Here's the new chapter. As I may have mentioned before, I was just moved up into the AP US History class and I have 7 chapters of work to make up so if I don't pop these chapters out like that Dugar lady has a baby then please give me a bit a lee-way. Here's the new chapter:
I came into the apartment about 20 minutes after I left the cafe, seeing James, Logan, and Carlos crowded on the couch in an intense game of Super Mario. I walked into the kitchen wordlessly, finding Mama Knight pulling a tray of fish sticks out of the oven and Katie setting the table; still not seeing Kendall anywhere.
"Oh, there you are Jacie. We've been wondering where you wandered off to," Mama Knight said as she gave me a quick kiss on the cheek. "Kendall was looking for you earlier, did he find you?" I shook my head wordlessly, not wanting to let anything slip in case they didn't know yet. And I could guess bu the way they were acting, they didn't have any clue in the slightest.
"Do you know where he went?" I asked the guys.
As usual, they replied as a group. "No." I shrugged, walking back out of the apartment and down to the pool, finding Camille reading a script and sipping a strawberry banana smoothie.
"Hey, Cam. What's up?" I said, sitting down beside her.
She glanced up and narrowed her eyes at me," So how'd it go?"
"Camille, we are just friends. Seriously."
"Fine. Oh, Kendall was looking for you earlier. I told him that you went to the coffee shop and I think he went to go find you."
"I feel like I'm playing phone tag, except its in like human form."
"You mean like tag?" She said blandly, giving me a 'duh' look. I giggled slightly, glancing over into the park, seeing Kendall sitting beside some girl on a bench. I gaped mentally, not wanting show any sign of emotion, and glanced away embarrassed when he looked over, locking eyes with me.
"So what have you done all afternoon?"
"Sat here. Reading this... Do you know why Kendall punched a tree just a little bit ago?" I sat there stunned for a minute, processing what she had just said. Kendall never punched anyone or anything, much less showed that kind of aggression with the exception of hockey games.
"Wait... he what?"
She nodded, tipping her head in his direction slightly. "He looked pretty upset about something, I couldn't tell what though. He just punched the tree and sat there for a while. Then Jo came over and they've been talking for the last 10 minutes." Something clicked inside of my mind, even though I couldn't completely comprehend what, something just pieced together.
Instead of replying to her, I just stood up saying quickly," I gotta go. I'll see you later."
I ran off, to the Employee Only staircase that lead up to the roof, not looking behind me the entire way until I reached the edge of the roof ridge, leaning on it to catch my breath. I couldn't help the flair of jealousy that sparked up when the slightest thought of that girl with Kendall, even if they were just talking. I tried to concentrate on the people and the cars rushing around but my mind kept straying. I watched as the sun set slowly, across the Los Angeles skyline, and assumed I was alone until I heard the door close behind me. I debated internally whether or not I should turn around to confirm who I thought it was but eventually decided against it, acting like I didn't even know he was there. I fixated my gaze on a couple strolling along the sidewalk through the Palm Woods Park and could sense him right beside me.
"I was hoping I'd find you up here. I totally forgot about this spot," he said softly, leaning against the ledge beside me.
"I haven't been up here in a while," I admitted, glancing over at him and catching his gaze. That was one of the things that I loved most about him, his mossy green eyes.
"Not since you slept with me that one night," he basically finished for me. It had been towards the end of our first month here and I was having a hard time adjusting. That day was my mother's birthday, so naturally, I was in one of my depressive moods. I had been crying late at night, woke Kendall up, and he had me sleep in bed with him to comfort me. "Can we talk?"
I have no clue what snapped in me, if it was the overwhelming jealousy that was still harboured in me from seeing him with that girl or if it was just that time of the month. "Talk about what? What is there to talk about?" I said a bit too sharply, noticing the slight cringe at my words.
"About what happened earlier... Jacie, I-"
I cut him off, fighting back ridiculous tears. "Don't. Just don't say that it shouldn't have happened because that would hurt too much."
"Jace, I wasn't going to say that. I really like you, really really like you." I stopped mid-turn to face him, gaping at him like an idiot.
"But why were you with that girl earlier?" I fought back the jealous edge that tried to pry its way into my voice.
"She saw me in the park and asked if I needed someone to talk to. I don't like her. I promise. Which by the way, I could ask you the same thing."
"What do you mean?" I asked, completely forgetting about meeting Dak in the coffee shop.
"Camille told me you went to the coffee shop so I went to find you and I saw you with some guy."
"I don't... I mean, Dak and I are just friends," I explained. "So where do we go from here?"
He shrugged, leaning down and pressing his lips to mine before I could stop him. I melted into an oblivion, wrapping my arms around his neck and drawing myself up against him. We broke lip contact for just long enough to catch our breath and for him to whisper ," Will you be my girlfriend?" I nodded slightly, pulling him back down to my level, my kiss giving him all the answer he needed.
AWWWW. Major cute and fluffy moment. I loved that and there is more to come. Please review and let me know what you think. :)