Chapter 25: Butterflies, Tingles, Fireworks

"Jason!" I exclaimed through my laugh as I moved a piece of hair out of my face. My heart beat erratically and my breath became labored due to the surprise attack.

Jason laughed into the crook of my neck, his dark hair brushing against my cheek. His warm breath on me. He lifted his head out of the crook of my neck and supported himself above me. He was still laughing from the glimpse he managed to catch on my face when he tackled me down.

"How many times do I have to tell you?" he exclaimed through his own laughing fit. "That's my sensitive spot."

"Exactly," I said smugly that caused that smile of his to turn into a frown. I began to sit up and Jason removed himself off, sitting across from me. "And now I could use that against you."

"Really?" he asked disbelieving, the light of the window behind him. I crossed the distance that was put in between us. I rested on my knees, placing my hands on his broad shoulders so he couldn't lean away. I straightened up so I could bring my face to his so we were eye level.

"I never knew you were so ticklish," I mused, whispering into his ear. He only pulled away from me enough to be able to look at me; my hands still rested on his shoulders.

"Why are you doing this to me?" he demanded, raising an eyebrow up at me. He had to tilt his head back in order to look into my eyes considering I straightened up, giving me a height advantage.

"What do you mean?" I asked truly confused.

"You're making it really hard for me," he stated huskily as something appeared and flickered in his eyes. I felt the warmth of his hands on my either sides of my hips, forcing my breath to hitch. My already beating heart beat faster.

I slumped so I was eye level with him, unconsciously moving my hands from his shoulder to loosely circle his neck.

My heart pounded in nervousness, apprehension, anxiety as his brown eyes stared straight into mine. That perfect, attractive face inched closer to mine and I was frozen. I couldn't ignore his breath on my face.

His warm hands slid from my hips to the small of my back as he barely closed the distance between our faces, leaving less than an inch from our faces; our lips.

I took short breaths and stayed still, not wanting to ruin the moment.

He blinked and I felt his eyelashes against my face. I slowly closed my eyes as his soft, warm lips met mine. He kissed me gently, hesitantly. I figuratively fell for him at that moment, feeling so safe with him; so happy with him.

His hands slid back onto my hips, his thumbs found my bare skin as my sweatshirt had ridden up. His fingers stayed where they were, never roaming any further as his thumbs randomly drew circles on my bare skin.

A shock ran from my lips, through my chest, all the way down to my toes. I kissed him back slowly, hugging his neck so his face pressed closer to mine; the pressure of our lips.

Butterflies, tingles, and fireworks ran throughout my whole body as Jason pulled his lips away; lingering over my mouth; his hot breath. I didn't open my eyes, reveling in the sensation running through me; the tingles on my lips; on the bare skin of my hips. I was on a cloud, it was surreal.

Just as I was about to open my eyes, his lips found mine again. He fiercely kissed me before he pulled only an inch away. I barely opened my eyes as I closed the distance between us again, kissing him back; wanting his lips against mine again.

He gladly participated back as he leaned forward with so much power I began to lean backward, unable to hold my position and back straight.

My head slowly hit the comforter as Jason continued to kiss me. His warm soft lips moving against mine; his warm breath on me. Too early, he pulled away and I managed to open my eyes. I took in his face in front of mine, a glaze over his brown eyes as he propped himself over me.

There was a hint of longing through our kisses.

It was evident even through my daze that he had been holding this back; the kisses. I was sure he was able to tell through the kisses how much I wanted—how much I dreamed of kissing him.

Before we could do or say anything to each other a pounding of a door was heard, slicing the silence.

I creased my eyebrows as Jason tore his eyes away from mine, as he searched to where the pounding was coming from. More pounding and we both realized that somebody was knocking on my front door from downstairs. The knocking stopped and Jason's cell phone vibrated on his bedside table. A blue illumination lighted up the room as the cell phone continued to buzz.

Jason looked down at me with a small smile on his face. He leaned down, kissing me softly on the lips before he removed himself off of me to snatch his cell phone from the table.

"Hello?" Jason asked a bit hoarsely in the phone. I let out a quiet laugh at him as I sat up, running a hand through my hair. Jason looked over at me, eyeing me with narrowed eyes.

Jason reached out and gave me a playful, gentle shove on the shoulder though it was strong enough to make me lose my balance.

I fell sideways onto the bed, making Jason laugh.

I simply smiled into his blankets as Jason continued to listen into his cell phone. My heart slowed from the weird sensations that had appeared in me when I kissed Jason. I sat up, Indian style, looking at him.

I was able to make out a few words but didn't know exactly who was on the phone.

"Are you serious?" Jason asked into the phone disbelieving, his voice back to normal. He sighed into the phone. "Well, I guess we don't have a choice do we? We'll be right down."

I looked at him questioningly as Jason hung up his cell phone.

"That's Adam and he's outside the house right now."

"What's he doing here?"

"Apparently after we left, his cousin's dog ran out of the house or something. He's been looking for the dog with Pateel, Cam, and Hannah since then. They decided to come to us so we could help," Jason informed.

"Well, I guess we better get down there since they're waiting for us," I said with a laugh, rolling my eyes at the random surprise visit from Adam…and apparently my other friends.

I took a deep breath, trying to get a hold of reality and what just happened.

~*~

"I think we should check out the cemetery," Adam muttered as he crossed his arms to keep away the cold.

"Excuse me. Did you just say the cemetery?!" Pateel asked startled, giving a disbelieving look. I let out a laugh from beside Pateel.

Adam turned around so he was walking backwards. He was leading the way around our neighborhood calling for his cousin's dog named Sugar.

"Yeah, sometimes Sugar goes over there. I don't know why she likes it there," Adam admitted with a shrug.

"Then why didn't we check there in the first place?" Cam asked obviously confused. He was walking behind us, girls, with Jason.

"Because I just remembered," Adam muttered as he turned back around, leading us towards the direction of the cemetery.

"So, how long have you guys been looking for Sugar?" Jason asked out loud to no one in particular.

"Like thirty minutes after you guys left," Hannah answered, walking beside Pateel.

"Yeah, and finally we decided to ask you guys for help," Cam continued. I heard Jason sigh.

"How long have we been walking around?" I asked as I looked above me to see the dark sky and the half moon shining down upon us.

"Well, we've been walking around since you guys left and you've been walking around for about an hour," Pateel answered as she let out a sigh.

Just taking one look at Pateel, I knew I had to let her know about what happened with Jason tonight. But it wasn't the right time. I still needed to wrap my head around the reality.

After around ten minutes we made our way to the cemetery. The gravestones looked intimidating. The few patches of dead grass, the tall trees, and the silence didn't help the scary appearance of the graveyard.

"Alright, let's split up. If anyone finds Sugar, call," Adam suggested with a nod, looking out into the gravesite.

We all stood in a huddle, right before the entrance of the cemetery. We stood under the arched, fenced gate that bordered the cemetery. There was a ruffle up in the tall trees that startled Hannah, Pateel, and me.

"Oh my gosh! What was that?" Pateel demanded, looking around suspiciously.

"Just the birds," Cam reassured her, not looking at all scared. I eyed him a bit intrigued. Cam caught my gaze and smiled at me.

"You don't seem at all scared," I observed.

"I've been here before," Cam answered vaguely with a shrug.

"At night?" I asked dubiously.

"Yeah," he answered.

I creased my eyebrows but didn't bother to question him further. He smiled at me reassuringly before he looked out into the huge, dark cemetery.

"Alright, split up in twos," Adam stated before he took a step onto the graveyard with his flashlight. When Jason and I met our friends outside of my house, they came prepared with three flashlights.

"I can't believe you dragged us with you," Hannah grumbled, calling after Adam. He merely waved his hand as he walked slowly and deeper into the gravesite.

"Let's go Jacks," Jason suggested as he casually and gently took my wrist so my friends didn't suspect anything. His other hand held a flashlight. He led us through the arched opening and onto the gravesite. I felt the crunch of the grass beneath my feet.

Jason let go of my wrist as he flashed the flashlight around, making the gravestones visible. I turned around and saw Pateel scampter through the entrance and over to Adam in her shorts and t-shirt. Hannah and Cam made their way onto the gravesite silently with their own flashlight.

I looked back to see that Jason was a few yards ahead of me. I quickly ran over to him, imagining something lurking in the dark. Yeah, I was freaking myself out.

"'Hey," I scolded. "You almost left me by myself in the middle of the graveyard."

Jason looked over at me with a smirk on his face. This was the first time Jason and I were able to be alone after our kiss, considering once Adam called we met him outside our house. And we just spent an hour with the rest of our friends walking around the neighborhood looking for Sugar. That left us no time to be alone.

"Sorry, didn't notice," Jason laughed quietly before flashing the flashlight in front of us so we knew where we were going. I distantly saw another light a few yards away. I assumed it was Adam and Pateel.

We walked silently beside one another, searching for Sugar as Jason illuminated the dark with his flashlight. We listened to our friends' callings for Sugar. I followed Jason, looking into the bushes and sidestepping the gravestones. I smiled sadly at the gravestones, reading the names of the deceased.

I looked up and walked a few feet away from Jason.

"Sugar!" I called softly, peering into a nearby bush. I walked along the line of bushes, looking for Sugar, calling for Sugar. I could feel the frigid coldness of the night. I crossed my arms over my chest as I peered into the bushes. I let out a sigh.

"You know, you're going to get lost if you keep wandering away from me," Jason whispered into my ear, startling me. I sharply turned to him to see him amusingly staring down at me.

"Just looking for Sugar," I muttered, casting one more glance towards the bushes before looking back up at Jason.

"Let's take a rest. It's freezing," Jason stated as he nodded his head towards a nearby park bench under a huge tree. There were benches circling the tree and empty space where a walkway was; isolated from the gravestones.

"It's like almost midnight!" Pateel whined loudly, breaking the silence of the graveyard. Adam's laugh echoed in the dark.

"How'd it suddenly get so cold?" I heard Hannah exclaim.

"Yeah, it gets cold at night," I heard Adam respond.

"Yeah, more like freezing!" Cam exclaimed.

I shared a look with Jason, smiling at our humorous friends. I looked out into the distance to see two beams of light, far away from where Jason and I were.

"Good thing you have your sweatshirt," Jason said to me, only so I could hear him. I looked over at him and smiled.

"Yeah, good thing, except I'm wearing shorts," I laughed. Jason laughed with me as we walked over to the park bench, stepping over debris of wood and rocks. I noticed Jason wearing sweatpants and a thin shirt.

"Good thing you have sweatpants," I observed when we sat down on the benches next to one another. A gust of wind went by, a frigid coldness lifting my hair from my shoulders. I clenched my jaw to keep myself from screaming at the cold. I brought my feet up onto the bench, hugging my knees to my chest to cover my bare legs. I heard Jason place the switched on flashlight on the bench beside him. The beam of light reached a few yards out into the graveyard.

"Oh my gosh! Did you just feel that?" Hannah exclaimed a moment later, referring to a gust of wind.

"I know it was freezing!" Pateel replied back loudly to be heard by Hannah.

"You guys!" Adam pleaded. "Let's just look for Sugar."

I heard laughing in the distance. I smiled amused before glancing at Jason. I stifled a laugh at the sight beside me. Jason was bent over as he stared at his shoes, hugging himself with his arms. I saw him shiver.

My teeth started to chatter. I hugged myself tighter when I distantly but barely heard more callings for Sugar.

"I feel so good helping Adam find Sugar," I stated sarcastically with a light laugh after a few minutes of silence. Jason didn't bother to straighten up from his huddled bent over position but he merely turned his face to look back at me.

"Me too," he agreed with a laugh. He stared at me for a moment before he took his arm out from underneath his chest. He stuck out his arm and motioned with his fingers for me to come over to him.

I let go of my hold on my knees, letting my legs fall over the side of the bench. I scooted over to him inch by inch, shivering. When I made my way beside him on the bench, he straightened up and immediately wrapped his arms around my body, encompassing me in his warmth.

He let out a relieved sigh and I laughed at his reaction. He leaned his head onto my shoulder and he murmured, "That's so much better. My arms are freezing."

"My legs are freezing."

Jason lifted his cheek from my shoulder and bent down to see my bare legs. He swiftly and smoothly swung my legs up from under me, bringing me onto his lap sideways.

He brought his arm around my waist and his other hand ran up and down my thigh.

"Better?" he asked cheekily, looking up at me. I looked down at him from my perch on his lap and simply smiled. He buried his face into my shoulder, trying to block out the coldness.

I hooked my arm around his neck and ran my other hand up and down his arm, trying to get rid of his goose bumps.

"Jason! Jackie! Are you guys still out there?!" Adam yelled from where ever he was in the cemetery. He was probably worrying why he hasn't heard from us yet.

Jason lifted his face away from my shoulder and straightened up.

"Yeah still here!" Jason yelled out into the dark to be heard.

"Sugar!" I yelled, helping our little act that Jason and I were looking for Sugar. Jason chuckled lightly at my act.

"Good, almost thought you got lost!" Adam yelled back relieved. A minute later of silence, Jason and I heard more distant callings for Sugar. Jason and I looked at each other for a moment before we burst out laughing. Adam was so gullible.

Jason's hand slowly began to run up and down my thigh again, trying to get rid of my own coldness. I looked down at him until he looked up at me.

"I feel bad. We should really try looking for Sugar now," I stated.

"But I'm warm," Jason whined, laughter in his eyes as he looked up at me.

I frowned down at him but let out a laugh.

"Well, I'm going to go help find Sugar," I stated as I made a move to get up from his lap. Jason sighed but let go of his arms around me, letting me stand up.
Without Jason's body blocking the cold, I was immediately shivering. I tried to ignore the coldness as I flashed him a smile before taking the flashlight from the bench.

I walked away from him, waving the flashlight around as I walked further away from Jason. I could just feel his eyes on my back as I searched the dark for Sugar.

"Sugar!" I called out, flashing the light near some gravestones. I heard a rustle from behind me. I whipped around, narrowing my eyes as my eyes roamed around the trees and bushes.

"Sugar!" I called tentatively. Nothing. Then I heard a rustle again.

I flashed the light from where I thought it came from but nothing. I bet it was a rabbit or something. A gust of wind passed by, making me shiver. I imagined something lurking behind me so I turned around quickly but there was nothing. My heart pounded in my chest in fear. And this is exactly why I don't watch scary movies; I tend to freak myself out.

I turned back towards the direction of where I left Jason, only a few yards away. I flashed the light ahead and glimpsed Jason hugging himself from the cold. He seemed to be watching me. I blew out a breath; my heart residing to its normal pace.

With one look around my surroundings and realizing Sugar wasn't here, I quickly walked over to Jason as my feet crunched under the grass and sticks on the floor.

"It's scary out there," I stated as I approached Jason. He looked up at me and smirked.

"So, you're done looking for Sugar?"

"Yes," I muttered.

Jason lifted his arms out, inviting me to him. I set the flashlight onto the bench before he pulled me onto his lap sideways.

"I saw you out there. You were freaked," Jason laughed into my shoulder, burying his face into my sweatshirt.

I simply rolled my eyes though I rested my head down so my nose was just inches away from his chin. I brought my other arm so it wrapped around his neck too.

"If you cared to help me find Sugar, we would get home faster," I stated, lifting my head from his shoulder but kept my arms around his neck. Jason lifted his face up and stared up at me.

Jason placed his hand on my thigh, running it up and down slowly to get rid of my goose bumps.

Ignoring what I said, he admitted quietly, "I like this."

A bubble burst inside me and I couldn't help but grin. I knew exactly what he was talking about; he was talking about us and I couldn't agree more. I bit my lip, preventing me from giggling.

"Me too," I whispered happily. I smiled down at him. Jason grinned back and he straightened up again and planted a soft kiss on my jaw, knowing he couldn't reach my lips since I was again at a height advantage.

A tingling sensation sparked from where his lips touched my jaw. He looked up at me with a hint of a smile on his lips. He strained his neck up to me, wanting a kiss. I let out a light, short laugh before I removed an arm from his neck. I covered my hand with the sleeve of my sweatshirt before placing my covered palm against his flushed, pink cheek; a result from the cold.

I turned his face towards me as I bent down, giving him a quick kiss against his warm lips before pulling away. My mouth lingered over his as he brought his forehead against mine. He smiled with his eyes still closed; his warm breath on my face. Little, tiny butterflies fluttered around in my stomach as he tightened his arms around my waist.

"Jason!" Adam's voice called, not too far from us.

Jason's eyes popped open and I removed my forehead from his. Jason and I were both startled, quickly looking around us but all we saw was darkness and the beam of light coming from our flashlight.

"Jackie!" Pateel's voice called.

With mutual agreement, Jason let go of his hold on me as I unwound my arms around his neck. I slipped off his lap, sitting beside him on the bench.

"Yeah!" I called out into the darkness, looking around to see where they were. I stuffed my hands into the pocket of my sweatshirt.

I saw in the distance, two flashlight beams yards away from each other. I glanced over at Jason to see that he was staring at the beams of light.

Jason glanced at me from the corner of his eye. He winked at me, a smile appearing on his face. I rolled my eyes at him before returning my attention towards my approaching friends. Jason simply laughed from beside me.

I ignored him as my hand found our flashlight, and I stood up from the bench. I walked away from Jason as I waved the flashlight around.

"You find Sugar yet?!" I called out into the darkness.

"No!" Adam yelled back. "I don't know where all of you guys are but meet Pateel and me at the park across the street! We're searching there!"

"Alright!" I heard Cam call back.

"Sure!" Jason yelled back. I turned around to see Jason walking over to me.

"Let's get going," Jason stated as he took the flashlight from my hand, walking past me. I scurried after him.

"Hey! My flashlight," I scolded as I took the flashlight from his hand. I smiled smugly at him before walking past him, continuing down the walkway.

"Uh, no. My flashlight," Jason stated as he walked up to the right side of me. He snatched the flashlight from me before I could respond. He smirked down at me. I frowned.

"No, mine," I laughed as I tried to snatch the flashlight from his left hand. Jason merely laughed as he switched the flashlight to his right hand. He held his right hand up so I couldn't reach.

I cut him off, standing in front of him as I tried to reach the flashlight from his right hand, standing on my tip-toes.

"Cheater," I accused through my laugh as Jason simply stood there, looking down at me amused.

"Come on Jacks," Jason stated as he successfully sidestepped me, walking towards the entrance of the cemetery which was yards away; leaving me behind.

"Fine," I grumbled as I followed after him. When I approached beside him, I shoved him in the side. I took him by surprise causing him to stumble to the right.

I let out a laugh as I continued to stroll ahead of him. I heard Jason let out a chuckle from behind me.

Before I knew it, Jason appeared by my side and he shoved me with his shoulder so I stumbled over to the left.

I gasped and looked up to see Jason laughing to himself as he continued walking. I followed after him and pushed him on the shoulder when I approached him. Unfortunately he was expecting it so he didn't stumble off to the side. Jason smirked down at me, happy that he was prepared for my push.

My eyes quickly glanced down and snatched the flashlight from his hand. I let out a laugh as I ran ahead of him.

"Cheater," Jason called from behind. I heard his footsteps quicken behind me. I immediately hugged the flashlight towards me, holding it with both my hands.

He came up from behind me, wrapping his strong arms around my shoulders. The impact of his body made us stumble foward a bit but we managed to keep our balance. His mouth was right by my ear as he let out a laugh.

"It's my flashlight!" I laughed in his arms. I gripped the flashlight closer to my chest, causing the beam of the flashlight to shoot up into the night sky.

"It's actually Adam's," he corrected me, speaking into side of my face as he kept his arms around me. I tried to fidget out of his arms but he wouldn't let go. After failed attempts to escape his hold, I let out a sigh.

"Fine, take it!" I surrendered, immediately feeling his arms remove themselves from my shoulders; taking away his body heat and was replaced by the cold night air. Jason came around from behind me to stand beside me; his hand was stretched out for the flashlight.

I placed the flashlight in his hands and Jason sent a smug smile towards me before he shined the flashlight ahead of us.

The beam of light highlighted the rest of the walkway that led to the exit of the cemetery. I walked beside him in silence as I crossed my arms over my chest. I snuck a glance up at Jason to see him staring ahead. Though he couldn't see it, I smiled up at him.

Author's Note:

WELL?? :D Haha. I can't wait to read what you guys have to say about this chapter!!! Hope you guys like the length of this chapter too.

I also love the title of this chapter! :D

So? Tell me what you think? Did this chapter satisfy you guys?! Did it do justice?!

What do you think will happen now? Between Jason and Jackie?

Were you guys able to picture this chapter in your head? Because my head perfectly played the scene in my mind and I loved it!

I've got to say, this is probably my favoritiest chapter for this story! Haha, you can't believe how many times I reread this.

This chapter was so easy and so fast to write. I honestly started writing this chapter after I updated the last one. And thank you for your reviews!

I thought it was so ironic how your reviews demanded a kiss and I was in the process of writing this chapter and the kiss scene! Haha. Honestly, this chapter practically wrote itself. Somehow my mind just kept throwing out ideas and my fingers started to type. I feel really good about this chapter and I thought the events flowed well with each other; I loved how the kiss scene was just so natural and well played!

But thanks to you and your wanting for them to kiss, I added in the second kiss in the cemetery just for you! ;)