Love Me Please - Highschool Love Story - Chapter 12

"Mikayla, I want you to meet someone." Jake said, pulling her towards the two figures by the picnic table. His hands were clammy as he closed it around her wrist, and led her over towards Faith and Tyler.

When he was near them, he realized all his friends were there. Mikayla looked down right away, and stepped slightly behind Jake. She looked up and saw there was only one girl out of the group of boys - and she was beautiful.
She leaned elegantly against the table, in a poised position, her blond hair cascading down her back, and swishing occasionally in the breeze. She wore nothing but a white, denim mini skirt with a white halter top that revealed her flat, delicately toned stomach and bellybutton ring. All the white was obviously to show off her long, tanned arms and legs. Her golden brown eyes were studying Mikayla, and she quickly looked away.

Tyler winked at Jake, and motioned for him to walk closer.
He did, leaving Mikayla behind.
Tyler cleared his throat, "So - Mikayla,"
Mikayla looked up.
"I - all of us want you to meet Faith."
Mikayla and Faith's eyes met. Faith smiled at her kindly, which surprised Mikayla.
So this is Faith. The girl that they were talking about at lunch.
"And - " Tyler continued, "Jake wanted to tell you something."
Mikayla's eyes shot over to Jake, confused.

Jake avoided her gaze, and walked over to Faith.
What is he doing?
Mikayla felt even more confused, and a bit worried when she saw Jake reach for Faith's hand, with perfect manicured nails.
"Go on, Jake." Tyler said, all his friends waiting in anticipation.

"Mikayla... uh..."
Jake looked at the grass, and felt Mikayla's eyes burn through him.
"This is Faith - and uh..."
His lips were so dry, he had to lick them several times.
"And, she's my, uhm, new girlfriend."

Her heart literally shattered. She almost felt the sharp stabs of the broken pieces against her chest.
Right away, she walked up to him, ignoring all his laughing friends and wrapped her arms around him.
"Jake..." She whispered, horrified, "Stop joking around. I know your friends made you do this. Did they dare you? It's not funny. You can stop it now."
But when Jake tried to push her away, she knew it was serious. She knew it was for real. And she seemed to forget his friends and Faith were there.
"Jake, stop!" She said, her voice shaking violently. He looked away. She pressed her palms against his cheeks, and turned his face so he was facing her.
The brutal pain and torture on her face killed him.
But he pulled her warm hands away.
That's when she kissed him. She kissed him with all the love and passion she had inside of her, and ran her fingers through his soft hair.
"I love you, Jake. You love me too, right!?"
But she never got a response - his lips were still the whole time.
She broke the kiss, and stumbled backwards.
His friends howled with laughter, some with tears coming out of their eyes.

Jake tried to grin and snicker, but he couldn't. Instead he ended up making a weird face and grunting.
"I never really liked you. It was all just a joke. I hope you didn't take it too seriously."
He finally met her gaze, and saw the raw hurt register in her brown eyes.

Her whole life came crashing down on her. A deep ache of tears built inside her throat, and she stared at him, trying to talk to him with her eyes, asking him if he was lieing.
Her throat started to hurt, and she couldn't help it - she let out a sob.
When Jake heard her cry, he almost stepped forward to comfort her. But he made himself stand there.
He watched helplessly as tears spilled down her soft cheeks.
Without another word, she turned and ran.
"Nice!" Tyler hollered, his voice hoarse from laughing.

Jake saw her run around the corner, but she suddenly dropped to the ground.
She fell. He panicked inside his head. Did she hurt herself?
He watched her gently smear away some blood from her knee. And she limped away.

As he turned to face Faith, he felt a smack and a painful sting on his cheek.
She had slapped him.
"What is wrong with you?" Faith demanded, her eyes glowing with anger, "Why did you do that to her?"

I don't know. For you, Faith. But, do I even like you anymore?