Forever His & His Ghost

Chapter 9: His Girlfriend

       Monday came and went, and I managed to talk mom into letting me stay in bed, Tuesday, Wednesday, and by Thursday I felt like I was ready to face the world. I had laid in bed locked in my room since Sunday with my phone turned off, I can't live like that, I must get back out there.

       I got up and did my usual morning routine, dressing in my signature washed out jeans, black converses and my favorite supernatural hoodie. I pulled my hair in a messy bun and double checked the hand print was completely gone. I started out the door, and almost forgot, I grabbed the varsity jacket and shoved it in my bag. First thing, first I was returning that today. I need to start fresh, last weekend was a mistake.

      I slipped out without anyone seeing me and walked to school in the cool November morning air. The nip bit at my cheeks, turning them rosy, red, I am sure. I chanted all the way, I can do it, I can do it. Laughing at my foolish heart as it tried to betray me saying no.

      The students were moving in their usual patterns through the halls, and I just ducked into one of the passing crowds until I found my exit in Chemistry. Thank goodness no one noticed well except Marie who I sat down next to.

      She did a double take before wrapping her arms around my neck and pulling me close, "I don't know what happened, but I missed you." I hugged her back before she leaned to my ear, "And before you find out the hard way, Jaxon is a total wreck." I gave her a small smile and turned back in my chair sliding down, where I couldn't be seen.

      The morning went by peacefully as I blended in so well, no one even noticed me. I had even managed to not see Jaxon all morning, but I was dreading after lunch, he always sits next to me the rest of the day. The lunch bell rung and while everyone made their way to the lunchroom I made my way to my next class, where Marie and I always sat and had lunch freely without eyes on us.

       Needless to say, when I turned the corner and stepped in the classroom, I was not prepared for Jaxon leaning on the desk, his arms crossed. His eyes had big bags under them, they looked a little sunken back, his color was not as golden as usual, he almost looked pale. His hair was greasy and not it's normal sexy mess, it was beyond messy.

       He took one look at me, and in the blink of an eye he had his arms wrapped around me and I was pulled tight into his chest. We stood there like that for I don't know how long until I finally relaxed into his chest and took a deep breath.

      "You broke your promise," he whispered, and my heart crumbled and the heartbreak evident in his voice.

      "What promise?" I asked leaning back to look in his eyes.

      "You promised we would talk through it; you wouldn't leave me hanging."

      I gave him a smile, trying to lighten the mood. "I am sorry, you are right I broke my promise." I tried to open my mouth again and he put his finger against my lips. When he was sure I wouldn't speak again he took my hand and led me out the back door to his car. "Where are we going?"

      "We need to talk." That was all I got as he opened the door and I climbed in, leaving him to shut the door and run over to the other side.

      I didn't ask, and he didn't tell. We sat in the car silently while he drove to the nearby park, where it was sure to be empty this time of day. He pulled into a parking spot and got out running over to open the door and holding his hand out to help me out. He never let go of my hand, and I didn't pull away as he led us to the nearest bench overlooking the pond. It might be winter, but the sun still felt warm on our skin sitting there speechless.

     Finally, I decided to break the silence. "What's on your mind?" I asked snuggling into his arm.

     "You," he said barely above a whisper. "Please tell me what happened. I can't fix it if I don't know. And I want to fix it, please tell me what I did wrong."

     I took his hand and laced our fingers together before I turned to look him in the eyes, how could I think this was a mistake, "Jaxon I promise, it was absolutely nothing you done." I watched as his eyes flashed with so many emotions, but the last one was anger. I looked away; I couldn't see him angry with me.

     He took his hand and cupped my face, turning my face back to him, "Then who? Because I know you weren't sick."

      "How about we forget it?" I asked with a smile. There is no way I am telling him; he will definitely start a war.

      "You aren't going to tell me, are you?" I just shook my head. "Fine, I will let it go, but you have to make a deal with me." He smirked and for once I saw the old Jaxon again, I just nodded for him to continue. "We make it official. You will be my girlfriend." He pecked my cheek and smiled at me.

     My heart fluttered, could he be serious. "Seriously?"

     "I want nothing more, only you. I promise to cherish you and keep you forever."

     My mind was going a hundred miles a minute and my heart was desperately trying to keep up, but in that moment, everything I thought, everything I wanted to say was out the window, there was nothing I wanted more in this world than to be with him. "Yes!" I whispered yelled.

    "What?" He c****d a brow at me and flashed that devil smile at me.

     "Yes, yes, yes. I will be your girlfriend." And with that he pulled me to him and kissed me like I was the very air he needed to breath. I had only read those crazy smut books of my moms, and the way they described the perfect kiss was nothing like this. Nothing at all, there was no number of words to describe the passion and emotion perfectly intertwined with each movement.

      Finally, we pulled apart to catch our breath and he rested his head on mine. "Okay well, will you come back to school with me, I have practice."

      "Well, I wouldn't be a very good girlfriend if I didn't, now, would I?" I asked and jumped up quickly running back to the car, but just as I got to the car, he grabbed me from behind spinning me in his arms and pressing my back to the car. He tried to say something, and I put my finger up to his lips, looking into his eyes, I matched his smile with my own, "Shut up and kiss me." And with that we were lost again in each other's embrace.

      "Okay we got to go," he panted out as he rested his forehead against mine, smiling with his whole face.

       It didn't take long to get back to the school, he held my hand against his chest the entire trip and randomly peppered light kisses on my knuckles. When we got back to the school, he parked over next to the football field and I grabbed my bag, suddenly remembering I had his jacket. I took it out of my bag, "Here, I thought I should return this."

      He looked at me awkwardly, climbed out of the car and ran around pulling me out of the car. He kissed me yet again and in one swift movement he had the jacket wrapped around me, stepping back he smiled at his handy work, "No baby, that's yours. That way when anyone looks at you, they know you belong to me, as I belong to you." He kissed me again, quick this time, before grabbing my bag throwing it over his shoulder and leading me to the field with his arm around my waist. I gave in and leaned into his chest, I could get used to this, I thought to myself. "Go sit there," he whispered in my ear as he pointed to the first row of bleachers. "Should only be about an hour." I nodded and went to where he pointed while I pulled out my books to start on homework.

      I hadn't even paid any attention to the cheerleaders coming out on the on the field until I heard Samantha's voice, "She is not supposed to be here, this is for practice only coach."

       I kept my head down, but rolled my eyes, but what got my attention and caused me to raise my head was when I heard Jaxon, "Hey coach," he looked at me and blew me a kiss causing me to blush like a fool. "That's my girlfriend. If she can't be here, then neither can I."

      The coach looked at me and smiled and then looked back at Jaxon, "You lucky dog. Take care of that one, and she can be here anytime she wants."

       I heard the other boys snicker, the cheerleaders grumble and send daggers my way, but Jaxon was the smiling fool standing there blowing me kisses and covering his heart, while he ran backwards to the center of the field. This boy already had me wrapped around his finger and truth is, I don't care. I want to be there. I dropped my walls, and I let Jaxon walk right in, like he owned the place. Well, he did, from the first smile, Jaxon owned me, he owned my heart. I would be forever his.

        The rest of our sophomore year went by without a hitch. Marie and I became close, like sisters, well more of a sister than I knew with Darlene. Her and Preston also flirted the whole year, but that was about it, just flirting, I secretly think they were head over heels for each other, but don't quote me on that. Samantha and Darlene stalked me all year, when they could catch me alone, it was nothing to take a few punches to the abdomen, where I could hide the bruises, or a slap here and there, I just learned to start wearing makeup and to always carry concealer with me. I had made up my mind, they would not break me, and I belonged to Jaxon as much as he belonged to me, they would not break me. I kept the harassment to myself, I decided to take this leap of faith and with it I would bear the consequences myself, it shouldn't be anyone else's burden.

        In the spring, Jaxon and I had scheduled to have all the same classes our junior year, and our bond only kept getting stronger. When we were by ourselves, he was the soft fun-loving guy, but in the presence of others, he was the possessive alpha male that made sure everyone knew I was his, he always made sure to keep my hand in his, or his arm wrapped possessively around me holding me as close as possible. I soon found out that Terrence was his little brother and him and Preston became besties, which was so heartwarming to me, I knew Preston was running with a good crowd now. And Jaxon being the awesome guy he was, never left Preston out of the guy hangouts, or me for that matter, I might have been the only girl, but funny how quick I became one of the guys.

       I continued to help Marie a few days a week at the diner. Jaxon didn't like it at first, but I always let him pick me up afterwards and made sure to spend the evenings with him. Mom and dad were absolutely in love with him and kept telling me I had quite the catch. Jaxon's parents were a little different story, I am pretty sure his dad thought I was just a gold-digging fling, but his mom seemed to love me, I guess it can't all be perfect.