Angelina's POV

Sometimes you don't know what to say even if you want to say a lot of things because you are afraid you won't be able to say the right thing.

Throughout the car ride Jacob and I exchange nervous glances. It's as if it has become more awkward between us after he apologized. Maybe we only know how to talk to each other through taunts and teasing.

When we exchange another glance he sighs. "Now this is becoming ridiculous." He says shaking his head.

"I know right." We then burst out laughing at ourselves.

"So I know I mouthed it but congratulations for making it to the team." He says after we calm down.

"Thanks but I hate to break it to you that you mouthed 'I told you'." I say playfully narrowing my eyes.

"Okay okay I said it now anyways." He says chuckling.

"Speaking of tryouts, football tryouts are on Friday right?"

"Yes, maybe you can cheer for me." He says winking at me.

"In your dreams Wilson." I say punching his shoulder playfully.

"Hey watch it! Won't want to injure the driver and cause an accident now would you?" He says grinning cheekily. I just roll my eyes at him.

"Anyways we are here." He says and I see McDonald's out of the window.

"Mc Donald's?"

"Please don't tell me you don't like it?" He pleads.

"Like it? I love it." I say removing my seatbelt.

"Don't open the door!" Before I could ask him why I can't open the door, he gets out of the car and opens the door for me.

"M'lady" He says extending his hand for me. I decide to play along and take his hand.

"Thank you kind sir." I respond.

"It's my pleasure." He is smiling now.

"Oh no the pleasure is all mine." I say then start giggling while he chuckles.

"After you." He says when we reach the door.

"Stop it now." I say shaking my head.

"Why would I stop? My mom raised a gentleman." He says cheekily.

"Who would think you are a Momma's boy." I say as he pulls out a chair for me.

"That I am and a proud one. Now tell me your order I will get it." He retorts.

"A Double Quarter Pounder meal pack please." I say smiling.

"Coming right away." He grins and then makes his way to the counter.

After he gets our orders we talk about random things when I remember we were going to discuss the pranks.

"Where did you even get the blurting random color idea?" I ask chuckling.

"I got it from Google." He says scratching the back of his head.

"Google has such childish pranks?" I ask shaking my head.

"It was not..." I just raise an eyebrow. "Okay it was a bit childish but I just wanted to annoy you!" He relents.

"That you did, you only called two times while I was with Ash and he was already irritated."

"I saw that post, you two really love each other right." He asks with a smile.

"Yeah, he has always been there for me. Mom and Dad always try to talk to us about everything but you can't talk to them about everything even if you want. As for friends they come and go but Ash has always been a constant. Everyone sees him as this over protective brother, I mean yeah he gets over protective sometimes but that's only because he doesn't want me to get hurt. And he knows when he is crossing the line. I think Dad tells him to watch out for me. If people think Ash is over protective they have not met my Dad." I realize I got so invested in the explanation that I was waving my hands. But Jacob is just watching me with a small smile. We lock eyes and his gaze is so tender...

"I wouldn't want to get on your Dad's bad side then." He jokes.

"Trust me you don't want to, he was the star player of his basketball team back in his days and he has still maintained his body. We tell him not push himself but he still works out at gym. I remember once he threatened a boy because he thought the boy was hitting on me and I was 12! The boy looked ready to piss his pants." I still remember it like it was yesterday. I was so embarrassed; I dragged him by his hand away from the poor boy.

"How did he react to Chris then?" He asks.

"Chris was my friend even before we were dating. Both Dad and Ash already knew him so they said better him than someone else. They talked to him a bit but I don't think they threatened him too much." I look over to Jacob who seems a bit sick.

"Are you okay?"

"I am great" He answers then clears his throat a bit. "By the way where did you get the idea of changing my phone's settings?" He asks.

"I was reading a book Rosie recommended; the girl changed her phone's settings and asked the boy's cousin to exchange their phones. But their phone models were the same. Then..." I stop because I don't want to give out Dyl.

"I know Dylan helped you, he told me himself. Actually he was the one who knocked some sense in me and told me to stop being a coward."

"How do you do that?" I blurt suddenly.

"Do what?" He asks confused.

"You always seem to know what I am thinking." I am always curious about that.

"I..I just know." He then let's out a long sigh. "I just sort of guess it from your expressions. And don’t act like it's only me, you guess my thoughts as well." He points out.

"It's sort of the same for me." I chuckle nervously.

"Maybe we just have this connection which helps us understand each other's thoughts." He says pensively.

"Yeah maybe"

"We can dissect this later now tell me about that prank because that one was really great. And where did you get that ringtone?" He asks changing the topic.

"Which one?"

"Jingle bells one." I start laughing so hard. He is really unlucky.

"Stop laughing!" He exclaims sulking.

"Out of all the ringtones you got that one. Ash and I recorded it in our worst possible voices, we even wrote it. It was just for fun." I say still chuckling a bit.

"There were more?" He asks incredulously.

"Yeah, I downloaded some ringtones as well and randomly assigned it to your contacts. In the book, messages and autocorrect were only there. Rest was my idea." I say grinning cheekily.

"You are so evil. I am sure you are in Slytherin." He says shaking his head.

"As a matter of fact I am a Gryffindor but I do have all the other houses too. Gryffindor percentage was just a bit more. Which one is your house?" I ask curiously.

"I am a Ravenclaw but I have rest of the houses too. But everyone has different feelings in them just one of them is more than the other." He points out.

"Yeah that's true. So you are really smart." I ask smiling.

"I like to think so. At least I am good at Mathematics and Chemistry and I think I am okay in rest of the subjects as well." He answers.

"You are good at chemistry!"

"Yeah..."

"Please teach me, it's the only subject I am struggling at." I plead.

"What do you want me to teach in it?" He asks.

"I think the better question will be what not to teach." I say smiling nervously.

"Okay answer that then." He says shrugging.

"I think I am good at physical chemistry." I say pensively. Yes, I can do that on my own. Jacob starts coughing vigorously.

"Are you alright?" I say rubbing his back.

"Physical chemistry?" That's when I realize what he was thinking.

"Not like that you jerk!" I exclaim and smack him on the head.

"Sorry! But you walked right into that one." He says chuckling. I just turn my head away from him and fold my hands.

"I said I am sorry! I will shut up ok, just don't be mad." He gives me the puppy dog eyes look.

"No need to completely shut up but shut up about that point and stop giving me that look!" I relent.

"What look?" He says teasing. He must have seen the look on my face as he exclaims "Ok I will stop teasing you!"

"You better." I say narrowing my eyes.

"Anyways when do you want to start studying?" He asks.

"We can decide that after both of us get our practice schedule." I shrug.

"Yeah, that would be better." He seems to be thinking something.

"What is it?"

"Do you consider me a friend now?" He asks tentatively. He looks really nervous. I think of how he calmed me down when I needed and the time we spent together this afternoon.

"Yes, but don't make me regret it." His face breaks out into a wide grin.

"So to new beginnings?" He asks raising his coke.

"To new beginnings." I confirm and clink my coke against his.

We talk a bit more while finishing our food and he offers to drop me home since he brought me here.

"Hey Anne!" Justin's voice comes. I see the triplets making their way to me. Jacob had gone to throw the waste.

"Hi guys" I greet back.

"What are you doing here alone?" Drake asks.

"Come on let's drop you home." Jacob says coming back to our table. He has not noticed we have company as he is busy looking at something in his phone. He literally has the worst timing. I don't even want to look in the triplets' direction.

"Is that..." Noah starts.

"Wilson" Drake completes angrily. That's when Jacob notices them and he looks like a deer caught in headlights.

"You are here with him? Justin asks incredulously.

"I can explain." I say trying to calm them down.

"Please do." Drake grits out.

"After he spammed my phone we decided to fix each other's phones..." I start.

"Then I apologized for being an asshole to her and a coward for not apologizing at the right time. We decided to call a truce and this was my treat so that we can put what happened behind us." Jacob finishes.

"What conclusion did you two come at?" Justin enquires.

"She agreed to give me a chance and we are now friends." Jacob answers.

"And I also said not to make me regret this." I say looking at him.

"I won't" He answers staring right in my eyes.

"Anne you still remember what I told you right?" Drake asks.

"I didn't forget but..." I start.

"What did you tell her?" Jacob asks staring angrily at Drake.

"How you stole Mia from me but treat her like dirt." He answers.

"Wait what? I thought you all were angry with me because I stole your limelight. I never showed interest in Mia, she was the one who tried to get with me. I told her I wasn't interested but she kept asking me so I thought ignoring her may work. And what do you mean by stole? If you two were together, then I am sorry." Jacob says.

"No we weren't officially together but we were going to be. Guess it doesn't matter now.” Drake says “And you cannot steal our limelight Wilson." He adds smirking. Guess it was just a misunderstanding.

"So this was all a misunderstanding?" Justin asks voicing my thoughts.

"Yes" Both Drake and Jacob confirm.

"That's awesome! Now we all can be friends!" Noah exclaims excitedly.

"Yeah, so I guess new beginnings for everyone." I say looking at Jacob smiling.

"Yeah, I just need to apologize to Asher. I can do that when I drop you." He answers.

"Are you two joining us?" Noah asks.

"We already ate and I should get home." I say giving him an apologetic look. When I try to get up Jacob stops me. He then comes to my side and helps me get up.

"Seriously? Stop already." I say shaking my head but I really like it and I think he knows that too.

"Told you my mom raised a gentleman." He answers smiling.

"Bye guys!" I say turning to the triplets. After that he drops me home. When Ash opens the door Jacob requests to talk to him alone so I go upstairs. I see them talking for quite long so that makes really curious about what they were talking about.  When Jacob leaves Asher comes to my room.

"He said you gave him a chance and he apologized to you and Drake." He asks sitting beside me.

"Yeah, he said something like a new beginning." I answer turning to him.

"That's good, but just be careful okay. I don't want you to get hurt."

"I will be and what were you guys talking about?" I know he won't tell me but there is no harm in trying.

"You don't need to know about it right now." He answers flicking my nose and goes out of my room.

To stop my brain from thinking too much I decide to watch Netflix. Netflix and books are the best escape from the world.

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Author's Note

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