Chapter Two
**Jade's POV**
This morning started out as all my mornings do. I woke up and threw on whatever clothes I could find in the mess that is my room, ran a brush through my hair, and applied a generous amount of eyeliner with just a bit of lip gloss. After staring at the clock until about the time Pierre normally arrive at my house, I left my room and walked outside not bothering to speak to my mother on my way out. To my surprise, Pierre was standing by the passenger door holding it open for me and smiling. "Your chariot milady." He laughed at his horrible attempt at a english accent but I just smiled and climbed in the car. There was an envelope with my name scrawled on the front in his handwriting. I grabbed the envelope and looked at it for a moment without opening it. I could feel Pierre looking at me from his spot behind the wheel. He didn't seem nervous but rather pleased with himself. After a moment, I opened the envelope and took out a peice of paper. On it was these words. 'Reason number one: I love the way your eyebrows crease when you are really trying to concentrate or figure something out.' I smiled before I could stop myself. "I do not.." Pierre laughed. "Oh but you do...you're doing it now looking at the paper Jade." I felt my face turning red. "So is this your plan? Sweep me off my feet with kind gestures and sweet words?" He looked at me, confused. "I thought that's what you wanted...?" I nodded "To some extent...but I want you to mean it. I don't know if I could handle being hurt by you...or pushed to the side when you decide you are done with me." He let out a whoosh of breath. "I would never hurt you Jade. I need you to believe that because it's the truest thing I've ever said." I nodded and sat in thought for a moment. I could feel his eyes on me as we sat outside David's house waiting for him to come out. "Well...I said at least four good reasons..." I laughed to break the tension but his face remained serious. "I love the way you turn red when you get even slightly embarrassed. I love that I can be myself around you and not worry about what you think because you are my best friend. The way you start laughing while trying to tell a joke and can't finish. Your eyes. The way you chew on the end of your pen during tests, sometimes to the point where you get ink all over your mouth." I held up my hand cutting him off "that was more than four.." I studied his face for a moment and could see the hopefulness in his eyes. Before long I felt myself nodding. "Don't make me regret this Pierre Bouvier."
"So you're saying you will go out with me? Like be my girlfriend?" I nodded again and looked up at him. The smile that came over his face was enough to make me blush again. After a moment he leaned in and pressed his lips to mine lightly. At that moment, David decided to open my door letting all the cold air in. "You're so not getting shotgun two days in a row. Sorry Jade but I just can't sit back there again." I looked up at him and smiled as Pierre laughed. "Sorry man. Girlfriends always get the front...you know that." I couldnt help myself as I looked over at my boyfriend "I knew there was a reason I said yes." My smile reached my eyes as he leaned over and kissed me again. "Wait...what? since when?" David was grumbling while climbing into the back seat. I smiled back at him "Oh right before you came outside." He grinned and hugged me over the back of my seat. "I knew you would give in to him eventually." I swatted him away and stared out the window the rest of the way to school.
When we parked, Pierre jumped out and ran around to open my door. I smiled at him but felt weird. "You really don't have to do that. I'm perfectly capable of opening my own door." He shrugged and took my hand lacing his fingers with mine. "I just thought that's what proper boyfriends do." I laughed "Only in the movies..I'm not some highstrung girl. But you know that already don't you?" He smiled and leaned over kissing the top of my head lightly. "Yep, that's a plus of dating your best friend. I know everything about you, and you know everything about me." I grinned but couldn't help but think that he doesn't know everything. There is something about me that none of them knows.
The day went by slowly but in a weird way I was more relaxed than usual when being forced to attend classes. Maybe it had something to do with Pierre meeting me at various points in the day just to get me smiling. He really has me hoping that he is serious about how he seems to feel about me. I really hope I don't end up getting my heart broken.