A New Beginning

Chapter Twelve

Sophie's Pov ~ 

As I laughed loudly in the small Ben & Jerry's restaurant, a few heads turned our way. Jake was telling me some story about him and Josh from when they were about ten years old. 

"Tell me that that didn't happen," I said in between laughs. 

"Yes, believe it or not, it actually happened," he replied, laughing now. "I was so stupid back then."

When he was ten years old, he was at the community swimming pool. You see, back then, he had a crush on the life guard, even though she was twice his age. Everyday, he would meet Josh there just so he could see Jasmine (the life guard). One day, he saw her talking to some other guy who was probably her age. When he saw them kiss, he got furious and decided to jump off the high-dive to try to impress her. Unfortunately, his plan backfired and he ended up being pushed off the diving board and belly-flopping into the pool. Yeah, I know, painful. Sadly, his over sized swimming trunks came off under water, and Jasmine and her friend laughed at him, along with the rest of the people around. 

I know, it was a sad story, but you can't blame me for laughing! I mean, his swimming trunks came off for crying out loud!

"Yes, yes you were!" I continued laughing. I finally cooled down a bit and took another bite of my cookies  n' cream ice cream.

"Hey!" he smacked my arm.

"You were the one who said it first! You can't blame me!" I chuckled, thinking back on the story.

"I didn't expect you to agree with me! I thought you were going to say something like: Aw...No you weren't, you were just a kid. Or: Don't worry you're much hotter and awesomer now! So basically, you just called me stupid."

"If I said that I would be lying. Number one: You called yourself stupid too, and number two: 'awesomer' is not a word."

"You didn't not disagree to saying I'm hotter!" he said cheerily.

"That makes no sense, Jake."

"DON'T DENY IT!"

Gosh, this boy is hyper today! "Okay, I think that's enough ice cream for you!" I said, taking his bowl and sliding it across the table. I took a bite of the brownie that was at the bottom. THIS IS SO DELICIOUS!

"Hey, give it back!" he whined. 

"Nope! You can have this instead." Sliding my ice cream across the table to him, his face scrunched up in disgust.

"No thanks. It has your nasty girl germs on it." He pushed it back towards me with one finger, as if it were contaminated or something. 

"Fine then. More for me!"

"You sound so fat when you say that," he commented.