Author: Lyssa (copperandstars)
Email: jadedanimosity@yahoo.com
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: I only own the plot. All character's belong to the writers of the WB summer series Young Americans.
Feedback: Is not needed, but would be nice. I accept any type of criticism there is, so feel free to type away.
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"Hamilton?" Jake asked the boy lying next to her.
"Yeah, Jake?" Hamilton turned to look at his girlfriend.
"Never mind." She wanted to talk to him about something, but she also didn't want to ruin this moment. Because of the situation that they were in, they rarely had a chance to be alone without the entire population of Rawley Academy staring at them.
"No, come on tell me!" Hamilton propped himself up on his elbows and looked at the girl lying next to him.
"No, it's not very important." She was lying and both she and Hamilton knew it. Hamilton peered down at her, squinting his eyes slightly.
"Well it must be pretty important, you sounded pretty anxious."
Jake smiled. Her boy always knew when something was bothering her. He always put her before him, and that was part of the problem. People were starting to notice. How was she supposed to keep up this charade if she couldn't even hide her feelings for Hamilton? It was getting harder every day.
"People are starting to suspect something about us. We have to stop--"
"Stop what? Jake I can't just stop my feelings for you whenever it's needed. You know that. I love you, and I don't care about what others think." Hamilton flopped back down onto the dock, and looked back up at the dark night sky. "You know that I don't care what others think," he said again softly.
"I know, but I can see how hard it is for you to deal with the daunting and snide remarks that we get. I mean, it doesn't bother me any since I'm actually a girl, but you, you're a guy, and you're seen with another 'guy' all the time, and, well, I can sometimes see the hurt in your eyes."
"Well, yeah, it does sting at times, but then I remember why I'm doing this, and then I'm happy again." It was the truth too. He really didn't mind doing it when he thought about how unhappy he would be without her.
Jake looked at her boyfriend hard. He sensed her looking at him, and turned his head to look back at her and smiled. They just laid there looking at each other for awhile. Hamilton started to lean over and kissed her. It was a different kind of kiss, it was meant to show how much he really cared about her. He ended the kiss and looked at his watch. Hamilton got up and helped Jake to get up as well.
"I better get going; I'll see you in tomorrow!"
"Bye, Munchie!"
"Hey, watch it!" Jake laughed and started walking back towards her dorm room.
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Jake awoke with a start. There was a loud knocking on the door. "Just a minute!" she yelled. She threw on some sweats and went to unlock the door. Will was standing there.
"Hey, Jake I was just wondering if you had the notes from yesterday's English class?"
"Uh, yeah, just a sec, come in. So Finn's top student doesn't have his notes?! That's a real shocker!" Jake joked.
"Yeah, well we all have our days, you know?" Will said, looking at the walls of Jake's room.
"Yeah."
Hamilton knocked on the open door. Jake and Will turned around to look at him. "Hey" he said nonchalantly.
"Hey Ham" Will said. Jake handed Will the notes. "Thanks."
"Sure thing, Will, anytime." Jake waved off the gesture dismissively.
"See ya Hamilton, Jake." Will threw over his shoulder as he walked out.
"See ya."
Hamilton closed the door behind him as he walked in. "Hey boy." He walked up to her and wrapped his arms around her, and she did the same to him.
"Hey boy. What are you doing here? You know that you shouldn't be coming around here like this, especially after what I told you last night out on the docks."
"Yeah, yeah, yeah. I know that, but I just wanted to be with you for awhile before I have to hide my feelings for you." He said with a slight smile playing on his beautiful lips. Jake laughed at his weak attempt to make her feel bad.
"Stop."
"Stop what? I wasn't doing anything!" Hamilton grinned like a devil doing his best work and pretended like he had no idea what she was talking about.
"No, you were trying to make me feel guilty. And it won't work!" Jake stuck out her tongue in a playfully.
Hamilton grinned at her and she laughed. He kissed her softly on the lips. Then he stopped and looked at her.
"What?" Jake asked. 'Why is he staring at me like that?'
"I just didn't know if kissing was off limits."
"Not at all." Hamilton grinned.
"Good!" Hamilton started to kiss her again and they began to make their way to the bed. When they reached it, Hamilton lowered Jake onto the bed and they laid there kissing each other. All of the sudden, the door opened and there stood Scout and Will.
"Oh my God." Scout said. Jake and Hamilton jumped away from each other instantly and stared at Scout and Will.
