The Ugly One novel Chapter 7

We walked into the house and I instantly regretted coming here. It was quiet now as there was no party going on this time. The house seemed much larger than I remembered.

"Where are your parents?" I asked and looked around nervously.

"They are out of town on a business trip. They are hardly ever home so it's always just the two of us," Aaron said grimly.

So that's why Jake was able to throw those wild parties. They had no adult supervision.

A sudden realization hit me and made me more nervous. I'm about to be home alone with two teenage boys. Ones with a bad reputation, not to mention I was completely defenseless. What the hell was I thinking? I can be so stupid sometimes.

"Oh don't look so scared. We don't bite," Aaron smirked.

"Scared? Who's scared? Not me...haha..." I stammered. "Um, where's Jake?" I needed to get this over with so I can get the hell out of here.

"JAKE!" Aaron yelled, almost busting my eardrums.

No answer.

Maybe I got lucky and Jake forgot about the whole math thing and left the house. I am saved!

"Well, it looks like he is not here. Oh well. I'm gonna call myself an uber and go home. Peace out," I said and proceeded to leave.

Someone grabbed my wrist all of a sudden and pulled me back before I made it to the door.

"Not so fast Janey, you are mine for the next hour," Jake was standing there holding my hand. Fuck...almost made it out the door.

"Let's go study in my room," Jake said and started to pull me away.

"Oh okay, le...let's," I said and looked at Aaron helplessly.

I tried to communicate with him through my eyes and gave him the 'help me' look, but alas, Aaron just stood there and looked at me. His eyes moved from my face to Jake's hand that was tightly gripping my arm. His eyes were dark and I saw a flicker of something in them. Jealousy?

"If you do something to Jane, I swear to god...." Aaron started to say but Jake interrupted him.

"Oh, relax big bro. I'm not going to do anything to your precious date. We are just going to study together like good little pals, right Janey?" he smirked and put his arm around my shoulders.

"Y...yeah. I am a math geek so I'm going to help Jakey here," I nodded my head and chuckled awkwardly.

"Okay, call me if there's a problem," Aaron glared at Jake one last time then left the room.

Jake dragged me in his room. Pretty soon I was trapped inside the room with the biggest jerk in my highschool. Alone.

"Stop looking like a petrified rabbit. I'm not going to hurt you," Jake said irritably.

"Should I be in your room like this?" I asked and fidgeted uncomfortably.

"Why shouldn't you? I don't see a problem," Jake barked and pointed at the desk for me to sit in.

Something dawned on me. Jake probably doesn't think it's weird for me to be in his room alone because he doesn't think of me as a woman. He looks at me as an ugly, wimpy, and nerdy girl he likes to bully.

I didn't know if I should be relieved or be extremely offended.

"So...you and Aaron don't seem to get along too well," I commented as Jake sat down in front of me.

"Nah we have a pretty close relationship," Jake dismissed my claim.

"Huh? Then why are you two always bickering and glaring at each other?" I gave him a puzzled look.

"I don't know. Probably because Aaron recently decided he needed to change and become a good person for whatever reason. I'm sure it's just a phase," Jake said. He looked annoyed.

"Oh no! Not a good person! How horrifying," I said sarcastically.

"Shut up," Jake laughed. He took out a piece of paper and shoved it on my hand.