Hands in our Pockets

[Layla shakes her head, still trying to grab his hands] Not only would that be mortifying, you wouldn’t.. [she says between laughing] Stop! I’ll do anything, just stop tickling me.

[Jace smirked, shaking his head] Oh, I would totally do it. And I'd never let you live it down, either. You'd forever be known to me as the girl who laughed so hard she peed. [He refused to let up, raising an eyebrow as she said she'd do anything.] Anything, hmm? [He smirked, looking at her] Give me a real kiss and I'll stop. Scouts honor.

Annie? She’s here..? No, I haven’t see her.

Yeah...I didn't want her to come with me, annoying little sister and all, but you know how she is. Stubborn as all hell. 

[He took a deep breath, realizing he'd made things awkward before clearing his throat] So uhm...you haven't by any chance seen Annie around, have you? I feel like it's been a while since I've seen her. Kind of worried about her. 

”I know how it is…I really do. People judge you by your appearance, by your cover, but even more, they judge you by your parents. I don’t understand why someone might think that just because our dads did something wrong, we have their genes so we will do the same thing. That’s definitely not true. And it feels awful. You have no idea how many years I was bullied at school. Every time I was feeling dizzy or had a headache, people would immediately assume that I was drinking. Being judged by others when they don’t know a single thing about what’s going on sucks. But don’t worry. We both have our friends and of course, we both have each other. We know what’s true and what is not. What’s real and not. We don’t have to pretend to be okay when we are not. Sometimes we just have to smash something or start crying for no reason. I’m sorry I act like that but, I just feel way better that I’ve said all those things to someone.”

If I'd have known...if I knew people were teasing you...I would have stopped them. You don't deserve that, Riss. You've already been through enough. [He leaned over and kissed the top of her head as his arms were wrapped around her in a tight hug] You're amazing, Rissa. Don't forget that. Ever.

[shakes her head as he starts to tickle her] No. No.. [she starts to laugh as she tries to wiggle away and out of his reach] What? What are you going to do? Tickle me to death?

[Jace smirked as she laughed, continuing to tickle her and following her as she moved away] Not to death, I wouldn't want that. Murder is a messy thing to have on one's hands. Till you pee your pants, however...that's another story.

Oh, I couldn’t, huh? [She raises her eyebrows and sits up] We’ll see about that. [tries to catch his hand when he pokes her but instead moves closer to him, poking his side in retaliation]

[Jace shook his head] Nope. There's no way. [he smirked as she poked him back and reached over, starting to tickle her sides] Listen here, smartass...

[Nodding, a smile grows onto her face] Thank you. Like I said, nice save. [she points at him, raising her eyebrows] Hey! Don’t underestimate us tiny girls. We’re tougher than we look. [she jokingly gave him a threatening look before laughing]

Oh, please. I'd like to see you try. You're like...the size of my bicep, Lawls. You couldn't hit me if you tried. [He smirked, reaching over and poking her side gently]

[Layla smiled and looked away to hide her blushing when he winked at her but looked back when he started speaking] Good save there. [she narrows her eyes at him jokingly] I almost thought you were going to insult me but thank you. Now, I don’t think Anna Banana would be very happy with that.

[Jace chuckled as Layla looked away and stuck his tongue out when she started speaking] Nah, I'm not the type of dude that's gonna insult someone unless they really deserve it. And you, well, you definitely don't deserve it. [shrugging a bit, he glanced around] Well, like I said earlier...I think I lost Anna somewhere around here. Can't find her anywhere. Besides, she's tiny enough that I could fight her off.

[Layla shook her head with a smile on her face as he spoke] Has anyone ever told you how modest you are? Because, really, it’s amazing. [she laughed before sitting up slightly, leaning on her forearms, smiling sofly as she looks at him]

[Jace winked at Layla as she looked at him] You know, I can totally see why my sister keeps you around. Wasn't so sure before, but I can see it now. Pretty face, killer body, sense of humor. Should probably hang out with her friends more often. 

[Jace sighed, slightly embarrassed that he had let his soft side show] I know...but I'm not a nerd. I didn't do it for me. Just...remember that.

[trying to act normal, Layla laughed and shook her head at his comment before raising an eyebrow at him] If you’re as impressive in bed as you are dancing, those girls are very lucky. [she joked back before taking the water bottle] No, but maybe I do. [Layla smiled, teasing, before taking a sip and handed it back to him as she started to breathe more normally]

[Jace smirked and wiggled his eyebrows] 'course they're lucky. They've been in bed with me. And I'm awesome in bed, so I mean, yeah. They're pretty damn lucky. [he took the water bottle back and sat up, glancing over at her] 

[Layla could feel herself getting dizzy and breathless as they danced but she was having so much that she didn’t want to stop. She wanted to avoid scaring Jace away but she started laughing with him as the next thing she knew, they were on the ground. Rolling off to lie next to him, Layla’s chest felt tight but she disguised her breathlessness with her laughter] Don- Don’t worry about it.. It’s okay. [she said, shaking her head, as she tried to control her breathing]

[Jace smiled as he rolled on his side to look at her, placing his head on his hand] Wore you out there, didn't I? Didn't even need to get you into bed for that. [He winked, only joking around before sitting up, a grin still across his face as he grabbed a water bottle and took a sip before passing it to her] No worried, I don't have cooties or anything. Promise.

Okay..I just feel bad for judging you like that.

Don't worry about it. I've been judged a lot worse than that before.

[laughs as she looks at him and listens to him sing to her, resting her head on her hand to try to hide the blush on her cheeks as she smiled. She mouthed along to the words as he sang until the chorus when she jumped up and moved next to him, dancing in time with him, as well as singing] Don’t wanna be a fool for you, just another player in your game for two, you may hate me but it ain’t no lie, baby bye-bye-bye. 

[Jace laughed as Layla jumped up to join him in dancing and took her hands, twirling her to the music and dancing with her, but he tripped over his sneakers which he had left near the iPod dock. He fell into her, tumbling towards the ground, but managed to make it so that she would land on top of him instead of he on her, and he couldn't help but laugh as they laid there] Sorry...I'm so, so sorry...