." I say. He then kisses me. After we have embraced with a kiss, he leaves and heads home. I then walk back inside and go upstairs to my room and fall asleep with thoughts of Chris on my brain. He is the best guy that I could have ever dated in my whole life. Who knew that after being friends for seventeen years that we would be dating. It seems like something out of a roman novel or a fairy tale.