Promise

Chapter 14

I jerked up and glanced around disoriented. The room was dark. I realized I was laying in Jay's bed but he was nowhere to be found. I looked at my phone and saw it was midnight. I also saw I had several texts from my groupchat I had with Kendra, Chantel, and Yasmine. The sleepover. I had flaked.

I sighed and quickly sent an apology. I was surprised when Chantel replied back.

You really bailed on us for Jay like usual, she texted.

I fell asleep at his house, I responded. I can still come.

Don't bother. We don't want you.

I was taken aback by the rudeness and hurt. Jay's door opened and the light turned on. He was shirtless and had a towel wrapped around his waist.

"Hey, sleeping beauty," he said as he closed the door.

I frowned.

"What's wrong?"

"The sleepover," I simply stated. "Why didn't you wake me up to take me? Now they're mad. They think I chose you over them."

"You looked peaceful, I didn't want to wake you," Jay said. He opened his dresser and pulled out a pair of basketball shorts.

He casually removed the towel from his waist and I couldn't help but take a peak. He pulled his shorts on and caught me staring. My face heated up .

"I see you looking," Jay said with a smirk.

I rolled my eyes playfully.

"Can you take me to Kendra's in the morning?" I asked.

"Yeah, sure," Jay said. "You staying the night here?"

"Might as well." My dad was under the impression that I was at Kendra's house so I could get away with spending the night this one time. I had never slept over at any of my ex boyfriends' houses so I was surprised at myself for even suggesting this.

I got out of Jay's bed and grabbed my pj's from my duffel bag I had packed for the sleepover.

"Wait, I don't remember bringing this inside with me," I said to myself. I looked at Jay who was smiling at me. "You brang my bag in here?"

"Yeah," Jay said. "Just in case you decided to stay over I took it out of the car."

"You didn't wake me up on purpose." I shook my head and walked to the bathroom to clean myself up really quick. After washing my face and changing I returned to Jay's room. He had knocked out quick. He looked relaxed while he slept. I wondered what he dreamed about. I crawled into bed next to him and fell asleep.

The next morning, I woke up to light beaming in my face from the window. Jay was doing push-ups. His grunting and back muscles were making me tingly. I unplugged my phone from the charger and was confused when I saw my phone was temporarily disabled. The only reason it would be locked was if someone had attempted to get into my phone unsuccessfully. Just like I had done to Jay yesterday. What if he had caught me snooping and decided to get me back by going through my phone as well?

I took a deep breath, catching the attention of Jay. He stopped doing his push ups and stood up from the floor.

"Good morning," he said. Because of his experience as an athlete he was barely out of breath.

"Morning," I responded. "It's weird my phone was disabled when I woke up just now." I allowed my tone to be confused in order to not let Jay know that I suspected he was the reason behind this.