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Chapter 15

Relationship Talks and the Moment We've All Been Waiting For

Dougie left five minutes later, the two still not saying anything to each other.

"We'll talk when I get back, ok?" he said, walking out of the room.

Jada nodded, knowing he wouldn't see it but doing it anyway. She looked around Dougie's room. 'Great, now what?' she thought. She had gone over the house and skipped school just to see Dougs and now he's at a meeting. She went over to the bed and sat down, lying back agaist the pillows, and taking in the scent of Dougie's shampoo on them. She smiled, maybe Lisette was right, maybe she should just admit that she liked this boy, but it was something more than that. Could it be that Jada was slowly falling for the bassist? She shook her head, not allowing the thoughts to enter her mind any more, and stood up. She walked down the stairs to the living room and put on a movie she had never heard of called Camp. This had to be Tom's, it was a musical about kids who go to a camp for the arts. Half way into the movie, Jada got a phone call from Paula.

"Hey, aren't you at school?" Jada asked when she answered the phone.

"Yea, but it's lunch time, we thought we'd call you to see how much fun you're having without us," Paula replied," You're on speaker phone by the way."

"Oh, cool, hey Lisette," Jada said then sighed," I wouldn't exactly say I was having fun."

"Hey, girl," Lisette said," and why? What's up?"

"Well the boys aren't here," Jada said, then looked at the clock on the wall," They've been gone for about an hour, Fletch needed to have a meeting with them so I'm watching a fairly weird movie."

Lisette laughed," Let me guess, the movie's Tom's."

"Of course."

"Well, we can come over. We only have two classes left and they're not doing anything today, there's an assembly," Paula said.

"Oh, guys that would be great," Jada said," I need to tell you guys something anyway."

"Alright, we'll be there soon," Lisette said.

Jada only had to wait twenty minutes to hear the doorbell ring. She let the girls in and they all sat on the couch.

"So what's up?" Lisette asked," you said you had to tell us something.

Jada bit her lip and looked anywhere but at the girls," Before the boys had to go to the meeting, Dougie and I...well we almost kissed."

She looked and up and saw the two girls smiling like idiots," Gah! I knew it!"

"Lisette, please, we were just caught up in the moment. I don't like Dougie like that," Jada said, once again covering up her feeling.

"Why not?" Paula asked," Dougie's cool."

"I know," she replied," He's a great friend, but he's not boyfriend material to me. He's arrogant, bossy, and way too immature."

Paula sighed," There you go again."

"Excuse me."

"C'mon Jada, all you do is make up stupid excuses for why you don't like someone. I mean, have you ever really had a boyfriend before?"

Jada was shocked by the way Paula was talking to her," Paula, I'm sorry I don't like Dougie, it's just how I feel."

"No, it's not," Lisette said," I agree with P on this one. Jada no one is ever good enough for you."

"That's not true-"

"Yes, it is, and you know it," Paula said," Let's see, there was Sam, Devon, Kyle, Preston, and now Dougie. Jada, no one is perfect hun. I think you have this big elaborat idea of how a boyfriend is supposed to be, and if the boy doesn't fit into that dream of yours, you dump him without even thinking about it. What is it, Jada? Are you afraid of getting hurt or something?"

Jada looked down to the ground, thinking about what Paula just said, and tears forming in her eyes. All her life, she's always wanted someone like the princes in her fairytales, the men on tv. She's grown up seeing relationships fail all around her and the hearts of those poor girls being broken.

Jada finally looked up, nodding her head at Paula," I can't help it P. I just don't want to end up hurt like everyone else seems to be getiing hurt. I don't want a broken heart."

Paula sighed, looking at Lisette, and then wrapping an arm around Jada's shoulders," Jade, there's no way to avoid getting hurt. It's inevitable, something that's bound to happen. You just have to remember, you aren't going to be his first, his last, or his only. He's loved before and he will again, but if he loves you now, what else matters? He's not perfect, and he never will be, but if he can make you laugh at least once, cause you to think twice, and he can admit to being human and making mistakes, love him, hold onto him, and give him the most you can. Jada, he's not going to qoute poetry, he's not going to think about you twenty-four-seven, but he will give you apart of him that he knows you can break."

Jada sat there and stared at Paula for a minute," P, that was beautiful."

Paula blushed and said," I got it offline, but I thought it was pretty fitting for this situation."

Jada laughed along with Paula and Lisette and shook her head while Lisette said," Trust you to say something beautiful and then say something like that."

The girls didn't say another word about relationships after that, but those words made Jada think a lot. Dougie was a great guy, he wouldn't hurt her intentionally. Why was she so scared to be with him?

"Hey, I think the boys are home," Lisette said two hours later.

she was right, the boys walked into the house a minute later, Dougie coming strait to Jada.

"Hey, lets talk," he said, grabbing her hand and leading her to the garden, which was now clean thanks to a few very uinfortunate maids.

The two sat down opposite each other and looked to the ground awkwardly.

"So," Jada said.

"So," Dougie replied, miserably," We almost kissed upstairs. I've been thinking about it Jada, and to tell you the truth, I've liked you for a while now. I don't know when it happend, but I do know that when we agreed to do this fake dating thing I was so happy knowing that I could hold you the way I wanted to for so long, even if it was only for the cameras. I'm sorry if I went too far upstairs, I just couldn't help myself."

The whole time Dougie was talking, his face was to the ground, not allowing himself to look at Jada. Although, if he had looked at her, he would have seen the shock that was on her face at first, but then see it slowly progress into a huge smile.

"Dougie," Jada said, making him look up," I like you too. I've also been thinking about it, and I was scared at first, but now I think I'm ready for a relationship. That is only if you want to have a relationship. I mean I didn't mean to push what you just said, but I really like you too and I thought-"

Dougie cut her off by putting his hand over her mouth, smiling," You done?"

She blushed and nodded her head. Dougie took his hand away and leaned towards her, planting his lips onto hers, finally having that long awaited kiss.

The two pulled away, both smiling and just sat there, not saying anything.

"Aww," they heard Lisette and Paula say, breaking their moment.

They looked over, seeing everyone standing in the dorrway smiling at them, and laughed.

"You guys are nuts," Dougie said.

"So, you're definantly together for real now?" Harry asked.

"Yea," Jada said, looking back at Dougie and smiling even bigger.

"That's awesome guys, but I think we have a problem," Tom said, making everyone frown and look at him.

"Only you could find a problem in a situation like this," Lisette said, smacking him on the arm.

Tom glared at her and said," Well I think it's a fairly important subject to bring up before this gets out of hand. What about the whole break-up that's supposed to happen between you two?"