Tara's POV
THE NEXT MORNING
I woke up at what I thought seven AM then Zach, Blake, and Kaiden walked by and they saw I was awake. They came in to talk. I asked them what time it was. They said it was six AM. "Are you alright?" They all said in unison. "I'm fine. Why do you ask?" I said. "We were kinda worried about you and Jake." Blake said. "After you went for a walk yesterday Jake locked himself in his room and cried for an hour." Said Kaiden. "None of us knew where you went but we assumed you were somewhere in the woods crying." Said Zach. "We were just going to talk to Jake to see if he's ok enough to go hunting." Blake said. "I'll go talk to him I know how he's feelings." I dressed quickly.
I went to Jake's room and knocked softly on the door. "Who is it?" He asked. "It's me, Tara." I replied. He told me to come in. He was pulling his hoodie over his head. I told him the others were wondering if he was ok enough to go hunting. He said he was just fine. We went downstairs together this morning we had blood shakes. Then we went out for the hunt. Jake and I caught three squirrels and a wolf. Then we were full so we started to head back to the mansion. We met up with the others at the gate to the woods.
Back at the mansion I went upstairs to wash the blood off my face and hands. Then I went to the library. It was my favorite place in the mansion. The walls had shelves built into them. the shelves were packed with books. I picked out a good book and sat in one of the high backed chairs by the fire. Then Sarah came in with Tia and Mia. Sarah had a questioning look on her face she came to talk to me while Tia and Mia went to look at books. "You've been sneaking off with Jake a lot lately and all of us want to know why." she replied. "We're not ready to let you guys know anything yet, so just let us talk it over and tell you guys when we're ready." I told her. Then I shut my book and went upstairs to my room and put the book on my dresser.
Then I went to Jake's room and told him that everybody was starting to wonder why we've been sneaking off. "We need to tell them soon. Sarah was just asking about us, and why you haven't asked me to prom. Sarah was asked by Blake, Tia was asked by Kaiden, and Mia was asked by Zach." "I was just going to come down to ask you." He said. I told him I would go with him. Then we started to wonder if we should tell the others about us. he said he wasn't sure and that he had a big announcement tell me and everybody else but he had to do something before he could make the announcement.
I went downstairs satisfied. My dad was in the library reading but I couldn't stop and talk because it was Sarah and I's to to make dinner. We made Chicken, mashed potatoes, gravy, and green beans. My favorite foods. Before we even set the table everybody was at the table all nine of us.
SKIP MEAL
I was about to clear the plates for dessert when Jake stood up and said that he had an announcement. He got down on one knee and pulled a little black box out of his pocket and said. "Tara I love you and I want to be with you until the end of time will you marry me?" I told him yes. Then Sarah asked. "Don't you have to date before you get married?" Jake and I looked at each other then we mentally decided I would tell them. "Jake and I have been dating for about five years now." I said. "We didn't know how to tell you guys so we didn't." Jake said. Then the room went silent. I put the ring on and then I continued to get dessert. During dessert nobody talked much except for congratulations because they were all trying to figure out how they didn't know we were dating.
After supper Jake and I went to the library and he sat in one of the big chairs and I sat on his lap. We kissed for a long time. When we pulled away he smiled and said. "I love you." "I love you to." I replied. We smiled at each other and just sat there in the warmth of the fire. We were sitting there and I fell asleep against his muscular chest. The next thing I knew I was awake shaking in fear. Jake was lying next to me. He put his muscular arms around me and we smiled at each other and then I went back to sleep.
