Chapter 28: Stockholm Syndrome

IMPORTANT AUTHORS NOTE
So yeah the song up above is a great pick for this chapter don't you think. I have decided that I am going to do more then one chapter because I do want others to be together in this story so I would need more then one chapter to do that. I'm not sure how many more chapters I will do. We will see. Anyways enjoy :)

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As we headed out my house a thousand thoughts were flying through my mind. I just couldn't believe that this was happening it seemed as if this were happening so fast. How could I be going on a date right now and especially with the person that I've been going to school with for years but only recently started speaking to. And most of all how could he love me?

I really don't understand what makes me so special. I mean yeah I didn't throw myself at him like other girls but that was the only difference and yet I still ended up having feelings for him so really there was nothing different or better about me so why would he like me better yet why would he love me? I was broke out of my thoughts when I heard the ringing of a phone.

When I zoned back in I realized that it was my phone. As I pulled the phone out of my back pocket I checked the caller ID and the name across the screen was Sophia's so I quickly answered the phone.

"What's up Sophia? Everything okay?" I said into the phone.

"Oh yeah everything is fine. I just wanted to let you know that Jasper and I made up. Well more like made out but I guess it could be called made up too. He's a really chill dude I actually think that I might like him. But I mean should I pursue my crush or should I push the feelings away and go on with my life?" She said, making me feel extremely happy that she actually confided in me. It's not that she doesn't confide in me with things it's just she doesn't really show her feelings too much. When she likes someone she keeps it to herself. I haven't known her for very long but I do know that.

"Well I'm actually about to go on a date with his best friend so I think anything could happen because I mean the bad boy technically has a crush on me and you aren't ugly so if he doesn't like you then he's crazy because you also have a great personality. But he is a player so I would stay cautious but don't pass your feelings aside just yet. Play hard to get and then once he's fallen hard that's when you make your move. It shouldn't take too long for him to fall for you. I think he already feels something for you. I feel like Julian's group of friends are the type of friends that are only players when Julian is a player so if Julian is ready to start settling down then maybe Jasper is too." I said.

"Woah wait your going on a date with Julian? Like right now?" She said, with a surprised tone.

"Really that's all you got out of that whole little speech of mine." I said, while chuckling a little.

"No it's just the only part that got me listening really well. And ok I will do what you told me to do." She said.

"Good. And playing hard to get also includes not random make out sessions cause that will make him think you are easy. And yes we are going on a date. He told me that he was in love with me and I did the same. But I also told him we need to take things slow and start over and doing it the right way meaning were going to start out with a first date which he's about to take me on. Now I have to go cause he's waiting in the car for me. Good luck with Jasper." I said.

"Okay you get him girl and good luck to you as well. Bye love." She said.

"Bye."

Once I got in the car Julian was staring at me with a huge grin on his face. That's when I remembered that I have no idea where we're about to go on our date.

"So where are we about to go for our lovely date?" I asked.

"Oh I can't tell you that now can I? It's a surprise that hopefully you will love." He said, with a glisten in his eyes. He looked truly happy. If it was me that was making him smile like that I never want to leave his side. His smile was one of the most adorable things I have ever seen in my entire life. I usually didn't get to see his smile because he was always too busy smirking so every time he did smile I tried to cherish it as long as I could.

"Why are you staring at me like that baby cakes?" He asked, while still grinning a little.

"Your smile is just so adorable. I don't know I just really love it. It sort of makes me a little giddy inside like it makes me want to go on some type of adventure if that makes any sense. Your smile just radiates happiness off of it and it makes me never want to look away. Every time I see you smile it makes me smile. And you never smile so when you do I take advantage of it." I ranted.

"I smile all the time what are you talking about. Every time I get near you I smile I guess you just don't see." He said, looking me straight in my eyes.

"You don't smile you smirk there is a huge difference. Your smirk pisses me off but your smile makes me happy." I said, now smiling myself.

"You call it a smirk and I call it a smile. But I guess I will do the thing that you call smiling just so you can smile because your really beautiful when you smile. So I guess that we both enjoy each other's smiles so if you smile I will smile and if I smile then you will. It's a win win situation." He said, before starting the car and pulling out of my driveway.

On the way down the road I stared out the window the whole time trying to look for any signs as to where we were going but there were none so I would glance over at Julian every now and then. After awhile he slowly grabbed my hand and held it all the way down the road. He drew circles on the back of it with his thumb which sent electricity through my body with every movement. My hand was sweating up a storm right now but he didn't seem to mind because he didn't let go not once.

I eventually checked the time on my phone and noted that it was 10:00 p.m. which had me wondering as to where he could be taking me at such a late hour. Most places at this time were closed. I guess I will just find out when we get there.

When we got closer to our destination Julian told me to stop looking out the window and he said for me not to look outside at all or else he will turn the car around and take me home right away. So I did as I was told and instead of looking outside I just stared at Julian. As I took in his appearance I saw how tired he really looked. It looked like he hadn't slept in days. If this was because of the fact that he was afraid to tell me how he felt about me I would feel so bad. So I decided to ask him.

"Julian are you okay?" I asked, with concern on my face.

"Yeah why do you ask?" He said, not taking his eyes off the road.

"You look really tired. When was the last time you got a full nights sleep?" I asked.

"Well if today is Monday then I haven't slept since Thursday. Well I haven't had full nights sleep since the night that I spent the night with you. It's like I can't sleep unless I'm with you. You have so much control over me I don't think you realize it. It would be really easy for you to take advantage of me. That is how much control you have over me. It's like I have Stockholm syndrome. It's sort of pathetic." He said, making me think of one directions Stockholm syndrome song.

"Wow. Well I'm sorry that you can't sleep I wish there was a way I could help you. I really don't think I'm worth losing sleep over." I said.

"It's fine don't blame yourself. And you loving me back is enough to make me not even think about my exhaustion. I think my sleeping will be improving soon. And you are definitely worth losing sleep over." He said, before he parked the car. I was just about to look out the window when he told me no and to hold on. All of a sudden he gets out the car comes to my side of the car and covers my eyes with his hands.

"Are you serious Julian?" I asked.

"Yes I am very serious. Just trust me." He said before he led me to this mysterious place.

We walked for about three minutes until I felt a sudden change in temperature as I heard a door close. It was freezing in here where the hell did he bring me Antartica? A freezer?

Slowly his hands slipped from my face which gave me the opportunity to open my eyes. He had brought me to one of my favorite places ever. The ice skating rink. Most girls would hate it but I didn't I love skating it's one of my passions. I loved how you could just glide across a smooth surface so gracefully. You will fall but that just makes you want to try harder well at least that's the case for me.

When I turned to look at Julian I jumped into his arms immediately. I don't know how he knew but I didn't care. But after I let go is when I realized that we were the only people here. Were they closed or something?

"Julian isn't this place supposed to be closed or are they just running out of business because if you hadn't noticed we are the only ones here." I said.

"Oh yeah they are closed but the owner of this place is my brother so I called in a favor. There he is right there." Julian said, while pointing at a guy coming towards us. He wasn't as tall as Julian but he was taller then me. He had fair colored skin it was just a little bit lighter then Julian's. His hair was a lighter brown then Julian's and he looked to be in about his early twenties maybe 24-25. He wasn't ugly he was actually pretty hot but he was no Julian. They honestly didn't look that much alike. Julian must've noticed my confusion because he spoke,

"We have different dads if you were wondering and he's 26." He said catching me off guard. I was really close with his age.

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Just as I was about to respond Julian's brother finally reached where we were and spoke,

"Well hello pretty lady what's your name?" He said, while sending me a heart warming smile.

"My name hmm what should I tell him Julian should I tell him my real name or will he turn me into the police?" I said jokingly, while rubbing my chin thoughtfully.

"Wh-what?" His brother stuttered.

"I'm just kidding with you. My name is Felicity but you can call me lic or Licity or just Felicity. Your brother here calls me baby cakes but I only let him call me that cause he's special. Now tell me good sir what is your name?" I said, with a fake British accent. I don't know why I was joking around with him but I guess it was because I was in a great mood right now. I hope he isn't freaked out.

"Well my name is Jason miss Liccy." He said, while calling me by a totally different nickname then he was allowed to.

"Okay woah I thought I said Lic or Licity only not Liccy." I said, while putting my hand up to stop him.

"Well I figured that if my brother can call you something different then why couldn't I and also Liccy I am the one letting you use my ice skating rink now aren't I?" He said, while crossing his arms over his chest, shifting into his left leg and looking at me playfully. If I didn't know any better he was flirting but I hope he wasn't because that would be down right wrong of him to flirt with the girl that was with his brother. I mean he probably thought I was another one of Julian's toys but trust me I am not and I will not tolerate that. So with that thought in mind I smiled at Jason while I grabbed Julian's face and yanked it towards my face and slammed my lips onto his.

It was a strong kiss that didn't hold passion but another feeling but I didn't have enough time to process the feeling because I found myself backing away from Julian once again. When I looked at his face it held shock, confusion, and he looked, dare I say it, flustered. Julian was blushing and it was the cutest thing ever.

"Someone's blushing." Jason said from behind me, breaking me out of my trance.

"Shut the hell up!"Julian yelled, blushing even more.

"Okay so shall we get our skates or should we sit here and waste precious time?" I said, looking from Julian to Jason.

"Yeah let's go. Thanks again man." Julian thanked Jason before grabbing my hand and pulling me towards the counter where the skates were.

Once we got there I grabbed a size 8 and made my way over to a bench to put them on, Julian wasn't far behind. After putting them on we both made our way to the ice. I'm not going to lie I was a little worried because it has been awhile since I've skated but hopefully I wasn't too bad I mean I know I was going to be a little rusty but I don't want to embarrass myself in front of Julian. Oh no what if I can't skate anymore. He's gonna laugh at me.

Okay Felicity calm down your human you will make mistakes but you will fix them.

After giving myself a little pep talk I stepped onto the ice. So far I was doing okay but I stopped worrying after Julian took one step on the ice and fell flat on his butt. I of course laughed I mean who wouldn't you can call me a hypocrite if you want I don't care.

"Oh my gosh are you okay?" I said, in between laughs as I skated my way over to him. But there was a chunk of ice missing from where Julian fell and my skate got caught and I ended up toppling onto Julian. We sat there laughing our asses off until we finally got enough strength to get up.

"I have a feeling that this date is going to be very unforgettable. I actually have a video camera in my car do you want to get it and set it up so we can record us falling so we can laugh at it later?" He asked, while motioning to the door.

"Yes that is an incredible idea I will go get it." I offered.

"No I got it you just stay here and practice getting better." He said.

"Hey what makes you think I'm not good I bet I'm way better then you." I said, as I skated over to him once again but put my leg behind his foot so he could fall again.

"Ow! Okay then how about we make a deal. How about we record this whole date and when we watch it later who ever fell the most has to buy the other one dinner." He said.

"Okay Julian but I don't know why you set yourself up for failure but okay it's a deal. Prepare for your money to be taken away from you like taking candy from a baby." I smirked, while crossing my arms over my chest right before doing a full on 360. To say Julian was surprised was an understatement. I was even surprised myself because I haven't done that trick in almost 3 years.

"Yeah sure baby cakes. Think whatever you want but while your thinking get your money ready to be taken away." He said, right before stepping out the door of the rink.

As I practiced a little of my old tricks I stopped abruptly when I heard clapping coming from the entrance. When I turned to look I was thinking I was going to find Julian standing there but instead I saw Jason standing there with a smirk on his face.

"Your good but are you better then me?" He asked.

"I don't know. I don't care. And I don't want to know. The only person I want to be better then is your brother. You know the guy that brought me on this date? You probably don't care do you?" I said, while standing in my place looking him up and down.

"Relax sweetheart I'm not going to take you from him just yet. I mean I won't have to take something when they leave willingly." He said, smirking once again. I could see that him and Julian share their cockiness. I don't know if they have some sibling rivalry or something but I know for one that I will never ever be with him. And that's exactly what I told him.

"I don't know what is going on between you two but I will never be with you. You might be cute but you are not Julian and you definitely will never top him. I don't know if you think I'm easy like those other bimbos but I'm not so you keep trying but you will fail every time. This won't be easy cause I'm not easy and if you think I am you have another thing coming. If your brother and I ever were to split up I would choose to be alone forever before I would ever date you so buh bye boy cause you ain't gettin none of this." I said, while motioning to my body. In this moment I only wished to sound like Beyoncé so I could sound more intimidating but instead I sounded like a 12 year old girl arguing with her brother.

Before he could respond Julian came back through the door. Looking from Jason to me with a confused look on his face. There was an awkward silence so I broke it,

"So you ready to lose cause I sure am hungry." I said, while rubbing my stomach.

"Yeah just let me set the camera up and then I can come over there and beat you." He said, while walking to the wall to position the camera then skating over to me.

"Okay so let's just act like we're not being recorded. Let's just act like ourselves cause I still want this to be a good and fun date." He said.

"Okay and one of the rules are you can't trip the other and if you are to fall by the other getting in the way or the other person trips and falls near you knocking you down in the process it won't count. So say for instance were holding hands and I'm skating backwards and your skating in front of me, if I fall and trip you in the process it won't count for you because it was my fault but it would count for me. Got it?" I explained as I grabbed Julian's hand and pulled him closer to me.

"Got it. Now prepare to lose. By the way this is the last conversation about the deal until after the date." He said.

"Okay so I have a question." I said.

"Shoot." He said, while spinning in front of me causing me to stop abruptly. It was an awful idea for him to try that little trick of his because it caused him to fall. I immediately started laughing before helping him up. That's when another rule came to mind.

"Okay I know you said no more conversations about the deal until later but I thought of another rule. It doesn't count if you fall while trying to help the other up. By the way this is how you do it." I said before skating quickly by him and doing the spin he was trying to do before landing perfectly.

"Okay show off now what was your question?" He said, while rolling his eyes and shaking his head before skating back over to me.

"Oh yeah. What's up with your brother hitting on me and stuff like does he do this a lot." I mumbled.

"My brother is just a really nice guy you probably just mistook that as flirting." Julian said.

"I wouldn't call that being nice but whatever let's just worry about us right now." I said, right before skating quickly before doing a jump spin and attempted to land gracefully but instead landed gracefully on my ass. Julian started laughing before he grabbed my hand to pull me up but before he could I yanked his hand so he fell on the ice beside me.

As I stood up and dusted off imaginary dirt Julian yelled out, "That didn't count so ha ha ha." He said pointing at me childishly.

"I know it didn't count but it was still funny watching you face plant. So I still won ha ha ha." I fake laughed back.

"Oh your so gonna get it." He said as he skated over to me quickly right before digging his hand in my side and started tickling me causing me to flail my arms in every direction before I pulled us both on to the floor. But falling didn't stop him from tickling me. I think it even got worse.

"Oh god st—stop Jul—Julian." I said right before my knee came up and connected with his nose causing him to stop tickling me right away.

As he held his now bleeding nose and tilted his head back I immediately jumped up and spoke,

"Oh my gosh Julian I'm so sorry. Where's the bathroom? I will go get some paper towels or something." I asked frantically.

"It's fine Felicity it's my fault. I mean you did tell me to stop but of course I didn't because I didn't think this was going to happen. Maybe next time I will think before I do. And the bathroom is down the hall that's to your right as soon as you step out the ice rinks door first door on your left." He said. I followed his instructions and made my way out the door and heading down the hall I was told to go down. As soon as I reached the door I didn't hesitate to open it. Once I walked in I searched around for paper towels which I found near the sink. Afterwards I hurried out the bathroom almost running. I would've ran if I didn't have ice skates on.

As soon as I got back over to Julian I handed him the paper towels just has a drop of blood was about to hit the ice. Julian jumped up and we skated over to the bench so he could keep the paper towel to keep the blood from trickling out even more. We sat in silence once more before I spoke again,

"Once again I am so sorry Julian. I really can't control myself when someone is tickling me it was just a reflex." I said apologetically. I was honestly so embarrassed right now.

"It's completely fine Felicity as soon as I get the bleeding to stop we will go back to skating again like nothing happened because it's really not that big of a deal. Don't beat yourself up over it. And there is no need to be embarrassed." He said as he saw my cheeks turning a deep color that matched the color of the blood coming out of his nose.

Once his nose stopped bleeding we both headed to the ice once again. We skated for about an hour and a half before we were both tired and ready to leave but before we did we sat and watched the recording of us skating. After we were done the count was,

Julian: 10 falls
Felicity: 7 falls

So since I won we drove over to Wendy's and he bought the food. I got some chicken nuggets a side of fries and a chocolate milkshake. Julian being a copycat got the exact same thing.

We ate and talked and cracked jokes every now and then. The date was going well so far other then the kneeing in the nose part. I didn't care that we were at a fast food restaurant because there wasn't any 5 star restaurants open and plus I'm not a picky eater.

The drive home was relaxing. There were barely any people on the roads right now because it was 1 in the morning. We had the windows down and the music playing lightly on the radio. Neither of us talked he just drove and I simply looked out the window that is until my phone buzzed in my pocket. When I checked it said,

Unknown number: You Passed! 😄

I text the number back quickly asking who it was hoping it wasn't Sam.

Unknown number: Jason silly. You passed you now have my permission to date my brother. The whole hitting on you thing was a test and you passed congrats 🎉

I text him back asking him how on earth he got my number and he said,

Jason: Julian gave it to me duh. Whenever he called me to ask if he could use the rink and why he needed it I told him I would test you because he's been with many girls that have tried to leave him for me and that way he knew that he could trust you so he gave me your number. Anyway gotta go. Have a nice night.

I looked over at Julian who was grinning at me. I guess he knew exactly who I was texting.

"You knew?!?" I asked.

"Okay don't get mad I was just trying to keep my heart from being broken I mean your the first girl I've really liked so I needed to make sure you were really trust worthy. Don't hate me please." He said, while looking over at me for a second before returning his gaze back to the road.

"I don't hate you I understand why you would do that. I hope you know I was real close to leaving you for your brother right." I said jokingly hoping he wouldn't take it too seriously. The look he gave me told me that he didn't think I was kidding so I had to clear it up quickly.

"I was kidding gosh calm down. You can't even take a joke." I said while playfully rolling my eyes and turning to look back out the window.

When we got back to my house Julian immediately ran up to my room and fell asleep on the couch that I just recently got put in there. I knew he was tired but I didn't know he was that tired. Before I went to bed I hopped in the shower to wash off all the dirt. Once I got out I dried off and threw on a pair of shorts some knee socks and a long sleeved shirt.

After I finished throwing on my clothes I headed to my bed but right before I could get there my phone made the ringtone it did when my mom was calling me. I picked my phone up to hear her say something terrible and that was,

"Honey your brother is coming home"

Just when I thought things couldn't get any worse I just had to curse myself. Aw hell.......

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I hope you guys liked this chapter. I did my best I'm at about 4849 words right now I think this is the most I've ever written. Anyway have a nice day/night :)

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