Chapter Seven: Walk Away
A/N: I do not own Degrassi or the song "Walk Away" by Marques Houston
After Adrianna finished puting the clothes on display she walked around the mall spotting Paige and Spinner window shopping. She walkedtowards them.
"Hey guys," she said
"Hey," they said
"What are you guys doing?"she asked
"Nothing," Paige said, "Hey uh no hard feelings about what I said about Manny right?"
"Yeah, we're cool," she said.
"Hey uh we're goin' to Jimmy's place to go swimmin', you wanna come? We can stop by your place so you canget your bathing suitand stuff," Spinner replied.
"Um, yeah, sure," she said and the walked out the mall to Paige's parents van. Minutes later they arrived at Adrianna's house. Spinner stayed in the van while the girls went inside.
"So what color is your bikini, Paige asked
"Baby blue," she saidpulling out her bikini, a pair of blue short shorts, a tight white wife beater and, blue sandals. She look over at Paige who was pulling out clothes from her closet.
"What are you doing?" she asked
"We're sleeping over so I got you some clothes," Paige said putting them in her bag.
"Ok. Are you ready?" she asked
"Yeah," Paige relied going up the stairs. They both got in the van and drove off to Jimmy's. When they Jimmy was about to call for pizza when Adrianna said,
" Ill make something! Do you have food?"
"Yea we have tons of stuff," he said smiling and putting the phone on the reciever
"Good," she said returning the smile. She walked into the kitchen and opened his fridge. He has an assortment of meat, loads of vegetables, fruits and jars that lined the door of the fridge. She pulled out some steak, tomatoes, peppers, onions and potatoes. She stuck the meat in the microwave and heat it to defrost it. She filled a pot with water and quickly peeled some potatoes. She threw them in the pot, put them on the stove and clicked on the flame. She then chopped up the vegetables and put them n a bowl. When the steak was done defrosting she rubbed and seasoned it. She gave the steaks to Jimmy and he threw the steaks on the grill outside on the roof and lit the fire. He closed the lid and went back inside. Adrianna went into the hallway bathroom and hastily changed into her bikini. She tied the knot on her back and the other one around her neck. She grabbed the loose strings with the beads on the ends and tied them on each side of her bottom piece. Then she looked at herself in the huge mirror that covered the wall. She looked great. She fixed her top to make sure her boobs werent peeking out of the sides. There was no way to stop the cleavage from showing so she embraced it and instead tried to make them look perkier. Adrianna walked into the kitchen again. The potatoes where done. She drained them and mashed them. She added butter and milk and mashed them together some more. She covered the pot and turned the stove on the lowest setting to keep them warm.
"Jimmy, where'd you put the steaks?" she asked as he motioned her to follow him. They went out of his condo and up the stairs and onto the roof. Adrianna looked around surprised.
"What?"he asked
"Your pool is on the roof," she said and went over to the grill and opened it. It smelled amazing steam rose off of the steak she grabbed the tongs and flipped them over, she ran back downstairs and ran into the kitchen and grabbed the bowl of vegetables. She poured them all over the steak and closed the grill again. Adrianna served the mashed potatoes on four plates and poured four glasses of Iced Tea. She and Paige brought the plates and drinks out onto the table. She then put each steak on a plate and threw some vegetables on the as well. She turned off the grill and walked back to the table.
Im good at this cooking thing She thought
"JIMMY! SPINNER!", Paige screamed as they sat down. they came running over from the other side of the roof
"Adi, whats that smell?" Spinner asked as they came over. "Wait, steak? I love steak!" Jimmy sat across form her as Spinner sat across from Paige.
"Good! Now taste it!" she said. They cut into the steak and put it in their mouths. They chewed and smiled.
"This is great,"Jimmy said. She grinned,
"Yes!" She ate a piece of the steak and some mashed potatoes. They all finished quickly and Adrianna went to go in the pool.
"You have to wait a half an hour," Jimmy said grabbing her by the arm.
"Youre kidding right?" she asked as she arched an eyebrow.
"No Im not kidding, I dont want you cramping up and drowning in my pool," he said.
"Ill wait a half an hour. Ok, Dr. Brooks?"
"Fine, but Ill be counting," he said.
"I cannot believe you actually want me to wait," she says as she lays down on the chair next to Paige and Spinner. She stretched across it and pulled her sunglasses over your eyes.
"I should put on sunscreen, shouldnt I?" she asked Jimmy but continued to face up with her eyes closed.
"Yes, you should", he said then sat down on the chair next to her. Adrianna reached over and grabbed the sun screen. She lopped it on to her legs, arms, and stomach and spread it around until the white was gone. She threw the bottle at Jimmy,
"You too," she said then laid back down on the chair. He did the same thing and when he was done laid down as well.
"So how long has it been?" she asked.
"Five minutes Adi"
"I swear its been like an hour already"
"No Adi, five minutes"
"Why are you so protective and what not?" she asked
"I dont know, I just dont like seeing people get hurt. No matter how small. And if I can prevent it then I will," he said simply.
"Oh," it was logical, and nice, "So hows life?" she ask. This was her meager attempt to create conversation between the two of them.
"Pretty good," he said. But she wasnt satisfied.
"What about your love life? Have your eye on anyone?" she ask. She figure asking a more specific question would get a direct answer.
"So do you want the Jimmy Brooks love life history?" he asked.
"That would be nice," she smirked.
"Ok," he took a breath, "So first there was no one. I was happy it was me and Spinner. That was before the problems, before the girls. Then puberty hit. Then Ashley hit"
"Woah you went out with Ashley too?" she said as she turned to face him.
"Yea"
"Before or after Craig?"
"Before"
"Uh huh. Continue," she said.
"Me and Ashley got along really well, it was great. I loved her and her family. But we broke up. It just wasnt there anymore. So I was alone for a while and Spinner had Paige. I had no one. Ashley got with Craig. And because Paige was going out with Spinner she practically absorbed him. We still hung out, but Paige had control over him--"
"And I still do," Paige inturrupted and they all laughed except Spinner who gave them evil glares.
"Then I went out with Hazel. She was great. But I broke up with her because she was suffocating me trying to controll me like Paige does with Spinner. And thats where I am now," he ended his story and looked over at Adrianna as if waiting for a response.
"Dont worry, you'll find someone," she smiled.
"So what about you?" he asked.
"Well in my old school I had my share of boyfriends. But it was really only to be able to say that I had one. I just wanted someone that was tied to me through some superficial title or something. I never really fell in love. I was too young to know what it was anyway. Sometimes I still question my ability to love. To return someones feelings. But the one time I did fall in love, or anything remotely close to it I fell HARD. He was amazing. He made all the problems, all my insecurities go away. He was my shelter and I loved him. I was having problems, my dad did'nt like him and my mom was always away on business trips. I was alone. My search for that title, for someone to be tied to me through the whole boyfriend, girlfriend thing led me to him. I figured that if I did have a boyfriend I would have someone who had to stay, even if only temporarily. The title tied them to me, and that was what I needed, someone who would stay. And he was just what I needed. He loved me for what I was. He accepted me and told me everything I wanted to hear. We were each others source of security. And he stayed, for two years. But two years was too long. I had gotten what I needed. I realized that I didnt always need someone by my side to feel like a complete person. I didnt need to rely solely on him for comfort and security. But I still loved him. Once I knew this I realized the kind of person he really was. Through my insecurity he was perfect. My knight in shining armor. But when I looked, he was dominating. I was submissive and apprehensive, it was perfect for him. He had all the power in the relationship and I was his toy. I thought he was giving me guidance and comfort, when he was really giving me orders and being possessive. I was his, to him. We were in some weird way, perfect for each other. But once I had changed I realized I had to get out. And I did. He didnt take it well and I saw this side of him, it was awful. I didnt want to hurt him. But I had to get away. I was a person and he couldnt see that. Eventually he took a hint and left me alone. I still loved him but this was what was best. Then I came here. I started fresh and new, and met Spinner, Craig, you, J.T., Sean, Marco and his boyfriend Dylan who I met today..."
"Dylan's my brother," Paige said
"Cool. Anyways I fell for one FAST. And Im still falling for him. He made everything seem ok that night. I thought I didnt need someone anymore. Once I came here I knew that I was strong enough to be alone. I was afraid to get into any relationship. I didnt want to get hurt, the way I had hurt Markus. But once I met him and talked I knew he couldnt hurt me, because it would hurt him too much. But I still get scared sometimes. I dont want to open myself up to someone just to be hurt. I dont want to regret falling in love. I was willing to take a chance for love because its worth taking a chance for. I dont want to waste my life wondering what if. But Im still afraid of getting hurt," she sighed. The rays of the sun got stronger and she had to put her arm over her eyes to shield out the sun. She wanted to stop talking about it. It wasnt that she didnt want Jimmy to know that it was him she was falling for, on the contrary she found it easy to talk to him. She just didnt want these ideas filling her head, the fact was Jimmy wasnt going to hurt her. She was overworking her mind there was no point in doing so.
"Half an hour up yet?" she asked then peered over at Jimmy. He looked at his watch,
"Thirty five minutes have passed, so I guess were good," he said.
"Good," she got up from your seat and walked over to the steps of the pool. She poked a toe in the water and chills slipped up her spine. The hairs on the back of her neck stood up as goose-bumps formed all over her body.
"Hows the water?" Jimmy asked.
"Its freezing," she said. It was but it was pleasant. It took away the effects of the humid and sticky 90 degree weather. He got up from his chair, ran and jumped into the pool. Cold droplets of water covered her body and her shivered even more.
"JIMMY!" she screamed. He was still under water, he couldnt hear her. She screamed then dove into the water. She swept her hair back and rose from the water. When she surfaced she looked around for Jimmy and Spinner and saw Paige diving in but she couldnt find him and Spinner.
"Jimmy? she asked as she brushed water off heryour face. There was no answer. Suddenly someone grabbed her head and pushed her underwater. She shook loose from the grasp and came above water. She saw Jimmy swimming away.
"I am so going to kill him," she glided under the water and swam through it to catch him. It didnt take too long. She grabbed him by the ankle and pulled him to the shallow end. She pulled him above the water and let him take a couple of breaths before pushing him under again. She pulled him back up,
"Youre an asshole Jimmy"
"Sorry," he said while wiping water off his chin, "Jesus Adi, how did you catch me so fast?" he asked while swimming over to the steps to sit down.
"LifeGuard," she said while following him over.
"Youre a Lifeguard?" he asked.
"Yup, cool huh"
"Thats weird"
"How come?" she asked while playing with the ends of her hair.
"I dunno. I mean you're sixteen and you have the ability to save someones life. Its freaky"
"Well anyone can save peoples lives, I just happened to be certified at doing so," she smiled.
"So I could start drowning right now and youd be able to save me?"
"If I wanted to"
"And you would want to right"
"On a good day"
"And youre certified"
"Yup"
"Ok now its kinda cool"
"Yea its a total babe magnet. I mean these rock hard abs," she says while slapping her stomach, "Total babe magnet," she smiled. He laughed.
"Look what I can do," she said. She got up and walked to the other end of the pool. She climbed up the mini ladder and stood on the diving board. She stood with her arms clasped together straight up in the air. She jumped once to get the diving board moving up and down. She jumped again and did a triple front flip and dove into the water. As Adrianna went under she felt a rush of bubbles coming up and popping under her stomach. She swam forward and arrived on the other end of the pool. She rose out of the water and squinted to keep water out of her eyes while she looked over at Jimmy, Spinner, and Paige.
"Pretty hot, but can you do this?" Spinner said then walked over to the diving board. She took a seat on the steps next to Paige and Jimmy and watched him. He got on the diving board and jumped off, BOOM, belly flop. They scrunched their faces in pain, knowing how much that had to hurt. He swam over to them and the first thing out of his mouth was,
"Ow"
"Spinnner, were you planning on doing that?" Adrianna asked
"And causing myself all this pain, of course," he smiled and sat down next to Paige. Adrianna looked down at his stomach which was a little pinkish.
"Yea, you shouldnt do that again," she said
"Oh! And I was planning on it too," he said sarcastically.
"Shut up," she said then splashed water at him.
"Jimmy, lucky you have a pool," she said looking at him
"Well its open whenever you feel like using it, its nice to have a lifeguard on duty"
"I doubt one person can manage this Olympic sized swimming pool"
"Its not Olympic Sized"
"Yea it might be a foot smaller"
"I guess," he smiled.
"Lucky, smug bastard"
"Do you want to go under again?" he threatened.
"Why are YOU going to do it?" she asked.
"Yea"
"I think I might be able to save myself. You know, considering Im a lifeguard and everything," she said while she flexed her arms. He rolled his eyes at her then said,
"I see some de-bikining in your future"
"I swear if any of you do that I will grab twist and pull," she said
"What is that like a threat?" Spinner asked
"No, it's a promise," she said as she plunged under water and sat on the floor. Her hair was floating above her head. She crossed her legs and placed her hands on her knees. She let out a long deep breath watched the bubble float to the surface and burst. Adrianna's mind was blank, and she had to admit she liked it that way. She slowly stood up on her feet and rose above the water. She stared over at Jimmy who was staring at the sky.
"Whats on your mind?" she asked as she sat down next to him.
"What you said"
"What about it?" she asked as she shook water out of her ear.
"You said you dont want to wonder what if. Neither do I Adi"
"Now who are we talking about?" she questioned
"Never mind," he said as Spinner came out with a boom box and CDs. He set them up and played some songs.
Later that night they all were sitting in the jacuzzi relaxing. Then the song "Walk Away" by Marques Houston came on.
"I love this song," Adrianna said smiling
"Wanna dance?" Jimmy asked her
"Sure," she said as they got out and danced. Spinner and Paige watched
I can truly say
Its not everyday
Someone makes me feel this way
Just like a star shooting past the moon
It felt like a holiday
I wanna take you away
To another place
Where the love just over flows babe
You were like my rain that needed to fall
And the flowers would not grow
Has anybody ever told you
That your eyes shine like pearls
Has anybody ever told you
That your one special girl
Has anybody ever showed you
That love is here to stay
Cuz you stole my heart on this very day
And I can't let you walk away...
"Why do you like this song?" he asked
"Because I think it's the perfect song for a guy to use when he wants to ask a girl out..."she said then Jimmy starts to sing along
(Jimmy)
You took me by surprise
And lit up my eyes
Like a child with a brand new toy
I never had so much inspiration
Now my songs are filled with joy
I can feel my soul
And feel my heart beating for the very first time
No I'm not your man
But I'm making plans
Like your already mine
Has anybody ever told you
That your eyes shine like pearls
Has anybody ever told you
That your one special girl
Has anybody ever showed you
That my love is here to stay
And you stole my heart on this very day
And I can't let you walk away
Walk away, can't you let you walk away from me
Gotta keep you and there's something I want to tell you
Tell you in your ear, baby isn't it clear that I want you
Has anybody ever told you
That your eyes shine like pearls
Has anybody ever told you
That your one special girl
Has anybody ever showed you
That my love is here to stay
And you stole my heart on this very day
And I can't let you walk away
He stares into her eyes and she stares into his. They leaned in and kissed. It was the most passionate, romantic, energetic kiss neither if them has ever felt. They pulled away smiling.
"You were talking about me and you. This is what you were thinking about," she said smiling
"Ever since Spin introduced us. I fell in love ever since I layed eyes on you," he said smiling
"I felt the same way," she said leaning in again to kiss him. But this kiss was different. It was full of more passion and romance that it send shivers up her spine, it made her melt into his arms.
Later they all go inside change into their pajamas and watch a couple movies. Adrianna lays her head on Jimmy's chest with their arms wrapped around eachother. During the movie he starts playing with her hair.After a while he stops and she says,
"Why'd you stop?"
"You want me keep playing with your hair?" he asked
"Yeah, its putting me to sleep," she said smiling and he continued playing with her hair and soon fell asleep. A little while later she felt Jimmy slide his arms under her and lift her up. She put her arms around his neck so she wouldnt fall. She heard the him say something and a few seconds later he layed her down pulled a blanket over her, brushed her hair out of her face, kissed her fore head, layed down next to her, wraps his arms around her and falls asleep.
A/N: PLEASE R & R. Chapter 8 coming up soon!