Chapter Four
They both blushed a furious shade of red and jumped in the back seat. "Yall' will be a little squished because I need to return some stuff", Gram said. "I can move it if you want". "No we're fine", Jake said quickly, then turned red. Great now she is going to know I totally like her Jake thought. They arrived in Darton and decided to go to the mall. "I have to return some stuff, so you can look at costumes while I do some errands", Gram said. "Jake look after her will you". "Yes mam", he replied. Gram dropped them off in front of the mall with some money. "Thanks Gram", Sam said. "Your welcome. I'll meet you back here in an hour and a half ", Gram said. Sam and Jake walked into the mall with a companionable silence. "So where do you want to go first ?" asked Jake. "Lets try the costume shop", replied Sam. They walked into the store and started looking around. Sam wanted to be a princess and Jake had no idea what he wanted to be. All of the sudden , Sam saw it, the perfect costume. She grabbed the silvery, spaghetti-strap, princess dress. She ran into the dressing room with a huge smile on her face. She is so beautiful when she smiles, thought Jake. Whoa, since when do I think she's beautiful. You've always loved her. While Jake was arguing with his mind, Sam had a slight problem in the dressing room, she couldn't zip the zipper in back. "Jake", she called. "What ?" he replied shaking his head to clear it. "I need help". He walked over to the dressing room where Sam's head was peeking from behind the closed curtain. She grabbed his arm and pulled him into the dressing room. "Can you zip me up ?" she asked. "Sure", he said shivering at the sight of her tan, bare back. You perv, he thought.
Jake walked out of the dressing room with Sam behind him. Her small body looked great in the dress thought Jake. "So what do you think ?" asked Sam. "You look beautiful", Jake stammered, blushing. "Thanks", Sam said shyly looking at her feet. She found some shoes to match and then went up front and paid with the money Gram gave her. Jake quickly selected a cowboy costume and went and paid with his mom's money. They walked out of the store side by side. Jake shyly took her hand in his, and her heart flipped in her chest. She looked up to him with a huge smile on her face as they walked.