New Girl in Town Pt. 05

"Well I for one am glad that you didn't Jake," She says patting my hand.

"Yeah because who would have shown you around and told you about Mrs. Harper's extra credit," I ask with a grin.

"I'm being serious Jake," she tells me then looks out at the lake and sighs. "We should be getting back. I promised your mom I'd have you back by lunch."

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"You know, you never told me about how my version of events lined up with Patrick's." I tell her as we begin driving away from the drive in.

"Jake, I know now that you could have lied about all of it and it really wouldn't have made any difference to me." She answers looking over at me. "I knew who you were the moment my little sister took you to her room. You went right along with her and didn't treat her like some dumb little kid you had to endure just to get into my pants. And before you ask, yes that's happened before, no they didn't succeed, and yes I got my revenge."

"I'm sorry. I'm glad and good for you." I answer garnering a smile from her.

"This smile doesn't mean that I'm not mad at you Jake," She warns me.

"But you just said..." I begin to say but she stops me.

"I know what I said and the reason that I'm mad is because you could have told me all of this stuff way before now and avoided all of this drama." She explains.

"I was having too much fun being around you to bring any of that up." I state.

"There you go again being all sweet again," she sighs as we pull to stop in my driveway. "Jake, I wasn't planning on dating anyone this year. I didn't see the use in it since I'll be leaving for college in the summer so what's the point? That said; you are making it very difficult for me to stick to that plan."

"So we're just staying friends," I ask confused.

"For now," She answers biting her bottom lip. "I just need a little time to wrap my head around this if that's okay with you Jake?"

"I'd rather have you as my friend than nothing at all Jess," I tell her and manage a smile.

She smiles back and nods. "Good. So I'll call you tonight to see how you're feeling then and see you tomorrow then?"

"That sounds like a plan." I answer. I get out of the SUV and make towards my front door but before I get too far she calls out to me.

"Jake, I almost forgot something," She says waving me back.

I step over to the driver side window. "And what would that be," I ask.

She leans out and gives me a soft but too quick kiss on my lips. The brief brush of her lips warm me like a ray of sunshine on a cold winter day.

"That... that's my way of thanking you for my lilies," She explains as a blush creeps up her cheeks. I can tell that she felt the same warmth I did and it's all I can do not to lean in and kiss her again but I tell myself that she wants to wait. I just hope she doesn't want to wait too long.

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Thanks to all the readers for their patience during this story. It's taking me longer to write than I thought that it would. I'm trying to write in every bit of spare time that I can get. I appreciate your comments, feedback and votes. You're the reason I'm still typing away.