Jess' point of view…
You opened your eyes to see that you were lying on your bed. What happened last night, you thought as your memory of last night recollected.
Last night...
"Jess, there's something I've been wondering," Jade said as he kept his eyes on the road.
"Yeah, Jade?"
"It's kind of embarrassing that I'd even think this at all but, do you really think we might get married someday? I mean, honestly, the thought horrifies me. I just can't see it happening to me,"
You had looked down and sighed before saying, "Jade, do you think people see themselves being married? It's just something that happens. You may not be ready now but someday that will be the final step. And it'll be perfect."
He smiled and grabbed your hand with his free hand while keeping the other one on the steering wheel.
While driving through the intersection, you looked to make sure Jade was paying attention to the cars but he kept on driving. A car appeared out of nowhere and hit the front side of the car causing your car to spin out.
You breathed heavily taking in the shock of what happened.
"Jess, are you okay?" Jade asked.
"Yeah, I'm fine, what about you?"
"I'm okay; I'm just a little spooked is all,"
You looked at him and said, "Car crashes really seem to follow us, huh?"
He nodded, "Damn, this was a rental too."
"That sucks. Well, now I really want to go home because that was scary."
He nodded as he started the car up again and drove to your house. As you got out of the car, you surveyed it to see the amount of damage.
"Wow, that doesn't look too good," you said. You then continued with, "You completely zoned off there for a while. What happened?"
He shrugged and said, "I don't know. I just fell out of it all for a second. I'm just so glad it was minor and that we didn't get hurt. I don't know what I'd do if you got injured."
You felt a small smile creep across your face as you walked toward the door motioning him to come with you.
As you entered your house, you realized the others hadn't gotten back yet.
You decided to take advantage of it by running upstairs and turning on the radio in your room. You turned and smiled at Jade, who was standing in the doorway, as "Lips of a angel," by Hinder filled the room. You moved closer to him as you put your arms around his neck and kissed him passionately.
He moved his arms to your hips as you backed up and fell on to the bed. You stared at him as he lay on top of you staring back with the same intensity. You breathed heavily as repositioned yourself so you were a little more comfortable.
Jade then closed his eyes and kissed you very softly as he took off his jacket. You smiled as his blonde bit of hair brushed the side of your cheek. He then started to kiss your neck. You giggled as he readjusted himself so he wouldn't fall off your bed. As he started to kiss the side of your lip, you started feeling sheepish. But you decided you'd lighten up a little so you licked your lips, ending up licking him on the cheek. He then scooped you up and sat down so you were on top of him.
You were starting to take off your hoody, when your door slammed open causing you to jump and fall onto the hardwood floor.
"Ow," you whined as the light went on and you looked up to see Davey staring wide-eyed.
"Um, did I disrupt something? I'm not liking the glares I'm getting so I'm going ro leave you two alone... Come on, Shaquell," he said as he turned around and shut the door behind him.
You sighed and looked up at Jade who then said, "Is it just me or did that totally just kill the moment?"
You made a sympathetic look and said while getting up, "You can say that again. Oh well, we'll just have to try it another time," before kissing him on the forehead and straightening out your shirt.
You and Jade then walked downstairs to see more people than you'd thought there'd be. You saw the rest of AFI, Shaquell, and Caleb, Lauren, and Seth. You rubbed your eyes at your tiredness as you walked into the living room.
"What were you guys doing up there? God, you two keep getting further everyday, I swear you're going to get married or something," Davey said.
You shook your head and said, "Davey, where were you? We ARE married."
He turned and did a double take before saying, "W-What? When was this?"
You shook your head and kicked him for interrupting you and Jade. "You're a moment-killer David. Jade should dump your skinny ass. He's got better priorities now," you then kissed Jade on the lips as everyone in the room made noises of disgust. "Pfft, when will you children grow up?" you sighed as you sat down on Jade's lap as he sat down on the arm of the couch.
You then noticed Davey was holding Shaquell's hand. You pointed it out to Jade and he smiled like a little kid who saw mommy kiss Santa clause.
"So, speaking of growing up...I think our little Davey is becoming a man," Jade snickered as Davey looked up in shock.
"I hate you guys. You totally just got me back!" he screamed.
You looked at Jade and smirked and said, "Oh, not even close. You haven't seen anything yet."
He made a grim look as he looked at Shaquell. You then laughed at them because they made a cute couple. But you wouldn't tell them that.
"Sigh, I'm so not ready to go back to my normal schedule. I was starting to like preparing for this whole wedding and now it's over," you said, changing the subject from couples. You heard slight moans as everyone agreed with you.
"So now what? Geiger and Emily are getting busy as we speak and we're sitting around doing nothing. Should I get a movie out?" you asked. They all answered in unison as you got up to get the movies. But as you started to walk away, you felt a small tug on your hand. You turned and looked to see that Jade was playing with you by not letting go. You smiled and pulled your hand back and ran upstairs to grab Man on Fire.
2 hours later...
"Wow, that was really sad." Jade said sniffing a little bit.
"Yeah, I'm like depressed now," said Davey. Shaquell was lying on the floor crashed. And everybody else in the room was either sleeping or crying up a storm.
You sighed and stood up so everyone could see you as you said, "Alright, that movie was a letdown. Let's all keep our spirits high as we try and figure out something that will lighten us all up."
Adam, Hunter, Davey, Caleb, and Seth all looked at each other and smiled suspiciously. "How about truth or dare?" Seth spoke up. You looked at Jade who was distantly staring at the wall (?). You put your hand in front of his face to get his attention.
"What?" he said as he looked up at you. You looked at him dully and said, "Jade, everyone wants to play Truth or dare; What do you think?"
He looked at you and said, "I don't care but there's not enough girls here to make it worth it."
You then tried to think of a way to make it more even. "Well, Schilling is coming home soon so that'll make five girls. Davey is in both, since he's too girly to be a guy yet too manly to be a girl. That makes it even!" you laughed hard as you dissed Davey in front of everyone. He gave you a mean look before he broke out laughing. You then said, "I told you I'd get you back for disrupting me and Jade in the midst of our relationship upgrade!"
Davey raised an eyebrow at you as you started to blush. Everyone then started to laugh at you for spilling your personal life to the whole room.
You then looked to Jade and you put you head into his shoulder to cover up your redness. "Jade, make them stop laughing at me!"
Jade laughed then converted into his "manly" mode as he stood up and raise his fist in the air and yelled, "Silence!"
But that only made everyone laugh harder as he sat down and said, "I'm sorry, I did all I could."
Then after everyone settled down a bit, you all started your game of truth or dare. You started it by daring Adam to go streaking outside. He did it all right but not very willingly. He then asked Lauren, "truth or dare?"
She then kind of looked around as if trying to pick one or the other. She then called out, "Dare!"
Adam put his hand to his chin as he tried to think of a good truth. " I dare you to pick anyone of your own gender and try to melt a piece of ice using only your mouths.
Lauren had a look of despair on her face as she looked around the room for someone to do it with. You, Schilling, and Shaquell were the only girls so it was going to be one of you. You closed your eyes hoping she wouldn't pick you because you just didn't want to be involved. You have had several chances with experimentation. It was something you really didn't want to reflect on.
"I pick..." she started as you felt yourself wincing. "Jess."
Damnit, you thought as everyone in the circle ooh'd as you made you way unwillingly across the circle towards her. Jade got up and got a piece of ice out of the kitchen and threw it to you. It missed and hit you on the head.
"Um ow? That kind of hurt," you said as you picked up the piece of ice and stuck it in your mouth. You winced as you neared Lauren's face.
Jade's point of view...
"Oh wow," you said as you saw the two's lips collide. You felt a sudden cringe inside of you as you got up and ran to the bathroom before anyone else could notice. You went and got some cold water. You then came back as they were getting finished. You sat down and laughed as they pulled away and could not even look at each other. Then as she scooted back towards you, she asked where you had gone. You bit your lip and bent down to whisper into her ear.
Her reaction was, "Oh. Oh man. Really? That would suck to be a guy."
She then busted out laughing while everyone just stared at her wondering why she was laughing. She then yelled out, "Jade got a little excited down below!"
Everyone busted out in tears laughing especially Davey. His makeup ran down his cheeks. Your face turned a little pink before you yelled out, "Shut up, you guys! Seriously, it's not that funny! You know what it's like, Peanut!"
Davey then stopped laughing. Then he shuddered as he remembered the horrid event that happened years ago and how he inherited the nickname. "Okay, let's move on," he said seriously. But Jess insisted that he tell the crucial story out loud. He shook his head and said, "Next dare!"
Lauren smiled and said, "Davey, truth or dare?"
He smirked and said, "Truth,"
"Okay. Tell us all your most embarrassing story,"
He gasped and glared her a look that said, "You cunning little..." as he pointed at her. He then sighed and gave in and started by stating, "Once this story is revealed, none of you have any right to judge me for it or change your opinions on me."
Then he started, "Okay. This was about 3 years ago after Sing the Sorrow became old news and we just starting to work on December Underground. We had gone back home in Berkeley to work on the album but we had a small break in between so we went to Great America amusement park. Well, we going on the big roller coaster and we were standing in line when this really, really cute girl came up to us and said, "I'm your biggest fan! Davey, can you sit with me on the ride?" I thought I'd be nice and accept but little did I know she was really afraid of heights. So like, the whole time we were on the ride, she was clinging on to me and when we went in the tunnel, she kind of grabbed my...yeah. But I was like in the middle of a hard-on because, I don't know why but dark places make me feel weird. So as soon as we got off the ride, she looked at me disappointed and held up her finger and her thumb together and said, "Peanut." I was so embarrassed and the guys haven't stopped giving me crap ever since." He ended as he made another sigh as Shaquell sat there wide-eyed. "Trying...not to...crack...hilarious comeback. Can't,contol...harsh comment..."
She then held her head to keep her from saying anything. Davey then looked at the ground sadly.
Shaquell then got up and put her arms around him and said, "Don't be so sensitive. Size doesn't really matter and besides, I'm sure you've changed a lot since then!"
Davey looked up at her and smiled his famous panty-dropping grin. Shaquell smiled and started playing with his hair. They made a cute couple, you thought as you started to get tired.
"We're not all staying here tonight, are we? That's like 11 people!"
Caleb and Lauren shook their heads. "No, Lauri is staying at my place tonight. Seth has got work tomorrow so he's going to head home too. And I do believe that Schilling said something about you letting Shaquell sleep in her room while she goes home with Seth. I think they secretly have something going on but they won't tell anyone about it. Hmm."
You smiled at the thought of them as you turned to Jess and said, "Babe, where am I sleeping tonight?"
:"Where do you think? You're sleeping with me! I have a double bed! It might be a little cramped but if you get too uncomfortable, there's always the couch."
You smiled contentedly as you heard the words you've been waiting to hear. Sleep. With. Me. Romantic, are you? You shook your head and remembered that sleeping with someone usually meant sleeping in the same bed not actually going all the way. Of course, you knew which one she meant but it doesn't hurt to plan ahead for the future...Wait a second. Plan ahead for the future? Does that mean you're ready to take it to the final step?
Jess' point of view...
"What a night," you thought as you turned over to see Jade laying next to you peacefully sleeping.