Author's Note: This chapter is a bit long, but hopefully you all enjoy it. I tried to make it so you guys could see a lot of dialog between them later on in the chapter. Anyway, enjoy it! I own nothing, except for Kayla and her friends. I do NOT own Jai, Divergent, or anything like that. :)

Chapter Three – Hanging Out

Kayla

The next morning, I woke up to Susanna shaking me.

"Hey, wake up sleepyhead." I couldn't figure out why she was waking me up. I looked at my clock: 8 am.

"What's going on?" I asked sleepily.

"Jai's sitting in the living room waiting for you." Susanna chuckled at me. She must've thought I was being silly or something. Suddenly the previous day's events flashed through my mind and I flung myself out of bed. I slept in a white tank and my short-like underwear. Just as I was about to grab clothes to get dressed the door opened again.

"Hey sleeping beauty you gonna get u-"

"JAI!" I squeaked, trying to grab something to cover myself up with. I felt indecent. He looked me up and down a few times before focusing on my face and smiling.

"You do realize I saw more of you yesterday in your bikini, right?" he teased. I slid over to the head of my bed, grabbed a pillow, and threw it at him. He ducked just in time to avoid the pillow and gave me a warning look. "Don't you go starting pillow fights with me, missy. You'll get it if you keep it up." he was trying not to smile, I could see it. Giggling, I grabbed two smaller and hurled them at him one right after the other. The first one missed, but the second one got him as he was about to make a 'you missed me' face at me.
"Okay! That's it! Now you're gonna get it!" he jumped on the bed to get over it, chasing me. I quickly ran around the bed and out into the living room.

"Okay kids, I'm leaving! See you later!" Susanna called to both of us, who weren't paying attention before she left for work.

Jai cornered me in the kitchen close to the water faucet, which I had noticed had a sprayer – I grinned wildly. He took another step towards me and I grabbed it, turning on the cold water first, and squirted him with it for a second. He froze in his tracks and stared me down when I put it down.

"Payback's a bitch, you do realize that right?" he grinned at me.

"I know." I grinned. "I just got payback… remember?" I asked.

"For?"

"You seeing me in my pajamas," I paused to think. "And for teasing about seeing me in my bikini yesterday." I tacked on. He chuckled at me.

"Just you wait, dear Kayla. I will seek my revenge." a large grin resting on his face. He always had such a full smile, or so I'd noticed the little time I'd spent with him. It was gorgeous.

"Mhm." I rolled my eyes and bounced my way to my room again. "I'm going to get dressed!" I hollered.

"I'll be out here playing guitar!" he called back to me.

Ten minutes later, I came out in a pair of tight black yoga pants and a red tank top. Jai stared at me for a moment in amazement.

"Jai, honey… pick your jaw up off the floor. I don't look that good." I chuckled.

"You may not think so, but I beg to differ." he grinned at me. I chuckled some more.

"Let's go, you big goof." I motioned toward the door, still chuckling.

When we got to the beach, his friends were already down in the sand, a couple of them in the water trying to catch a wave. As usual, he came over to my side after parking and opened the door.

"Thank you." I grinned at him as he closed the door and made our way toward his friends.

"Hey, guys! This is Kayla," he introduced me to all of them. Sheepishly, I smiled and waved at them.

"The girl you saved yesterday, right Jai?" one of the guys asked him. He nodded. "How are you feeling, Kayla?" he asked me.

"Oh, I'm fine, thanks to Jai of course." I grinned at Jai who was grinning as well, but also looked like he was blushing a little.

I stood by him as we watched some of the guys go out and try to surf the waves. More often than not, the guys were crashing instead of catching the waves. After encouragement from some of the other guys, Jai went out into the water and paddled to catch a wave. When the wave came, he surprisingly caught it and surfed it in. I cheered loudly, hoping he could hear me. After surfing a few more waves, he came back in and walked directly to me after giving one of his friends their board back.

"I'm worn out, so do you wanna take a walk with me?" he asked me.

"Just us?" I asked.

"Well, yeah," he chuckled. "Is that a problem?"

"No." I shook my head. And with that, we walked away from his friends and along the shore.

"So, have you ever played 20 questions?" he asked as we walked. I nodded, grinning. "Want to play?" he asked, returning my grin. I nodded again. "Okay," he paused as we kept walking. I could tell he was trying to think of a question.
"What do you do? For your job, I mean," he asked.

"I work in a call center where I fix people's technical problems," I replied. "Other than surfing, what's a hobby you have?" I asked.

"Playing guitar," he replied simply. "Least favorite thing about home, in LA?"

"My roommate." he chuckled.

"Really? Why?"

"Honestly?" I asked. He nodded. "Because She's an annoying, whiny bitch who sleeps around a lot." I blurted out.

"Define a lot?" he asked.

"She has a flavor of the week almost every week, if not sooner." I clarified. He nodded and kept quiet. I assumed that meant he was waiting for my next question. "When's your birthday?" I asked.

"March 15th," he replied. "I'm going to be a little personal here… do you have a boyfriend?" he asked bluntly. I shook my head.

"No. I've been single almost a year now," I replied.

"Oddly enough, so have I," he said.

"Favorite candy?" I asked him.

"Peanut M&Ms." he grinned. I adored that grin of his. It was so full, so cheerful and unbelievably gorgeous on him. "Favorite thing about being in a relationship when you are in one?" he asked. I was beginning to wonder where the left-field questions were coming from.

"The snuggling." I blushed, looking at him for a reaction. He grinned at me, to which I grinned back. "What about you?" I asked.

"The same," he paused to look at me with a smile. "And kisses. I strongly believe that every kiss from someone you've decided to share yourself with should have lots of meaning behind it," he explained. I felt my heart pick up its pace a little bit. I softly took a deep breath and exhaled it slowly, trying to slow my heart a little bit. "What is something that you've tried, but will never do again?" he asked. I opened my mouth and stopped myself for a minute.

"Sexually or in general?" I asked, mentally kicking myself for feeling the need for clarification. Jai chuckled a little.

"Either." he grinned. I glanced behind us and realized I couldn't see his friends anymore from where we were.

"I'm gonna go with a more appropriate answer and say raw sushi," I answered. "It's a texture thing," I added. "What about you?"

"Sexually or in general?"

"Either." I giggled.

"I'm gonna be more daring here and say that I will probably not try to go skinny dipping in a pool again," he said. I could tell he was a little bashful over it.

"You've skinny dipped?" I asked in a surprised tone. He nodded. "What happened?" I asked before I could stop myself.

"I was dating this girl, and she begged me to try it since I hadn't before. When you're a guy you have ways of being tempted and absolutely nothing can make you resist those temptations," he explained. "Anyway, she convinced me to strip down and hop into her pool, told me she'd be back, and when I dunked myself underwater for a minute she grabbed my clothes and went inside. Next thing I know I'm being arrested for indecency."

"Wow!" I replied, shocked that someone could be so catty.

"I left her a nice little voicemail after my mum bailed me out of jail, and never spoke to her again. I've been extremely cautious with who I date ever since."

"I can imagine. I have a little bit of a trust issue myself." I told him.

"Well, then it appears I will be using my next question to ask about it. What led to you having a trust issue?" he asked.

"My last few boyfriends always tried to go farther than I'd let them and overstep boundaries," I explained.

"I'm sorry." he frowned at me. I smiled back to lighten the mood.

"It's in the past now," I said in an upbeat tone. "Just means I have to be more cautious and more firm with my yes's and no's."

"Not with me, you won't," he said, catching me off guard.

"What do you mean?" I asked.

"I will only go as far with any woman as she will let me. If she says stop, I stop. I don't pass judgment; I don't try to push the barrier or anything like that. I stop and I find something else for us to focus on." he explained.

"See I wish more guys were like you," I smiled. "I'm tired of dating assholes who have no idea what the meaning of the word 'no' is." I paused to look at him after we sat in silence walking for a few minutes. "It's my turn, isn't it?" I asked. He nodded. "Okay, um.." I tried to think of what to ask him next. "Oh! Where do you see yourself five years from now?" I watched him make his 'thinking' face and grinned. He was so cute when he made that face.

"Still acting, but hopefully at least thinking about getting engaged to someone I've been in a serious relationship with for a few years. Umm…" he continued to make the face. "Hopefully by then she and I live together in LA and are talking about our future together," he added.

"I hope that works out for you." I smiled.

"Thank you, me too." he smiled back. "What's the most daring thing you've ever done?"

"I ran down the street naked once," I admitted. "It was a dare, and my friends and I were having a girl's night at my place. Before I got a pain-in-the-ass roommate." Jai looked at me for a minute before laughing. I joined in soon after. Calming down, I asked him my next question. "How about you? What is the most daring thing you've done?"

"The skinny dipping thing," he replied.

"Nuh-uh! Really?"

"Really. Why? Do you not believe me?" I shook my head and he laughed. "Why not?" he asked.

"You seem more daring than that," I said simply.

"Oh, I do?" I nodded and he grinned at me. "What's your favorite holiday?" he changed the subject.

"Independence Day," I paused to see his expression. He gave me a curious look. "The fireworks tend to make the evening rather romantic." I clarified. "What's your favorite food?" I asked.

"Pizza. Definitely pizza." he grinned at me. I couldn't help but chuckle at how cute he was. I know I'd done it about a million times, but each and every time it just got better and better. "Who knows you best?" he asked.

"I'd have to say, Susanna. She and I share a great deal and we're closer than I've ever been with my family or any other friends." I replied. "How funny do you believe you are on a scale of one to ten?"

"I'd say probably about a 7 because I have a dry sense of humor and sometimes it pisses people off who don't know me very well," he explained. "What's your favorite animal?" he asked.

"Great white shark," I answered and asked him the same question.

"Not sure I have a favorite, but I like lions. What's your favorite memory?" he asked me.

"When Keegan, Susanna, Eli, and Mel came to the states two summers ago to spend the summer with me, we were goofing off and Keegan threw a water balloon meant to hit Susanna, but instead it hit me." I paused. "We had an awesome water balloon fight all because of that." I grinned. "How would your friends describe you, do you think?" I asked.

"Sensitive, soft, and protective of women. What's the silliest thing you've done?"

"I slipped on a tarp because I didn't know it was wet during the water balloon fight, landed straight on my butt." I giggled. He joined in as well. "Would you rather watch sports or play sports?"

"Definitely play. I have a short attention span and can't simply watch for long periods." he paused. "Where would you travel if you could?"

"Now that I've traveled here, I would have to say probably London," I replied. "What is your biggest success until now?" I asked.

"Hard to say really," he paused. "Divergent was a huge success, as were quite a few of the movies I've done so far," he explained. "Do you have any tattoos?" he asked. I shook my head.

"I have a fear of needles," I explained. "Do you have any?" I asked. He showed me two of them, one on each arm.

"Do you drink alcohol?" he asked.

"Occasionally… but I try to limit myself." I said. "Do you?"

"Yeah. I don't make a habit out of it though. I'll drink socially and get drunk now and again… but I don't sit by myself and get pissed to the point of passing out." he explained. "Do you drink coffee?" he looked at me as we approached some rocks. They weren't huge, but they weren't small either. I'd say they were just big enough to sit on, which is exactly what we did.

"Sometimes, but only if I'm running on almost no sleep and I'm able to mix some sort of chocolate into it. Usually Nesquick." I told him.

"I've never tried that before. I'm gonna have to see how that tastes," he said.

"I think you might like it." I grinned, moving on to my next question. "Are you religious?"

"Not really. What is a hobby you enjoy?"

"I enjoy singing occasionally, but I don't sing in front of people often," I said. "Are you a morning person?" I asked him, moving on with the game.

"Hell no," he laughed. "I have to have coffee just to be pleasant." I laughed along with him. "How early are you normally up when you're home in LA?" he asked me.

"On a day I have to go into work, usually between 5 and 6 am so I'm able to function by the time I need to leave the house. But on a regular day, I think I sleep until 7 at the latest." I said. "What is the most outrageous thing you've been asked in an interview?" I asked.

"Oh shit… the one thing that sticks out in my mind was a Reddit interview I did where my fans got to ask me whatever they wanted," he paused, our eyes meeting. "And someone flat out asked me if I was circumcised." my jaw dropped.

"You're kidding!" I said, shocked. He shook his head. "Oh my gosh, wow." I was in disbelief. "How did you handle it?" I asked.

"I ignored it and moved on, answering other questions. But it shocked me that they asked," he said. "What is the most embarrassing thing that has ever happened to you in public?" he asked.

"Oh gosh…" I giggled. "I was at a movie with some guy, on our first date. We were leaving the movie theater and I dropped my phone. I bent down to pick it up and my pants ripped right down the middle from the middle of the ass to the crotch. It was horrible." I explained. "Strangest food craving?"

"Pizza for breakfast count?" he asked me with a grin.

"I suppose so." I grinned back.

"Go ahead and ask your last one and then I'll ask mine," he told me.

"Okay," I had no idea why all of the sudden he wanted me to ask mine when I just asked one, but I went ahead with it. "What is something few people know about you?" I asked.

"I'm a very good cook." he grinned proudly. "Okay, ready for mine?" he asked. I could tell he was a little nervous, but I have no idea why.

"Ask away." I smiled, reassuring him. I wish I knew why he felt he needed reassuring.

"My last question is… can I kiss you?" he asked bashfully. That's why he was so nervous. He's nervous I'm going to say no, or that I'm going to flip out. Either way, I need to speak up and answer him. Now.

"Yes." I blurted out. But wait, he didn't specify where and I didn't tell him anywhere in particular. Now I'm a nervous wreck waiting for him to kiss me…

He began to lean forward, keeping his balance as he slides gently off the rock in my direction. In less than a minute our lips met. His lips were warm, soft, and slightly moisturized. The kiss was phenomenal, and I felt like I'd gone to Heaven.