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Chapter 5

I could hear his heartbeat at a normal rate as I rested my cheek against his chest and I wanted this moment to last forever but of course all things come to an end and I guessed I was afraid that when it did eventually end, he would leave me again and tell me we could no longer be friends.

We sat like this, with me in his lap with my arms wrapped around him and my cheek pressed onto his chest for about an hour now and he never gave up stroking my hair with his long fingers. Every now and again I would press myself closer to him in an attempt to make him stay longer.

When eventually my eyes diverted across the room and found the clock, it was eleven thirty already and I began to panic slightly. Please don't let him go, please don't let him go, I repeated in my head and squeezed my eyes shut, preparing myself for him to tell me he was leaving but instead he told me the complete opposite of what I was thinking.

"It's okay Eva, I'm not going anywhere," he whispered reassuringly and held me closer to him, resting his chin on the top of my head.

I relaxed instantly as those words left his mouth and sighed. At that same moment I wondered why he did all this for me, it was like something you would see in the movies and not in real life but I put it all down to Jake being a nice person.

Time passed us by once again and I became aware that my mom would be home by two in the morning and it was already twelve. I couldn't imagine Jake staying here with me for longer than that but tried not to think about it that much.

"Eva," Jake spoke, breaking the silence.

"Yeah," I replied, hoping he wasn't leaving.

"When does your mom get back?," he asked.

"About two," I answered cautiously.

He didn't answer me straight away and I started to worry that he was leaving me. I felt sweat start to form on my forehead and knew it wasn't because Jakes body temperature was high.

"Jake, please don't leave me," I begged and looked up into his eyes pleadingly.

"Eva I told you I wasn't going anywhere but it's getting late and your very tired," he told me, his eyes scanning my face, "Let me take you up to bed alright?,".

I thought about what he said and nodded, knowing very well that I was tired and that him taking me to bed was better than him leaving this minute.

He lifted himself and I off of the sofa and carried me up the stairs to my room bridal style. He reached out to my bed and pulled back the blankets then laid me down on it gently, pulling the blankets back over me.

He stood there for a second just staring at me but he seemed to be thinking of something and I couldn't it figure out. The thought of him leaving me again crept back into my mind and I reached my hand out to grab his arm.

"Jacob don't leave, please," I begged, worried that if I woke up the next morning things wouldn't be the same.

He knelt down beside me and placed his warm hand on my cheek, rubbing his thumb on it and gazed into my eyes, "I won't leave you, I promise, It won't happen again," he said softly and reassuringly. I leaned into his hand and gazed back at him.

"Jacob... why did you leave me?,"

He swallowed hard, "Now Eva is not the time, "

I searched his face for answers but didn't find any, "Is it because of that argument we had over the Rabbit?,"

He suddenly stopped rubbing his thumb off my cheek and stared hard into my eyes, "NO! No don't think that, no its nothing to do with that, it was just… personal, nothing to do with you but… but I'm here now, I'm with you,"

I couldn't help but reach out to him. I started to caress his cheek, feeling all his perfect bone structure and cheekbones under my fingers. I watched for his reaction, at first he looked surprised but then relaxed, his eyes locked on mine. I started to move my hand over to his newly cropped hair and ran my fingers through the short hair he had. Once I reached the back of his head he suddenly let his head fall down onto me, his cheek rested on my chest.

I froze for a second, wondering how to take this. Jacob never did that to me before and it didn't really feel like something a 'friend' would do but of course he has changed and I wasn't getting my hopes up.

I started caressing his scalp again and felt him relax at my touch, his head heavier on my chest. I noticed that my blood was boiling under his cheek but it didn't bother me, I was just happy that my best friend was back here with me and nothing could come between that.

As time started to pass us by, I felt my eyelids growing heavier and heavier with each second and before I knew it, I drifted off to sleep.

~*~

I awoke to the sudden shining of the sun on my face and groaned. I was sure I had drawn the curtains last night but when I looked over they weren't fully drawn and I noticed the window wasn't locked. I frowned and shook my head, knowing me I had probably left both of them like that without knowing.

Jacob… Jacob crept back into my mind and I felt dread wash over me until I remembered last night and that we had made up. I smiled and sighed, today might not be so bad after- Oh no! my date with Dylan. I groaned once more and got up to get dressed.

~*~

"Good morning mom," I said as I walked into the kitchen and headed towards the toaster.

"Morning hun," mom mumbled as she sipped on her tea, reading the paper at the table.

I sat down across from her as I started on my toast and I felt her eyes on me. I looked up at her, "What?," I asked confused as to why she was watching me.

"Your Grandma Paula called yesterday," she sipped her tea, "And," she swallowed, "She wants us to go visit her on the weekend," she told me.

My jaw dropped, "But… but I can't, I've got school, I can't just neglect my homework and assignments,"

"Well take them with you, we're going for a week anyway so you've got plenty of time," she suggested.

I stared at her in mock horror. I hated staying with Grandma Paula, it was so boring! Yes she was a great Grandma, so caring and loving but I didn't want to go. The main reason I was certain I didn't want to go was Jake, especially after we made up.

"But mom I-," she wouldn't let me finish.

"Honey, its only for a week, you haven't seen her for months and she's getting old,"

"Okay okay, fine," I gave in but only because I felt sorry for Grandma and my mom wasn't letting me out of this.

~*~

Later, I was curled up on the sofa watching TV when my mobile rang. I took a deep breath and reached over the sofa to the coffee table in front that it was placed on.

"Hello,"

"Hey Eva! Its Dylan,"

"Oh… hey Dylan," I said trying to sound happy. I didn't want to go out with him but he wasn't going to let this go and I couldn't hurt him.

"Hey, I was just wondering if I should pick you up at eight, if that's alright?,"

I wanted so badly to say no but I didn't have it in me and besides it would be rude, "Sure, sounds… great,"

"Awesome! See you then," he said before he hung up and I rolled my eyes.

Why couldn't he see that I just wanted him as a friend and nothing more? I wasn't leading him on right? I was just being plain old me. I sighed, better to get it over and done with and I kind of felt sorry for Dylan, after all he was a great guy.

I got dressed into a black tank top and skinny jeans with a pair of black heels to match. I had to look nice of course or it would look like I didn't care which I didn't but didn't want to let him know.

I blow dried my hair and left it down. I applied some eyeliner and lip gloss and was ready to go, even though it was only seven thirty.

As I was making my way down the stairs and almost tripping over my heels in the process, the doorbell rang.

Dylan couldn't be a half hour early, could he?

I walked over to the door and swung it open to reveal Jacob. My eyes grew wide the instant I saw him since I wasn't expecting him. He was leaning against the doorway, grinning down at me. I flushed a little, wondering if he noticed that I was done up and I couldn't help but notice that he wasn't half naked.

He was wearing a black t-shirt that clung to his muscles in all the right places and a pair of dark jeans that looked new, not to mention he was wearing black shoes to match. He looked nicely cleaned up, hell even his hair looked styled.

I stood there for a moment just taking in his appearance until his voice brought me back to my senses.

"Aren't you going to tell me I look good?," he asked me still grinning, with a gleam in his eye.

I blushed for a second but quickly composed myself and sniggered at his cockiness, shrugging, "Why should I?," I asked jokingly.

This was definitely the old me and Jake, always playing games with each other until one gives up. I was happy that things seemed to be back to normal.

"Because I think I do, if I must say so myself," he replied, winking at me.

I laughed and slapped him playfully on the arm, only to be pulled into one of his signature bear hugs.

"I missed you," he whispered to me softly as he rested his chin on my head.

I couldn't stop my heart rate picking up a notch and the butterflies fluttering in my stomach as he said that but of course I knew he meant it in a friendly kind of way.

"I missed you too," I mumbled into his chest, wrapping my arms tightly around his waist.

We stood like that for a few minutes until he broke the silence.

"You look really beautiful tonight Eva… you always do," he told me, his voice a little huskier than usual.

I blushed into his chest and looked up at him smiling, "Really? You think so?,".

He caressed my cheek the way I did for him last night and nodded, "Yeah… you really do,".

We stood there staring into each other's eyes and it felt as if the world just stopped revolving around us. I could see what looked like… love in his eyes and I smiled. It didn't matter if it was brotherly or fatherly love, it was love and that's all that mattered.

He bent his head towards mine until it was so close, I could feel his hot breath on my face. His eyes were gazing into mine and several emotions ran through them but before I could figure them out he spoke.

"I wanted to take you out with me tonight, we haven't been," he ran his fingers over my cheekbones all the way down to my shoulders and then all the way down to my elbow, his touch setting my skin on fire and driving my heart crazy, "Together in a while," he finished, his voice so low but yet so deep.

My moment of happiness was destroyed when I broke eye contact with him and saw headlights pull up outside my house and a door open to reveal Dylan.

I gulped and pulled away from Jacobs arms, pulling at me tank top and fixing my hair.

I glanced up at Jacob as he looked over his shoulder, a look of disgust forming on his face. He looked back down at me again and behind the disgust I could see the hurt and anger in his eyes.

"So that explains why your all dressed up," he told me, his voice strained.

I opened my mouth to explain but he spoke before me, "I guess I'll see you around Eva,".

With that he turned on his heel and left, glancing over at Dylan and glaring at him before taking long strides to his house.

I watched after him, frozen in my place. I knew I hurt him by going on a date with Dylan and I knew that I wanted to go with Jacob, not Dylan.

It was then and there, I could either choose to go with Dylan on this date of ours or run after Jacob and let him take me somewhere. Maybe this was my chance with Jacob but would I take it?

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