LEXI'S POV

Jake drives off to his house and I get more nervous the closer we get.

Everything completely worn off and I doubt she'll know I was high or drunk except if she can smell it on me.

We get to his house rather quickly and my hearts pounding and I'm surprised Jake can't hear it.

"C'mon it'll be fine," he says holding my hand rubbing it with his thumb soothing me.

"Alright let's go," I say and open his door and shut it and wait for him.

I take out my phone and check to time and it's 11:25pm.

"What if your parents aren't even up? It's eleven twenty-five I doubt there awake," I say when we reach the door stopping him.

"They're up I texted them,"

I nod and he opens the door and I take a deep breath before entering in after him.

Victoria and Robert, his mom and dad, are in the kitchen sitting across from each other at there table and talking and smiling sharing a bottle of wine.

I suddenly feel stupid for wearing a weed shirt and look down at the floor nervous.

Jake squeezes my hand hand reassuringly and smiles.

"Mom can we talk to you?" he asks nodding to there room that's off the hallway and she nods and follows us.

We go to his parents room and his mom sits down on the bed and pays all her attention to Jake.

"Yes?" she asks.

"You like Lexi don't you?" he asks her flat out.

"Well of course I like yo,." She says looking at me.

"It doesn't seem like it," I answer.

"How?" she plays the defense card.

"You think I'm dating Jake just for your guys money which it isn't. I love Jake he could be poor and homeless and I'd still love him. I can tell you don't like me you never have,"

"I do it's just I don't like the decisions you've made recently I can't have my son get into drugs or drinking because of some girl," She says.

"No some girl, mom I love her," Jake speaks up. "She has reasons to why she's been doing this stuff too,"

"Really like what?" She asks.

"You want to tell her alone?" Jake asks me and I nod and he leaves shutting the door after himself.

"Okay I know this is really important if Jake's trying so hard. I want to give you a fair chance so tell me what has possibly been bad enough to lead you to drugs and alcohol." She says.

"Well you already know about my dad abusing me then the miscarriage, which wasn't my fault I really do wish it didn't happen. But a few weeks ago..." I take a deep breath.

"You can sit down and finish," she says actually sympathetically and looks genuinely concerned.

"A few weeks ago I was raped and it broke me, shattered me. I couldn't do it anymore started doing drugs and I couldn't do it one day and I was going to kill myself. If it wasn't for Jake and him coming to my house at the right time I very well could've killed myself that day but he stopped me and made me realize I didn't want to. I made up my mind tonight seeing how much I hurt Jake by being messed up I won't do drugs anymore and all I want is your approval. I'd feel a lot more accepted of dating your son if you just like me even a little bit,"

I tear up saying all that but don't cry I don't want to be more weak or vulnerable in front of Victoria.

But she tears up and actually cries.

"Oh dear I've been so hard on you for no reason. I was only doing it because I see myself in you. I worked hard to be where I'm at and I know if you want to be rich you'd be here for the money but your not your here because you love him and he loves you. But I see myself in you because I was raped when I was your age and I turned to drugs to except I did OD and somehow didn't die that's why Jake wants you to quit so bad. I like you I really do I just didn't want my kids getting into drugs because I know how bad they are," she says to me hugging me.

I'm a little surprised but hug her back.

"So you like me?" I ask.

"I always have just didn't show it as much but I do know how much you mean to Jake and everything now trust me I really like you your smart, funny, and pretty just like me," she winks. "We'll get along just fine I think,"

"I think so too," I say and wink back.

She fixes her makeup and we go back out to them and start talking like we've all been friendly to each other this whole time. I'm glad we do that though, forgetting the past and moving forward. Something I'm doing with everything starting now.

Forgetting and forgiving the past and moving forward.

Eventually his parents go to bed and Jake grabs my hand and brings me to his room and I lay on his bed while he goes into his bathroom and I hear the water start.

I'm guessing he's taking a shower and I lift up his comforter and cuddle into it and go on the side toward the wall on his bed.

He comes out of the shower with sweatpants and a shirt just when I'm about to slip into darkness of sleep but when he wraps his arms around me I get the sparks and my heart beats so fast it feels impossible to sleep.

"I love you," he says putting his wrapping his arms around me tighter bringing my closer.

"I love you," I say back before sleep completely takes over.

I wake up and it completely dark in his room I'm guessing it's the middle of the night but I woke up because I'm cold.

Jake has most of the blanket and I only have enough to cover up half of me.

"Jake," I mumble.

"What?" he says still half asleep.

"Give me some blanket," I say and he puts his arm over me pulling me closer to him and putting blanket over me.

I nuzzle up to him into his chest and he turns on his side wrapping both arms around me and kisses my forehead.

I inhale his scent something so familiar and comforting, I drift back to sleep.

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Last couple weeks have went smoothly. To smoothly because this week is going to be not so smooth especially since it's the last week of school, well last day and Jake is picking which college to go to.

That means this fall i will be seeing Jake leave to some other town where there will be other girls... prettier, funnier, better girls.

I tell myself not to think about it but I'm constantly worrying about it in the back of my head.

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