Chapter 4: Movie

Valor picked out a green sundress a white sweater and sandals before I drove her to Joe's so she could change. She came out in a flower embroidered white shirt and blue shorts. She carried a long white sweater and hurried down the stairs. Jacob ran after her as she scurried down the stairs. "Valor!" He yelled as he scooped her up and whispered in her ear. Valor's laughter filled the air and she kissed Jacob's cheek. "Ten minutes." Jacob yelled as he pointed to her. "You and your damn ten minutes."

She got it the car smiling wide. "He makes you happy doesn't he?" She nodded with a sparkle in her eye. "Yeah, I mean I was happy before him. But being with someone who brings that out in you is way better then I can describe." I started up the car as I drove down and parked in front of the yellow house. "Oh pull in they won't mind." I pulled in behind a grey jeep and turned the junker off. Two men ran outside and picked Valor up. "Mike, Mark this is Gemma. Gemma these are the twins Mike and Mark." They out her down and both said hey at the same time. "Whose who?" I asked as I shook their hands. The one in the white Tshirt introduced them. "I'm Mike, no tattoos, way cuter." Mark slapped him. "I'm Mark the funnier one and I have lots of tattoos." They slapped each other's arms and laughed. "Come in and meet the other's." Valor said as she stood by the door. The twins let me go first and when I entered I saw two other people and Jacob.

Jacon walked over to Valor and scooped her up. "I told you ten minutes." He smiled and she shook her head before they kissed. "This is Zane and his girlfriend Leah." Mark said as he moved passed me. Leah, that was the girl who ran away with Valor. "Hey I'm Gemma." I said as Valor snuggled into Jacob. "Come sit Gemma, Oliver should be here soon." She got a look in her eye as Oliver slid the back door open and he carried in a tray of food. "I'm coming Val, quit rushing me." He yelled as he came in and set the tray on the kitchen table.

He looked up and he froze stairing at me. "Gemma?" I nodded and he slowly walked over to the living room. "I met up with her today at Paco's and invited her to our get together." Valor said matter of factly. He didn't look at her and Zane rose. "Movie votes." He handed out paper and we all wrote one down placing them in a hat. "Gemma since it's your first time you pick a paper." Zane mixed them up and I plucked one out and unfolded it. "The Breakfast Club" I read and some people laughed ad other's huffed.

"Pick a new movie Oliver." Valor yelled as she threw a pillow. "It's a classic." He said as he caught the pillow. "It's boring!" Valor said as Jacob nuzzled into her neck. Gosh I wanted that with Oliver I thought. "Fine how about Ferris Buler's Day off?" He said and I laughed. He crunched his eyebrows together. "Repick Gemma." Zane said as he took the old paper off the coffee table and crunched it up. I unfolded this knew paper and read it. "The Breakfast Club." I broke out in a laugh and Zane tossed the hat. Oliver laughed and Zane tackled him along with the twins. "So I dropped more then one in there." Oliver said as they punched him. Zane went through the pieces of paper until he came across one that wasn't The Breakfast Club. He read the movie and smiled.

"Well this one is a new one." He said tossing it on the table. Mark and Mike went to scoop it up, but Mark was a tad quicker. "Ride Along." They both said and they high fived each other. They sat on the end of the couch next to each other Zane held Leah next to him and Oliver sat next to them. Jacob who held onto Valor curled in the corner under a blanket leaving me on the other end. Oliver got up and brought drinks and food over. Valor got up and brought bowels of candy and empty bowels for us to fill. She handed me a bowel and a coke. Probably remembering I have never drank.

Maybe I should change that. I eyed Oliver and his beer of choice. I pulled Valor down next to me for a second. "Can I try a beer?" She nodded and handed me a green glass bottle. Oliver eyed me and Zane started the movie. I could feel Oliver's eyes on me and I glanced back to see him stairing dead at me. He didn't seem mad, but it wasn't entirely happy either.

With others starting to notice me looking I turned back to the movie before downing the beer. "Gemma easy." Valor whispered, she had crawled over from her spot with Jacob. He watched her and smiled as he got a view of her ass. "Slow there is plenty of drinks, no need to make yourself sick." I nodded and downed the rest. She sat back and into Jacob's lap. I rose and went around into the kitchen to grab another beer and downed it. I started to feel a buzz and pulled a third one. "No more." Oliver said as he closed the fridge. "You are not in charge of me. He shook hisnhead and walked away. So I took the beer to the living room grabbed a blanket and cuddled into the couch watching the rest of it as I felt Oliver's eyes on me. When it was over I thanked the twins for having me and Valor for the invite. Zane and Leah had already dissappeared. I ignored Oliver and out to my car.

He followed me and grabbed the keys from my hand. "You can't drive, I'll drive you." I shook my head, but it made me dizzy so I stopped. "Fine then sleep it off at my house, but you aren't driving drunk Gemma." I grabbed the keys and he pushed me against the car. "I lost my parents in a car accident. If I let you drive away and something happens... I won't be able to forgive myself." He leaned away taking my keys with him.

I didn't fight again remembering Valor had said that earlier today. I opened the backmdoor and retrieved his cleaned flannel. "Keep it." He said as he picked me up and I wrapped my legs around him. I rolled my hips as he walked to his house. He tossed my keys into the basket by the door and brought me upstairs laying me in his bed. "Sleep Gemma." He kissed my cheek and pulled away. "Oliver don't leave." I pulled his arm. "Okay." He said as he tucked himself around me.

"Why didn't you sit by me tonight?" He shrugged and pulled a curl out of my face. "You seemed upset." I whispered and he let out a huff. "I've fucked up a lot in my life, and I don't want to fuck up with you Gemma. I can't fuck up with you." He ran his nose in my hair. "After you left I couldn't think, I don't know what I did to make you run... but I don't want to do it again." I rolled to face him. "Oliver you didn't do anything wrong." He nodded and crinkled his brows. "I ran because it seems to good to be true."

He let me pull his head down to kiss him and I rolled wanting to feel him again. He deepened the kiss and a roll of heat filled my body. "Not tonight Gem. You had a lot to drink." Feeling rejected I rolled off him and onto the bed. I felt restless and went downstairs amd out the back door.