forty three

I yawned, turning to face Jake. He was waking up himself, but smiled at me, putting his arm around my shoulders and pulling me closer to him.

I rested my head on his chest, slightly feeling his steady heartbeat.

We lay quietly, but didn't need to talk. It was nice just having some time to relax.

Callie was sleeping over at a friend she'd made at nursery for 2 nights, leaving me and Jake to a calm and quiet apartment.

"Y/n/n" he said softly, not as a question just a statement and I lifted my head slightly, smiling at him.

"Jakey"

He immediately grinned, as I rested my head back down.

After around 15 minutes, I lifted my head again, starting to get out of bed.

I swung my legs over the side, feeling Jake gently grab my arm.

"Noooo, don't go" he said dramatically and I turned, smiling at him.

"Im hungry" I laughed softly.

I leaned down to his face, kissing him sweetly, before pulling away, lingering slightly.

I walked through to the kitchen, grabbing the bowl of pancake batter, we had made yesterday morning, and turning on the stove.

I poured the mix into the pan, watching patiently as it morphed into a fluffy pancake.

I felt Jakes arms around my waist, and he kissed the back of my neck softly.

"You want one?" I asked

"Yes please"

After the pancakes were done, we loaded them up with syrup, and headed over to the couch, sitting down and eating.

I turned on the tv, and on came a docuseries about skating.

"Imagine being able to skate" I told Jake and he nodded in agreement, "it looks so cool"

We put our plates to the side, cuddling closer to each other as we watched the tv.

"Why not?" Jake said

"Why not, what?"

"Why don't we learn how to skate?"

"Seriously?"

"Yeah, it would be fun!"

I grinned, thinking how it would be fun.

"Okay, great! But we don't have a board?"

"There's a few places around that sell them, we might aswel"

So we did.

There was a store surprisingly near, and we bought a cheaper one, the guy recommended for beginners.

We set it on the street outside our apartment, both standing cluelessly.

"So do we like just stand on it?" Jake asked and I laughed

"Maybe?"

He took my hands for support, stepping onto the board and getting his balance.

"IM DOING IT!"

"No Jake, you're standing still on a piece of wood" I giggled and he rolled his eyes.

"Watch this" he started moving forward, and for afew seconds I was extremely impressed until he went flying off the board and onto the pavement.

"Jake!" I quickly ran to his side as he got up carefully

"IM FINE!" He grinned and I breathed a sigh of relief before noticing his leg.

"You're also bleeding" I said anxiously

"No pain, no gain!" He continued grinning and I laughed.

"Don't worry, it's not a deep cut, I'll be fine"

I nodded unsurely, but dropped it.

"Okay my turn!" I said excitedly.

I held onto Jakes shoulders as I stepped onto the board, wobbling unsurely, before managing to get my balance.

"You got this" Jake said encouragingly and I put my other foot on the pavement, pushing off.

I managed around a second of balance before I hopped off the board, not wanting to fall like Jake.

Jake jumped on again,  unfazed by his injury and managed to get further this time.

We hi-fived each other at the progress we were making, and I gripped Jakes hands as I got back on. This time I immediately fell backwards onto the rough pavement.

Jake quickly held his hands out to me, pulling me up, and I laughed, brushing myself off.

"Maybe we should stop now" Jake laughed anxiously and I looked down, realising he had seen my leg, which was now bleeding just like his.

"Jake I'm fine!"

"Sure?"

"Definitely"

We both continued for around half an hour, barely getting any better. If anything, I'd say we were getting worse but we were having so much fun it didn't matter.

After riding for around 3 seconds Jake jumped off and both of us cheered excitedly as strangers looked at us in disapproval.

"Okay, I was like a professional then!"

"You so were" I laughed, preparing to step on the board, steadying myself with Jake's tensed arms.

I pushed off carefully, and unsteadily managed to stay on as I rode slowly.

"IM DOING IT"

"I KNOW"

I turned around, giving Jake a thumbs up, but the board snagged on a dip in the pavement, causing me to fall off backwards.

I carefully got up, Jake jogging over to me, as I cheered loudly and laughed.

Jake was grinning aswel, before his eyes widened slightly.

"Okay, we are definitely stopping for today now"

"What? Why?" I said confused.

"Y/n your head is bleeding." He said worriedly

"It is?" I felt the left of my forehead looking  at my fingers and seeing blood.

"Oh right, I am" I laughed again, but not quite sure what was funny about it.

Jake grabbed the board and i slipped my hand into his as we headed back into the apartment.

"We probably should've, bought protective gear, huh?" Jake smiled, as we stood looking at our cuts.

"Agreed" I grinned.

We both headed into the bathroom, grabbing some plasters and disinfectant wipes, before heading back over into the kitchen.

I gestured for Jake to sit on the counter, which he did, before I cleared the blood off his leg, sticking on the plaster.

"Thanks" he smiled

"No problem"

He got down, and I jumped up to where he was sitting, letting Jake sort out my injurys.

I stared into space, zoning out as Jake plastered my leg. I snapped out of my trance as his face filled with concentration as he carefully, did the same with my head.

After he stuck the plaster on, we both seemed to realise how close our faces were together, and instinctively leaned in, our lips meeting.

Jake moved forward, so he was standing between my legs as I sat on the counter, his hands moving down my body to my waist, as mine cupped his face.

I felt the kiss grow more urgent, before we broke away for air, foreheads together as we stayed breathless.

Jake smirked slightly, before I felt his hands move further past my waist, as he pulled me off the counter. I wrapped my legs around his waist, grinning as we kissed softly, Jake taking me to the bedroom.

I laughed as he dropped me back on the bed, staying between my legs as he kissed my neck slowly. I closed my eyes, shivering slightly, as I traced my hands along his back, under his shirt. The passion in the kiss continued to grow as our hips pushed together, increasing our excitement.....

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Jake flopped to my side, breathing heavily as I tried to catch my breath.

I turned my head to face him and he grinned at me. His hair was messy and damp with a thin layer of sweat. I was sure I looked a mess, but I didn't care at all, feeling so good it felt like I was glowing.

"So that was..." I trailed off and Jake laughed softly, nodding in agreement.

I shuffled closer to him, lying my head on his upper chest, as my hand rested on his stomach.

His arm curled around me bring us even closer as we cuddled, happily.

"I love you" I said softly

"I love you" Jake responded, I could hear the warmth in his voice.

"Wanna know something kinda funny?" I asked him quietly.

"What?"

"I think I had a bit of a concussion earlier" I giggled.

Jake grinned at me in a mix of love and confusion, "that's funny?"

"Maybe? I don't really know" I smiled

"Wanna hear something even funnier?" He whispered

"Yep"

"I think you might still be a little concussed" he grinned

I grinned back at him, "that might make more sense" before sighing and snuggling back into his bare chest.