Chapter 4

I woke up late the next morning, with sun shining in through the window. I glanced over my shoulder and saw Jason snuggled up next to me asleep. I smiled. I looked at the TV, in a dazed sort of way, and then he unsuspectingly smiled and snuggled up next to me.

"Did I just spend the whole night lying next to a beautiful girl?" he asked smiling.

I felt like choking right then. I paused for words. I cannot be his rebound, I told myself, he's just had a fight with Jen he needs space, to make up with her too. So I concluded: "No, Jase. You spent the night next to me" I said apologetically.

"God Jules" he said releasing me slightly from his arms and nudging him round to he could talk properly face to face with me. "You are like the hottest girl in this whole stupid freakin' school. Has no guy said so yet?" he said looking straight into my eyes.

"No Jason amazingly not. But I'm not surprised, you've already checked out all the hot chicks. Besides you shouldn't start you need to focus for your exams which are coming up in a few weeks" I said averting his gaze to look at my black nails.

"SO, fuck the exams, no one cares as long as my parents pay all the money. Why can't I say that I think you're attractive?" he said as he turned over a little more so that he could see my face, and he snuggled a little bit closer at the same time, not that he could get any closer on the small two seater sofa.

"Is this such a wise idea?" I said looking away and up at the cream ceiling which badly needed repainting, I gave myself a mental note.

"Is what such a wise idea?" he asked, as though he was totally oblivious to what I meant. Guys typical.

"Us. sharing a flat room thing. Just being this close" I mumbled. I leaned forward and tried to sit up. "You know what people our age are like. They are going to start talking Jase" I said, and as soon as I had said it I knew it was a lame excuse.

"So let 'em Jules" he said and he pulled me backwards so I was lying almost completely on his chest. "It's just two old friends sharing a besides it isn't as though we are doing anything wrong. And the School gave us this room so we've gotta have it" he said, I could feel him smile as he wrapped his arms around me.

"Are you hungry?" asked Jason changing the subject.

"Jase, you are always hungry, but yeah I am" I said rubbing my empty stomach.

"Lets go get some breakfast" he said standing up with me still in his arms.

"Put me down!" I yelled at him, Jase was grinning his head off and I didn't find it amusing. "You might drop me!" I shouted and started swatting him with my hands to get him to put me down.

"Now why would I want to drop you?" he said with a cheeky grin. He slowly walked back towards the un-made sofa and gently lowered me down onto it, but he left his arms wrapped around me and he cautiously lay on top of me, staring into my eyes.

"Do you like me?" he asked seriously.

" 'Course I like you, silly. You're on of my oldest mates" I said reaching my hand up to touch his cheek. It was warm. He twisted his head around and kissed the palm of my hand and it sent a tingling sensation through my arm.

"But like in a different way" Jason began to spell out. I had had enough.

"Jason incase you haven't forgotten" I said rolling from under him and began pacing around the table leaving Jason sitting watching from the sofa. "You're upset about Jen. I take it you guys had an argument. SO why not even 24 hours later are you after me?" I asked him scratching my head with my hand, running my fingers through my hair.

"Because I want you" Jason said simply standing up just as I was about to walk in front of him and caught me in his strong arms.

"Jason, do you actually know who or what you want?" I asked. I rested my lower arm on top of his which had now encircled to resting on my lower waist and I looked up into his intoxicating green eyes. He frowned a little.

"You don't believe me do you?" he said withdrawing his arms from my waist, inside I felt like yelling to him to put them back there, but I didn't say so. "You can't believe someone fancies you. Like take that guy who walked you back from class today."

"Dan." I corrected him.

"Yeah him. He really liked you I could tell" Jason began to explain.

"He's my friend, it's a new school I'm bound to have some new friends" I stated. "Look I'm not saying I don't like you, because I do. But Jase you've got to get over Jen, I don't want to be your rebound because I really do like you" I said nervously.

"Prove it" Jason said.

I grabbed hold of his shirt and pulled him closer to me and kissed him on the lips, his eyes were open, and there was a flash of surprise and shock in those green eyes. His lips where as soft as butterfly wings and gently brushed against my lips. When we withdrew from a kiss that I wanted to last forever, we both smiled. He cuddled me close to him, tall as he was he rested his chin on my head.

"Promise me" he mumbled into my blond hair.

"Promise you what Jase?" I asked curiously, not wanting to move out of his warm hold.

"Please don't let go of me" he said.

"I won't" I said releasing my grip. I kissed him on the cheek, and squeezed him back close.

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After Jason and I had both taken our separate showers Jason was sitting happily down at the table eating chocolate weetabix as if his life depended on it.

"Hey" I said sitting down and grabbing myself a bowl and filling them with corn flakes. Dead silence from Jason. I poured the milk, the splish- splashing noise interrupting the silence.

"I'm sorry about earlier" Jason said. I looked up at him almost expectantly, I felt. The last thing I wanted him to do was apologise for it.

"No, it should be me who's sorry, you've got a lot to worry about right now" I said eating a spoonful of mini weetabix.

"Yea I guess so. You know me and Jen've broke up?" He said cautiously eating another spoonful of cereal.

"Yea I guessed you had" I said looking down, stirring my weetabix around making then soggy with milk.

"Good, I didn't really want to have to spell it out" Jason said eating a giant spoonful this time of weetabix. I stopped stirring my spoon and looked up at him, looking at me.

"If you don't mind me asking, why did you guys break up?" I asked leaving my spoon in my bowl and leaning back in the chair.

"You know a guy called Darrol?" Jason asked. "Famous rugby player from Trent, destined to be playing for a great club, maybe even for the country?" He asked.

"Yeah it rings a bell" I said listening curious as to what Darrol had to do with his and Jen's relationship.

"She was seeing him for a few months" He said sadly.

"Whilst you two were together?" I asked shocked. Whenever I saw them both they seemed very happy together, totally in love with each other, and incredibly strong, so it shocked me for sure.

"Yep, for a few months. He phoned her up whilst we was watching the ice hockey yesterday afternoon, and I overheard her saying she loved him, but she didn't want to hurt my feelings" He said running his hand through his dreadlocks.

"Wow, I can't believe she'd do that after what, two years?" And so tactlessly I thought. I stood up and put my bowl of weetabix in the washing up bowl, thinking, I'll do it later.

"No I would never have even thought that she could do that to me" Jason said just about to eat a mouthful of weetabix then changing his mind and dunking the spoon back in the bowl.

"Well how about you tootle off and shower, whilst I sort out my clothes out and books and stuff for today, we can't skip school after a morning's worth of work now, can we?" I said walking off without waiting for an answer. Around five minutes later I heard the shower going so I flopped happily down on my new bed for this school year. After a lot of deliberation, I choose my pink antic batik tee and my baggy jeans and a random lot of jewelry and smiled when I heard the water stop running from the room next door. Grabbing a white towel I walked out of my room in time to see Jason emerge from the shower, in only a towel which hung around his waist followed by a cloud of mist. His body was soaking wet and I half gasped at his toned chest. When I caught his face, his wet brown dreads I blushed. He had caught me checking him out!! I jumped in the bathroom and closed the door hurriedly despite hardly being able to see because of the condensation.

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With my hair straightened and my make up and jewelry on I left my room with my black back pack on my right shoulder full of school essentials such as make up nail files for extra boring lessons, my MP3 player and iPod full of music to help me through the day and other pretty non school related items including my fone.

"My, my, don't we scrub up well" Jason said getting up from the sofa where he had been sitting. I took it from his position that that he had been waiting for him, he must have the patience of a saint, I noted.

"Thanks" I said glancing at his baggy blue tracky bottoms and tight addidas tee adorned with trainers and a Lonsdale sports bag on his shoulder. Nice.

"So What've you got next" He said walking over and grabbing two bunches of keys and handing me one set.

HEY I am so sorry for not updating in a while but ya know ive have a lot to do. Btw I don't own Lonsdale, Addidas or iPod's or even MP3's otherwise I'b be a very lucky and very rich lady lol