Chapter Four
"Maybe we should light a fire." Mimi shivered, rubbing her goosebump covered arms. "Got any matches?" She asked hopefully.
"No, I left them in my other bathing suit." Jason smirked.
"Smartass. Go get some sticks to rub together or something." Mimi looked at Jason expectantly.
"Meems. Why would we need a fire when we have perfectly good body heat? C'mon, I'll share mine with ya." Jason looked at Mimi with a serious expression on his face.
"Jason, I'd take you up on that offer, but you just aren't hot enough for me." Mimi knew she was lying, but she didn't think he could tell.
"Ouch Meems. Ouch. That was cold. See, you need the extra heat. Seriously though, I have no shirt on and I'm cold. Can't I just have a hug? Please?"
Mimi looked into Jason's eyes, slowly moving towards him, and watching his face turn into a pleased expression. Their lips less than an inch apart now, Mimi slowly leaned even closer, surprised by the sound of Jason's furiously beating heart.
'I didn't expect her to actually kiss me,' Jason thought. 'Damn I'm good.'
Licking his lips in anticipation, Jason stared down at Mimi, his eyes clouding with desire. She was so close...Jason closed his eyes, waiting.
At the last second Mimi moved her mouth to his ear, whispering. "How 'bout that firewood?"
Jason's jaw dropped, and he watched with a sense of loss as Mimi ran toward the trees. 'Damn, she's cold.'
Mimi heard Jason start running after her, deciding that she would definitely not tell him that she had only decided not to kiss him at the very last second. 'He probably would have laughed if I went through with it anyway. Guys like him don't like girls like me. I don't know what came over me...I can't fall for an asshole like Jason Welles.'
*****
"Shawn! Belle! What do you two think you're doing?"
'Uh oh. Busted.' Shawn and Belle slowly turned to face Mr. Woods.
"Uh, hi Mr. Woods...we were just um...what were we doing again Belle?"
Belle glared at Shawn. "Going fishing?"
"You two know it's against the rules to take a boat out without a chaperone!! I'm disappointed in you both. Get back to the hotel, now." Mr. Woods shook his finger at Belle and Shawn.
"Yeah, whatever. Go back to Jamaica." Shawn muttered under his breath, feeling his rebel side starting to resurface.
"What was that Mr. Brady?"
"Nothing."
"Fine. You both have to stay in your hotel rooms for the rest of the night."
"Um, can Belle stay in MY hotel room...or can I stay in hers?"
"NO!"
"That's what you get for trying to help a friend," Belle whispered to Shawn as they followed Mr. Woods back to the hotel.
"Maybe we should light a fire." Mimi shivered, rubbing her goosebump covered arms. "Got any matches?" She asked hopefully.
"No, I left them in my other bathing suit." Jason smirked.
"Smartass. Go get some sticks to rub together or something." Mimi looked at Jason expectantly.
"Meems. Why would we need a fire when we have perfectly good body heat? C'mon, I'll share mine with ya." Jason looked at Mimi with a serious expression on his face.
"Jason, I'd take you up on that offer, but you just aren't hot enough for me." Mimi knew she was lying, but she didn't think he could tell.
"Ouch Meems. Ouch. That was cold. See, you need the extra heat. Seriously though, I have no shirt on and I'm cold. Can't I just have a hug? Please?"
Mimi looked into Jason's eyes, slowly moving towards him, and watching his face turn into a pleased expression. Their lips less than an inch apart now, Mimi slowly leaned even closer, surprised by the sound of Jason's furiously beating heart.
'I didn't expect her to actually kiss me,' Jason thought. 'Damn I'm good.'
Licking his lips in anticipation, Jason stared down at Mimi, his eyes clouding with desire. She was so close...Jason closed his eyes, waiting.
At the last second Mimi moved her mouth to his ear, whispering. "How 'bout that firewood?"
Jason's jaw dropped, and he watched with a sense of loss as Mimi ran toward the trees. 'Damn, she's cold.'
Mimi heard Jason start running after her, deciding that she would definitely not tell him that she had only decided not to kiss him at the very last second. 'He probably would have laughed if I went through with it anyway. Guys like him don't like girls like me. I don't know what came over me...I can't fall for an asshole like Jason Welles.'
*****
"Shawn! Belle! What do you two think you're doing?"
'Uh oh. Busted.' Shawn and Belle slowly turned to face Mr. Woods.
"Uh, hi Mr. Woods...we were just um...what were we doing again Belle?"
Belle glared at Shawn. "Going fishing?"
"You two know it's against the rules to take a boat out without a chaperone!! I'm disappointed in you both. Get back to the hotel, now." Mr. Woods shook his finger at Belle and Shawn.
"Yeah, whatever. Go back to Jamaica." Shawn muttered under his breath, feeling his rebel side starting to resurface.
"What was that Mr. Brady?"
"Nothing."
"Fine. You both have to stay in your hotel rooms for the rest of the night."
"Um, can Belle stay in MY hotel room...or can I stay in hers?"
"NO!"
"That's what you get for trying to help a friend," Belle whispered to Shawn as they followed Mr. Woods back to the hotel.
