Chapter 27
Jax
"No." I said before he could finish.
"Oh, come on, please?" Diego begged me, following me around the room.
"No! Dude, I am not going with you on your date with Maddie."
"You wouldn't really be going with me, just being there in case I say something stupid. I'm gonna need a backup plan."
"You made it this far, you'll be fine." I patted his shoulder. "Plus, I refuse to voluntarily be in the same room with Maddie."
"But this is my first real date with her, you can't actually expect me to do this alone? With just me and her?" He whined.
"Diego, thats what a date is."
He moved in front of me, holding his hands up. "Wait, wait, wait." I looked at him. After a moment, he dropped to his knees, clasping his hands together. "Please, please, please!"
I groaned. "Stop, you look pathetic. I'm not gonna spy on your little date."
"What if you don't have to spy? It could–it could be like a double date!" He exclaimed.
"What?"
"Yeah, you and Emma and me and Maddie! Relax, its a great idea."
I shook my head. "It really isn't."
He stood up. "Sure it is. Come on, it would really help if I had other people there. Take the tension off, you know?"
I had walked over to my dresser, but at this I turned to face him and sighed. "Even if I were to say yes," his eyes lit up, "which I haven't, Maddie would never agree to that. She hates me."
He shrugged. "I'll work it out."
I let out a short laugh. "Hate to break it to you, but when dating Maddie, you don't make the decisions."
Emma
"Well, there will be a big reveal and it will come now." Walter walked down the plane isle.
His father looked at Dylan. "The stick, dear boy."
He shook his head. "No."
"Fine." Walter responded.
He nodded to one of his goons. "Start with her."
The man pulled out a knife, holding it to Lula's head as she screamed.
"What the hell?" Jamie exclaimed.
"She's the funniest character in this movie, they can't do that!" Andi threw popcorn at the screen.
I paused it. "Okay, okay." I waited as the last few pieces of popcorn were flung at our TV. "Are you guys done?"
They looked back at me. "Just because you have seen it already, does not mean you can pause whenever you feel like it." Jamie said.
"No, I pause when you two start getting crazy whenever something you don't like happens." I raise my eyebrows at them.
"Yeah, well, we like to express ourselves. And things are not looking good for them right now, so I'll just take that." Andi plucked the remote from my hand and pressed play.
There was a knock at the door and I looked to Jamie and Andi who didnt seem to notice at all, their eyes focused on the story unfolding before them.
"Don't worry, I'll get it." I say sarcastically.
"Come on, guys stop it." Jack groaned.
"You?" Danny questioned.
"What?"
"Oh, to save your little girlfriend." He rolled his eyes.
"To save my little–he had a knife to her head, what was I supposed to do?" Jack exclaimed.
I opened the door and saw Jax. "Hey, what's wrong with you? You look like you sold your soul to the devil."
"I pretty much did." He sighed.
I stepped aside so he could come in. His eyes widened as he took in the scene in front of him.
"No way! Don't you dare!" Jamie screamed, throwing more popcorn at the screen.
"What are they–?"
"Now You See Me 2. They like to express how they're feeling about the movie."
"Really? This really wasn't how I was feeling during it, but okay."
"Its almost over, you wanna watch the rest?" I questioned, walking over to the couch.
"Why not?" I sat in between him and Jamie on the couch and she looked at me.
"Did you–did you see what just happened?" She asked.
I nodded. "Yes I did." I turned her head to the screen. "Just watch."
So we did. Not quietly, of course. Jamie and Andi both let out shouts of happiness and I couldn't help but cheer also.
The ending credits rolled and Jamie sighed. "Well, that was a good movie. Who wants to watch another one?"
"No!" I exclaimed. "I'm not going through that again."
Jamie shrugged and got up from the couch to retrieve her phone. I stood and unplugged the cable connecting my laptop to the TV, turning them both off.
"So, on the off chance that Diego can pull it off, how would you like to go on a double date with him and Maddie?" Jax asked.
There was complete silence in the room. I slowly turned around. "You're kidding, right?"
That didn't even come from me, it was from Andi. Jamie had started laughing so hard, she collapsed onto the beanbag chair in the corner.
"You are kidding, right?" I asked him.
"Unfortunately, no. Diego potentially has his first date with Maddie this weekend and he doesn't want to be alone." Jax responded.
Jamie's head came up, and I turned to her immediately. "Not a word from you."
Andi stepped forward. "If I could add in something–"
"Or you." I glared at her. I looked back at Jax. "Is there really a choice in this at all?"
"You could always say no." He shrugged. "But, you would say no knowing you just crushed Diego's hopes and dreams."
I sighed. "Why does he even like her? Isn't she kind of a...you know."
Jax grinned. "Say it."
"I'm not gonna say it, you know what I mean."
Andi groaned. "A bitch! God, Emma, she's a bitch, you can say it."
I rolled my eyes and sat back down on the couch. "Whatever. But why does he?"
He shook his head. "I honestly have no idea what he sees in her."
"If he manages to get a date with her, okay. I'll do it." I said.
"Well, aren't you sweet?" He said cheekily.
I playfully shoved his shoulder. He only smiled and pulled me closer. Jamie stood up, coming over to us.
"Well, can I just say-"
"No." Jax and I said to her simultaneously.
She opened her mouth anyway, but when she did, her phone rang and I gave her a smile. She only pulled out her phone, and answered it, after slightly hesitating. I could tell she thought no one noticed, but I did. She went and sat down on her bed, facing opposite us and began speaking quietly.
I couldn't hear the entire conversation, but I caught the end.
"Sorry, I can't right now. Um, Jax asked me to help him with some stuff." There was a pause. "Okay, bye." She hung up the phone and then walked back over to us.
She saw me looking at her, and glanced away quickly. My eyebrows scrunched in confusion, but she ignored me.
"Well, I'm bored." Andi announced. "And hungry, you guys wanna go get something to eat?"
I laughed. "You're always hungry."
"Exactly my point. Come on, I'll call Philip, Jamie can get Luke, and we're all set." Andi replied, already heading for the door.
"Uh, actually, Luke won't be able to. I think he's busy." Jamie said.
Andi shrugged. "Alright, then. Let's go."
Jax stood up and offered me his hand, pulling me up also. We headed out the door, but before we left the room, I told Andi and Jax I'd catch up with them, and then held back Jamie.
"That was Luke on the phone, wasn't it?" I asked her.
She looked taken aback for a moment before straightening out. "So what if it was?"
"You lied to him, so you wouldn't have to hang out with him, why?"
Jamie didn't meet my eyes. "You have no idea what you're talking about."
"Okay, maybe...maybe I don't. But even so, why are you still pulling back from him?" I tried to get her to look at me.
She met my eyes with a fiery gaze. "Because that's how I am. Maybe things won't be the same anymore, but that's between me and him, not us." And with that, she stormed off.
I let out a breath. So, maybe I didn't approach that correctly.
Jamie was still not talking to me, even as we were walking back to the school after leaving a pizza place we stopped at. She was walking ahead with Andi and Philip, and I was walking beside Jax.
"Is Jamie okay?" I asked him.
He looked down at me, with a frown. "Why?"
I figured she wouldn't want anyone to know about Luke so I just shook my head. "I don't know, I just thought I'd ask."
It's like he could read my mind. "If this is about Luke, I know. And I don't things to go back to normal between them right away."
"Yeah, I guess you're right."
He smirked at me. "Well I always am."
I let out a slight laugh and he wrapped an arm around my shoulders. We continued walking before something caught my eye. I turned my head as we passed a soft pretzel cart and I grinned.
Looking up at Jax I asked, "Wanna get a pretzel with me?"
He noticed the cart also and smiled. "Sure, come on." And started pulling me towards it, but I grabbed his hand.
"Well, I don't exactly have any money..." I drew it out, biting my lip as I looked at him pleadingly.
He chuckled. "You know you how to play me, don't you?" He pulled me closer and brought his lips down to mine for a brief moment. "Of course I'll pay."
I pressed another kiss to his lips quickly before dashing off to the pretzel cart, Jax following closely behind.
Mia
I was listening to music with my ear buds in when there was a knock at the door, which explains why I didn't hear it the first time. Then it came again, louder this time, at least loud enough for me to take my ear buds out.
"Who is it?" I asked cautiously.
"Daniel." He responded, and my head turned to the door immediately. "Is that you, Mia?"
I had been avoiding him ever since our last encounter but he just kept seeming to pop up everywhere. And now my dorm room?
I cleared my throat, and tried to disguise my voice. "Um, no, this is her roommate." I didn't have a roommate, but he didn't know that. "Mia went out."
"Oh." I heard slight disappointment in his voice and my heart lifted at the thought of him wanting to talk to me, before I mentally slapped myself. "Well, when she comes back, just tell her I was looking for her."
And then I heard footsteps, and hoped he had left. I exhaled and sat back against the head of my bed. I eventually had to do something about Daniel. It felt like he was getting suspicious and I couldn't have that. Or...I could continue to avoid him and hope that everything works out. I smiled to myself as I settled on the second option.
After a while, I got thirsty and decided to go buy a bottle of water. I sprayed on some perfume and left the room. As I was talking towards the lounge, I noticed Daniel talking to some people near the couches. He glanced up and I quickly ducked behind someone walking by me.
I peeked around their shoulder to see that he had focused his attention on someone's phone. I couldn't leave now, but I couldn't face him either. Whoever I was hiding behind seemed to notice me and moved away, but not before I was able to slip her sunglasses off her head.
I waited until she left the area before moving into the nearest hallway and turning into whoever she was. I looked around before smoothing out my new shirt and going back into the lounge, only to bump into the one person I really didn't want to see right now.
Daniel looked up and chuckled. "Sorry, Sam."
Sam? And then I realized that was me. Just my luck I had to turn into someone he knew. "Oh yeah, its fine. I should've been paying attention anyways."
"Hey, we're all going to the game room for a little bit." He said, gesturing to the group ahead of him. "Wanna come?"
"I really was just here for a water bottle..." I started.
"Come on, it'll be fun. I'll but you a water bottle from the machine down there." And then he smiled at me.
My heart flipped at the sight and I couldn't believe it myself. But I said that Mia would avoid him. But Sam...well, she can do whatever she wants.
I smiled back. "Sure, why not?"
A/N: First of all, I am so sorry it took so long for me to update! There has been a lot going with my life atm, and I haven't had the time to write. But thankfully, we have winter break and I was able to finall sit back and relax, and go back to doing what I love. So I wrote this just in time for the new year. I hope you guys liked it!
Also, has anyone seen Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them? I finally got the chance to watch it yesterday, and it was incredible! NEWT SCAMANDER IS THE MOST ADORABLE HUMAN BEING ON PLANET EARTH OMG. Highly recommend it. :)
shadowhunter167: Ah, thank you! And hopefully all that you wish for will come true! :)
slytherinprincess2002: I know, its all so sweet! And I loved writing that chapter, so I'm happy that you loved it too!
angelcreature13: All your questions and more, will be answered in the next few chapters. ;) And thank you!
Happy New Year! Hope 2017 is a good one!
